Harmony walked through the corridor blissfully unaware of how in the next few moments her whole life at her new high school would change. First she noticed that quite a few of the boys were eyeing her up. This she found natural as she was beautiful. In her old school she had belonged to a group nicknamed the 'Beautifuls'. She liked the nickname but when she had to move she had to leave the nickname behind. Now she was in a totally new place surrounded by strangers. She was naturally confident but being in a fresh, bizarre place even the most confident person would feel a little nervous. So the moments were ticking down until the event that would change her school life would play out. She got an appreciated wink from a Jock, she supposed from the jacket. She carried her books in front of her chest and had her sunshine blonde hair flaring out behind her. Her hip hugging jeans clung to her thighs and her high heeled shoes clicked against the floor. Her fashion came straight out of the magazines, on her daddy's credit card.
The next thing she knew was a green slushie, similar colour to her emerald eyes, coming at her at high speed. The first sensation was cold, then wet. After she had gotten over the first wave of shock she felt the wet spreading down her top, causing it to cling to her body. This got wolf whistles from around her. She dropped her books and wiped her eyes of the grungy stuff. When she had finally managed to get most of it out of her eyes she looked up to see the culprit. His Mohawk was the first thing she noticed. Next was his face. Cute if you like that sort of bad boy type, then the empty cup in his large hands. Something inside Harmony was about to erupt. Never in her life had she ever experienced such humiliation.
"What the HELL is wrong with you?!" Harmonies scream echoed through the corridor. Students stopped to watch how this commotion unfolded. Her reply was a laugh from him and his partner in crime, a large boy built purely for football. Another boy, tall, dark and handsome was standing behind them. His face was not in a smile.
"Dude why did you hit her for?" he said to the Mohawk idiot. That was when Harmony realized that she was not the intended target. Beside her was a dark haired girl, shorter than herself, but covered in more of the product from the plastic cups. She just stood there watching the boys laughing. Harmony's blood boiled inside until she had had enough of their incessant laughing. She turned and slapped the moron with the Mohawk. The shock took just moments to set in. His anger was probably mostly aimed at the people, including his friends, laughing at him, instead of the fact that someone had just slapped him. In a fit of anger he charged away shouting and shoving nerds out of his way. The brown haired boy flashed a smile at harmony as he raced off to follow his friend. Harmony stooped to pick up her books, which seemed to be intact.
"Hey are you ok?" the soft voice spoke from above her. Harmony looked up to see the dark haired girl bright and breezy. Harmony smiled and took the hand that was offered to her. Harmony brushed herself down and thanked the mysterious girl. "Its fine. I'm used to it. Need help cleaning up?" The girl signalled to the toilets up the corridor. Harmony indicated for the girl to lead the way. "Oh and I'm Rachel." The girl said while walking into the toilets.
"I'm Harmony." She replied as she entered the toilets and placed her books next to a sink. The mirror was illuminated so Harmony could see the full extent of the damage that the slushy did. Only a bit had got into her hair but her top was dripping wet and her makeup was ruined. She decided to start from scratch. She washed her face of all make up then was about to take off her top when she was suddenly very much aware of the girl, Rachel, next to her. Rachel had come off much worse. The stuff was everywhere. Hair, dress and face. She was trying to wash the stuff out of her hair, but the way she was doing it looked awkward. "You don't mind do you?" She lifted her top to signal what she wanted to do. Rachel smiled and shook her head. Harmony stripped and chucked the top into the sink. She left the hot water running through it as she motioned to help Rachel. A chair was at the end of the cubicles. Harmony dragged it along the floor and situated it next to Rachel, who sat down and placed her head in the bowl. Harmony made quick work of washing and drying the poor girl's hair. Harmony went back to her now soaked top and twisted it until all the moisture had been eradicated. Then she tried to dry it underneath an automatic air drier, which failed. Harmony had learnt that this was a common occurrence for her. Harmonies heart sung.
Harmony decided that she would have to either call her parents to bring a new set of clothes, or she wears nothing underneath a coat she had in the bottom of her bag. She opted for the nothing but her bra under her coat. She hoped nobody would notice but the denim jacket could be seen as a fashion piece, and she used to wear it without anything underneath before at her old school. It was all about confidence. Rachel complimented her on her choice of jacket but Harmony thought she heard something else behind the compliment, maybe jealousy. Rachel was going about her business when Harmony started humming to herself.
"And I am telling you...."
Harmony sang the words into the mirror while applying fresh foundation and eyeliner. Rachel stopped fiddling with her bag and turned to stare at Harmony, who continued to hum until she noticed the girl gazing at her.
"Anything wrong?" Harmony smiled self consciously. Rachel broke into a smile and her teeth gleamed in the light.
"Sing that again." She ordered. Harmony was taken aback by her forcefulness.
"Sing what?" Rachel laughed and turned back to the mirror.
"And I am telling you...."
"Oh!" Harmony coughed and straightened her back. She hummed the lines then broke out into singing.
"No, No, No,
I'm not wakin' up tomorrow mornin'
And findin' that there's nobody there-e-e-e-e!"
Rachel clapped promptly and hugged Harmony in a tight grip.
"You will be PERFECT for Glee club!" Harmony leaned away and raised one of her eyebrows.
"Glee club?"
