Note: I do NOT own Galactik Football!!!
Tia had given up on eating her lunch, instead she began reading her timetable and was trying to figure out where her next class was when the guy - that she had been drooling over - from earlier came up to her. She was in such a deep contraction that she hadn't realise that the guy was there until he spoke.
'Sitting alone?' Tia looked up, startled. But calmed down when she recognise who it was that was smiling down on her.
'Yeah. And you came over here because…'
'You're sitting alone.' He observed, sitting down in the chair next to her, like he was one of her mates or something.
'Fair enough.' Tia commented, she couldn't help but wonder why he was being nice to her.
'I don't think I caught your name,' he indicated. She looked at him.
'I don't think I caught yours.' She responded, the guy laughed lightly with a cheeky grin on his face.
'Rocket.' He answered, holding out his hand for her to shake.
'Tia.' She shook it and felt a shiver go down her back the minute she felt his soft, warm hand. Both of them didn't realise they were shaking hands for a long time because they were both just staring at each other; trying to figure something out.
'So what's your next class?' he asked and finally let each other's hands go.
'Um, Spanish in Room 101.' She stuttered out when she got her senses back and looked at the time table to see what she said was right.
'Isn't that ironic? Same here. I'll walk you.' Tia was going to decline but then she realised she had no idea on how to get there, so she thanked him.
Rocket and Tia were on their way to class walking side-by-side. Despite walking in a hallway fall of other students -chatting or laughing to each other- Tia and Rocket felt like they were in a sound proof room, as they walked in an awkward silence.
'So, why don't you tell me about yourself?' he suddenly asked, trying to break through the ice.
'There's not much to tell really. I'm obsessed with music, I can read people easily-'
'Huh? What do you mean by 'you can read people easily'?' Rocket interrupted when she said that last bit.
'What I mean is, just by looking at someone I can tell what they're thinking.' She answered, as if it was the most common thing the in the world, while Rocket expression gave a different impression.
'What so you're psychic?'He asked uncertainly, feeling a little bit scared now.
'Not exactly.' She answered but instead of making Rocket more scared; he became more interested.
'Yeah. So what's that person thinking?' he pointed to a girl wearing all-black and was reading a book. Tia examined the person for a few moments before replying.
'Are you smart?' she asked him, looking away from the person to Rocket again.
'Define 'smart',' he replied.
'I'll just do someone easier.' Tia scanned the hallway quickly; there were so many people she didn't know who to pick. 'That person with the green hat and purple top.' She instructed, pointing to the other side of the hall way.
'Yeah. Go on…'He inquired, starting to get more excited now.
'She's thinking about a guy, she just broke up with him because she found out he was gay.' As she said it, Rocket stared at the other girl and could only raise his eye brows in wonder and shock.
'Really?'He exclaimed. Tia nodded and watched, as he walked over to the girl. When he was walking back to Tia, he had a grim expression on his face.
'Well?' Tia asked. Curious to how Rocket would react to her unique gift.
'That's creepy.' He acknowledged, making Tia laugh.
'Who's that?' Tia asked pointing to a girl with long brown hair wearing a pink top and a pink skirt. Noticing the girl that Tia was indicating to, Rocket's expression turned grim.
'That's Mei. She's like the school's most popular girl. She's not smart and is a real drama queen but let me tell you, she can play football,' he replied, praying she wouldn't come over.
'And she's your ex-girlfriend,' Tia stated rather than asking.
'How did you know that?' He asked dumbly, before smacking himself mentally on the head. You didn't need to able read people to see he felt uncomfortable around Mei now.
'Judging by her expression and the way she's walking up to us right now, it's not hard to catch.' Rocket looked to see Mei walking up to them with a cheeky grin on her face.
'Seriously, you have to stop doing that, it's creepy,' Rocket joked and she laughed.
'Hey Rocket and…' she drifted off and looked at Tia with a 'who do you think you are messing with my boyfriend' look even though they had broken up. Tia couldn't help but roll her eyes. She really hated girls like her.
'This is Tia. She's new here and I'm showing her around,' Rocket simply stated as if he knew her forever and put his arm around her which gave her goose bumps. She could see Mei's face twist in anger and shuffle from one foot to the other which made Tia laugh to herself.
'Oh…well, hi,' she said in a disgusted tone. Tia wasn't going to take no crap from her and decided to take action.
'Hi. You're Mei, his ex-girlfriend, am I right?' Tia said with the emphasis on the 'ex' part which really annoyed Mei.
'Yeah, well. You know how things go. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy but it doesn't always work out.' She said editing the saying that all the 'queens' of all the schools say. Tia had met many of them to know the right version.
'Oh really…I thought the saying was 'boy likes girl, girl likes boy equals sex, is it not?' Tia corrected which really annoyed Mei. Rocket stood there with a huge grin on his face, astounded by the way Tia stood up to Mei. Tia just rolled her eyes and walked away, leaving Mei standing there, speechless. Rocket said a quick 'bye' to Mei and ran after her nearly banging into a few people on the way.
'OK, it's official. You're definitely not like any other girl I've ever met,' Rocket said when he finally caught up to her.
'Why, because I actually stand up to bitches like her?' Tia asked, slightly annoyed at the way he acted just because she stood up to the 'queen of drama'.
'No, because you're not afraid to stand up for yourself and fight for what you believe in. You don't take any crap. You're exactly what this school needs,' he exclaimed.
'Don't expect me to be around for long though,' Tia muttered, hoping he wouldn't hear because then he'd ask why and Tia didn't want to go into that but, unfortunately, he did hear.
'Why?' he asked, not wanting her to leave…ever. He hadn't even known her for a whole day and yet, he wanted to be with her the whole time and never wanted her to leave. He just didn't understand it.
'For the past few years, my Mum and I have moved non-stop. Just when I get used to a place, we move again. That's just the way things are,' she replied reluctantly. She hoped he would leave it at that because she didn't want to give him, or anyone else for that matter, anymore details.
'Oh…' he said with much disappointment in his voice. 'Hopefully they'll both like this place a lot and stay,' he thought to himself, praying it would happen. Then he remembered something and thought it would be a good idea to not only make his move, but also introduce her to everyone else and hopefully convince her to stay.
'Do you know there's a school dance on Saturday?' he questioned, hoping she would say yes even though he wasn't going let her slip through his fingers even if she said no. They were nearly at the classroom but Rocket never wanted to get there. He wanted to stay beside her and learn everything about her. Everything about her family and friends, her past and her hopes for the future. He just wanted to be with her the whole time.
'Is that your way of attempting to ask me,' she stated rather than asking because she could tell by his expression he was trying to build it up and ask her.
'Yeah, pretty much,' he said nervously, praying she would say yes.
'Well, no-' she began but he interfered.
'Great, I'll pick you up at seven. Oh, and you have to wear a dress. Don't worry, I won't stand you up, trust me,' he said knowingly as they entered the classroom but her reply was something he wasn't expecting.
'That's the thing, I don't trust people. I've learned from my own experiences that trusting people is a mistake and I don't trust people anymore,' she said as if it was perfectly normal and sat down at a desk. Instead of questioning her about it, he leaned down on the desk with his face inches from her and told her the truth.
'You know, it's not a matter of deciding whether or not you can trust people, it's who you can trust. Not everyone makes promises and doesn't keep them; there are some people that you can trust. I'm sure someday you'll find someone who you can trust. Promise,' he said and then went over to his desk leaving Tia to stare on in disbelief. She had never met anyone who took such an interest in and someone she was actually interested. 'Maybe I'll be able to trust him,' she thought but quickly shook her head to knock that thought out of her head. 'I'm not going to trust anyone again, it hurts too much,' she tried to convince herself but couldn't help but begin to believe that thought from earlier. He was beginning to annoy her. She never felt like she could trust anyone before and, honestly, it scared her but she couldn't help but like it…
