SUMMER IN SANTA MONICA
Chapter Four
Rose sat in homeroom, doodling in her
notebook.
"Mr. Warner, do you have anybody that
can show a new student around?" Ms. Lyle said over the intercom.
"Rose, Greg, would you two like to show
him around?" Mr. Warner asked.
"Sure, Mr. Warner," Rose and Greg
said in unison.
"All right. Come here, please," he
said.
"Yes, Mr. Warner?" Rose asked.
"All right, his name is Jack
Dawson..." Mr. Warner said.
"No, please, not him," Rose said.
"What's wrong, Rose?" Greg asked.
"That's my stepbrother," Rose said.
"Well, you're going to have to live with
it," Mr. Warner said.
"Okay, we can show him around,"
Greg said.
"Let's go get him," Rose said,
walking out the door.
When they got to the office, Rose saw Jack
sitting in a chair in the office. "Hey."
"Hey," Jack said. Then he and Greg
started talking.
"Ms. Lyle, we're here to show him
around," Rose said.
"All right," Ms. Lyle said, handing
his schedule to Rose.
"All right, I got your schedule. You
have Choir first period," Rose said.
"Hey, I do too," Greg said.
Rose gave Greg a dirty stare. "Let's
just take him to homeroom."
"All right, let's go," Greg said,
taking Rose's hand.
"I hate him," Rose said.
"Chill. Once we get him settled in
school, we can leave him be," Greg said.
So they went and showed him where he went for
all of his classes. He had five of them with Rose, in three of them, she sat
next to him.