Hi guys! I actually forgot to include an author's note in the previous chapter. So here it is.
I hope you'll enjoy reading and feel free to let me know what you think.
BTW I don't own Gakuen Alice, but I wish I did.
Chapter two
"Unbelievable! I let you go for just one party without me and you end up in trouble" came the monotonous voice of my best friend from my left side. "Come on Hotaru! It's not my fault that there happen to be a conceited jerk there to ruin my day" I defended myself. Yup. Not my fault at all. Simply bad luck.
Hotaru Imai, my best friend and neighbour ever since I could remember is a genius with a very high IQ, which I rather not know of. We both almost have the same family background which was something that helped our bond to grow stronger despite being opposites in character. Anyone who just met her would think she's someone with a few words, but believe me when you get close to her as I am you'll come to believe that she talks too much when it's not needed the most. So if I'm told to sum up her into two words I'd go with 'money' and 'crabs' . You'll understand why I chose them later.
"So it's not your fault, but bad luck?" she asked as if she knew already. "How did you… Yes! BAD LUCK" This is another amazing thing about Hotaru. She can tell what I'm thinking and I bet she knows everything out there. She's amazing.
"So, nothing you've said so far explains the reason you're wearing all that….crap?" she asked lifting her right eye brow. "Hotaru! First of all my get-up isn't crap and don't use that word in the first place" I whined. "The baggy jeans, the loose T shirt are your usual, but a cap hiding all your hair and fake glasses?" she said, now fully looking my way. The look she's giving me at the minute is creepier than her usual stare as well. I gulped the saliva ball stuck in my throat.
"Well you're not expecting me to go to my new school looking exactly the way I looked like during that party, right?" she should know it by now that I wouldn't.
"Well, didn't someone say that she wouldn't let that guy-with a weird name which she can't recall- affect her in any way?" She's wrong. Of course this isn't mainly because of that jerk. What chances are there for me to run into him again? None, because this is a big city. But think of the chances there are for me to run into at least one of the witnesses who were there. Very high.
"It's the crazy fans I'm avoiding Hotaru. Plus the less attention the better". I said giving her one of my best smiles. "What did your mother say?" she asked surprised. No wonder she's curious. My mom being one of the best fashion designers out there would never let me wear these on my first day. She believes in everything and anything to do with first impressions and all that. "Something came up so she left even before I got dressed" I said grinning. For some reason Hotaru sighed. I still don't see why she's making a fuss about my clothes. I mean I wore the same style back in the village without the cap and glasses that is. It's still almost the same.
"I'm not going to school with you looking like you're about to rob that place. So either you take the cap and glasses off or you walk the remaining steps alone". Believe me she looked serious with her hands crossed in front.
"Ohhhhh, come on Hotaru!" I said while pouting.
'…' No reply means no.
"Ok, but only the glasses. Please let me keep the cap. Please. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease?"
"Idiot" she said while shaking her head. I smiled. Of course Hotaru agrees with me, eventually that is.
"Soooo how's Alice Academy? Is it pretty? Is it spacious? Is it – "
"You'll see for yourself when we get there, so walk BAKA"
"But you came a semester before me and there's still a lot to walk" I hate walking. But for my disguise thing to work properly I should walk to school like a commoner. Oh if only I didn't get involved with all the glaring eyed people at the party I could've arrived to school earlier than this.
"A semester consists of only a few months and whose fault is it that I'm walking too" She's right, a semester is actually a few months only yet I missed her so much back at home.
"Hmmm… How's Ruka-pyon?" Hotaru's eye twitched. Ruka-pyon is also a childhood friend of mine who moved here way before any of us did. Him and Hotaru never really got along very well. Mostly because Hotaru always bugged him and sold his pictures to almost all the girls in our school. I could still picture him running after Hotaru to get those pictures from her. He never succeeded in preventing Hotaru because she always had extra copies with her. I told you that she's a genius. "Nogi is annoying and I still have a good income thanks to him" she said with a smirk. I guess some things never change.
Hotaru suddenly stopped and if I wasn't careful enough I would have knocked both of us down. ALICE ACADEMY, read the huge bold letters on the fancy gate. "Wooow" I released the breath which I unconsciously held while looking at the entrance. There were only a few students hanging out near the school gates. It's still early anyway.
"The office is that way. See you in class" Hotaru said while pointing somewhere and started to walk in the opposite direction. "Hey, aren't you coming with me to the principal's office?" I yelled after her. "I don't want to interfere a family reunion" she said while continuing to walk. She's right. I hadn't seen uncle Kazu, the principal of Alice Academy in a long time. As you may have already figured it out, uncle Kazu is my father's older brother which means that this breath taking school belongs to the Yukiharas. Unbelievable. I didn't expect it to be this dashing, but then again nothing seemed to be happening according to my expectations these days. Well then to the office it is.
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"Come in when I give you the signal Mikan-chan" the man with shoulder length blond hair told me before he smiled brightly at me and went inside the door that said class 2-B. '2-B?' What kind of a method do they use to number classes? I mean this is supposed to be a soon-to-be graduates' class. Anyway I think the blond man from before must be a teacher too. He's kind of cool in his own way even though I had a hard time figuring out whether to call him sir or mam. 'I'm Narumi-sensei' he said when he introduced himself first at the office. He seemed to talk a lot because till we both walked from the office to the class 2-B, he had went on and on about how much I looked like my uncle-when I don't- and how nice his students are. He's a nice person. I bet he's a good teacher too. The problem here is, what kind of signal did he mean? Should I just open the door and go inside rather than waiting for this unknown signal? I decided to go with the first one and for a couple of seconds I thought I came to the wrong place.
THIS cannot be called as a classroom. If Narumi-sensei hadn't called me from behind I would have left the room the second I came in. Not only was the class noisy, but they didn't even notice either me, Narumi-sensei nor the other tall man. "Mikan-chan I'm your homeroom teacher and this is your substitute teacher" Narumi-sensei said while pointing to the timid looking tall man.
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I can't believe this! How can Narumi-sensei do this to me?! Here I am trying to concentrate on what the substitute teacher is teaching and failing miserably. How can I pay attention in the first place when the person I'm itching to punch so badly and give a piece of my mind is actually sitting next to me. And to think that we're partners for the rest of this semester makes me sick to the stomach. Somebody please tell me that this is a nightmare. How did my bad luck turn worse?
Hey again. So hope you liked it. Well then until we meet again, bye.
Sue-chan