"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God." Bill Cosby


Although my first day of school came with a lot of bad luck I had sort of been hoping my second day of school would be a lot better. No such luck.

The worst part of the day actually didn't happen at school but first thing in the morning, at home. I woke up on time and got ready for school as usual. I considered putting some extra effort into getting ready but I truthfully valued sleep over beauty so I just didn't care anymore.

After I was fully dressed and ready for breakfast I made my way downstairs to where Stella is usually already eating but today she wasn't alone.

Our step mother, Amelia Boudin, or whatever I am supposed to call her was also in the kitchen. She had paid little attention to our presence and rarely, if ever, even acknowledged we were there. Apparently today she decided to take the offense.

Neither Stella nor Amelia noticed my presence in the hallway but I did manage to catch some of their heated one-sided conversation. They weren't talking too loud so I could only make out some of the conversation but from what I was hearing she seemed to be calling my sister a fake and a wannabe.

"I can't believe that you and your reject sister think that you are actually welcome here. Why don't you two just go back to that poor filthy place you guys call a house back in America. I have had enough of you girls and your princess fantasy. Once a pauper, always a pauper." Amelia said clearly enough so that I could hear her from the hallway.

At this point I had heard enough and I was getting extremely angry and offended even though most of the attacks were just directed at Stella. I walked into the room with an angry expression on my face that made it clear that I had heard the conversation.

"Oh well if it isn't the useless twin. At least you know how much of a failure you are unlike your sister here who seems to be letting things go to her head." Amelia said condescendingly.

The fact that she was being a bitch didn't really surprise me. I didn't really care if she called me any bad names since it wasn't like it was my goal in life to please her but I admit that it still sort of hurt. What made me really mad though was that she was attacking Stella for being what? Too perfect? I sort of agree that she is a bit too perfect but at least she is not a total fake and is a genuine good person unlike a certain someone at the moment. I looked to me as if she was jealous.

All conversation halted when Dad walked into the room with a great big smile on his face and a greeting. Thankfully Dad can be pretty oblivious at times and he didn't notice the tense atmosphere in the room. Everyone sort of put on a fake smile and greeted him back. I kept my frown on since I was still thinking about things but Dad called me out on it.

"Lottie, you are going to get wrinkles on your forehead if you keep frowning like that." Dad said, in that annoying fatherly tone that wasn't exactly appreciated at the moment, while pointing at his forehead to indicate where I would get the wrinkles.

"Humph. It doesn't matter anyways since Amelia here was just telling us about this great Botox place that will fix our wrinkles for us. She says she highly recommends it so Stella and I were just thinking out whether or not to check it out." I said with a barely hidden smirk.

I caught a quick death glare from Amelia before Dad turned towards her and said in a disappointed and exasperated tone, "Honey, don't go telling the kids about cosmetic surgery. As their parents and guardians we should be trying to help them be comfortable in their own skin. Lottie, you have a perfectly wrinkle-free face and I don't think you guys should change a thing about yourselves. If anything make yourselves uglier so that I don't have to be constantly worrying about boys coming over here to steal you away." I rolled my eyes at Dad's fatherly advice.

Amelia tried to defend herself by saying she never said that, which she actually didn't, but Dad wouldn't hear any of it and he immediately switched the topic back to breakfast.

Score one for me. I looked to Stella to see how she was holding up and she had a great big smile on her face as usual but I couldn't help but notice a slightly fake side to it.

After Stella and I finished out breakfast and started walking upstairs I mumbled, "I am so going to put glue in her shampoo tonight."

Stella just laughed without looking at me and said, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." She was quoting Gandhi, at least I knew that much, but I couldn't see how she could really keep calm about the whole situation.

"I'm not taking an eye I am taking hair and people can live fine without their hair. Besides, half of her hair is probably fake anyway." I said bitterly.

Stella gave me a pointed look that was her way of telling me not to be so mean but it's not very likely that I am going to change my way of thinking anytime soon. We reached out rooms and went our separate ways to gather our stuff for school.


On the car ride to school Stella made it clear that what happened that morning was a thing of the past when she started going into happy mode instead of sad mode. Her topic of conversation that initiated the happy mode: a boy of course.

"Do you remember that boy who helped me find my way when we first went to look at Ouran?" she asked and I nodded.

"Well, when you were off playing with your Black Magic Club friends…"she started.

"I was kidnapped." I defended myself.

She waved it off and continued talking. "I found out the identity of that boy. He only told me that his name was Francis when we met but I found out that he is actually a real prince. He is like third in line for the thrown or something but he is still a prince! And he is so nice and dreamy."

Well, I actually knew he was a prince before she did but when I tried to tell her she wouldn't let me get a word in so I gave up. I personally had thought she had forgotten all about that guy but I guess not.

"Anyways he is a year older than us. He is in class 3A, which is the same as Mori and Hunny from the Host Club. So…I was thinking…maybe we could go say hi to them at lunch and we can sneak a peek at Prince Francis or something." She said nervously awaiting my response.

"So you want us to go stalk him during lunch is basically what you're saying, right?" I said slightly hesitantly.

"Well don't put it that way! But, yes, that pretty much sums it up. Can you please come with me? I definitely can't go alone." She said.

"Fine!" I said. "I will meet you outside your classroom at lunch."

"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." She said happily and gave me a mini hug.

At that point there was only a few second away from school so out conversation halted and we eventually went our separate ways to walk to our classrooms.


I was completely lost in thought as I walked through the hallways. I was wondering if there was a dance club at this school but my guess is that if there is it is probably more like ball dancing than hip hop anyways. I wondered if I could make my own club but first I would have to make friends with other people who want to dance and I was horrible at taking the initiative to talk to people.

I heard someone call my name and I looked up to find Haruhi and the twins walking towards me. I was looking forward to talking to Haruhi again but the twins were two people I was sort of hoping to ovoid so early in the morning after already having my mood ruined by this morning's events.

"Hi Lottie!" Haruhi said.

"Hey Charlotte." The twins said with an emphasis on my name just to annoy me.

I sighed and put on a smile.

"Hey guys!" I said. Then I remembered my conversation with Haruhi the other day and I looked around to make sure no one could hear me and I added, "And girl."

Well, apparently the twins didn't know that I figured it our already and they looked pretty surprised, which would have totally given it away if I hadn't already known by the way.

"Who are you calling a girl?" the one whose name I think was Koaru said nervously.

"Yea. It's not cool to refer to yourself in third person you know." Hikaru said nervously, also trying to cover it up.

"Give it up guys, she already knows." Haruhi rolled her eyes and said. "I told her yesterday."

The twins looked at each other for a minute and then backed to me. Their faces went from shocked to what I imagine was them trying to be intimidating and they said, "Report to the Host Club immediately after class today and we shall put this before the jury."

"But-" I started trying to tell them that I already promised to keep quiet.

"No buts!" they shouted in sync while grabbing Haruhi and walking away.

Haruhi mouthed "sorry" as she was being dragged away and I just rolled my eyes. More trouble for me. I was sort of hoping to not have to go back to that place. Why can't I just have a normal school life?

I headed back to my class and took my seat right before the bell rang. I started getting out my materials when I noticed a note in my desk. It wasn't just one of those little scribbled down noted but it was a very formal letter in a black envelope that had a very simple message. It said:

Black Magic Club meeting tomorrow after class. Your attendance is required.

I thanked that stupid letter for reminding me that I inadvertently agreed to be a part of that horrible club. I tried to be optimistic and thought that maybe we would just watch a simple horror movie and be done with the meeting but something tells me that it isn't a movie watching club. Like I said, I like horror movies but I really don't want to be part of one. It seems like I have bitten off more than I can chew. In fact, I think I started choking already.

I hate to admit it (because I am obviously a ball of sunshine) but things weren't looking so great at the moment, and I was honestly considering moving back home with mom. I know Stella would disagree since she always has to finish what she starts (unless it involves clowns) but I still couldn't help but wonder: Is all this really worth it?


Sorry it has been a while since I last updated but that's because I have been so busy with school things so I tried to make this chapter a little longer to make up for it. Anyways, vote on the poll and/or review please. :)