So, yeah. Another story. I'll update Unexpected at some point also. I haven't had much writing time because of school. This is an AU high school story set in Nashville and not in Brooklyn solely for the way I work the gods in. Basically, they're from Thoth's neck of Tennessee and they're centered around University of Memphis. Though, it will still have similarities to the way some of them live in Brooklyn.


The front of Clearview High was buzzing with activity. Students filed into the building from buses, cars, and even a few bicycles. The buzz of a small vehicle zipped through the school parking lot and into a vacant spot. A girl got off her motorcycle, taking her helmet off to reveal short black hair. Her amber eyes scanned the crowd for a familiar curly haired boy as she tucked her helmet in her bag. As soon as they locked on the back of his head, she raced towards him.

Said boy was carrying a stack of books while dodging the rest of the crowd flooding into the entrance. The amber eyed girl came up from behind him and greeted him with a kiss on the cheek. The tan skinned boy almost dropped his books. "Hey, Z."

The girl smiled. "Hi Carter. I see that you came prepared."

"It's our junior year, Zia. We've got to do a lot to prepare for college. SATs, college applications, scholarship applications, jobs for experience-"

Zia cut him off. "We're only juniors. College can wait until later in the year. It's only the first day of school, Carter."

"I just want to get into Yale so badly, like my parents were."

Zia nodded, knowing about how he aspired to be like his dad. "Okay, but you will be stressed out taking this all on at the same time."

He sighed in defeat, "I know Zia."

"Good. Now let's find our lockers so you do not have to carry all those books around," she said while picking up a few from his stack to lighten the load. He smiled and walked with her into the building.


Meanwhile, the school's star couple was about to make their entrance. They were Jaz Anderson and Walt Stone. Walt, the school's quarterback since last year, went to open the door to his old beat-up Toyota for his girlfriend. From the car the blonde girl stepped out, her azure eyes meeting his brown ones and smiling. Jaz was your all around American girl, pretty, popular, nice, and even a little smart. It was a perfect match in teenager standards, head cheerleader with the quarterback.

"Thanks Walt. I have a cheer meeting after school so I'll swing by your place afterwards if you're there," the blonde drawled.

Walt gave his girlfriend a goofy grin. "I will be Jaz." She grabbed her bag and slipped her hand into his. Once he closed the door, he hit the lock button on his key ring and got ready to dodge past the rush of his classmates and new students.

"We don't want to be late for the first day." He gave her a small nod and walked towards the front door with her.


Freshmen bustled in from the doors to the auditorium for homeroom assignments. A small group of girls sat in the back. A voice from the front of the crowded auditorium ordered the chatter throughout the seats to cease. Once the murmurs were put to rest, the man standing at the podium cleared his throat. "Good morning incoming students, I am Principal Sawyer. Here at Clearview High, we only expect the most out of our young minds."

One of the girls in the back rolled her eyes and leaned back. "And I thought the middle school principal droned on and on," she said, earning a laugh from her three friends.

"And now, to introduce our newest teacher straight from the University of Memphis, Mr. Blake," the principal finally announced. A young man who, if he tried hard enough, could pass for a senior, stood at the podium. He was pale with dark brown eyes and neatly trimmed dark brown hair. He wore a black button down shirt with some dark slacks to match.

Two of the girls' eyes widened. "He's hot," piped up a red-headed girl, Liz.

"Agreed," the other girl, Emma, said.

Their friend who made the joke earlier rolled her eyes. "He's a teacher for God's sake."

"Sadie, it's not our fault he looks so good," Liz pouted. Emma nodded in agreement, making Sadie roll her eyes again.

"What do you think, Alyssa?"

The brown haired girl shrugged. "He's a little cute considering he's going to be one of our teachers."

"See Sadie, even Alyssa agrees he's hot," Emma stated matter-of-factly.

The blonde sighed. "Whatever, he'll just be another guy you can't date, like Darren Criss."

"Darren Criss is so dreamy," Liz gushed, making Sadie shake her head.

The lecture continued on until each student was required to file according to last name in rows for homerooms. Sadie joined the group for Ja-Mz, being Sadie Kane. Her friends Liz Clayborn and Emma Goodwick went to their separate lines. Alyssa Jameson followed her into line, when she was knocked back a few steps.

Alyssa scowled as a boy shoved her aside. "I'm walking here," she protested. The boy smirked.

"Now I am too." Once he turned to face her, she knew who he was, Julian Martinez.

She groaned. "Go away Julian." She already had enough problems with his jokes on her during middle school, but now they were in homerooms together, she was dreading her first year of high school.

"I have this homeroom too, you know," he replied smirking slightly.

"I know," she mumbled, walking closer to Sadie. "God, I hate him," Alyssa muttered under her breath so Julian wouldn't hear.

"At least we only have homeroom with him," Sadie whispered back to her friend.

"I hope so Sadie, I hope so."

The young man from before came to the front of their line. "I will be your homeroom teacher for this year. As you heard earlier, my name is Mr. Blake."

From the next line over, Liz mouthed to her friends, 'Lucky'. Sadie sometimes wondered why she was friends with Liz.

"Follow me to room 208 please." The class obeyed, trailing behind him to the previously mentioned room. They later entered a small classroom on the second floor of the building. Its desks were in a uniform line. The front of the class had a SMART Board surrounded by a chalkboard on it. Covering the white walls were casual posters relating to history like Egyptian sarcophagi, Roman architecture, and Renaissance knights.

"Here is where you will come each morning before first period," Mr. Blake started, "On each of the desks is a folder with your names on it, each containing your schedules, school rules, health forms, and your planners in which to write down homework and other activities in." The class searched for their respective folders. Sadie found hers a few desks away from Alyssa. She sat down at the desk and looked through her folder.

Inside, she found her schedule. She scanned it, discovering that her fourth period class was with Mr. Blake. She looked up from the paper when Alyssa tapped her shoulder. "Do we have any classes together?"

Sadie shrugged. "Let me look at your schedule." Alyssa nodded and handed it to her. Sadie looked it over. "We've got fourth and fifth together," she announced.

"Cool," Alyssa said with a smile. Sadie smiled back. She began to say something when the speaker cracked from the back of the classroom.

"Good morning students, welcome back to school. This year, we hope that you will do your best to work hard and achieve the most you can," the announcer spoke. "Now please stand for the pledge." The kids stood up, hands over their hearts while the pledge was said. "You may now be seated." They obeyed the announcer.

Said announcer continued to talk about lunch schedules, clubs, and after school activities. "That is all. Have a wonderful school year at Clearview High." The bell rang after that final announcement and students exited their respective homerooms, about to the start their first classes on the first day of a long school year.


A note about the Yale thing, I didn't recall where exactly Mr. and Mrs. Kane went to college so I just threw Yale out there. If you know where they went, feel free to tell me. I hope you all like this AU. Let me know in the reviews what you think, what I can improve on, and what I did good on.