Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN OURAN HIGHSCHOOL HOST CLUB OR IT'S CHARACTERS, just Emily and Collette Pine.

Chapter 1 - Introducing: Cole Pine!

"I'm sure it will be worth your effort when you're finished Cole." I looked up into the bathroom mirror to see her standing behind me, leaned against the doorframe. She is tall and lean, probably about 5'7, with long black hair that flows down to the middle of her back. Perfectly straight bangs cut across her forehead with her signature red headband locking the rest of her hair behind her ears. Her face is... Well, perfect. It's flawless and shaped as if she were an old Renaissance sculpture. Minus the old part. Her blue eyes always sparkled as if she knew a secret that nobody else was in on.

I, on the other hand, am only 5'3. My dark brown hair curls about my face wildly, I've tried to tame it but I've never been able to; I finally gave up when I broke half of my comb's teeth into the mess, only to have them fall out when I washed my hair later that night. My face is speckled with freckles, mostly across my cheekbones below my eyes, which happen to be a striking green color that I am very proud of. My eyes make me stand out in my family, which is full of blue eyes.

"Thanks Emi, I appreciate you letting me have your old sewing machine, especially now that I can get those awful poofs out of the shoulders of that awful uniform." My older sister giggled at my comment.

"Come on, I'll finish it for you if you keep me company." She held out her hand for me like she used to when we were little. I took it and followed her back into my bedroom where I collapsed on my bed, releasing her hand as she sat at my sewing station. "So, are you excited for your first day at a Japanese school tomorrow?" Emily politely asked as she busied herself modifying my uniform for Ouran Academy.

"Excited is definitely not the right word. More like terrified. I still don't know the language very well and it's sure to be very different than in America." I began rambling about my fears for my first day of school in a foreign land. "Emi, I could get lost or freeze up and not remember any of the language or really embarrass myself by doing something totally normal for Americans that turns out to be really weird to these Japanese students or-" (I rambled on and on about everything that could go wrong.)

She just listened and tried to calm my fears by coming up with reasons why things wouldn't happen or what I should do in certain situations, it was just like old times for a while there. Well at least until she finished what I started with the dress. "Finished!" She smiled and held up our collective work for me to see.

I gasped. "What?! Did I mess it up?" Emily began looking over every inch of the fabric for a sign that she messed up. "Hahaha! No silly, I was just surprised and jealous that your hands are still perfect." I laughed at her panic.

"Oh." She breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, I have had more practice than you." She winked at me then hung up my uniform. "You should try to get some rest. It's already late and you have to get up early."

"Goodnight Emi, thanks again."

"No problem little sis. Night!" She waved goodbye as she left my room, shutting the door behind her.

I ended up getting a grand total of two hours sleep before my first day. Like I wasn't enough of a wreck already, the lack of sleep just made it worse. I tossed and turned for at least an hour before Emily left my room and when I did finally fall asleep I was plagued with nightmares about school. Wow, what a typical teenage thing to do. I rolled my eyes at my own stupidity as I crammed a piece of toast into my mouth before rushing out the door to walk to school.

Our new "house" was only a few blocks from Ouran Academy, if you could even call it a house. It was more like a mansion, but we could never afford a place as fancy as that in America, it was all due to the pay raise my father took by transferring to Japan. Actually I have a strong feeling that the mansion played a big part in us moving here. I rolled my eyes again. It's just like my dad to take a job just for a bigger house.

Umm, is this it? I think so… I stood outside of a classroom unsure of whether or not it was the one I belonged in or not. Well, here goes nothing… I gathered up my courage and walked into the crowded class.

"Ah there you are Miss Pine. Late start this morning?" The teacher questioned good-naturedly when I entered.

Well the teacher isn't half bad looking… My face reddened from my thoughts, but the class assumed it was embarrassment from the teacher's comment to me and a few giggled. "Oh! No, I'm sorry, I just had some trouble finding the class. This campus is huge compared to my last school." I bowed a little, unsure of how to handle myself.

"Well, don't worry about it, I know you're new here and all, I'll give you some wiggle room for a little while. Suoh!"

"Yes sir." A nice looking blonde boy sat a bit straighter in his chair at the teacher's words. He had beautiful violet eyes. Breath Cole. He's just a boy with pretty eyes... And a pretty face… And pretty hair-STOP IT! You're practically an adult, control yourself and don't get all giddy like a little schoolgirl. I mentally chided myself for my very girlish moment.

"You will be Collette's guide until she gets her bearings, understood?"

"Yes sir." The boy stood and said, "Hello, my name is Tamaki Suoh. It's nice to meet you." He smiled and gestured to the empty seat next to him.

"You can sit next to him." The teacher gestured to the empty seat as well. "Class this is Collette Pine, she's a transfer student from America."

At this point there were many "ooh's" and "ah's" from the class. "Actually it's just Cole. I don't go by Collette." I stated before I finally moved towards the empty chair.

"Well as your teacher, you'll remain Miss Pine from me, but you can have the students call you whatever you wish. And you can at a good time Miss Pine, free period is just starting, so maybe you'll be able to make some friends already." And with that the teacher just grabbed his bag and left the classroom.

"Huh?" I stared at the doorway with my mouth slightly ajar until the Suoh boy began speaking to me.

"Don't worry about him, the teacher never sticks around during free period because lunch is right after. He goes off to take an extra-long lunch. So you're from America?"

"Oh, okay then. Yes, I'm American." I merely stated. I was still in awe over this handsome boy. Looking at his face and hair it became apparent that he wasn't Japanese, well, not fully-Japanese anyways. "What're you? If you don't mind me asking, you don't look completely Japanese."

He chuckled, "No, I'm only half. I'm half-French."

"Ohh, well that's cool." I smiled at Tamaki. I think we could be friends… But who is the guy sitting behind him who won't stop staring?!

"Umm. Can I help you?" I ask the boy behind Tamaki. He has black hair and his glasses are reflecting the light so I can't tell what color his eyes are, heck, I couldn't even tell if he was actually staring or not, but it sure seemed like it.

"I'm not sure. Can you help me?" Stressing the word 'can,' he dark haired boy smirked at me and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, showing me his black eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I was honestly confused. I just met this guy, why is he playing games with me?

Tamaki just looked between the two not sure what to say. Finally, after a minute of awkward silence, he said, "Collette, this is Kyoya Ootorii, he is a very good friend of mine."

"It's Cole." I stated, still looking warily at the one called Kyoya.

"Right, my bad." Tamaki kind of chuckled but his friend and I didn't say anything. "So have you picked a club yet? It's mandatory for each student to belong to at least one club here."

I giggled then, finally turning my attention back to Tamaki. "It's my first day and I've been sitting next to you since I arrived. So no, I haven't joined a club yet."

He smiled then, and laughed along with me. "Ahaha, I knew that! It just slipped my mind."

"What club are you in?" I asked, genuinely curious.

"Well, I'm glad that you asked, beautiful Collette-"

"Cole."

"Right. Anyways, Kyoya and I are a part of the Ouran Academy's Host Club, where the school's most handsome boys with too much time on their hands entertain young ladies who also have way too much time on their hands."

I could tell he was deadly serious, but I just couldn't help myself. I burst out laughing. And I just kept going. And going. I couldn't stop for what seemed like an eternity. In reality it was only a few minutes, but it was more than enough to upset this pretty blonde boy.

Great. My first day and I've already upset the one friend I managed to make. But despite thinking this, I still couldn't stop laughing.

Thanks for reading! I know it's kind of short, but it's a start so I'll build off of it and future chapters will be LONGER. I love reviews, and I'm new at this so I welcome constructive criticism. And I know, there are only two Ouran characters in this chapter, and that Kyoya's part was tiny! But more to come! But please don't complain that they are out of character, I know that they will be sometimes, partly because I'm not that good of a writer but also because people change according to their experiences and the people they meet, so when OC's get involved there will be some changing in character. Thanks!