Joanne and Alaina

Joanne had watched Laina with her mom from the curb and just shook her head at Laina just wishing that she'd hurry up so they could get to school. Especially since she wanted to at least see Maureen before they went off to classes.

Laina soon came up to her with a smile, "Ready for your last year of school?" she asked.

Joanne smirked and nodded, "I think I've been ready., thank you very much," she answered.

"Mmhm, and now you'll be leaving me stuck here since I have one more year to go. You know those teachers are evil right?" Laina asked watching has Joanne shook her head at Laina's imagination.

"Right. They're evil and when I leave they will torture you," Joanne replied rolling her eyes has she directed her attention elsewhere while her mind drifted off to thoughts of Maureen.

Laina smiled, "What are you thinking about?" she asked almost practically grinning from ear to ear knowing that she really didn't need to ask that qustion, but she just wanted to hear Joanne say it.

"Laina," Joanne said as a cue for Laina to stop.

"C'mon Jo! Tell me! Please!" Laina said.

"Laina! Not now!" Joanne said giving Laina a look even though she knew that Laina wouldn't let up until she finally told her what she was thinking about. Though she already knew that Laina knew what she was thinking about she didn't want to give in to her being right about it.

"Joanne! Right now! I'm your best buddy," Laina replied. "Don't make me sing," she added quickly.

Joanne sighed heavily has she shook her head, "My best buddy that's getting on my nerves," she muttered.

"What was that?" Laina asked has if she didn't hear what Joanne had said.

"Nothing," Joanne stated, "And I was thinking about Maureen if you must know," she finally answered.

Laina nodded, "I know. So, are you going to finally tell her that you like her this year or are you going to wait until you graduate, or better yet when Maureen's about o get married? Huh?" she asked.

Joanne shot Laina a glare, "I'm not telling her anything. Especially not today. How exactly do you go up to someone who's been your friend for years and say 'Hey! I think I could possibly be in love with you'. I don't think she would react okay to that," she stated.

Laina shrugged, "You never know. You never tried it," she replied.

"No, I don't think that would go over well and I'm not trying to scare her away either," Joanne said.

"Scare who away?" Laina asked pretending to be dumbfounded.

Joanne looked at Laina almost surprised, "You know who."

"Why can't you just say her name?" Laina asked.

"I did. Earlier. In response to your question," Joanne replied.

Laina laughed, "Awh, I think Jo's in love," she said and watched has Joanne rolled her eyes while walking off ahead of her. "Joanne and Maureen, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes..."

"Aren't you a little too old for that?" Joanne snapped cutting Laina off.

Maureen and Marie

Marie waited outside on the porch for Maureen with her sister, Marta, until finally Maureen soon came out of the house from behind the two of them.

"You got stuck babysitting, huh?" Maureen asked Marie has she looked down at her, taking notice that Marie's sister was there has well.

Marta looked up at Maureen has she stood up, "Excuse me, I am not a baby," she stated.

Marie rolled her eyes and stood up has well, "Okay, before we get into the battle of the divas can we at least walk to school before all three of us are late on the first day back?" she asked looking between the two of them.

"Fine," Maureen replied startng to walk before stopping. "Wait, wait, what do you guess think of my outfit first? Is it senior enough?" she asked excitedly, forgetting all about Marta has she turned around to profile for the two sisters.

"There's supposed to be a "senior look"?" Marta asked giving Maureen a funky face not getting why did it make a difference from Maureen dressing a certain way a year before and this year.

Maureen and Marie both stared at Marta, "Juniors!" they said unison before soon starting to walk to the school.

"I'm so ready for senior year. There's so much for us to do. We have pep rally, homecoming, then prom, and senior breakfast, and the senior trip," Maureen rambled excitedly.

Marie smiled and nodded in agreement, "Yep! This year is so going to kick ass since we're allowed to do more than the rest of the school. Anyway plans for senior skip day?" she asked while Marta just tagged along behind the two of them listening to her I-pod.

Maureen's face fell, "I didn't even think about it," she replied and soon smiled, "But now that you mentioned it, I think that you, me, Joanne, and a few other girls should go to an amusement park or something. Since it's on a Friday, we should go somewhere for the entire weekend," she said and looked to Marie to see if she was up for it. "What do you think? she asked.

Marie nodded, "Sounds good to me. I'll do anything to get out of the house and away from that one," she said pointing behind her to Marta.

Marta caught Marie pointing at her and removed her headphones, "What? What I do?" she asked curiously.

"Nothing," Marie and Maureen replied in unison with innocent smiles on their faces has they looked back at her.

"Mmhmm, you heffers ain't innocent," Marta replied putting her headphones back on again.

Marie smiled over at Maureen has she shook her head, "So, when we get to school we should tell Joanne the idea then," she said.

"Sure, I'll tell her," Maureen replied thinking for a moment. "Hey, do you ever get the feeling that Joanne has a crush on me or something?" she asked curiously.

Marie laughed, "Are you just now realizing that?" she asked a bit surprised by the question.

"Well, no, I mean I sort of always had an idea that she does, but then at times it's kind of hard to tell you know since at times she comes off as shy and all. I don't want to get it twisted," Maureen answered.

Marie raised her brows up at Maureen, "Do you like her?" she asked.

Maureen made a face and laughed, "No, no. Of course not. C'mon, she's been my friend has long has I can remember. That'd be weird," she said and looked at Marie, "Wouldn't it?" she asked slightly confused.