Just then, Mrs. Warner strutted in.
"Class is starting, take your positions. Tanner," she motioned, "come up here please."
Piper watched in disbelief as a boy who looked exactly like her old best friend walked over to the teacher.
"We have a new student, everyone," Mrs. Warner announced.
He slowly walked up. He didn't want to be put out there like that. "U-ummm..h-hi?" he slightly waves but you could tell he was panicking on the inside
She watched in disbelief as Mrs. Warner introduced him as. . . Jared? She squinted at his face, trying to find something about him that would verify that he wasn't Tanner. Nothing. It absolutely had to be him.
"M-May I go now…" he said shyly, almost inaudible.
"Yes, you may." She waved him off, and then they started stretching together. Piper couldn't focus for that whole ten minutes, and she kept thinking about that boy. The one person in her life that she cared a whole lot about, and was still alive. Or was it him?
(Btw, Piper's false name is Corina Byrch)
(Okie)
He was being bombarded with questions as he stood there scared.
(If you don't like Jared you can say so and I'll change it, I just put something in there for the sake of keeping this going, and he also needs a last name)
Piper could hear Nancy and her friends talking about the new kid. According to them, he was "cute" and "filthy rich" or whatever. That could pose a problem in the future for Piper, the fact that they wanted to get to know him too, so she made mental note of that. She spent the rest of class trying to find some way to find out if it was him.
(Ummm…we could do Jared Baker)
He stayed away from the large groups of people so he didn't have to deal with a bunch of talking.
(Okay sounds good)
Piper reached up to her neck to grab her necklace (she did that out of habit when she was thinking), and then she got an idea.
That's it! she thought. I can ask him if he knows about the necklace! I'll write him a note and tell him to meet me at the lunch grounds because it's very important. . .
(Okie)
Tanner looked through his bag looking for a bracelet. When he found it he put it on afraid if he left it there it might get lost.
Once class was over, Piper ran over to her bag and scribbled a note onto a scrap of paper very quickly. She waited for the class to empty a bit, then she began to make her way over to Tanner.
Tanner noticed the note and slowly headed down to where she was.
Piper had to pack up first, but as soon as she did, she took a few shortcuts and made it to the lunch grounds. She had just started to think he wouldn't show up when she heard some quiet footsteps.
Tanner walked up to her slowly. "Y-You wanted to meet me her…?"
She didn't say anything, she just held up the necklace and waited to see his reaction. If it was really Tanner, he would know that he gave it to her before she moved away.
His eyes widened and he quickly took off his bracelet. It had the exact same charm on it
Piper smile so big, her face started to hurt. She could barely speak. All she could manage for a while was a squeaky, breathless, "It's you!"
"I thought you looked familiar." He laughed.
“Oh my gosh I can’t beleive it!” She said, and hugged him. Then she pulled back a bit. “Jared? Why’d she call you that?”
"It's a fake name…"
“Well duh, but I mean, why’d she use a fake name?”
He tensed up a little. "U-Um."
Piper quieted her voice a bit. "You know what? I think I know what this is about." She pulled out some partially crumpled papers from her bag, and she pointed to a name on the top of the first sheet. "Corina Byrch," she read out loud. "That's my fake name. I wanted to learn dance, so I left my dad and came here."
He sighed. "I came here so I could dance too. My mom moved me here with my aunt, who I hate, and now I'm here as Jared Baker."
She was about to say something else when she heard footsteps around the corner. A few seconds later, Nancy and her friends appeared.
"What are you two doing here?"
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