No Use for a Title (Ch. 1)

As Tyler looked down, he rubbed his forehead with his hand. 'Fabulous,' he thought. He looked up to see Cindy running down the hallway full speed. She ignored the teachers yelling at her. He guessed it was so she could get to him. Everyone knew she had the biggest crush on him.1

"Hey Tyler!" she said a little too happy and a little too close to his face. "Howya doin'?"2

"Fine, Cindy," he said. "Just fine." He tried to make it sound that he was annoyed so she might (just might) take a hint. But, she didn't. She started telling him all sorts a stuff so fast that he didn't know what she was saying. Everyone in the hallway was looking at them and Tyler felt himself turning red.3

"...and then my mom made me go to bed for some unknown reason and I hate my mom now and I think I'll never talk to her again how was your day?" she said as though everything was one, long sentence.4

"Fine, Cindy," he said. "Just fine." Again, he was hoping she'd take the hint. But, she didn't. Luckily for him, someone jumped in front of him.5

"Can't you see he really doesn't feel like talking?" the girl yelled in Cindy's face. The girls name was Deanna. Dee for short. He started to chuckle as he watched one of his best friends shoo Cindy away. "Thank you," she said annoyed.6

"I owe you," Tyler said to Dee when Cindy left.7

"Ah, don't mention it," she said. "Always there to help a friend."8

The bell rang which meant that they had three minutes to get to homeroom before they would be late. Tyler said goodbye to all of his friends and headed to homeroom. He walked in and sat down in his normal seat. He sat beside one of his friends. 9

"Hey Matt," Tyler said as his friend sat down next to him.10

"Hey dude," said Matt. "I saw you and Cindy out there. Man she can really make a scene."11

"I was hoping she take a hint for once and leave," said Tyler. "She just doesn't get it. I'm annoyed by her. She needs to stop this whole 'crush' thing."12

"Dude," said Matt. "I don't think it's a crush anymore. She's in love with you." He said the word 'love' mockingly.13

"Shut up," said Tyler as he punched Matt.14

The bell rang and the homeroom teacher took attendance. Tyler looked around and noticed that Shannon was missing. Shannon was one of Tyler's girl best friends, kind of like Dee. She was a punk, too. She always wore her hair in a messy ponytail. She always had on black eyeliner and she always had lime greenish lips. Everyone called her Spunk because her brother's nickname is Spank. 15

If you haven't guessed already, Tyler has a wee little crush on Shannon. Okay, just a small crush. It's nothing wee. He takes the time to notice things about her.16

The door opened and he looked up. Shannon walked in and handed the teacher a late pass. She walked over and sat on the other side of Tyler. 17

"Spunk," said Matt. "Glad you could make it."18

"My brother made me late," she said. "He spends way too much time in the bathroom for a guy. Makes me wonder sometimes."19

Tyler and Matt chuckled. Shannon would always make jokes. One of the reasons he liked her was for her sense of humor. "So you're telling me that it wasn't your sister that made you late today?" said Tyler.20

"Nah," she replied. "Emily didn't do anything to me today. Didn't even talk to me. It was like heaven. Believe me."21

"I believe you," said Matt. "I find your sister quite the annoying person."22

"She can be okay," said Shannon. "When she's not too busy being evil."23

They chuckled again. Tyler watched her out of the corner of his eye as she got out some homework to do. That reminded him to do some of his homework. He forgot his English homework the previous night and needed to do that quick. He got out the work and finished before the bell was done. He was glad. He never saves his homework for the morning. He did that last year and he almost failed. Shannon, however, does it every day.24

He said goodbye to his friends and went to his math class. One good thing about math first period was that he could do his homework in study halls later that day. All he did was take some notes and started the homework before the bell rang. Tyler went to his locker and got his stuff for the next class. English. 25

He was okay at English. He just didn't like it. He had to study extra hard. Ah well. When the bell rang, they handed in their homework and took a vocab quiz. Friday. Tyler loved Fridays. He could hang out after school and all weekend with his friends. Better than boring old school.26

After the test, they had to do vocabulary and vocab sentences. After class, he went to his locker. He waited there for a couple of seconds. Shannon was walking down the hall. They had the same class next so they walked together.27

"Spunk!" he yelled. "What's happening?"28

"Nothing," she replied. "Hate school. The normal."29

"Same here," he said. "Math and English are boring today."30

"Dang it," she said. "I was looking forward to those classes not being horrid."31

"Fat chance," he said. 32

They went into their class, Spanish, and sat down. They sat next to each other. At the beginning of the year, the teacher let them sit wherever they wanted. Now, they couldn't stand her. Something went wrong. Someone complained and she changed everything. It's boring now.33

After class, the bell rang and they went to their fourth period class. Tyler was really liking Shannon now....34