"What? You're...you're pregnant? Again?" Two jaws dropped in identical expressions of shocked disbelief.
"Yup," the girl replied, rubbing her lower belly with a wide grin. "This'll be baby number four!"
"And...and how old are you?" One tentatively asked, her eyes wide as she gaped at the willowy girl with vibrant violet hair artistically streaked with silver.
"Eighteen," she replied, her bright silver eyes dancing happily.
"You...how...?"
"Well, when a mommy and a daddy love each other very, very much," she began, but another girl appeared noiselessly at her side and interrupted her. Her violet eyes were bright, though her face was passive. Long, black hair fell across a portion of her face, covering her left eye. She was entirely clad in black but for a few details done in bright blue.
"Eva, stop corrupting the freshmen," she ordered flatly.
"Aw, but it's so much fun!" Eva chuckled and watched as the two girls hastily departed. "Sadly, I doubt it was me that they were running from. How is it that the freshmen learn to avoid you so quickly? It's only their first day. Do they teach it at that stupid freshmen orientation?"
"No, apparently I'm infamous at the middle school as well."
"Damn, you are good!"
"You know it," Morgan agreed in her usual monotone.
"I want to be infamous," Eva admitted thoughtfully.
"You'd have to be evil to be infamous, and you're too peppy to be evil," Morgan explained rationally.
"I can be evil." Eva abruptly stopped in the middle of the hall and then snarled viciously at the passing students. They stared at her oddly, even more so when she suddenly exclaimed, "Ooh, I like your earrings! They're really shiny!" The girl muttered her thanks and hurriedly walked away. Eva continued walking and sighed. "Damn. You're right." Morgan smirked and deposited her books into her locker before the pair headed towards the crowded cafeteria. The underclassmen — especially the scared little freshmen — were in a panic, desperately searching for a table.
"Think a riot'll break out?" Eva asked as she watched a group of teenagers begin a shouting match. Just as someone was shoved, a teacher reluctantly stepped in and broke it up.
"If we're lucky," Morgan smirked. Eva pointed and waved at a group of people on the opposite side of the cafeteria in the specially designated senior section. They headed over and tossed their books down on other stacks of books and folders that took up the majority of the small, circular table. Already four people were seated, one of which was ingesting a ridiculously huge amount of food, even for a teenage boy. The other boy was merely picking at his food — he was too busy devouring his book.
"Gabe, how can you eat that much?" Eva asked, shaking her head. "You don't need it."
"I like it," he explained with a shrug. "And it does make me feel stronger."
"But not as strong as...?" Victoria trailed off suggestively.
"We're not allowed to have that here," Daniel quietly pointed out from behind his book. "You know that, Tori." He lifted his eyes to meet Tori's and instantly flushed and returned to his book.
"I wasn't suggesting that he do that here, I was merely stating that...never mind," she ended on a sigh, shaking her head and rolling her eyes.
"Well, to change the topic, how was everyone's first day so far?" Eva asked as she sat down next Gabe. He was a large sophomore, and although he was forever fifteen, he appeared to be a senior, mostly due to his muscular build that towered six feet and four inches above the earth. He glanced at Eva, his emerald eyes flashing with amusement.
"Someone nearly set the teacher on fire," he commented.
"Why wasn't I involved?" Eva replied, slightly offended. He smirked and ducked his head slightly as he tucked back into his food, his long crimson hair obscuring part of his face. When he spoke again, his voice was muffled with food.
"It was an accident. A couple of morons couldn't get their Bunsen burners working, and when the teacher came to help them, they suddenly could. It would've been fine if the gas hadn't been turned on the entire time."
"I should have signed up for chemistry. It sounds like fun. Playing with fire and all," Eva sighed and shrugged. "But I hate science with the passion of hell so I don't suppose it would really work out, would it?"
Two more joined the table. One was a tall, wiry junior with gold curls and bright, witty azure eyes. He held the appearance of the golden boy everyone wants to be and was at the envied age of sixteen. The other was a girl the same age, though she appeared to be a ten-year-old child. She, however, did nothing to disprove this appearance and wore fussy dresses and other such cute ensembles. Her long, dark pink hair was braided and tied with a ribbon that matched the tones in her dress. Her sapphire eyes sparkled with innocence only children truly know. She sat down next to Eva and launched into a long and bubbly tirade about her day.
"...and Justin is totally crushing on Angela but no one will tell Hannah because she would be so pissed!" She finally finished. "Will, did you hear how that teacher was set on fire today? I heard she had to go to the hospital!" She addressed the golden boy next to her.
"She didn't actually catch fire, Rose, just her sleeve, but she was fine. No hospitals," Gabe informed her before finishing his food. He was the only one who truly seemed interested in eating that questionable school food. The only other one who had bothered to buy anything was Dan, but Gabe had already finished that portion.
"That's disappointing," Rose said with a sigh.
"What a kind person you are," Eva laughed.
"Sadist," Catherine muttered. She and Morgan exchanged knowing looks and rolled their eyes. It seemed, at times, that Morgan was Cat's twin rather than Tori.
"She's not necessarily a sadist," Tori argued. "She just thrives on gossip." Cat's and Tori's identical sky blue eyes met and narrowed, their faces turned in the same scowl.
"Uh-oh, sibling fight," Will muttered. Rose watched with some amusement despite the occasion's frequency. Eva and Morgan sighed. While Morgan would have easily waited the bickering out, Eva quietly interjected in her own odd manner.
"So, toilets!" She announced nonchalantly. The bickering continued. She frowned slightly before saying, "Penetration!" Still, nothing. Eva looked over at Morgan and made a face. Morgan just shrugged, but Eva refused to give in. In a lovely voice, she sang out, "Penetration is elevation, penetration this is how you play. First you find a boy or girl, then you bite them in the neck, drink the blood then you're full, la la la la!" All conversation at the table halted. Even Dan looked up from his book to stare at Eva who was laughing hysterically at her impromptu song.
Finally, Gabe demanded, "What the hell was that?"
"Don't know. But it worked, didn't it?" Eva replied happily.
"I worry about you," Tori announced with a sigh. Eva laughed and settled back in her chair before turning to talk to Will. He was staring off at a different table, his eyes glazed. She smirked before poking his head several times, earning a half smile from him.
"It's a little stalker-like when you stare at her like that," she commented with a mischievous grin. He blushed slightly and shrugged with a small smile. "Why don't you just ask her out?"
"It's a little complicated," he told her.
"Screw complications. It's just a date. Nothing permanent." At this point, the girl in question rose from her table and went to stand next to Eva. "Hey Tara," Eva greeted her.
"Hi. So anyway, have you read Twilight?"
"No, but I've heard it was interesting."
"Vampire love story?" Morgan smirked from across the table. Her eyes shone with amusement as Tara nodded excitedly.
"Edward is so hot! I mean, he is the most amazing guy ever!"
"Um...you do realize he's fictional, right?" Eva asked, a grin curving her lips.
"Yes, but I wish he was real! He's the epitome of a perfect guy!"
"Isn't that redundant?" Tori wondered, but the comment went ignored due a long and obsessive rant, ending with, "Man, I wish I could date a hot vampire guy like Edward!"
Seeing as the rant was finished, Will thought the moment opportune and asked, "Hey, Tara, you want to go out sometime?"
"Sorry, but I'm waiting for Edward!" Tara announced dreamily. With that she walked away to go to band class. Will was looking after her in shock, as was most of the table, but Eva was laughing hysterically.
"It's not funny," Cat told her with an evil glare she was famous for.
"But...but the sad irony! And...it's just so pathetic! He's fictional!" She managed to stifle her laughter into quiet chuckles.
"I got rejected for a guy in a book," Will announced, shocked and hurt. "And after she said all that too, I thought the timing was perfect."
"It'll be okay, Will. It's not like she knows or anything. Maybe you need to look for a girl who's a little less...obsessive?" Tori suggested.
"And more intelligent," Morgan said, rolling her eyes.
"The irony of this is killing me," Eva admitted with a partially restrained laugh. She earned another of Cat's evil glares.
"I'm going to band," Will said with a sigh.
"She'll come around," Eva assured him. When he was far out of earshot she began laughing again. "Once more I'm amazed at the stupidity of the human race."
"Don't be too mean, Eva. You're not always the brightest cookie either," Cat pointed out.
"I know, I know, but...brightest cookie?" Eva abruptly focused on the phrase. Tori rolled her eyes.
"You're turning into Mrs. Wyle," Morgan groaned.
"She'll be dancing in the middle of the classroom in no time," Tori sniggered.
"Who's Mrs. Wyle?" Rose asked curiously.
"A chemistry teacher. Wait, was she the one who caught fire?" Tori asked suddenly.
"I wouldn't be surprised," Cat replied dryly, tucking her short, dark green hair behind her ears. She looked down at her watch and sighed. "I should probably go to chemistry now. I want to talk to Wyle. You coming, Dan?" She asked the wiry, tan scholar. The shaggy head of white hair rose to reveal brilliant emerald eyes behind the glasses he always wore. He nodded his assent and noted the page before rising with Morgan and leaving, chatting amiably about the environmental science class they had in the morning.
"I better go to physics," Tori moaned and rose as well, flicking her long, dark blue braid over her shoulder. "I have a feeling this is going to suck."
"If everyone's leaving, we might as well go to band," Eva commented. Rose leapt up happily.
"Yes! I heart band!" She quickly gathered her things and darted for the band room, leaving Morgan, Gabe, and Eva to gape after her.
"What is wrong with that child? Is she seriously looking forward to seeing Thomas?" Eva asked, appalled.
"Who knows?" Gabe asked with a shrug. The remaining three stood and followed slowly in Rose's footsteps.
"One more year of Mr. Thomas's annoying classes!" Eva celebrated. "Well, at least we get to go to Disney this year," she said with a quiet sigh.
"Mm, fun. Kiddy-fest," Morgan groaned. Eva laughed cheerfully and hummed a song under her breath as they made their way towards the hell that was band.