Hi! This is a story I've been working on for a while. It will have multiple parts. This is Part One (Aka, things that happen in season one of Lab Rats.) Not all if not very little, of the chapters will be from the episodes themselves, until later, when Astrid is more in their story.
Anyway, I have at least one person on here that would like to read this, so I'm posting it.
Enjoy! I'll be uploading one chapter a day, starting now.
I do not own Lab Rats.
Astrid walks into Mission Creek High. She fumbles for her schedule as her backpack is hanging from one of her shoulders. "Noo.." she groans as it slides off and her folders fall out of her unzipped bag. "No no no.." she starts picking them all up.
She looks up to see a group of students snickering. She scowls at them and goes back to her books and folders. "Here," she sees a hand pick up a few. She stands up and follows the arm it is attached to. There's a white button up shirt with blue plaid pattern over it. Underneath is a dark blue t-shirt. Then she looks at the head above it all.
'It's a boy- Of course it's a boy,' Astrid tells herself. He has hazel eyes under a combed mop of brown hair.
"Here you go," he says, sending her a smile as he keeps a steady hold on her books.
"Thanks.." she says, putting what she has in her hands in her backpack. Then she takes his load, but doesn't try to stuff it inside.
"..You're new, aren't you?" He asks.
"A little, how'd you tell?"
"Well, for starters, I haven't seen you before," he states, "and also, you got that new person smell." She gives him a weird look. "..Kidding," he says, chuckling nervously.
"Oh," Astrid states, chuckling with him. They fall into silence. Then the bell rings. He cringes noticeably. "Well, better get to class."
"Where you off to first?" He asks. Astrid freezes. She groans and walks over to the circular seat in the middle of the main area. She sets her backpack on it and starts to rummage through it.
"My schedule's.." she mutters to herself.
"In the right mesh pocket?" He offers. She pauses and then looks in the pocket outside her backpack. Sure enough, the paper she's searching for is there.
"Thanks, again. Okay," she lugs her backpack onto her back and looks at her paper. "I have.. English."
"Need help finding it?" He asks.
"Yeah, sure." He beams and gestures to the hallway. She starts forward and he matches her, step by step.
"I'm Chase, by the way," he says, a little giddy, "What's your name?"
"Astrid Feire," she says, "nice to meet you Chase." She enters the classroom he points to for her and doesn't see him race to his next class, grinning like an idiot.
"Guys..!" Chase excitedly whisper-yells to his brothers and sister as he sits down for lunch.
"What?" Leo asks. He looks up from his 'food' and sees the smile on Chase's face. "Either he has a crazy idea, or he saw something incredibly boring."
"Why would I be smiling if it was something boring?" Chase asks, losing his enthusiasm for a moment.
"No no," Bree corrects, "boring to us." She gestures to Leo, herself, and their final brother, Adam.
"Well," Chase says, puffing out his chest, "I will have you know that I talked, to a girl."
There is utter silence that comes from the table as he continues to grin. Then the silence is immediately replaced by laughter. "Good one Chase," Adam says with a full mouth, "Best joke ever."
Chase looks at his siblings, dejected they didn't believe him, "I'm serious guys," he says, "Her name is Astrid. She's the new girl." Bree stops laughing and looks at him.
"You're not kidding?"
"Why would I kid about this?" Chase asks.
"So you seem more manly for snatching a woman," Leo suggests, "I mean honestly, you don't have much to go on."
Chase stares at him, "Look who's talking." Leo has no rebuttal.
"Okay Chase," Bree states, "then what does she look like?" Chase looks around the room. She's gotta have the same lunch period as them.
"Uhh.. oh! There she is!" He points to the girl sitting on the opposite side of a table from a group of band players. "That," he says, "is Astrid Feire."
"Fire?" Adam asks.
"No, Feire, with an 'ei,'" Chase explains.
"You spell fire your way, I'll spell it mine," Adam says. Chase rolls his eyes at his older, dumber brother, and turns his gaze back at Astrid. She has caramel blonde hair and blue eyes. Her skin is like ivory, save the spray of freckles on her face.
"So, how'd you meet her?" Bree asks, playing along.
"She dropped her books," Chase says.
"Ah, books," Adam states, "I knew they would come up in this story."
Chase realizes that they still don't believe him. "I did talk to her," he stresses, "I'll prove it. Watch." He stands up and looks at them over his shoulder. Then he walks over to Astrid. "Hi Astrid," he says.
She looks up at him and her mouth curves into a smile, "Hey Chase."
Chase can imagine his siblings picking their jaws up off the floor. "So, how were your classes so far?"
"..Okay," she states.
Chase nods, smiling, "Cool." The air becomes a bit awkward between them and the students on the other side of the table are staring. "Well.. talk to you later," he says, waving.
"Bye," she says. He chuckles nervously and walks back to his table.
"See?" Chase says.
"Wow.." Bree states, "you actually talked to a girl."
"Not just a girl, Bree, a cute girl," Chase states. Bree looks at the girl in question. She has a sea green blouse on with little embroidered milkshakes dotting it. Her boots are felt and her jeggings are a dark tan. Her hair is in a bun, snug behind her head.
"Eh, her style isn't too bad," Bree states, "Do you think she needs a friend?"
Chase looks at her, "Hey! This is a big thing for me. Don't turn it into something about you."
"I'm sorry Chase, but she's right," Adam states. They all look at him, "What.. Bree needs a friend, too."
"No I don't," Bree defends.
"Sweetheart," Leo states, placing a hand on her shoulder, "you can't expect us to sit for hours to hear about your problems."
Bree huffs, "Touche." Bree notices that Astrid is walking towards the trash. "Be right back," she says, standing up with her empty tray. She walks over, meeting Astrid halfway. "Hi," she states warmly.
Astrid looks at the girl with long brown hair and brown eyes, "Hi," she says slowly.
"I'm Bree, Chase's older sister," she states, offering a hand. Astrid takes it briefly. "So.. I hear you are new to Mission Creek," Bree states.
"Uh huh," Astrid states, "my name is Astrid." They put their trays away.
"You know.. You looked kind of lonely over there, sitting by yourself," Bree states.
"Well, I don't know anyone here," Astrid states.
"No one?" Bree asks, hoping surprise is present in her tone. "Well, you can always sit by us."
"Us?"
"Yeah," Bree turns around. "There's me, Leo, Adam, and Chase," she says, pointing to each person respectively. Astrid looks at the group of boys. Adam looks up and waves.
"It would be nice to have friends on the first day," Astrid says slowly.
"Great." The bell rings. "You know where to go next, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well.. talk later," Bree says, walking away. Astrid looks at the group for a moment, one person in particular, then gathers her bag and finds her next class.
Astrid spins the combination of her locker, then stores the books she doesn't need for her homework inside. "Hey, lady face!" She hears down the hall. She turns her head to watch the commotion. The insult was directed at Chase. The insulter is a boy much taller than Chase, "What's wrong, elf? Cat got your tongue?"
"Look," Chase says, "I don't want any trouble Trent. I just want to catch up to my siblings."
"Oh c'mon short stuff," the bully states, "don't tell me you'd rather go home than stay at school."
Chase is a little perturbed by Trent not letting him passed. Bree and Adam are waiting for him outside. It's urgent he gets there, he has a mission. "Trent, I have a pass from the teacher. You have to let me-"
"No I don't~" Trent sings, his arms wide open, "But here, I have an idea. If you can move me, then I'll let you go passed me."
Chase tries to push him back, but Trent just side steps him. The shorter boy falls the the floor by his own momentum. Chase stands back up. "I don't have time for this Trent."
"Then, make time," Trent says, grabbing Chase's shoulder, "because I'm not done with you."
"Hey." Both Trent and Chase freeze. Trent turns around and gawfs.
"Aww, how cute, look Chase," Trent says, pulling Chase back into a headlock, "someone even shorter than you is coming to your rescue."
Chase turns his head and sees Astrid looking at them. She is a little nervous about stepping up, but no one else was going to. She stands her ground. "Let him go," she states, crossing her arms.
Trent hums amusingly, "It's so cute how you look all fierce, Smurfette," he states, patting the top of her head with his free hand.
She brushes it away, glowering at him, "My name is Astrid." Chase uses the distraction to press on a pressure point on Trent's wrist. The arm falls to his side, loose and unyielding. "What!?" Trent looks at Chase, "What'd you do!?"
"Don't worry," Chase says, walking backwards, "you'll be able to use it in about fifteen point nine eight three.. minutes." Then he nods his thanks to Astrid and scurries out of the school.
As you can see it's in season one.
Chase is awesome, isn't he?
Questions? Comments?