A/N: AU. RENT Highschool FanFic. Tried to keep all the characters as much in character as possible. They might be OOC at first but they'll gradually become the characters we all love.

Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING

Chapter One: Cliques

"Yo Collins!" Thomas Collins heard as he parked his car in the student parking lot of Scarsdale High School. Collins turned off his car and stepped out as 3 guys rushed his car.

"Hey guys" Collins said smiling at his friends Jeff Jackson, Brett Kimmel and Shawn Coleman. Collins pressed the lock button on his car and walked towards the school with the three guys on his heels.

"Yo man coach is pissed" Jeff said shaking his head as he caught up to Collins.

"What?" Collins asked raising his eyebrows.

"Yeah man from last nights game"

Collins sighed as he turned and looked at Shawn Coleman, Brett and Jeff following suit.

"What?" Shawn said stopping and looking at his three friends, his shoulders slightly hunched.

"If your dumbass wouldn't have fumbled the ball on the last play we would've won the game" Collins confirmed adding a quick slap to the back to Shawn's head.

"OW! Well if you would have thrown the ball straight to me I wouldn't have had to jump and it wouldn't have slipped out of my hands" Shawn replied still holding his head.

"You fumbled the ball after you ran 20 yards" Brett confirmed rolling his eyes. Shawn opened his mouth to say something else but closed it figuring it was a lost cause.

"Good choice" Jeff said laughing.

"Come on we have to get to Strength and Conditioning early if we want to get to the bench press in time" Collins said looking back at his friends. Collins turned back around just as a girl in front of him dropped her books. Collins laughed and shook his head at the girl before walking around her and into the doors of the school.

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Joanne sighed and looked back as the group of guys disappeared into the front doors of the school before bending down to pick up her books.

"Stupid shoelaces" Joanne mumbled as she finished stacking her books in a pile and proceeded to tie her shoelace that caused her fault.

"Need some help?" Joanne heard someone ask and looked up, smiling when she saw her friend Jennifer standing over her.

"Yes thanks, my backpack broke this morning" Joanne said groaning and reaching down to pick the first two books off the stack and handing them to Jennifer.

"Was that Tom Collins?" Jennifer asked before she took the books from Joanne.

"The one and only" Joanne muttered as she picked up the last three books herself and turned on her heels to follow behind Jennifer who was heading into the school. Not even two seconds after Joanne stepped in the double doors did she feel a hand on her arm.

"Jo! Please tell me you finished your portion of the project" the brown, stalky boy who had a good grip on her arm asked.

"Yes Ben I did, now would you let go before you make me drop these books on my foot?" Joanne asked laughing. Benny nodded and let go of Joanne, following behind her to her locker where Jennifer was waiting...impatiently.

"Don't tap your foot at me. Blame him, he's the one that stopped me" Joanne said looking from Jennifer to Benny before dropping her books and reaching to open her lock.

"What happened to your backpack?" Benny asked looking down at the many books.

"It broke genius" Joanne said sighing as she pulled the locker open and reached down to pick up the books. When she looked back up she jumped at the camera stuck in her face, receiving a quick flash in the eye Joanne dropped her books and winced in pain as one landed on her foot. "UGH! Mark! Get out of here!" Joanne snapped looking at the short, spike-haired boy. Mark smirked and ran away to go torture someone else. "I really don't like him" Joanne said turning back to her books as Benny and Jennifer laughed.

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"Smile" Mark said with a smile as he snapped a random picture of a group of kids hanging out by the locker. Some groaned and turned their heads while others laughed and posed. Mark snapped the shutter and was off before any of them could blink. Mark loved being the photographer for the school paper and the camera guy for the small announcement show they had every morning. Mark continued down the hall, snapping a picture every now and then until he heard someone call his name and stop him.

"Mark! Come here for a second" Mark looked back, his eyes landing on Mr. Whitaker, the multimedia director and teacher. Mark nodded and followed the teacher into the room and over to the man's desk.

"What's going on?" Mark asked shyly, not sure if he was in trouble or anything. Mr. Whitaker smiled at the boy as he watched him play with the camera in his hands and avoid looking him in the eye.

"Its nothing bad Cohen, calm down. I wanted to talk to you about this video you and Trevor turned in. I loved it" Mr. Whitaker said, smiling as he saw the boy look up at him with wide eyes.

"You loved what?" A voice came from the doorway. Two pairs of eyes turned to see Trevor Donley, Mark's partner and best friend walk into the room.

"Trevor! Just who I wanted to see. The video you and Mark made was absolutely amazing. I was wondering if you would have a problem with me entering it into a contest" Mr. Whitaker asked looking between the two boys. Trevor and Mark quickly exchanged glances before looking back to the teacher, shaking their heads with wide grins on their faces. "Great! I'll talk to you two more in class today" Mr. Whitaker said smiling.

"Wow you think we might win?" Trevor asked looking over at Mark as they walked out of the classroom.

"We don't even know what the contest is. I guess we'll have to wait until 4th hour" Mark said shrugging as he fingered the camera still in his hands as they walked outside.

"I still think we might win" Trevor muttered. Mark simply smiled as they passed another group of students. Mark quickly snapped a picture, receiving glares and growls from the students.

"What'd you do that for? You know they'll kill us!" Trevor snapped as he and Mark ran towards the other building connected to the school.

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"Stupid Computer Geeks" Maureen mumbled as she leaned against the wall, giving her friend Eden and amused smirk as the girl growled at the two boys sending them running.

"More like dorks" Mike said leaning next to Maureen, a hand snaked around her waist.

"Whatever" Maureen mumbled taking a long drag from the cigarette in her hand before passing it to Eden, who was now standing next to her, and pulling out her compact to take a look at herself. "I need a touch up" Maureen said frowning stroking her hair lightly.

"I can pick up another bottle on my way home and meet you at your house later. What color this time?" Eden asked as she passed the cigarette to Mike. Maureen studied the white streaks in her hair before looking back at Eden.

"I think I'll be a fire crotch this time" Maureen said smirking as Mike and Eden busted out laughing.

"So you planning on dying the hair down there too?" Eden asked, an amused smirk on her lips as she raised her eyebrow seductively.

"Maybe, Maybe not. Depending on what type of mood I'm in later on today" Maureen said shrugging.

"Well if you do, let me know because I wanna spend the night" Mike said winking at her as he dropped the cigarette in the dirt and crushed it with his boot.

"Will do babe" Maureen said smiling as she walked up to him. Mike waited until she was in reach before pulling her forcefully to him and devouring her mouth with his own, his hands on her ass. Eden simply rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Well you could've at least gave me the cigarette back before you two went into you're own little world" Eden said crossing her arms. Maureen pulled away and laughed at her friend before pecking Mike on the lips quickly then wiping the lipstick off his lips.

"Lipstick?" Maureen asked looking at Eden. Eden reached in her pocket and handing Maureen her tube of red firecracker lipstick. Applying it expertly without a mirror she quickly handed it back. "See you in 2nd hour" Maureen called over her shoulder before flipping her hair and turning around running smack into a smaller girl. "Damnit! Watch where the hell you're going!" Maureen snapped walking around the girl.

"Sorry" the girl muttered from the ground as Maureen walked around her towards the far building.

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"Real lady there huh?" Mimi heard a voice say behind her. Looking back a smile quickly spread across her face at her best friend standing over her.

"Yeah" Mimi simply replied as she held out her hand. Angel quickly took it and pulled Mimi to her feet. Angel watched as the latina brushed herself off before shaking his head.

"So how was your weekend?" He asked as he waited for Mimi to finish and walked towards the building opposite of where the rude girl had disappeared into.

"Same as always, mom had me inside doing chores and yelling at me in Spanish about any and everything she could think of" Mimi said sighing making Angel shake his head and laugh. "What about you?" Mimi asked back, looking at her friend.

"Had a date" Angel said simply shrugging as Mimi stopped in her tracks.

"Wait you? Angel Schunard had a date?? When? Who?" Mimi asked. Angel rolled his eyes and grabbed Mimi's hand pulling her towards through the courtyard.

"Yes I had a date big mouth. With Aubrey Long" Angel said smiling at the look on Mimi's face.

"Really? So.... how was it? Do you like her? Is there going to be a second date? Are you two together?" Mimi asked nudging Angel playfully which only caused him to roll his eyes and laugh.

"You know chica...you really should put spaces between those questions" Angel said shaking his head as they reached the building and Angel held the door.

"Sorry I'm just excited is all. I never thought I'd see the day that Angel Schunard went on a date..." Mimi said smiling. "...and with a girl" Mimi mumbled under her breath as she walked in the building with Angel behind her. Angel heard the last part but said nothing as he followed her down the hall to their classes.

"Roger Davis! Will you pay attention please!" they heard as they approached the music education classroom.

"See you later" Mimi said hugging Angel before disappearing in the classroom a few doors down for her dance class as Angel slipped into the classroom that had produced the yelling.

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"I'm listening!" Roger snapped looking up at Mrs. Austin, keeping the guitar in his hands, the pick in his hands still at the strings.

"Nice of you to join us Mr. Schunard" the teacher said as Roger watched a boy walk into the class and take a seat behind the drum set. He'd seen the guy a few times but never paid him any attention. Then again he didn't pay anyone any attention.

"Sorry" he heard the boy mumble and turned his attention back to the guitar in his hands. He'd just moved to the city from Hicksville, NY. It was just his second day so he didn't know many people, in fact he didn't know anyone at all but that was fine with him.

"Okay now as I was saying. Jimmie Hendrix...." Mrs. Austin said as Roger basically tuned her out. His attention was still on checking out the strings on the new guitar his dad had just bought him for this class. His old guitar was cool and everything but it was acoustic, this one was electric and it sounded amazing. Roger couldn't get enough of it. Looking up at Mrs. Austin Roger took a step forward to take a seat in one of the many chairs and stumbled. as he stumbled he moved his hand to catch himself, strumming the strings loudly in his attempt. He looked up at Mrs. Austin as she sighed and looked back at him.

"It was an accident I swear" Roger said quickly holding one of his hands up in surrender, the other supporting his weight since he was still on the ground.

"Mr. Davis" She said simply as the class laughed, all eyes trained on the 'new kid.'

A/N: So I've had this story laying around for a few months, figured I'd might as well post it. I'll continue if you all like it.