I was late, I mean, of course I was late. I'm usually never on time for school.
"Fuck, Sis! Why didn't you wake up?!" She had pulled to a rushed stop at the front of the school in her rust orange KIA Soul.
"I'm sorry, damn little sis. Since when does it matter? You hate school." Sure, yeah that was true. But this was the first time moving to a new state, it was also 2 weeks into school. I also needed to get the last 2 weeks work from the other classes. Getting out of the car giving her lazy fist bump, I ran towards the school doors.
Sprinting down the hallway to the principals office probably wasn't the best idea I had. Because the next thing I knew I ran right into someone and my ass hit the floor. Hard. "Fucking shit." The first thing I saw was the persons' shoes. One black. One white. Looking up at him then fixing my glasses so the persons face wasn't so blurry.
He was wearing glasses with red and blue lenses in them, his hair was messy yet neat and he was looking at me with his left eyebrow raised. "You going to get off the floor, or you gonna stay there till the bell ringth?"
"Oh! Shit yeah. Actually if it's not to much to ask" I stood up brushing off my ass. "are you Sollux Captor by any chance? And if not, would you know where I could find him?" He was about a head taller then me so I had to look up at him. He slowly started to smirk as he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.
"I actually jutht took him to the office."
"Okay, thanks. Bye then." I'm sure I heard him snicker but I was to focused on getting to the office to care.
Once I made it there I walked in, but there was no one at the front desk. I took a seat in one of the waiting seats and waited awkwardly. Someone soon walked into the room, not seeing me as she sat in her chair at the front desk. I cleared my throat as loudly as I could, the lady jumped.
"Oh, hi dear. Didn't see you there." She looked over her counter to see me. "You must be Aria Keehl, our new transfer student."
I stood up from my seat and walked over to the front desk. "Yes, that's me, ma'am. Um, I was wondering where I could find Sollux Captor?"
"You just missed him. He went back to class, is he the one that is suppose to show you around school?"
"Yes ma'am, he was. Someone that I ran into in the hall said he was here though."
She looked puzzled. "Oh, well by any chance did this person have on a pair of glasses with one blue lens and one red lens on?"
I nodded slowly. "Yes ma'am."
She let out a distressed sigh. "That would be Mr. Captor I'm afraid. He insists on greeting the new students but never takes it seriously."
"Then why do you let him?"
"His parents donate a lot of money to this school. But on another note, I will have to call him back up before this period is over. Hold on one moment." She then picked up the phone sitting beside her and punched in a few numbers before putting it to her ear.
"Yes Mrs. Eva, It's the office. We'll need you to send Mr. Captor back up to the the office. The new student has just arrived."
There was a pause.
"Okay, thank you. Sorry to disrupt." She hung up the phone and turned back towards me. "He'll be back here in a bit dear. You can wait in one of the chairs over there if you would like." She, of course, meant the seats I had just got up from. I walked over and took the same seat I was in before and took this chance to look around the office.
It looked like any other school office. White-ish tan tiling, generic pictures on the overly white walls. Fake plants mixed in with a few real ones here and there. The chairs were comfortable but not to the point that if you sat there long enough that it would just about make your ass fall asleep.
Just as I pulled out my phone to see the time Sollux walked into the office just as the bell rang. He had a pleased look on his face. "Do you have your class schedule dear?"
I stood from my seat, "Yes ma'am I do." I then sent a glare up towards Sollux. He didn't seem to care.
"Now Mr. Captor, you treat Ms. Keehl kindly." There was a sternness in her voice. "We don't need more complaints."
He nodded a headed back out the door. I said a quick thank you to her and followed him.
"You're a real ass hat huh?" I was the first to talk.
"And I thought we were getting along."
"That's your way of getting along?"
"Fuck yeah, haha." The laugh surprised me. His mood had completely changed from when I bumped into him.
"Well then we were getting along. I guess." I held my backpack strap tightly as we made our way through the slightly crowded hallway. I'm slightly claustrophobic so having complete strangers bump into me causing me to knock into Sollux was starting to drive me a little crazy. "You think we could hurry up and get to my 1st class?" He glanced down at me. "We're almotht there." We turned down the next hall, it was almost empty, and then we took a left into the 1st classroom.
"Hi Mr. Davith, we're here to pick up Aria Keehlth' Homework from the patht 2 weekth." Class was just about to start so the teacher just about shoved the papers into his hand then shooed us away.
"That was a bit rude." I whispered as we left the classroom, after he handed me the papers and I put them into my backpack.
"He'th not the nicetht teacher here, but there are worthe." He asked for my schedule. Taking it from my back pocket, I handed it to him. "Lucky for you, he'th the wortht one you have. We have the thame 2nd period, tho we don't have to thtop there. We haven't gotten homework yet." He stopped walking taking a closer look at my schedule, "You have the retht of your main clatheth upthtairth. We have thience together ath well."
I mentally face-palmed at that point. The lisp was cute but something can only be so cute before I just wanna throw something. "Sollux, your lisp is absolutely adorable." I said it slightly sarcastically and then chuckled.
"Well at leatht I can work a lithp. You know motht people can't." He smirked and wiggled his eyebrows at me.
"Yeah you're right. But that doesn't make me wanna tape your mouth shut any less." He dramatically gasped like I had forever hurt his feelings. "Oh, stop and just take me to the rest of my classes."
We had made it to the rest of my classes before lunch is what I had wanted. Sis was going to be picking me up to go to out to lunch and then back home so I could practice the song I was going to audition for Music Class.
"Tho you're auditioning tonight? But I thought auditions where latht week?" Sollux asked as he walked me to the front doors of the school.
"They where, but my sister called the school and they still have an opening for me. So I'm gonna go for it."
"You playing an inthrament or thomething?"
"No, I'll be singing." He looked a little taken back by this. "What is it?"
"Nothing, just thomeone I knew wath the thinger for the clath." His expression didn't change as he said that though. There was no way that it was nothing, but that is the exact reason why I didn't ask him what was really up.
By the time I made it back to the school I had 30 minutes of time to kill. Walking into the girls bathroom and placing my backpack on the counter next to the sink opening the small inside pocket that contained my Anxiety pill shaking two out onto my hand then knocking them into my throat. I turned on the sink filling my cupped hands with enough water to swallow the pills down. Wiping my mouth with the back of my hand I stared up at myself in the mirror. My Auburn hair reached just above my waist, my Bad Hair Day beanie firmly pulled over my head covering my forehead. Even though my hair wasn't parted down the middle the beanie gave it the allusion that it was, causing my hair to frame my face and then frizz out as it gets longer.
My focus went away from myself and to the girl standing behind me. I slowly turned to face her not fully knowing how long she had been standing there and why she was. Her hair was a very dark brown and it went to just below her shoulders, she had these big round eyeglasses on and a large smile plastered on her face. But it looked generally real.
"Hi! I'm Jade Harley. You must be Aria I'm guessing. Well at least I hope you are." She softly laughed and held her hand out for me to shake. So I did. This just made her smile even bigger, if that was even possible. "Well Aria, we're waiting for you in the auditorium when you are ready. Seeing as how you're the only one up for the part as singer in the class." She then leaned forward ever so slightly, like she was afraid that someone was going to hear her saw something forbidden. "We actually saved the spot for you. Isn't that special?" She then giggled and leaned back to her original position.
"When you said "we're" who else did you mean exactly?" I hadn't expected anyone but the teacher and the teachers assistant to be there. But that couldn't still be the case.
"Oh! I thought you knew. The longest members of the band that was formed out of music class will be there as well. If they like you, you'll be the new lead singer. I hope that's not a problem." Her strong smile faded a bit but was back within seconds.
"No, no that is fine. Just wasn't expecting it is all. Thank you for telling me." I sent a small smile towards her and she giggled.
"Well I'm glad. But we should probably get going, can't be here all night." She then turned and started to leave the bathroom.
I grabbed my backpack and shoved my pill bottle into the small inner pocket then zipped the bag closed, slinging it over my shoulder following her out of the bathroom and into the hallway. As we walked, Jade tried to talk to me about something I wasn't very interested in at the time. All I kept doing was reciting the lines of the song I had picked. It meant a lot to me. I knew all the words by heart. But My Anxiety has fucked me over more then once in situations like this so I have to make sure I have everything in check.
Jade had me walk in through the back on the stage as she walked in through the front to sit and watch. She gave me one last smile before wishing me good luck. I took a deep breath, a few actually. I slowly walked onto the stage and up to where the mic was. There was about 7 people in the audience. One of them being your Sis and one of them being Sollux. He hadn't said anything about being here. I guess he didn't find it very important.
"Please state your name and the song you will be singing dear." A woman with dirty blond hair shouted up to me. She sounded rather nice actually.
I cleared my throat. "My name is Aria Keehl and I will be singing You Me Hear by Jimmy Eat World." The audio of the song started up and I waited for my Que to sing then took a deep breath and started.
There's no one in town I know
You gave us some place to go.
I never said thank you for that.
I thought I might get one more chance.
I softly placed my hands on the mic stand slightly closing my eyes, getting into the song more as the nerves just melted off of me.
What would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
May angels lead you in.
I started to sway with the music now.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
So what would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
I took the mic off the stand and stepped beside it getting more into it then I thought I would.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
I placed my hand on the stand.
And if you were with me tonight,
I'd sing to you just one more time.
A song for a heart so big,
god wouldn't let it live.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
As the song ended I looked back to the people sitting in-front of me for the first time since the song had started. I still held the mic in my hand has I let it rest down beside my body. My heart was racing and I had started clenching my teeth. No one was saying anything. Why wasn't anyone saying anything? Did they hate it? Oh god I hope they didn't hate it.
Just as that thought crossed my mind the teacher stood up and softly clapped. "That was beautiful dear. It really was." I could slightly make up a smile on her face.
"Welcome to the band, Aria!" Jade had shouted up at me, then made her way to the stage and up the stairs to hug me tightly. It invaded my personal space a lot, but it was nice to see that she was happy that I made it in. As she let go of me she giggled. "Daves jaw dropped when he heard what song you would be singing. He's the one with the sunglasses on by the way." She continued to giggle as she pointed him out. "He's the drummer. I'm the Basest and my cousin John, black hair glasses, plays the Piano and Sollux, 3D glasses, plays the Guitar." She pointed each one out as she went along. Of course I knew Sollux.
I just smiled and nodded until the teacher walked up and asked to talk to me alone.
"I'm Mrs. Diaz. Been with this band of misfits for 3 years now. And by god I'm glad you can sing as well as you can." Mrs. Diaz was a little taller then me. She was quite pretty as well. Her hair was short and framed her face perfectly. She wore black heals and a black pencil skirt with a deep purple blouse. "I gave the practice schue to you mother." My heart dropped.
"Sis isn't my mother, she's my sister." He eyes widened in shock.
"Oh my, I am very sorry. Must have slipped her mind to tell me when meeting me. Once again sorry."
"It's okay. Most teachers make the mistake." She sighs.
"Yes, but I should have known or asked first. You're not the only student here that was raised by a sibling and not a parent." She glances over at the kid named Dave and sighs again. "But on a lighter note. Everyone is very pleased to have a new singer. They really are." She flashed a smile at me then turned to walk down the stairs and off the stage.
I then took it upon myself to follow her. I really wanted to know why Sollux didn't tell me he would be here. Just as I made it off the stage I was stopped by none other then Captor himself.
"Hey, you thounded really nice." He looked almost upset about that.
"Oh, thanks. I actually wanted to know why you didn't tell me you'd be watching me sing tonight?"
"The teacher hadn't told uth until we thowed up for clath today."
"Ahh, okay, guess that makes since." Just then Dave slung his arm over Solluxs shoulders the best he could and held out his hand.
"Dave, Dave Strider." He shot a smirk at me and Sollux shrugged him off his shoulders. I shook his hand hesitantly.
"The'th not interethed athwipe." Sollux spat his way as Dave dropped my hand.
"How the shit do you know Sollux? It's her first day. Just 'cause you showed her around school this morning means you know everything about her?" He pressed his lips into a straight line and stared up at Sollux who had a few inches on him in the height department.
"No. I know becauthe no one ith ever interethed." He stated flatly.
"Well fuck you. You don't know dick about girls from other states." Dave crossed his arms and huffed, but still had a straight face.
"Neither do you."
They stopped bickering after that just standing there in-front of me, silent. "Come on guys, that was just getting entertaining. Bickering like an old married couple. Too cute." I giggled as Sollux started glaring at me. "Oh, chill the fuck out. I just called you cute. Don't glare at me fuckwit." I gave him a look and his glare softened.
"You're gonna looooove Karkat." Dave drug out the o in love and put to much emphases into it. "He's kind of fun to talk to, if you get past all the that grumpy crab-ness he's got." Sollux rolled his eyes at Daves statement.
"Well maybe one of you could introduce me sometime this week?" I raised my eyebrows looking from one boy to the other.
"Sure." They said in unison. They both looked at each other and Sollux narrowed his eyes.
"You both can then. Should be a shit tone of fun." I couldn't help but softly laugh.
After the little conversation with them I went on to meet John. Him and I held a short conversation about how he was glad I was joining the band and things of that nature before Jade came by and said that they had to leave. I said my goodbyes to everyone seeing how late it had gotten and told Sis that I was ready to go.
We left the school and it was now 6. On the car ride home there wasn't much talk. So I just let my thoughts take over.
I wonder how the rest of them sound. I can only assume they must be good. But who knows. I wonder why Dave thought I would love this kid Karkat so much. Maybe he was like me, or maybe we talked the same. But what if he hates me, that would suck wouldn't it? Yeah that would suck. I wonder if asking about who raised Dave would be a bad idea. Maybe I should just wait till he brings it up in normal conversation. That might be better. But I didn't think that anyone else in the US was raised by a sibling and not a parent.
I sighed. I really need to stop thinking now before I depress myself with old memories. Damn, too late.
As we pulled up to the new house I put on my best face so Sis wouldn't ask what was wrong. It worked. I made my way up to my room, telling her that I was overly tired and just really needed to sleep. Of course that was a lie, but she didn't need to know that. Closing the door behind me I look around the room. I haven't unpacked anything but my computers and other electronics. Such as ps3, x-box 360 and my wiiU/wii.
Sitting on the bed that was still unmade from when I woke up this morning, I pulled my iPhone out of my backpack and plugged in my headphones laying down. As I stare up at the ceiling, I press play and close my eyes and wait till I pass out. It happened quicker then I had originally thought.
