Life is Strange: The Pains of Love

The beginning of a new Life is Strange story, like I did with one of my previous stories, I spoke to two fellow readers (the same two as before) about it and we decided to do a story with OC versions of ourselves, this time for Life is Strange. This story takes place after the game with the unused Hospital ending as it's base. So the events of the game all happened, Max saved the bay, but Chloe survived being shot, anyway, following pairings apply:

OC/Stella
OC/Kate
OC/OC
Max/Warren

Other pairings will be at least hinted at.

Disclaimer: I don't own Life is Strange or its characters.

Chapter 1

It was the start of another day at the famous Blackwell Academy in the town of Arcadia Bay. For three of the young students there however, it was their first day and they all had different thoughts about it. They had all managed to earn scholarships to enter the school to study various artistic passions, of which the school offered special courses in.

These students were currently in their dorm rooms, settling in and preparing for their first day. They had just yesterday gone through the entire process of moving their belongings into their rooms and meeting with Principal Wells, getting their class schedules and everything else they needed.

Of the three students, all of them aged eighteen, only one of them was a girl. That girl was called Marina Flanders, she was of average height, chubby (tending on the overweight side) with pixie cut ash blonde hair that she dyed, almond shaped grey-green eyes, very pale skin, rosy cheeks and some imperfections here and there.

She was finishing getting dressed for the day, smiling and humming to herself, cheerful and optimistic as ever.

'First day...almost time to begin.' She reflected. 'I can't believe I'm really here, that I'm in Blackwell...about to start, ready to study theatre...'

As she thought on that, she reflected on her family; she was the eldest child and only daughter of a delivery man and stay at home mother, she had a brother two and a half years younger than her. She was also, secretly, dating a young man named Kennefick Andrews, a young soccer star with quite the background; it still amazed her.

She had to admit she missed him already. 'But, he is happy for me, following my dream like this...I'm happy too.'

Satisfied and determined not to spoil her good mood, she finished getting ready and left the dorms, ready to head for her first day at Blackwell.

In the boys dorm, the remaining two new students were getting ready for their day. The first of the duo was a young man named Brian Baker, he was tall, standing at six foot one, with dirty blonde hair, blue eyes and a lanky build. He was smiling casually as he finished getting ready.

He let out a relaxed sigh as he finally got ready. 'Here we go, day one, let's see what happens.'

He was an easy-going young man, quite talkative and liked to meet new people. He was from the Southern states and had a strong accent because of it, he was the eldest son of a chef father and nurse mother and had a younger brother.

'Came here to study theatre, with my family's blessing no less.' He reflected. 'Can't wait to meet people, who knows, maybe I'll make plenty of friends.'

Eager and looking forward to his new day, he quickly finished his preparations and began to get ready to leave. As he did so, he paused as he exited the dorm room, already the other students were making their way to from the dorms quickly. All the same, he couldn't shake the feeling that something very interesting was going to happen, and soon. Eager to see what it was, he left, ready to begin his day.

Meanwhile, in another dorm room in the boys dorms; the last of the new students was getting ready. His name was Jamie Townley, a five-foot seven young man with a toned build, as well as a slight paunch. He had dark red hair, hazel eyes and fair skin, he had a few moles on his arms and back, the skin on his left knee actually lacked pigmentation slightly and he also wore glasses.

He shifted nervously as he finished getting ready. 'New school, first day...God, just breath Jamie. Hold it together.'

He was nervous, as he often was in unfamiliar situations or out of his depth in new surroundings, caused by his Autism. But he strove to overcome it and, despite his difficulties, did the best he could. He was an only child of two hard working parents and had come to Blackwell, like the others, to fulfil his dreams.

'I was anxious, after the scandal that came to be attached to it by the previous teacher, but...' He reflected before smiling. 'But everything seems alright now, so...it's time.'

He had come to Blackwell to study Photography and had to admit, despite his usual nervousness and worries, he was looking forward to it. Finally ready to took a deep breath to prepare himself, to settle his nerves, then, composed and ready, he left the dorm, heading out to join the other students and to begin his first class of the day.

As they exited the dorms, even as they tried to work their way through the throng of students, the trio soon spotted each other and, by the time they left for the main campus, they had joined up with each other, noticing clearly that they were all new. Being the friendly open-minded sort, Marina was the first to speak.
"Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Marina Flanders."

Jamie nodded. "Jamie Townley, nice to meet you."

Brian also introduced himself, smiling. "Brian Baker, it's a pleasure."

All three of them paused for a moment, noting each other's accents, and first names.

"Wait a minute..." Brian queried. "You guys sound familiar, I don't suppose you are...fanficiton writers?"

Jamie nodded. "Actually, I am."

"Me too." Marina admitted, then her eyes widened. "Wait a minute, you guys are...Ezio and Boris?"

They both nodded, all of them surprised to realize they actually all knew each other. Yet by pure chance had just met face to face in real life for the first time.

"Wow, this is, pretty cool." Jamie remarked.

The others nodded in agreement and, already feeling more at ease, now they each knew at least two other people here. Entering the school they found themselves having to go their separate ways as they headed for their first classes however.

Once in his first class however, Jamie bit his lip, he was alone again, and his nervousness returned.

'Okay, what am I...what if I…?' He wondered.

His first class of the day turned out to be chemistry, as he sat in the chem lab, at his workstation he fidgeted slightly in his seat, observing the other students carefully. Shortly after his arrival, the teacher, Ms. Grant, arrived.

"Good morning everyone, now, I understand we have a new student today..." She said, looking around the room.

Biting his lip, Jamie raised his hand to identify himself.

"Ah, there you are, well, I'm Ms. Grant, and you are…?"

Standing up Jamie spoke, trying to keep the tremor from his voice. "Jamie Townley ma'am."

She smiled. "Well, it's nice to meet you, now I want to all to be nice and make Jamie feel welcome, understand."

There were murmurs from the class and Jamie sat down again, trying to quell the fluttering in his stomach from having to be the centre of attention.

"Now Jamie." Ms Grant was saying. "I understand that, as you've just started here, you'll have some coursework to catch up on."

"Y-yes ma'am." He replied.

Nodding she continued. "Well, I think the best option is to have another student help you out, now don't worry, I know just the person. Stella, would you…?"

"Of course Ms. Grant."

With that Jamie turned as the person who spoke approached him, moving to sit next to him.

His eyes widened when he saw her. Stella turned out to a be a girl around the same age as him, with light brown skin, medium long brown hair she had tied back and brown eyes. She had a skinny build and was dressed quite comfortably in casual clothing and such; she also wore glasses like him.

Smiling warmly as she sat down Stella spoke up.

"Hi, I'm Stella Hill."

Jamie nodded. "N-nice to meet you."

Jamie didn't know it then, but that meeting would be the beginning of everything changing for him, forever.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.