Author's Note: After some bad events happened recently, I decided to rewrite this story based on my friends as it didn't feel like my story (mainly because I was told to put in scenes I didn't want) and I promise that this will be better than the original version

Rift City High School

Chapter One: Waking Up Late For School

Romance Writer tossed and turned in her bed as she was sleeping. She had gone to bed at around 11pm and made sure that her phone alarm was going to be set off at 7am so she would have time for breakfast.

Romance was one of the members of a group of friends in the Rift City. She was one of the two girls out of the group but that never bothered her as when she was in her early years of high school, she always preferred hanging out with guys.

She was one of the members that did voice acting, art and writing in the Rift City. She also did singing and video editing when she could in her spare time or if she had songs she wanted to try or if she had something to edit.

She wanted to do acting and directing as a career and wanted to ever since she was in her early years in high school.

She was also one of the very few race fans of the group except she was into Formula One and not NASCAR like one member.

The sun started to shine through the window and Romance stretched her arms and legs under the covers. She blinked a little and got the feeling that something wasn't right about her morning. She got her phone with a black case on it, from under her pillow and checked the time.

"Oh shoot, I'm late!" Romance yelled with panic as she almost dropped her phone and tried to rush out of bed but instead fell out, almost hitting her head on the floor.

Romance rushed into her bathroom, quickly brushed her teeth and her hair. She put her brown hair into a ponytail and walked to her drawers to find an outfit to wear. She took out a pair of leggings consisting of a pattern of red roses with white swirls and skulls behind them that went all over the leggings.

She took out an orange t-shirt that had the number "33" on the front then quickly grabbed her orange RedBull cap and put it on her head. She put on a pair of white socks and her laceless neon green trainers then rushed out of her door before grabbing her rucksack and took the elevator to the ground floor.

Romance ran out of the front doors of the apartment building only to see that a stock car was parked outside. She gave a sigh and instantly knew who would pull up in that sort of car. She could hear some Def Leppard music playing and she tried to figure out what exact song, if she knew it of course.

A very tall figure got out the car and leaned against the back of the car, one leg crossed over the other and their arms crossed.

"Ah finally, you showed up, Ro Ro." Lefty responded with a smirk and Romance just glared at him as she had her hands on her hips.

MrLeftTurn or Lefty, was a racing fan in the group and was the only one who was really into NASCAR. He was one of the members that loved to tease Romance for liking Formula One and also because she was really short. He was wearing a jet black racing jacket, with the yellow stripes at the sleeves and red flames as well. His blue trousers had orange flames that went all the way up to the knees and his trainers were red and white. He was the tallest member of the group of friends.

"Oh hey, Left Left," Romance replied with annoyance as she still kept her hands on her hips. "What are you even doing here anyway?"

"I knew you were going to be late for school so I decided to come and pick you up."

Romance blinked a few times then she shook her head slightly.

"Are you now a physic? How long have you been sitting out here?" Romance asked with suspicion in her voice and her green eyes showed it.

Lefty checked the watch on his wrist then looked back at Romance.

"Looks like I've been here for about thirty minutes."

Thirty minutes? Romance thought to herself and she gave a small mischievous smirk.

"You do realise that you're late for school as well?"

"Pfft! Not likely as I can get there in a short time because this car is really fast." Lefty replied with pride as he rolled his dark blue eyes.

"Yeah like so fast, you'll be over the speed limit."

"Well I never go over the speed limit, I'm not going to have someone give me a ticket for that."

Romance crossed her arms then opened the car door on the passenger side and sat down. The seat was comfy and the inside of the car had some room so she could stretch her legs when needed.

She put her seatbelt on, because safety always came first when it came to transport for travelling. The next Def Leppard song started playing and it was "Acoustic Medley", one of her favourites that she listened to often in her free time.

She didn't know how to drive and was told she couldn't unless she got her double vision checked and fixed. She didn't really plan on driving anyway but she had decent knowledge on cars but mostly racing ones.

Lefty opened the driver's side of the car and sat in the driver's seat. He put his seatbelt on then turned around to give Romance a mischievous smirk. She gave him a side glance and a knowing expression.

"I know what you're gonna ask me. Do I think this is a better race car than a Formula One car? And my answer is still no." Romance replied with the usual sass in her voice everytime she and Lefty got into any of their bickering moments.

"No, I was going to say that it is a shocker that you're a Formula One fan but you don't know how to drive." Lefty responded with the mischievous smirk and Romance just rolled her eyes. She closed her eyes as she sung to the lyrics she heard and tapped her foot to the music.

The duo arrived at the school in a short time, having the car parked in the parking lot at the right side of the school. Romance grabbed her rucksack that was between her feet, put the bag onto her shoulders, got out of the car and started walking to the front of the school.

"I'm not going to ever admit that NASCAR is more superior!" Romance protested as she stretched her arms to the sides as if she was signalling that she was having enough.

"Just say it!" Lefty yelled as he got his bag from the back seat.

Romance walked up the steps but when she got to the top step, something tripped her over. She fell onto the hard ground, her knees started to hurt and her cap fell off her head.

"Oh, look how clumsy you are." a girl's voice was heard and Romance looked up to see a tall girl with long black hair and crystal blue eyes. She was wearing a short sleeved sky blue shirt, blue jeans and black high heels.

Beautify was a popular girl but she was a bully, mostly to Romance and did it less to the other Rift City members. She came from a rich family and she got anything she wanted from her dad. She was the type of student that didn't care about her education and berated anyone who cared about theirs.

"Oh yes, very clumsy indeed." one of the two girls standing behind Beautify, continued in a mocking voice. The other girl had her white blonde hair tied back in a bun and her eyes were a violet colour. She was wearing a white knee length dress with blue flowers on it, white sandals and a silver ring with a butterfly on her pinkie finger.

Sparkly Eyes was one of Beautify's minions. Her eyes somehow always got the boys crazy and she was very popular with them. Her family wasn't rich nor was it poor but she always loved to disobey her parents at any time. She didn't care about her education either, she liked to stir trouble with the teachers or any of the school staff.

"Yeah, watch your footing!" the second girl finished in a soft but mocking voice. The girl had light brown hair that covered most of her face like the girl from The Ring and her eyes were a melting chocolate brown. She wore a pair of light blue jeans, black and white trainers and a black t-shirt that had sparkles on it.

Face Shine was Beautify's other minion and she was the shyest of the trio. She usually had some concealer on and a little blush on her face. She was the shortest of the girls and normally walked with her hands cupped in front of her and in small steps. She was from a big family consisting of her mum, dad and five younger siblings, all of which were in primary school.

Romance glared at the three girls and reached for her cap but Beautify got it first. She held the cap above her head as Romance got up, her knees hurting a lot more than when she pulled a muscle in the back of her left knee after martial arts practice. She would've jumped to try and grab her cap but the sore knees prevented her from trying.

"Hey! Give the cap back to her this instant!" a guy's voice with a Southern accent, yelled. Romance turned to see a tall figure with short, spiky rose red and violet purple hair, a brown cowboy hat on their head and royal blue eyes. They wore a brown jacket with a front pocket and dark greyish sleeves that went down to the wrists, the jacket was the same colour as the hat. The jeans they wore were a dark blue and they had cowboy boots, same colour as the hat and jacket but with a gold pattern.

Jakee Arnold was the leader of the group Romance was in and was sometimes a troublemaker but not very much. If anything was happening to any of his friends like bullying, he would talk some sense into whoever was causing it but it was wise to never get on his bad side.

"Alright, Jakee, calm down, don't want you to get suspended." a guy with golden hair in a similar style to Jakee's said. The other guy had teal green eyes and wearing a white button on shirt, grey trousers and black laceless shoes.

Lazer was one of the moderators of the group and one of the busiest ones. He was dating one of the members, Mirror Marvel and had been for some months. Their cuteness would make Romance die of cuteness.

"Yeah, don't want more fights to break out." Lefty agreed as he ran up the steps and held a hand on one of Jakee's shoulders.

Some more members ran out to see what the commotion was. Their names were SnogWritts, Jessica Pedley, Xaldin Wolfgang, Shadow Wizard, Fast Track, JakTheHero, Dark Flare, Mirror Marvel and Robert Who. The rest of the members must've been at the classroom and decided to stay there.

"Why should we give her cap back? It looks stupid on her anyway." Beautify responded with an annoying laugh, Face Shine and Sparkly Eyes joining in.

Jakee clenched his fists by his sides and Jessica seemed to notice it as did Xaldin. The latter squeezed the former's hand gently as if to calm her nerves.

*Hold me back, guys!" Jakee demanded as he had an angry look on his face, glaring at the lead bully.

"We are, Jakee and doing the best we can." Lefty replied as he tightened his hand on Jakee's right shoulder.

Romance looked at Jakee with a worried look then turned back to Beautify. She decided to try again at jumping to get her cap but when she even got a little of the ground, the pain in her knees got worse. She kneeled onto the ground, trying not to scream with pain.

"Come on, Romance, let me help you. We should get you to the school nurse." Mirror insisted and she wrapped her arm around Romance's shoulders.

"Nah, don't worry, I'll live through the pain." Romance murmured then she winced in pain as she stood up.

"Mirror's right, you need to get your knees checked by the school nurse." Fast Track replied with worry in his voice and his face expression also showed it.

Beautify lowered Romance's cap so Romance could easily reach it but as the latter reached for it, the mean girl threw the cap over her head. The three girls laughed and walked past Romance, pushing her over that she hit into Jakee. They walked past the others, who gave the trio glares.

Romance looked up at Jakee slightly then she stepped back a few steps and looked down at the ground. Xaldin walked to grab Romance's cap that was on the other front steps of the school. He picked it, dusted it off because of the dirt it got, walked back to Romance and set it on her head.

"There you go, Miss Romance." Xaldin comforted as he set the cap on Romance's head.

Romance gave a smile of thanks as she looked up at him with her eyes showing she was thankful for what he did.

"Awww, that was sweet of you, dearie!" Jessica squealed with excitement, walked up to Xaldin and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Xaldin blushed and gave Jessica a kiss on the lips.

It seemed like a long time that the two lovebirds were sharing a kiss but Dark Flare cleared his throat, snapping them out of their trance.

"Hey guys, one of us should get Romance to the school nurse because of her knees. The rest of us will get back to the classroom to explain what was going on." Robert Who suggested worriedly and everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

"I'll take her, you guys go on ahead and we'll get to class when we're done." Jakee responded and everyone looked at each other as if to agree or not. All of them nodded and walked into the school as Jakee wrapped his arm around Romance's shoulders.

Author's Note: That's the end of the first chapter and I'll get the others all in the next one. And see what I meant that there will be canon shipping and all.