:: Chapter One ::Sonny rummage through her wardrobe, for the past 15minutes. Her mom, Connie Munroe, were standing at her doorway, shaking her head repeatedly side to side, disapproving.
"Honey, just wear whatever you like and feel beautiful in it."
Sonny stops searching and turns towards her mom. "But mom, this is my first day at high school, I have to look fashionably acceptable"
"I just don't want you to be fashionably late on the first day"
"Haha, you're funny mom" Sonny said sarcastically.
"The school bus will be here in 10minutes, make sure you don't miss the bus, otherwise you'll be fashionably walking to school. All sweaty, panting and the wind messed up your hair"
"Gee, is fashion a crime now?" Sonny rolls her eye, and picking up a black cardigan, sleeveless baby blue top, skinny white jeans and blue pumps. "This should make an impression" she smiled while making her way to the bathroom.
Approximately 5 minutes later, Sonny grabs her bag and heads to the front door. Her mom waves goodbye. After facing the horrible crowded elevator, Sonny reaches the bus stop. She smiles widely when she spots Grady and Nico.
"Hey guys" greets Sonny, cheerfully as usual.
Nico and Grady turns and waves, "Sonny" both says loudly and together. Well, they are sorta like twins. You can never see one without the other. Equally hyper, weird, nuts and goofy.
"Exciting huh?" Sonny sits beside Nico.
Nico stares at Sonny, and grins. Grady answers her back, "I'm just hoping we won't make into the Loser List again"
Sonny 'pffts' and gave out the word of encouragement. "Aw c'mon you guys, its high school. A new start. I bet the girls will be lining up for you two."
Nico sighed and shrugs.
"Look, the bus is here" Grady exclaimed. Sonny and Nico each grabs their bags. When the bus stops, all the students hops in. It took a while to reach school. All three of them talked about the hopes for the high school life. Hoping they will fit in.
"I'm sure Tawni will fit in perfectly." Grady mentions in a tone of jealousy. Nico nods, agreeing.
"She sure will." Sonny, being Tawni's best friend, (although Tawni doesn't seem to admit) knows Tawni by heart. Tawni is known for the popular kind of girl. Everyone knows her. She is mean to everyone, even to Sonny at first, but eventually friendship blooms between them. The bus driver horns, indicating their stop. Stepping out of the bus, the school bell rings in time. They rushed to their classes. First day at high school. Sonny looks around as the seniors stares at the 'fresh meat'. The first class is Science.
Sonny, Nico and Grady enters the class, realizing the teacher still hasn't come yet. The first rows were empty, while the ones at the back is taken by the early comers. Sonny sits in front, while Nico and Grady sits behind Sonny. Sonny turns towards Nico,
"Tawni taking Science?"
Nico nods, "That's what Zora said last night when she came over to play Counterstrike"
Zora Lancaster is Tawni's cousin, who stays with Tawni because her parents are travel guides who are always travelling. Zora is 11, she's in Junior High. Zora is close with Nico and Grady because she is boyish, unlike Sonny and Tawni. Zora is meaner than her cousin Tawni. She is rude, straight-forward, prankster, monstrous, evil and a weirdo. Zora is always on her own, wandering around the town, pulling major pranks on people, eavesdropping people's private conversation, peeking into people's house, (which is why she knows everybody's business).
The teacher walks in, making the whole classroom quiet. She places her file and books on her table, and take a look at the class. Sonny could tell that she's not nice and sweet by the way the teacher stares at them all. She grabs the chalk, and starts writing her name. MS. BITTERMAN.
"Bitterman? Suits her face." Grady whispers. Sonny and Nico giggles.
"WHO WAS THAT?!" Ms. Bitterman shouts out. Sonny, Nico and Grady gulps.
How did she hear that? Oh boy, she has sharp ears. Sonny thinks.
Right at that moment, the class door swings open, revealing Tawni who was wearing a red dress, reaching her middle thigh, black leather jacket and brown boots.
Why don't I have that fashion knowledge? Sonny sighs.
Tawni smiles and waves while making her so-called grand entrance.
"Sorry I'm late" she smiles, not knowing Ms. Bitterman is going to slaughter her.
"Your name?" Bitterman asks.
"Tawni Hart" she exclaims proudly.
"Miss Hart, detention."
Tawni's wide smile fades, and she stares in shock. "Huh?"
"You heard me."
Bitterman sure is bitter. Tawni won't be happy about this. Sonny gulps, making an eye contact with Nico and Grady. She's sure the boys are thinking the same thing too.
After a few argument, Tawni gives up and sits beside Sonny, making a face to . The rest of the period went awkward and Sonny could feel the strong anger vibe in Tawni. The bell rings and everyone rushes out the class, feeling glad the torture is over. Gathering at Sonny's locker, the gang were talking about .
"Can you believe it, detention! On the first day, first class! Ugh!" they all had to hear Tawni's whining, as usual, but this time it is totally understandable.
"Well, we all knew she's not nice by the first look" Sonny makes a statement.
"Yeah, did you look at the way that lady stares? Whoa, she can eat our happy soul man!" Nico is still shaking.
"She ruined our hopes on high school" Grady whines.
Sonny can feel that Grady is feeling insecure. Probably because Grady is over-weight, and never had a girlfriend and has been turned down uncountable times. Nico has been turned down a lot too, but that dude still has the confidence, unlike Grady.
"Well, I'm gonna talk to the counselor about changing class." Tawni says, flipping her golden hair.
"You sure?" Sonny asks, knowing she will be alone, facing Bitterman. Tawni can stand up for herself, while on the other hand, Sonny is too nice to do so.
"Yes, see you all later." Tawni walks away. The senior guys were practically staring at Tawni as she walks away. Sonny exhales a small amount of carbon dioxide, realizing Tawni is so perfect physically.
Sonny turns back towards Nico and Grady, only to realize they are gone now for their next classes. Knowing she's late, Sonny grabs her book and starts running. When she was about to make a left turn, she crashes into someone. The crash wasn't horrible enough for her to fall, but her forehead is sure aching pretty badly. She rubs her forehead, and looks up into two pools of light blue eyes. She tilts her head back a little to have a fuller view on the face. Right in front of her stands, a really cute face of a guy. He is blinking to shake of the minor crash that took place seconds ago.
Oh my… He's so cute.
"In a rush to pee?"
Oh my… His voice is mesmerizing. Wait, pee? Euw!
"Excuse me?"
"A little too late for that babe"
"I don't have to explain myself to you Mr-"
"Ahh, fresh meat"
Sonny blinks, "How'd you know?"
"Simple," he smirks, "you don't know me."
"I guess you're the janitor, for everyone to know you huh?" Sonny walks away not even looking back. The guy was staring, and it was a bit unpleasant. He was sure cute, but Sonny does not need Einstein's brain to figure out that guy is full of himself. So not her type.
It was soon recess, and all the lunch table was packed. Sonny was holding her tray and searching for her friends. Nico and Grady are nowhere to be found.
Great, they must be drooling over the girls.
"Hey"
Sonny jumps a bit in shock, turning around to find that guy she ran into earlier.
"Oh the janitor" She rolls her eye, and tries to walk away.
He laughs a bit, and walks along with her. "You should learn to respect your senior"
So much for walking away Sonny..
"You're a senior?"
"I will be next year"
Sonny 'pffts'. She looks around, hoping to find a table, or better, her friends.
"So what's your name?"
Sonny ignores and kept walking around the cafeteria.
Walking without destination suck. Sonny kept searching for her friends.
"Shy to face me?" he smirks again. Sonny is annoyed a bit. She turns towards him and looks straight into his eyes.
Those light blue eyes…
"Nah, I'm just searching for my friends." She tried to sound casual as possible, didn't want him to know his eyes has weird effect on her.
"Oh well, I'll talk to you later." He walks away and sits with a group of extremely good looking boys and girls. Sonny could tell by the way they all talk and giggles that they are the popular group. She wants nothing to do with such people.
"Sonny!"
Sonny searches for the voice and spots Tawni waving. Tawni is sitting at a table, right beside the 'popular gang' table.
Great, just my luck.
Sonny walks to the table where Tawni is sitting. She sits in front of Tawni, placing the tray on top of the table. She noticed that the popular gang is staring, especially him.
"So.." , Sonny tries to ignore the ultimate stare coming for the popular gang, "Did you manage to shift class?"
"Ugh! The other classes are full, and I can't change class till next month." Tawni eats her burger. "Oh my, this is good"
Sonny nods. The guy walks toward their table and stands beside Sonny. Tawni, with her mouth full of burger chunks, looks at him. "Whhaaaght yiiiuu whaant?"
"Sorry I don't speak burger" he mocks and looks at Sonny.
"What do you want?" Sonny asks, tired of this guy. As cute as he might seem, she's not interested.
"Your name."
"Why?"
"Because you're cute."
Tawni stares at him, "Go away Chad!"
Sonny stares in shock. Atleast she knows his name, but how does Tawni knows him? Tawni stands up, crossing her arms, "Stop hitting on Sonny because she's in our gang" she grabs her clutch and walks away.
"Your name's Sonny?" he asks ignoring Tawni.
"Now that you know my name, leave." Sonny makes a small run to keep up with Tawni. Although she wanted to ask Chad how Tawni knows him, she has to catch up with Tawni.
They must have some sort of history. Sonny reaches Tawni, and making their way to the girls bathroom, Sonny kept on wondering on how Tawni knows Chad. Sonny is kinda new in town. She moved here a year back. So she don't know much about everyone. The reason she made into the gang was because Nico is her neighbor and at the beginning he use to have crush on her. However, as they all got close Nico realizes that Sonny is a good friend and eventually he loses the temporary crush.
The girls are now in the bathroom, facing the huge mirror. Tawni quickly takes out her lipgloss and start applying them onto her lips. Sonny stares for a while, hoping she will tell her about the feud between her and Chad.
"Sonny.."
Great, here comes the flashback.
"Yes?" she answers.
"Stop staring"
"Whoops, my bad" giggling and laughing awkwardly, Sonny watches two girls storming into the bathroom, taking out their comb and brushing away their perfect wavy hair. Sonny recognizes them from the popular gang she saw just now.
Tawni grabs Sonny and storms out of the bathroom. Sonny was feeling weird with Tawni's behavior.
"Tawni?" she calls up on her.
"Sonny, we'll talk later at your house." Finishing her sentence, Tawni walks away to her class, leaving Sonny nodding to herself. The rest of the school hour went normal, and soon the bell rang, and the students rushes out of their classes like a bunch of sheeps being released out of their cage.
Sonny was sitting at the dining table, completing her homework, when she hears the doorbell. She walks to the door, opening it to reveal the gang. She smiles and greets.
"Hey you guys."
Everyone walks into Sonny's apartment and each making themselves comfortable. Sonny slams the door, and watches everyone. Zora, Nico and Grady are sitting on the couch, with Grady swaping through channels. Tawni is standing beside Sonny.
"Well?" Sonny breaks the silence.
Everyone stares at her. Nico, Grady and Zora are blinking, probably wondering what is Sonny expecting. Tawni let out a long breath, and speaks up.
"Chad is interested in her."
All three of them (Nico, Grady, Zora) gasp out loud in pure shock. Sonny lift up her right brow, in confusion.
"Tawni, he's not. I don't even know this guy. I only spoke with him twice." She defend herself, not knowing why.
"Twice?!" Nico exclaims.
"Two times?" Grady asks, right after Nico.
"It's the same thing Gassy" everyone rolled their eyes when Zora mentions Grady's pet name. The gang calls him Gassy, because when Grady is super nervous or ate something spicy, he lets out a huge amount of gas. Once it was so huge that Tawni said, "Somebody close the window, the wind is strong". She didn't know it was Grady.
Yep, that's how horrible it was.
"Sonny, why did you talk with Chad?" everyone nods while Nico questions Sonny as if she's a criminal facing the judge.
"Why shouldn't I?" Sonny is clearly getting annoyed.
"Because," Grady stands up shifting from his comfortable position on the couch, "he's Chad Dylan Cooper, who is the leader of our enemy team."
Everyone nods, except Sonny.
"But how come I never knew him? I was with you guys since the beginning of last year."
Zora explains this time, "That's because we were in Junior High, and Chad with his gang was gone to high school."
"They're a year older than us?" Sonny blinks in confusion.
"You're a late catcher huh?" Zora is clearly frustrated because even after her explanation, Sonny could ask a question that is already answered.
"Yes, and that's why you shouldn't talk to Chad, or anyone from the group." Nico makes his point strongly. Tawni cuts in though,
"Exactly. Nico had a crush on Penelope, but he had to let go of it for the sake of dignity." Nico sighs, and turns towards Tawni.
"You really had to bring that up Tawni?" he asks weakly. Sonny realizes it's a subject that is sensitive to him.
"She has the rights to know. She's one of us." Tawni defends herself.
"Wait, you guys made him to let go of his crush because of some silly feud?" Sonny cannot believe how mean Tawni and the others were to Nico. Being a hopeless romantic, Sonny thinks it's a horrible thing to do.
"Ugh, please, that girl turned him down more than a cat meow-ed per day" Tawni is surely making Nico give her the 'glance of death'.
"Yeah, that girl is meaner than Tawni. I mean, with all those looks and money, who wouldn't be?" Zora is munching away the popcorn while teasing Nico's 'zero chance' with Penelope. Tawni stares at her.
"You really think she's prettier than me, Zora?"
"Err, hey, your nails looks nice today"
"Aww! Thanks Zora!"
Grady cuts in, "So yeah, that's why you shouldn't talk with them."
Sonny pulls up her long sleeves, "But why the anger guys? I mean, how horrible could it be?"
"Sonny," Grady shuts his eyes for a while, thinking back the past, and opens it back, "Penelope made Nico dance like a chicken in a middle of basketball tournament to prove his love."
Sonny gulps and gasps. "She did?"
Grady nods and continues, "and Alex placed glue on the toilet seat, making my butt skin to tear off a little"
Everyone in the room groans in pain and disgustment.
"Chad trips Tawni in the hallway, while her face slams into the garbage"
Zora finishes her sentence while comforting Tawni, who is sobbing a bit.
Sonny looks around, knowing this is a big issue for the gang, she finally spoke up.
"Alright guys, I solemnly swear I won't talk to Chad and the gang ever."
Everyone cheered and jumps back into the couch, eating popcorn and talking about the latest gossip Zora had with her. Sonny sighs.
Those light blue eyes.