Chapter 2:
Mikan woke up early to fix breakfast for her and her dad. It was a bright Monday morning and she looked around the house, and she began to think the night before her mom and dad separated. Her parents thought she was already sleeping but she woke up in the middle of the night and felt like she needed to go to the bathroom, on her way she heard her mom and dad talking, she suddenly heard her name, she sided on the wall before her parent's room.
"Shizu, this cant be happening, Mikan is already having a regular life and she does not need this." Yuka said.
"I know Yuka, but its happening and we can't let this pass." Shizu said.
"What do you mean we can't let this pass? We can and you know that. We managed to keep a simple life, without having them interfere." Yuka said.
"Interfere? Them?" Mikan thought.
"I'm sorry Yuka, but this time we can't ignore the facts anymore. She showed some signs already when that man approached her outside her school." Shizu said.
"Oh yeah! There was this man waiting outside for me at school one day and tried to reach for my forehead but when he was getting near, something stopped him. How weird." Mikan thought again.
"Fine! I love you, but if this is the choice that you've made, I won't be around to see our only daughter go through that phase." Yuka said.
"And what do you mean by that?" Shizu's voice became louder.
"Lets get a divorce and you can bring her to that damn school and damn place" Yuka said.
And that was it. Her parents got a divorce even if Mikan knew how much her parents loved each other.
Mikan shrugged and continued to set up the plate. She heard her dad coming down.
"Mikan?" her dad called.
"Here dad!" Mikan called.
Shizu entered and went to sit at his chair, "Are you ready for school?"
"Hmm… ah yeah dad, but can you tell me something about that school? I searched the net but could not see anything about Alice Academy; I mean how weird that is. I heard from mom, that you and her went there. It must be an old school." Mikan said.
"Hmm… yes, very old. But you'll just see but I know you'll have lots of friends and you'll have fun! You always do. You've always been popular." Shizu said.
"I hope so…" Mikan said quietly.
"Oh well, you have to go now. Thanks for the breakfast dear! Have a safe drive going to school.
Mikan was walking at the door already and said, "Okay, I'll see you later"
Mikan strolled around the neighborhood; the school was easy to find, not because it was a really big school but well it was the only school here and she was wondering now, how this school was not popular when it was so big and classy that it had security guards at every block of the school.
Her car was now at the front gate and a security guard approached her.
"Name please and registration slip?" he security guard asked
"Uhm.. yes, wait,." Mikan was rummaging with her bag when another car honked at honked at her. The security guard signaled the other driver to wait and Mikan already handed the forms.
"Okay, you may enter now. Please have your car registered as well." The security guard said.
"Uh.. okay. Thanks" Mikan said weirdly and thought to herself, "Even a car needs to be registered?"
She was looking for a parking when she recognized another car slipped right thru her, and she recognized that it was the car that honked at her. It was a silver BMW 2008 series and it had 4 passengers, the one that was driving just looked at her, as if she was being examined and the other 3 was just laughing around.
"Great! I'm a new student and they must think I'm this weird girl who would transfer at the middle of the school year. Oh well, I have to get this over and done with." Mikan found a parking space and hopped out of her car. Not that disappointed, her dad was right most of the kids had similar cars to what she has, so cool she thought, she would not stand out.
She took out her registration form and went to her first class, she opened the classroom door and only saw an empty chair at the back of her classroom. She entered and she knew other students were staring at her back. She sat at the vacant chair at the back and took out her Ipod and patiently waited for the teacher to arrive.
She was deeply occupied with her music when she heard the door slammed, and saw the four people she saw earlier. Back to her old school, it was her who walked with the most popular people and she was so happy to be bubbly and fun, so opposite of what she was not, shy and timid. The guy who stared at her was now standing in front of her, staring again, and she hated it. She was about to stand and ask him what his problem was when the teacher entered the room.
"Hey Natsume! Take your seat some place else" Narumi said. "New girl, please come here and introduce yourself"
"So the name's Natsume, you heard the teacher so can you please step aside" Mikan said irritated.
Few students gasped but the other 3 just remained calm and took their place. Meanwhile, Natsume continued to stare.
Mikan walked towards the front of the room, she took a deep breath and said, "Good Morning everyone! My name's Mikan Sakura and I hope to be friends with you all." She smiled and once she smiled she got the attention of the boys.
"Wow! You've already got yourself a fan club" one guy shouted.
"Koko please stop reading everyone's mind" Narumi said.
"Cant help it" Koko smirked.
Mikan thought, "reading other's mind?"
"You bet that's right girl" Koko said smiling widely.
Mikan was surprised when she heard another student, "What's your alice Mikan?"
Before she was able to answer, Narumi cut her off and said, "She would still need to take the assessment test like the rest of you did and so that question is unanswerable at the moment. You may take your seat now Mikan"
School discussion was really boring for Mikan, although not because of the lectures but she just cant help it that she is very bright. Just from reading a book, she absorbs everything and when it already came to discussion, she already knew it. Break time came and she didn't know who to hang out with. Luckily, most of the girls in her class approached her.
"Hey! Mikan right? I'm Anna and this is my friend Nonoko, would you like to join us for lunch?" Anna said.
"Um..yeah sure! Thanks for asking" Mikan smiled sweetly.
"No problem" Nonoko said.
They were headed to the school cafeteria and as soon as they got their food, Nonoko led them to their table. Mikan was surprised since she thought she was only eating with Anna and Nonoko, but there were other people around.
"Mikan, here's the rest of the gang. This is Yuu, our class president, Koko, uhm I believed you encountered him earlier, Sumiere and Luna, cheerleaders" Nonoko said.
"Hi guys! Nice to meet you" Mikan said.
"Sorry I'm late guys! What did I miss?" a guy, black hair, blue eyes, tall, claimed Mikan's seat, at first did not even noticed her.
"Hey Kazu, move out…" Anna said
"Huh?" Kazu said and looked up at Anna when for the first time he saw Mikan.
"Stop your drooling! Mikan this is Kazu" Sumiere said laughing
"Hi!" Mikan said and Kazu just gave her a nod and moved besides Koko.
Everyone was asking Mikan how her first day is like, if she was enjoying and asking her how life is like in the city. But Mikan only noticed one thing…. Natsume!
Anna followed her gaze…. As well as the rest…
"Natsume has been staring at you since… but don't get near him too much. We are all friends you know, we used to hang out as one group but they just decided to cast their selves out. We don't know the reason and just to let you know, no matter how many girls confessed to those guys there especially to Natsume, they never paid attention. I was one of the girls who confessed to Natsume, but to no avail. Sumiere was one to confess to both guys there…" Luna said.
"The blonde guy that Ruka and the other is Mochu. Imagine I was both rejected" Sumire said rolling her eyes
"Hmmm… and who is the other girl? I think I've met her before." Mikan said.
"Oh that girl? Her name is Hotaru. She's a cold one." Kazu said.
"Did you just say Hotaru?" Mikan asked back.
"Yep! I said Hotaru! What's up?" Kazu asked.
"Uhm.. nothing. Well thanks for the advice guys." Mikan said cheerfully.
The gang spoke of another topic and once in a while she would look at the other table and she would still see the crimson eyes staring back at her.