Chapter
Five
The
Bennet Sisters
“Did you see that? He just brushed past us
and almost knocked my folder off the table,” Paige Bennet said.
“Is he the new boy with the yummy accent?”
“Yes. Apparently being polite is not high on
his list of priorities.”
“You should give him a chance.”
“Why?”
“We go to the same school. That means we’re
going to be seeing a lot of those boys.”
“Well I don’t like the dark haired one. He
thinks he’s so handsome. He looks like he eats girls for breakfast and spits
them out for lunch. He looks like a typical sexist, arrogant… “
“You better find a way to get along with
him. He’s in your debate class,” Shiloh added, looking up from her schedule.
“Great, just what I need - a boy who thinks
he’s not only prettier than me, but smarter to boot.”
“He
can’t be all bad, Paige. His friend seems… so nice,” Shiloh assured her sister.
“You’ve spoken to him?”
“Not yet, but I’m about to. He put his name
down for Spring Awakening. By the
way, I put yours down too.”
“Great,” Paige said, as if it wasn’t.
Shiloh, if I gave you the right impression, was
dreamy and sweet and kind. Paige was not as easy to like upon first
impressions. Most girls were threatened by her. She was pretty (though she
tried to hide it) and she had ambition. Paige Bennet wanted to be the first
woman in her family to go to law school. Paige was a bit of a high achieving
control freak, I’d have to state for the record, but she was also a girl
Veronica, Honey and I grew to look up to over time. Right from the start, she
spoke her mind. I just wished she matched it with the right shade of lipstick.
The next morning, Sia and Rebel raced off
to their home rooms with me. Senta, on the other hand had wandered off to her
morning prayer group, The Praise &
Worshipfuls, and then to the music department where her first lesson –
piano – would be presided over by her new favorite teacher, Mr Benz. Mr Benz
was widely thought of as being not entirely unfortunate-looking. I’d say he was
passably cute.
Meanwhile, Shiloh and Paige headed to their
connecting homerooms. Paige was still
unable to pull her head out of the novel she was reading, all about a young
girl who wanted to rule the world but her evil Uncle, who already ruled the world,
wouldn’t let her and didn’t think her capable and tried to lock her in a tower
forever. But the girl escaped and got revenge…
