Summer came, Summer went.

Summer came, Summer went and now it was time to get back to school.
Harriette could feel it in the air, this year was going to be different. Even more different than just the fact that all the seniors are gone, though that will be very strange. But no, she sensed that something big was gonna happen this year, she just hoped it wasn’t gonna be bad.
This year she was a sophomore, she was not a little freshman anymore. Not that being a freshman was bad or anything, she was just older now. And everyone knows older means better.
She spent even longer getting ready for the first day, she made sure all her curls were perfectly curly in the right way. One thing that had changed over the summer was that her hair was straightening out, which she was not a big fan of. Last year she hardly needed to curl her hair, it was pretty curly. This year it was more wavy, still curly though. Just not the curls she wanted.
She picked out the perfect outfit, and changed it a couple of time until she was wearing the perfect outfit, again.
She spent some time on her makeup, highlighting in all the right places. Applying lip gloss, she didn’t want to look too fancy so she opted for lip gloss instead of lipstick. Plus this was lip gloss she had picked up on her vacation to Paris.
Finally she modeled for Collin and asked how she looked.
“Cute,” Collin said.
Harriette smiled, “good. You do too.”
“Thanks,” Collin said looking into the mirror, his hair had gotten more curly over the summer, unlike Harriette’s, and he wasn’t a big fan of it. When they were younger Collin had straight hair and Harriette and curly hair. Collin straightened his hair everyday because he didn’t like his curls, and Harriette curled her hair everyday because she didn’t like her hair wavy. His more curly hair wasn’t straightening the way he wanted it.
“Collin, your hair looks gorgeous,” Harriette said, “come on we have to go”
Collin sighed, glancing in the mirror once more, “okay.”
Downstairs Tamarai was already finished with her breakfast and was helping Willow, their little sister, with her hair. Willow and Finn, the twins, both had dark brown curly hair. Harriette had always found that strange since her and Collin had blond hair, though it was getting darker and Harriette went to the salon to get hers lightened. Collin on the other hand was embracing his darker hair, he actually liked it.
“You look great,” Tamarai said when she finally noticed them.
“Thank you,” Harriette said, looking over Tamarai. Her hair had grown out a little, and even though Harriette told her she liked it shorter Tamarai kept it at her shoulders, but she still cut her bangs. She was wearing her usual colorful assortment of clothes, and her arms were full of bangles.
“You do too,” she said finally.
Tamarai, who had just look nervous, smiled, “thank you.”
“You guys are going to be late,” their mom said. She handed Harriette and Collin a breakfast bar and then shooed them outside to the car.
Suddenly Harriette was really excited, she was finally going back to school. Some kids didn’t care that much for school, but not Harriette, she lived to go to school. She couldn’t imagine what it would be like to not go to school.
She was excited to meet the new freshman, she loved meeting new people. She was excited to see her locker again, A.L. High let you keep the same locker throughout high school. She was excited for a lot of things.
“I can’t wait to see DaeRi,” Tamarai said. DaeRi had only just got back from South Korea yesterday, so they hadn’t had time to see her yet.
“Yeah,” Harriette agreed.
“What are you most excited about?” Tamarai asked Collin.
Collin shrugged, “I don’t know.”
It wasn’t a long drive to school, in such a small town everything was centered around the school, the biggest building in town.
They pulled into the parking lot, already full of cars. Now Harriette was practically bouncing out of her chair.
“Have a good day, darlings,” their mom called out as they all got out of the car.
“You too,” Tamarai said.
A.L. High is back in session.