Savannah Ripley rearranged the audio visuals on a rack. It had taken her almost an hour to complete it all. Volunteering at the library seemed fun when she signed up for it, but it ended up being hard work. She didn’t mind it, though. She enjoyed tutoring the first graders, passing out snacks, and putting back books and videos on shelves. To her the library didn’t look like a regular library. At least not the one in Graysville. Paramount’s library was big and nicer. The floor was hardwood and the inside of the library looked like the inside of a museum. She liked the Graysville Township Library better.
She looked over her shoulders and saw a few of her classmates walking by. A boy named Ben Mathews joked around with two other boys as they logged onto one of the computers in the children’s section. Savannah noticed right off the bat that a lot of students from Paramount came here after school. She even saw Brandon Albertson and some of her other friends roaming around the building. Suddenly, she felt someone wrap theirs arms around her waist. She knew who that was.
"Carter!" she said excitely, turning around to face him. "What are you doing here!? At the library of all places."
Carter Atkins hated reading so she was so shocked to see him there. Carter just smiled at her and pulled her in closer. He leaned over and kissed her on the neck. It tickled, making her giggle. But she wanted to be professional about her job so she pulled away.
"Carter," she whispered, giggling. "Not in front of all these people."
She pointed at two little girls giggling at their public display of affection. Carter just scoffed and kissed her some more. He wanted her so much. Kissing her was the best he ever did. Pretty soon, Andy and Holly bumbled their way over to them.
"What’s up!" shouted Andy, seeming to not be aware that he was at the library.
Being quiet didn’t seem to apply anymore at libraries. In fact there was a group of annoying Asian kids who kept talking contantly over at the lounging section. Savannah liked quietness. It helped her concentrate better. Sighing, she stacked more audio visuals onto the rack.
"I came here to see you." Carter said as if it were obvious. "I may hate reading, but I don’t hate you."
Holly and Andy walked over, helping Savannah put up the audio visuals. Carter pitched in to help. Savannah was glad to have her friends there. It was more fun then doing the work all alone. She wanted to show them the little kids she was about to tutor in the children’s area.
Around the area where puzzles and books laid, five children sat on the colorful bean bags. Two little kids ran up to hug Savannah. One of was a tiny girl named Tatiana Sanchez. She had blond hair and blue eyes. Tatiana idoloized Savannah and always wanted her to play with her. Savannah thought Tatiana was just the cutest thing in the world. Another one was an African American by named Tyler Richards who had a crush on her. He had a high-pitch voice and was incredibally cute.
"Hi!" Savannah piped, kissing both of them on the cheek.
"Well, who are you?" Andy said in a soft voice, taking Tatiana by the hand.
"I’m Tatiana." she smiled. "But Savannah calls me Tater-Tot."
Holly snickered in the background.
"Well, I’m Andy and Savannah calls me ‘jackass’."
"Andy!" hissed Savannah.
She didn’t want him saying profanities in front of the children. The class giggled. Andy ran up to them, tickling a few little girls who squealed in joy. He picked up one of the boys and acted like he was flying him. Savannah smiled. Andy knew how to handle children.
"You are very pretty." Holly said, kneeling down to Tatiana. "I’m Holly."
"You’re pretty, too!" Tatiana grinned, jumping up and down. "Can we be friends?"
"Sure," Holly smiled.
"Who is that?" Tatiana asked, pointing to Carter.
"I’m Carter." he said, smiling.
"Nice to meet you!" she said, doing a mock bow.
Carter laughed. Little kids always made him and Andy laugh.
"This is my boyfriend, Carter." Savannah whispered to Tatiana so Tyler couldn’t hear.
But he did. Tyler contorted his face. "No, I’m her boyfriend!"
Carter laughed. "Okay, buddy. I’ll back off."
"As long as we’re cool." Tyler said, doing a peace sign.
"You better watch out Carter." Andy joked. "This Tyler kid is better looking than you. He looks like he can take you down."
Carter understood why Savannah liked her job. Being around children always gave you a hint of nostalgia for your own childhood. He liked all of the kids in that room. Andy saw a little boy sitting all by himself looking sad. He had on thick glasses and had blond hair. Andy walked over to him, sitting down next to him.
"Why the long face, little man?"
"No one wants to play with me?"
"Aww…why not?"
"Because they think I’m weird for wearing glasses."
Andy felt bad for the boy. He had done the same thing the kids were doing to the boy.
"What’s your name?"
"Geoff."
"Well, Geoff, I’ll be your friend and I’ll make these kids be your friend, too."
Geoff’s face lit up. "You mean it!"
"Hundred percent."
Geoff hugged Andy.
"Listen up," Andy told the four children. "This hear is my friend Geoff. Now he’s been telling me that you guys have been mean to him. I want you all to get along with him. Got it?"
"I like him." Tatiana said. "It’s just that he’s too shy."
"We joked with him plenty of times." said a redheaded boy. "But he always gets upset."
"Because making fun of people’s glasses isn’t nice." explained Savannah. "You may think it’s funny and nice, but some people like Geoff don’t."
The kids went to Jeff and apologized. They had said it was only a joke and they were just trying to get him to like them. Geoff thanked Andy and went over to the children to play with them.
"I guess my work here is done, here." Andy said triumphantly to Carter.
"Do you wanna see my talent?" Tatiana asked Carter.
Savannah groaned. She had seen Tatiana’s "talent" plenty of times.
"Sure," he smiled, patting her head.
Tatiana pulled up her shirt to her chest and sucked in her stomach to reveal two ribs. They were so prominant. Andy and Holly laughed.
"Once upon a time there was a rabbit named Peter," she began.
"Ooh!" Andy said, raising his hands like a child. "I love this story! It always has a happy ending!"
Savannah laughed. Peter Rabbit used to be her favorite book when she was three. Her grandmother used to read it to her every time she came over. The story never got old to her.
She continued to read, getting to the climax of the story. Carter put his hand on a little girl’s shoulders to play like he was a big kid.
"This is the best part." Carter pretended, acting giddy.
"I know, I’m getting goosebumps!" Holly joked. "I hope the rabbit doesn’t get eaten."
Savannah laughed again. Why were her friends being so immature? The children didn’t mind. They actually liked their presence. When Savannah was done with the book, she started passing out juice boxes and snacks to the children.
"Here you are," she said, handing one to Tyler.
Tyler did a "call me" signal and Savannah played along. She handed the other one to Tatiana,
Sorry, I wasn’t trying to be racist against Asians.
Its very good! I actually would like to read it some more though whats the plot?
Anyways i dont think this answers your question much but i think you should put it up on this website www.fictionpress.com that way you can add the chapters one by one and you can have more people review every chapter! =D