Beauty From Pain
Hey guys, I OWN NOTHING! yes, I am a superchick fan. I was listening to the song when this idea formed
Chapter 1
Walking through the halls, headphones blaring, one blonde high schooler walked down the halls from her AP Physics class. She mumbled the lyrics to herself, her stride matching the music. "Mr. know it all, well you think you know it a-" she bumped into her arch rival, smack dab in the chest. "Well, well. If it isn't Mr. know it all himself." she retorted with the usual fire in her eyes. Said know it all, one James Isaac Neutron, could only reply with a gaped mouth, completely oblivious to her song reference, but bounced back with his usual banter. " Well at least I best you in class EVERY DAY Vortex." " Oh yeah? Well at least I-" BRRRIIIING! "Shit! That's the bell Nerdtron. Maybe I can kick your know it all butt in PE this period see ya!" And with that, she ran off, leaving him speechless and having to run to the opposite end of the school to the boys locker room.
In PE, they had to run the mile. Most kids groaned at how "unfair" it was. Her, on the other hand, loved it. It helped her run away from her problems, and the music pumped into her feet, giving her rhythm. She put on her special running playlist and started at the whistle. She easily pulled into the lead along with Neutron. He had changed, his hair had gotten cut, and now fell down and slightly into his eyes. His build had become more muscular because of his determination to beat Cindy in anything and everything. In her eyes, when she was running like this, everyone was an individual problem she had to run from. Neutron, she saw as her biggest problem, unknown to him. She ran faster and he tried desperately and failed to keep up. He eventually gave up and steadied his pace. Mrs. Jenkins, the PE teacher, knew she ran with the spirit of a lion who couldn't be caged. She laughed at the thought of the ongoing rivalry between Jimmy and Cindy. Sure, they had their moments, but running would always belong to her. Cindy ended up running an extra mile before the end of class for extra credit.
After class, everyone was packing up to go home. Cindy was waiting for her best friend Libby Folfax, while Jimmy waiting outside the same classroom for Sheen and Carl. "So...why did you do the extra mile?" Jimmy tried to harmlessly start a conversation. Cindy didn't realize he was even there so his hand on her shoulder trying to get her attention freaked her out. She flipped him on his back using his hand. "Neutron, you know better than to sneak up on me." " I was trying to get your attention for 5 minutes already!" That was a lie but she didn't need to know that. "Oh. Sorry, I was just listening to my music and left this world I guess." Jimmy was curious now. "Do you think I could see it for a minute?" "I'll do you one better. IF you promise to not do anything to it, you can borrow it till tomorrow." His eyes lit up. " Really? But tomorrow's Saturday." "Yepp, I'll be over at around 2 tomorrow." With that, she put the iPod into his hands and walked through the mass of people coming out of class to get Libby. Jimmy, forgetting about his friends, started to walk home, listening to the iPod, not skipping any songs.
He saw that her iPod had normal girly songs and artists like Kelly Clarkson, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, and other normal artists. But, he saw there was a hardly noticeable difference in the normal coding. After cracking the decoding error, he saw she listened also to metal, country, rock, death metal, and screamo. He was impressed. Not at the coding, that was normal for her. Just at the music she liked, and how she had hidden it so well to the point where unless you knew her well enough, you couldn't know. It was amazing, so he spent the entire night listening to the selection hidden from the world.