Summary: Basically Junior year redone, two new characters thrown in, still Spashley, still the shooting at the end, different result.
I don't really watch the show that often, I've only seen a few episodes but I think I got the basics down. This starts near the beginning of the school year, I'm not exactly sure when, but the shooting will eventually happen. But until then there's a whole bunch of random drama, completely different events, some new characters. But same basic pairings and stuff.2 OCs, Jaden and Erin. Jaden will be called Jade sumtimes, its not a typo, just a nickname. First chapter or two will be very wordy and descriptive, after that there'll be a lot more talking and plot, its just that I'm introducing the characters and trying to set everything up.
Another note: I'll update if people seem interested, otherwise I'm gonna focus on other things I have going on. So review, even if you're just gonna say 'its good', although I prefer better reviews than that, something more in depth.
Ashley stared vacantly at the teacher, half-closed eyes glazed over, feet propped up on the empty chair in front of her, chewing the eraser of her pencil. She had stopped paying attention about thirty seconds into class, and fifty minutes later, nothing had changed, except perhaps she was even closer to sleep. Her and Spencer had been up half the night talking on the phone, nothing unusual, but this time Ashley had had to get up early in the morning so she could clean out her car, as she'd promised Spencer. Who, of course, was scribbling out perfect notes in the chair besides her, listening carefully to the teacher.
"Ash, at least pretend to pay attention." Spencer whispered while the teacher turned to write something on the board, talking loudly. Ashley snapped to attention, blinking and looking around vacantly before her eyes settled on Spencer.
"Why?" She asked blankly.
"You're gonna get in trouble….again." Spencer whispered urgently, now facing forward and talking out the side of her mouth. "Eventually he's just gonna kick you out of his class, and you'll have to get your schedule changed." She pointed.
"No more Chemistry?" Asked Ashley in fake sadness, making Spencer turn slightly pink as Ashley fought back a smirk. She loved the tables, high, concealing…. "Look, Jade's not paying attention." Ashley said defensively.
"Jade's not my girlfriend." Spencer said bluntly, then they both glanced at Jaden, Ashley's longtime friend. Her eyes were also glazed over, but she at least had a full page and half of notes written out while she flipped a quarter around on her fingers of her left hand, which reminded Ashley of the guy in Constantine. She'd claim Jade ripped it off from the movie, but Jade had done it since before Ashley knew her. "Besides, she's taking notes." Spencer added victoriously.
"Pssst, Jade?" Whispered Ashley, but got no response. She frowned and rapped her pencil against her desk twice, making a few people glance over, including Jade, but most people knew that it was Ashley or Jaden getting the other's attention. Notes? Ashley mouthed at her friend. Jade smirked and pointed at her girlfriend's desk, and Ashley saw a digital recorder going. She gave Jade a hopeful, begging look, and Jade smiled and held up a finger in the worldwide signal for "one minute." She leaned forward and poked Erin, her girlfriend and pointed at Ashley and the tape recorder, then held up two fingers. Erin nodded at Ashley.
"Thanks." Ashley whispered, sitting back and smiling at Spencer. Spencer was obviously trying not to look amused, but failing. Ashley, curious as to why Jaden hadn't responded to Ashley immediately, squinted at Jade and held back a laugh at the Ipod barely visible. Paying attention my ass, she's reading his lips or copying someone, Ashley laughed mentally. Then it occurred to her that she had no idea what they were even talking about right now, and glanced at the board. "huh?" she accidentally said out loud.
"It's a name." Spencer said without glancing over. "Talking about George Washington again, Augustine Washington was his father, we're discussing his life and death's influence on his son's life." Ashley nodded and glanced at the bored, with random Places, names, and dates written in different spots. Potomac River, Mary Ball 1731, Rappahannock River 1738, and a series of other places she had no idea about the relevance. She scribbled things down for spelling for a few minutes, then the bell ring as she frantically scribbled out a few notes, then grabbed her books and Spencer's hand, following Spencer into the hallway.
Jaden was talking to Erin, smiling, but you couldn't tell they were dating. Jaden had come out before Ashley did, but she was only Erin's second girlfriend, and her first girlfriend only last a few days, and the girl was a bitch. Erin didn't want anyone to know they were dating, she wasn't even sure she wanted them to be dating, so there was no public affection, not even hand holding. Ashley knew it must have bothered Jaden that her own girlfriend was ashamed of her, but Jaden seemed to be taking it in stride, and didn't seem at all upset.
Jaden was one of those people who you couldn't ignore, everyone did a double take, she was beautiful. But while it may have been her looks that got your attention, it was her attitude that held it. Her eyes were constantly amused, but reserved, icy blue, and she somehow always had delicate looking pale skin, even after tanning for hours, but never looked unhealthy or anything. Her hair was straight, black, and usually thick but she got it layered regularly. She was in excellent shape, due to the fact that unofficially worked for a construction company along with a few other neighborhood kids, they basically lugged around lumber, dug ditches, cleaned, etc., all the stuff that the workers were too busy to do. They got paid decently, and she had a second job repairing electronics for a store downtown, and she needed the money, considering her step dad really didn't make enough to support himself, let alone himself, Jaden, and her little brother. Jaden was a little on the short side, delicate looking, but everybody knew not to mess with her, she'd won enough fights to make people back down if she so much as narrowed her eyes in their direction. She was extremely funny, but didn't talk that much to strangers. People-boys and girls-would bend over backwards for a date, she was just one of those people. Besides, she had the cutest English accent.
At first glance, Erin was different from Jaden in basically every way. The only thing they really had in common was they were both, as Jaden put it, bootylicious. Erin was about four inches taller, permanently tanned, with light brown hair with blonde highlights. While Jaden was actually a lot tougher than her and in much better shape, Erin looked like more of a badass, at least muscle wise, cause while neither was buff they were both toned, Erin just looked tougher. Erin was rich, and like Jaden extremely funny, but she was a lot more open and energetic. Jaden was a lot calmer than Erin, who was more prone to anxiety. Erin had bright, emerald green eyes with odd flecks of gold and purple. She had, a few months earlier, met a girl named Heather from out of town, and they'd gotten to know each other really well when Heather, a lesbian, decided to kiss Erin, who in turn panicked, but they had a relationship-ish thingy anyway, the problem being that Heather really wasn't patient and didn't much care about the caring part of the relationship. So they broke up pretty quickly, but Erin was pretty sure she was gay, or at least bisexual, but was too scared to date another girl. Her and Jaden became friends at the beginning of the school year, and Erin started to really like Jaden, and when they kissed one night she panicked and tried to run, but Jaden stopped her and calmed her down, promised she was different, at least, that's what Erin told Ashley. And her and Jaden had been giving it a shot for the last two weeks, and so far things were going good.
"What're you and Spence doing after school?" Asked Erin, glancing at Ashley as they all walked together to lunch.
"Nothing in particular, probably just gonna sit around the house." Ashley shrugged, glancing back Erin. "You guys hanging out?"
"Yeah, but we're just hanging out around the house too." Erin said, relaxed around them. She trusted Ashley because she was Jade's best friend, and Spencer because well...she was Spencer. At the exact same time Jaden and Ashley twitched and looked at each other, grins mirrored on each others face. "I'm scared." Erin whispered to Spencer, both of them watching their girlfriends with amusement.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Ashley asked jade, still grinning.
"I think so." Answered Jaden, then they both looked at Spence and Erin.
"Karaoke!" They declared in unison, then high-fived each other.
"Oh god." Groaned Spencer, rubbing her temples. "Last time you two did Karaoke together you got drunk on Irish whiskey and talked with Irish accents for three hours AND tried Irish dancing."
Erin laughed, smiling at Jaden. "Irish, huh?" her eyes locked onto Jade's.
"I'm a wee little leprechaun." Confirmed Jaden seriously in a perfect Irish accent, nodding gravely. As they walked she smiled and waved to at least one person in every group, she was really social considering how quiet she was. She was popular with everyone but the popular kids.
"So, my house, six?" Ashley asked, looking at everyone. "I'll bring out all the mics, and some sugar." Spencer gave her a warning look. "I know, I know, just sugar, not alcohol." Ashley promised, leaning forward and giving Spence a peck on the cheek, whispering something in her ear.
"Yeah, guitar, too, kay?" Requested Jaden as they all plopped down, everyone but her pulling out food from bags.
"Acoustic or electric?" Asked Ashley, frowning at Jaden's empty hands but not commenting. Jaden wasn't anorexic, she just didn't really eat enough.
"both." Jaden answered, drinking a little ice water and accepting a fry from Erin, mostly for Erin's benefit, since otherwise she'd feel bad. "I'm feeling music-y." She added eloquently, glancing around the courtyard in boredom. "We still on for Friday?" She suddenly asked Ashley, glancing at her. "You keep bailing on me."
"Yeah, we're on. But we need to be back by the time Spencer gets up." Ashley said firmly, making Erin raise an eyebrow and Spencer nod approvingly. "Otherwise she'll think I'm dead, dying, or being raped, or a combination." She said, smiling teasingly at Spencer, since this was obviously at Spencer's request.
"Thank you." She said seriously. "Makes me feel better when I wake up with you there." She said with a hint of a pout. Ashley smiled and kissed Spencer, and after thirty seconds of making out Erin and Jaden cocked eyebrows at each other.
"Ooookkayy, I have the sudden urge to go get a soda!" Jaden declared. "Erin, do you need to quench your thirst?" She asked as they both stood, Erin nodding vigorously. "Be right back." She said to Ashley's hair, which didn't respond. Erin laughed as they walked to the machine.
"They're so cute together. I can't believe they're so open." She mused aloud, leaning against one of the machines while Jaden tried to make the other accept her crumpled dollar.
"They've been dating for a while, and they've been through a lot together." Offered Jaden scowling at the machine as it spat her money back, and she tried to smooth it out as she talked. "Ashley's very…uh, what's the word….boisterous? Not quite right, hmmm…flagrant, that's more like it. She doesn't care what others think, and makes it a point to express that lack of fear." She finally got the machine to take her dollar, then put in a quarter and skimmed the selection thoughtfully. "Spencer's a lot more shy, plus its her first girlfriend, so at first she wasn't exactly letting Ashley kiss her in public."
"And now?" Asked Erin, smiling. She loved listening to Jaden talk, her voice, her expression, her words…everything.
"Now she gropes Ashley in front of teachers." Laughed Jaden, shrugging. "Sometimes, things turn out completely different from what you expect. You just have to learn to take things as they come, do what you think is right, and not let other people's opinions affect you. That's what Spencer did." She raked her eyes across Erin's, smiling. "Its what everyone's gotta learn, do what you think is right, even if it means hurting someone, you don't really have a choice but to do what you think is right." Now her voice was pretty serious, and Erin knew they weren't talking about Spencer and Ashley anymore. They were talking about themselves, and Erin understood what Jade was saying. Don't date her out of guilt, do what she wanted. Then Jade smiled and changed the topic. "Sooo, you gonna sing tonight?"
"I don't know, I don't sing well." Blushed Erin as they slowly walked back to the table, giving Ashley and Spencer plenty of time. "Are you gonna?"
"Hell yeah, me and Ashley used to have this shit little band together, we both sang, I was backgrounds. Became a habit. I'm not any good, but I can still belt my heart out to the world's bleeding ears." jade declared, hand on her heart, other outstretched as though towards a crowd.
"You're such a drama queen." Laughed Erin, shaking her head. "They're done, we can sit down." She pointed out as Spencer and Ash separated. "Oh, so you two do need to breathe." She observed, making Ashley and Jaden laugh while Spencer blushed. Still shy, Spencer.