Hey, it's Heather Olivia. This is the first ever fanfic that I've posted, so be easy on me.

My Chem isn't exactly in the first chapter, but it's just to get a little info on the girls.

Bisexual fluff occurs occasionally girl on girl, so don't like, don't read.

Love ya! And have fun!!

Chapter One

New Jersey, New Life

"Fuck." Dawn cursed, kicking a pebble across the asphalt. "Fuck, fuck, fuck!"

"You almost finished?"

"Almost. One more. FUCK! Okay, now I'm finished." Claire shook her head and laughed gently as Dawn took her hand. She was a little bit taller than Claire; short raven hair to her ears with platinum blonde streaks randomly placed. Her light blue eyes looked to the ground again and she noticed, with slight disgust, that her new Vans had mud on them. She wore a black pair of skinny jeans and spaghetti straps with a rhinestone rose across the middle that showed off her belly button ring and part of her blue butterfly tattoo. Also noticeable was that her left eyebrow was pierced and the strange black dog collar with small spikes that ornamented her neck.

Claire, on the other hand, had long tresses to middle of her back. It was layered, ebony in color, with bangs that fell in her cold hazel eyes and red highlights in the same fashion as Dawn, but Claire had considerably more. She wore a black and red schoolgirl skirt with leather, knee-high combat boots that laced up, a black Green Day t-shirt that hugged her body tightly and a pair of black arm warmers with red edging that reached slightly past her elbows. She also had what looked like a studded dog leash tied around her waist.

"We fucked up didn't we?"

"Eh. Bitch deserved it. She's gonna have that black eye for a month or two so I suppose we gave her a nice little parting gift, don'tcha think babe?" Claire agreed.

"But that's not what I meant. Truck's broke down, it's getting dark, and we've got no place to stay tonight."

"We'll figure out something." Dawn reassured her, "Promise."

"Damn. Cops! Dawn, what did you do!?" Sure enough, a glossy black Honda Civic with the silver words "Belleview Police Department" plastered across the door was slowly coming to a stop beside them.

"Nothing! My God-" Claire elbowed her to shut up.

"What are two pretty girls like yourselves doing out on an evening like this?" He was a young officer, not much older than they were with sandy blonde locks cut short that matched his dark eyes nicely. "It's dangerous to be in this part of Belleview past sundown." Dawn was about to open her mouth with a smart retort when Claire elbowed her ribcage and sent her a look that said, 'Keep it quiet!'

"We're not from around here. Our truck broke down and we were trying to get to a hotel."

"Oh, well why didn't you say so? Hop on in and I'll take you to your truck." Claire opened the door and tried to get Dawn to get in. She gave her a glare.

"I don't trust him." She whispered. Claire sighed.

"You don't trust anyone. Get in. He's just an officer, how bad could he be?" Dawn grumbled something but slid into the back seat nonetheless. "It's just up the road here sir."

"Please, just call me Conner. So where are you two ladies from?"

"Maine." Claire answered, saying the first state that came to mind.

"Oh, really? I have cousins up in Maine. Where you headed?"

"We're not sure. We don't really have a destination. We're trying to find a new place to live because we got thrown out of our parent's house." Dawn glared meaningfully at Claire and kicked her shinbone.

"Tell him our life story why don't you?!" She hissed.

"Shuddup." Claire stuck out her tongue, showing off the stud that she had pierced in it. "Lemme handle this!"

"That's too bad. Do you have some family you can stay with until you get this sorted out?" Conner asked.

"No. The rest of our families are still back in Maine and they don't want to have anything to do with us either. I did have a grandmother in Virginia but she died last December." Claire sat back in her seat and rested her head on Dawn's shoulder.

"Hope I'm not being too nosy, but why did you get kicked out?"

"I'd rather not say. But we're suspended from school, only Juniors too." 'There she goes spilling her guts to strangers again…' Dawn thought.

"That's so horrible. No place to stay…" Conner paused and there was silence, except for the slight hum of the road. He seemed to be thinking deeply and the other two said nothing.

"This is it." Claire said as they came up on the scarlet Dodge truck.

"Wait. Before you go…" The girls figured that he would give them some money or something and expected to have to decline, "How about we get your things and put them in my car. I'll take you down to the station and we'll figure something out." Dawn about opened her mouth to say no but Claire beat her to it.

"We'd appreciate it! Thank you so much!" They climbed out of the car and began to unload the truck.

"I never got your names." Conner said, lifting a box out of the bed of the vehicle.

"Oh. I'm Claire. Claire Dangers."

"Dawn Wolff." Dawn said dryly. Claire quickly changed the subject.

"Come on then, lots of things to get."

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"Claire. You have a problem." Dawn said as soon as Conner went into the back room. They sat in two chairs in his office. "YOU TALK TOO MUCH!" Claire winced slightly when she yelled.

"Sorry. He might be able to help us though. And…I swear to the good Lord up above me that if I don't get something to drink in the next five minutes I'm going to pass out!" Dawn kissed her forehead and told her she'd get her drink soon. After about five minutes had past, Conner came back in and sat behind his desk.

"Alright. So I've talked to the sheriff and he looked you up. Turns out you are those two girls from New York that we'd heard about-that had gotten suspended from school for the rest of this year and next." Claire stared at the ground and avoided his gaze. "We've decided to give you a chance here in Belleview though. We figured that you two we're just a bit…misguided…because of your history." Dawn nodded and Claire looked up.

"So…what's going to happen to us? Please don't make us go back!" Claire pleaded.

"We're not. The guys and I talked it over and, if you can make a few promises, we'll get you into an apartment in Belleview, back in school, and give you some money each month to get by on."

"What are the promises?" Dawn sighed, knowing that there would be a catch.

"First of all, you have to stay in school. Second you have to stay out of trouble at school, no exceptions. That means no fighting, nothing. And third, you've got to promise that you'll make the most of this." Claire looked to Dawn and for the first time since they'd gotten picked up, Dawn smiled.

"Well, what the heck. I think we can do it!" Conner smiled and left to go get some papers ready before they could get started.

"YAY!" Claire jumped on Dawn and hugged her. "Things are finally turning around."

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"I think that's it girls. Here are your schedules. You start at Belleview High on Tuesday. On Monday, at about three, I'm going to come and get you and take you to the school. You can meet your teachers and tour the school. I think that all of your classes are the same except one. Here's my number if you need me. I'll see you in a few days."

"See ya Conner." Both girls hugged him before he left and as soon as the door shut they flopped down on the couch. They had spent last night in a hotel and early the next morning, Conner had met them at the door. Claire, Dawn, and Conner first found an apartment then went out and shopped. They had a lot of money including 3,000 dollars that the girls had saved for the last four years to buy a new car for Dawn (200 of which was stolen from Claire's mother and another 100 from ill-gotten Dawn's family but the rest was fairly earned) and some money from the police department. The bought some groceries to get them through the week, a kitchen table set, two nicely sized beds, a couch, chairs, and coffee table, along with two bedroom sets. The group ate lunch at Arigato's, a Japanese restaurant beside the mall, Conner's treat that he paid for with his own money. Next they went to the mall and he also paid for the girls to get a full outfit each. With all their purchases, Conner drove them home in Claire's truck at nearly eight o'clock.

"Damn. That was fun." Dawn smiled. "Now let's see what we have to work with." She got off of the couch, as did Claire, and went to survey the apartment.

"Conner said these apartments were in the nicer part of Belleview. He was right. It's clean and it's already got most of what we need." Claire said to Dawn as she checked out the kitchen. It was mostly white with shiny new appliances that came with the apartment.

"Yeah. Three bedrooms, two baths, den, dining room, kitchen, living room…" Dawn trailed off as she began to ascend the stairs.

"Alright Dawn. Let's get to work!"

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By midnight that night, the girls had set up and adjusted their bedrooms, dining room, living room, and den, put away the groceries, and now sat in the living room watching TV.

"I could get used to this." Claire sighed as she lay down in Dawn's lap.

"Me too. Too bad we have to go to school."

"We've got-" Claire yawned "-two days though."

"But we've still got to go to school."

Well? What'd you think? I promise that Mikey and Gerard are in the next one! Reviews are great!!hint hint

Thanks for reading!!