Ch.1 – Fist day, and first mistakes
I am really REALLY liking this story! I'm sorry it took so long. I wasn't done the script, and chapter 2 might take a while too. I'm going to Québec for the weekend too (long live Canada, eh?), so I won't be able to do much writing then either. Anywho, this is my longest chapter EVER, and I'm really proud. Please enjoy!
Akari's POV
I finally got to school with my sister, Molly. My mom took forever to get there. It's my first day of high school, and I was so excited, I nearly got us into a car accident!
"Molly! Come on!" I called out. Most people mistook Molly and I for twins. You can't really blame them; we looked and sounded almost identical! The only difference was our hair; Molly's bob was a slightly darker shade then my own. In reality, Molly was my cousin. Her parents died in a fire when she was a baby, but she still doesn't know… And she's too stubborn to realize it's impossible to have a sister 3 months older then you… Just… Don't tell her that, OK?
"Where's the gang?" Molly asked. Our 'gang' was our special group of best friends. We've been together since preschool. We were inseparable!
I searched around the crowded school grounds.
"There!" I said, pointing to the far corner. There, by the fence, was a teenage guy wearing a black Stetson, and unless cowboy hats were the newest trend, there was only one person I knew that wore one…
"Hey Vaughn! Hey Julia!"
They both looked our way. Julia wasn't exactly in our gang, but since she was Vaughn's cousin, I guess we ranked her just a little higher then an acquaintance. It didn't really matter; she already had her gang, the dumb blondes.
"HI AKARI! HEY MOLLS! WHAT'S UP?" Julia yelled. That was about the only thing Vaughn and Julia had in common-the yelling.
"Nothin' much…" Molly said, trying to quiet Julia down a little. And failing. Julia must've thought we were pretty boring, 'cause she starting looking over the crowd.
"OH! THERE'S LANNA! SEE YA LATER!" She said, and ran away quickly.
We stood there in awkward silence.
"OK, then…" I said slowly.
Molly finally piped up. "So, Vaughn!" she said excitedly. "How was your summer?"
"Why do you care?" he snapped back. Yep, there's our Vaughn!
"Oh, we don't! We just have no lives, and ask random people random questions just to get some kicks!" I said sarcastically.
"That first part was right on…" Vaughn grumbled. Wow, what a nice friend we have. He thinks we have no life. Which, now that I think of it, is probably true…
He arched an eyebrow. "Summer was fine, I guess… I got a volunteer job with animals, n' stuff. Paid well."
Surprised by so many words? Don't be. When we first met him, in 1st grade, it was hard to get him to say anything other then "Go away!", or "You're annoying!" Luckily (for us), we managed to grow on him, and he was turning out to be pretty fun… to annoy!
"Huh. Cool."
"Hey, there's Gill and Chase!" Molly suddenly shouted. She started waving wildly. "Over here!"
Gill was my best guy friend, and Chase was Molly's. Yes, there's a difference between best friends, and best guy friends. I ran up to them.
"Gilly!" I yelled, and gave him a hug. Molly did the same to Chase… But she didn't call him 'Gilly'…
"Akari, please don't call me that!" he whined, but hugged me back anyway. I looked up at him.
"But Gilly, aren't you glad to see me?" I pouted.
He sighed. "Of course I am, Aka! I just don't like it when you call me that!"
"But you call me Aka!" I complained.
"If you don't like it, then just tell me to stop, and I will!"
Now it was my turn to sigh. It wasn't fair! I honestly did like it when he called me Aka; I hate my real name. And it sounded so pretty when he said it…
"Fine, you win, Gilly…" I said with a scowl. Gill just gloated, not even realizing I had called him Gilly.
"So, uh… Hi, Chase…" Molly said nervously, her face turning a light pink.
"Hey Molls!" Chase said, looking quite pleased with Molly's reaction. "How was your summer?"
"Ok, I guess…" Molly said thoughtfully. "I tried to take my driving test…"
"Emphasis on the tried!" We all turned to see Tina standing there.
"I did fine!" Molly protested. "Except for the part where I hit a car…" she added quietly.
Tina was my closest friend; we knew each other since we were toddlers! As usual, her hair was up in identical pigtails, and she was wearing a pink vest over her white tank top, the way she's always been. I ran up and hugged her tightly.
"Oh yeah, Akari, I'm feelin' the love!" she said, sounding very perverted, but still squeezing me back tightly.
"I missed you so much, Tina…" Tina used to be our next-door neighbor, but she ditched us to move beside (sniff) Jamie! Curse him…
Molly sighed, knowing it was useless pouting over a stupid driving test (and the rabid squirrel she ran over…), and joined our hug fest. When we finally let go of Tina, she strode over to the guys, who were having their own little conversation.
"Hey guys!" she said cheerfully, trying to get them to notice her. Yep, that was our Tina; she'd do anything to get some attention.
"Oh, hey, Tina." Chase and Gill said.
"Oh no, not you again…" Vaughn grumbled.
Tina ignored him, and gave them all a mock sad look. "Oh come on, guys! Didn't you miss me? Where's my hug?"
Chase just chuckled, and gave her what she wanted. Gill and Vaughn both backed away cautiously.
"Vaughnie!" Tina called out. "Where's my hug?" Vaughn shot her a death glare.
"I'm sorry, but do you want to lose an arm?" Tina shuddered.
"Good point… Gilly?" she said, turning to Gill. "What about you?" Tina was honestly quite scary now; she wore an evil grin, and I could just imagine her holding a huge knife!
Gill just backed away further. "Uh… What he said!" he said nervously, pointing to Vaughn.
"But why? And besides, you wouldn't be able to break my arm anyway!"
"Yeah, why not, Gill?" Molly joined in. "You hugged Akari!"
If Tina looked evil before, she looked absolutely demented now! "Oh, so you hugged Akari, huh? Why? Is Akari… special?"
Gill's face turned a little pink. "Well, uh, no, I mean, well, yes, but-" That's all it took to make Tina smirk.
"Well, we all know what that means…!"
Suddenly, Chase, Molly, and Tina were all beside each other, and I could've sworn they turned chibi (1)! " Gill and Akari, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G! " they all sang.
"Shut up…" Gill mumbled, his face matching the dark shade of red I probably sported too. Tina, feeling victorious, turned back to Vaughn, with her puppy dog eyes set into place.
"Vaughn?" she asked innocently.
"Do you want to live tomorrow?" Vaughn said menacingly (2).
Tina backed away a little, but her success at humiliating Gill wouldn't let her give up.
"Please?" she said, in the cutest voice ever.
"That's it, you asked for it!" Vaughn said, stepping towards her. Tina shrieked, and ran around in circles.
"Jamie! I loooove yooooooou!" she cried out, before finally collapsing on the ground from dizziness. "I'm Ok…" she said lazily, giving us a thumbs up.
"Wow! What did she smoke?" And there, right beside me, was a guy with purple hair.
"Ok, Jamie. Let's have a bet!" I said. "I bet you 100G that when she wakes up, she won't remember a thing!"
Jamie, who was still a little shocked at what he had just heard, finally turned to me and gave me a little smirk. "You're on!"
"Wait a second! Did I hear someone mention a bet?" As if magic, Skye appeared right beside me.
"Yeah, stupid, Jamie and I made a bet. So?" I said, rolling my eyes. But Skye's eyes were gleaming.
"Ooh, really? How much? Count me in!"
I did the face-palm thingy, and sighed at Skye's greed. "No."
Skye was about to protest, when Molly gasped. "Skye!" she yelled, jumping into his arms. Yes, Molly has always been a little slow…
"Wow, easy there, Molly!" Skye said, laughing, oblivious to Chase's death glares.
Molly thought Skye was a lot like Super-Man; sneaky, awesome, and hot all over (which would normally end up with me gagging…)! I personally thought he was a perverted creep…
"Stay away from my sister, you cat killer!" I yelled.
Skye looked at me confusedly.
"Dude!" Vaughn said. "She's talkin' 'bout your stupid shirt!"
"Idiot…" Jamie muttered, smirking.
Skye glanced down and realize that I was making fun of the leopard-print shirt he always wore.
"I've already told you, Akari, it's not real leopard skin!" he said, chuckling. "And besides, what would I want with your sister? I've already got my eye on someone!"
Molly pouted, as a voice was heard.
"It just better not be me!" We turned to see Chelsea make her way through the crowd.
"Better not be…" Vaughn mumbled, so quietly that I think I was the only one who heard it! (3)
Skye chuckled. Again! Skye seems to find everything funny today! "No need to worry, Chelsea!"
"Ok, good!" she replied, with a sigh of relief, then turned her attention to something else. "Uh… Guys? What happened to Tina?"
We all turned to where Tina was still laying unconscious. But now, she was laying face down, butt up in the air. Chase looked away nervously, probably in fear of a nosebleed. Both Gill and Jamie rolled their eyes, but Jamie was blushing, and Gill couldn't get his eyes off. Vaughn just grunted, but didn't mask his interest, and Skye was even laughing a bit! I honestly didn't know the guys were so perverted!
Molly grinned, seeing the positive reaction that happened to the guys. She bent down beside Tina, mimicking her position. "Hey, Tina, sweetie, I know you like your naps, but you're gonna have to get up now, K baby?" she said in a seductive voice.
That was all Chase needed to get a huge nosebleed!
"Holy crap, that's hot like shit!" Skye whispered to Vaughn. Vaughn just half-smiled, obviously enjoying it all.
Tina gave a very unladylike snort, and rolled over a bit. Her white tank top was hoisted a little under her pink vest, just enough to show the white lace trimming of her bra.
I searched through my rucksack for a Kleenex, and handed it to Chase, who now wasn't even bothering to hide his nosebleed. "You're gonna need it…" I whispered to him.
He thanked me with a nod, and turned back to the scene. Tina had finally woken up, and was now up on her feet. The guys were all still marveling at the revealed skin.
"Wha' sh'you lookin' at?" (4) She asked, slurring the words drunkenly.
All of a sudden, the clique group of the school came by.
"Wow, Tina, I know you're pretty desperate to get a boyfriend, and all, but you don't have to act like a hooker to get one!" Selena said, and the other cliques laughed with her.
"Huh?" Tina said confusedly, before looking down, and finally noticing she was flashing. Her cheeks flushed a little, but she ignored it. "Says the girl who dresses like one!"
"Ugh!" Selena squealed.
"She kind of has a point…" Eve muttered beside her, and Selena shot her a death glare.
"Oh, and Selena? I don't know if you've noticed, but guys aren't jumping all over you either, so I wouldn't be talking."
Oh, this was getting good! Selena's expression was priceless! She was staring at us as if she found out we were pink Irish unicorns in disguise! Luckily, Claire came to her rescue… sort of.
"I'm sorry, aren't there more of you? Or did they finally realize you were moronic losers and ditch you?" This honestly didn't offend us at the least, since we were pretty used to it. Obviously, Claire wasn't very good with comebacks…
You see, the clique had 4 members, and they all had different roles. Like every normal clique, this one had a leader; Muffy. She didn't participate in much evil work, but the clique wouldn't survive without her. She was their bit of knowledge on what to do and wear, when to do their evil work, and how to do it. Claire, Eve, and Selena (5) were her evil minions. Selena was the one who had a way with words, and could make decent comebacks to almost anything! Claire was the one who came forth with evil tricks, and Eve did whatever the others couldn't do: like putting plans into action.
"Oh, I'm sorry Claire, did you ever realize that you were all brainless bitches?" Tina yelled. "Oh no wait, I forgot- brainless people wouldn't be able to."
Claire was about to snap something back, but Muffy raised her hand, silencing her. "Don't Claire. It's useless arguing with…" she wrinkled her nose in disgust. "… those things…" Wow, so nice.
"Besides, I think their ugliness is contagious!" Eve said, before sticking up her nose, and walking away with the others.
Funny she said that, since we probably had the best looking guys in the whole school with us. All for us, and we are definitely not ready to share. Not now, not ever. (6)
Jill's POV
"Faster, Gray, faster!" I yelled. Gray and I had been neighbors for years now, but unfortunately, we would relive this often.
Yep, that's right, we missed the bus, and now we were running like hell to get to school on time. Got a problem with that?
"I'm trying!" he said, panting. We were both really tired; there was a reason we took the bus!
"Look! We can see it now! We're so close!"
It seemed to take forever, but we were finally in the school. I put my backpack in my new locker, and rushed to class, Gray right by my side. We made it just a few minutes late to religion class, but the teacher was turned towards the chalk board, and didn't notice. I sat beside Chelsea, Gray sitting at the desk next to me.
"Hmm, wonder why they're late! Private make-out session, perhaps?" Claire whispered, loud enough for us to hear. I was surprised; normally, nothing Claire said could be even close to an insult! The cliques giggled, making me blush, but Gray just rolled his eyes, and sighed.
The teacher cleared his throat. "Hello! My name is Nathan (7), and I'll be teaching you guys religion this year."
"Just like you did the year before… and the year before… and the year before…" Muffy said quietly. The Castanet high-school was also where the younger kids took elementary, so we've had Nathan as a teacher for as long as I could remember.
Nathan droned on and on with a long speech about respect, or something… I think… I was starting to fall asleep… Suddenly, Chelsea nudged me. "Wake up! The REAL class is starting!"
I yawned, and TRIED to pay attention.
"Now, the person responsible for controlling and harmonizing the elements of nature is…?" Nathan asked. A few people raised their hands. "Claire? Would you like to answer?"
Claire stood up. "Simple. Me." She sat back down.
"Ok…?" I was really doubting Claire's sanity now.
"Um… Ok then, uh… Alisa?" Nathan asked in a hopeful tone. "Do you have a better answer, by any chance?"
Alisa rose from her seat. "The Harvest Goddess, sir!" she said dreamily.
"Very good, Alisa. Now- Alisa?" Alisa was still standing, and staring into blank space. "Alisa? You can sit down now." If Alisa had heard him, she didn't respond. "Alisa! Sit down!"
It had only been about 10 minutes, but it was obvious that Nathan was going nuts. Eventually, Chelsea managed to wake Alisa from her daze, and got her to sit down.
"The Harvest Goddess better watch out!" Claire said quietly. "We've got an insane lesbian on the loose here!" The cliques giggled. I glanced at Gray. He looked pissed! If there was one thing he hated, it was people making fun of others.
"Ugh! Does anyone here want to read a text, or something? Anybody? I'm going for a coffee break…" Nathan said, and started walking towards the door.
"See? This is why priests don't make good teachers!" Claire said loudly, and most of the class chuckled quietly. Nathan stopped in his tracks, and pressed his palm to his head.
I looked at Gray. His eyes told me everything: That was the last straw.
Gray rose to his feet, and grabbed Claire's arm. "What the hell is your problem?"
Claire looked shocked- in fact, everyone did! No one had expected this to happen! Even Nathan was watching over his shoulder.
Finally, Claire came back to her senses. "Let go of me, you pervert! If you want to hold my hand, you could just ask!" she shrieked, making half the class laugh. The other half was frozen in terror, both anticipating, and fearing what would happen next.
"Do you really want to know what I want? Do you really?" Gray yelled back. "What I want most right now, is for you to disappear from my life, or else I'll shred you to pieces and burn you with your other shit-worthy friends!"
It's funny how Gray comes up with this stuff. I can't even imagine him doing any of that! In fact, the worst thing he's probably ever done was punch some guy in the face- and that guy really deserved it.
But Claire's features no longer showed shock, or fear. They were now replaced with… admiration? Strange…
Claire's POV
I couldn't believe it. I should've been terrified, but I just couldn't believe it. This guy had just stood up to me. No wait, it was more then just standing up; he even had the nerve to threaten me! You just couldn't even imagine how much that turned me on; I was sure my knees would give way any second now! That's when I swore to myself: I would have this guy, if it were the last thing I did! That boy would be mine!
-End of Ch.1-
Yay! Done at last! I thought I'd never finish! So, obviously, these chapters are longer then my average, but since when has that been a problem, right? Ugh, in the script, I would draw chibis beside the character's name whenever the POV changed, and they were SO DARN CUTE! Goddess, I wish I could show you all, but no can do! *sigh* Anyway, hope you like it!
BTW, yes, I'm writing Akari instead of Angela, but it might change later, if I get too annoyed. Now, everybody at the school fits into a specific category. If you want, you could request a character too, and he can be in one of the categories, but no new cliques or other main characters. Here are the special categories:
Losers/Main Characters:
Ex. Akari, Molly, Chelsea, Jamie, Skye, Vaughn, Jill, Chase, Gill, Gray, Tina.
NO NEW ADDITIONS!
Cliques:
Ex. Muffy, Claire, Selena, Eve
NO NEW ADDITIONS (Although I may let in 1 or 2…)
Nerds:
Ex. Elliot, Sabrina, Phoebe, Mary
Dumb Blondes:
Ex. Lanna, Maya, Kathy
Random Obsessive People:
Ex. Mark (environment), Alisa (HarvestGoddess)
Party People/Sarcastic Peeps:
Ex. Natalie, Karen
You get the point? That's not all the categories; I just can't think right now. Anywho, please review!
(1) Chibi is an art style that makes people look so darn cute! It's mostly used in comics and TV shows when someone is being over-dramatic, or is making fun of someone else.
(2) If that's even a word…
(3) Akari actually was the only one who heard it.
(4) What you lookin' at? She just says it funny, and it sounds like that…
(5) Credit to skitsophraniac for helping me decide the cliques.
(6) I was originally going to end it there, but it seemed a little too boring, so I added a little fluff. Besides, who doesn't love fluff?
(7) Nathan from the Sunshine Islands version.