Chapter 3- GO FIGHTING HARES!
The alarm clock on Oz's bedside table had gone through quite the beating since Oz entered high school. Every day, Oz would pick up the alarm clock and hurtle it across the room. That poor blue piece of plastic was being held together by about 6 strands of duct tape, four rubber bands and one butterfly clip. But, just like every day for the past 3 years, it received the same brutal treatment every morning. It would go off at 6:38 a.m. and at 6:43 a.m. it would be grabbed by the sleeping boy and thrown against the opposite wall.
Oz, after about 5 minutes of listening to his sturdy alarm clock beep across the room, slumped out of bed and woozily made his way to the clock. He would turn it off, yawn, and then return it to the bedside table where he could efficiently grab it the next morning. Oz blindly hunted in his closet for a clean pair of shorts and got dressed for school. Pandora High School was a public school, and that thankfully meant that he had no stuffy uniform to wear every day. Unlike his sister, Oz begged and pleaded to go to the public school that was about a 20 minute drive instead of going to the reformed Pandora Academy just a 10 minute walk from their front door. Oz said he would rather DIE than go to such a pompous and traditional school like Pandora Academy. And, of course, Oz got his way in the end. His father couldn't careless where Oz went to school, but Oz's uncle was a whole other story. It took about 3 months of whining, pleading and blackmailing to convince Uncle Oscar to let Oz go to Gil's old school. 'But it was totally worth it' Oz thought to himself.
Pandora H.S. was possibly one of his favourite places to go… besides Gil's house. And although the school was filled with teachers, homework, and tests, Oz loved to see his friends every day and to see a school spirit that was squashed at Pandora Academy. (Oz heard that Pandora Academy had one spirit week! ONE! That was hardly acceptable for him- Pandora High had a spirit day every other week and a whole week of them in each semester!) Oz pulled on a pair of plaid green shirts, a white collared t-shirt and threw on a red tie just for fun. He tugged on his beaten leather boots and grabbed his backpack before bouncing his way downstairs.
Uncle Oscar normally was at work when he woke up, so it was just him and Ada in the mornings. Ada was sitting at the counter, munching happily at the bowl of 'Corn Pops' that was placed in front of her. Her pristine white uniform almost made Oz's eyes hurt. A spotless white blazer, skirt, tights and bow with a matching black vest and shoes. The school's crest lay on the breast of the jacket. To think he would have to wear the male version of that uniform if he went to Pandora Academy. It just was asking to get dirty.
"Morning Ada," Oz growled/yawned to his younger sister.
"Good morning Oz," she replied, obviously use to his brother's grumbly tone. Though he doesn't look like it, Oz was no morning person. He ripped open the refrigerator door and grabbed an orange juice box. He impaled the straw into the small box and quickly drained it of all its contents.
"Hey Ada," Oz said, feeling a little better now that he had some OJ. "Do you wanna drive to school today?"
"Sure, that would be great!" Ada smiled. "Emily and I were going to work on our project this morning and she gets there so early! It would be nice if we started at the same time." Oz nodded and said
"Be ready in fifteen?" She nodded and continued eating her cereal. Oz popped some bread in the toaster. It shot out a few seconds later, just lightly browned and Oz grabbed it.
"OH! HOTHOTHOTHOT!" Oz yelped, dropping the toast on the counter. Ada snorted into her cereal, amused by her brother's childishness. He blew on his hand, and reached for the butter with his other hand. He slapped a wad of butter on the toast, waited for it to melt a little bit, and then took a huge bite.
"Meat yo' ou'side" Oz said with his mouthful. She nodded and quickly finished her bowl of cereal. Oz ran upstairs to brush his teeth and wash his face. He took a quick look in the mirror, made sure his hair looked rather tame, then bounded outside.
He unlocked his car, which, now that he looked at it, was looking rather dirty.
"I should really wash you," he thought out loud.
"Yes you should," Ada said, just coming out of the house. "I don't want to be seen riding in such a dirty car." She joked, locking the door behind her.
"Well, if it's so dirty," Oz joked, getting into his car "Then you can just walk to school!" He laughed manically as he slowly pretended to pull out of the driveway.
"No, Oz! Wait!" Ada cried, running after the car. "No, it's beautiful! I love your car!"
"I dunno," Oz said slowly. "You said some pretty mean things to Beatrice." Ada looked at him blankly.
"Beatrice?" she asked.
"My car," he said, patting the dashboard. "Apologize to her."
"You're kidding."
"Nope."
"Fine, I'm sorry."
"Ah, that wasn't meaningful."
"I don't care. Let me in."
"No."
"Oz, unlock the door."
"Say sorry to Beatrice~"
"Ugh, Oz! I'm going to be late! My school starts twenty minutes before yours you know!"
"Say it like you mean it!"
"AHHH! FINE! BEATRICE THE CAR, I AM SORRY IF I HURT YOUR FEELINGS!"
"Ha ha, just kidding sis," Oz smirked. "Come on get in." Ada rolled her eyes and hopped in the front seat.
"You're impossible."
"But you love me~"
"Yeah, yeah, drive funny boy."
A short five minutes later, Oz pulled up to the impressive looking school. It was shaped like a castle, made of brick and stone, with lions carved out of marble guarding the entrance way. It had an impressive monument just inside the entrance in the courtyard. It was the school's crest and motto "Nos una proelium, solus caderet" in the middle of a fountain. (Oz asked Ada what it meant one day. She said it's along the lines of 'we fight together, fall alone'. Scary)
"You could have gone to school with me, you know." Oz said, staring at the frozen lions. "You're only in grade nine- I bet you could switch out if you pretended that the kids were bullying you. Unless they really are bullying you. In which case, show them to me! I'll show them what bullying really is-"
"No! I'm not being bullied Oz!" Ada said quickly. "Besides, Pandora Academy is great! I've made lot of nice friends and the teachers are all great."
"Yeah, 'great'," Oz mumbled.
"Thanks for the drive," Ada said sweetly, giving Oz a kiss on the cheek.
"Have a good day!" Oz smiled after her. "Don't let those kids bully you around!"
"I won't!" she promised, getting out of the car. Once she was safely inside the school walls, Oz pulled away and set off to his own school.
The warning bell was just ringing as Oz pulled up to Pandora High. That means he had about 10 minutes before first period. He quickly parked his car, gave it an affectionate pat on the hood of the car and raced into the building.
The school's mascot was the 'Fighting Hares', and an intimidating rabbit was placed on every banner in the school. Oz thought that having a bunny wabbit as a school mascot was a little lame; that a lion or bear would have been scarier, but all the same, the school had mad spirit. The school colours, red, black and white, were everywhere in the halls. Oz walked up to his red locker, giving a small wave to some kids from class and opened it up. Now, Oz was a generally organized person, and his locker reflected that. His books found on the shelf, a coat on the coat hanger, some pictures of him and Gil, him and Ada, him with Gil and Ada… last week's gym clothes, an apple core and empty candy wrapper were the only things in his locker. See- generally clean. Not spick and span, not a pig. Just a little mess here and there.
"Morning Oz!" A cheerful voice greeted him from behind. Oz turned and smiled at the friendly face.
"Morning Lexis!" Lexis Break was a friend of Oz's, a senior at Pandora High and the daughter of Gil's dance instructor, Professor Break, at Pandora U. She was a little weird, but Oz just accepted that. Her dad was just as weird as she was anyways. She had white hair and bright purple eyes and wore her usual white jacket with dark black jeans and purple tank. Her signature pocket watch hung from her jacket pocket. Oz was pretty sure it was a family heirloom but never bothered to ask her for a real answer.
"…morning," a small voice came from behind Lexis.
"Morning Echo!" Oz smiled, knowing exactly who it was. Echo stood for… well; Oz wasn't really sure what Echo stood for. Echo was just a nickname that Lexis gave her before Oz knew either of them. Oz guessed it was because Echo really just mimicked whatever Lexis said. She was a senior too, but looked like a freshman. She was short, especially standing next to the a 6 foot tall Lexis. She, too, had white hair but had soft blue eyes instead of the shocking purple. Lexis said they were cousins six times removed, but everyone assumed they were sisters.
"Did you have a good night with Gil~" Lexis teased, giving Oz a pointed look.
"Yes, I did," Oz blushed. Lexis was the only one who figured out Oz's semi-crush/confused feelings/hormones out of wack. Lexis, after various threats and blackmailing by Oz, agreed not to tell anyone else. But that didn't stop her from teasing the living daylights out of him.
"Well, did you remember to study for your algebra quiz that Mrs. Kate said you were going to have today?"
"Study for it? I didn't even remember it!" Oz panicked.
"Good, because it's Monday," Lexis said, rapping her knuckles on Oz's head.
"Oh, thanks Lexi. I really needed a heart-attack first thing in the morning." Oz sighed, rolling his eyes. "Hey, have you seen Leo or Elliot today? I wanted to give them back their book."
"Nah, I haven't. What book?" Lexis said, making a grab for Oz's lunch.
"The fifteenth book in the 'Holy Knight' series." Oz said, pushing Lexis away from his lunch.
"I can't believe you still read that series. It for elementary school kids you know," Lexis rolled her eyes.
"How can you say that!" Oz gasped. "The 'Holy Knight' is possibly the greatest, most well written series ever to exist EVER!"
"Any idiot can write," Lexis said.
"True, anyone can write," Oz said. "But only a few are as gifted as he is! Lord Murray is a GENIUS!"
"That's not even his real name," Lexis said. "It's a penname. His real name is-"
"NO!" Oz shouted, drawing some attention by a few passersby. "YOU CAN'T TELL ME!"
"But-"
"NOT KNOWING HIS TRUE IDENTITY MAKES IT EVEN MORE EPIC!" Oz shouted.
"Ugh," Lexis sighed. "You're impossible." Oz smiled at her defeat and closed his locker. Some music started coming over the speaker, signaling that all the students should head to their homeroom classes.
"I've got to go to class." Oz said, waving good bye.
"Laters love," Lexis grinned.
Oz blushed and quickly hurried off to class, where Mrs. Kate stood waiting with a pop quiz.
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Hey guys! Here's the third chapter of Tiny Dancer! I'd like to introduce my first OC in this fanfic- Lexis Break! I wanted another character to be Oz's classmate, but I couldn't really think of a character that would fill the spot successfully since Break was going to be a professor and Sharon was Gil's partner and Alice is an ex right now… so I made up Lexis Break- daughter of the insane Xerxes Break himself! I kinda like her so she may stick around
Sorry if this chapter is a little weak, I've had some major drama at my school, but everything has worked out for the best! I hope you like it and will keep reading!
Please don't forget to review! If you do, there may be a little ozbert fluff in the near future~ *_*
