Pen to Paper

Title: Pen to Paper
Rating: PG
Pairings: You'll see.
Summary: An assignment of two schools brings together some of the most unlikely people.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own the WWE or any of the characters used. Wish I did, though, that would be awesome!
Note: I've had this idea for a long time… it's only just come into fruition. The idea actually came from two books called Finding Cassie Crazy (which I definitely recommend) and Feeling Sorry for Celia (which I also recommend). Oh, and I'm pretty much going to focus on mainly three girls and three boys, but other people will get mentions – big and small – in this story.

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The next time they walked into the classroom, they'd received replies.

A box was set up on Miss Moretti's desk again, only this time, what was inside? Were envelopes addressed to them from Westfield High. Giggling to themselves, the girls walked up to their teacher's desk, one-by-one, hunted around in the box and discovered their very own letter. Jackie unfolded her letter as soon as she sat down in her desk, eyes locked onto what was written.

It was from a boy named "Alex Shelley".

Hey babe,

My name is Alex Shelley, if you're unable to read it at the bottom of this letter. (Insert a flirtatious line here where I say 'remember it now, because you'll be screaming it later?' Heh.) Just call me Alex, or 'lex… everyone else does.

Interests, eh? Well, here's a few: Art, music, talking, cut-up black t-shirts and leather jackets – rock and roll, baby, I frigging love it! Something else I frigging love is photography – whether it's digital cameras or video cameras… chuck me one and I'll be in heaven. Me and my buddy Kevin Nash are like crimebusters, sometimes we accidentally stumble upon things (like, one time we caught this kid cheating on his girlfriend on tape. So we showed it to her. Funny times. Involved the words "you bastard!" and maybe a slap or two.)

While we're on the subject of nicknames, it's funny how you mention your buddy Rico there… yeah, I know him. Everyone does. He's kind of unforgettable. He creeps me the hell out. For some fucked up – excuse the swearing, but that's what he does to me – reason, he calls me 'Alexis' (don't ask me why, because I have no clue. Alex isn't short for that or anything). He's constantly pinching my butt, and one time? He stole my PE uniform and tie-dyed it pink and purple?

WHAT'S WORSE?

I actually had to wear it!

Boy, did the fellas in gym rag on me for that one. Thanks for that one, Rico!

So you can see I'm not too fond of him. I don't understand how you can manage him, different tastes I guess. Eclectic tastes, at that.

Speaking of which, I've actually seen what you look like before. There was this one time, where Rico had a bunch of photos in class, right? And one guy stole them just to be mean. They wanted Rico to blow his top, go crazy – be a total psycho... underneath all that glitter. But then they actually looked at the photos, saw you and were quite thankful that they'd stolen them.

Yours sincerely,

Alex Shelley

Jackie was already drafting a response in her head. A short, but cheeky one.

Hey Alex?
You never mentioned if you were one of those guys.

- J.G

"How very flirty," Amy commented dryly as she read Jackie's carefully crafted response (from over her shoulder) when she wrote it out on paper. The blonde girl smiled wanly, noticing a sheaf of crumpled piece of paper and a ripped envelope in Amy's hand. "Oh, what does yours say?" She tugged it out of her friend's clenched fist.

Hey private school slag,

Fuck off and die.

I put your letter through an incinerator. Write to me again? The same thing will happen to you.

Love, Chris Jericho.

xoxo

"I'm not replying," was all Amy said as Jackie folded it up and handed it back to her. But Jackie knew she would – she could tell the redhead would attempt to get the last word, she always tried to whenever she got into fights with anyone (Trish Stratus could first-hand tell you that).

And predictably, Amy did. Her response was just as "childish" as her first.

Hey buddy, I don't seem to have come in contact with any incinerators lately. Try again.

Amy smirked as she slipped it into an envelope and dropped it into the box at the front of the classroom, only imagining what the boy would reply with. Maybe some more threats? She didn't know, but the game was fun – she was enjoying it immensely. She'd continue playing it as long as she could.

Across the classroom, Maria was reading her letter.

I'm CM Punk.

Don't bother asking what the CM stands for; chances are you won't find out.

I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs… I'm straight-edge. That likely makes me better than you.

I actually have (yeah. Illegal. Shut up. You snitch and I'll hurt you.) a lot of tattoos, hair that I dye too often, and plenty of piercings. And all you're gonna get, babe, is who I am.

She stared at it for awhile, a little confused about what to write next. He both interested her and freaked her out at the same time. Her friend Mickie noticed her difficulty in writing back a response, and looked over from her table beside her. "Ri… what's wrong?" The so-called 'ditz' passed her the letter she'd received from a one 'CM Punk'. Mickie read it quickly with succession, then looked Maria directly in the eye.

"Meet him."

"No way!"

"Scared?"

"…no."

"Aw, poor Maria is scared of Mister Punk." Mickie teased, poking her tongue out at her friend.

"I am NOT!"

"So," Mickie shrugged her shoulders as she turned back to her own letter, scribbling something down on a piece of paper as she talked. "Go and meet him. See what the hell his deal is."

Maria looked back down at her letter for a moment. Words like 'don't bother', 'better than you', 'shut up' and 'I'll hurt you' stood out to her, swimming before her very own eyes. She was piqued by curiosity, and overcome by not wanting to back down from the challenge handed to her by her best friend.

"Fine, I will!"

Then she started to write a response.

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It's really short, I know, I just wanted to get up the guys' responses. Longer chapter next time for sure… I have lots of ideas planned for the characters (especially Maria and Punk), so stay tuned!