Chapter 2

Next period was band or music class, Veronica was particularly looking forward to this class. She hoped that they were more pleasant people compared to first period. She sighed as she stood in front of the door. She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply before letting out a sigh. Veronica opened her eyes and walked right inside. There were more girls than boys in the class, though that didn't ease her anxiety. The teacher, a blonde haired woman, noticed Veronica's presence and made her way towards her.

"You must be the new transfer student, right?" She asked, Veronica nodded and showed the woman her schedule, "Alright, Veronica, I'm Ms. Rooney, your music teacher, you can take a seat next to Maya over there in the corner," She said, pointing to where a girl with long, wild dirty blonde hair wearing a black jacket sat. Veronica sighed and made her way towards to back corner, trying to avoid the eyes of the other students. Once she reached to her destination, she pulled up a chair and placed her bag on the ground. The girl next to her was leaning back in her seat, brown eyes on Veronica.

"Hey there scruff," She greeted, surprising Veronica.

"'Scruff'?" Veronica gave the girl a puzzled gazed.

"Sorry, it's just something I say," The girl said, sitting up and leaned forward in her seat, "So your new here, huh?" She asked, Veronica nodded. The girl had a mischievous grin on her lips, "Nice, name's Maya Wilkinson," She said.

"Veronica Hale," Veronica said. Maya's grin widened a bit and she sat up.

"Nice to meet cha, scruff," She said. Ms. Rooney then started the class, much to Veronica's relief. There was something troublesome about that girl. Lunch came around and Veronica was seemingly lost as she stood with a tray in her hand. She gazed around the flooded cafeteria and proceed to walk around. After a few minutes of walking, she saw an empty table and took a seat. If she had continued to look she would have saw Jonathan, sitting at a table all alone. Jonathan had apparently saw her and was tempted to call her, but a thought came to his mind and decided against the idea. He wanted to spare her from becoming an easy target to Bo and his gang, who were flicking plastic forks at him this very instant. She sighed and was about to eat when she saw the girl from her second period make her way towards her.

"Hey there scruff," She greeted, holding her tray. Veronica looked up, genuinely confused.

"Hello...?" She replied, warily. Maya pulled up a seat and place her tray on the table. Jonathan stiffened as he saw that the notorious bad girl, Maya Wilkinson, talking to Veronica. Maya slowly leaned down towards Veronica.

"You're in my seat, scruff," She said in a low voice.

"I'm sorry, but if this were your seat, your name would be on it," Veronica stated, "And if I remember correctly," She turned slightly to look down at the chair, "There's no name on it," Her voice held a innocent tone to it, but Jonathan could hear the brimming sass. A few seconds later, Maya pushed Veronica out of the seat, shocking the girl as the other took a seat. Jonathan was never the type to care for these situations, but even he knew that you don't mess with Maya Wilkinson. Veronica huffed as she stood up, her mint green eyes narrowing at the dirty blonde. The next thing Jonathan saw was the young violinist pushing the notorious bad girl out the seat as she had done to the other. Silence filled the air as everyone saw the whole exchange. Maya stood up, dusting her jacket and had a small stare down with Veronica, who held her ground, although Jonathan could sense by her body language that she was slightly nervous. A minute later, Maya smirked.

"Pretty and gutsy..." She muttered, "I like ya, kid," She said, pulling out a seat.

"I'm sixteen, not a kid," Veronica replied taking a seat, Maya scoffed.

"Yeah, well not a woman either!" The blonde smirked, sitting down next to her. Veronica sighed about to take a bite of her lunch when her eyes made contact with Jonathan's. The boy saw this and averted his eyes. Seeing this she stood up and made her way towards him, peaking Maya's and Jonathan's tormentor's interest.

"What are you doing here?" He asked in a hush whisper, gazing over shoulder to where Bo and his gang sat. Their eyes staring intently on the two.

"I believe that I did say that I'll see you at lunch...well not exactly in those exact words," She mumbled, "But you see my point."

"You shouldn't be near me," He said, "You'll become a target for the others if you get to close," He muttered.

"I don't care about what others think," She answered, "I wanted to be here," Jonathan gave her another look.

"Well you should, they'll make your senior year hell if they see you," He pressed.

"Then I suppose I have to make sure that they don't see me," Jonathan sighed at her words and gazed back over his shoulder. He froze when he saw three burly boys wearing leather man jackets.

"Too late..." He muttered.

"Well you would boys look at his," The leader of the trio started, "Seems like Ichabod had found himself a girlfriend," He said. Veronica tilted her head, confused.

"I beg your pardon?" She asked, "There's not need to sound so arrogant," She said, narrowing her eyes at them.

"Ooh, this ones got fire, boys!" He said as the other two snickered in response.

"Leave her alone, Bo," Jonathan muttered. There was a pause of silence before Jonathan was roughly grabbed by the front of his sweater vest. Veronica gasped as she saw Bo lifting Jonathan with one hand.

"Looks like one beating wasn't enough wasn't it?" He said, Veronica saw that no one was doing anything to stop this. She moved between the two and pushed Bo away from Jonathan.

"Leave him alone!" She said, she faced Bo and his crew gathering everyone's attention, "You sir are the world's biggest cockroach for your unparalleled lack of human decency! You will die friendless and alone!" She turned her back on him and went to help Jonathan, who's eyes were wide open. From the other table, Maya's smirk grew.

"How dare you say that to my boyfriend!" A shrill voice was heard. Veronica turned to see an average blonde cheerleader. She had the snotty and preppy side down, alright...

"Oh, I apologize, but you should teach you boyfriend some mannerism on human aspects," Veronica muttered, though unfortunately Bo heard her.

"What was that, you little bitch?" He seethed, she turned back to Bo, arms crossed.

"Oh good comeback, like I haven't heard that one before," She feigned surprise. Maya then stifled a laugh as this girl was a riot. The dirty blonde stood up, seeing just how awesome this new girl was.

"Man, scruff," She said, slinging her arm around Veronica's shoulder, "You are a riot, we should hang out now..."She said and looked up at Bo and Sherry and their little preppy gang, "You socs better take a chill pill, this one's with me," She said, "And keep in mind that I know where all of you live, wouldn't want another incident like last year right, Sherry girl?" Maya grinned deviously, eyeing the blonde's hair. Instantly, the cheerleader gasped as she grasped her blonde locks.

"You wouldn't!" She exclaimed. Maya merely shrugged.

"Oh please sweetheart," She scoffed, "We all know fully that I would, just for the kicks," She grinned. With that, Sherry huffed, turning on her heels and walked away hastily with Bo and his crew following behind. Jonathan was in shock as to what had just happened. He was an intellectual being, but even his mind couldn't process on what just happened. Did Maya Wilkinson, the school's notorious bad girl just indirectly help him ward off Bo Griggs and his gang just because...she was impressed with Veronica...?

Veronica exhaled deeply, finally dropping the bravado she was trying to keep up and gazed back at Jonathan, "Are you okay?" She asked, sincerely. Jonathan snapped out of his shock.

"I'm fine..." He muttered. His eyes gazed back at her.

"Man, scruff, all of this for a nerd?" Maya asked as she put her arms around the two, Jonathan stiffened. Physical contact was a definite no no, Maya smirked, "Well you two are an odd couple," She said. Veronica took Maya's arm off of her and shook her head.

"No, no," She said, "We're not a couple, we're, in a sense, friends, acquaintances at most," Maya gave the two a look.

"Okay, sure, scruff," She said. The bell rung, signaling everyone to head to their next class, "So what class you got next, scruff?" Maya asked.

"Do you always call everyone 'scruff'? Or is that just your own personal nickname for me?" Veronica mused. Maya merely shrugged, "Well I have History next, with a Mr. Dolton..."She read off her schedule. Maya's expression brighten up as she still had one arm slung around Jonathan.

"Oh would ya look at that, me and Ichabod have to same class with you!" She exclaimed, then gazed down at Jonathan, "Right, Ichabod?" Jonathan scowled at the nickname and grumbled a small "Whatever..." Veronica sighed in relief, knowing that there was going to be two familiar faces in her class eased her anxiety.

"Well then we could walk to class together..." She suggested.

"Yeah! Great idea scruff!" Maya said, a devious plot in mind. Veronica smiled as she stood next to Jonathan, who still seemed to be annoyed with Maya calling him that nickname. The three then proceed to head to their next class.

Hello! Chapter 2 is up! Thank you to The Puppeteer Patient 120402 for the review and DesertMortician for the follow and fave. I'll be making mistakes like that, I'm putting out there that I'm not a professional write, I wish I was though. Also the idea that oc befriends Jonathan and is his only friend is being over used in the fanfics I've read so, I've added more characters that give it that more realistic high school experience. Hope you like this chapter, I'm working on other fics as well so I won't update as fast as you would all like me too.

Edit 5.29.15: I just got the notification of the 3 guest reviews who reviewed this story, for some reason I get the notifications for guest reviews 3 days later, but thank you for the reviews!