Violet Parr doodled in her notebook, ignoring the teacher and classmates, even Tony. Truth be told she wasn´t to blame, after the adventures she and her family had had in the last few days (Syndrome incident and all that) returning to a normal life seemed…dull.
Even more so if she was forced to spent six hours a day in the same classroom in Metroville high school, at least Dash came to visit her during her brief rest periods between classes.
The fact that Metroville Junior High was two miles away wasn´t a problem for very obvious reasons and lately Violet had learned to create an invisible field around other persons as well; so she and Dash could talk without anyone noticing.
The brunette had almost finished her sketch of an Omni-droid crashing through the city and five familiar figures battling it when her teacher Mrs. Fink cleared her throat, causing all of the class to look up.
Violet brushed her long black hair off her face and paid attention to the thin woman with short brown hair, who began addressing the class.
-Ok class, as you may or may not know Metroville high has a very attractive exchange program for abroad students and today four new partners will be joining us. They will be here for the rest of the school year so I want you to give them a very warm welcome-
As she said this Mrs. Fink opened the classroom door and three boys and a girl entered the room; each looked more peculiar than the one before it.
The first boy was thin but well-built, long flowing, black locks fell over his face and part of his back, his face was sort of arrogant and sported an enormous nose that he held high in pride. He was wearing a wine-colored t-shirt and jeans. Even though, Violet could notice that most of the girls in the class were looking at him open-mouthed. Apparently the boy wouldn´t be having any popularity issues.
The second boy was tiny, almost a foot shorter than the first one and not as handsome by far, actually he was a bit buck-toothed, his hair was blond and shot right up in a ridiculous way but he didn´t see, to notice the giggles from both boys and girls in the room, the boy looked around seemingly lost in his own world. This boy wore a green turtleneck sweater and brown pants.
Finally the third boy was massive, standing nearly a head over the first one. Even though he seemed very mild-mannered (he kept staring at the ground and back at the class) it wasn´t the kind of person Violet would like to make angry, he was almost as big (if not bigger than) her father! The boy sported a pistachio sweatshirt and pants, in which he kept brushing his hands to rid them of sweat. His hair was blond and tied up in a ponytail.
When the girl came in some of the boys in the room looked at her the way the girls had eyed the black-haired fella. Others weren´t as subtle, they swept her from top to bottom with greedy eyes. Violet sighed, she couldn´t really blame them, even to her it was obvious this girl was beautiful. Her skin was very fair while her long curly hair (that fell all the way to her waist) was the brightest shade of orange Violet had ever seen. Her face was a bit pointy and stretched forward in a feral kind of way that really suited her and her ears were a little bigger than usual.
Two gems of the brightest blue shone in her eyes and small freckles decorated her cheeks and forehead. She was thin but far from fragile, to the brunette this girl seemed like a gymnast or some sort of athlete, her tight blue jeans seemed to be hiding layers of muscle.
She was smiling in a cocky, confident way until she noticed the guy ogling her through the blue tank top, then her smile faded and she looked straight into the boys' eyes. He stopped immediately.
-Fine then class- Mrs. Fink began introducing them –These are Artair, Andhra, Duncan and Merida- she said tilting her head to each of them in turn –Boys?- She asked to the four of them at once –Do you think you can share a bit about yourselves with the class?-
Violet now began to pay attention, she had never really gotten along with most of her partners and new classmates could be a chance to make new friends; even more so if they came from abroad, they would feel as out of place as she did.
The boy called Artair began talking immediately, brushing his black hair away from his face –Mae name is Artair Macintosh- he started with a strange accent that made some of Violets´ classmates giggle.
Artair noticed this and was quick to reply –We´re all from Scotland so ye might as well get used tae the accent- He cleared his throat before continuing – Ae am seventeen years old, soon tae be eighteen and Ae enjoy most sports, specially athletics but most of all… Ae enjoy the company of ladies- The boy stopped talking and gave Violet a look, a smile and a wink in that order.
Violet rolled her eyes, she would think of a way to put this clown in his place, maybe make him crash into a force field in the cafeteria, yes that would be good.
Mrs. Fink interrupted to make a quick comment –Well Artair the school has a wonderful athletics team, maybe you could try out for it during the course of the school year-
-Ae will, thank ye ma´am- Artair replied.
Suddenly Violet had a better idea, Dash was in the junior high athletics team, she could convince him to race this full of himself dummy, she knew the old saying: the bigger they are…
Then it was Andhra´s turn, he stepped forward with clumsy little steps and began talking in a squeaky, monotonous tone – Ae am Andhra Dingwall, fifteen almost sixteen years old- the boy looked around, no one in the classroom talked. A small cough came from somewhere behind Violet -Ae like yer school, et is very nice- The silence fell once again in the room until Mrs. Fink noticed he had nothing left to say.
-Well thank you Andhra that was quite illuminating. Duncan?-
The enormous boy stood ahead, playing with his thumbs –MaenameisDuncanMcGuffinandAeam sixteenyearsold, butAewillbeseventeensoon- he looked around, confused stares told him he had again talked way too fast for anyone to understand him, gulped and continued, this time slowing down –Ae am in the athletics team with Duncan but Ae prefer the…heavier events, bullet, javelin, disc and hammer throw- he then gave Merida a nervous look. The redhead nodded, like if giving him permission to do something –Merida and Ae have been dating for some time now-
Violet saw many boys look down disappointed and shrugged. Finally the redhead began to speak.
-Ae am Merida DunBroch and Ae am sixteen years old, Ae also do some sports, gymnastics and mixed martial arts are old favorites but my real forte is archery-
Violet smiled, so she had been right about this girl being an athlete, and she had seen enough UFC in TV to know that this girl wasn´t a soft cookie.
-Actually Ae have competed in several international events as part of the Scotland national team, but that is a story fir another time-
Just as she finished the sentence the bell rang, Violet began packing. The thirty minutes long, half-of-the-day break was welcome.
-See you tomorrow class- she heard Mrs. Fink´s voice between the hustle and bustle of the classroom.
She stood up and walked towards the exit, just as she was leaving she caught a glimpse of Merida grabbing the boy that had been ogling her by the scruff of the neck.
-Awrite lad! Ye won´t be doin´ that again will ye? If ye do Ae´ll have tae pan yer face-
Violet smiled, not a soft cookie at all.