One week later...
"Well, look who it is. The Nerd." I sighed and turned around. As usual, I was the victim of Hecate's group. "Hi, Hecate. Now if you excuse me, I must go prepare for my performance." I turned and ran, going into a toilet cubicle in the ladies and changing out of my plaid skirt, white tee, knee high socks and black shoes into my sapphire – blue tank top that brought out my eyes, my black denim jacket, my light blue-and-silver high-low skirt, and my pair of silver ballet flats. I put my hair into a bun and secured it with the one item that followed me from the Silver Millenium: my favourite cream – coloured hair clasp. We were singing I Knew You Were Trouble, then Mean, Gift of a Friend, Mine, Believe, Ours, The Story of Us then Safe and Sound. We had no idea who was going first, so we had to be prepared, especially if Hecate decided to pull something funny. Well, I was right. Hecate changed the order so Mina – chan and I were first, so I decided to give an announcement Mina – chan had forced me to say before we sang our songs.
"First up, Aino Minako Akarui and Kimiko Terra Janessa Higurashi!" the teacher, or rather Principal Stowe, announced. We picked up our guitars, and Mina walked onstage with a smile, with me following. "Hi everyone!" she said, waving. "I really shouldn't be doing this, but hey, Kimiko has kept her secret very well for the whole time since she entered school. I finally persuaded her to tell the school her secret." I grumbled a bit before stepping up. "Hey everyone. The so – called secret is that I am actually a surfer. The Queen of Surfing." at this, many students started mumbling disbelievingly. "I know you don't believe me, so I will give you proof. In two months' time, I will be out of school for three months, and I will be in Malibu for the International Invitational Surf Meet Quarter - Finals. I invite the whole school to come and watch." some people cheered, no school for three months! Ugh. Mr Stowe stepped up. "Thank you, Kimiko, for trusting us enough to tell us. The teachers will consider it. Now about your song?" I grinned widely for the first time that day. "Just getting to it. The song Mina – chan and I will be singing is I Knew You Were Trouble. I wrote it a few years ago for someone." I grinned before I started singing.
Keitaro POV
Kimiko? Singing? Huh, who would've thought? But I tuned in as soon as her voice was heard. I've had a crush on that girl since a year ago, and never got the guts to ask her out. Me! I'm supposed to be the flirt, who's never afraid of girls. But around her, it's like I become a stuttering idiot. "You knew?" I asked Kazuya, who was standing next to me, filming the competition for Mina and the girls to see. He shrugged.
Kimiko: Once upon time
A few mistakes ago
I was in your sights
You got me alone
You found me
You found me
You found me
Mina: I guess you didn't care
And I guess I liked that
And when I fell hard
You took a step back
Without me, without me, without me
Kimiko: And he's long gone
When he's next to me
And I realize the blame is on me
Kimiko:'Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
So you put me down oh
Mina: I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground
Kimiko: Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Kimiko: No apologies
He'll never see you cry
Pretend he doesn't know
That he's the reason why
You're drowning, you're drowning, you're drowning
Mina: And I heard you moved on
From whispers on the street
A new notch in your belt
Is all I'll ever be
And now I see, now I see, now I see
Kimiko: He was long gone
When he met me
And I realize the joke is on me
Kimiko I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
So you put me down oh
Mina: I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground
Kimiko: Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Kimiko: When your saddest fear comes creeping in
That you never loved me or her or anyone or anything
Yeah
Kimiko: I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
So you put me down oh
Mina: I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground
Mina: Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
Kimiko: I knew you were trouble when you walked in
Trouble, trouble, trouble
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
Both:Trouble, trouble, trouble
All this while, they were strumming their guitars. Talk about talented.
The song is, obviously, I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift.
