Chapter Two
Ocean Avenue
If I could find you now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
I know someway somehow we'll be together
Let your waves crash down on me
And take me away
_Ocean Avenue
By, Yellowcard
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Picking a fight with Koizumi turned out to be one of my fatal mistakes; Koizumi was at the very top of the pecking order, one of the rich kids. And not only was she capable, she was perfectly willing to make my life a living hell. Anna and Nonoko explained it to me after she had left. I was screwed, and they were sorry for me.
"Your first day and you've already became Koizumi's worst enemy." Said Anna quietly as she helped me scrub the remaining soda out of my hair over the bathroom sink.
"What was her deal anyways; I haven't ever seen her in my life, why did she decide to dump her soda on me?" I asked, ducking under the fan.
"Koizumi always hazes the new kids, unless they're rich or handsome." Said Nonoko with a roll of her eyes.
"She went after us too, but that was a year ago." Said Anna, handing me a wad of paper towels.
"What year is she?" I asked, wiping the remaining water droplets off of my forehead.
"She's a Junior I believe." Said Nonoko. I sighed, and tied my damp hair into a bun.
"Looks like I've got my work cut out for me huh?"
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Next class was Home Economics, something that I was usually fairly good at. I picked a window seat in the back at a table that was currently totally unoccupied. I had arrived a bit early, the teacher wasn't in yet, and other than a girl with black hair and cold purple eyes who sat near the front the class was totally empty. I doodled absently on the cover of my notebook while waiting for class to begin. Suddenly I was aware of a pair of eyes on me; I looked up and into the fierce red eyes of a boy, an insanely attractive boy.
"Can I help you?" I asked.
"You're in my seat." He said coldly, his expression didn't change, but he flipped his dark hair back from his face. I gave him an incredulous look.
"I wasn't aware there were assigned spots." I said, not moving from my spot. The boy grimaced.
"Will you just move?" he said, he sounded slightly annoyed, I know noticed more than one pair of eyes on me, including the eyes of Luna Koizumi who had just entered and stood by the door, looking at me with a wicked glimmer in her eyes. I turned my attention back to the boy who was glaring at me with undisguised malice.
"Look." I said, shooting him a pointed glare.
"I've put up with a lot of crap I shouldn't have had to put up with. So if you would kindly move along, that would be great, I'm sitting here today, maybe you can have this spot tomorrow." With a final look of exasperation I went back to my notebook. The boy said nothing more, but pulled out the chair next to me and sat down, keeping his eyes on me the entire time. I made it my personal mission to ignore him, but he wasn't deterred, he kept glaring holes into me as I doodled. Finally, about ten minutes late, the teacher walked in. He was a young man, not nearly as handsome as the boy beside me, but still good looking. With violet blue eyes and long-ish blonde hair, he had a feminine quality about him, a sort of grace that most males didn't possess. I liked him immediately. His eyes fell on me and he smiled.
"You're the new student right? Sakura Mikan?" he asked. I nodded and proffered a nervous smile. He came to my desk and extended his hand.
"It's nice to meet you, I'm Mr. Narumi, the Home Economics teacher." His eyes slid over to the boy next to me.
"I see you've met Mr. Hyuga." He smiled at the boy who simply rolled his red eyes. Mr. Narumi's smile only widened.
"Unfortunately." I said, before remembering I was talking to a teacher. Mr. Narumi only laughed, keeping his eyes on the Hyuga boy.
"He can be quite a handful, but he's brilliant and actually a lot nicer than he'd like other to believe." The Hyuga boy was glaring full force at Mr. Narumi; you could cut the tension in the air with a knife. Mr. Narumi chuckled and made his way to the front desk.
"Alright, we're picking partners." He said. The class groaned, he just smiled. I looked at the Hyuga boy out of the corner of my eye. I hadn't noticed it, but Koizumi was sitting next to him, gazing at him with something akin to adoration. Ah, so she likes him. I thought to myself. Seems appropriate somehow. Mr. Narumi was calling out names at the front of the class, pairings were boy/girl and he was working his way from the front, starting with "Imai" the purple eyed girl, being partnered with "Nogi" an attractive blond haired boy. Why didn't I choose to sit next to him? I thought scowling. Mr. Narumi finally got to the back row, pairing Luna up with a spiky haired blond boy who looked friendly enough his name was Kitsuneme I immediately felt bad for him. I felt worse for myself a minute later when I was paired up with the Hyuga boy. Koizumi looked absolutely furious about this, I shook my head. This was going to be a long school year.