I'm glad to see such positive reviews already. :D On the topic of bringing OCs into the fanfic, I've never even thought of doing that. :P Well, since a lot of chapters are already finished, I'll think about adding OCs in the later chapters. If you want to send me a description of your character, shoot me a PM rather than putting them in a review.
The first class was moving so slow; especially since I wanted to get to second period as soon as possible. I really wanted to talk to Kari. She's the first girl I've ever met that I actually had a decent conversation with. Not to mention, she was very cute. She was on my mind the whole time throughout class. Suddenly, I got a whack to the back of my head.
"Ow!" I said holding my head. I looked over and see Dwayne laughing.
"Dude…you were day-dreaming." He said with a grin. "What the hell could you be thinking about on the first day of school? Missing summer already?"
"No….." I said rolling my eyes.
Suddenly, the announcements started and I could not believe whose voice I heard through the speakers.
"Welcome to the first day of the new year everyone!" Kari's voice boomed throughout the school.
"Kari's saying the announcements? I've never seen a new kid do them before" I said out loud.
"Who's Kari?" Dwayne asked, and then I realized I said that out loud.
"She's just a girl I ran into before I came to class." I said like it was nothing. Dwayne grinned though.
"Oh….so she's the one you were day-dreaming about." He let out a quick chuckle. I hit him in the arm.
"Was not! I just met her in the hall." I lied.
"Admit it! You like her. There's nothing wrong with that." He said.
"H.A.! Dwayne! Be quiet during the announcements!" The teacher shouted at us.
"Sorry…" We both said, as Kari finished up with something about a school dance. I really wasn't paying attention to it.
The rest of the class period continued to take an entirety. The clock laughed at me; going as slow as it possible could. As much fun as chemistry will be, I was bored out of my mind right now. All the teacher was talking about was stupid safety procedures and other things. To me, he was rambling on about useless nonsense. I glanced back at the clock. Still five more minutes till the class period ends.
"H.A.….." Dwayne whispered.
"Hmmm?" I looked over to his attention.
"Kari and H.A.…sounds like a good couple." He chuckled again. I sighed and turned back around.
Finally the bell rang, and all the kids rushed to leave class, including me.
"Why the rush? Miss your girlfriend?" He snickered.
"You give a guy an inch; he takes a mile." I said trying to ignore him.
I didn't want to say it, but Dwayne was right. I really wanted to see Kari again, and now I could. Next period should be very enjoyable. As I walked to my locker, I saw Kari at hers, and my stomach felt light again. I tried to ignore it, and looked over at her.
"Hey Kari…" I said. She turned and looked at me.
"Hi H.A." She said smiled.
"How was first period for you?" I asked.
"It was O.K., I guess." She said putting some books away in her locker. "What about you?"
"Very ,very boring. I think I could have died of boredom." I said. Kari laughed.
"Well, I hope you don't. You're fun to talk to." She said back.
"Thanks." I said, happy with her statement. "Same goes for you."
"Let's go to class. We'll have all period to talk there." She said grabbing my hand suddenly. I was a bit startled by this, but followed her to class. As we entered the room, I was greeted by Dwayne's jokes yet again.
"So cute…holding hands." He joked. I rolled my eyes once again.
"That's Dwayne." I said sighing. "He can be a jerk sometimes, but he's one of my only friends. I'm sure you met Ian last period, right?"
She nodded. "He helped the time go by faster. We talked about random things all period."
"Cool." I said.
"You know….you can let go of my hand now." She said giggling. I blushed letting go of her hand, and tried to make an excuse for it.
"Hey….you're the one who grabbed my hand first." I said trying not to stutter.
"Yeah, but…you didn't seem to care that I did." She said back. I just shrugged.
"So…what did Ian and you talk about last period?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, just how our summer was basically." She said as we sat down.
"I take it you talked much more than Ian." I chuckled.
She laughed. "No. He actually had a pretty interesting summer."
"What else did you talk about?" I asked. Kari wondered why I was asking all this. Hell, I didn't even know.
"Not much really." She said. I decided to stop asking these random questions and stick with normal ones.
"So….what did you do during the summer?"
"Well….we spent the last two weeks moving out of my house. That was a load of work." She said as I watched Ian walk in the room.
"That had to suck." I looked over at Ian and waved. "Yo!"
"Hey. How was chemistry?" He asked.
"Boring as hell. Ask Dwayne. He'll tell you the same thing." I said.
"Heh….oh hi Kari." Ian said.
"Hey Ian!" She said happily as she stood up and gave him a hug. Then, Ian sat down by Dwayne to talk, and Kari sat down by me again. The sudden show of affection left me curious.
"So…..um….you two got to know each other pretty well last period I assume?" I asked. She nodded.
"Ian's a great guy. I had a lot of fun chatting with him last period." She said smiling.
"Oh….cool…hey! I heard you on the announcements this morning." I said trying to change the subject. Last thing I wanted is her talking about how awesome Ian was.
"Oh yeah. I don't know why the principal came to me, seeing as I'm new here, but I accepted the responsibility. How was I?" She asked.
"Very good. I might actually listen to the announcements this year." Kari laughed again.
"You and Ian are so very alike with your witty comments. Did you listen to them this time?"
"Nah…I didn't know you were going to be doing them. I'll make sure to listen to them tomorrow." I said smiling.
"That's sweet of you." She said.
"I did hear the last thing about a school dance though. Think you could repeat that for me?" I asked. Kari took out a piece of paper and cleared her throat.
"Friday is the Dance of the New School Year. Make sure to bring all your friends and family. Admission is free. The Dance starts at Six." She recited from the paper.
"Very good. You should consider be the announcer next year as well." I said.
"So….are you going to the dance?" She asked me. My stomach felt light at that question. I know where this could be possibly leading.
"Eh…I…I never go to school dances." I mumbled. Kari gave me an odd look.
"Why not?" I just pointed at my tails. "Oh….."
"I sometimes wish I never had them." I sighed.
"I think you would be even weirder being a fox with no tails." She giggled.
"True! You got me there!" I laughed.
"But seriously….don't let people just push you around because of that, H.A." She said.
"I try not to, but it's impossible. I bet I could take being a geek or something and get pushed around by people because I at least have other geek friends. But….with this second tail….everyone pushes me around. You don't see any other two-tailed foxes walking around here." I said with a sigh. "I have three friends in this entire school of over two-thousand kids. Those are pretty bad numbers."
"Your friends are better than everyone else though." She said. "Just because they hang out with you." I felt a sudden build in happiness from her saying this. It's like everything she says to me makes me happy. Wow, I love this girl. Wait….did I just say love!?
"Th-thanks….you know….b-back on the subject of the school dance." I stuttered. She looked at me weirdly.
"What about it?" She asked. I cleared my throat.
"I was just wondering….would you…." I needed to ask this and it get it over with. "Like to go to the dance with me?"
She stared at me with a straight face. It was silent for a minute or two, but she finally spoke. Her answer, I did not like. "Hmmm….you know, Ian asked me that same thing last period." My mind melted. Ian!? No no no no no! Is he moving on to her? This is bad; very bad!
"Oh….I see…." I said with my head down.
"But I turned him down." I lifted my head back up.
"What?" I said surprised.
"I'd love to go with you." She said with a smile. A smile appeared across my face as well.
"Really?" I said with a cheery tone. "But…why'd you turn Ian down?"
"I dunno. You and Ian are so very alike but…." She put her hand through my hair. "There's something about you that I like." And the winner of the happiest person on the planet contest? H.A.! Take a bow!
"So…it's a….it's a…" I stuttered.
"Date? Yeah…it's a date." She said smiling. Suddenly, the bell rang, and we all got up to leave.
"I'll see you later at lunch?" I said. She nodded as she left the classroom. Dwayne ran up to me really quick.
"So! What did you two discuss?" Dwayne asked.
"Well, I've got a date to the school dance Friday now." I said with a smile.
"Damn…really? Congrats dude!" Dwayne said, giving me a high-five. "So…next up gym right? I bet you're so excited for that."
"Oh yeah….great…" I said sarcastically. "Ian? Come on, you're gunna be late to your next class."
He stood up. "I don't get it. I asked her to the dance last period, and she said no. How'd you get her to say yes.?" I knew where this was heading, but I just shrugged.
"Look…don't worry about it too much, bro. There are hundreds of girls in this school. I'm sure one is bound to want-"
"A sexy guy like myself?" He said finishing my sentence for me. I let out a pity laugh.
"Well, I wasn't going there, but yeah." I turned back around. "Now let's get going to class. I don't want to be late to gym. That's like death." Dwayne nodded as we headed off to class. Ian still stood there. He was not happy that Kari turned him down, but gladly agreed to go to the dance with me.
"God damn it…I'll never understand girls. She even said herself that H.A. and I are like the same person…whatever. She probably has some stupid fetish for two-tailed animals or something." He laughed as he left the classroom. "Yeah…that's it."
I'm thinking about updating Thursday and Monday for a few weeks just to get chapters up. So, you'll be seeing a new chapter Thursday!
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