The clock ticked towards 3 PM and freedom. Juliet and Clarisa were stuck in their last period English class watching the teacher drone on. The two 7th grade students were close friends. Clarisa was a girl with brown hair, blue eyes, and light skin. She wore a pair of jeans and a T shirt. Juliet was shorter than Clarisa and had a long dark blond hair, blue eyes. She wore a blouse and a pair of denim shorts.
Clarisa had had enough. She nudged Juliet. “I got an idea. Let’s show the teacher proper English. We are doing pronouns right now soooo...”
The girl rose her hand. “Yes Clarisa, use ‘HE’ in a sentence.” The teacher said.
“HEEEEEE HAW!!!!” She mock brayed. The class sniggered.
“Really, Clarisa? Is there anyone who wants to give it a serious try?”
“Yes, Juliet, use ‘HE’ in a sentence.” Juliet first looked as if she really wanted to give a right answer when she started; “He.....HEEEEHAW!”
The teacher looked furious. “Okay, you two want to be asses? You can do it at home.” He wrote them up and an hour later after listening to the dean drone on the two girls had landed themselves a three day suspension.
Clarisa wasn’t particularly broken up about it as she walked to her locker. “Three days of no school!” She said with exultation.
Juliet wasn’t that thrilled; “Well your parents don’t take it that hard but my father will be furious!” She sighed while packing her stuff.
“Dude, don’t worry about it. What can they do! Enjoy your time off....hey what’s this?” Clarisa pulled a flyer out of her locker. It read:
“Got some time off from school due to wanting to have fun in class? How about spending it with us! PLEASURE ISLAND is an all expenses paid vacation for kids who have been suspended from school. Instead of going home to deal with your parents, meet at the nearest bus stop and the coach will be there to take you to a wonderful place! NO RULES, NO ADULTS...by the time you are done here, you won’t want to leave!”
The flyer showed an amusement park. Clarisa didn’t think twice. “I’m going. You wanna come with?”
Juliet looked at the flyer; “I don’t know?” She looked around; “Isn’t it strange that we are the only ones who got the flyer?” She asked while pointing at the other lockers.
“It said it was for kids that got suspended. Not many got suspended today, at least out of school suspension. I don’t know about you, but I’m going straight to the bus stop.”
Clarisa began to walk out. “But how could anyone possibly know that we just got suspended?” Juliet asked again but Clarisa had already left the building.
She looked at the flyer again; “It sure does look like fun.” She thought and Clarisa was her best friend so why leave her alone? Finally Juliet ran after her friend. Clarisa was already standing at the bus stop when Juliet caught up to her.
“Glad you decided to come, the coach is already on it’s way” She was interrupted by an old style stagecoach drawn by donkeys pulling to a stop in front of her.
“Hello girls. Suspended?” Asked the strong looking driver. The two nodded. “Then hop on!!! It’s a short drive to the pier.”
Clarisa smiled and without hesitation climbed in. Juliet looked at the coach nervously, before she finally decided to join her friend. As soon as she had crawled up the ancient looking vehicle it started to move.