Hey guys! I'm Slushie Addict and this is my first time writing in this fandom. Before you guys say anything, I got some ideas from Heathers: Cut (JD and Veronica) written by AKUltiWarrior. However, I want to make it clear that I'm not hijacking their plot in the slightest. Also, this is set in a Modern AU and due to the story line, many of the characters will be OOC. Swearing is included in this story. With that, I don't own Heathers!
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"You did what?!" A girl no older than 17 yelled at another girl, presumably her friend. "Martha Dunnstock, I cannot believe you did that!"
"Veronica, this is your chance! Didn't you always want to act up on stage? Now's your chance, while it isn't Broadway or anything well-established, it's still an opportunity!" Martha argued, trying to convince her best friend. Veronica groaned, while she did want the chance to go up on stage to act, she would prefer it if her best friend had talked to her about it before signing her up for auditions. "Veronica, are you alright?"
"I'm... I'm good. I guess I should thank you at least, your intentions are well-meaning anyways..." Veronica relented, placing a grateful hand on Martha's right shoulder. "When's the audition?"
"After school at 3. There were quite a number of names, but I'm sure you can get in!" Martha cheerfully answered, pushing up her glasses.
"Now hold on here, I never said I'll go. I only said that I was grateful for your well intentions!" Veronica said, her lips curling up. "Unless you sign yourself up for auditions that is."
"V-Veronica! You know I get shy on stage!" Martha protested, but Veronica was having none of it. "C'mon, let me off please?"
"Look, it's a chance for you to get over your stage fright. Besides, it's not guaranteed that you'll be landing the main lead right? So don't worry so much!" Martha sighed, nodding to Veronica's request. Veronica smiled, relieved to know that someone that she knows will be joining her for auditions.
"Well Ronnie, no need to convince Martha here to join ya for auditions. I've already signed her up when I went to sign myself up for it and saw your name there." A low male voice chuckled behind Veronica, causing the two girls to turn around and come face to face with a lanky boy in a hoodie. "Hey there ladies, missed me?"
"JD! Why did you do that?!" Martha asked, shocked to know that she was signed up without her knowledge. Veronica laughed along with JD, real name Jason Dean. "Well, at least Veronica's definitely going to the auditions now..."
"Oh believe me, I'll drag her to the auditorium myself if I didn't see her there at 2.45." JD continued, ruffling Veronica's hair. "Not gonna miss a chance to act on stage with Ronnie here."
"Hey now, the thing starts at 3, no need to hunt me down in study hall 15 minutes before it." Veronica nudged JD, earning herself a shrug from the latter. "Anyways, do you know what are we auditioning for?"
"Hm, a musical if I'm not wrong? No biggie, all three of us are awesome at singing." JD responded, grinning at Veronica. "Shall we trudge over there now? I'm sure there's some eye candy for ya waiting at the auditorium~"
"JD! Sheesh, no need to announce that I'm gay!"
"Sorry gorgeous, just wanna let lesbians and bi girls know that my hot gay best friend is single." Martha chuckled along with JD, it wasn't that much of a secret that Veronica was into girls ever since she came out last year. While everyone treated her normally, it didn't give her any relationships either. "For reals though, shall we get going?"
"Heh, yeah. C'mon Martha, let's knock the auditions outta the park!"
"For someone who isn't interested, you sure are fired up~"
"Oh hush Martha."
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"Is it me, or is it a coincidence that our names are exactly the same as the characters in the musical?" Martha asked, holding up a booklet that summarised the details of the musical they were auditioning for and the characters' bio. "Like, they even have the same spelling!"
"Urgh, of all musicals it has to be 'Heathers'." Veronica grumbled, while she liked that musical, she wasn't exactly comfortable with the fact that one of her best friends attempted suicide in the musical and her other best friend tried to blow up a school. Also, she didn't like that she had a part to play in three 'suicides' in trying to make school more tolerable for her. "The resemblance is uncanny indeed."
"Oh c'mon you two, not like we're a shoo-in for the part." JD reassured, jerking a thumb at a stout man. "Lookie, here's the teach that came up with this shit. We can go ask if we're shoo-ins or not."
"Great idea!" The two girls agreed instantly going up to the teacher with JD following behind them. "Mr Zaly, we're not definitely getting the part just because our names happen to match the characters right?"
"If you guys can sing, then yeah, you guys are getting the part." Veronica gaped at the teacher, not believing what she was hearing. Upon seeing the looks on Veronica's face, he decided to clarify what he meant by that reply. "Okay look, you guys signed up for the main cast. So if you guys can sing, we might as well match you up with the characters that you share the name with. And in case you're wondering, all nine of you have the exact same name as the main characters."
"Nine?! Main cast?! Martha!" Veronica turned to face Martha, who was cowering behind JD at this point. "Explain yourself! You said that there were quite a few names, so how the hell did you not see the rest of the people who signed up?!"
"I-I was the first to fill in your name! Besides, I thought since there were two pieces of paper outside, I should fill in the one that's empty! I didn't know they were separate!" Martha stammered, gripping on JD's hoodie tightly. Veronica slapped a hand to her forehead, due to a misunderstanding she was now auditioning for a main role. "JD, why didn't you tell us?"
"That's cause I signed us both up after your name. I don't know who signed up afterwards, so yeah. Anyways, I had the same mindset as Martha so I also don't know that the one I filled in was actually for the main cast." JD shrugged, which wasn't doing much to soften Veronica's anger. "Hey teach, why didn't you make things clear?!"
"Mr Allen was the one who put those up! He said that he didn't want to hear 'tone-deaf brats' so he volunteered to put up posters and admin shit." Mr Zaly replied, going up to the trio. "On the bright side, at least I'm not handling the side characters' audition."
"Hold up, you said 'six'. Isn't there only five? Heathers, Kurt and Ram make the other five mains. So who's the sixth?"
"That would be her." The teacher pointed to a girl who looked irritated to be present for the audition. "Pauline Fleming, sophomore. She's... in the student council I think?"
"Remind me again why someone who look pissed 24/7 is the president?" JD asked, frowning at the sight of the girl. Veronica elbowed JD, and went up to Pauline. "Ronnie, what the fuck are you doing?"
"Hey Pauline, I didn't know you're interested in performing." Veronica said, stunning JD with her friendliness.
"Oh, hey Sawyer. Yeah, I figured I give this a whirl. Saw your name on the sign-up sheet, deciding to make your big break here?" Pauline replied, not reacting like how JD had expected her to, which was to coldly brush Veronica off.
"Pauline, I told you to call me by my first name! We're fucking neighbours for crying out loud!"
"Old habits die hard. How's it going with your boyfriend?" Pauline shot a look at JD, who returned the favour. "Seems like I've some ways to go with being on good terms with Dean."
"Ahaha... about that... we kinda broke up last year... and I came out as a lesbian..." Veronica awkwardly laughed, trying to make it seem like a small matter.
"What the fuck Sawyer, am I the only one who didn't know? Geez, some friend you are."
"Well if you didn't stay in the council room so much, you would have heard it!" Veronica and Pauline continued to talk for another 15 minutes, leaving JD alone with Martha. JD wasn't sure what he should do, so he decided to flip through the booklet and dropped it in horror a minute later.
"Aw hell no! Why the fuck does JD wanna blow up the school?! That's fucking messed up man!" JD exclaimed, horrified at the fact that he had to act as some demented sociopath who believed that he was doing the world a favour by ridding 'bad' people from the face of the earth. "Teach! Can I like get a swap?!"
"All of the guys will die in the musical at one point, so no. Besides, you get to drink a Slurpee during the musical." Mr Zaly replied, shaking his head in a teasing manner. "Careful not to get an actual brain freeze though."
"But I don't like Slurpees! I have sensitive teeth!"
"Your acting will be even more convincing, ain't that great?"
"No it won't teach! God, at least rent a Big Gulp machine!"
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"Heather, remind me again why are we accompanying you to this stupid audition? I could be at home practicing the piano!" An irritated blonde girl whose hair was tied up in a high ponytail asked, cursing under her breath afterwards. The supposed recipient of the question, a girl with shoulder length brown hair, chuckled, clearly not the least bit threatened by the first girl's attitude towards her. The third and last girl, another blonde but her hair was tied into a low ponytail instead, quietly followed behind the other two girls. "Heather, aren't you the least bit mad at this bitch?!"
"... I-I want to be in the backstage crew..." The third girl, full name Heather Chandler, replied meekly, fearing that the first girl would hit her. "H-Heather, why did you sign me up for the main cast auditions...?"
"You need some confidence Heather! Besides, we're doing the musical 'Heathers' this year!" The second girl, Heather Duke, cheerily replied and ignoring the cursing coming from Heather McNamara afterwards. "It'll be fun! You get to push me around and use me and yell at me a lot!"
"Fucking hell! You signed me up so that I can act like the good little girl that my asshole parents want me to be?! Did you eat a brain tumour for breakfast Heather?! What in fuck's name do you think I'm game for this shit?!" Heather cursed, giving Heather the middle finger. "Go eat shit you fucking shitty bitch!"
"H-Heather... maybe you could swear a little less...?" Heather asked, trying her best to end the soon to be argument between Heather and Heather. "P-Please?"
"... Fuck, fine. I'm gonna convince that sadist asshole who wanted the fucking play to switch roles with me and Heather." Heather relented upon noticing Heather's puppy eyes. "God Heather, you'll be the death of me someday."
"You know what's gonna be the death of me? You two being friends, you two couldn't be more different." Heather remarked, eyeing the shy Heather and then the crude Heather. "Remind me again why am I friends with you Heather?"
"Because I copied off your stuff back in third grade and you were so fucking happy that I spoke to you and declared that we're 'best buddies for life' according to you." replied, glancing at the people present in the auditorium. "That and because I was bitching about how Veronica was being a bitch because she took your pudding. Speak of the devil, Veronica and gang are here. And... the council president?! Fuck, someone hide me! I pushed her around yesterday!"
"H-Heather, I'm not big enough to cover you..." Heather said, referencing to her skeletal frame that revealed how underweight she was. "And maybe you should apologise...?"
"Just say that I'm fat, I don't mind."
"No, you're not. Y-You're just rude..." Heather mumbled something under her breath before continuing with her explanation. "But I know you can be gentle when we're in private..."
"Heather has a gentler side?!"
"Y-Yeah..."
"This is hilarious!" Heather laughed until not only did her sides hurt, but tears were coming out of her eyes. She pulled out a green handkerchief to dab away her tears, but her hand kept on shaking from laughing. "Ahahahahahahahahahaha!"
"... I would fuck you up right here and now if only Heather wasn't here..." Heather gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on Heather's shoulders. "Heather, I'll give you a massage. Tell me if it hurts."
"... Y-You're hurting me already though..."
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"So like, are you guys down for a party? Allen-man was like suggesting that the main cast come in for a party to get to know each other, be besties and all?" An extremely muscular male asked Veronica, Martha, JD and Pauline, a grin shot at Martha's way.
"Seriously Ram? He said that? Why can't we just create a chat group or something, it's 2017 after all." Veronica asked, crossing her arms. She's not against the idea of having a gathering, but she was against the idea of her being a part of that gathering when all she really wanted was to lounge around in the comfort of her house. "And really, 'Allen-man'? It's been four years already, why do you still call him that?"
"Y'know, Allen-man, Ironman? Sounds similar? Anyhoo yeah, he said that too. Kurt's over there asking Heathers if they wanna attend. Actually to be honest, Allen-man was telling us to make you guys come but we think that's like not cool and all cuz we need to respect each other." Ram admitted, scratching his neck. "But if you guys are cool, then we can make plans in the group!"
"Whoa hold the phone there Ram, it's not like we're all guaranteed to be in you know? Some of us may not be able to sing here."
"Asked him that too V, and he said we're all in cuz our Music grades showed that we're all able to sing." Veronica slapped her forehead again, frustrated that not only was she playing as a main character, but the main character in the musical. "Sorry V, tried to talk him outta it but he ain't having it."
"Urgh fine, do whatever. You three are fine with social gatherings and stuff after all right?" Veronica turned to the other three, who all shot sympathetic looks. "Aw don't give me the pity look! I can survive a few hours at Ram's house!"
"Uh yeah... 'bout that... Allen-man said that he wanted us to sleepover and record what we're doing hourly. One day one night kinda gathering, sooooo..." Ram scooted away from Veronica, dashing out of the auditorium afterwards. "Pleasedon'tkillmeokaybye!"
"... I fucking hate Mr Allen. Who put him in charge?!' Veronica seethed, cracking her knuckles and imagining herself beating up said teacher.
"He's teaching American Lit! What do you expect?!" Mr Zaly yelled from his seat, which was far away from Veronica and gang.
"Then why are you also in charge of this mess? You're a Physics teacher." JD asked, smirking at the man's grumbling. "Got yourself roped into it by Mr Allen huh?"
"Pffft, I'm not alone. Mrs Horndog is in charge of the side cast audition and Ms Religion is forced to get her English class to be backstage as there aren't enough people for it."
"I'm still not convinced that that's their actual family names." Pauline whispered to Martha, who nodded in agreement. "Especially Mrs Horndog's. It sounds too much like a joke to be true."
"I heard her maiden name is actually 'Cunt', and the spelling is exactly how it sounds like." Martha whispered, giggling over her gossip.
"Ms Cunt?! Man, who the hell gave themselves that kind of family name? I mean, Fleming isn't bad cause it's after a famous person but hers is just plain weird. And sad."
"Anyways, just listen to when Mr Allen says and not fuck up." Mr Zaly advised, getting up from his seat. "I'm gonna use the gents, you guys can actually go back now you know."
"Fuck yeah, Martha, you got the movie yet?" Veronica asked, her mood taking a turn for the better. Martha nodded, with JD pointing to himself with an innocent smile plastered on his face. "... Fine, JD you can tag along. Pauline, you wanna come over?"
"I'll pass, unless you're teaching me Chemistry." Pauline shrugged, pulling out her smartphone. "Huh, looks like Sweeney added us already."
"Alright, so the four of us are gonna be watching 'Frozen' and doing Chem tonight. Awesome, come over at nine and make sure you two bring some food along. I'm not going to let you guys chow down on Martha's popcorn." JD and Pauline looked at each other, and rolled their eyes before leaving the auditorium. Veronica and Martha followed suit, discussing about what did Kurt have to do in order to convince Heather (McNamara) and Heather (Chandler) to attend the 'party'.
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sweeneytodd: [hey guys so sunday cool with u all?]
Veronica: [I don't care, this is hell...]
McNamara: [then why the fk did u sign up]
JD: [martha signed her up, thk god she did]
Duke: [thats totes awesome]
KK: [i know dude]
KK: [what time are u guys down at rammy?]
Fleming: [7]
Marthabear: [pls tell us you meant in the morning?]
Fleming: [7am, Monday morning]
JD: [ur horrible flmng]
Fleming: [You're right beside me, you could have just said that to my face.]
sweeneytodd: [wheres chandler?]
McNamara: [shes only available fm 8am-6pm]
Veronica: [Why?]
Duke: [no idea]
KK: [she said yes just now so she shld be cool]
sweeneytodd: [lol but how wld we contact her today is wed only!]
Duke: [how abt letters? Mcbk here has sent her some]
McNamara: [duke i will murder u in ur sleep if you tell them what i wrote]
Veronica: [I don't give a shit.]
KK: [mac is gd in english right]
KK: [u wrote that sweet poem in 7th grade]
sweeneytodd: [o yea, then teach sent it for a competition n u won first place]
Marthabear: [is there a better way to reach chandler outside sch though? we dun know her address]
Duke: [i send it later]
McNamara: [duke i swear to god that u send that text i WILL fk you with a chainsaw!]
JD: [holy shit what the fk is that possible?!]
Fleming: [... This has gone from peaceful Wednesday night to insane Wednesday night.]
JD: [yea dude]
JD: [imma going out to buy some marshies?]
JD: [flmng u want slush or gulp?]
Fleming: [Fuck Physics, I'm going out for Slurpee with JD]
KK: [ok bai]
"Should we like bring marshmallows on Sunday or can we just come empty-handed?" Heather asked Heather, who was busy flipping through television channels and settling on Nickelodeon. "Really? Fucking Nickelodeon?"
"Shut the fuck up, I wanna watch cartoons."
"Then watch your 'Loud House' recordings, they're taking up space and I need that fucking space to record my K-Dramas!"
"Oh c'mon you've already memorised it by heart, it's the water god spouting some cheesy lines about how he'll stay with that brokeass bitch till she dies."
"That's not how it go- hey! Don't change to Spongebob!"
"Ohhhhhhhh-"
"Heather McNamara, don't you dare-"
"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Spongebob Squarepants!"
"Oh Jesus fucking Christ kill me now..."
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That's all for Chapter 1, I promise that the next chapter will give you a somewhat more detailed bio on the modern day cast! And heads up, the actual musical wouldn't really be in the next chapter, maybe Chapter 3 onwards? Well, this is Slushie Addict signing out!