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"Ok, so Metcalf said this is your locker, 112." Iris said as she pointed at a locker, and Amber walked towards it. Iris then turned to Tj and pointed at another locker, not so far away "and this is yours. 422."
Tj walked towards it.
"You guys need to give them new codes." Iris informed them
They both looked at their locks, thinking of possible codes. Iris turned to face Amber.
"Well, we need to be at the ampy soon, so get ready and I'll see you there?"
"Uh, sure." Amber nodded
Iris smiled at her and started walking away.
"Thanks for the help!" Tj yelled while messing with his lock
Iris throwed him a smile
"You welcome!" She yelled before disappearing from their view
A few seconds later, when Amber was putting stuff inside her locker, a guy with brown hair and green eyes walked up to her and closed her locker door.
"This locker isn't yours." He said
She looked at him, confused. "But I got it."
"Well, he's not yours, and he'll never be yours. Go find you another one." The guy said before walking away
"Dear students, welcome to another year at Grant high. Unlike the years before, this morning, three beloved students didn't walked inside this school."
Amber and Tj sat at the ampy, Iris between them. The principal, Steve Metcalf, made a speech in front of the entire school. He stood on the stage, talking inside a microphone, a big picture of the three missing kids was behind him, they were smiling at the camera, arms warpped around each other, Andi was in the middle, Buffy to her right,a Cyrus to her left.
"Andi, Buffy and Cyrus. The sea took them away and there they stayed." Metcalf continued
"No, don't listen to him!" Someone yelled
Amber, Iris and Tj - together with every single student- turned to look who's the one who yelled.
Amber recognized him as the guy that told her to find a new locker.
"They're alive, don't listen to him!" He yelled again
Amber looked at Iris questionly
"That's Jonah, he was Andi's boyfriend. He just... Can't accept it." Iris explained
Amber turned to look at the guy again.
"Like I was saying, three students didn't come back this year, and I know it's hard-" Metcalf started again before being cut off by Jonah
"Stop lying, they're still alive! And you just don't do anything to find them!" Jonah yelled
Principal Metcalf then looked directly at him.
"I know it's hard to accept this, but this is the reality."
Jonah glared at him
"And I completely understand everyone who have hard time believing that. But like every tragedy, there's a lesson here. The sea can be a very welcoming place, but also a very dangerous one."
Jonah walked away as Metcalf finished this sentence
"And I wish us all a happy, safe year."
Some student clapped, and then other start clapping after him too. Amber's eyes were still focused on the spot where Jonah stood a few seconds earlier.
"But along our sad news, we also have good news. Our very own Kira Gryffon, our star basketball player, is now famous not only around here, but worldwide, thanks to her amazing short film!"
At Metcalf words, all the students clapped their hands. Amber and Tj eyes widened.
"I didn't know she goes here!" Amber exclaimed
Kira Gryffon recently got famous after posting on youtube a short film that got insanely popular, about accepting yourself and figuring yourself out. Kira become extremely famous within hours, with over 100M views and 10M likes, with millions of people asking for another film. (She yet to publish any.)
"Yeah, we've been friends since childhood. Crazy to think she's like, super famous now." Iris replied, and then smiled at her childhood friend as Kira stood from the crowd and waved to the cheering people
After the assembly ended, Kira approached Iris
"Hey!"
Iris smiled at her "hey!"
"You saw all those people cheering for me?" Kira asked excitedly
"Yeah, I'm so proud of you!" Iris hugged Kira
"Thank you! This is a dream come true." Kira replied as she warpped her arms around Iris, smiling
As they broke the hug, Iris saw Amber and called her
"Amber! Come here! There's someone I want you to meet!"
Amber walked to her "hey"
"Kira, this is Amber, and Amber, this is-" Iris intredoced
"Kira Gryffon. Yeah, I know. Your film is one of my favourite things ever." Amber cut her off
Kira gave her a little smile "thanks. You're the new girl that came with her brother?"
Amber nodded "yeah."
"Cool." And then she turned back to Iris "are you coming with, or are you still stuck babysitting?"
Amber's smile faded "excuse me?"
"Whatever." Kira rolled her eyes and walked away
"That was fucking rude. The hell." Amber said to Iris when Kira couldn't hear them anymore
"Yeah... Kira not so great with new people. Or people in general, I guess. Just give her some time." Iris gave her a little smile
Amber rolled her eyes "fine."
She didn't really care about being friends with Kira or whatever. She just liked her film. Everybody liked her film. But she turned out to be way rudedr than Amber will except from a girl that made a film about accepting yourself.
Maybe it was secretly about her accepting the fact that she's a bitch.