Jennifer Martens

When Jeannette begins school in Welch, an African American girl Dinitia Hewitt and her friends harassed and beat up Jeannette for being scrawny and filthy. She is constantly made fun of because it is apparent that she lives in poverty. The other children do not accept other that aren’t like them and Jeannette is no exception. Her worn clothes and grimy hair are like a neon sign shouting about her life in poverty which makes Jeannette an easy target to bullies. Jeannette tries very hard to stand up for herself, however, the bullying only stops once other realize that living in poverty and being different was not Jeannette’s

The sweat was dripping down John’s face as he pushed the weights off his chest. Everyone ran towards their bags after a student said there was a gun in school. Twitter was the first source that everyone checked just to make sure. Boom! The door slammed open as Coach Ben yelled “Hurry up and get out”. John’s heart started beating faster and faster. No one knew what was going on. As students were running to the gym everyone was panicking and pushing each other. John could feel the burn on his elbow but he didn’t know what it was. When everyone got to the gym John’s elbow was covered in blood. Everyone was told to get down and stay quiet. Later on coach told everyone a student brought a gun to school and was planning on committing suicide.

Vanessa is an elementary school teacher whom described growing in a “close and warm” home. Vanessa indicated she moved out of her parent’s home right after college,

Malessica giggled taking a bite out of her pizza. Isaac continued to eat his slice of pizza, starting to think about the night before. Though he was in a crowded environment, he couldn’t help but shake the feeling that he wasn’t completely safe. Malessica noticed that Gerard had been taking a while to find them, taking out her cell phone. Calling Gerard’s phone, she heard it ring a few times before it went to voicemail. Something was completely off, which started to worry her somewhat. Isaac remained deep in thought, before hearing Malessica call his name.

Ally is a sixth grader who has been told all her life how dumb she is. She transferres to a different school for every year of elementary school, and everywhere she goes it’s the same; her classmates always bully her for being such a “loser”. She always finds ingenious ways to get out of doing her classwork, and assignments. All her life, Ally’s teachers would

On a hot July night, Vanessa rode her bike over to Harper's house after she ate dinner, so they could finish some homework together. It was Friday evening, and the bike ride over was fairly quiet. It was beginning to get dark outside. When she got to Harpers house, she wasn't greeted at the door with Harper's usual friendly smile and comforting hug. Harper's eyes were cold, and her arms were crossed. "What's wrong Harper?"

Vanessa enlarged her chocolate brown eyes, in terror. Sweat poured down her skin, as she gasped. Arturo grinned,” Ah, you look so much taller! Have you done your hair?” He said. Vanessa deeply growled,” I’m not dealing with this crap!” Arturo’s bright grin left his face, as Vanessa bolted out of her chair, heading for the door,” H-Hey!” He called, chasing after her,” Don’t follow me!” Vanessa demanded. Arturo gripped his daughter’s arm, pulling her away from the door,” No! I’m not letting you run away from me, again!” He barked,” Let go of me, you dog!” Vanessa shouted,” Not until you sit down and finally talk to me!” Arturo refused,” Argh!” Vanessa grunted, as she was pushed back into her chair. Arturo sat back in his chair,” I know, you

She always gets a little nervous whenever she leaves her house for the night. The only thing Julie is scared about is getting caught by her parents. She is scared that her parents would wake up in the middle of the night, go to her room and find her missing. Though this wasn’t her first time sneaking out and she had never been caught, it was still one of Julie’s biggest fears. Julie usually tells her brother to cover for her when she’s gone, but she didn't want to tell him this time because she was getting picked up by someone her brother disliked very much. So once she left the area of where she lives, she texted him saying “I left… tell me if mom and dad wake up… i’ll b back in a couple hours.” Her brother then responded with “Why didn’t you tell ne you were leaving… who’d you leave with?” Nervously, Julie answered saying “my friend Melissa.” In reality, she had left with a guy not a girl. Fast forwarding to two hours later, Julie and her friend, Andrew, had picked up a couple of midnight snacks, stopped by another friend's house, and had just been driving all around Laredo, listening to music. It was now ten till 5 and Julie was getting tired, but she didn’t want the night to end

The girls would ride their scooters to school every day. Their lockers were right by each other, and Katie’s was right by Blondie’s locker. First hour, Allie and Caitlin had literacy in Kamble’s class, and Katie had literacy in Thach. The day went on and Allie and Caitlin would go to lunch together and Kt went to advisory. 5th, 6th when by and then came 7th, when Allie and Kt when to Art, making monsters. Lastly comes 8th when Allie and Katie go to Kellems and Caitlin goes to gym or band. The day ends and they all ride home.

“How could Travis do this to me? I thought we had a connection! I’m going to kill that girl! I’ll show him it’s me he should be with, no one else!” She thought in her head as she paces in the hallway to the bathroom. “Yea, I’ll show him he should be with me!” rubs through her mind on repeat as she speeds out of the bathroom towards the parking lot. Lindsey chases after Travis with all her might. She can’t lose him. Not again, not this time. She bursts through the doors of the roller rink out into the parking lot. His car is turning on, and she knows she has to hurry. Lindsey sprinted to his car to make it on time. Once she arrived, she felt light headed, and as she stood up from catching her breath, she saw her reflection in the window. It almost looked as if she were

t all begins on the first day of school when Leo’s friend Kevin walks up to him and asks him if “he seen her”. All he can think about is what everyone’s been talking about all morning and why they’re all so worried about the new girl?

It was American day for character counts week. It was 4th hour. We had to go to tech because that was our first quarter exploratory class. Each quarter we get an exploratory class. Tech was over at the high school, so we had to walk to and from the high school everyday. We always walked over together in a group. Some days we had to run if it was raining, or if we were running late.

“I send you out with 3 and you come back with 4 Lyric. I’m impressed.” He says. “Dad. This is Bella. She just moved here yesterday, and had no friends so I introduced her to a few of my friends. Seth looks at my dad and says “Mr.Tyler. Lyric and Jacob are dating.” He says. “When did this happen?” My dad asks. “Today. They just got together at lunch today.” Seth says.

“ I think it's cause of last night , she's terrified of clowns , I'm sure coming with us didn't make things better.” Colleen hugged her books looking down. “ Something isn't right here , I'm telling Y'all we shouldn't have went there , we disturbed something and now it's after us all.” They all stood looking at each other quiet as the bell rings startling all three of them. They entered there classes , each thinking of last nights events , wondering if they did awake something .

Late in the afternoon, The skyline was gorgeous.Starting at dark blue fading into dark purple, then magenta; The sky had a beautiful ombre effect. During this time, the kids who were previously dismissed from school was starting to go home. A lot of kids went to the mall after school or went to each other's houses much like Cage and Vanessa. After school Cage and Vanessa would go to a camera store to the mall and stay there for a few hours until it the sun started to set, then would go to Cage’s house to study. On this particular day after Cage and Vanessa left the mall, instead of going to Cages house Vanessa decided to stay out a little longer.