Chapter 1

“Ciara!” Mrs. Thompkins calls through Ciara’s bedroom door.  “It’s time to get up for school!”

“Yes, mom, I know.” Ciara replies back.  “I’m up getting ready!”

As Mrs. Thompkins heads back downstairs to begin breakfast for her husband and Ciara and her brother, Ellis, Ciara gets herself out of bed and dresses in the clothes she picked out last night for the first day of her sophomore year:  a calf-length black skirt, pink sweater, and gold necklace.  Then she heads into the bathroom to style her long brown tresses in curls.  

Heading downstairs, Ciara joins her brother, father and mother for a family breakfast before they all go off to school and work.  Mrs. Thompkins always insisted they enjoy a family breakfast before anything else, if it was the only meal they had as a family for the day.  And that’s exactly what the Thompkins family always did. 

 

“Good morning, father!” Ciara said, giving her father a kiss  on his cheek.

“Good morning Ciara.  How did you sleep?” Mr. Thompkins asked her.

“Just great.”

“Yeah, I’ll bet!” Ellis said, sarcastically.  “Just who is it that you will have your eye on this year?”

“Oh shut up, Ellis!” Ciara said bitterly.

“Ciara!  Ellis!” Mrs. Thompkins chastised them both.  “Ciara, as the older daughter, I expect you to treat your brother with kindness.  And Ellis, please don’t goad your sister.”

“Yes, mother.” Ciara and Ellis said simultaneously.

“Now apologize to each other.” 

“Sorry, Ciara.” Ellis said, obeying his mother.

“Yea, I’m sorry too.” Ciara reciprocated.

As the Thompkins Family finished their breakfast, Mr. Thompkins got up, kissed his wife and wished his family a good day before picking up his briefcase and heading to Bradford and Thompkins, Attorneys at Law, where Mr. Thompkins was a partner in his firm he operated with his long-time friend and college buddy.

“Good morning, Chelsea.” Mr. Thompkins greeted Chelsea, who came to pick up Ciara for their first day of their sophomore year.

“Hi, Chelsea.” Ciara greeted her, who had just said good-bye to Ellis and her mother before following her father out the door.

“I can’t wait to get to school.” Chelsea said, enthusiastically.

“You mean you can’t wait to get your fix on some hot-looking guy.” Ciara said, knowing her best friend so well.

“Isn’t that the only reason for going to class?” Chelsea asked the rhetorical question.

Ciara disagreed, but kept quiet.  Chelsea was only interested in meeting guys, whereas Ciara was interested in her studies.  She wished to be a lawyer just like her father.  She loved going to her father’s practice and watching him work with his clients and sitting in the courtroom as he defended clients he knew were guilty.  The legal system has always fascinated Ciara and made it her life’s choice to be a a lawyer one day.

As Chelsea pulled into Fairview High School’s parking lot, blond-haired, Chase Jamison, noticed the girls as Chelsea parked her Jeep Wrangler.

Reviews

[Ruth]

Interesting hook and characters warm and vibrant...sets the pace and scene...looking forward to the next part :)

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Thank you Poppy.

[Schatzi]

It is a good start with an interesting storyline.

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Thank you Schatzi.

[BL]

Great opener, keep it rolling along.

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Thank you Be.

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Thank you Be.

[Lalochezia]

Your introduction intrigues me beyond all bearability! Please make me a 50 cent promise to upload new chapters soon!

Just a tiny thing: The family members greet each other very formally. Is that the way you mean it to be?

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Thank you Lalochezia for the suggestions.