It was just another Friday morning in March in Phoenix, Arizona in two thousand and five.
At the Desert High School, it was business as usual while students started their day of learning. But the kids were excited today since Spring Break was going start at the end of the day. They loved having the week off from studying to have fun-filled days with their friends.
The hallways inside the Desert High School were packed with fifteen minutes left until the first class started.
Some students chatted by their lockers to talk about their upcoming week of freedom.
Some of the other students were getting their books out of their lockers for their next class.
Some of the other students headed down the hallway to arrive at their classes a little early.
Amy Bradley was a beautiful seventeen-year-old teenager with long silky blonde hair, sparkling blue eyes, and pearly white teeth.
She was always dressed in tight designer jeans, designer blouses and loved showing off some cleavage.
Amy was one of the popular girls in school.
By Amy's side was her best friend Laurie McBride, also a beautiful seventeen-year-old teenager with shoulder-length brunette hair. She also dressed in tight designer jeans, designer blouses, and she also loved showing off some cleavage. Like Amy, she was also one of the popular girls in school.
Amy and Laurie held their books for their next class while they strutted down the hallway. Numerous male students had their eyes lusting after Amy and Laurie with dirty thoughts of being alone with these two hotties.
Ernie, a skinny fair-skinned red-headed ninth-grader geek, had his eyes glued at Amy's tush while he walked behind her in the hallway.
In front of Amy and Laurie, Henry, another skinny ninth grader geek, walked while his eyes were glued on Amy's revealing cleavage.
Amy and Laurie made a sudden turn down another hallway.
Ernie and Henry smacked into each other, and they tumbled to the floor amidst a roar of laughter and finger-pointing.
Henry landed on top of Ernie, and they were face to face on the floor like two lovers.
A bunch of students gathered around and stared at the two geeks.
Amy and Laurie turned around and saw the two geeks on the floor. The two girls looked proud with the fact they were able to cause two geeks to bump into each other.
"Get off me before they think we're queer," Ernie whispered to Henry then pushed him off his body.
Ernie jumped up to his feet and rushed down the hallway beet red with embarrassment.
Henry jumped up to his feet and rushed down the other way down the hallway in the other direction beet red with embarrassment.
Amy and Laurie continued their strut their stuff down the hallway.
Kurt was at his locker with his girlfriend, Cindy. Kurt's eyes drifted away from Cindy's eyes while he checked out Amy while she strutted down the hallway.
Cindy saw Kurt's eyes lusting after Amy's backside.
She grabbed his chin and forced her face back at her face. She glared into his eyes, indicating she was upset.
"Sorry baby," he replied in the sweetest tone.
"Better not let it happen again," Cindy replied in a threatening tone.
"I won't," Kurt responded, but he knew he couldn't resist Amy.
Cindy walked Kurt away, and they headed down the hallway in the opposite direction of Amy and Laurie.
Willy, a skinny African-American ninth grader geek, checked out Amy and Laurie's backsides while he walked down the hallway on his way to class.
He didn't see Kate at her locker and smacked into her.
Kate and Willy tumbled to the floor, and he landed on top of her.
Kate pushed Willy off her body. "Jerk!"
She jumped up to her feet and rushed down the hallway.
Willy got up and was embarrassed while everybody stared at him. He rushed off down the hallway.
"You're the hottest and coolest girl in school. Your chances of being prom queen are excellent," Laurie told Amy while they turned down another hallway and got closer to their classroom.
"And I'll be her prom king!" a male voice called out from behind Amy.
Amy and Laurie turned around and saw Paul Ramsey, a seventeen-year-old hunk who was the star quarterback, star basketball player, and the star pitcher for the school's teams. Paul was a super athlete, and his ego didn't let anybody forget that fact.
Paul rushed over to Amy and planted a kiss on her lips.
"Of course you'll always be my king," Amy replied with love in her eyes while Paul placed an arm around her shoulder.
"I have baseball practice after school. Then later tonight, we can hang out at the mall with Jake," Paul replied.
"I'll be there also," Laurie replied.
"That sounds like a great way to start spring break," Amy replied, as she didn't care where Paul took her as long as she was by his side.
"I almost forgot. There's a party at Jake's house tomorrow afternoon at his place since his folks are going to Florida tonight. I'll pick you up at two," Paul said then gave Amy another quick kiss on her lips.
Amy and Laurie looked excited about partying tomorrow with the baseball team and the other cool kids.
"I gotta head to shop class," Paul said then he gave Amy a quick kiss on her cheek.
Amy and Laurie watched while Paul strutted off down the hallway.
"Misses Paul Ramsey," Amy muttered under breath while she knew Paul would marry her after he became a famous football, basketball and baseball star.
Amy and Laurie walked down the hallway and headed to class.
Ten minutes later, Amy and Laurie sat at their desks in their American history classroom.
The students in the classroom laughed and chatted amongst themselves since the teacher had not arrived.
Amy sat in deep thought while she stared at a blank piece of paper from her notebook with a pencil in hand. Her dreams were to become a famous dress designer. She tapped the eraser of the pencil against her teeth while she thought of a new idea.
After a few seconds, Amy's eyes lit up, and she started sketching with her pencil.
The classroom door opened. Howard Worsley, a sixty-eight-year-old American history teacher, entered the classroom. Howard had been a teacher at Desert High School for the past forty-five years. He loved teaching so much and never plan to retire. Howard wore his standard light blue short sleeve shirt with a dark blue tie and dark blue slacks. He had his forty-year-old worn out leather attaché in his hand. It looked like it would fall apart any second.
"Okay, class. Let's quiet down so we can get started, as we have a lot to cover this morning," Howard said while he walked over to his desk at the left front corner of the room.
The students already looked bored while they opened up their American history books.
"Okay, let's get back to our discussion on the civil war," Howard said while he plopped his attaché case on his desk then turned around and faced the class.
Amy continued to sketch on the piece of paper in her notebook and let Howard's lecture go in one ear and out her other ear.
"Let's pick up where we left off yesterday. Following his victory in Chancellorsville in May eighteen sixty-three, General Lee received approval from the Confederate government to invade the north," Howard lectured the class while he strolled with his hands behind his back down the aisle between two desks.
Amy worked on the finishing touches of her pencil sketch of a woman in a prom dress. She was clueless of Howard's whereabouts in the room while she looked proud of her new dress design.
Amy folded up the sketch and turned it around to Laurie, who sat behind her.
"The Confederate government was hoping that such an invasion would stir up the peace movement in the north, thus disrupting the Union's war effort," Howard told the class while he strolled down the aisle by Amy's right. He glanced over at Amy just in time to see her discreetly pass the folded paper over to Laurie.
Laurie unfolded the paper and looked at Amy's new design. She folded the paper back up, reached out, and tapped Amy on her shoulder.
Amy turned around, and discreetly grabbed the paper from Laurie. Then Amy's eyes widened in fear when she saw Howard standing to her right side of her desk, and he looked pissed.
The whole class watched while Howard extended out his hand. "The paper, Miss Bradley," he said in a raised tone.
Amy hesitated for a few seconds then she handed him the paper.
Howard unfolded the paper and glanced at the sketch of a woman in a prom dress. He was furious that Amy would ignore his valuable lecture on the Civil War. He ripped up the sketch into tiny pieces and let them rain to the floor. "I expect you to pay attention during my lectures. Now, pick up your trash," Howard yelled out then he walked down the aisle.
"We have a pop quiz based on today's lecture," Howard told the class while he strolled back to his desk.
"Ah, man!" one male student quietly moaned.
Some of the students looked a little pissed with Amy for causing this pop quiz.
Amy looked pissed with losing her new design while she picked up the pieces of her design off the floor.
It was later that afternoon, and Amy and Laurie walked amongst the other students down the hallway to their next class.
"I can't believe that creepy old man did that. Now I have to start all over again with my new design. I wanted to try making that dress for the prom," Amy said, still pissed with the morning's episode in American history class.
"I can't believe he's so into the Civil War. Do you think he was a soldier back then?" Laurie replied.
They both chuckled over her comment.
Randall McBride, the seventeen-year-old skinny nerdy twin brother of Laurie, ran up behind Amy with some flyers in his hand. "Amy," he called out.
The girls turned around and saw Randall while he rushed over to them.
"Hey Randall," Amy said with a warm smile for her friend.
"I'm trying to get a teen group to help out at my grandmother's nursing home during spring break," he said while he handed her one of his flyers.
Amy looked disinterested while she glanced at the flyer. "How many volunteers do you have so far?"
"Well, if you include me, I only have one," her replied and looked disappointed.
"Are you going to volunteer?" Amy asked Laurie.
"Probably not since we'll be too busy partying next week," Laurie replied while she glared at Randall for asking Amy.
"I'll get back with you," Amy said while she folded up the flyer and shoved it in one of the rear pockets of her jeans.
Randall looked at Amy and wanted to say something else, but he hesitated and looked nervous. He suddenly got brave. "Ah, Amy."
"Yes," she said while she looked at him.
Randall got even more nervous when Amy looked at him but decided to be brave. "Ah, do you have a date, I mean, I know it's a couple of months away, ah, but can I take you to the prom?" he asked while he shook in his shoes.
"Randall, I'm sorry, you know we're just good friends. I can't go to the prom with you since I'm going with Paul," Amy politely replied.
"Oh, okay. Well, guess I'll see you later," Randall replied then he moped away feeling rejected.
"My brother sure is persistent," Laurie said while she watched him mope away.
"He's been persistent since the sixth grade," Amy replied, but she liked Randall and tolerated with his occasional polite offers for a date. "But if he was a hottie, I might consider him, since he does have a kind heart," Amy added.
"I need to head off to Algebra class," Laurie said and the thought of an hour of math already bored her.
"I'm off to English. I'll see you after class," Amy replied then they both walked their separate ways down the hallway.