A Story By Joana

April was walking by herself outside.'I like to walk. It gives me more time to think about stuff .I like to be alone.' April was talking to herself again. She often did that.' It'so calm and peaceful out here.
Everything seems like they belong here,like everything is just right.'She was lost in thought, not paying attention to hat she was doing or where she was going.
When she came back to reality, she relized that she was lost. She was at a clearing with a little pond that had an islandin the middle of it with flowers scattered about. ' This place is pretty.' She thought. She walked around to the other side and saw a boy sitting there. She stepped back. ' oh,I hope he didn't see me. I should notbe hidding like this,He'll think I'm stalking him or something.' So,she looked at him again. He wasn'tdoinganything,just sittinghtere inhis bare feet. April walked out with a lost expression on her face.
"Excuseme,sir,but could youpiontme to the direction of Sandburg?" She asked.
" Who are you?" The boy asked with annoyence in his voice.
" I'm April."
" Who do you work for?" He asked.
"What?" She asked.
"Don't you know who I am? The ever watched Prince William.Who do you work for?"
' Oh, damn.' Aprilthought. " You thing I am a reportor? Have you ever heard phrase' Don't judge a book by it's cover'? I'mnot a reporter.
First, I'm too young to work for a cheap magzine, second I wouldn't ask for directions if I were,and third you'revery rude." She said,firmly.
" Gesse,is it that time of the month or what?" He said.
" How dare you!Just piont the way away from here and I'll be gone!"
She said. She was angry at him.
" I;m sorry. I shouldn't have said that." He appoligized.
" Damn straight. Oh,pardon me.You're probably high form smoking. Forget you, I'll find my own way back." She stormed off in the direction she though she came from.
Will stoodup. " Wait,no.That's the wrong way and it's starting to rain.
Wait here until it stops."
"Why should I?" She said, being stubborn on purpose.
" To prevent from getting hypothermia,I guess."
She stood there for a minute, thinking. " Fine" She went and stood under the tree. Will went to the other side andsta down.
" What were you doing?" He asked.
" If you must know, I was walking. Just thingking about stuff. What about you?" "I was thinking too. Do you know what this place is?" He said.
" It does look familiar, but I can't quite remember." April said. Just then, the rain turned into a down pour.
" Oh, great. Come on!" Will said. He ran to the crosswalk and ran across it." This should provide more protection" He said. He took off his coat and spread it out on the ground for them to sit on. They sat down.
"Are these graves related to you?"April asked.
" Yeah, especially that one."He pointed to a big white one. April went up to read it. It said: Princess Diana
1August , 1997-1Spetember, 1999
Missed by millions, most by her family
" Oh." Aprilsat back down." Yeah, you guessed it."
" I don'tknow what to say" April said." Good. I don't like to hear condolences anymore. They say something that they don't mean and you have to thank them. Then, you have to make all these stupid appreancesthat you don't care about,well, not all of them, like the cancero nes I do,butyou know what I'm talking about. Then there are the cameras. There's so many of them. I can understand people want to see me,but there are like 50 cameras there.
And then, the freakin' girls..When they see me, they start to cry. I think to myself' What is wrong with them?' and move on.some actually start to scare me.You're made into some person that you're not. I hate it." He finished. Apriljust sat there picking grass.
" Ok." She said. "I like how you're wipping out advice. I appreciate that. Thanks." He said
" You're welcome,I guess. you're very honestwhen you're not in public, you know." He shrugged. They just sat there, waiting for the rain to stop. It did.
" I think we should be heading home by now."She said.
" Yeah, me too. Could you meet me here tomorrow? Say 3." He said.
" I shall try." April said."Then I will wait all day, or so."

They parted and April went the way Will pionted.' I'm not sure about him. I mean, he did act like a jack, but once he calmed down, he was easy to talk to. I think I'll wait to make up my mind about him.'
April arrived home in good time." Where were you?" Her mother asked. " When it started to rain, I waited under a tree until it stopped." She said." ok. Throw those clothes downstairs. Jamie called." " ok, thanks mom!" April yelled as she went upto her room.She threw her clothes down the luandry shoot and put on board shorts and a baseball style shirt that was white and grey.She went downstairs and got the phone and dialed Jamie's number.
" Hello?" Janie answered. " Hey, what's up?" April said." Oh, nothing much. Want to come over,you have to help me plan for my party in two weeks."
She said,excitedly." Ok, I'll be right over." April hung up and ran downstairs." I'm going to Jamie's. Be back around 6." " Ok' She heard her mom say as she ran out the door. She ran to Jamie's house.
" Hey! Ok,let's start to plan."April said when she got there."Ok,we have to invite alot of people." They planned the party feverrishly.
"I have to go now. I told my mom I'd be home by 6. Bye" She left and jogged home.
She went home and didall the stuff you do at home and went to sleep.
The next day, Aprilwoke early, before anyone else, so she wrote in her diary.
' Yesterday I met a boy. His name is William,but that is to formal, so I call him Will. We talked about stuuf. Actaully he talked, I listened. He told about the cameras and the girls. It must be extremly hard to deal with prying eyes when a person is at that stage in life when they don't want to be distinctive. I don't think that anyone has ever thought about that.He is nice,but very self-concious. He is clearly effected by his status and his changes,but in private, he tries to be as normal as he can.' She finished up and went to get something to eat. She spent the day cleaning her room and just hanging out. When 2:30 came around, she got ready and told her mom that she was going for a run. When she got to the pond,she saw Will walking towards her.
"Hi" she waved. " Hi" He said.
They just stood there. Finally,he broke the silence.
" Tell me abut yourlife." He askedof her.
"Ok. I'm 17 and live at Sandburg.I have a older brother,who attends a unoversity and a younger sister, who's a year younger than me.
" I swim distance,I've made nationals. I do baton,but not by choice. I think going with someone the first day you meet them is so stupid, and they saying that they love them.It's so annoying." She said." How about you?" She asked.
" Oh,you don't want to know. You probably know alot already."
"Yes, butnot the part I'm interested in." April said. " Ok,I asloswim,butI do sprints though. I'm rankedinhe top100in the 50 free in thecountry. Classical musicis ok,but I liikeothers better. Six Pence None the Richer is better. I also do other sports,such as rugby and football(soccer for u.s. people). That's about it."He said.' Yeah right'April thought.
" Well, thinkweshould be heading back." Will said. ' So soon?"She said."
Yeah. I have a plan.Let's meet tomorrow at 7:30 in the morning. Just say yourout ona run before it gets to hot.Ok?" "Ok"
April went home and called up Jamie."Hey Jamie, you doing anything?" She asked. " No,of course not." She said. "Want to go play hockey at the park?"
"Sure! I'll meet you there."
Aprilout on a spagettie strap shirt and another pairof board shortsand put on her rollerblades. SHe rollerbladed to the park.
" Hey.Here's your stick. Let's play." They got started.April noticed to boys in the park on the soccer field.She didn't payattention to it. When they took a break, the two boys came up to them.

"May we play against you two?" The short one asked.April reconized Will right away.She smiled at him." Sure. My name is Jamie, and this is April." Jamie said." Nice to meet you.I'm Matt,this is Steve." the short one said." Ok, go get your sticks over there. I'll be goalie and defense, you can be offense." She said to April.
"I'll be offense." Steve said to Matt. They played a close game,butin the end,Jamie and April won." Long live the Champions!" April said." Good game" Steve said. They gave each other high fives. Aprilwent overto the drinking fountain,but it didn'twork. Steve/will went overto get adrink too. " It doesn't work."April said. " Oh great." He said,with sarcasmin his vioce." We still on for tomorrow?" He whispered. Aprilshook her head. "Well,we'll be hadin back now. Bye" Will/Steve said. April skated to Jamie's houseand then went home. She was exsousted. She went to bed, sether alarm for7:00.She was then asleep in 10 minutes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

April Wokewith a startle when her alarm went off.She got up and put on a blue pair of adidas shorts and a long sleeved shirt. She groggliy slipped on her shoes,went down stairs and grabbed a couple granoloa bars.She left a note saying that she had gonw for an early run. she went out the door and jogged to the pond. When she got there, Will was already there waiting for her.
"I am definatly not a morning person.Eh, Steve?" She joked as she layed down on her stomach. " Yeah." He said.
" Want one?"Aprilsaid,offering a granola bar." no,youcan have, but thanks for offering." He refused.Sge layed her head down.
" What are we dong?"Will asked. "Idon'tknow. Ok,what's onething that really annoys you and whine to me about it." She said.
" What shalli chose?" He said joking. Out of the blue,a guy cameout of the woods.He had a knife.Will saw him first.
" April, look out!Get up! Get up!,"He said(He helped her up)"
" What do you want?" Will said in a strong vioce. The guy just laughed and ran towards Will. April was freaked out by now.Will ducked and the guy missed. He came at him again and this time Will stood his ground. They fought for a moment until Will let out a yell.
"Ahhhhh. Damn!" He Fell o the ground in pain. The guy relized hwat he'd done,he dropped the knife and ran.
" Will,oh god." She ranup to him.He was sitting on the ground, breathing heavily,with his arm overover the bleeding wound. Her hands started to shake.
" Oh god.ok. What doI do? Think! Ok. ok.ok.um... first aid class." She was panicking.
" For God's sake,April,do something." Will said. Hewasin a lot of pain.
" Ok.I needto takeoffyour shirt and look at it. Ok, easy does it. there we go. Now,Lay down. Slowly,that's it.ok.Oh, shit!Um........," She looked around. She saw aguy in the garden. " Hey you! come here." She turned back to Will." Everything will be alright.Ok, you. Go get his father and call the paramedics. Go!" she told the man.
She turned back to Will." Ok,Calm down.You'll be fine. Focuss on me. Ok. Look atme. Don't thing about the pain." She gotup andgot her water bottle and gave hina drink. " Do something,anything. Man it hurts like ehll."Will said."ok.Sshh.I'mgoing to put you shirt on the wound.ok.Oh,man. Look,I think this is bad. Ok,so just stay with me."She put his shirton the wond,but it was not enough.She ended up taking off her shirt( she has a sports bra on) and tied it around his body." ok. I'm going tohave to apply a bit off pressure. Ok.Ready?" He shook his head yes.April took his hand in hers and gently pressed down. "Ahhhh"He let out.April was about to cry, seeing how much pain he was in. She heard running footsteps behind her. It was Harry.
"Oh, Will. Oh my God! The paramdicsare on their way. Hold on." He toke his othr hand
Shortly, the paramedics arrived and took over. They put an air pump thing on his face and did what they could.April let go off his hand and sat above his face.She kept wiping his face off.She noticed his eyes kept opening and shutting." Hey, up here. Don'tyou do anything. Look at me." He looked at her with those blue eyes that had a trusting look.