Disclaimer: I don't own anything I used in this story, except for the computer I'm writing it on.
Author's Notes: This is DW, in the future. Most of the ages have been screwed up. The characters are grouped in high school levels, freshman, sophomore, junior, and seniors, respectively. The following ages--
TEACHERS: Huang Gai, Lu Meng, Sun Jian, Zhuge Liang, Yue Ying, Sima Yi, Lu Bu
OTHERS: Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu (cafeteria workers) Meng Huo, Zhu Rong (coaches) Cao Pi (principal) Xiahou Dun (the dean)
SENIORS: Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Taishi Ci, Gan Ning (around 17-18-ish)
JUNIORS: Sun Quan, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong (16-17-ish)
SOPHOMORES: Sun Shang Xiang, Da Qiao, Lu Xun (15-16-ish)
FRESHMEN: Xiao Qiao (lol, don't be all "Ew, freshman") (she's 15)
The story starts on the first day of school at Fire Lake High School. The only "new" person at school is Xiao Qiao... everyone else is already been there. Sun Ce is captain of the football team; Taishi Ci is on the football team; Gan Ning joins later. Zhou Yu is senior class president. Ling Tong is the "pimp". Sun Shang Xiang is the captain of the basketball, volleyball, and soccer team (though not right off the bat). Da Qiao is a straight-A honors student, and Xiao Qiao, who is new, is on the cheerleading team. (Still clumsy? Yeah.)
Yes, there are teachers. Huang Gai teaches History courses; Lu Meng, Math; Sun Jian, he's still Ce, Quan and Shang Xiang's dad, but he teaches Literature/Language Arts. Whatever. Zhuge Liang teaches various Science courses; Yue Ying teaches various Geography and Astronomy classes, and Lu Bu is the P.E. coach. Meng Huo coaches the boys' extracurricular activities; Zhu Rong coaches the girls' extracurricular activities. Cao Pi is indeed the principal; he's a real hard-ass who doesn't take any crap from the students. Xiahou Dun is the Dean of Students.
The pairings are all pretty much the same ones as my other fics; I'm not listing them right here but I can assure you, there's /no/ yaoi or yuri in here. Yes, Liu Bei is in this story; no, he and Sun Shang Xiang do NOT share a special cafeteria worker/student relationship. (If you're here for Liu Bei/SSX fluff, leave now.) All regular characters I bring in here are usually just OC's; they're not of any ROTK importance. The high school is just in a fictional American city; where exactly, I never thought of. The kids go by their first names. Enough of my side notes, enjoy the story!
FLHS-- OUTSIDE
A medium-sized, black Subaru minivan pulled up into the parking lot of Fire Lake High School. The first day of school had arrived at last; and the Sun family was highly distressed to learn that they were LATE.
"Pop! Step on it!" Sun Ce, the eldest of the family, complained. Ce was in a huge hurry to get to school-- he wanted to find his locker already so he could scope out the hot new cheerleaders nearby. Typical.
Sun Quan shook his head and flipped the cover of his pocket-sized student handbook open once more. "Brother, you didn't shave this morning," he said, implying to his older brother's 2-inch long goatee extending from his chin. Ce rolled his eyes and rubbed his facial hair fondly. "I DID shave," Ce replied. "But I NEVER shave the goatee off. Chicks dig the facial hair."
Sun Shang Xiang, the youngest and the only girl of the family, snorted. "Yeah, whatever you say, bro." Ce snickered and glanced at his sister. "Yeah, whatever you say, sis. All I'm saying is, most girls outgrow the tomboy phase at around, say, I dunno... maybe age 10?"
Shang Xiang scowled ferociously at her brother, but didn't reply. Instead she smoothed her short reddish-brown hair down and glanced out the window. Outside were hundreds of teenagers, all looking excited to see their friends (none of them looked too thrilled to return to school, however.)
Sun Jian ended the clash of the titans by stopping the car. "Alright, you three, get outta here and learn something. I'll see you later." Ce, Quan, and Shang Xiang got out of the car, (Sun Jian chose to ignore Shang Xiang punching her brother in the stomch) and headed off in their seperate directions.
Ce, noticing his football friends screaming and hollering to him, said a quick "bye" to his siblings and football-tackle-charged his friends, diving head-first into their little mosh pit. Quan rolled his eyes and walked off towards his own friends. Shang Xiang, being the loner/rebel type, sat down on a bench and sighed. She never really did like school much, especially not here. Compared to her super-athletic brother, and her super-smart brother, she was the little sister. Shang Xiang wasn't popular like Ce, nor was she smart like Quan. She was just there.
She glanced up, glancing over at the Dean of Students, Mr. Xiahou, (Xiahou Dun) yelling at a rowdy-looking teenage boy. The guy was tall, looked to be a little over 6'0; he was wearing a button-up, dark green shirt with the shirt completely unbuttoned, and his sleeves had been ripped off, exposing his muscular, tattoo-covered arms, and displaying both the white wife-beater he was wearing underneath and muscles. He also had a dogtag chain with two little bells hanging from them.
He was also wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, torn up quite a bit; he was wearing black, steel-toed boots, and to complete the bad-boy look, he was wearing a red bandana tied around his head, over his thick, dark-brown, spiked hair. He had dark brown eyes, tan skin, and it looked like he was wearing a silver earring in his left ear. He looked angry, and to Shang Xiang he looked like trouble with a capital T. (In case you haven't figured it out, this is Gan Ning.)
Mr. Xiahou finally sent the guy away, with a wave of his hand. The guy rolled his eyes and sneered at the older man's retreating figure, then glanced back towards the school's population, making eye contact with Shang Xiang. Shang Xiang, realizing she'd been watching this scene for a while, blushed and looked away, furious at herself. She looked up quickly, and paused in horror- he was headed right this way!
After a few seconds that seemed like an eternity, the boy sat down right next to Shang Xiang's embarrassed, huddled form. "Hey. You need something?" he said, glancing at her.
Shang Xiang feebly looked up, and froze right then and there. She hadn't noticed from a distance how handsome he was. "N-no," she said, stammering a little. "I was, uh, looking for my friend..." The boy studied her for a minute, and said, "You new here? I don't think I've seen you around before..."
Shang Xiang shook her head. "Nope. I'm a sophomore. I was here last year." The guy nodded. "Gotcha. I'm sure you've heard of me before... seeing as that asshole Dean keeps getting on my case, you've seen me around..." Shang Xiang shook her head. "Actually I don't know your name... I'm Shang Xiang."
The guy smiled. "Shang Xiang, eh? You're pretty cute... name's Ning. Pleasure's mine." Shang Xiang blushed a little. "So, um.. what are you? Junior? Senior?"
"Senior, and I'm damn glad to be getting out of this screwed up place. The instant I get my HS diploma, I'm outta this little dump," Ning said, his voice bitter. "This city was a terrible place to grow up. Ever since Dad left..." Realizing that he was talking to someone, he stopped. "Sorry. I forgot you were there for a second..."
"Sounds like you're not happy here..." Shang Xiang said. Ning snorted. "Not happy? That's taking it lightly. My dad left when I was five, and ever since then, pfft. My life pretty much jumped in the toilet. Mom didn't take it too well. She still mopes around the house, cleaning a little, cooking a little... waiting for Dad to come back. Wonder if she'll ever figure out he's not, before her son gets himself arrested again."
A little shocked, Shang Xiang tilted her head and studied the young man sitting in front of her. "You've been arrested? For what?"
Ning rolled his eyes. "Legally, I'm not supposed to talk about it... but let's just say that asshole who dissed my folks didn't just fall down the stairs."
Shang Xiang's eyes widened. "You pushed someone down the stairs, because he insulted your folks? That's... so..." Ning cut her off. "Yeah I did, babe, and I'd do it again in a second. So don't give me any 'oh my god, you're so bad' speeches." Looking annoyed, Shang Xiang continued what she was saying. "I was going to say that's really loyal of you... to stick up for your folks like that? That's cool!"
Ning's eyebrows shot up. "Yeah..? Y'know, babe, YOU'RE pretty cool yourself. We should hang out sometime, you know what I mean?"
Shang Xiang's eyes widened and she scooted a little closer towards Ning. She noticed he smelled good. "Really? We should? What d'you mean?" she asked.
The bell rang at that precise moment, ("Damn it!" Shang Xiang thought) and Shang Xiang got up. "Alright, I better get going. See ya later, Ning!" she said cheerfully, hoisting her light bag over her shoulder and heading off.
Ning watched her go, and scowled to himself. What was wrong with him? Opening up like that to some girl he'd never seen before in his life... Ning shrugged, ran a hair through his already messy hair, picked up his backpack, and headed off to his homeroom.
FLHS-- SUN CE'S HOMEROOM
"Hi, everyone, my name's Mrs. Ling," said the tall, semi-attractive woman standing in front of the class. "I'm your homeroom teacher, if you'll let me call roll..."
Ce rolled his eyes. "This is going to be a boring year," he muttered. He glanced up and grinned in suprise as he noticed who was seated directly in front of him. He tapped his best friend since kindergarden's shoulder. "Yu, what's up?"
Zhou Yu turned around and a mutual smile spread across his handsome face. "Ce! What a relief!" he said, putting his book down. Although different as night and day, Ce and Yu were the best of friends (and nothing more, sorry yaoi fans, but they're straight...) and had been best friends as long as they could remember.
Ce grinned. "See any hot girls yet, Yu? I got dibs on ALL the new cheerleaders!" Yu rolled his eyes. "Do you EVER change, Ce?"
"Nope!" Ce said cheerfully, but was interrupted by Mrs. Ling's yell of, "Boys! Be quiet!"
After roll, and locker assignments, Yu turned around and the two friends started talking about their summers. "Yeah... Shang Xiang's been a right pain in the ass... I wish she'd go make some friends or whatever, quit bugging me," Ce complained. "Quan's been alright... but he gets a weird rash every time I suggest playing football these days. Dunno what this school's gonna do without me next year."
Yu shrugged. "You are a good player, Ce. Although your tactics are off... I believe the purpose of our cheerleading squad is to distract the players on the other team, not the quarterback of the team they're cheering for?"
Ce snickered. "Yu, cheerleaders are there to make the game more interesting. Besides, what's the point of football without them?"
Yu rolled his eyes and didn't say anything. Mrs. Ling was talking and they didn't want to get yelled at again. "When the bell rings, go to Period 1," she was saying.
Someone sitting in the corner raised their hand. "Question. Where exactly IS Period 1?" Mrs. Ling rolled her eyes and waved a stack of papers. "I have your schedules right here."
After recieving their schedules, the boys compared notes. "Lesse... all honors, typical of you, Yu, you friggen nerd..." Ce complained, looking at his friend's schedule. "I'm in... 0 honors classes? Geez!"
"Who's that?" Yu suddenly asked, pointing to a rowdy-looking boy sitting in the corner, the same one who spoke out rather rudely before and was now chewing on a pencil. (Gan Ning)
"That's that asshole, Ning or whatever the hell his name is," Ce replied. "He's the asshole who was talking smack about the football team last year."
"Oh. I see." Yu remembered this.
"You don't know him, Yu?" Ce asked, suprised.
"Only by his reputation," Yu replied. "I've never actually seen him before."
"Yeah, well, the rumors say he's an insane drug addict. And a homosexual," Ce added.
"Oh really? Well, this homosexual is the same one I saw talking quite intently with your sister this morning," Yu said. It never took long for Ce's overprotective-big-brother gene to kick in. Three, two, one.
"WHAT!" Ce screamed, causing Yu to jump a foot in the air and everyone else in the vincinity to look at him. "My sister finally decides to get herself a boyfriend and she picks THAT GUY? Of all the crazy schemes, she's gone TOO FAR!"
"Ce, calm down," Yu muttered, looking as though he regretted bringing up the subject. "Don't jump to conclusions. Your sister has good judgement."
"Yeah, well, I'll be having a SERIOUS discussion with sweet little sis after this," Ce growled, looking annoyed.
To Yu's intense relief, the bell rang. "Where're you going, Ce?" Yu asked.
Ce flipped open his already-crumpled-up schedule. "Biology... you?"
"Advanced Calculus Honors."
"...what the heck is that? Latin?"
"Math."
"Oh. See you at lunch then."
FLHS-- PERIOD 1, BIOLOGY
"Good morning, class. I am Mr. Zhuge. You may call me Mr. Zhuge." Zhuge Liang, the teacher of Biology for Stupid Seniors, (and a few smart Sophmores/Juniors) said.
Sun Ce groaned. He picked a seat in the back, (far back) and was already bored. Who cared about Biology? The only interesting part was reproduction, and he already knew everything there was to know about THAT...
"To analyze your current knowledge of the subject, I will know give you this very long pretest... please complete the following..." Mr. Zhuge began passing out a large packet to each student.
Ce glanced at the packet. "Question #1... What are the vacuoles, and what do they do? Uh..."
---40 MINUTES LATER--
"Mr. Sun, this is got to be the most atrocious I've ever seen anyone do..." Mr. Zhuge said, looking annoyed as he flipped through Ce's test packet. "For example, 'the mitochondria' is NOT the name of a hit television show in the 1940's... sperm cells are NOT 'the little thingies with tails', and how on earth is THIS-" he pointed to a picture of an animal cell- "GHOSTBUSTERS 2!"
"So I got a few (hundred) wrong! What's the big deal?"
"Well, we gave the same test to a shovel, and I'm afraid to say it did better..."
"So? It probably cheated!"
(AN: Yeah, I said shovel.)
"That was a trick question? No fair!"
"Meanwhile, Miss Qiao here-" Mr. Zhuge pointed to a girl in the front row, packing her books- "scored one of the highest test ratings ever recorded in the history of tests. I'd suggest some tutoring with HER."
Glancing over, Ce's jaw dropped at the girl Mr. Zhuge was pointing to. She was, suprisingly enough for a geek, drop-dead GORGEOUS. Her pretty raven eyes, framed by her shiny black hair, twisted into two braids resting on her shoulders... Ce watched in awe while she quickly packed her books and scurried out the door.
"Mr. Sun?"
"Huh? Uh, yeah! Sure! I wouldn't mind a little one-on-one tutoring with her..." Ce said, wiggling his eyebrows. Mr. Zhuge didn't notice the perverted implications. "Good. Then go bother-- I mean, talk to HER."
"Hey! Wait up!" Ce yelled, racing after her. The girl turned around. "Y-yes?" she said, looking nervous.
"Hi. I couldn't help but notice, but you are WAY too pret-- err, gorgeous not to know me. I'm Ce. Nice to meet you." Ce managed to say all this under 10 seconds.
The girl blushed a little. "N-nobody's ever called me gorgeous before... I'm Da Qiao. Nice to meet you too."
Ce stared. "Nobody's ever called you gorgeous before? Then it's about time somebody has. Listen, I, uh... was wondering... I, um, am not too good at Biology... or anything for that matter... would you mind helping me with Biology?"
Da nodded. "Sure... I'd love to... b-but... you're excellent at football! I've seen almost every game of yours!"
Ce's grin couldn't get wider. "Really? I mean, uh, I guess I got a fan! How long have you been watching? All 4 years?"
"Um, as long as I've been here. I'm only a sophomore..." Da said, looking slightly embarrassed. Ce grinned. "Oh yeah? That's great too! So you must be super-smart, to land a senior biology class..."
"Well... maybe I am kind of smart..."
"What was your GPA last year?"
"4.9..."
"SHUT UP. 4.9? THAT'S GENIUS!" Ce couldn't help it, this girl was smart, beautiful, gorgeous, hot in a cute sort of way, adorable, and she was a huge fan of his. No shame in liking a sophomore, right? Heyl no!
"Hey, where are you going next class?" Ce asked, realizing he was falling head over heels for this girl. Da glanced down at her schedule. "Um... Language Arts. My teacher's Mr. Sun... same name as you!"
Ce grinned. "Cool! That's my dad!"
Da smiled shyly. "Well, I certainly hope he's as great as his son is. I'll see you later!" She hurried into the building.
Ce sighed happily. Love was a good thing.
(C'mon... you knew I wasn't gonna make Da a cheerleader...)
FLHS-- FRESHMAN MEETING
The freshman class had bee stuck in a meeting for almost 2 hours now, and Xiao Qiao was very anxious to leave. Her older sister, Da, had come here last year, so she already knew about FLHS. Besides, she'd already made the cheerleading team, RIGHT? And cheerleaders knew everything, RIGHT?
DUH! Xiao's scatterbrained thoughts were scattered once more when the bell rang and dismissed all the freshmen, after being given orders to head to their homerooms. Xiao started shuffling about in the pockets of her denim capris looking for her schedule. "Schedule, schedule," she whined, digging. "C'MON! Where ARE you!" she wailed, stopping in the middle of the way to dig again.
She pulled a crumbled piece of paper out of her pockets. "AHA!" she squealed, but before she could unfold it and examine its contents the wind blew the paper out of her hands and whisked it away. "HEY!" she screamed, chasing after her schedule, unaware that she looked like a psychotic banchee on crack. She ran through a crowd of upperclassmen, a few of them yelling something like "WATCH IT, FRESHY!"
Finally, her hand grabbed the fluttering piece of paper... at the exact instant that she slammed into the chest of an older student. She fell backwards, but before she hit the ground the person seized her wrist and pulled her up to her feet. "Are you alright?"
Xiao was now face-to-face with the prettiest boy she'd ever seen in her life. In fact, if it wasn't for the absense of chest elevation, she'd have assumed he was a girl! "S-sorry!" she squeaked. "I was getting my schedule!"
The boy glanced down at the crumbled piece of paper. "This?" he asked, stooping down to pick it up. "Here you are. Are you new here?" he asked, noting her unfamiliarity with anything FLHS. Xiao nodded. "Yeah! I'm a freshman!"
"Nice to meet you. My name's Yu." Yu said, extending his hand. Xiao stared blankly at it, then giggled and shook his hand. "I'm Xiao! Nice to meet you too!" she said, smiling big.
Yu smiled. What a cute girl. Glancing down at the FLHS Cheer Camp shirt she was wearing, he noticed unlike the REST of the new freshman cheerleaders, she actually seemed like the postergirl for cheerleading... cute, peppy, and mood-lifting!
"So, Xiao... how would you like it if I showed you around campus a little?" Yu asked. He didn't have anything better to do anyway. (Except get to his next class, of course.) Xiao squealed with happiness. "Sure! That'd be great!" she said.
Yu smiled. Ce was wrong; maybe he DID have SOME luck with the ladies...
FLHS-- LUNCH TIME
Shang Xiang sighed as she set her tray down. As usual, just like last year, she sat alone outside, having absolutely no friends to talk to. As she picked through her food, however, she was startled by someone yelling her name.
"Who's calling me?" she wondered, and turned around to see the rowdy-looking boy from earlier, Ning, headed her way. "Oh man!" she said, nervously smoothing her short hair down. Maybe she should have put some lip gloss on. Ning grinned right at her and sat down across the table from her.
"I come outside lookin' for trouble and I see a pretty girl sitting out here by herself. How come you're not with anyone?" Ning asked.
Shang Xiang sighed glumly. "I, uh, don't have any friends."
Damn it. Ning swore mentally. "Oh, I uh... err..."
"It's alright. I'm used to it by now," Shang Xiang said, shoving some food in her mouth to avoid talking. What was this guy's problem? He had troublemaker written all over his face, yet he actually seemed like he liked her, and the fact that he was almost unbelievably good looking sure didn't hurt anything.
"Anyway, I know what you're goin' through. I've always been a loner myself," Ning commented, taking a sip out of his waterbottle. "Don't let it get to you."
Shang Xiang smiled. "I've been dealing with it for almost my whole life now. Are you an only child?"
"Yeah. Dad left Mom when I was five, so I never had any little sibs of my own. At least, I don't know WHAT Dad's been doing for the last 13 years..." Ning said, his voice growing bitter.
"Yeah, well... you're lucky. I've got 2 older brothers, and, well... it's not easy living up to them. My oldest bro, Ce, is dumb as a post, and he's a jerk sometimes, but when it comes to football... well, you're a senior, you've probably heard about how he completely owns the field, and obliterates anyone who crosses him. He's called the 'Little Conqueror!' or something."
Ning's eyes narrowed. "That arrogant little jock-strap is your brother?"
Shang Xiang nodded, a bit suprised. "Ce? What does he do to you?"
"Nothing personal, but he gets on my nerves. He's constantly bragging about the fact that he's on the stupid football team. Big friggen deal. If anyone at this school ever stopped to think, they'd realize the only thing you need to get on this football team is balls, and half the guys on the team don't have any."
"Why aren't you on the team?" Shang Xiang asked.
Ning looked insulted. "I wouldn't stoop that low if you paid me. I'm not a... football kind of guy."
"Yeah, well... if I was a guy, I'd be on the team, for sure. Might make me stick out some more."
"You DO stick out. You're cute as hell; how many cute girls with short hair do you see around here?" Ning asked. "None! You're pretty damn attractive if you ask me."
Shang Xiang blushed. "Umm... thanks... you're not so bad yourself!"
Ning grinned at her. "Now you're talking. I'm one of the only real men you see around here these days. And speaking of "real men", here comes your pissant of an older brother."
Shang Xiang whipped around. Sure as crap, Ce was heading her way, but when he saw Ning sitting with his little sister, the look in his eyes was murder.
"Great. Hide me," Shang Xiang complained. Ning rolled his eyes. "Please. He's way too much of a coward to try and get anything past me."
"Shang Xiang, get away from him," Ce said angrily.
"Who's going to make her?" Ning asked.
"I'm her brother, you disgusting little amoeba," Ce said, his voice dripping with hatred. "Now I'd suggest you stepping away from my little sister, before I have to hurt you."
"Who the hell died and made YOU the boss of me?" Ning asked. He glanced at Shang Xiang. "Y'know, your sister here was just telling me what an asshole she thinks you are."
"What?" Shang Xiang cried, turning to Ning. "I never said that!"
"Shang Xiang?" Ce asked, looking shocked and hurt. "How could you?"
"I didn't say that!" Shang Xiang wailed.
"Yeah, great way to cover your ass, Shang Xiang," Ce said angrily.
"Ning! Tell him I didn't say that!" Shang Xiang whined.
"She didn't call you an asshole," Ning said impatiently, "but it also wouldn't kill you to be less of a jerk around her."
"You arrogant son of a bitch!" Ce said angrily, losing his cool. "Why don't you say it to my face, you ass?"
"With pleasure, asshole!" Ning said, and got right in Ce's face. "I think you're an arrogant pig!"
Apparently that pissed Ce off beyond belief, and he socked Ning in the face.
Shang Xiang jumped up. "Ce!" she said, but Ce was beyond reasoning with.
Ning staggered back, but regained control and pounded Ce in the stomach. Ce recoiled and kicked him in the leg. Ning got up and tackled Ce in a football-like fashion, so the two struggling boys were kicking and pounding each other while screaming foul words. (They're not good friends.)
Dean Xiahou was on lunch duty, and he stormed over. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" he screamed, pulling the kicking and screaming profanity Ning off Ce, who was also screaming profanity. "BOTH OF YOU! GET TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE! NOW!"
Shang Xiang watched helplessly as her brother and her new friend were dragged off by Dean Xiahou, thinking to herself, "Sheesh."
FLHS-- PRINCIPAL CAO'S OFFICE
"BOYS! GET IN THERE!" screamed Dean Xiahou, who apparently needed anger management.
Ms. Zhen, (Zhen Ji) the rather suggestively-dressed secretary and rumored wife of Principal Cao, was sitting at the computer typing something. She looked up at the two boys.
"Hey, boys, long time no see," Ms. Zhen commented. "If you're looking for Pi-Pi--err, Principal Cao, he's in his office."
"Pi-pi?" Ning asked, snickering.
"That's his nickname! Just get in there!" Ms. Zhen ordered.
"Geez. Does EVERYONE have anger issues today?" Ce muttered aloud.
"Your pretty little sister doesn't," Ning said, pushing his luck.
"I'm warning you, smuckhole, if you even THINK of touching my little sister, I will rip you to pieces," Ce snarled.
"Oh no, I'm sooo scared," Ning taunted, as the two boys walked down the small hallway to Principal Pi-Pi's office.
Principal Cao was sitting in his office, flipping through his Hooter's calender, which he hurridly threw over his shoulder when Ce and Ning came in.
"Hey, sir! Long time no see!" Ce said, beaming at Principal Pi-Pi.
Principal PP (that's his new name in the story) groaned. "You two again?" he said, sounding tired. "Can't the two of you just stop getting in trouble? It hasn't even been a whole day of school yet and you've already seen me!"
"I saw you this morning," Ning pointed out. "You called me outta 1st period because my pants were too ripped up."
"Well, they ARE," Principal PP replied. "But enough of THAT. You boys are to never ever ever EVER fight again. Got it?"
"Fine," Ning muttered.
"Sounds good to me. Can I go?" Ce asked.
"No. What do you two fight about, anyway?"
"Life," Ning said.
"The universe," Ce said.
"Everything," the two said in unison.
"See! Look at that, you agree on something!" Principal PP said joyously. "Now what were you fighting about today?"
"He was checking out my little sister!" Ce said angrily.
"I was NOT, I was talking to her and she likes me, you can tell," Ning said, looking annoyed.
"I see. The whole little-sister-falls-for-the-older-bad-boy-and-the-older-brother-doesn't-approve-thing. I see it allll the time," Principal PP commented.
"That's oddly specific," Ning commented.
"Look, just stay away from my sister, and I won't rip your tongue out. Sound fair?" Ce offered.
"That doesn't sound fair at all," Principal PP said.
"Yeah, I agree," Ning said. To further piss Ce off, he said, "Look, I promise not to get your sister pregnant if you promise to screw off and let me do my own thing. Deal?"
"Now that's not helping either," Principal PP said.
"WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?" both boys yelled, rearing on their principal.
"Nobody's. I'm s'posed to be neutral. Let's get something straight, I'm a principal, but it doesn't make me your principle pal. Got it?" Principal PP said.
"No," they replied.
"If anything, you just confused me more," Ce added.
"Figures," Ning muttered, but disguised it as a sneeze.
"Butthole," Ce growled.
"Get outta here, both of you," Principal PP ordered. "And let's try and make it longer than 24 hours before I see you two again!"
"FINE," both replied, and stormed out.
Ce suddenly remembered something. "Hey, shmuck face, you don't know who Da Qiao is, right?"
"No," Ning replied. "Why? Is she a girl?"
"Yes, and she's MY girl. Stay away from her too."
"Well, now you've gotten me interested," Ning said, smirking. Seeing the look of pure death written on Ce's face, he chuckled. "I'm teasing you, bro. But seriously, if this girl of yours is a cute one--"
"She's gorgeous," Ce interrupted, a dreamy look on his face.
"Anyways. If this girl is as great as you say she is, don't let Ling Tong see her, ya hear?"
"Who's that?" Ce asked.
"They call him the Ponytail Pimp, 'cause that's what he does. Hits on girls, the cuter the better."
"Wonder why he hasn't bugged Shang Xiang yet," Ce mused.
"Well, regardless, I have a life to attend to. See ya." Ning opened a window.
"Where the hell are you going?" Ce asked, watching Ning as he prepared to jump. "This is a 2 story building!"
"So?" Ning asked. "I got places to go!" He jumped out the window, leaving Ce open-mouthed.
FLHS-- AFTER SCHOOL
Ce yawned. Practice had been cancelled that day because it was the first day, and since his dad was a teacher, and therefore had to stay until 3:30 PM, Ce was stuck at school.
For the millionth time that day, Ce's thoughts jumped back to that raven-haired beauty in his Biology class, Da Qiao. Ce had dated tons of girls before, (a whopping 6 1/2) but never before had he felt this way about any of them...
With a shrug, Ce hoisted his stuff over his broad shoulders and walked to the back of the campus, figuring he'd buy himself a soda. When he got to the vending machine, his handsome features twisted into a scowl. As usual, some football guys harrassing some girl... Ce's eyes widened when he realized who this girl was. With a furious, angry growl of pure rage, he threw his backpack down and stormed over to the guys.
"Get the hell away from her," Ce snarled, getting in front of Da's smaller figure. One of the guys snickered. "C'mon, man, don't hog her to yourself! She's hot!"
Ce's eyes narrowed. "I said leave her alone. You lay a hand on her again and it's your ass for breakfast."
Mockingly, one of the guys reached over and grabbed Da's hand. "C'mon, babe, leave this loser and come have some fun with us!" Da jerked her hand away. "Get lost!" she cried angrily, stepping in front of Ce. "Do you jerks really think you have a chance with me?"
Another guy grabbed Da by her shoulder and roughly jerked her towards him. "Don't give me any of your lip, babe, unless you want us to go easy on you!"
That was it. Ce growled in rage and before he could stop himself, his fist did the talking and punched the guy in the face. The guy yelped in pain and his hands flew to his now bleeding nose. "Anyone else wanna try messing with her?" Ce snarled, angry. The two guys exchanged glances and, grabbing their bleeding friend by the arms, scampered off.
Turning to Da, Ce wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Whew. Stupid mor-" but was interrupted by Da flinging her arms around his shoulders. "Thank you so much, Ce! Those goons would have forced me to go to Homecoming with them for sure!" she said, sinking into his chest as she hugged him.
Ce's face had now turned an inhumane shade of red. "I, uh... no problem!" he said, playing it cool. "I'm not going to let those creeps bug you!"
Da hadn't let go yet. "Well, I think you're amazing."
After a few minutes of silence, Ce finally squeaked, "Can we go somewhere and talk?"
"Alright!" Da said happily. "Where to?"
"There's a Dairy Queen down the street," Ce said. "We can get ice cream if you want."
DAIRY QUEEN
"So, you hungry?" Ce asked. "I'm buying."
"A Dairy Cone is fine for me," Da said, smiling sweetly at him.
Ce blushed a little, then turned to the bored, acne-faced teenage girl standing at the counter. "2 Dairy Cones, please," Ce said.
Da had already gone to get a seat near the window, and Ce turned back to the cashier. "I bet you wish you were as pretty as my girl there, don't you?" he said with a smile.
The look on the girl's face was evil. "Shut up."
When the cones were ready, Ce took care to make sure the girl didn't spit on them. (Even if she did, he would have deserved it, IMO)
"Hey, pretty lady," Ce said, sliding into the seat across from Da. Da had already taken out her Biology book to study some more, and giggled.
"You're too much," she said, beaming at him. Ce grinned. "So, what'cha got there? Literature?"
"Nope, Biology." Da replied.
"I see. Well, what I wanted to tell you was..." he trailed off.
"Da, you probably know I'm really popular around school. I've dated lots of girls around here, but... I never really liked that many of them, y'know? But... that's before I met you."
"You showed me that it's not how hot a girl is, or if she's a cheerleader or not... you proved to me that I can fall for a girl who's pretty, and smart, and pretty much nothing like me... what I'm trying to say is, well, I really like you, Da... I know this is kinda sudden, but... well..." He noticed Da suddenly looked very sad. "What's wrong?" he asked, scared he said the wrong thing.
"Ce... I really like you, too... but, I... I've never really had a serious boyfriend before, or ever liked anyone like this. I honestly don't know what to do..." Da said sadly, looking down at her book.
"You could say yes," Ce said, smiling at her.
"To what?" Da asked.
"Because I'm about to ask you out. Da, you're the greatest girl I've ever met, (except for my mom) and I don't care if you've never had a boyfriend or anything. I just want to be able to hang out with you, be able to buy you nice things, take you out to dinner sometimes, protect you from goons who try and hurt you like earlier..."
Da (who was terrified) leaned over and very gently kissed Ce on his mouth. "I'd love to be your girlfriend," she whispered happily.
Ce's entire face lit up with pure joy. "Are you for real?" That's awesome! C'mon, let's go celebrate!" And without another word, he dropped a $50 bill on the table, scooped Da up in his arms, bridal-style, and ran out the door, whooping for joy.
CHAPTER 1-- END
AN: So that finally put Chapter 1 out of its misery. :D Sorry I got Ce and Da together so fast, but I want to get their relationship going already. :P So, tell me what you think! Did you like it, did you hate it? Have any suggestions? Want to scream at me for starting a new story when I haven't come close to finishing This Isn't Happening? So review! There's no point in reading all of the above if you're not gonna review and tell me what you think. Chapter 2 will not see the light of day until I recieve 5 reviews for this chapter. (And even if you're reviewer #6, review anyway :P)
TTYL! And for those of you who are interested, don't worry about TIH, the computer I typed all the chapters on crashed, but luckily I have it printed. I have to re-type everything again. :P)