High School Never Ends
Whee! I'm back! This chapter turned out kinda really long. Sorry. I could've split it in two again but I really wanted to just keep the whole school day in one chapter.
Namine opened her eyes and looked over at her clock. '5:45... ugh... Please just 15 more minutes...' She then heard something that sounded like yelling. 'Oh great.... someone is angry this morning... I'd better just get up.' Namine sat up and looked around as if not sure where she was. 'Okay my dresser is.....' She turned her head to the left 'That way...?' (Namine isn't really a morning person.) She got up and walked in that direction.
Namine's room was huge. And white. Very white. Everything was white in her room except for a few traces of color like some light blue every here and there. She had a single small blue pillow on her bed and some more blue on her large table. The table was fairly out of place in the room, but it was the only place that she would draw, color, or do homework on. She had a large window on one wall and a balcony on the other. Large white curtains hung from both. On her balcony she had an easel for painting and a white chair. Back in her room was a large, empty white bookshelf except for the sketch books in it. Some of her picture also hung on it or the walls. She had a wardrobe and a dresser but only used the dresser. Next to her wardrobe was a tall, white, hanging birdcage. In it was a little doll that looked fairly similar to Namine. (an/: like the one in CoM.) She had a bathroom that connected to her room with an enormous circular mirror in it. Her bathtub was also fairly large. So was her shower. Other than that, she had a bed. Her room looked fairly empty because it was so large.
Anyways, she proceeded to her dresser to grab her school clothes then went to the bathroom. Her clothes were put down on a counter as she undressed and got into the shower. While she was in there she was thinking over in her head what Roxas had meant by 'see you on Monday.' And why she acted the way she did that night. 'I do NOT believe in Love at First Sight. There is absolutely no such thing! And besides that... Ugh it just doesn't work like that! Nothing can go right that way.' Namine really didn't take much time showering and quickly got out. She plugged in her hair dryer and began drying. When she was done she got dressed. She didn't really do much with her hair other than bring most of it to the right side and put some white bobby pins on her bangs to keep them out of her face. She brushed her teeth then went back into her room for her tie. The blond girl tied her tie then sat down on her bed where her socks were. After she got them on, she went downstairs for breakfast and her shoes. Namine was still thinking of what Roxas meant and if she did see him today, how she would react. Besides that, she was not looking forward to school-- she never did.
Down the stairs the blond went, heading towards the dining hall. It was just as large as Namine's room. She looked around for her seat, which was white. She spotted it and sat down. One of the many maids came out with a silver platter with some biscuits, pancakes, sausages, and eggs on it. Another had come out with three different pitchers; one with milk, one with water and another with orange juice. They set the food down near Namine then quickly left. 'I wish they'd stay...' Namine looked around the large room, trying to spot another person. 'It's kinda lonely here...' The blond took some pancakes and a sausage then poured herself some milk in one cup, and some orange juice in another. She ate fairly fast and went back to her room to finish getting ready.
Back in her room, Namine glanced at her clock that read 6:38. Namine searched for her shoes, only to find them in the bathroom near the tub. She slipped them on and grabbed her bag that was next to her bed. 'Alright, let's get this over with.' She thought and was downstairs again, waiting for the car to come. It only took a few minutes for it and the blond was off to school with a tired look on her face.
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When Namine got there, she automatically felt the glares. She stood out like a sore thumb, because of her father. He paid the school large sums of money for Namine so her demanded that she get a special uniform. Which it was. Her uniform was was slightly different, but it still made people stare. Her tie and skirt were a very light blue color. (an/: like Kairi's uniform but lighter. Other female students wore a dark blue tie and skirt. Male students wore dark blue pants and tie. White button up shirts are the shirt part of the uniform for both.) Her tie also had a special symbol on it. (an/: A small Nobodies symbol) Her shirt's sleeves went to her elbows, which wasn't allowed, usually the sleeves were down to the wrists, at the shoulders, or rolled up to be sleeve-less. She also wore white thigh-high socks, while everyone else had to wear knee-high black socks. Namine had gotten the nick-name of The White Princess at school because of this. The blond was teased daily too, but wasn't able to prove any of it. Which then gave her the title of Attention Seeker by some of the faculty.
Namine just continued to walk down the hall, not lifting her head from the ground. She didn't want to make eye contact with anyone because she could hear them all whispering about her. Namine got special permission from her first hour teacher to let her in long before class would start, because she was afraid of the teasing. Her first hour teacher was pretty cool, he actually knew about Namine and the teasing, and tried to defend her too. But he was called a liar and accused of having a student-teacher-relationship with Namine. Which led to a lot of arguing with the school board. From that, Namine also got the title of being The Teacher's Slut. Namine hated it because he was the kind of teacher that would never do anything like that to his students. But he took it fine enough because he knew it was just all the other students who started the rumor to get him fired for helping her.
Namine pulled out a sketchbook from her bag and began drawing. After a half hour, the bell rang so she stopped. She was drawing a swing set. The blond didn't want to get teased so she stuffed her sketchbook into her bag and pulled out her Social Studies book and homework. She continued to sit there while Mr. Highwind took role. When he was done, he continued his rant from yesterday about women staying out of 'man-talk'. Even though he was a pretty cool teacher, he swore, a lot. But that was okay with the class, they were all a bunch of Sophmores anyways so cuss words didn't really affect them.
About twenty minutes into class, an announcement was made over the intercom:
"NAMINE BLANC PLEASE REPORT TO WHERE NOTHING GATHERS. I REPEAT, NAMINE BLANC PLEASE REPORT TO WHERE NOTHING GATHERS."
Namine stood, while Mr. Highwind just nodded. She walked out with her stuff while hearing snickers and jokes about her on her way out. She swore that someone had thrown something at her too. 'Uh... Let's see... where is... Where Nothing Gathers...? What's up with these room names. Why can they just be numbers?'
After wondering around her school for 5 minutes she finally found the room. The door was black and the room gave off a... strange feeling. The blond shut her eyes and entered.
"Hey Nami! Took you long enough to get here!" She heard from a voice that sounded strangely familiar so she open her eyes. It was Roxas. Her eyes widened a little.
"Roxas?!" She ran up and was about to give him a hug but stopped herself. Her cheeks went red and she turned her gaze to the ground.
"Um.. So why was I called here?" She noticed his pants and decided to look at him. "And what are you wearing..?"
"Oh! I'm part of Org. XIII." He said as he pointed to his black pants and black coat. "And... You were called here so you could meet the gang!" In a way, Namine was happy that Roxas wasn't acting weird about the other night. She was nervous that she was though.
The blond girl looked around to realize that there were 5 other bodies in the room other than her's and Roxas'. Unintentionally Namine said "What's Org. XIII..?"
A boy with blue-ish hair lifted his head from the book he was reading and mumbled "Us."
"Yup, Yup! That's Ussss!~" Said another blond with a mullet-like hairstyle.
Namine felt like she wasn't properly getting an answer so she changed her question. "So what do you guys do?"
"Psh, excuse me!" Namine felt a glare and turned to notice another blond hanging on a pink headed person.
"Oh.. I'm sorry! Guys and girls?" She said trying to correct herself.
The blond and the pink head crossed the room. There was something about the pink headed one that terrified Namine. The blond sat down and yelled "I'm the only girl here, stupid! Well, besides you. Seriously why'd Roxas invite The White Princ--"
"Shut up Larxene!" Roxas whipped his head around quick and glared at her. Namine just looked down, feeling her face get red.
A red head was sitting on a couch and began to answer Namine's question. "Well Org. XIII is a group of students and teachers. We're pretty much like the student council except we enforce rules. And give punishments." He said the last part with a laugh. " The one over there reading is Zexion, He's the same grade as you and Roxas. That chick over there with the bad attitude is Larxene, The one with the mullet is Demyx, I'm Axel. We're all Juniors. The pink haired dude is Marluxia, and the big burly looking one is Lexaeus. They're both Seniors." With each introduction they all gave a little wave except Zexion who was reading and Larxene who just scowled. Namine didn't even notice Laxaeus because he was so quiet.
She was about to introduce herself when Axel stopped her. "We all already know who you are. Namine Blanc, Heiress. Hated at school by everyone, thought to be an attention seeker by most teachers. Come back from some classes with new bruises or red marks. Hides in Art room majority of the time. Afraid to confront her father. Mother is--"
"STOP!" Shouted the little blond. She didn't really realize her eyes had started to water a bit. She turned her gaze to the floor again. Her face was hot. "...Please... Just stop..." She whispered, now clinging to Roxas' coat sleeve.
"Uhh... Yeah... Axel. Why don't we just get down to why she's here...?" He said while patting Namine softly on the back. He gave Axel a look as if begging him to not continue.
"Er... Anyways, Namine you're here because everyone in this room is now your bodyguard." Said the red head, staring at the blond.
Namine didn't think she heard correctly. "Wha... Huh?" She had also let go of Roxas.
"Your father has made us, Org. XIII, watch over you. Roxas is getting transferred into most of your classes, Zexion also. You'll also be having a class with Demyx too." He continued.
"My... My father..? Oh god, I'm so sorry... I can't believe that he would..." The tears had stopped a minute ago but she could feel them coming again. She brought her gaze up to Roxas' face and gave him a rather sad look like she was saying 'Please don't do this, refuse please.'
Roxas looked down at her and said "We didn't have to do this, but I convinced them too. The school has been trying to get us to do this for a while, because of your father and them getting sick of hearing about the newest injury. The others said they'll help, so trust them." He gave her one of his kind smiles.
With that a rush of emotions came over Namine; relief to have at school, worry for the others, fear of even more teasing, etc. She thought the relief feeling she had was the strongest because for some reason she rushed into give Roxas a hug as soon as he finished. "Thank you so much, Roxas" She whispered.
Roxas' face went just as red as Axel's hair but he couldn't bring himself to pry her off of him.
Namine started to hear a bit of giggles that sounded like Axel, Demyx, Larxene and Marluxia. She then heard Larxene squeal "Get a room you two!"
The little blond realized she was still hugging Roxas and decided to finally let go. Her face had also become just as bright as Axel's hair. "Ah...." 'Remember in an embarrassing situation... Its best to laugh.'
She began laughing. Soon enough the others joined in too. When things had settled down, everyone sat down and were going over how to stop the teasing. They finally decided it would be best to transfer Roxas and Zexion immediately. That took about an hour. Because Namine didn't really want to go back yet, they let her stay in Where Nothing Gathers for another half hour to get to know her protectors better.
It was already third period by the time her and Roxas got back to her class. Zexion was going to be in her next class. He only transferred two periods while Roxas transferred four. The teacher introduced him and sat him in the back next to Namine. He looked over at her desk that had things carved and scibbled in permanent marker like "YOU FILTHY RICH ASS SCUM" or "TEACHERS' SLUT" or "Bitch!" or "Stop stealing my boyfriend!!" The last one had made Roxas frown. 'I highly doubt that Namine actually tries to steal your boyfriend...'
Roxas was lucky he didn't go into the girls bathroom, that's where it was even worse. Anyways, he sat down and took out some paper. He wrote "So why is your desk all gross like that..?" And passed it to her. She frowned a little and wrote back "They got sick and tired of replacing it." and gave it back. "Ohh..." He sat there for a minute, thinking of what to write. "Are you gonna sit with me at lunch?" Then gave her the note.
"I guess I could... I usually just sit in the art room during lunch... So people don't throw things at me..." Again she gave it back. His eyes widened after reading it. "People... People throw things at you?! No one has stopped them?!" He wrote quick then gave it to her. "Nope. Usually people either laugh at me for it, take pictures, or get others to throw things at me." She gave it back again, not really paying attention to anything. Roxas couldn't believe that the teachers wouldn't stop this or anything. "Alright well, I've got an awesome surprise for you at lunch!" He sent back, trying to get her happy since she now seemed fairly sad. Namine smiled a little and scribbled something back. They kept passing the note the whole period and didn't realize that the bell had rung. They collected their stuff and headed out for lunch.
"So..." Namine said slowly. "Where do you go for lunch? And what's this surprise?" Namine was really curious. She didn't even realize the stares she was getting. Although she did feel like she got hit by something again. She flinched. Before he answered her, she swung his head back and glared at every single person who was in that hallway. That made them disperse rather quickly. He laughed a little then turned his head back and simply said "To the drama hall! And that will remain a surprise until we get there!"
The blond was excited for the Drama Hall. She'd never been there, but there was a surprise there for her. When they got there Namine looked around and frowned a bit. She didn't see anything that looked like a surprise to her, just more stares. Roxas must've seen something that Namine didn't because he was waving for someone to come their way. Namine finally saw who he was waving at-- It was Sora and Kairi, along with someone taller with silver hair. Her face lit up so much Roxas couldn't help but laugh. Kairi picked up her pace and ran at Namine to glomp her. The red head knocked the blond to the floor with a huge smile on her face. "NAMI!!!!!" She exclaimed.
She quickly got off Namine and stood up, giving her friend a hand to get up too. "Wow, so you have a special uniform? Like Roxas' almost." Namine was a little shocked, Kairi was more bossy the other night but she was being super happy right now. "Ah, Nami, this is our friend Riku! He's a Junior. But yeah, we've been friends since we were little." Namine gave Riku a wave, 'Wow, he's really good looking...' she thought to herself. "So Nami! You gonna be eating with us from now on?" Sora said with a grin.
"Um..." She glanced over at Roxas who gave her a smile. "I guess so." Kairi noticed this and smiled to herself.
"Let's go introduce you to the rest of the gang then." They walked down the Drama Hall out onto a porch. There was three tables, each with a bunch of Sora's, Kairi's, Riku's, and Roxas' friends there. It was like one big clique. A girl with brown hair came running up to Kairi and grabbed onto her arm. "Kairi! What took so long! Seriously I was worried! Tidus was trying to get me and Rikku to leave so he could flirt with Yuna! Can you believe that! And oh my god! Want to know what the Witch did today?! I can't believe her with her special uniform. Ugh!" The whole time the brown haired girl was talking, everyone else was trying to get her to shut up. Kairi's face went a little red but the brunette continued "Hey! Who is your friend?" Then her eyes widened.
Kairi yanked the brown haired girl off her to introduce Namine, whose eyes and nose were starting to look red. "Uh... Selphie.... This is Namine...." Selphie grabbed Kairi's arm again and dragged her back to the table.
"Kairi! How could you bring that.... GIRL here! She's a total slut! She probably couldn't even graduate without her daddy's help! She's so pathetic. How could you even hang out with her, your rep will totally drop! Ughhh!!" She whispered just loud enough for Namine and the rest of the teens around to hear. Namine could feel it, the tears again. She hated how much of a cry baby she was being.
Tidus spoke up "Actually, I just met her during that thing I had to go to for my dad on Saturday. She was pretty cool." Namine didn't realize people from that party actually went to her school. It was weird to just find that out. But it made her smile a little.
"And besides that Selphie, what about that saying, don't judge a book by its cover." Kairi said and walked back towards Namine, Roxas and Sora. Riku had just sat down, not wanting to really get into a fight over someone he just met. 'So much for a good first meeting.' Thought Roxas, Kairi and Sora. Namine made herself stop crying, she hated feeling like the victim. She faked a smile and said "Well... I guess its understandable. If you don't want me here, I'll be fine back in the art room. Seriously. I've been alone for a while now so its really no big deal."
She turned around and looked at Roxas saying 'I don't think I can handle this right now.' with her eyes. Then began walking but stopped and turned her head. "But please don't mistake this, I did NOT choose to wear this. I was Forced. I Don't sleep around with people so I'm NOT some slut. I'm sick of hearing rumors about me. Especially when I can't say anything bad back for my father's sake. You think it is easy to be an heiress? No. I'm stuck forever captured." Her eyes burned with tears and she walked out. Her throat started to hurt now. While going through some of the halls she could feel the stares and continued to feel things getting thrown at her. Suddenly she just snapped. "YOU!" She pointed at some girl pointing at her and whispering to a boy next to her. "DO YOU EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME? HONESTLY? OR DO YOU ONLY KNOW THE RUMORS?!" The girl continued to point and began laughing "YOU? Are you serious? You're just some dirty slut who sleeps around with every guy she knows. I bet you take after your mother! Who knows how much your father pays to keep you here. I bet you've gotten kicked out of every school you've ever been too!" When she finished others began laughing and chanting "The White Slut!" Namine took her bag and threw it at a group of boys chanting along and lunged at the girl. The girl began shrieking "BITCH GET THE HELL OFF OF ME! I'M GONNA SUE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY TILL THEIR BROKE!" Namine just kept punching her face untill she had to close her eyes from all the tears. He punches started to slow as she whispered "Please.... Just stop all of these lies.. Mom.........." And Namine stopped. The girl threw Namine off of her and against some lockers. Two boys held her against them as the girl began putting on as many rings as she had fingers. She brought her face right next to Namine's and whispered "I'm hope you enjoy this as much as I will." Then gave a scary smile and giggle. But Namine still had her eyes shut, not really moving, like she'd given up. The girl began pounding her fists into Namine. She got Namine's face a few times before she heard what sounded like Roxas, Axel, and Demyx telling everyone to get to the office this instant. The boys let go of Namine and she just sort of fell to the ground. There was blood and tears all over her face. Blood was also on her shirt.
Axel grabbed her bag and Roxas picked up Namine. They headed to the Nurse's office while Demyx went to the office for all the other students. Axel set down the bag and left for the office to meet up with Demyx. Roxas carried Namine over to the closest bed and set her down. 'Namine... What happened...' He thought. He had signed her in then went back to her. The blond boy grabbed a wash cloth and began wiping her blood covered face. Tears were still streaming down her face, like she was having a horrible nightmare. The grabbed some antiboatic creme and put it on her wounds. Gently he placed some bandages over them. Kairi and Sora came in while he was doing this. Kairi couldn't help but burst into tears and run at the bed. The red head said she'd stay with Namine for the rest of the day and that Roxas didn't need to stay. He was sort of hesitant to leave but ended up leaving anyways. The boy felt like it was all his fault that he couldn't protect her. But he wasn't the only one who felt it was their fault, Selphie did too. She came in during one of the breaks when Kairi had got to the bathroom and quietly said "I'm so sorry... I shouldn't have ever judged you."
During this whole thing, Namine was dreaming-- A very sad dream. She knew her mother was there. And Roxas, Sora, and Kairi. She was little, with her mother at the park. She started to play with little Roxas, Sora, and Kairi. Soon she knew it was time to go and looked around for her mother. All she could see was red. Then, one by one they all disappeared; first Sora, then Kairi, then Roxas. Everything just went red. Then the red began to fade to black. White bars encircled her and she couldn't escape. Slowly, the black became liquid and she began to slip through. Until she was smothered by it.
"Namine." She heard. It sounded exactly like her mother.
"Namine." The blond heard again. This time it sounded like Kairi.
"Namine..." Was the final one. For some reason she couldn't place the voice, it was so familiar but so distant at the same time. A white light soon enveloped her and Namine woke up to Roxas and Kairi standing there.
"Wha.... huh? Where am I.....?" The blond girl said quietly.
Kairi hugged her so hard. "Nami!! I was so worried! What happened to you!?"
"You're in the Nurse's Office, Namine." Roxas gave a smile that seemed so relieved.
"Oh.... Uh..." He head started to hurt. "Ugh. My head hurts so much." She put her hand to her head expecting to feel flesh but instead felt a bandage.
"Wha....What happened to me?"
The red head pulled back from Namine and gave her a confused look. "You mean... You don't know what you did?"
"Was it something... bad?" The blond gulped.
"You... Beat the crap out of a junior. She got two of her senior friends to hold you against the wall and she then began beating the crap out of your face. I'm sorry I couldn't...." Roxas was having a hard time finishing his sentence so Kairi got up, she could take the hint, he wanted to be alone with Namine.
As soon as she left he finished, but kept his eyes the ground glaring. As if trying to set it on fire as a distraction. "I'm so.... Namine... I'm so sorry I... Couldn't... Protect you...."
The girl blushed a little, but no one could really tell, because of her bandages. "Roxas.. I don't really know... What happened..." She turned her gaze to the sheets. "But... I feel like you came for me. That's all that matters." She lifted her head to Roxas and gave a smile. He took his gaze off the ground and moved it towards Namine. 'She looks like a beaten angel...' He thought.
"So... Is something going to happen to me?" Namine said hesitantly.
"I think you get a week suspension. That junior got everyone to say it was your fault and she only got two days." He said in a low voice.
It was quiet for a few minutes. "Hey Roxas... What time is it?" She asked.
"Its... About 3:30" He said glancing at the nurse's clock.
Her eyes widened. "School ended almost 45 minutes ago!" She tried to get up but he kept her down.
"You aren't going anywhere, missy. You can leave when you get discharged!" He said playfully.
Namine pouted a bit "And when's that Mr. Doctor?" She laughed a bit then winced at the pain.
"As soon as I get a good-bye hug!" He said again jokingly.
Namine was shocked a little and her face went a bit red. "A... good-bye.... hug?"
Roxas noticed her uncomfort and decided that it'd be best not to joke like that. "No, no! I'm joking, but uh... do you feel good to walk or anything?"
Namine sighed a bit then tried to stand but quickly sat back down. "Ugh... Too dizzy..."
"Want a piggy-back?"
"Sure?"
He grabbed her bag and let her hop on. She didn't realize she still had some blood on her shirt. Anyways, he walked her down the hall where she heard some people who were still there whisper about PDA. Namine directed the blond boy where she got picked up. She got in the car and apologized to the driver about her being late. She rolled down her window and waved good-bye to Roxas as she drove away. She felt bad for not offering him a ride but her father would never have allowed it. She was already going to get yelled at for her face and she didn't want a second lecture about having a boy he didn't know in his car.
As soon as Namine entered the door she heard her father yell.
'This is not going to be a fun three hours.' She thought to herself while walking into her father's study.
Namine lost it..?! As wierd as this sounds, I had fun imagining the fight in my head. Anyways, I had drawn the school uniforms which I'll upload onto my deviantart very soon. Again sorry for the longness and please Review!