The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship...
An AU world where Caleb is a transfer student at Heatherfield from a very isolated, Eastern part of Russia. Of course, as a transfer student, he needs a place to stay… The characters are a little older here; all of them are now juniors (16 years old). Please remember to read and review, and don't be too harsh - although constructive criticism would be appreciated.
Disclaimer...
Q: How dare you use W.I.T.C.H. as a basis for your story! Don't you know you need permission for that?
A: Permission? (blank) It's fanfiction. And I don't get permission from something I don't earn money from; unless the creators/directors/producers of W.I.T.C.H. decide they love my plot and just can't live without it, and pay me money for this! (laughs)
When We Meet, Sparks Fly
"Jeez, Hay Lin, that was really fast," Cornelia remarked, as they came out of Mrs. Knickerbocker's office.
"I know, I can't believe your parents are allowing you to let a transfer student stay," Hay Lin remarked. "And then, I can't believe how quickly Mrs. Knickerbocker accepted your family as the host family."
"She was so surprised though, that I came. I wonder why. It was as if she didn't expect me to volunteer."
Hay Lin laughed. "Well, you aren't exactly the most sociable person, Cornelia."
Cornelia glared at the younger girl.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry," Hay Lin said, whilst putting her hands up for emphasis. "But the strange thing is that she didn't expect two girls to enter the room."
"Whatever," Cornelia said.
"Hey, I'm serious. Anyway, where's the new student going to sleep?"
"Oh, probably in my room. My mom and dad wouldn't let a stranger sleep in Lillian's room, and they think it's too inhospitable to let her sleep on the couch."
As they walked out, they found the gang waiting for them.
"God, you guys are still here?" Cornelia said in disbelief.
"Well, duh! What kind of girl do you take me for?" Irma sang.
Cornelia glared at her.
"Ooh, easy with the eyes Corny. They're killing me," Irma joked.
"It's meant to," she replied icily.
"Hey, chill you too," Will said, anxious to prevent Cornelia from lashing out.
"Somebody could get killed," Nigel said. Again, everyone turned to stare at him.
"You know, it's getting tiring to have everyone stare at every comment I make," Nigel complained.
That didn't make anything else better for him.
"So, where're you going, Cornelia?" Taranee asked, anxious to change the subject and give her boyfriend a little less attention from her peers.
"Isn't it obvious? Corny's off to the skating rink!" Irma interrupted.
Cornelia simply glared at her again. "No, I'm not. As a matter of fact, I have to go tend to my plants."
"Your – plants? Oh, your plants," Elyon remembered that Cornelia was an avid gardener, which was the only reason why she was taking the pure sciences. She wanted to major in environmental science.
Cornelia nodded. "I haven't seen them for a long while."
The guys stared stupidly at her.
"You – garden?" Matt said stupidly.
"But you – hate dirt – right?" Martin asked stupidly.
"Hard to imagine you with dirt," Eric blurts out stupidly.
"I thought only my granny gardened," Nigel comments stupidly.
"How stupid," Elyon whispered to Cornelia.
"Hey, you guys, stop stereotyping Cornelia," Hay Lin said defensively.
"Right," they chorus again, just as stupidly as before.
"I'm done with all that stupidness," Cornelia throws her arms up in surrender. "I'm walking home."
The guys still stared at her stupidly as she left the school compound.
Caleb wasn't happy at all.
Who would be, if this was going to be his last night partying with his pals?
Yet, even with all the partying, Caleb still couldn't fully enjoy it, because he was really – well – sad. He didn't want to leave.
It wasn't as if he had a choice now, was it?
Suddenly, his father's voice was heard. With all his luck, his father was probably crashing the party to tell him some stupid and petty news.
"Caleb, great news!" his father panted as he appeared next to his son.
"What's it now, dad?" Caleb sad coolly.
"They found you a host family! Now you can go to USA with no problems!"
Why did his luck have to be so bad?
It was the weekends, and Will, Irma, Taranee, Hay Lin, Elyon, Eric, Martin, and Nigel were sitting right at The Coffee Bean.
"And why are we here again?" Irma asks incredulously.
Hay Lin sighs impatiently. "If you listened to Will at all, you'd know that Matt is introducing us to his friend Freddy, who's moving here."
"Hey, I do," Irma retorts. "I just don't listen when I'm bored."
Will sighed. "They should be here by now."
As if on cue, Matt ran over with a lean and athletic sandy-haired boy. "Sorry we're late guys. Oh, and this is Freddy Larsen. Freddy, that's Will, Irma, Taranee, Hay Lin, Elyon, Eric, Martin, and Nigel," Matt panted out. "You might meet Joel and the others somewhere around. We're close but I suppose I've found a new gang." He smiled at the others.
"Well, you seem to not notice that Cornelia's not here," Elyon pointed out.
"Who's that?" Freddy asked.
"Cornelia. She's another member of our group," Elyon explained.
"Really?"
"Why would I lie?" Elyon asks him.
"Why wouldn't you?"
"Why would I?"
This went on for a couple of minutes until suddenly they all heard Cornelia's voice saying, "For the love of God, just shut up, both of you!"
"Cornelia? We thought you weren't coming!" Elyon squealed. "Oh, this is Freddy, Matt's friend that he'd been telling us about, remember?"
"Sure," Cornelia. "Hi Freddy."
"Omigod, Cornelia, why – why – how come – how come you're here?" Hay Lin yelled, throwing her a big hug.
"I was skating at the rink nearby, and passed by the mall, Hay Lin. It's not as if it's a miracle that I'm here. Well, maybe it is, but –"
"You skate?" Freddy asked her, looking at her intently.
Taken aback by his seriousness, Cornelia nodded. He's really good-looking actually, she thought as she observed his features. Tall, lean and athletic. Sandy haired, with lovely gray eyes –
She looked around at the group, a little flustered at the attention Freddy was showing her, but managing not to show it. She caught sight of Elyon.
Oh dear!
It seemed that Freddy, who had taken an immediate interest to Cornelia, was also becoming Elyon's object of interest. Judging from the look of Elyon's eyes, she seemed pretty pissed at her best friend. Still, she didn't willingly take Freddy's attention away from Elyon. Sure, Freddy Larsen was pretty cute and looked extremely like her dream guy –
" – He has to be blonde, like me. And gray eyes like steel that could pierce my heart. He can't be a nerd, like Martin – well, Martin's not such a nerd, but still, well – so he should be athletic, something like me," Cornelia had said long ago, during a sleepover she had long ago with Elyon.
No wonder Elyon was jealous.
Still, it's not my fault, and Elyon should know that, Cornelia reasoned.
"Cornelia? You okay?" Will's voice broke her trail of thoughts.
Cornelia sat up, as if dazed. "Yeah, sure. I – have to go continue skating. I'll see all of you later," and she hurried away.
Author's Note...
This was taken from Promiscuous (Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland)
Well, this is slightly longer than the first chapter. I'm so thankful to you guys who reviewed. Love you guys! So this chapter was dedicated especially for you all. Hope you really enjoyed it!
And to the others who have read the story so far. I hope you guys will send a nice lil' review after reading.
I'm sorry also, that I didn't manage to introduce Caleb so soon into the story. I would have, but I was worried that it might seem rather awkward to introduce him so soon. I like my chapters to be about the same length.
Ciao for now,
lianneharmony
