Hiya there! Okay, so I came up with the idea for this story yesterday, while I was thinking of what to write for my other stories. Haha, I get so off task. But anywho, I hope you guys like it. It's kinda.. different. I think. Not quite sure anymore. Lol, but um, thanks for your time if you read this! And if you don't, thanks for clicking this. Haha, so here's the story.
It's an A/U fic. The gang goes to Harbor, they're Seniors. Don't really know what else to say. Haha, just read.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything at all related to the O.C. So don't sue me. Mkay, thanks!
Who Says Girls Can't Play Football?
Chapter 1 - The New Girl
Marissa sat nervously at an open desk in her first period class. She watched as students poured in through the classroom door as the late bell rang. Out of the group of students, a girl with short blonde hair, went to the front of the class, and set her things on the podium before she began talking.
"Okay, so what the school wants us to do, is to cut back on the articles about plants…" She turned to a girl with red hair that sat in the front of the class and apologized. "Sorry, Lindsay." The girl looked away rather embarrassed.
"No worries, Anna…" Anna smiled at the redhead and continued with her discussion.
"And to do more articles on the sports team. So, we need to decide who's going to interview the captain of the football team." All of the students began chattering and Marissa raised her hand. Anna looked at the girl curiously. "Who are you?" Everyone stopped chatting and looked at the girl with the raised hand.
Marissa lowered her hand when she noticed everyone looking at her. She then became rather fidgety when she saw Anna give her a look that told her to hurry up.
"M-Marissa Cooper. I'm the new girl... I just moved here from –" Anna cut her off.
"They told me about you…"Anna studied the lanky brunette. She was wearing some jeans and an Abercrombie sweatshirt.
"Excuse me?" Anna put on her glasses as she looked down at the paper in front of her.
"The school. Top of your class, but you don't seem that geeky." Marissa looked at Anna strangely.
"Thanks?" Anna smirked and Marissa raised an eyebrow when she heard all the other kids snickering.
"Anyway, back on topic. I've decided who is going to interview the football captain." The entire class was quiet, eager to find out who Anna appointed for such a job. "The new girl."
"What?" Marissa and the rest of her classmates were shocked at her choice. One of the male students stood up and objected.
"That's not fair! She's new and she already gets to interview Alex?" More boys and even some girls stood up.
"Yea! That's not fair! She's not ready yet, she can't handle Alex!" Now almost all the students were standing and yelling while Marissa looked on, scared. Anna gave the girl a sympathetic smile before taking action.
Anna pulled out a fog horn from the podium and held down the button for a minute. The class groaned as they covered their ears and took their seats. She placed it back into the podium and looked around the classroom.
"Stop complaining, there will be other interviews. I'm giving this one to her so we can see what she's made of." The students were about to complain again but then Marissa spoke.
"Hey, if someone else wants the interview, take it. I don't want everyone to be-"
"No! You're doing it Marissa. And if you're not, I'll tell the teacher to fail you." Marissa's eyes widened in horror.
"You can't do that!" Anna smiled as she tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear.
"Actually, I can. Since the teacher isn't really here and I control the grades." Marissa's mouth dropped open. "So, Marissa, do you accept?" The other students gave her death glares as she sighed dejectedly, knowing that she couldn't win against Anna.
"Sure. I guess." Anna smiled triumphantly before looking through her stack of papers.
"Good. Football team has practice after school, so you can start then."
"Great." Marissa placed her forehead on the desk as Anna spoke about what other topics the newspaper had to do. As she was zoning out, she felt someone touch her on the back. She looked up to see Lindsay take the seat next to her.
"Hey, don't worry about what the other kids say, I think you'll do fine." Marissa gave her a somewhat awkward smile before sitting up.
"Thanks… Hey, how come you didn't want to do the interview? Is something wrong with the captain?" Lindsay blushed as she shook her head.
"No! Alex is nice. I'm just not really into sports that much..."
Oh… So what's Alex like? Typical jock?" Lindsay looked around as she ran her fingers through her hair.
"Well, not exactly…" Marissa was confused.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, in a sense, Alex is a typical jock… Alex dates cheerleaders, but that's pretty much it. Alex is an all around nice person, and smart too. We have calculus together." She said the last part rather dreamily and Marissa noticed.
"You have a crush on Alex don't you?" Lindsay snapped out of her little daze.
"What? No! Alex is just, Alex." Marissa had a mischievous grin on her face when she answered.
"Right." Marissa was still unconvinced but nodded anyway.
"I'm serious. Anyway, I like someone else." She raised an eyebrow curiously. "Someone who's more…" Lindsay glanced over at Anna, who was giggling slightly, before turning back to Marissa. "Quirky." Marissa didn't notice Lindsay glance at Anna so she just smiled.
"Hm, lucky guy." Lindsay laughed nervously and smiled back.
"Yea... So, what other classes do you have?" Marissa pulled out her schedule and gave it to Lindsay to examine.
So, that's chapter one. Tell me what you think, good or bad. Doesn't matter. Should I continue? Or not? Rawr. So many decisions. Lol. Thanks for reading :)