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First day of school:

Ursula

She couldn't believe the day she was having, just wonderful she and her friend Cruella had just about every class together, meaning time to catch up after on the summer they'd had. While she was perfecting eyebrow technique Cruella was out visiting her family in Paris and shopped till she dropped of course. As she and Cruella walked to their next class Ursula reapplied her lipstick she always needed to look good especially for her boyfriend Triston who was part of the swim team. Her summer had been more than she'd let on.

This summer had given them the opportunity to spend time with each other. They went to aquariums, the movies and spent the 4th of July with her family and there were many trips to the pool and beach. Thinking about it made her smile, she felt like what they had was real, he adored her and she adored him. They met for the first time in the library she was looking for a book for her physics class when they'd bumped into each other reaching for the same book. Then they met again at the Metro station where he needed some extra cash to put on his SmartTrip card and then when they were at the pool and her two little brothers pushed her in. He'd caught her part of the way, she'd still gotten wet but her makeup wasn't ruined which was basically all that she cared about. As she looked up to thank him Ursula froze, his eyes were deep blue color that reminded her of the ocean and his smile said a thousand words.

"Umm miss?" coming back to reality Ursula blushed, she hadn't been paying attention to a word he'd said, "I'm sorry" she tried keeping her voice steady," What was that?"

"I asked if you were alright", as he set her down on the edge of the pool then backing off a little bit," You scared pretty loud"

She huffed, she was a lady she didn't scream, "I'm fine thanks for catching me"

"Your welcome", he looked behind her for a second then let out a snort, "seems like you got a couple handfuls to deal with"

Ursula turned back to see her two little brothers about to pee on a sleeping man, she let out a frustrated sigh, then put bass in her voice the way her mother did, " Restos, Desechos! Get back here Now!", and before they could run she was up and had them each in her grasp, one on her shoulder and one by the seat of his pants. Walking back she dumped them both in the pool and sat down to start where she'd left off. The rest of the was spent talking to Triston, a few dates later and here they were together.

Cruella

Sitting in her History Cruella doodled poodles, yorkies, and her absolute favorite Dalmatians, oh gosh she loved them to death, and their spots were breathtaking and gorgeous. She loved dogs to no end, she had 5 at home, there was a Chow Chow, a French bulldog, German shepherd, a black Poodle and a Irish wolfhound. She loved them all and she'd nearly died and gone to heaven when she visited her auntie Anita and Uncle Roger in Paris, the moment she stepped through the door there were dozens of Dalmatian puppies swarming her. Every day she would go out and walk them while she went shopping and sight -seeing with her cousins Horace and Jasper, who were more like bumbling older brothers. She'd taken selfies everywhere she could ten in the Louvre and at least twenty more having to do with the Eifel Tower and sent them to Ursula.

Cruella was always looking for the freshest new look and in Paris she'd seen plenty to knock the socks off her teacher in Fashion Design class. But while hanging out with her cousins Cruella had also developed a rather nasty habit of smoking pot when she felt the need to. She hasn't told Ursula yet, she wasn't sure she could, her family didn't know either, although she'd done it plenty of times after the first try with her friend Taka. The first time she'd ever tried it was with her cousins while they were out sight-seeing.

"Guys where are we going?" Cruella had never been to this part of town and was beginning to worry, she'd never stayed out this late,"I think we should head back to the house"

Her cousin Horace scoffed at her, "Come on Cru don't worry so much we are just going to meet a friend 'or a minute nothing bad is going to 'appen"

Cruella began to pout, she didn't know who this so-called friend was but she wasn't jumping for joy to them, having been dragged out this far to meet them. As they continued their walk they entered a rather crowded park her cousins led her towards a park bench where someone who looked about their age was sitting. While her cousins chose to sit next to them she decided to stay standing in case she had to make a quick getaway from whatever happened, if something did happen.

After that was an enormous blur of names, faces and when they finally got home all she could remember was her Auntie Anita holding her hair back while she vomited and hearing her Uncle Roger cursing up a storm in the living room.

"-ville, Miss Deville are you still with us?", Cruella looked up and say her teacher glancing at her with an annoyed look on his face, "Yes sir", she couldn't believe she'd spaced out again. She felt someone nudge her shoulder lightly, turning around she saw her best friend Ursula with a concerned look on her face. Cruella waved her off and turned towards the front of the class, hopefully she hadn't missed much.

Cypress

Cypress was a nervous wreck walking into school. His hands were shaking and he felt like everyone was watching him, God he hated that, he hated the feeling of people watching him. His uncles told him not to worry about it but he wasn't sure he should be following their advice especially his theios who was as nervous as a mouse and was ready to panic at a moment's notice. He tried keeping his cool but it wasn't working out well, everyone kept bumping into him, he'd dropped his things at least a dozen

times and tripped on the stairs five times.

He hoped he'd make it to lunch or at least see any of his friends, he hadn't seen them at all this summer because of a family trip to Athens. He couldn't believe how long it'd been since he talked to Taka and Cru, it was ridiculous, he was always the one keeping in touch and making sure everyone is alright. It was kinda hard keeping track of homework, friends and family- speak of the devil here he comes, "Uncle Cypress! Hey what's up?", Cypress could hear people covering up laughs and snickering to their friends, as his nephew Al ran up to him with a smile on his face, Cypress gave a weak smile while Al crushed him in a bear hug.

"It's a small world after all huh?" , the kid let out a little snort, "you're so funny Cy", "yeah yeah can you tell me why you're here Al, aren't you supposed to be at your school", since Al was a smart kid he went to a more advanced high school out of town so this little 'surprise' worried him. 'Cause no one visited Cypress at school unless something bad had happened or super awesome like when his grandmother got arrested for trying to drown him and Al in the bathtub while she was babysitting them. They couldn't get Al in the bathtub for a week and even Cypress insisted that he wash himself.

"oh Dad told me to tell you that we're going to the family reunion this weekend but he's picking me up early" , "why so early it's only Tuesday", the kid shrugged like usual, he never questioned his father or Big D as he like to be called. "Alright thanks you can go now", "oka-Oh! I forgot to tell you, Dad transferred me," his smile got a whole lot bigger; "I get to go to school with you now!"

Al left and for a long time Cypress was on autopilot up until lunch that is. Looking around he found his friends, a smile on his face as he rushed towards Cru for a real hug, gave Taka and Ursula a church hug and Ja'far their signature handshake. It felt good catching up with his friends and Cypress was sure that they had an awesome summer.

Taka

Taka wasn't sure which was worse, having his brother drop him off at school or having him bring him his lunch in the middle of 4th period. The latter wouldn't have seemed so bad if he hadn't screamed over the P.A. "IT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOM MADE IT SPECIAL!", and the small conversation between him and the secretary, "no ma'am I was just saying- well he likes it- no he's not too old for crazy straws!". As he walked into the office there was his older brother, well Mason was adopted when his parents thought that they couldn't have any kids but the a few years later Taka showed up, but that was besides the point.

When people looked at them they didn't see brothers, they saw a tall, good-looking redhead, perfect kid next to a scrawny black kid who had a scarred up face and listened to metal and rock. It was a game of spot the difference when people looked at their family and Taka was always the difference. His parent were both model like in the way they walked, talked and even taking out the trash, they made everything seem like art. It seemed like Mason was the perfect match for them, he was a little sunspot in his parents' lives while he was a disappointment. And they always insisted on spending time together, especially since the accident, it felt like they didn't trust him o his own, mainly Mason.

His parents were out on business, and Mason was out with his friends playing in the street which left Taka in the house by himself. He'd been hungry and asked Mason to 'please" make him a sandwich but his friends had shooed him off. Now being the smart kid he was he remembered that his parents left him and his brother enough money to go walk to the diner and get a couple cheeseburgers.

He remembered dragging his wagon up onto the sidewalk, smiling cause he'd gotten them food while his parent were away. His smile got even bigger when Mr. Borna the weird old man from down the street asked what he was doing, "I'm a big boy mister Borna"

"Aren't cha now, why don't you give me som a dat dere food huh", Taka started to frown a little, why would he give away his food. He shook his head and started to back away, looking for Mason, he was scared, why was Mister Borna looking at him that way. What was that in his hand? His eyes widened as whatever Mister Borna's hand rushed towards his face. He shrieked so loud the entire neighborhood could hear. When he looked around his daddy was getting out of the car while Mason caught as he fell, his face hurt and he wanted to cry he started to ask Mason, "did I do something wrong? I'm a big boy Mason I'm a big boy now"

Thinking about it started to piss him off cause since then everyone treated him like he was a goddamn china doll, or looked at him funny when they learned who his big brother was.

Ja'far

He smiled as he entered the cafeteria, and started looking around for his new friends, well his new friend was mostly Cypress, but those were minor details. Hearing Cypress' laugh Ja'far perked up and jogged towards him and the group of people surrounding him as well. "Hello Cypress who are your friends", that was when the group finally noticed him and all of them looked to Cypress for the answer. Ja'far hoped he wasn't intruding on anything and said as much, "oh no you fine dude here let me introduce you to everyone"

"This is Ursula" , Ja'far took her hand and kissed her knuckles, "Very nice to meet you miss", Ursula giggled a smile on her face, "thank you bello"

"This is Cru", and Ja'far again kissed her knuckles which the was the gentlemanly thing to do, though he did hold her hand longer than usual to smile at her and whisper something in his mother tongue, nly because she was adorable when she blushed.

"Uhh okay and this is Taka", Ja'far froze in place, who was this? He was absolutely radiant, his posture, his 'you're lucky I'm even in your airspace' aura. It was intoxicating, and despite what he'd planned he picked up his camera from around his neck and snapped a shot of him then turned around and took a picture of everyone else to cover up his weird tendency. He was settling into the group well, especially with Cru and her love of dogs, he had two of his own, a Saluki named Selkie and a Dachshund named Franklin.

Then one of his heels fell out of his bag, and he felt his blood turn ice cold, he quickly picked up the shoe and looked at the questioning looks on his friend's faces. "My sister needed me to hold them during lunch, she um jogs on the track", he gave an awkward smile. It wasn't true but it wasn't necessarily a lie either, no his sister didn't wear heels but she did jog on the track everyday for lunch. He wasn't sure if they'd believed him but he'd think of something better later cause that one wasn't going to last long