Beautiful Somehow
He'd never met anyone like her. She made him angry, upset, happy, and confused all at the same time. That had never happened with anyone before. Some people had said that she had two powers…the power to control the elements…and the power to make people fall in love with her. He'd thought it was absurd…you can't have the power to make someone fall in love with you. "No Warren," Layla had laughed. "It's just the way Marris is."
Chapter 1: "M is for Marris."
She had been peacefully dreaming when out of no where her dream was interrupted by the loud sound of booming music that was invading her ears. When she had fully opened her eyes, she was lying on the hardwood floor of her bedroom groggily blinking to see where the source was coming from. Zack…
"Zack!" Marris Revora yelled as loud as she could, knowing her annoying cousin was still somewhere in her dark room. "Zack, you idiot, I know you're in here! You're glowing!"
Daring to open her eyes more than she already was, she squinted at the bright light that was emitting from her cousin. She'd been more than surprised to return home and find her baby cousin with his power…and she'd been even more surprised when she'd found out that he'd inherited the somewhat odd power of glowing from their grandfather.
"Aww…damn! I was hoping you wouldn't notice that!" Zack moaned as he turned down her stereo. The songs of Death Cab for Cutie finally got down to normal instead of buzzing in her ears. Nothing but a scowl rode Marris' face as she watched her glowing cousin move across her room. Seconds later the bright sunshine of another day poured into her room while Zack was found straightening out her curtains. "Man…It always amazes me to that it's so clean in here."
"Well I am a girl," She laughed with a shake of her head. "You're hilarious…you know that right? Just hilarious." Zack turned around with a goofy grin deep on his face. This only deepened the satisfaction that came when she blasted a shot of water at his face.
"Marris!" He exclaimed while hurriedly wiping his face off. She only smirked when he met her eyes. "I hate it when you do that Mare."
"Well it wouldn't have been done if a certain cousin of mine hadn't woken me up," Marris sighed stiffly, leaning her head against her bed. Her side was sore from falling off her bed and her duvet was lying on the floor with her. "What time is it?"
"Eight fifteen," At his words Marris jumped to her feet and sent a burst of ice out at him as she did. "Hey!"
"It's eight fifteen? Zack! Why didn't you wake me up sooner?" He watched her with amused eyes as she ran over to her closet, water still trailing from her hand. "Zack! Out!"
"Kay cuz, but don't be late. Ron doesn't wait for anybody," Zack laughed as he began to walk out of her room. "And you're welcome for the wake up call." Marris paused as her green-gray eyes watched him leave the room, his smirk still on his face when he turned around. "Ron's the bus driver by the wa-"
"I know! You've told me a million and three times. Now get out before I really give you something to be upset about." He had been grimacing at the wet spot on his shirt from her water and he looked up before quickly disappearing behind the closed door.
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"Here's a smoothie…Mom made it for you before she left for work." Marris rolled her eyes as Zack handed her a disposable mug with a feeble straw sticking out of the lid hole.
"Thanks," Marris smiled as she walked down the front stairs of their house. It was so different from Greece…there everyone had seen everyone all the time. The small houses had been all joined in one large block of life on a Greek island surrounded by the bluest waters. She wished she could go back…but she was more than happy to be home. "What's with the lid?" Zack sent her a silly glance as if she should know what she was asking was stupid.
"It's for safety. They call it Sky High for a reason Marris."
"Oh," Marris shook her long honey brown hair as she walked alongside her cousin. The feeling of her brown and navy polka dotted dress swaying nicely in the cool fall breeze made her smile to herself. She'd been smart enough to pull a navy wool shrug on after she'd felt how cold it was when she'd woken up to an open window. A rush of emotions filled her as she took another sip of her smoothie. She was more than nervous about how the kids at Sky High were going to accept her special power. Ever since her first summer in Greece with her mother, who had once been the famous Aqua Woman, she'd begun to wake up feeling how it was outside. By the time she had come back home to live with her Aunt and Uncle in America she'd been able to control water, earth, fire and wind like an amateur. And now at fifteen years old she was a pro. "So what's your girlfriend's name again?"
Zack blushed and she could see the faint glow on his cheeks as they stepped onto the sidewalk, Marris still contently sipping her strawberry mocha smoothie. In the emails he'd been sending her Zack had asked for nothing about advice about a girl named-
"Magenta…but we call her Maj for short." He said quickly. After she'd given him the best advice she could Zack had won over the shape shifter at their Homecoming Dance…the night he and his friends had saved the school.
"I get to meet her, right?" Zack threw an arm around his cousin as they continued walking down the street and laughed. She was almost half a year older than he was, but he'd still towered over her since the age of three which made it much easier for him to lazily lean on her.
"Of course. You get to meet all the guys."
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"Dudes!"
The loud exclamation that had come with the opening of the bus doors scared him and he felt his fingers become warm for a second. He had been sleeping after not getting much sleep from being at Will's the night before. Things had been rough with his drunken mom at home so he'd gone to the only person he knew would willingly take him in. His best friend had still been surprised when he opened the door to find Warren with a large duffel back hanging from his shoulder.
"Hey Zack Attack." Layla laughed from beside Will. Warren's smokey gray eyes looked up to see Zack grinning at his friends. And immediately, Warren wondered what was so different about this day…it was Monday. If anything they shouldn't be happy about going back to school. But Zack was glowing…literally. From the front of the bus he could hear Ron introducing himself to someone.
"I'm Ron Wilson. Bus driver…it's a pleasure to meet you Miss Revora. Here's my card…just incase you ever need anything…but I'm sure your cousin has one."
Cousin? The only person Ron had given his cards to after Homecoming were the Heroes that had saved the school. Meaning one of them had to have a cousin-
"I want you guys to meet my cousin…Marris," The brunette girl appeared beside Zack. Though he wasn't into noticing things Warren couldn't help be feel her smile filling the whole bus with a warm gust of wind. Layla's gasp was immediately heard and Warren rolled his eyes as the bus started moving again, almost sending Zack and Maris to the floor. A new friend that none of them knew…how wonderful. "Marris this is Maj and Ethan…and that's Warren."
He glanced up when his name was mentioned and made eye contact with her for a second. However, he broke it when he felt his hands heat up. That was weird.
"Zack! Miss Revora, please be seated. We only have one more stop to make…and then…off to Sky High." Ron shouted the last words quietly and Warren's eyes rolled again. He was even more convinced to keep the secret of a Super Hero high school ever since Homecoming, and frankly, the pyromaniac was tired of hearing the same warning every day when he got on the bus.
"Um…hi. Could I…sit here?"
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"Sure."
Marris smiled at Warren as she sat down, smoothie still in her hand as she slid her gray and brown vintage messenger bag onto her lap as she sat down. Like most of her girl friends she didn't carry around a purse just because of the fact that she didn't want to be constantly bothered with something small that could easily be stolen or lost.
"Marris, Marris, Marris!" Layla's voice called from the seat across from her and she smiled turning to face her best friend. She was sitting beside her boyfriend and Marris' old friend, Will Stronghold. She and Zack had grown up with the two and Marris could distinctly remember many a time when she had bothered Layla about him. He had been scrawny and nerdy back then. As for Layla, she had never really changed. Her long red hair was tied into two pigtails on the side of her face and each was held together by small hippie-like flower pins. It was a look that was always hers.
"That would be me." Marris smiled as Layla tugged on her skirt. She hadn't seen her since she'd disappeared at the beginning of the summer and their only way of communication had been emails, instant messaging and mostly letters (seeing as her Nana's computer hadn't been in the best shape). So her only way of describing Greece to her best friend had to be through words...bad and good. Luckily, Layla was good that way.
"So tell me, tell me. How was the rest of Greece? Was it amazing? Because it sounded beautiful in your letters…How's your Nana and your Bapi? And your Mom, how is she?" Layla's outburst of words left Marris laughing and she heard Warren sigh beside her.
"Don't worry…you get used to it with time." She muttered to him as she fumbled with her bag to get the pictures that Layla had made her swear to take. Marris took the risk to glance up at the boy only to find him looking at her with a smirk deep on his face.
"I've been trying to." She held in a giggle as she turned back to Layla who was trying to get Maj's attention.
"Greece was amazing as usual Lay, and my Nana, Bapi and my Mom are all doing well." Handing the envelope of pictures to her friend, she smiled as Layla excitedly took them. Suddenly her hand began to tingle with unexplained warmth, the exception of a frosty freeze mingled in being the only set back. She blinked as Maj gasped at the first picture. What is that? In curiosity Marris turned to face Warren. He was still looking out the window as he had been minutes before. Deciding it was only another weird mix up in her bloodstream, Marris turned away from him. But before she did, she couldn't help but notice him flexing his hand as if he too was experiencing some pain in his fingers.
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"Nervous?"
She had been twisting her hands together when they'd gotten up in the air and she'd even screamed a bit when they'd began to advance further upwards. He had sworn that when that had happened the bus almost fell out of the sky and a chill of ice had run up his leg. What the hell is that?
"Just a bit," Marris smiled and bit her lip as she looked at the school. "Okay…yeah. First day of high school for me…nothing beats those jitters." She laughed and Warren felt another warm breeze sink by him oddly.
"Things have changed at Sky High…you don't really need to worry about it." Warren said. Though he tried his best not to, he grimaced at the tone in his voice. For some strange reason he was trying to be reassuring to a girl he could care less about. "And if you need help you've got Stronghold and Hippie to help. But if they aren't around...I'll try my best to help."
Marris smiled again as the rest of their group assembled behind her, each of them talking amongst themselves. Warren slung his bag across his shoulder as he began to walk towards the school. He was eager to get to his first period class for the soul reason of being able to hide in the back row. Unless it was Medulla's class. It was then and only then that he loved to be in the front and annoy the brain head as much as he could.
"Thanks…Warren." He only paused for a second as Marris thanked him, but then continued on and shook his head free of thoughts. He had to stop with girls…the last and only relationship he'd ever had had turned out just as he thought. He'd found Patricia in the Janitor's Closet with Brian McLaser at lunch after Zack had tipped him off. They'd been dating for two weeks when that happened. Warren had broken it off with Patricia the next period.
You just have to ignore it………
"It's weird. He usually ignores girls that aren't me or Maj and even then sometimes he just doesn't talk to us at all."
Marris laughed and shook her head as they made their way to the gym. Principal Powers had apparently given Layla the liberty to chaperone her to her own private session of Power Placements. And though Layla had grimaced when she said that it didn't even really matter anymore after Homecoming, Marris couldn't help but feel even more nervous when she explained it to her.
"They send a flying car towards you? Oh Layla…what if I do the wrong power? How am I supposed to stop a car from hitting me? Set it on fire? Or make a basket of thorns to catch it? Or freeze it to pieces?" Marris sighed and became consumed with worry as they opened the Gymnasium doors. "I might as well just send a gust of wind up towards it."
A silence filled the conversation between her and Layla. The brunette looked up at her friend. Layla's eyebrows were raised and as Boomer walked into the gym, Marris smiled nervously and bit her lip. Bad habit, bad habit.
"Well...there you go."
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"Name freshman?"
Boomer's loud voice was slightly intimidating at its loudness, but Marris tried to not it get to her. She glanced down at Layla. Supportively the redhead gave her thumbs up the second she did. Marris smiled…it was so like her to do such a cheesy thing. She definitely had been given an easier job than the others that had gone a few months before she had. Layla was her only audience.
"Marris Revora sir." She answered him as clearly and as politely as she could while keeping a reasonable amount of eye contact with the floor.
"Power?" Marris bit her lip before she glanced up at Boomer and quickly looked back down at the ground.
"Control over the elements sir." Marris answered quietly again. She could hear the scraping of his pen on his clip board paper.
"Which elements?" Boomer asked and Marris looked up while anticipating the look of surprise she knew she would be getting.
"All of them…sir." She replied with no trace of hesitation. A grin formed on her lips when he looked up at her with wide and impressed eyes.
"All of them?"
"Yes sir. Earth, water, fire and wind. All of them." Marris recited the list she had grown to know so well perfectly. She didn't stutter and the trace of shyness she'd had when she walked into the room had disappeared. But despite the confidence, Boomer didn't seem to believe her. He only stepped back and shook his head. Arrogant man. What can you do? Yell at things?
"Car."
This was the part that Layla had warned her about. She heard the click and the roar of a junkie car falling down from the roof. Panic spread over her as she realized it wasn't going to stop...it was coming to squish her. By instinct she threw her hands up in the air and made the first thing that ran through her blood. A large and powerful gust of frosted wind blew up towards the car, threw it off the platform and swept it to the side of the gymnasium with a loud crash.
"Revora…HERO!" Boomer's scream was so loud it sent Layla and Marris to the ground, their hands covering their ears as they tried to block out the ring. Okay...so you can yell at things. When Layla had run up beside her Marris was blushing lightly. The whole school had more than likely heard her assessment…just what she needed for her first day.
"I guess you're coming to class with me and Will now!" Layla cooed happily as she linked arms with the girl. Her smile was easily brimming. Layla had switched classes after Homecoming and even though Marris was convinced she'd done it because of Will, she had insisted it was because Principal Powers had made her switch.
"You'll make a fine opponent in Save the Citizen Revora…just like your mother." Marris's eyes widened as Boomer began to make his way out of the gymnasium. "A fine one indeed."
"Wha—what?"
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It was second period. Marris and Layla walked into the Mad Science room arm in arm while giggling and whispering about the performance in her private Power Placement.
"Not that it matters anyway," Layla said matter-o-factly as she sat down at the table opposite Marris. She was a lab partner with Will, and Marris…well…it was the only table that wasn't already taken up by two people. "You could've used any one of your powers and you would've been perfect."
"I suppose so…but Boomer didn't seem to believ-"
"WHO'S A HERO?" Will's loud cheer interrupted Marris and she laughed while turning to face the boy who was eagerly coming into the room. Behind him was… "I'm so proud of you Marris. The whole school heard Boomer! It was kind of like what happened to me, but with a different result."
Marris smiled at him as he slapped her back. She wasn't used to Will with super strength. Her mind was still convinced he couldn't open a pickle jar. This misconception along with her unsteadiness sent her flying into the table in front of her.
"Oh! Whoops…sorry Marris." He laughed and she straightened herself up with a deep breath. "Good job girl."
"Thank you Will." Marris coughed, looking at Layla with raised eyebrows. "I'm just happy Boomer was pleased."
"So what's your power?" This time it wasn't Will that was speaking… Warren had sat down in the empty seat beside her. "I had to listen to Stronghold for the past forty-five minutes tell me how wonderful you are…I can at least know what made him go all giddy on me."
Marris smiled at Warren and turned to him as Medulla walked into the room. The largeness of his head was surprising and was only exaggerated by its waxy surface shining in the light.
"Ah…so you're my lab partner?" She said slyly before letting out a giggle and responding to his actual question. It was like her to talk a lot…even with people she didn't know. She was friendly…and Warren seemed like just the kind of person to get to know. "I'm an element controller…nature's elements that is. Earth, wind, fire, and water…which can be turned into ice as well, so it's really kind of a two in one deal there."
Warren's face seemed to stiffen in thinking and Marris raised her eyebrows, smiling again.
"Are you okay, Warren?" She asked and he nodded, turning to the front, as Medulla's chalk scraped against the chalkboard in quick jots.
"Impressive…must've been hard for you at first." His reply made Marris pause in her thinking…why was this boy whom she didn't even know thinking so much on this? Perhaps he had a nature power too…Layla said hers had come at an early age and taken her a while to get used to.
"Yeah…it was." She sighed, blinking quickly. "I'm sorry…um…what was your power?"
"I'm a pryokenetic…I can control fire." Warren explained, only glancing at her once. There was something about his eyes that disturbed her…and again, she felt the fire and ice mix in her blood when their eyes met.
"I know what that means." Marris replied teasingly, looking back at the front of the classroom as Medulla began to talk, smiling evilly at the students before folding his hands together and looking at all of them.
"Hello, my little lab rats. Today, we experience the relishing effects of the Lunesta plant, most commonly used in the most sinister of sleeping potions…and even in some death concoctions…"
"I am one after all." She leaned back into her regular seat before she could catch Warren smile, his smokey eyes flickering to her before back to Medulla.
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Before she knew it, Marris had experienced her first actual class. It had been rather amusing to see Will fall asleep on Layla and pretend to have a dream about fighting the evil, but very fictional, Riddler from Batman. He was trying to save Layla and Warren, and Warren was screaming like a little girl, while Layla was the one that was burning…it had been a very odd dream indeed and what had amused Marris the most was Warren's reaction to all this. His head had been on the lab table most of the lesson seeing as Medulla had enjoyed watching Will panic in his own dream.
"I can't believe he actually did that." Will was fuming as he, Layla, Marris and Warren walked out of the classroom. "I honestly thought he would've stopped…man, this is so embarrassing…"
"Hey, you weren't the one screaming like a little girl, Stronghold. And you better never have a dream about me…again. Or the fact that you're my best friend won't stand in the way of you being burnt to a crisp." Warren had mumbled angrily before storming off ahead of this, his fists glowing red and smoking as he did.
"Oh shoot…I forgot my book…I need to go get it…I'll meet you in the cafeteria, okay guys?" Layla was soon off down the hall and Marris saw Will's anxious face as he watched her disappear through the crowds of people.
"Go Will. I think I can find the cafeteria on my own." He smiled at her, his brown eyes twinkling as he began to walk down the hallway, still facing her.
"Just turn right and look for the big doors…you can't miss them…save us a seat Mare!" She waved him off as he called to her, almost bumping into Medulla as he turned around. Marris giggled lightly as she turned around to the other side of the hall where Warren had disappeared down.
"Okay…right…big doors…got it."
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"So you left in quite a hurry."
Warren looked up to see Marris sitting down in front of him, smiling as she did. And although he usually hated eating lunch with the 'Sky High Heroes', he felt like today would be different. Marris was extremely different…talkative, but in a friendly way that wasn't seemingly annoying. And although it had angered him then, she'd mercilessly teased him in Mad Science class…and then he'd managed to laugh about it later.
"What are you doing?" He asked icily and she raised her eyebrows, her fork in hand.
"I'm getting ready to eat my lunch. What are you doing?" She was mocking him. Warren straightened, looking her in the eyes as he did. Her eyes were intense…and all he could do was stare at her menacingly.
"Don't mock me." She broke eye contact with him after a while of a staring contest, and continued to spear her fork into her salad.
"I'm not mocking you."
"Yes you are."
"No, I'm not."
"Marris…"
The brunette smiled, sliding her salad filled fork into her mouth. His eyes traveled down to her salad and back to his own lunch, an egg-salad sandwich with juice and an apple. Layla had told him to be more environmentally friendly with his lunches…so Will had pressured him into staying off the hamburgers for at least a week. Not that it mattered…he could just grab one on his way to work.
"So Warren…tell me what you know of Save the Citizen?"
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"Oh, my gosh, Will, look." From the cafeteria line, Will looked up at his girlfriend's request, her gaze looking over to their usual table. Warren was sitting there…but he wasn't alone. Marris was sitting with him, her fork dipping up and down as she casually made conversation with him, looking genuinely interested in what Warren was saying.
"Warren…talking to Marris?" He said, blinking again as he stood at the end of the line, Layla in front of him, both of them staring at the pair of people at the table. "There is no way this is happening."
"Sup dudes? What are we staring at?" Zack was suddenly beside Will and he laughed his eyes still on Marris and Warren. It was absurd…he'd rarely even talked to him that way…and they were best friends.
"Marris. She's talking to Warren. As in actually having a conversation with him, with out me or Will or anyone there." Layla said, shaking her head as she paid the cafeteria lady.
"Well it is Marris." Zack shrugged as he moved down the line as well, grabbing the very last pudding.
"Yes. But that's Warren!" countered Will and Zack shrugged again, his bright yellow clothes clashing with Maj's dark purple gear as she came up behind, taking the pudding off of his tray and putting it on her own without him noticing a thing.
"Yeah, but…you know what we all say about Marris." Will continued to stare in disbelief at Zack while Layla's face brightened in understanding as they began to make their way to the table.
"Ah, right. That she has two powers. Element control and the ability to make people fall in love with her." Will laughed at Layla's words and she, Maj and Zack turned to face him, their eyebrows raised.
"I've never heard anyone say that about Mare before." He laughed, shaking his head. Maj rolled her eyes turning around and beginning to walk again.
"Oh come on. Even I've heard that one before." She moaned as she turned her head to them, still walking. "So are we going to starve or what? I'm sure Warren and Marris won't mind us sitting with them."
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"No way…so you actually have to defeat the villains? And save the doll from the spike thing?"
Warren almost caught himself smiling as Marris replied to what he'd told her about Save the Citizen. As much as he knew she would more than likely be a good contender in the game, he didn't want her to be bothering herself with it. Save the Citizen was a game for the brave or butch girls with extraordinary powers that could pick themselves up after a hit. Not girls like Layla and Marris who were more suited to be hippies than super heroes.
"Yeah…and if you don't, you're disqualified from the match and you don't get to face another team." He explained, watching her face go deep in thought. She seemed to be considering it…but she couldn't be considering it.
"And when did you say it starts again?"
Warren sighed, rubbing his hand against his leather jacket as he thought of what to say. He needed to convince her that it was something bad…that she could get seriously hurt if she was faced with someone like Lash. Regrettably, he, Speed and Penny were allowed back into Sky High with detention every day for two months. To Warren, he thought they deserved to go to jail, but they proved to be too young to go. And well Gwen, who had actually been around 30 or 40, had been sentenced to life…in prison. But not triple life…
"Warren?" He shook his head as Marris sighed, intent on the subject of Save the Citizen still.
"It starts sometime this week. They take one week on, one week off, usually. To allow the teams to recover if they need it." He added more emphasis on the word recover in an attempt to hopefully scare her, but she seemed unmoved, moving onto her chocolate pudding as she listened to him.
"Hmm…sounds like fun." She smiled, glancing up at him before returning to her pudding.
"It's fun…but it is hard." Warren said stiffly, looking at Marris with what he hoped were convincing eyes. "You have to know what to do all the time. Focus at all times."
Marris paused for a second, her eyebrows raising and her mouth falling open in a gasp.
"You don't think I could do it." Warren felt his cheeks light up and he shook his head, breaking off a piece of his sandwich as she surveyed him in shock.
"It's not that, it's just-"
"I can't believe you don't think I would be a good hero in Save the Citizen!" She gasped again, her voice full of amusement at his embarrassment. That wasn't what he'd meant entirely. "My mother and father would have killed someone who'd ever thought that."
"Your mother and father?" He asked, not knowing exactly who she was. He didn't even know her last name…how was he supposed to know what generation she was? "Who were they?"
"Ever heard of AquaWoman? Or Cyclone?" Warren's eyes went wide, knowing the two from meeting them rather briefly at one of his mother's convention parties. "Yeah…mommy and daddy dearest."
"Oh." Was all he could really say, feeling his cheeks heat up again. "Didn't Cyclone-"
"Yeah." Marris said quietly, biting her lip as she looked down. "That's why I live with Zack…my mom never did quite get over that night."
"I know what you mean." He replied, staring at her head. She was still looking down, and he saw her hair reflect colors of silver, blue and red mixed in the deep brown. For a second, he forgot about why felt remorseful and angry, but then he remembered. "My dad was Baron Ba-"
"I know." If it hadn't been for the sincere tone her voice had taken on, Warren wouldn't have looked up. When he did, his eyes met hers and confusion took on his mind. He was angry with her, upset with her, but at the same time happy with her and glad she hadn't chosen to sit at another table. "Warren,"
"Hey guys!" Layla's happy voice cut into his thoughts as she took as seat beside Marris, Will and Zack sitting on either side of him as Maj took Marris's other side. "Thanks for saving us seats."
"This table is always empty until you guys come." Warren said angrily, looking up at Marris who just lightly smiled his way. "Then it gets full."
"Wow…you guys wouldn't believe what happened in Hero Support class today…Mr. Boy almost jumped out of the window when he was demonstrating heroic leaps." Ethan's chirpy voice broke in as the boy sat at the table, taking a seat beside Layla, his usual orange attire making his dark skin look even darker than it usually did. "How were your classes?"
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"Hey…" Marris looked to find Warren standing by the empty seat on the bus. She'd escaped from the group to get on the bus early, so she wouldn't have to listen to Maj and Zack fight. Today it was because she'd ditched them half way through lunch to go get something from the library. And she hadn't let Zack come with her. It had been too suspicious for Zack, and he'd accused her of seeing someone else…the rest had fallen out and she could see Maj's angry face when they walked out of History of Heroes class. "Can I sit?"
"I don't know…I heard you usually don't sit with people." She smiled as Warren sat down, his eyebrows raised as he looked at her. "Especially new girls who you just meet?"
"Layla talked to you then?" He grumbled and Marris nodded, turning slightly in her seat to face him. Why he was sitting with her, she had no idea…or why he'd stayed with her practically the whole day after lunch, she was clueless. But she did know why every girl she didn't know at Sky High was glaring at her when they walked down the hallway. Layla had informed her in Citizen Support that almost every girl in Sky High was yes, scared of him, but head over heels in like with him. His bad boy status had been totally hot to most of the teenage girls at Sky High and well…Warren had indeed noticed. Layla had also told her that before Will and Warren had become best friends, they'd been arch enemies, but after the Homecoming dance, everything had changed. So Warren was no longer a loner.
"Yes, she did. And I must say I was very surprised when I heard that Warren Peace had been a loner before Homecoming dance. From what I've heard, you're very popular with the ladies." Warren's lips curled up in an annoyed smile and Marris pointed, her eyes were narrowed in conclusion. "Aha."
"What?" He tried to look down at what she was pointing at, but her face made him stop.
"I also heard that you smiling was a very rare occurrence. So tell me, Mr. Peace, if you hate almost all girls, don't like smiling, and usually sit by yourself unless you're with Will or Layla, why are you sitting with me now smiling?"
"Because…I don't know. You're trying to be friends with me…and not trying to get in my pants or something."
"Oh…am I now?" She laughed, setting her hand on his shoulder as she smiled at him. Again, a sunny breeze filled the bus and Warren looking around in suspicion, turning to face her eventually. "I think we're going to be good friends, Warren."
"Yeah…I think we're uh…getting there."