Right, this is my first fanfic. I wasn't originally going to post it here, but my mate said I should. So here it is. Please go easy on my. I'll accept mild flames but I only want constructive criticisms. If you have any ideas or comments on how to improve this, please feel free to tell me. And if you review you get a cookie. A double chocolate chip one. Yummy. Anyway, here it is. Chapter one of 'Popularity doesn't matter'.
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Disclaimer: All characters are property of Square Enix, but Brocke is mine. And the plot.
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BEEP BEEP BEEP
The girl in bed groaned from under the covers and lifted her arm to stop the noise but it resulted in the clock falling off the table and smashing.
"No," she groaned. "There goes another one." There was a knock at the door. "Who is it?"
"Its me, miss," a woman voice said.
"Colette. What have I said before? Don't call me miss."
"Sorry Miss, I mean, Namine. May I come in?"
"Sure, whatever," Namine said as she climbed out of bed. Colette opened the door, walked in and opened the curtains. Namine adjusted her eyes to the light and saw Colette open the balcony doors. A cool but refreshing breeze filled the room. Namine sighed. "Another day of school," she thought. Colette smiled politely and left the room.
Namine got up, went into the bathroom and turned on the shower. After he shower, she quickly dried her hair and walked into the wardrobe. She out on her denim jeans, a white top and a blue and white jacket, all new, and a pair of white trainers. She left her blonde hair down straight and put a white hair band in. She looked in the mirror and decided that would do. She didn't fancy like dressing up too much.
She took her bag and gave a quick look across her room. Her room was quite large due to her parents living in a big house. Her room had a king size bed, a walk in wardrobe, a large vanity table and the latest entertainment system. She shut her door and made her way down to the dining room.
Her parents were already sitting down and dressed in business suits. Her father was major of Destiny Island and her mother was the islands best lawyer. She sat down and Colette placed her breakfast in front of her.
"Thank you," Namine said.
"So, Namine," her mother said. "I got in touch with Miss Bellefontaine at the store and she said you could go in for your winter wardrobe next week. She wanted you in tonight but I told her you had cheerleading practice." Namine nodded whilst eating. "I had Joe put your car by the door. Its ready when you are." Namine smiled.
The remainder of breakfast was eaten in silence. After she had finished, Namine stood up, said goodbye and left. As she drove out of the drive, she let out a groan.
"Oh my god. First mum and now school," she said out loud. She turned the radio on full blast and put the hood of her car down. She sang along to 'Behind theses Hazel Eyes', ignoring looks from other drivers. As she got closer to school, she turned the music off and regained her composure. She parked in her usual spot and got out. She left the hood down as no one would dare steal her car.
She walked into the school with the usual stares and people saying 'hello Namine' and 'hey Namine'. All she did was smile and wave. She made her way to her locker until she was ambushed.
"Hey Nami," a blonde said.
"Hey," Namine replied and gave her first genuine smile of the day. "Why do you think its funny to jump me Rikku?" Rikku was a hype Al Bhed with blonde hair and green eyes. She was always happy and usually it rubbed of on Namine, which Namine was grateful for.
"I don't know. You just seemed down," Rikku said.
"My mum is sending me to get a winter wardrobe next week." Rikku let out a whistle.
"She is totally over obsessive with clothes." Namine always told Rikku her problems and things she would never tell anyone else. Rikku was like a sister that Namine wished she had. She hated being an only child. "Tell her you don't want to go. I'm sure you've still got plenty of winter stuff."
"She cleaned it all out, remember? So she could have room for the summer wardrobe," Namine said as she rolled her eyes. "And I can't say I don't want to go. You know what she's like. Anyway, I'm thinking of dumping Brocke for real this time."
"Good luck with that one. I thought you already did."
"Well, he didn't take it too well. He thought I was having an off day when I said it so we're still together. But what about you and Gippal?"
"Nothings going on. I'm too afraid he'll jolt me if I make a move. You know he's a ladies man."
"So?"
"So…I don't want a cheat for a boyfriend even if I do really like him." Rikku looked over Namine's shoulder. Gippal was coming up from behind Namine with Brocke and Tidus. "Well, now's your chance to dump Brocke."
"And here's your chance to talk to Gippal." Rikku turned silent and shook her head.
"Hey beautiful," Brocke said as he took Namine's hand. Brocke was tall, blonde with blue eyes. All the guys wanted to be him and all the girls wanted to date him. When Namine met him, he was just a normal teenager who wasn't that popular. Due to Namine being the most popular girl in school, his popularity increased rapidly. Now he's the most popular male in school with a very large ego. Namine smiled faintly and looked at Gippal and Tidus.
Gippal was eyeing up Rikku, who w in turn eyeing up him. 'When will they realise they're meant for each other?' Namine thought.
Tidus was looking at a lone girl who was going through her locker. Namine knew her name was Yuna, as Tidus told Namine that he had a secret crush on her. Tidus didn't have the guts to tell Yuna. She was considered an outcast of the school and Tidus knew that if he, a popular, was caught with her, Brocke would have a fit and the school would hate him, making him a reject.
That was the Destiny High school Hierarchy. Populars, jocks, preps, chess freaks, geeks, musicians, outcasts and rejects. The only difference between rejects and outcasts was that the rejects were once fairly popular but were no longer popular, and outcasts were jus outcasts. Tidus knew that if he started seeing Yuna, he would become a reject. Rules of the school.
The bell rang and the five 'populars' made their way to homeroom.
"What have you got 1st period?" Rikku asked Namine.
"English. You?"
"Same," Rikku said as she walked into homeroom. Everyone paused to watch them take their seats in the centre of the room. Once they sat down the noise picked up again. After about five minutes, the teacher came in.
"Good morning class," the teacher said as he sat at his desk. "Right, first things first. Today we have a new student in our class. His name is Sora Smith." The teacher then turned his head towards the door and murmurs broke out through the class. Namine couldn't be bothered turning around but as she saw Rikku's eyes widen, she couldn't resist.
"Don't turn around Nami. He's gonna end up an outcast. But he's kind of cute." Namine couldn't help it. It was if something was drawing her to him. She turned. She bit her lip slightly, a habit that she had when she was thinking hard.
His brown, spiky hair moved slightly as he walked into the room. He was wearing baggy jeans and a white top. His head was down but he looked up when he reached the desk. His eyes caught Namine's. She found herself getting lost in the blue oceans that where his eyes. It felt like it was hours but it was only a few seconds before Namine felt Rikku nudge her arm.
She turned her head to see Rikku shaking hers. She pointed to Brocke and Namine looked. Brocke was whispering something to Gippal. Gippal started laughing and nodding. Namine knew that it meant trouble. She looked towards the back of the room and saw the only empty chair was at the end of her row, meaning that Sora would have to pass Brocke. Namine turned back to Rikku.
"They're going to trip him."
"So?"
"We can't let them."
"Why not?"
Namine was getting frustrated. She didn't know why she wanted to stop them. She usually wouldn't have bothered giving it a second thought, but this time she wasn't going to let them do it.
"I just think its not right," Namine said.
"But you know you can't stop Brocke." Namine nodded slightly and swore under her breath. She turned back to Sora who caught her eye again. She looked at Brocke then back at Sora, but he had looked away.
Brocke stuck his foot out, but Sora jumped it. Rikku let out a small laugh and Brocke looked infuriated. Tidus had a small smirk on his face and Gippal looked confused. Namine smiled slightly and looked at Sora. He was looking down at his desk and was fiddling with the zipper on his bag.
'This day is going to be interesting,' Namine thought, turning back to the teacher who was now calling the register.
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Well, that was chapter one. Sorry if it was kind of rubbish but its going to get better. So go on and press the little button and make it happy.
