Before anyone knew it, it was lunch time. The kids of Anubis slowly started leaving their classes to find their friends and go get lunch. Lily walked out of her classroom and into the lounge where most of the kids hung out. She sat down in one of the chairs and pulled out her notebook and a pencil, flipping to a page with a drawing she had been working on. As more and more people started coming in and passing through, Lily knew she was bound to see someone from Anubis. She noticed Isaac passing by, and jumped up, practically throwing her notebook on the chair behind her, going up to the blonde. "Hey, Isaac," she greeted with a shy smile. Isaac almost didn't even see the small girl.
"Oh, hey," he replied. "Hey you seen Scarlett?" Lily's smile frowned slightly. She was looking forward to talking to him, but it seemed like he was only concerned with Scarlett.
"Oh... no, but I thought, maybe we could have lunch?" Realizing that it sounded like she was asking him on a date, she panicked. "You know, with some other people. Like Oscar, and James, you know? Or more people," she gestured, moving her hands a lot while she spoke. She probably looked like a nervous wreck. "Or less.. I mean whatever you prefer, really. Or if you're not into it we could take a rain check." Isaac looked at the girl, confused as to why she was acting so strange.
"Are you alright, Lily? You seem a bit jumpy." Lily gasped, her eyes widening.
"I uh- well uh- you know what, never mind. I'm just gonna go..." she said, running away from the tall boy, grabbing her things and hitting the road. She ran down the hall and into the girl's bathroom, locking herself in a stall and sulking. "Way to go, Lily. You blew it, yet again. For such a smart girl, you act so stupid sometimes..." Lily buried her face in her hands, taking off her glasses and trying to hold back tears. Suddenly Lily heard the familiar click clack off heels on the bathroom floor. Those weren't just any heels either, they were Chloe's heels.
Lily picked herself up and unlocked the door, stepping out to see that she was right, and Chloe was fixing her hair in the mirror. She smiled when she saw her friend. "Hey! Ironic meeting you here, huh?" the girl laughed, turning to the other one. "Did you eat yet?" Lily shook her head, still shaken up from making a fool of herself. "Well let's go then! You can have lunch with me! We'll throw a picnic. C'mon, you'll love it." Chloe took her hand which made Lily smile, and the blonde led her out of the bathroom as they ran outside to have their picnic. They ran past James in the hallway, who seemed to be looking for his sister.
"Lily, I've been looking for you!" he called after her. Lily looked back at her brother.
"Sorry, meet me after school?" she shouted. He nodded, giving her a smile. The boy kept moving on, walking to his locker. At his locker, he grabbed his book and headed to the lounge. When he got there he saw Oscar, Tree, and Eddie eating. He decided to join them.
"Hey guys. Where's Isaac?" Oscar rolled his eyes, looking at James.
"Where isn't Isaac? I think he's looking for Scarlett, but if she's with our sister then there's no way he'll find her." Eddie motioned for James to sit and join them, which he did. Suddenly, in the middle of a conversation, Sophia popped in.
"Woo hoo, hi, sorry for butting in, but if Isaac comes looking for us, tell him where outside." She motioned to the hallway where Scarlett was waiting for her.
"But you're not outside," Tree spoke up. Sophia nodded.
"And we're not going outside. We'll be in the cafe. No one bother us. We need to bond over girl things." Eddie stood, going over Sophia.
"Um, Sophia, you should know that my sister isn't as much of a girly girl as you want her to be. I'm just giving you a fair warning." Sophia thought about that for a second, knowing he was right.
"Right... well, fine, we're going to talk about other stuff. That you guys can't know about," she said with a strict face. The boys nodded, and her strict face changed immediately to sweet. "Great! Bye!" And just like that the girls were gone. James took a bite out of an apple he had packed in his bag.
"So what do you think they're going to talk about?" he asked the other guys. Oscar was quick to answer immediately.
"Oh they're definitely talking about us." None of the other boys disagreed because they knew it was true. They were going to talk about the guys, and probably the other girls, and then some random unpredictable stuff. That's what girls did. They were girls. Outside Chloe and Lily were doing the same exact thing; gossiping and getting to know each other.
"Yeah, my mom almost married her original high school sweetheart, but I guess they just never worked it out. They're still friends though, and he's like an uncle to me, so it's all good. I don't have any siblings or anything though. You're lucky you have a brother. And you guys get along so well!" Lily laughed, taking a sip of the water she had been drinking.
"Yeah, as twins I guess we just really connect, you know? I mean we have some fights but neither of us can usually stay mad at the other one. So we're just always cool I guess." Chloe smiled.
"I like hearing about your life. Tell me more," she sort of asked, so of stated. Lily sighed.
"My life's boring. I'm a mess... all I am is smart, and even when I'm smart I make stupid social mistakes." Chloe sat up, looking at her friend.
"Is that why I found you in the bathroom? What happened, Lily?" Lily put her water down and began to tell Chloe what happened.
"Basically, I tried to talk to Isaac, and I completely froze. At first he didn't even see me, and then he was only interested in finding Scarlett. I don't know, I guess I just wish he saw me like he sees Scarlett." Chloe nodded.
"I know what we need to do." Lily looked confused, cocking an eyebrow. "We need to give you, a makeover!" Lily didn't look to sure about that.
"Oh I don't know, Chloe... maybe we should wait a little while." Chloe put a hand on her friend's shoulder.
"Lily, if you're always going to be afraid of change, you're never going to survive high school. But," she paused, sighing. "If you insist, I'll give you up to a month, but no more than that. If you can't get him to notice the you that you are now, we'll change you up a bit. Don't worry, we'll stay true the real you at the same time. You're gonna love it eventually." Lily smiled, giving Chloe a hug.
"Thanks, Chloe." Chloe hugged her back, smiling it.
"You know, at my old boarding school the girls weren't nearly as friendly as you guys. It was an all girls school, too. I guess that's one of the reasons I said you were lucky to have a brother. But now I'm here, and I'm ready to start over, but stay true to the real me." Chloe beamed that gorgeous smile of hers, laughing and taking a sip of her drink through a bright and colorful straw. Lily saw Chloe just then, and knew that she wasn't a bad girl at all. She's just been through a lot.
"I have a feeling you'll fit in well, Chloe. And we're going to be great friends. I can feel it." The girls exchanged smiles and continued conversation until their lunch break was over.
"Back to class," the blonde said with a bit of sorrow. "Hey, but after school wanna work on some homework together or something?" Lily nodded, grabbing her bag.
"Yeah, I'd love that." Chloe laughed once more, picking up the basket she had brought.
"Then it's a not-study date." Lily laughed and walked alongside her friend. Everyone else was heading back too, and their first day was almost over. It was that bad, in theory. The kids were liking the school a lot, which was great, and everyone was becoming real friends, just like their parents had been.
After school, Scarlett snuck away from Sophia, telling her that she was meeting her brother and she should just head home. Luckily, Sophia believed her and headed back to Anubis house. The red-head waited for the boy but he never showed up. She waited first five, then ten, coming on fifteen minutes. This was ridiculous! Furious and upset, the girl bolted back to the house by herself, humiliated. She ended up bumping into Isaac on her way. "Sorry, Isaac," she said, trying to avoid him and just keep going, but he caught her arm.
"Hey! I've been looking for you all day, where have you been?" he noticed that the girl was trying not to cry. "Whoa, what's wrong? No, no tears." Scarlett pulled her arm away.
"I'm fine," she said angrily. Isaac wasn't going to buy it.
"No, seriously Scarlett what's wrong?" Scarlett looked up at the blonde, her face turning red.
"Ask your brother," she said, plain and simple. "Now can I go?" Isaac felt terrible, and the anger he had toward his brother right now was raging.
"No, let me walk you the rest of the way, please? I don't say that often." Scarlett sniffed, waving her hand in the air.
"Fine, whatever." Isaac walked Scarlett back in silence other than her occasionally sniffling. They got back to the house and stood outside. Isaac looked at the girl. "I'm sorry," she whispered to the boy. He could barely hear her. "I shouldn't have yelled at you, and I don't apologize often." Isaac smiled, and the redhead cracked a laugh. "I'm gonna go do some homework. You can walk me home another time, if you want. But no touching," she warned. Isaac laughed slightly.
"I can do that." Scarlett smiled, tucking a hair behind her ear and heading inside. Isaac was just about to head in when Oscar came running up to the steps.
"Where's Scarlett?" Isaac heard his voice and almost flipped.
"You!" he screamed, turning on his brother. "What the hell is your problem?" Oscar only knew half of what this was about.
"Isaac just let me talk to Scarlett, please! I have to explain." Isaac stepped right up to his brother's face.
"She's in there crying! You've only known her for two days and you've already made her cry! I don't know what the hell you did but you're an awful person, Oscar." Isaac stormed inside and Oscar ran after him, looking for Scarlett. What he found was himself face to face with his little sister.
"You're a jerk, Oscar! How dare you! I can't believe you made her cry! She won't even come out of her room and she doesn't want to talk to you, so don't bother trying. And I honestly thought you were the sweet twin." Sophia was disgusted. Oscar didn't even get to explain. He completely blew his chances with Scarlett over something that wasn't even his fault. He wouldn't even get the chance to explain, either, because neither Sophia nor Isaac would let him. Meanwhile, Sophia made her way up to their room to comfort her friend. The radio was on, playing songs from Sophia's iPod.
You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors, it's the morning of your very first day. You say "Hi" to your friends you ain't seen in a while, try and stay out of everybody's way. 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". '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.
"You know it's sickening how accurate this song is for me right now, except I'm the redhead, you're the best friend, and he's not a senior." Sophia walked over to her friend and hugged her.
"It's gonna be alright, I promise." Scarlett dried her eyes and looked up at her friend.
"Thanks Sophia, but don't make promises you can't keep." Sophia frowned and watched Scarlett turn off the music, taking out her iPod in instead and plugging in headphones to listen while she did her homework. Sophia sighed, going over to her own bed to do her homework. She couldn't promise that it would be okay, because Scarlett was right; she couldn't tell that it was going to be. But she hoped, very much so, for her friend's sake.
