Chapter 2: New Friends
I quietly walked into the classroom fearing the worst.
Much to my relief, Lelouch wasn't there yet. So I sat down at one of the unoccupied desks and took out my sketchpad. Drawing always helps me calm down. I decided to draw our old house in Britannia. It was a small house but it was perfect for me, I miss it so much. I was almost done with my sketch when I felt someone tap me on the shoulder.
"Ahhh!" I yelped inn a startled voice.
I had been so busy drawing that I didn't realize that my fellow classmates were seated in the room now and the tardy bell had already rung. I turned around to see who tapped me and almost screamed again, it was Lelouch.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you!" He said apologetically. "Are you okay?" He adds curiously.
I nodded my head yes, indicating that I was OK.
"I'm so sorry about earlier." He began. "I shouldn't have asked you such a personal question since I didn't know you that well, can we start over?" He asked hopefully. His eyes seemed to plead for forgiveness. Those beautiful purple eyes…, a blush started to creep back onto my face.
"S-sure…" I replied softly.
"Hey Lelouch, who's your new friend?" A pink-haired girl sitting to the side of me suddenly asked.
She really startled us, causing me to blush even more.
"Euphy!"
I looked around to see a brown haired boy sitting beside Lelouch; he was looking at Euphemia sternly. "You shouldn't bug people that don't even know you." He lectured her.
"You know I can't help it!" She replied while laughing at him.
"Well, if you have to know, this is my new friend Shirley. We met in the hallway earlier." Lelouch informed them.
I was grateful that he didn't say anything about my outburst.
"Oh really?" She giggled. "Anyway, my name is Euphemia and this is Suzaku." She said pointing the boy behind her. "It's nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you too." I replied shyly.
Before we could talk anymore, the teacher starting talking about the school year and what the class will be like. He continued his boring lecture until the bell rang. When it did, I quickly made my way out of the room to find Kallen.
"Hey Shirley." a voice behind me said.
I turned around to see Lelouch, and for some reason he looked nervous.
"Yes Lelouch?" I replied back, felling my cheeks start to burn as I blushed. I quickly noticed that he was also blushing.
"I'll get to see you again right?" He asked while staring at the floor.
"Of course Lelouch, Kallen already said I could hang out with you guys." I replied back.
A look of relief immediately filled Lelouch's face.
"That's good, well I guess I'll see you later then." He said happily.
"Bye Lelouch." I said and watched him as he left down the hall.
I looked back and saw Kallen walking up to me. "Hi Kallen!" I shouted to her.
"Hi Shirley, let me see your schedule so I can help you get to your next class." She began. "Cool, you have computers with me in Room 119, its right across from here." She explained.
I followed her into the classroom; there were computers all along the wall as well as on the desks. We chose two desks near the door and sat down. Once we were settled, Kallen looked at my schedule again.
"I don't think anybody else has history 3rd hour, or art 4th hour, so you'll be on your own." She said. "But don't worry, I'll show you where they are since I have Choir 4th hour and the Choir room is right beside the art room." Kallen said, pausing for a moment to look at my schedule. "Hmm…, everybody has P.E. 5th hour and you'll have English with Lelouch and Gino. Last hour you have Algebra with Gino and me." She added, handing me the schedule back.
"Wow, that's a lot to remember." I said rubbing my forehead jokingly.
"Don't worry, you'll get into the gist of it and then it will be easy." Kallen replied.
"I hope so." I added.
"So, have you meet Suzaku and Euphemia yet?" Kallen questioned curiously.
"Yeah, Lelouch introduced me to them." I started to blush again when I thought about what Lelouch said to me before he left. I looked up to see Kallen laughing. "What?" I asked intently.
"You like Lelouch, don't you?" She said slyly.
"What?" I said, trying hard not to yell. It's a good thing I didn't or else I would probably have gotten some attention. However I couldn't stop from blushing like a tomato.
"Yep, you do like Lelouch." Kallen said cheerily. "But don't worry, I'm not gonna tell him. I have a crush on Gino, so don't be embarrassed about it." She added with a smile.
I was really glad she didn't make a big deal about it. Soon the bell rang again and Kallen showed me where my next class was. "See you after class!" she shouted as she left.
"Bye Kallen." I said and quietly slipped into the classroom, sitting down at a desk in the corner of the room. I didn't pay attention to the teacher at all. I was too busy thinking about my new friends. I think Kallen and I are gonna be really good friends. Euphemia seems nice too, and Suzaku will probably warm up to me eventually. Then there's Lelouch. I've only known him for one day and already I like him, and well why shouldn't I? He's really good looking and really nice too. I'm feeling very lucky to have made so many friends on my first day. Mom would be proud of me.
"Excuse me, what's your name?" someone behind me asked.
"Huh?" I said bluntly.
I was really caught off guard by this since I was thinking about my new friends and not paying attention. So I hadn't noticed that someone came in late and was sitting behind me. I turned around to find a boy that looked about 16 or 17.
"What's your name?" He asked again, sounding a bit annoyed that I hadn't answered the first time. He didn't look very nice at all, but I tried to be friendly.
"My name's Shirley." I replied back. "And yours is?"
"The name's Luciano Bradley." He said arrogantly while flexing his muscles.
I really don't like guys like that. They think that they are all big and bad and that every girl wants to go out with them. It makes me sick.
I tried to ignore him and go back to thinking, but he wouldn't leave me alone. He kept on flirting and flirting, it was driving me crazy. I was so happy when the bell finally rang, and I ran as quickly as I could to find Kallen. Unfortunately, I wasn't quick enough.
"So Shirley, do you wanna go out with me?" He asked in a presumptuous voice.
I was really stunned by this! Nobody had asked me out before, and this was the first time I met him. I was scared to say no, but I didn't want to go out with him since I really didn't like him at all. Luckily for me before I could reply, Kallen came to my rescue.
"I gotta go; my friend is waiting for me." I replied and ran over to where Kallen was standing. Thank goodness Kallen was there!
"Hi Shirley, are you ready to go?" She called out cheerfully to me.
I smiled back to her and we headed over to the Fine Arts Building. I decided not to tell her what happened just yet, I will in time though. I made a mental note to tell her at lunch.
Once we got there, we went our separate ways; I went into the art room and Kallen headed to the Choir room.
The art teacher, Mr. King, seemed really nice.
"Since this is your first day, I'll let you draw anything you want. Please turn it in when you're done." He said.
I decided to go ahead and finish the drawing of my old house since I was almost done anyway. It took me about five minutes to finish it, I walked up to Mr. King's desk and turned it in.
He picked up my drawing and looked at it curiously. "Wow, what's your name?" He asked.
"Shirley." I replied.
"This sketch is really great. I think that you have a lot of potential." He began. "It will great to have you in my class this year Shirley." He said as he looked at my drawing.
The praise caused me to blush brightly. When the bell rang I walked out and found Kallen outside waiting for me.
"Let's go to lunch!" she said cheerfully.
I think that this will be a great year.
END OF CHAPTER
