Chapter 8: First Day of School Redux and I Meet a Girl
Hey guys! I'm back from the craziest near end of school year weeks I have ever had. I have two weeks left until I'm done! I'm so excited! Anyway sorry for the lack of update I have been busy with end of the year stuff so yeah… please PLEASE R&R I currently have 800 views but only 14 reviews so please by all means REVIEW or I will find you...Just kidding. But seriously please review.
Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice but I own my OCs
Jake POV
I had been with the team for a while now and well let's just say that it has been awesome! Man I love not having to be totally dependent on myself to watch my back. It felt great, until I was told by Batman that I would have to attend Happy Harbor High for my unfinished junior senior years.
He said it would be good for Conner and M'gann who were also having their first day to learn from someone with experience. I was a bit ticked by that because when I got my powers I thought I was permanently kissing school goodbye. M'gann had made Conner and herself bag lunches; when she offered to make me one I said that I would just buy it from the cafeteria.
We had just gotten to the main entrance when I started to quickly tutor the two on unofficial school rules. "Alright first things first. Don't piss off the popular kids and if you do run and hide! They can make you the bottom of the food chain in seconds. Also don't raise your hand to answer every question just do it once or twice per class a day. This will make you seem less geeky and weird. Now do you guys have any questions before I go talk to that group of kids that are in my grade.?
Both Conner and M'gann shook their heads and I went off to join the interesting conversation that was being conducted. Ironically it was about me, well, my Shadow Dragon persona although how news of that made it all the way to Happy Harbor High was a mystery to me.
"They say it's like a demon made of shadows." One kid said.
Other kids started to crack jokes and laugh at the prospect of a demon made of shadows appearing across Boston and stopping crimes.
"Well I heard It's like a dragon." said another boy who was shorter and wore a green and white tee-shirt and holding a skateboard. He also looked a year or so younger than me.
"Marvin how can a dragon be made out of shadows?" another kid, this time a girl said.
"I don't know but I think I'm going to go talk to Mal. See ya." and with that the kid, Marvin, rolled away on his skateboard...right into Conner who lifted Marvin up by the back of his shirt.
I decided to head to class when a big guy probably Mal started talking to Conner. I walked past a guy with messy shoulder length hair and a small beard walking toward Mal and Conner. Then I disappeared into the building.
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After 3rd period English I saw Conner walking to his next class. I said hi to him and he told me that M'gann and he were staying after school so M'gann could try out for cheerleading. I decided I would join them and get some homework done while I was at it.
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Lunch that day happened to be chicken patty one of my favorites so I was happy to eat it. I read my schedule to see what my afternoon classes were and saw that I had a study hall. That had made me happy. It meant I could finally catch up on my reading that I was doing. I happily finished my lunch and emptied my tray into a trash can. I proceeded to walk out of the lunchroom and to my next class.
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After school I was hanging out on the bleachers reading The Mysterious Benedict Society(A/N I really enjoy that book series you as readers should read it ;P) waiting for the cheerleading tryouts to end Conner was sitting near me watching M'gann do her tryouts. My enhanced hearing picked up one girl saying to another "Hey new girl I dare you to kiss that kid reading the book on the bleachers." The girl who said the dare and her friends giggled confident that I didn't know a thing about what was about to happen.
I looked over my book and blushed. I saw a girl about the same age as me walking over. She had brown hair with blue highlights and piercing turquoise eyes. She was also blushing as she walked up the bleachers and sat next to me. I pretended to be absorbed with my book.
"So…what's your name new guy?" she asked.
"Jake; What's yours new girl?" I answered
"Jake...nice name, easy to remember. My name is Kathryn Miller but you can call me Kat for short."
"Kat huh (A/N I am not homaging or alluding to Kat or Noble 2 from Halo Reach) that's a cool name. How long have you been at Happy Harbor High?"
"Since two days ago, I moved here from New York because it seemed like a better place." She answered "How about you?"
"Today." I said and looked away.
"So how old are you?"
"Junior. 17. You?"
"Same."
She asked a very weird question after that.
"You have family or friends here?"
I sighed "I moved away from my family and my friends a while back, ended up in Boston for a bit before coming here. I found some...interesting friends who said I should come here." For some reason I didn't like to lie to her and I felt guilty after I said it.
She answered the question before I had time to ask it. "Can you keep a secret?" she asked.
"Yea," I said.
"Well I moved away from New York to protect my family and friends when I developed precognitive senses and power over rock and ice. I became a superhero."
I realized she was serious when she didn't burst out laughing like it was a big joke.
My eyes widened when I realized that she was serious and I tried to will my fingernails to stay fingernails and not turn into claws. (That's what happens when I'm surprised by something big.)
I looked at her strangely then said "Hey you see that red head trying out to be a cheerleader and that stony faced boy in the black tee? Yea those two, they're two of the friends I was talking about earlier. Could you meet us when cheerleader tryouts are over and tell them what you told me?"
She looked a little suspicious but nodded her head and said "Yea sure, why not."
Then she looked me straight in the eyes and said "Well I have a dare to complete so… sorry about this."
That was when she grabbed the sides of my head and, before I had a chance to react, kissed me on the lips. It lasted about two seconds before she pulled away blushing. She got up and briskly walked back to the group of giggling girls.
I just stared into space for a while and didn't really acknowledge that the girl who said the dare had said to Kat "I said just kiss him not get to know him." amid the laughs of her friends.
What snapped me back to reality was Conner falling down the bleachers and landing on the field. I promptly started to laugh ignoring the glare I was getting from Conner as he got up to carry M'gann's books.
Man that was a long chapter. Probably my longest yet! Sorry again for the lack of update and please R&R. I know you may have a few questions about this chapter like Why was Kat so open with him about her powers and why did she go through with the dare. To those two questions I have one answer: It's my story and I can do what I want with it because of a certain principle called Alternate Universes and another called I AM THE WRITER AND IT IS MY STORY. Even if some of the things I write don't make sense for poop it's still my story and if you don't like that then I will give you my best imitation of a BAT-GLARE! (Badly imitates BAT-GLARE) Ok so the BAT-GLARE needs a little work. Until the next update true believers and don't forget to review or leave a comment below.
