the bell commands me - mads-

[ryder ashton stok]

the bell went off through out the highschool of the little town of lipton, colorado. people were going crazy, all trying to get to one thing; thier next class. kids were laughing, kids were getting in the last kiss before the next class, some where getting books out of their lockers, trying to make the next bell that meant they had to be in class. this was the halls of lipton high. it was crazy. welcome to high school, everyone.

but, ryder walked down the hall with no smile on his face. he had his faded jeans on, and a tight black t-shirt on that showed his muscles off pretty well. his old boots were on his feet, and his favorite hat was on, and his blonde long hair, stuck out of the sides of it. he had his left hand stuffed into his pocket, and his other hand carrying two books next to his thigh, basically. he walked with a stride, going at his own pace. if someone wanted, to run, they would go around. ryder wasn't really in the mood. he just wanted to graduate already. he wanted to be out of this place.

where was he heading? english class. ryder actually enjoyed this class. which, was a surpise, seeing as he hated school. but, he loved english. he moved his hand that was stuffed in his pocket of his jeans, and pushed the door open. he moved slowly, sort of slug like, to the back of the room. he took the first seat that caught his eyes, and placed his books down on the desk. he took a seat, and looked forward. he really didn't mind being here, but right now, he just wanted to be home, sleeping. he yawned a little bit. ever since, nicole came home, it had turned his calm life, upside down. soon, the room started to pile in, and every one was chatting, but ryder. it wasn't one of those days. usually, he was found joking with others, and answering alot of the questions, and just being ryder. but today, he just wanted to get through the day, the fastest way possible.

soon, mr hendrick walked in. the teacher was a middle aged guy, he had light touches of gray in his shaved brown hair, and he had some in his little beard. he dressed simply, botton tied shirt, and tan kawkis, and black dress shoes. it was simple room, too as well. some posters about english crap, and projects from the past. it was the typical highschool room. " okay, gentlement and gals, please take out your book, and you need a writing ultinessle." ryder nodded, grabbing his other book, for his next class and placed it in the basket under his desk. he stuffed his hand in his pocket, searching for his pen. shit, it wasn't there. he looked around, and then next to him, was a girl.

he swallowed, and said" hey, do you happen to have a extra pen or pencil i can borrow? i seemed to lose mine."

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[stephanie paige barnes]

Stephanie walked into class and sat next the only available seet in the very back row. There was almost three open ones in the front but who ever wanted to sit in the front? So Steph took her seat and got out her pencil aand textbook. Stephanie took in the view of people in the class. She looked over at the boy next to her when she did the boy asked her for a pen. "Sure but if you must know all my pencils have my name on them so you cant steal them." Stephanie smile as she said that. It was true though, all her pencils had her name in pink on them so know when who borrowed one would steal them. She reached over to her bag and pulled out the first one she could find, a plain one that was kind of stubby and had a pink eraser cap on it. Stephanie leaned back over tot he boy and smiled. She wanted him to read her name before she said it, it was more exciting that way.

[ryder ashton stok]

he laughed, and then said" don't worry, i'm the pencil thief!" he looked at the pencil, and then read' stephanie'. well she was right, it had her name on it. that was sort of cute, in a wierd way. he smiled, and said" names ryder, by the way. cute name" adding a smile at the end. he looked up once he heard the teacher starting the class.

ryder wasn't a bad student, he was fairly average, getting b's and c's. but, he was trying to keep his grades up so his dad didn't flip. the school had the report cards sent, and if theyre were anything out of the normal, dad would be moving here, to help ryder out. ryder was just trying to prove to everyone he could be the father he wanted to be to his kids. he smiled, and then looked at the board. well, today's lesson was to read, and then a test on chapters twelve through sixteen. easy as pie." go, and good luck, students." he said.

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[stephanie paige barnes]

Ryder What a cute name!Steph worked hard to contain herself when he said she had a cute name she thought of something else. Stephanie had a distant cousin with that name but it seemed so much cooler on someone who didn't share blood with her. After the teacher gave out the assignment Stephanie leaned over to Ryder and whispered " wanna compare notes? You show me yours i'll show you mine" Steph laughed at her own joke barely able to take her smile off her face . For some reason she felt a little spontaneous she didn't usually say things like that, but for some reason she felt taking to Ryder was breezy and simple. She leaned back over to her bag and took out a few notes she had forgotten to take out before and put them in order on her desk. Five pages all color coded in her glitter pens and perfectly neat. Steph liked to think she had cute bubbly hand writing. Unlike most girls though, Steph refused to write in cursive, not to many people could read it and it took way longer to write and usually ended up sloppy and some words misspelled just to get it done quicker. Steph practically threw open her textbook to the right page. After only they only had about thirty minutes to four chapters.

[ryder ashton stok]

ryder laughed at the girl, and then said" i better get reading, you two missy." he looked up to the board, and then fumbled through the pages off the book. he hated to read things that were well...school approaite. he liked his own sort of reading..not this stuff. but, ryder was a pretty good reader, and he always got through things fast. he looked around, and then looked back to his book, trying to pay attention to this stupid book.

man could you pick any more of a boring book? i think not. ryder huffed and puffed in his seat, trying to skim through this stupid story. no wait, it wasn't a story. it was a friken disgrace to literature. he sighed, finally getting to the last chapter that he had to read before his test on them. which, were always just simple five to ten questions on each chapter.

[stephanie paige barnes]

Stephanie could not, for the sake of herself, keep her attention on the book. She had probably read the same line eight times now, and still she didn't understand it. "The ancient Aztecs...blah blah blah blah." It was a easy enough chapter, but Stephanie was so distracted!

She understood enough though to answer the short amount of questions.Stephanie was a speed reader, loved to read, but if it didn't grasp her attention it wasn't gonna play out right. She looked at the key points of the two chapters on her notes mentally reviewing them. She then closed her book shut trying to not make a loud noise and distract the rest of the class.

A few moments later the Teacher passed out the test, when Stephanie she sighed in relief. It was going to be way easier than she thought it was going to be, Stephanie checked off the answers one by one.Feeling as if every one of them was right or at least close enough.

[ryder ashton stok]

as soon as he was done, the test was handed to him. he took the test, placing the paper down, and then closing his book, and placing it in the basket. he sighed, taking a breath in, and then out. he looked over the questions, and then simply started to check off the ones he thought were the answers, or sure they were the answers.

he looked around, slightly, after he was done, and then, sighed. he hated waiting for people to be done everything. he looked over to the girl named ' stephanie' and smiled. she was already all done, and pretty much looked bored. ryder smirked, and then heard the teacher. " okay, everyone, that is the time we have. flip your test, and then at the end of the class, place them on the desk, face down."

[stephanie paige barnes]

Stephanie was almost going to cry from boredom, she flipped her paper upside down and drew little doodles on the back. She drew hearts, and twisters, and even some song lyrics from britney spears. After a second she grew bored of it and threw down her pencil and rested her head against the back of the chair. History was just so boring! She rubbed her temples, she could feel a migraine coming in already just what she needed. The teacher came by and picked up the papers one by one, he walked like a darn turtle, slow very slow, way to slow. Stephanie fiddled with one of the many contraptions on her bag, funny enough the one she was messing with happened to be a turtle. Stephanie had to suppress her laughter, which almost felt impossible, but she did.