DJ POV
I walked through the halls of my new school, heading towards my locker. Today is my first official day in Sweet Amoris High School. Yesterday, I didn't actually go to any classes so I don't consider that a first day.
After telling off that barbie I met yesterday (whose name I still don't know) I went to the student body president. Then he gave me a 'joke' about me not being able to register to this school. Of course I nearly yelled at him for it. I spent the last two weeks of my vacation filling out my registration forms, making sure that I have everything then suddenly someone tells me I can't even go to this school! Be honest, you would have done the same thing I did, if not worse. Then the principal had me searching the whole school for a paper clip. You wouldn't believe how many teachers I had to ask before one finally gave me a paper clip. This is a school. How are there no paper clips?! Yeah well by the time I finally gave my form to the principal it was time to go home.
I found my locker and opened it to put my new school books in. Unfortunately, the barbie decided to come to me and 'show me who's in charge'. Oh please, I already know her kind. She's the kind of girl who would make everyone else's life miserable to make sure she comes out on top. Well news flash, she can't do that to me because I'm pretty sure I'd have to care for that to happen.
"Well, look who's here."
"This is a school, barbie. Of course I'm here."
Well that got her angry. Her face is turning red. "Don't call me that!"
"Well are you gonna tell me your name? Cause so far 'barbie' is the only thing that comes to my mind when I look at you."
"AMBER! My name is Amber!"
"And I'm Li, and this is Charlotte." said the Chinese girl, introducing herself and a brunette.
"And I'm DJ. Look is there a reason your talking to me, because I really need to get to class."
"Well you see, everyone's talking about you. You know how rumors are, I just came to lighten you up about it. I thought it would be better than finding out some other way." Amber said as she fumbled through her locker. Which apparently is only two rows ahead of mine. She handed me a piece of paper. It's a picture of me with a mustache drawn on it and some nonsense scribbling. Wow, just wow. I can't believe how childish she is. This is the kind of bullying preschoolers do!
"It's my enrollment picture."
"You don't seem very photogenic! Do you want another one, because I've got plenty!" she shoved dozens of the same photos at me. Is this really the kind of thing she always does? I can't imagine how she ever became the queen of the school. Actually, I'm having second thoughts if she ever was. If anyone in my old school did this, they'd be the one made fun of. I'm starting to think her popularity is all in her head and her so called 'friends' is just helping her with her fantasy.
I dropped them all to the ground, besides the one she first gave me. "No thanks. One is enough." I quickly taped it in my locker door before closing it. The shocked look on Amber's face is almost laughable. "What? Did you actually think that childish display would upset me. Because the way I see it, you just showed the whole school how great I look with a mustache."
Amber stomped off with her two friends behind her. Well, that probably damaged her ego. No not probably, it definitely did. Since she failed to make me feel bad, she can't feel like she's on top anymore. And not being on top hurts her ego since that's where it all derives from.
I picked up one of the many pictures off the floor. How did she get my picture though? I checked the time in my phone. There's still 10 minutes before I have to get to my History class. I could make a detour to the student council room to find out just how exactly she got my picture.
I knocked before entering the council room. "Nathaniel."
He looked up from his work. "Yes? Is there something you need?"
"Not really. But I would like to know how someone got a hold of my ID picture."
"What do you mean someone got a hold of your picture?"
"A girl named Amber posted this all over the school. Haven't you seen them? I saw them all over the halls on my way here."
At the mention of Amber, his expression turned from concerned to annoyed. "She's my sister, you know? I know she wouldn't do something like this and you shouldn't make accusations." Well that explains why Amber thinks she runs this school, her brother is the student body president.
"I'm not making accusations. I'm telling you it's her because I know it is. She had dozens of them in her locker. She threw them at me and a lot of them are scattered all over the locker floors."
"There are pictures all over the floor and you just left them there?"
"It's your sister's mess, why should I pick it up."
He pinched the bridge of his nose. "Look I still don't believe that my sister would do this. Why would she do this anyway?"
"I saw her trying to take money from Ken yesterday. I couldn't just let her bully him so I stepped in. This is probably her way of getting back at me or something."
This angered him even more. "Okay, accusing her of doing this childish prank is one thing but telling me she tried to forcefully take money from someone is taking it too far."
"If you don't believe me ask Ken. Actually, there were a lot of people in the hall when it happened, just ask anybody. there's bound to be some people who will tell you the same thing." I left without giving him a chance to say something else. I've spent too much time there anyway, I need to get to class.
When I got inside the classroom, I saw almost all the seats were taken. I saw Ken at the front row and there's an empty seat beside him so I sat there. The teacher entered the classroom right after I sat down. I didn't really pay much attention in class. I already know about the World War 2 so I don't see the point. I met a girl named Iris. She sat on the other side of me. She has ginger hair in a braid and green eyes. She seems nice and by the way she spoke to me I can already tell she's a social butterfly. But with my one word responses, she quickly figured out that I wasn't in the mood to talk and left me alone.
My classes so far was uneventful. I did meet a few other people. Melody, she has long brown hair, I found out that she's a delegate and helps Nathaniel from time to time. Capucine, another one of Amber's 'friends'. And Peggy, a girl who brings an old fashioned recorder with a microphone, she says she's a journalist but in my opinion she's just nosy.
I was in my way to the courtyard with my lunch in my hands. The cafeteria is too crowded so I told Ken to meet me there if he wanted to eat lunch with me. But it looked like he wanted to spend some time with his new friends. A chubby guy with really curly brown hair and a short girl with dirty blond hair and sky blue framed glasses. I don't know their names, Ken met them in a class I didn't share with him. I only saw him talking to them in the halls.
Ken POV
"Hey guys let's eat lunch at the courtyard."
My two new friends looked at each other. They seemed unsure.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Tim warned me.
"Yeah, that's where Castiel usually is." Wendy added.
"Who's Castiel?"
"Oh you haven't met him yet? He's the guy you want to stay away from. He has brightly dyed red hair and he usually wear a shirt with some sort of skull with wings on it." Wendy told me.
"A guy with dyed red hair. I think I've seen him before. He looks like a typical rebel but he didn't seem all that bad." being friends with DJ has taught me one thing. It's to never judge a book by its cover. I don't know much about Castiel but if he's anything like DJ he just wears those clothes and probably act like a trouble maker just to get other people to stay away from him.
Or not, who knows but he sure didn't look like he was gonna cause any harm yesterday when I saw him with DJ. He just seemed shocked that she defended me. I can't blame him though. Someone like me and someone like DJ doesn't seem like the kind of people who would be friends. In society's eyes anyway.
"Not that bad! You can't be serious! You obviously don't know him!" Tim yelled, it kinda hurt my ears. He was becoming hysterical.
"Your right I don't know him. But do you?"
Tim and Wendy both opened their mouths but paused as they seemed to have realized something and simultaneously said "No"
"Well then why do you guys act like he's dangerous?"
"Because we've seen the things he's done. He has a terrible temper and he always skips classes."
"Skipping classes doesn't make him dangerous it just means he's irresponsible. And what about his temper, have you guys ever actually seen him beat anyone up?"
"He's had fights with Nathaniel."
"And? Who else?"
"Actually, Nathaniel is the only person I've seen him physically hurt." Wendy admitted. "And thats because they hate each other's guts, and only happened once."
"Well there's no reason for us not to go to the courtyard. Come on, my friend's eating lunch there."
When we got to the courtyard I saw DJ sitting on the bench and it looks like she's talking to this Castiel guy. It seems to be only small talk and it seems to be getting a little one sided. I appreciate his effort though. It's very difficult to get her to have an actual conversation. Of course being her friend (her only friend) I'm an exception...sort of. Besides her family, I'm the only one she would willingly have a conversation with. With anyone else she'd just give one word answers or just let them talk until they get bored and leave her alone.
"There she is. That's my friend DJ." I told Wendy and Tim. When they saw her they cowered a bit. That irritated me a little. They don't know a thing about her. I can't blame them though. If I met her when she was already like this I would have stayed as far away from her as possible. She wasn't always this way. I could actually say that she used to be the complete opposite of who she is now. But that's not entirely true. Although it seems that way to our old classmates and anyone else who doesn't know her that well, there is still some of her old self left. Its just well hidden.
She's still kind hearted and in a way she's still outspoken (even though she's a lot more reserved now).
"Come on guys. She doesn't bite I assure you and Castiel wouldn't be able to do anything while she's around." I went over to DJ and Castiel. He does look quite intimidating, but I'm not afraid.
DJ has really helped me become who I am now. If I haven't met her I would still be that wimpy kid who gets pushed around all the time. If she didn't become my friend I would have immediately given Amber my wallet despite not being able to pay for lunch. Now I can actually stand up to myself. Almost no one ever takes me seriously but I still stood up to myself and that's usually when DJ steps in.
I stood in front of them. "Hey, DJ."
"Hello Ken." DJ gave me a small smile. Besides her family, in the only one she ever smiles at. Anyone else would just get a a blank stare. Although it makes me feel special that she only gives me that look, I really wish that she would smile like that to someone else. It would mean she's starting to let people in her life again.
I just want her to be back to her old self again. I know she can never be the exact same girl again but I really wish she could be just as happy again one day. That's all I've been trying to do since she's changed for almost 3 years now. I just hope that a change of environment would be good for her. I think her parents think so too. I think that's the real reason they sent her here. Not because of responsibility. They know her just as much as I do if not more, and responsibility isn't really the issue.
"Hey, your that nerd from yesterday." Castiel said. I'm used to being called a nerd so it doesn't really bother me much anymore. It still feels awkward though so I decided to change the subject.
"Yeah...is that a Winged Skull t-shirt?" DJ made me listen to the band's songs. They have good music but not really my type. It depends on my mood. Sometimes I like listening to their music but that's a very rare occasion.
Castiel gave me an incredulous look "You listen to Winged Skull?"
"Well, sometimes."
Castiel smirked "You are the coolest nerd ever. The names Castiel."
"I'm Ken."
I turned around to see that Tim and Wendy haven't moved but now their mouths are agape.
"Come on guys." They started moving towards us really slowly. I can tell they have a hard time processing what had happened and at the same time really nervous.
They really can't believe that they're going to eat lunch with Castiel and DJ. Being friends with DJ taught me not to worry about social status. I can freely speak to whoever I want, even if it's a jock or in this case a troublemaker. Those two obviously can't. They're worried too much about hanging out with people who aren't in the same social group as them.
But they still sat and ate lunch. Although I can tell they were still really uneasy.
After we finished eating lunch Tim and Wendy quickly went back inside the school building.
"How did you do that?!" Wendy whisper yelled "How can you talk so casually to Castiel like that?"
"Yeah and your actually on good terms with him. How is that even possible?" Tim asked in a much calmer manner.
"I just talk to him. I found that if you talk to them like there's nothing wrong with it you gain a little more respect. Even if it's just a little, it'll make a difference. They'll tolerate you. Of course just casually talking to them doesn't really work. What you have to do is just speak to them in a way that will make them think that your not a nobody. Just like what I did earlier with Castiel. I just told him that I listen to a band he likes and now we're in good terms."
DJ POV
I walked in the hallway, heading towards my locker. But the principal stopped me. "Miss DJ wait. I would like for you to participate in some of the school activities. A club would be be a good place to start. Gardening club and the basketball club are in need of help. Which do you choose?"
"I'm allergic to pollen and I can't play basketball." I really don't feel like joining a club right now, especially if it's those two. I really want to be involved with school as least as possible. How can I get out of this? "Is this mandatory? Because this is only my third day in this town and I would really like to settle in before I join any clubs."
"Well, no. It's not mandatory but you are required to participate in a school activity. Those two clubs may not be of your preference. I'll see if there are any other clubs that are open for new members."
Well, if it's required then "Is there an art club?"
"Well, no there isn't. But if you get enough people to join I could make it into an official club. However if it's been 3 months and there still isn't enough people, then you'll have to join another club."
"Thank you." great! I have 3 months before I have to join a club. And if this goes well, it'll be art club.
