Chapter 2

Me: Sorry for the long-ish wait guys! I've been vacationing on the other side of the world so again, so sorry.

Kashino: You better be.

Ichigo: Stop being so mean Kashino!

Kyle: So... what is this?

Violet: This better not be stupid.

Me: Oh gosh. Let's just... start.

Lauren: Sammy does not own anything from Yumeiro Patissiere!

After what felt like an eternity of greetings, we finally started class.

"A Group, please come to my desk. I need to talk to you and the Exchange students." Ms. Pollos called as she dismissed everyone else.

The three of us, Kyle, Lauren and I, walked to her desk, nervous of what she would say.

"Yes, Ms. Pollos?" I asked.

She stands up from her chair and clears her throat as she straightens her glasses.

"Violet, Kyle and Lauren, please meet your fellow group mates."

"... Group mates?" I ask.

Then I realize someone else said the same thing.

I turn around and see the Kashino character. He looks as shocked as I am.

"We don't need any group mates." We say at the same time.

We both look at each other. "Quit copying me!"

We exchange glances. "Can you stop that!"

We exchange glances again. "Ugh!"

Everything we said was in sync.

We both roll out eyes, cross our arms, and turn around.

"... What..." Kyle trails.

"Just happened...?" The bubbly girl, Ichigo, finished.

Kyle and Ichigo exchanged glances.

The black-haired guy, Andou, said,"Sensei- I mean, Ms. Pollos, why do we have to... Share our place as A Group?"

"Well.. As you may or may not know, the United States Saint Marie Campus is fairly new." She says. We all spontaneously nod.

"We don't have enough students to make another class just for the exchange students."

We all nod again.

"What the student board has proposed is that both A Groups should compete for the spot. The winners stay as A Group but the losers must be separated and placed into lower group levels. Though for the time being, you all will be considered as A Group members."

"WHAT?!" I yell out. The classroom goes silent and people's eyes drift on me. I feel myself getting hot.

"What?" I repeat, more quietly this time.

"What, don't think you can do it?" Hanabusa smirks.

"Excuse me?" I glare at him.

"Now now children, settle down." Ms. Pollos chides.

"Ms. Pollos, this girl is so sure she's going to lose. Might as well just give it to us." Kashino says smoothly.

"THAT DOES IT." I shout. I start walking up to him, but I feel someone holding me back.

"Hey now, Violet. Calm down. You don't want to make them feel unwelcome, do you?" Kyle says quietly.

I turn around and stare at him but he wouldn't meet my eyes. Then I realize the class was gathered around us in a circle, trying to see what was happening.

"Let's, um, calm down guys..." Ichigo says.

"Yeah, please." Lauren says moodily. "Sound crew is having a dress rehearsal for the Grand Prix next month and I can't be late."

"I can't believe you exchange students! You guys are horrible!" I shout, still mad.

"And I can't believe you Americans! You guys are worse than us!" Kashino yelled back.

"Enough!" Ms. Pollos says firmly.

I glare at the exchange students. They were worse than I thought.

"Violet, go to the headmaster's room. You're going to report to him of your actions and go to detention next morning tomorrow and at lunch. You are making too big if a deal of this situation." Ms. Pollos says sternly.

"But-" I trail.

"No buts, Violet! You've gone too far. Just go to the headmaster's."

I looked at the newbies and I could see Kasino smirking. Hanabusa was smiling innocently and Andou and Ichigo were wide-eyed and speechless, not sure what to do.

I closed my eyes and tried to calm down. This was too much. I'd only been sent to detention a couple of times, and I never expected to be there again because of some lousy exchange students.

I could feel tears welling up in my eyes when suddenly the bell rang. School was out. Saved by the bell.

Students rushed out after Ms. Pollos waved them off while writing on a pink detention slip. The exchange students stalk out. Lauren is already off, probably to sound crew. Only Kyle, I and the teacher are left in the room.

She hands me the paper and I grab my bag, slinging it over my shoulder. I start towards the door, not looking forward to my appointment with the headmaster.

"Wait, Violet!" Kyle calls for me.

"Just.. Go away." I say, mad at him for sticking up for the exchanges.

"Oh, come on. You can't seriously be mad at me for this."

I turn around. "Yes, I can." I can feel my throat burning.

"Wow. Fine. Totally mature." He rolls his eyes.

"Whatever." I say, trying to sound like I don't care. Of course, that fails because my voice cracks and my vision is blurry from tears.

He says something else and starts walking to me but I run away before he can finish.

I had to go to the headmaster's but it wasn't going to turn out well if I was crying my eyes out. Instead, I ran for the bathroom.

As I turned the corner, I ran into someone, literally. I fall back and hit the floor.

"Whoa there!" Someone says.

I wipe my eyes and standing in front of me is a guy, a little taller than me, with grey eyes, black hair, and well, cool shoes.

Of course, the only reason I noticed his shoes were because they were a pretty shade of violet, my favorite color. Naturally.

He extends his hand. "You okay?" He asks.

"Uh..." I'm at a loss for words. He seemed familiar, but not. And, yes, he was also pretty cute.

"Sorry about that.." He trails as I grab his hand and he pulls me up.

"Oh, it's fine." I blush.

"Are you... crying?"

"Um... Well, I was." I reply.

"What happened?" A truly concerned face took over his complexion.

"I.. I don't really want to talk about it."

"Oh, yeah. Sorry." He grins sheepishly. "My name is Nick, by the way. I'm an exchange student from the Japan campus." He holds out his hand.

"Oh. Hi." I say awkwardly. I shake his hand and smile shyly.

"You don't talk much, do you?" He says, staring into my eyes.

"Uh..." I wanted to say that I actually do talk, quite a lot, but the words couldn't come out.

"Well, I've got to meet up with the other exchanges, see you sometime." He nods briefly and starts walking around the corner. I stand their dazed. I never froze up like that before. What was happening?

"Hey wait! I forgot to ask what your name was!" He calls and I hear him turning back.

I run to the bathroom before he can catch me. As soon as I get in, I dash into a stall and close the toilet seat, just sitting there.

I hear high heels clicking and clopping outside and then entering the bathroom. The person is on the phone.

"Yeah I just met this totally cute guy this morning in French!" She gushed. I recognize the voice immediately. It was Rachel Jewels.

"I think he's like, totally into me. And, his dad owns like this like huge company."

I want to get out of here, but a part of me was curious.

"Yeah! We're like totally gonna be together." She says to the other side of the line.

"Who? Oh, it's this exchange student! Um like Nick or something."

Nick? As in Nick with violet shoes? Wow. Coincidences much.

"Uh huh. Yeah, I'll like, talk to you later." She ends the call and starts washing her hands. Then I hear her grab a few napkins and dry off.

I wait until I don't hear any clicking heels before I come out.

I felt a pang of jealousy but that wasn't my biggest problem right now.

Life was definitely getting better. Hint the sarcasm.

I washed my face an dried off before heading off to the headmaster's office.

"Hey Mrs. Green." I say cooly, trying to cover up any signs of crying. She's the secretary.

"Hello, Violet. I hope you're not in trouble?" She says questionably.

"Ah," I scratch the back of my head, "Well..." I hand her the pink slip an she sighs after reading it.

"Honestly, you've got to learn how to control that temper of yours." She says motherly.

"Thanks mom." I roll my eyes.

We both laugh. She was basically like my mother, I didn't have one anyways. Long story, maybe for another time.

"Well, the exchange students are meeting the should be done just about... Now."

On cue, 5 people come out. Ichigo, Kashino, Hanabusa, Andou and Nick.

Ichigo waves. "Hi! It's you again." She smiles blindly. I smile slightly.

"Oh. You're here." Kashino mumbles.

I glare at him.

"Ah, it's the outspoken American." Hanabusa states. But he smiles jokingly.

"Oh, yeah, hey flower boy." I say dully.

Andou nods politely at me and I do the same.

"Whoa! We meet again." Nick flashes a huge smile. I wanted to melt on the spot.

"Uh... Hi." I feel myself getting hot and blushing. I look down at my shoes while they leave.

Mrs. Green raises her eyebrows and smiles, tapping her long nails on the desk.

"Don't look at me like that!" I blush even more.

Suddenly I hear a beep. "Send in my next appointment please, Mrs. Green." Headmaster says over the intercom.

"Yes, sir." She replies, holding the button down to send the message.

I walk to the door to his office and take a deep breath. My mother, when she was alive, always said to tell the truth. And that was what I was going to do, no matter how small or big the problem was.

Of course, in this case it was small, compared to the other things I've done.

I slowly opened the door.

"Hi Dad.."

Me: Well, okay. Not my best.

Violet: DAD?!

Me: Shush! The others don't know yet!

Kyle: Know what?

Me: Um... Nothing.

Thanks for the reviews!

They really do motivate me to write :D

1) tophaintweak: thanks for being the first reviewer! I already PMed you and everything but to others who are wondering: No spoilers ;)

2) Lydia-sun-to-moon-days: This story wouldn't fit into the plot line of the anime, so for now I'm going with them in their 2nd year of middle school, with Kashino & Ichigo not together yet. I was thinking about writing about their 2 years in Paris, but I don't know enough about the culture there to give them justice. And since I live in the US, it's much easier to express culture accurately.

nightowl880: I'm a teen writer as well! Definitely not a professional but I like writing fanfiction to practice. Honestly, I have the same opinion as you concerning that every piece of writing should be well written. It annoys me when fanfics aren't taken seriously and there are an infinite amount of mistakes. One or two are okay, but a lot of mistakes distract the reader from the story. That's my view on it anyways. As for my organization, I have to agree that it needs work. Thanks bunches for the positive review. Btw, I don't mind long comments, I do the same :)

Well, that's it for this chapter! I promise the wait won't be as long. Highschool is coming up and I have a huge math placement test with 90 plus lessons I need to learn in 10 days so please don't blame me if I don't update within the next 10 days! I won't abandon this though, so no worries on that.

Until the next update!

-Sammyy