Hello everyone!
Okay, so I'm sorry but I lied. This is the properly edited version of Project Tomboy. I finally got around to fixing the entire seven chapters and changing things to the way they should have been in the first place.
Third time's the charm, right? Let's hope so. –sweat drops--
I hope you all enjoy the new and more or less improved:
Project Tomboy
The Lucky Hat
My name is Jayden Tasuki. I am sixteen years old and am in grade ten. I have long dark brown hair and deep green eyes with a little orange around my pupils. If anything I'm more of a tomboy who everyone tries to ignore.
My brother, Seth, is a year older than me. He has short black hair and brown eyes. He was of the popular crowd, yet still he was like a genius.
While I had a seventy average, he had ninety something. I never wore my school uniform because it has a skirt, so I just took some of my baggy clothes and wore them. It was usually a dark blue shirt, baggy black cargo pants, and a lucky navy hat that I always had on backwards. Seth on the other hand, wore his school uniform.
At the moment, it was the end of school for the week, and I was on my way home.
'Thank you god, it's Friday. It'd be a lot better if Mr. Po didn't give me all that damn homework to do, but at least I can stay up late tonight…' I closed my eyes and sighed as I walked down the street.
My backpack sat on my back from one strap on my right shoulder. Everyone on the street was talking, but they seemed to be silent to me. As I walked forward blindly, I ended up walking into someone which made me fall to the ground. 'What the hell is this guy's problem?'
I opened my eyes and looked up to see who I had run into. It was a guy who looked to be about Seth's age. There was long silver hair and strange golden amber eyes that stared down at me with some confusion.
"Do you watch where you're going?" I asked him rather coldly, getting to my feet.
"That should be something that I ask you," the older boy stated with something strange in his tone, "You were the one with your eyes closed."
"Okay then," I grumbled, clenching my fists as I turned to walk away, "I'm sorry that I got in your way. Now if you excuse me, I have to get home."
I hadn't noticed that my hat had fallen off my head… so I was confused when I felt the guy's hand take hold of my wrist. 'Now what is he doing?' I asked myself with furrowed eyebrows.
"You dropped your hat," he said, handing it to me.
"Thank you," I replied with an unenthused voice as I took it back.
Not a moment passed by before I felt lips capture my own. I froze, shocked by his actions. 'What the… I don't even know this guy and he's kissing me?!' He pulled away from me and then released my wrist.
"Now, I must thank you," he whispered before walking away.
"Hey, you just can't do that! I don't even know you!" I cried with agitation, putting on my hat and sliding it around backwards.
I ignored what had happened as I continued on towards my house. The traffic was bad, and I had to wait about fifteen minutes to get across the street to my house.
"Stupid traffic. We live out of town and still the traffic is freaking horrible," I grumbled as I got into the house.
I dropped my bag onto a kitchen chair and stopped dead when I saw my mother and father standing there.
"What?" I asked them with a nervous laugh.
"Were you causing trouble in class again Jayden?" my father asked me with an upset face that told me that he wasn't impressed.
"No," I stated with a slight shrug, "I only kind of fell asleep during one of Mr. Po's lectures."
As I looked at my father, in the corner of my eye I could see my mother shaking her head slightly.
"Mr. Po tells us that you fell asleep through your English and History classes," my mother said with the same look.
'It's not my fault that Seth snores so loudly… If he wasn't so loud during the night then I probably might be able to sleep when I wanted to. Then I wouldn't have to turn on my video games.' I crossed my arms and put on the most innocent face I could.
"I'm sorry mom. It won't happen again, I swear! I got extra homework for it anyway so isn't that bad enough for a punishment?" I asked, nearly begging.
Both of my parents looked at each other with small, devilish smiles on their faces.
"No video games all weekend," they said sternly.
"N-no v-video games?!" I repeated; my worst nightmare had been granted.
"And when your brother has his friend over tomorrow you can't hide in your room."
It felt like my heart had stopped. 'No video games? No Soul Calibur 3? I can't go beat the crap out of someone on Chronicles of the Sword and I was so close to beating all of it too.' I hung my head in shame as I grabbed my bag once again, taking it upstairs to my room.
"If you need me I'll be in my room, saying goodbye to my games," I said dully, slowly going up the steps.
"Love you too dear," my mom called up after me.
"Yeah, yeah," I grumbled, "I love you too."
'As if taking my games away isn't enough… Now I have to spend tomorrow with Seth and his friend. Stupid Mr. Po… Teach you to call my house and tell my parents that I fell asleep during class.' I thought, mentally shaking my fist asI dropped my bag onto the floor. I with a slight sigh I flopped onto my bed, not really caring about anything.
"What was the problem Jay? I heard Mr. Po called again," Seth laughed from the doorway.
Sighing again, I lifted my face from my pillow and looked at him with annoyed eyes.
"Apparently there's a problem with falling asleep during class. Mom and dad took my video games away and I have to spend tomorrow around the house instead of in my room," I explained before burying my face in the pillow again.
Seth only laughed at me. It seemed that he found my new found pain amusing.
"Don't worry, it's not like we'll kill you tomorrow," he mused, laughing quietly to himself.
'No, but you'll give me girl cooties.' I laughed to myself into the soft pillow. My brother walked over to my bed and sat on my back before taking my pillow away.
"Who's coming over anyway? Have they been over before?" I wondered with a yawn, not caring that he was sitting on me.
"Just my friend Sesshoumaru. I met him at the beginning of the year, but he's never wanted to come over till recently," Seth replied rather thoughtfully.
"At least it's not some girl. The last time you brought a girl home I almost killed her," I laughed slightly at the memory.
…That poor girl
"And that's why they're not allowed to come over anymore, remember?" Seth laughed as he threw my pillow on top of my head and got off me.
I too laughed and closed my eyes to fall asleep.
"Seth, wake me up when it's supper."
"It's leftover night, so eat whenever you want," Seth shouted from down the hallway.
'Great… leftover night… I just hope there's that steak still in the fridge. If there isn't then I just hope that we have some grapefruit.' I sighed before fell asleep.
"Jayden, it's late! Get out of bed and get your supper," my mother's voice came from down stairs.
"What?" I yawned, opening my eyes to the darkness.
'Wow, I really passed out didn't I? I think it's almost ten…'
"Come on Jay, if you keep sleeping like that then you'll just be tired tomorrow," Seth laughed from the stairway.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," I replied with another yawn.
I walking down the stairs to the kitchen, I looked at my mother curiously.
"Did Seth or dad eat that steak that was in the fridge?"
"No, it's still in there if you want it. You'll just have to have a grapefruit for breakfast tomorrow," she replied, uninterested.
'Uh oh…'
"Mom… how do you cut a grapefruit?" I wondered with some confusion, truly curious.
She laughed at my question.
"With a knife. How else?" she laughed before ruffling up my hair as she passed, "I need to go to bed now, dear. I have to go to work tomorrow. Love you Jayden."
"Night mom, see you when you get home tomorrow."
Previous Night… (Reason why Jayden's so tired.)
It was late, about three o'clock in the morning. 'Come on Talim, kill that guy! I need to go to bed soon otherwise I'm gunna fall asleep during class tomorrow…' I pressed the square button as fast as I could to kill my opponent in Tales of Souls.
"Stupid thief… I'll teach you to get in my way," I whispered to myself
"Jayden, are you still playing that silly game of yours?" my father called from the room over, hearing my voice.
"No dad, I'm sleeping!" I replied, having just killed the thief.
"All right. See you when you get home from school tomorrow," he said with a yawn.
'That was just weird. Though, I guess when dad's tired he doesn't really pay attention.' My mother had been sleeping as if she were dead. She didn't hear anything even though my father was shouting from right next to her.
"Okay Abyss, time to meet your maker so I can go to bed," I growled with a yawn as another fight started.
'Aw crap, I forgot I have to have a shower tonight too. Damn, I need to do this quickly so I can go to bed!' A few minutes passed before Abyss had been killed and the game could save itself.
Shutting off my playstation, I grabbed my pajamas and snuck through the house to the bathroom to have a shower. By the time I got out… it was quarter to four and I was completely wiped out.
"Lousy no good Zasalamel," I grumbled as I crawled into bed, "If it hadn't taken me five minutes to beat him then I could have gotten to bed earlier."
Present…
I sat on the couch as I devoured my steak. Feeling more tired than before, I threw out the fat into the garbage before going back upstairs. 'So tired… Zasalamel is gunna pay for making me go through this. I'll never let him live it down! So what if he's not real, I can still always hold a grudge against him for the rest of eternity…' I thought as I placed my hat on my bed's head board and flopping onto my bed.
"Once I can play Soul Calibur 3 again, that jerk's gunna pay," I cursed at him before pushing play and repeat on my CD player.
One Week by the Barenaked Ladies started playing, blocking out all silence. 'Tomorrow is going to be hell. Maybe I'll be able to at least sleep in for a while.' I thought hopefully before falling back to sleep.
When morning had risen, the doorbell had rung. In half consciousness, I could hear a few words being said from downstairs.
"Jay, get out of bed! It's ten!" Seth shouted from downstairs.
I heard his voice and groaned with annoyance.
"Screw morning! I'm not getting up!"
"Don't make me come up there!" he threatened almost playfully.
"Oh I'm so scared, Mr. Brainiac," I shouted back sarcastically, "It's Saturday and I'm not getting up!"
"Excuse me, Sesshoumaru. I need to drag my little sister out of bed again," Seth said to his friend before walking up the stairs.
'I'm not afraid of him. A year's difference in age means nothing to me.' I thought as I sat up and put my hat back on backwards. I waited silently for Seth to get to my room. When he came to my doorway, I lunged at him, knocking him onto his back.
"You're not gunna try this again are you?" Seth laughed, attempting to push back.
"What do you mean again? The only reason you won last time was because mom and dad had to break us up," I laughed as well, fighting to keep him pinned beneath me.
Sesshoumaru watched the two of us roll down the stairs. Seeing us hitting each other in the process. He sighed and walked over to us, grabbing the backs of our shirts to pull us apart from each other. 'What the hell?'
"This explains how you come to school with bruises all the time Seth," Sesshoumaru said with an emotionless tone as he placed both of us back on the ground.
My eyes looked up at Sesshoumaru to take a look at his face. When I saw him, I was surprised by who it was. 'He's that guy from yesterday… Sesshoumaru is the silver haired guy who kissed me yesterday!' I turned away from them without saying a word and went towards the kitchen.
"What is the matter with her?" Sesshoumaru wondered with confusion.
"Is there something wrong with being hungry when you wake up?" I asked rather coldly, going into the next room.
"Don't worry about her Sesshoumaru," Seth laughed, patting his friend's shoulder, "She gets that way when she can't play her video games sometimes."
"I will be back."
'I only get this way when Mr. Po calls the house and gets me in trouble! I swear that that teacher has something against me. There's also the fact of that guy kissing me yesterday. He had no right to do that!' I opened the fridge and bent down to look through a small drawer that held all our fruit. It was only then that I realized that I had once again lost my hat.
"Did you drop this?" an emotionless voice came from behind me.
I chuckled to myself, knowing just by the tone who it was.
"Should have known that you'd find it," I stated snidely.
I stood back up and took hold of my hat; placing it back on my head. 'What is with this guy?' I bent back down before starting to look through the shelf once again.
"I guess I have to thank you again don't I, Sesshoumaru? My lucky hat is going out on its limbs lately," I said with a small laugh as I found the last grapefruit.
His golden eyes looked at me strangely when I stood back up again.
"You interest me Jayden," Sesshoumaru chuckled to himself.
'I what?' I questioned with a slightly cocked eyebrow. 'There's something about this guy that's familiar and is yet very new to me… I don't like it. He's too much like Seth. He's just too cocky.' Shutting the fridge door, I looked at Sesshoumaru rather suspiciously.
"If I'm so interesting, then go hang with my brother instead of finding my hat all the time," I said as my green eyes looked the grapefruit over.
My words only made him smirk slightly. I watched as he turned and started to walk back to where Seth was.
"Uh Sesshoumaru," I called with a nervous laugh, "Do you know how to cut a grapefruit?"
"No," he replied with another chuckle.
Sesshoumaru went into the living room before taking a seat on the couch. Seth was trying to find a decent movie to watch on the satellite dish.
"What were you and Jay talking about?" Seth wondered as he searched the movie channels.
"She dropped her hat, so I merely returned it to her."
"That seemed more of a conversation than the returning of a hat," Seth stated before laughing slightly, "Ha, did she ask you how to cut a grapefruit?"
"Yeah."
"She's such a-" my brother was cut off by a few slams from in the kitchen.
Some pots slammed to the kitchen floor, there was cursing of swear words, a chair fell over, there was more cursing of swear words, something slammed against the kitchen counter, the fridge was opened and then it was slammed shut again. It was all followed by me walking out of the kitchen with an apple in my hand.
I didn't sit down as I ate with my eyes closed. Both Seth and Sesshoumaru looked at me with confusion and as if I was crazy for what had happened in the kitchen.
"What?" I asked questioningly, opening my eyes.
"What happened to you?" Seth asked me as he caught the scent of grapefruit from somewhere in the room.
"I changed my mind about the grapefruit. I decided that I wanted an apple. Is there something wrong with that?" I asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"No, but what was all that noise? And why are you covered in grapefruit juice?"
"Haha, no reason. No reason at all," I laughed nervously, "Just stay out of the kitchen. There's nothing wrong in there."
Ten Minutes Ago…
Sesshoumaru had walked out of the kitchen and my eyes fell onto my grapefruit. "Mom, how do you cut a grapefruit?"
"With a knife."
"Yeah, with a knife," I whispered, grabbing a steak knife from the drawer.
I stabbed the knife into it and juice splattered all over my face. 'Now… I'm upset.' I pulled the knife out of the grapefruit and chucked the fruit against the cupboard. I watched as more juice was splattered onto my face and a few pots fell to the floor.
"Damn it! Stupid fruit. Why are you so damn well difficult to figure out how to cut?"
Taking a few steps backwards, I tripped over a chair, causing it to fall over along with myself. 'I hate chairs! They are freaking death traps!'
"What the hell is wrong with today? Damn chairs, stupid grapefruits, and what the hell is with airplane food today?"
I got to my feet and went over to the counter, picking up the squashed grapefruit that had splattered all over the place. Bending down to put the grapefruit in the garbage, I hit my head against the counter and winced. 'This just isn't my day… It's all Mr. Po's fault!' I thought with a hateful scowl on my face. 'Screw this, I'm getting an apple.' Walking back over to the fridge, I opened it and grabbed an apple. The chair was still on the floor, the cupboards were covered in grapefruit juice that I would clean up later, and the pots were still on the floor. I walked out of the kitchen with my apple in hand and left everything as it was to clean up when I calmed down.
Present…
Seth got to his feet and walked past me to look into the kitchen.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you Seth," I said as I looked back at him.
Everything was silent… that was until my brother had seen everything that had happened in the kitchen.
"All this over a grapefruit?" he asked me, laughter clearly in his voice.
"They're a lot harder to cut than you think they are Seth!" I exclaimed, trying not to sound shamed.
That was something I most certainly was.
Sesshoumaru looked at me with some amusement.
"You lost your hat again," he said calmly, his golden eyes staring straight at me.
"It probably fell off again. If I was wearing it, none of that probably never would have happened," I stated with a shrug before taking another bite of my apple.
'Why is Sesshoumaru so interested in me? I only ran into him yesterday while we were walking home… I don't even know who the hell he is and he acted like he had always known.' Seth came back over and patted me on the back.
"Nice job Jay. I'm sure mom will get a kick out of that when she comes home later," he mused with a grin on his face.
'Yeah, I bet if you did it she wouldn't care and then later she'd probably blame it on me.' I rolled my eyes and turned around.
"Whatever," I muttered, "I'm going to have a shower. That grapefruit smells a lot worse when it's on you than you would think while you were eating it."
I ran back up the stairs and eyes seemed to follow my every move.
"You alright Sesshoumaru? Do you have the hots for my sister?" Seth teased.
"She is different from others, I will give her that. Tomboys are very interesting that way."
"So… that basically means you do."
End of Chapter 1
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