I got this idea a while back, but I've never found the inspiration to make it a real story until recently as it just wouldn't leave me be. I wish to see what other people think of this and I do hope you enjoy it. Please review!

Warning: the use of blondes in this story isn't really flattering. I wish to apologize to all my future readers who happened to be blond, it's nothing personal (as I'm a half blonde myself). They just offered the right inspiration. Again, sorry for this ….

"[Name], Kayla, wake up! You two are going to be late for school!"

"…"

"I'm up!" Kayla called much too cheerily from her room.

"[Name]!"

"…."

"Don't make me come up there [Name]!"

"I'm up grandma!" you replied with a groggy voice as you slowly crawled out of bed. You made your way to your very own bathroom and took a quick shower before putting on your school uniform.

"Ugh… I hate school" you spat out as you looked at yourself in the mirror. You looked decent enough so you quickly pulled your hair back to make a low ponytail and left it at that.

"Breakfast is ready."

"Alright grandma, I'll be down in two." You shouted back as you turned to grab your backpack and coat.

You and your sister Kayla lived with your grandmother as your parents had died two years ago. They had been killed when someone had broken in while you and your sister were sleeping at a friend's house. The thief was never caught though and that still angered you. The justice system sucked big time these days but there was little you could do to change it.

You and your sister were actually one of the lucky ones. You two didn't have any other family except for your grandmother and she was kind enough to take you two in, so you tried your best to make her life as pleasant as you could. You did your chores plus some extra ones, you did your homework, got good grades and you'd even gotten a small job to help her pay for your and your sister's necessity's.

All through this you took care of your one year younger sister as well, helped her with her homework, made sure she had free time that she could spent with her friends, ….

Life wasn't exactly easy for you but you knew there were people out there who had it a lot worse, so you tried to keep an optimistic view of life as much as you could.

"I made you some pancakes dear. I thought it would cheer you up about school since I know how much you were saddened yesterday."

"Thanks grandma!"

Ah yes yesterday … You had never hated chemistry much but your teacher had gotten the idea that the class needed different partners in hopes that such a move would motivate certain students.

Of course all the girls in your class where happy with such a thing as the school prince was in your chemistry class. Unfortunately for you, you had been partnered with him. Why is that unfortunate? Simple, you hated his guts!

You royally hated popular people as they always proved to be a pain in the ass. They were rude, attention seeking assholes or bitches, depending on their sex. All they ever did was bully people or hide what they really were beneath a goody two shoes façade. Shuichi was no exception to that rule.

He was everything you could never be and there was little about him that you really liked. It was just a feeling inside of you, really. It was like he was hiding something from you and the rest of the school, like he was only pretending to be who he was and that didn't sit well with you. Besides all that, he was perfect and that was against nature so ….

"Morning grandma, [Name]!" Kayla said as she sat on her chair and started to dig in her share of the pancakes. Not long after that you two finished eating and made your way to the door.

"It was delicious grandma, but we've gotta run now."

"Alright dears, be safe!"

"I don't believe you're still grumpy about yesterday. I'm so jealous of you sister. I mean, you're going to be able to work closely with the schools heartthrob! I wish I was in your shoes." Kayla said dreamily as you two were walking towards school and you glared at her though it was a mild one.

"It's not as peachy as you think Kayla." You said with a frown on your face as you remembered all the glares you had gotten in class and afterwards. Shuddering as you remembered certain girls you continued. "Some of those fangirls are freaky."

"Yeah but still you're going to be working with him every week!"

"Don't remind me." You muttered and Kayla sighed at your dark mood.

"You don't know how lucky you are [Name]." she said before leaving your side as she spotted a few of her friends. You watched her as she greeted her friends enthusiastically and they returned the favor.

"It is you who doesn't know how lucky you are Kayla." You mumbled to yourself as you entered the school in search of your locker. You didn't have any friends here except for one and that was Toki. You two were the 'out-group' as they called it, the weirdo's. Speaking of the devil …

"Hey [Name]!"

"Hey Toki."

"So you've been able to digest what happened yesterday?" she questioned with laughter clear in her voice. You were the only one she knew that hated Shuichi. Even the reasons you gave her sounded silly but she never tried to convert you and you never tried to convert her to see from your point of view.

"Ugh! You're as bad as Kayla with the whole 'Oh my god you're so lucky' thing."

"Perhaps it's because from our point of view, you are."

"Yeah well perhaps I'm lucky I don't share your point of view and am actually a normal type of girl."

"You! Normal!" she exclaimed while laughing her ass off "you never were nor will you ever be a normal girl!"

"Takes one to know one Toki"

"Yep and I'm at least damn proud of it!"

"Good for you!" You laughed and grabbed your books for first period. When you closed your locker it was to see trouble on the way and your good mood instantly vanished.

"Careful Toki, danger at nine o'clock."

"Oh great! The troublesome blondes." She bit out as she glared at them. Turning you two started walking to your first period, you two had a lot of classes together and that made your friendship all the better. Not even halfway down the hall you two were stopped by the 'troublesome blondes'.

"Listen girly!" the leader of the group began. "you better stay away from my guy, you hear me!"

"I didn't know you two were dating." You offhandedly stated while looking as disinterested as you felt.

"Watch your mouth bitch!" one of her lackey said and you briefly glanced her way before focusing back on the blond in front of you.

"He's mine and you worthless pieces of shit better not get anything wrong thoughts in those hollow heads of yours." She bit out and you narrowed your eyes at her. You hated this already! You were already being harassed just because you were partnered with a guy you didn't even know or liked! What was the world coming to!

"Listen blondy" you bit out as you tried to keep your anger in check. "you can keep him for all I care, just leave me alone!"

And with that said you moved forward and bumped your shoulder against hers quite hard, making her stumble in the process. Once you were in the safe zone you tried to focus on your breathing and forget what had just happened.

"Sometimes I hate going to this school." You muttered and Toki pouted playfully at that while you snorted at her answer.

"But then you would miss out on my o so famous personality!"

"Yeah your right, forgive me."

"Forgiven." She said with a smile as you two made your way towards your respective desks.

When the day was finally over you made your way towards your locker to change your books and to your surprise you saw Kayla waiting for you there. When she spotted you she quickly came over and the smile on her face told you how late it was.

"What is it this time Kayla."

"Hehehe, I forget how well you know me [Name]." she began as she tried to divert your attention and you narrowed your eyes at that. "Well, Kane asked me to go out with him tonight and since it's a Friday and all that I didn't think you or grandma would mind, so if you would relay the message for me?"

"How late?" you questioned already sensing that she was hiding something from you.

"Now that you mention it … eum I was planning to sleep over at his place." She mumbled and you looked at her with a thoughtful expression before sighing.

"I'll tell grandma that you're out with Kane but I want you to call me at ten and make sure you still want to sleep over at his place okay?" you said and she quickly nodded her head before hugging you. Once she released you, she turned around and made her way towards Kane and the two of them quickly disappeared from your sight.

"Sisters." You mumbled as you made your way towards your work. You had to work Friday evenings and Saturday's but you didn't really mind. It wasn't like you had anything better to do with your time.

Pulling out your cell you dialed your grandmother to inform her of the news. The strangest thing was that although your grandmother took care of you and your sister, she let you two decide what you wanted to do with your life.

You had taken on the role of guardian to your sister as she was a year younger than you. You had promised her that as long as she was honest about what she was doing she wouldn't have to fear you becoming your mother. Your mother hadn't let you live your life. She had always wanted you to work on your grades, to do your choirs, to excel in everything she deemed worthwhile, …

In the end you could never please her as you weren't perfect enough. But all that didn't mean that you didn't miss them immensely.

Your sister on the other hand had always been treated as their favorite one, she was allowed to go to a friend's house, to go to parties, to do the things you always wanted to do but weren't allowed to do. Though even like that you didn't hate her, she was after all your sister and she was all you had left in this world, she and your grandmother.

"[Lastname] residence."

"Grandma."

"Oh [Name], is everything alright?" she questioned worriedly and you smiled softly at that. She had always been the worrying type but she trusted you and your sister to make your own decisions and learn from your own mistakes.

"Yes grandma. I'm just calling to tell you that Kayla isn't coming home tonight. Kane asked her out and she's probably going to stay over."

"Oh. … alright I trust her and your judgment." She said and you smiled as she spoke 'your' with extra conviction.

"I'll see you tomorrow grandma."

"Tomorrow sweaty." She said before you hung up. By the time you came home from work she was long asleep so it was always Saturday before you saw her again.

"Hey [Name]!" your boss greeted you as you entered the restaurant. You had been working as a waitress for the last eight months now and you loved it.

"Evening Mr. Katanga."

"Ready for tonight?" he questioned and you smiled at the worry lines that appeared on his forehead. He was like a second father to you and you smiled at him before nodding your head.

"Yes and don't worry Mr. Katanga, school was just a bit more tiresome than I would have liked but I'm alright."

"If you are sure."

"I am."

"Good." He mumbled and placed the last of the drinks in the cooler.

"I'm going to change now." You said as you moved towards the back room and dropped your stuff in one of the lockers.

Tonight promised to be a busier night then others as it wasn't seven before the restaurant was already half full. You were working harder then you had to for the last two months but you didn't really mind. You loved to keep yourself busy.

By the time you reached home you were completely exhausted and it looked like Saturday wasn't going to be much different.

~ to be continued ~

I don't know what to think of this chapter myself, but sadly that's all my poor and school abused brain could come up with. Share your thoughts people, please leave a review.

Thank you for reading ^_^