A Rose In The Rain ( Chapter 1)

"First off my name is Kristal Lee Johnson, but I go by Kris, And James Hetfield wrote this quote/song. 'Before you judge me, take a look ...

"Kristal, I'm not going to tell you again to wake up!," I opened my eyes as my mother, Nicole, walked into my room. "It's almost seven 'o'clock and you have an hour to do all that weird crap to yourself!"
   "Oh and you have an hour before whoring around with every guy you see!" I snapped back.
   My mother and I don't have the best "Mother-Daughter relationship". My parents had divorced when I was eleven and my dad was placed at the North/South Korean Border fro the Marine Corps. He has been there for quite sometime, A couple of years I think. He often writes me letters and sends me little gifts here and there.
   As I crawled out of bed and walked across the room, I stopped and stared at the little Korean tea set he had sent me four years ago. I walked over to my vanity where my "goth" makeup was and started to paint my eyes as black as night.
   "Mom, have you seen my black baggy pants with the spider-webbed skulls, chains, and spikes?" I yelled through out the house.
    "Check the laundry room," was the reply.
    When I finished putting on my makeup, I combed out my elbow length, long, shiny, black hair and let it drape over my shoulders. I went to my dresser and pulled out a white tank top that had a skull in the middle of it and spider webs across the bottom. I ran to the laundry room and found my pants neatly folded on top of the washer. I slipped my pants over my Rolling Stones boxers and ran back to my room to finish getting ready...Fifteen minutes later I placed my letter carrier punk bag over my neck so it would drape down one side. I grabbed my spike collar, spiked arm cuff, and the rest of my jewelery, which included my house key, and was on my way.It was only 5 blocks to Aurora High, so I walked.
    "Kris!" some one yelled as they approached me.
    "Hey Brian!"
    "How did you know?"
    "Hmmmm...let's see...for starters you are the only skate border in school and well...you are only my best friend. Oh yeah...I could smell you like two blocks ago! Just kiddin... damn...you smell good!" I said as Brian picked up his board and put his arm around my waist.
    "Well, I do what I can..." he said with a big smile and his blue eyes twinkled.
    "Don't push it!" I said trying to sound mad, but I started laughing.
    "We're so gonna be late, and the worst part is, it's the first day of school!" Brian said as he picked up the pace with his arm still around me.
    "Since when do you care weather we're late or not?! And since when do I run in knee high combat boots?" I asked as I stared up at him.
    "Come on, really, we're gonna be late and we have five out of seven classes together"
    "Let me see your schedule. Hey I thought you had girls wrestling with me!
    "Ha ha ha"
    "Well, I do what I can...Besides I'm not in any hurry to put up with any of Missy's crap! I can't stand that prep! The worst part is that she has it in for you."
    "How did that happen? Shes the most popular girl in school and out of all the jocks, I the skater boy, get hit on by her! On top of that, I am only your best friend!"
    I punched him in the gut pretty and sarcastically said "I am ONLY your best friend" as he continued to hold his gut in pain.
    "I was only kidding! Kris my love, Marry me!"
    "Maybe tomorrow, I'm too busy today." This was our little amusing game we played when things were awkward. As we approached the school, so did Missy.
   "Well, well, well, look at who we have here." Missy said as she flirted with Brian, and then she turned to me and said, "So I see you've decided to show your face again freak!"
    "Why don't you go jump off a cliff! Or I could always beat the hell out of you!" I said with my fists at my sides.
    "Whatever Gothic freak!" Missy said, leaving a bitter taste in my mouth. "I'll see you around Brian," she said coolly as she winked at him and walked away.
    "Snap out of it lover boy! She is so superficial and here you are making puppy eyes at her like she's some sort of Goddess," I said as I pushed him. "Come on, lets go to class."

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    "Good-morning class, my name is Mrs.Turner and this is art 1A. Your assignment is fairly easy today. Write down a quote you admire or one that you have made up. Then make a border around it, and make it your own" the short woman at the front of the room.
    Naturally Brian and I sat in the back. When Brian had finished His paper read:


             It is better to be hated for who you are,
             Than to be loved for who you are not...

                                              ~Kurt Cobain~


    And mine read:


             BEFORE YOU JUDGE ME, TAKE A LOOK AT YOU,
             CAN'T YOU FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO?
             POINT THE FINGER, SLOW TO UNDERSTAND,
             ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE GO HAND IN HAND...
                 
                                             ~JAMES HETFIELD~
                                                (METALLICA)


    "Dang! You're good!" Brian whispered as he looked over my shoulder.
    "Class, Now I would like for you to introduce yourself and then read your quote and explain why you chose it," Mrs. Turner said. "Why don't we start at the back with the young man with the head-phones on"
    "Brian," I whispered as I elbowed him.
    "Oh um...yeah." He said as he stood up. "Its better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for who you are not -Kurt Cobain. I picked this quote because it explains, well...it's pretty much self-explanatory.
But if you're that slow and don't get it, bottom line, be yourself and don't try to be something you're not. By the way I'm Brian White.
    "Very good Mr. White, and would the young lady next to him stand and read your quote?" Asked Mrs.Turner.
    "First off my name is Kristal Lee Johnson, but I go by Kris, And James Hetfield wrote this quote/song. 'Before you judge me, take a look at you, can't you find something better to do? Point the finger, slow to understand, arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand.' This quote pretty much explains that you need to look at yourself before you go around judging every one... because chances are that you're far from perfect." I said as I sat down.
    As every one else read their quotes, Brian saw that something was wrong with me. I had always had a crush on my hot skater friend, but I had never said anything because I was always afraid of ruining our friendship.
    Brian passed me a note that read:
                  'Kris, what's wrong?'
    I wrote:
                  'I'll tell you later'
    He scribbled this down:
                  'But Kris my love, you can tell me anything.'
                  'I'LL TELL YOU LATER!!!'
                  'Fine be that way' At tht he let it go, for the moment...
   

ok...this is chapter 1 in a story I'm writing...
I've been working on this for quite sometime
And I would really like some feed back on it...