The first day of school. The end of summer. The end of our lives. Whatever you want to refer to this day as it's all means to an end. It's been a week since our party. A week filled with tanning, sleeping, lounging and all that jazz that occurs during a summer break. Now I'm being forced to wake up at 6:30 and go to an establishment meant to make me learn. What a joke.
What really happens at high school has nothing to do with education and more to do with who's dating who, wearing what and ingesting what and not ingesting anything at all. All so we can go on to college, get a job and then be incredibly miserable with our lives. We are supposed to look back on these years and think about how they were the best years of our lives. If these are the best years of my life… Well let's just say I'll shove my head in an oven like they do in The Virgin Suicides and call it a life.
As of this moment I'm driving in the car with Wes and Doyle on the way to school. We live in a fairly rich neighborhood. Who am I kidding this neighborhood is quite rich. My family just happens to be a little less so than most people there fore we only have 3 cars, one for my mom, my dad and one for Wes and I to split. But since he's had his license longer he's the one that gets to drive it to school and we pick up Doyle on the way.
Doyle, my Bro's best friend used to live in our neighborhood, but a couple years ago his father lost his job so they had to move. He's still pretty close to our family and none of the kids have shunned him, but that's only because what Doyle lacks in riches, he makes up in Lacrosse Skills. And here at Sunnydale High that's all that matters.
The lacrosse team. Sigh. How can I properly explain the politics of our school and lacrosse? Well let's just say that here in Sunny D lacrosse is the equivalent of football and then some. The guys on the team are the popular guys and they then decide what girls are popular, that changes quite a lot with each new flavor of the week but some girls who are stuck in the 'friend zone' are quite consistent. Lacrosse also explains Wes, a junior, would be allowed in the presence of Angelus and Spike. See Wes, Owen, Parker and Doyle are the best juniors on the lacrosse team. And, you guessed it; Angelus, Spike and Gunn would be team captains. I guess the fact that Wes is good at lacrosse gives him a pass, where as the rest of us have to work our asses off so we aren't just another face in the yearbook.
It appears that during my rant, Wes has already made it into the parking lot and is parking the car. Doyle and Wes then jump out of the car as fast as possible and go meet up with Winifred, Fred, and the rest of their friends. I get out slower than normal and glance around for my friends. Who are sitting in the usual spot that we claimed last year, under the willow tree in the quad. Wills thought is was funny that we sat under a willow tree and her name is Willow, she's easily amused.
"Hey B! Over here!" Faith yells even though I was already walking towards them. Cordelia was leaning against the tree filing her nails, Willow was practically jumping up and down in excitement, she likes school a little more than she should, Xan was sitting next to Cordy and Faith was, well examining my outfit to make sure I looked 'hip' enough. I don't know when Faith got so into fashion, she used to be a big tomboy, now she's like, Cordelia.
"Hey guys what's up?" I receive a vague answer from Cordelia, a "the usual" from Xan and a rant about how it's great to be back at school from Wills.
"God B, you look so good, I'm really jealous where'd you get that outfit?" Faith cuts into Willow gushing about how great this year will be. I glance down at what I did decide to put on this morning. A hot pink Lacoste Polo, with a white belt and a jean skirt from Abercrombie, white leg warmers and hot pink Converse. I know it sounds kind of odd, but it actually looks pretty chic, in a preppy way… I usually try not to be so preppy but when you have a sister in a sorority who likes to pass on their style knowledge, it just happens.
"My sister and her friends dressed me… Are you sure I look ok? I just don't feel it's me," I look at what Faiths wearing. Black skinnies with black knee high boots and a navy blue Holister t-shirt, Faith may be fashion conscience now but she still isn't a skirt kind of gal. "You look cute too, I love your boots."
"Wonderful, we all look wonderful; can we change the subject to other things now?" Xander cuts into the conversation.
"Like what Xander, how you're going to live as a nobody for the rest of your high school year?" Cordelia cannot resist taking a barb at Xan, and they continue to argue as we enter the school and head to our first classes.
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8 hours, 7 classes and lunch later and I am sitting at home doing homework. What the fuck? Teachers aren't supposed to assign homework on the first day. God school sucked so much today. I mean I don't know what I was expecting. I knew it wasn't going to happen over a week. But as Faith and I walked through the halls nobody rushed up to us and told us how great we are. In fact no one of significance even said hi. We threw a bomb ass party if I do say so myself, and we were still nobodies.
A few things of significance did happen however. First was that well walking to my locker in between a couple of classes, I ran into none other than the new guy, Lindsay Mcdonald. We didn't talk long because 5 minutes in the bell rang for classes, but I did learn that he is a junior. Second thing, Parker Abrams has taken to hitting on me. You know with the lame cheesy pick up lines kind of hitting. It really freaked me out and Faith threatened to sock him if he kept it up. The third and most important thing happened during lunch.
Flash back
We were sitting in the cafeteria, Faith, Will, Xander, Cordy and I that is, discussing what the hell the green item that was supposed to be green beans really was when the most amazing thing I think ever happened to me, well, happened.
It was like one of those eerie slow motion things like in the movies. I didn't really know what was going on but all of a sudden the sounds of people talking over one another stopped and everyone was looking towards the doors of the cafeteria. I glance over to and low and behold Sunnydale High royalty has just walked in. I don't know if they like practice this, but they just kind of stood by the doors looking like models posing without actually posing. After they made sure everyone had seen them they walk towards the empty table everyone knows belongs to them.
Angelus, Spike, Gunn, Darla, Drusilla (Spike's girlfriend) and Lilah (Gunn's current flame) walk forward in that "Mean Girls" way side by side, looking forward and to cool for words. Behind them my brother and his friends are following them, looking less cool and incredibly smug. I want to smack the look of superiority of my brother's face but I resist the urge.
Moving on, as they walk everyone is watching them, including, I notice, everyone sitting at my table, and I roll my eyes. I mean Angelus is a sexy beast. But from what I remember of the night I actually spoke with him, he was an arrogant asshole, totally undeserving of this attention. The only reason he's cool is because he can catch a ball in a net thing and shoot it into a goal, cavemen could do that. Plus he's rich, and as aforementioned, hot. But whatever.
I want to un-think all the thoughts I just had as they pass by our table because as they walk by us all of them turn and look directly at our table. You don't realize how creepy it was, it was totally Twilight Zone worthy. It felt like it lasted forever, but in reality as fast as they looked at us, they looked away got to their table and sat down. That was everyone's cue to continue conversation.
"Okay… So what was that?" Xander asked as soon as the cafeteria with filled with sound again.
End Flash back
And that was everything that I feel was important about today, although I don't know why Parker would be except that it was really annoying, but he used to ignore me all the time and treat me like Wesley's bratty little sister and now he wants in my pants or something. No stank you.
I was so confused by what happened in the cafeteria though. It was so odd and I was really confused. It really excited Faith though; she thinks it means they acknowledge our status as "potentially cool". Whatever that means, but it had to mean something. I tried to ask my brother about it but he called me crazy and said I imagined it because they would never speak to me. I don't really know but I guess we'll find out as time goes on.
A/N: I'm gonna try to update as much as possible, cuz im really enjoying writing this, but school just started and it's a busy year for me so be patient. Also I need some reviews people. 1 is a lonely number. More B/A later, although im warning you im planning on this being a long story cuz that's how it was gonna be wen I started and uh theirs gonna be Buffy and some other people along the way, don't get mad it is a B/A story however.
