BFFs – Chapter 2

First Impressions

Your fate has been decided. It was decided long ago. To be, or not to be; was never your choice. But the path you take and the roads you follow are up to you. Know that friends are for school, but best friends are for life.


Four days later (first day of school)

In the Green's household

Leaf's POV

"DAWN! MAY MISTY! UP NOW!" I hollered at my friends. It was almost 7; we wanted to be up by 6:30. Dawn took a LONG time to get ready.

May and Misty raced down the stairs and took their spots at the table. May was wearing red plaid pj bottoms and a red tank. Misty was wearing teal polka-dotted pj bottoms and a white tank. I was wearing plain lime green pj shorts and a baggy white t-shirt.

Dawn waltzed down the stairs in a baggy navy t-shirt and pink pj shorts. She sat down at the table and my mom set some chocolate chip pancakes on the table. We dug in and soon we were all upstairs getting ready for school.

We each took a shower and got dressed in our outfits we picked out four days prior. Misty was in her bathroom straitening her short red hair, Dawn was in her bathroom curling her hair and May was wrestling her hair into a high ponytail. I touched my brown locks self-consciously. I quickly made up my mind and walked over to Dawn and pointed at my hair. Smiling she French braided my hair.

After she was done I touched it and smiled. Dawn and May, the girlier girls sat Misty and I down and did our make-up. Misty only let Dawn do a little orange highlight on her eyes and some foundation. She also was forced into nude pink lipgloss. May swept a dark green over my eyes, some foundation, a light pink blush and a shiny lipgloss. May had red eye shadow, foundation, pink blush and a slightly pink-toned lipstick. Dawn had dark pink eye shadow, foundation, darker pink blush and quite pink lipstick.

Ushering us all downstairs we all grabbed our backpacks. Misty's was a droopy teal bag, Dawn's a pink messenger bag, May's a droopy black bag with red zippers. Mine was a dark forest green messenger bag. We had each put our laptops, textbooks from the previous year and other essentials.

Each of us hugged my mom and dad good-bye and bolted out the door. We raced to school since it was a 5-minute walk. Misty of course won the race. When we caught up she and Abi were hugging tightly. Jayden was standing there awkwardly until Dawn tackled him into a hug and he laughed lightly.

"Hey Dawn. Paws off!" Abi joked prying Dawn off Jayden and embracing her.

"Abi! It's been forever!" May squealed and joined in. Misty and I shrugged and made it a five-person hug. Separating Abi turned to May.

"So written any new songs May?" She asked.

"Yeah, you'll here one at the assembly." May replied smugly.

"How's your swimming going Misty?" Abi asked said girl.

"Great! I beat my record!" Misty replied smiling boldly.

"Awesome, how's the clothing coming Dawn? I'm still expecting an outfit for my birthday next month!" Abi joked to Dawn and we all laughed.

"It's been great!" Dawn squealed.

"How was summer Leaf?" She finally asked.

"Great, it was so relaxing. I really enjoyed it." I replied evenly.

"It's great to know I'm appreciated…" Jayden joked poking Abi.

"Aww!" We all squealed. Abi hugged her boyfriend and beckoned for a group hug on Jayden.

He gulped and pushed Abi away gently. He bolted before we even had a chance to hug him. We all ended up dog piling on Abi. She grunted and pushed us off. We all giggled and saw Jayden talking to some other football guys.

Laughing together felt so good. It was such a relief to laugh with my best friends together on this day. I could help but smile. Dawn as usual brought up new kids.

"Do you think there will be any new kids this year?" She asked excitedly.

"Maybe." Misty, May and I replied.

"Definitely! There are four new guys!" Abi chirped and Misty, May and I almost tackled her.

"REALLY!" Dawn cried in excitement.

"Now you've done it…" Misty grumbled.

We all looked over at Dawn who was talking in warp speed to herself about charming the new guys and getting a new boy-toy and so on and on. Misty and I exchanged a look and did turkey on our noses. Abi followed suit and then May pouted.

"You guys are gonna pay…" She grumbled. She grabbed Dawn's shoulders and shook her hard.

Dawn shrieked and rushed her fingers through her hair. "May!" She huffed and continued fixing her hair.

"Don't bother Berlitz! You'll never get any prettier." A snide voice sneered.

We all turned bristling to the four girls behind us.

"Melody." Misty growled to the brunette with muddy eyes.

"Brianna!" May was pissed at the girl with rust coloured hair and dull blue eyes.

"URSULA!" Dawn screamed at the pinkette with pink eyes.

"Hey Leaf" The blonde, Veronica sneered her brown eyes cold.

I huffed and turned away. We had bad history with these girls.

Melody's old crush liked Misty because she was so sporty.

Brianna and May used to be close friends, until they crushed on the same guy and he chose May.

Dawn and Ursula have hated each other forever. They are coordinating rivals and rivals in about everything else. Including love lives.

Veronica has hated me from day one, just because I was smarter and prettier than her. (Misty, Dawn, May, Abi and everyone else thought so.)

"Just leave. All of you." Abi growled putting her arms around our shoulders. She also used to be friends with them, until she found out what cheating b*tches they were. Then she came to us.

We all walked away from them steaming in anger.

"Hey cutie!" A guy with a white hat and red eyes smirked putting his hand on May's shoulder. It was Brendan Birch. May's ex. She was steaming and slapped him hard in the face.

"For the beautiful lady." A brunette named Rudi said handing Misty a bouquet of roses. Frowning she spit on them and threw them on the ground. Rudi and Misty had had a brief fling but Misty hadn't felt it.

"Hey DeeDee!" Another brunette named Kenny teased Dawn while she stole Misty's mallet (A/N yes she has one in this story ^.^) and whacked him with it. Kenny and Dawn were rivals.

"H-hey Leaf." A black haired boy said shyly.

"Hey Kevin." I sighed. Kevin was a shy boy who had a major crush on me. But I'd seen him once he had a girlfriend. He was a real jerk and ordered the poor girl around. He sucked her face off and dumped her when he was done. It was revolting.

Abi grabbed my arm and motioned for us to leave. I nodded and grabbed Misty's mallet from Dawn and pulled Dawn towards the school. Abi grabbed May and Misty and dragged them away from their ex-boyfriends.


May's POV

In the auditorium

The girls and I were chatting away with our principal Professor Rowan. We told him a little more about the song we were going to sing. He approved it, vigorously nodding his head.

We smirked and set up our instruments on the stage. We did a quick run-through. It sounded great!

"Girls that sounds very nice." Professor Rowan complimented. "Now head to homeroom class is going to start soon."

We were shooed off to our homerooms. Misty and I were together and Dawn, Abi and Leaf were together. Splitting up we waved and walked down our respective hallways.

"So May, you excited for the new boys?" Misty teased.

My eyes flashed hurt. "Not if they are ANYTHING like Birch."

Brendan was my first crush at this school. When he finally asked me out last year I was in heaven. We were dating and I didn't care what we did. He had me wrapped around his little finger. He sucked the life out of me for a whole year. I didn't write music or anything. When my friends told me I was devastated. They said he was bad for me. They said him or us.

Since we were locker neighbours I wanted to talk to him. When I got to school the next day he was pinning some random blonde to MY locker sucking her face off. I was so revolted that I smacked him and we were done. He's been trying to get me back all summer, being the stupid perverted freak he is.

"I'm sorry May. I didn't mean to bring it up." She had sorrow in her eyes.

"It's ok Misty. I'm sure prince charming is out there somewhere, for both of us. For now we just wait till he finds us!"

Misty and I fisted bumped and walked into our homeroom. We took two seats next to each other at the front of the class. Leaf always said, pick the front or teachers think you're a troublemaker.

The rest of the students filed in and took seats next to their friends. Melody, Veronica, Kenny and Brendan were also in our homeroom.

Brendan winked at me and I rolled my eyes. He tried to sit next to me but Kevin dragged him to the back. I sighed in relief.

My fingers were self-consciously drumming over the desk playing a piano piece I had started writing. Smiling softly I let them continue.

Looking over at Misty, she was doodling in her notebook. She was drawing little pink hearts with the letters 'R+M' written in them. I was puzzled; Misty was totally over Rudi. After covering a whole page with the hearts she took out a thick black marker. She drew the heartbreak lines through each of them grinning all the while.

Shaking my head, smiling I noticed our teacher had entered the room.

"Morning class!" Professor Birch greeted cheerfully. "We have two new students. Introduce yourselves." He beckoned to the two boys who stood next to him.

"Gary." One boy greeted flirtatiously. He had spiky auburn hair. His eyes were ice blue. He was wearing purple trousers and a black t-shirt. He had on a rope necklace with a blue stone as a pendant. He was definitely a player type.

"Paul." The other boy grunted. He had purple hair. His eyes were a dark onyx. He was wearing black trousers and a black and purple sports jacket. He seemed dark and mysterious. Both of these new boys were different.

"Good. Find a seat then we're off to the assembly." Professor Birch said pointing the boys to two empty seats next to Misty and I.


Backstage at the Assembly

"Hey guys! We met two of the new kids!" Dawn chirped when she saw us.

"Drew and Ash. Drew has green hair and eyes and Ash has black hair and brown eyes. Drew is super arrogant and Ash is super dense but kinda sweet. How about you guys." Leaf said rolling her eyes at Dawn knowing she'd get carried away over guys.

"Two new guys in our class too." I replied fidgeting with my acoustic guitar.

"Paul and G-" Misty was cut off by the principal announcing us to the stage.

Smirking we confidently stepped up just like practice.


May: You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors

It's the morning of your very first day

And you say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while

Try and stay out of everybody's way

Leaf: It's your freshman year and you're gonna be here

For the next four years in this town

Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say

"You know, I haven't seen you around before"

All: 'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you

You're gonna believe them

And when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure out

Well, count to ten, take it in

This is life before you know who you're gonna be

Fifteen

Misty: You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail

And soon enough you're best friends

Laughing at the other girls who think they're so cool

We'll be outta here as soon as we can

Dawn: And then you're on your very first date and he's got a car

And you're feeling like flying

And you're momma's waiting up and you're thinking he's the one

And you're dancing 'round your room when the night ends

When the night ends

All: 'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you

You're gonna believe them

When you're fifteen and your first kiss

Makes your head spin 'round

But in your life you'll do things greater than

Dating the boy on the football team

May: But I didn't know it at fifteen

When all you wanted was to be wanted

Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now

Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday

But I realized some bigger dreams of mine

And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy

Who changed his mind and we both cried

All: 'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you

You're gonna believe them

And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall

I've found time can heal most anything

And you just might find who you're supposed to be

I didn't know who I was supposed to be at fifteen

May: Your very first day

Take a deep breath girl

Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors


Finishing our song we looked at the crowd totally pleased. They were on their feet cheering super loud. My gaze wandered until I found Melody, Ursula, Veronica and Brianna. They were still sitting, but clapping nonchalantly. Smirking in their direction we bowed and took our instruments off the stage.

Professor Rowan dismissed everyone for lunch. He turned to us. "I understand you all have classes and homerooms with the four new boys?" We shrugged and he nodded. "Be their guides."

He walked off and left us to track the new guys. We found them sitting in the bleachers of the gym chatting. They turned towards us raising an eyebrow.

"We're to be your guides." Dawn said enthusiastically.

"Hn." Paul grunted, Dawn frowned and started yelling at him trying to get some respect.

I noticed the guy with green hair snickering and I looked at him quizzically. He saw me looking and stuck out his hand.

"Drew." He said curtly

"I'm May." I replied nervously.

He flicked his hair. "Nice song." I smiled. "For an airhead."

That's when I blew up. It took Misty and Leaf to hold Dawn and I back from Paul and Drew.

I noticed Gary and the other guy, Ash, chatting idly not even noticing us.

"Hi?" Misty greeted.

"Oh hey!" Ash said looking over Gary's shoulder to see us. "Who are you?"

"My name is Misty." She replied.

"Oh, hi Missy." He said densely.

Misty pulled out her mallet and smacked him. Leaf, Dawn and I all giggled at Misty's red face and Ash holding his head.

Leaf and Gary looked at each other. Both of their faces went pale.

"You?..." Gary whispered.

"Gary?..." Leaf's voice was small and meek.


Me: Aaaaaand cut!

May: Cliffy really?

Me: Yup

Leaf: About the story POVs it'll rotate like Me and May, Misty and Dawn, Misty and me, Dawn and May and so on.

Me: I may even throw in a guy's POV

Misty: *mallet out, panting* I'm gonna kill Ketchum!

Dawn: *singsong* No you're not because you luuuuurve him!

Misty: DAWN! *chasing Dawn with mallet*

May: Leaf quick! Do the disclaimer! Or Dawn will die!

Leaf: *at sonic speed* Liv2Laugh00 doesn't own Pokemon or Taylor Swift.

May: NO FLAMES!

Dawn: *running from Misty* Review!

Misty: PM too!

Me: 10-15 review (total) for chappie 3

All: Bye ~