"This bloody locker!"

Tooth peeked out from behind her locker door and raised an eyebrow. A few other boys and girls spared the blue-haired boy a glance then went back to getting their things. Tooth glanced at the other students before returning her eyes to the new boy.

His green eyes were wide and his lower lip trembling in frustration. Tooth frowned and closed her locket door and approached the taller boy.

"…Need help?" Tooth asked.

He gave her a sideways glance and pulled back a little. Tooth raised an eyebrow.

"It's just m' locker, sheila." The teen muttered. Tooth smiled sympathetically.

"Hold my books really quickly." Tooth ordered. She didn't give him time to respond before shoving the books into his arms and standing in front of his locker. He stumbled back, his lips pressed in a tight line. Tooth tilted her head before balling up her fist and knocking in three corner of the locker and then hitting the center, causing the locker door to swing open.

"W-what?"

Tooth grinned and grabbed her books from his arms and hugged them to her chest.

"Just a trick I learned in my freshmen years when I got frustrated with my locker." Tooth shrugged. The green-eyed boy gave her a quick smile before stuffing his things inside and pulling out a few books. Tooth stood there, watching him as he went.

"Do you always watch people like that?"

"What?"

"You keep examining me like I'm a piece of meat." The blue-haired boy frowned. Tooth flushed a light pink and shook her head.

"You're new here." She said simply.

"Yeah, so?"

"…you're just different. We don't get a lot of newcomers in town." Tooth shrugged and looked away, rubbing her neck nervously. He glanced at her before shutting his locker door and started walking down the hallway. Tooth bit her lip and turned towards the other direction, towards her next class.

Tooth walked out to the tables outside, searching for her friends when she noticed the new boy sitting in the corner alone. She frowned deeply before rushing over to sit with him.

The green-eyed boy examined her questioningly before stabbing his salad.

"Why are you wearing a sweater? It's like 90 degrees out here." He questioned before chewing on his food. Tooth shrugged and set her purse next to her thigh.

"I'm actually starting to sweat, thanks a lot." Tooth blurted out. He snickered, trying to hide his smile behind his hand while Tooth scowled with a faint pink flush blooming in her cheeks. Her eyes narrowed and she crossed her arms.

"What's your name, sheila?" He asked.

"Apparently, sheila." Tooth bit into her apple. He shook his head with a little half-smile.

"It's Toothiana. Just call me Tooth." Tooth introduced, holding out her hand. He took her hand and shook it once before stabbing his food again.

"M' Aster." He smiled.

"No Jack! Pull the rubber band the other way or else you'll hit yourself in the face with the rock!"

Tooth snickered, looking down at Baby Tooth trying to teach Jack how to use the slingshot. Jack pulled back towards his chest, and then shot the rock towards the water. It popped right back into the waves and sank down to the ocean floor. Jack smirked with a tiny laugh before giving the slingshot back to Baby Tooth.

"Jack? Have you had any luck getting your legs?" Baby Tooth asked. Tooth bit her lip and connected eyes with Jack for a second before he shook his head.

"No, not yet." Jack answered. Baby Tooth's shoulders sank. "I've asked for my friend Bunny's help, but the last time I saw him was a month ago." Jack shrugged. Tooth frowned and tapped the tip of her pencil against her sketchbook.

"What happened to him?" Tooth asked.

"Dunno. Last time I saw him, he was in human form." Jack drew a few snowflakes in the sand while Baby Tooth started picking up seashells. Tooth lied down on her stomach and rested her chin on her hands.

"Why?"

"Said he was looking for somebody…uh, I think a guy named North or something…." Tooth snapped her neck so quickly she thought she was going to get whiplash.

"North!?"

Tooth sat with Aster again next week.

"Aster?" Tooth asked. Aster glanced up at Tooth and nodded for her to go on. Tooth narrowed her eyes slightly and bit her lip.

"How do you know North?" Tooth questioned. Aster froze, staring down at his salad. He grimaced before lifting his head and started studying Tooth. Tooth shrunk a bit beneath his gaze but let out a heavy breath.

"How do you know North?" Aster crossed his arms. Tooth scoffed and gave her best scowl.

"He's my friend. My best friend in fact. I've known him since we were babies." Tooth rested her chin on her hands. Aster licked his lips and tilted his head.

"He never mentioned he had a best friend. I only ever knew of Sandy." Aster jerked his thumb towards the small golden haired boy sitting next to the senior in a red-coat. Tooth gave them a quick glance before turning back to Aster.

"Okay then…." Tooth frowned. "Why were you looking for him anyways?" Tooth asked, taking a sip of her milkshake.

"I needed to discuss some matters with him." Aster told Tooth quickly. Tooth swallowed down a groan along with her drink and then pressed her lips in a tight line.

"That isn't an answer." Tooth said after a moment. Aster bit his tongue and shook his head.

"That's all you're gonna get sheila." Aster shot back.

Tooth grimaced.

"So, Bunny became human so he could discuss secret matters with your friend North?" Jack asked.

They sat on the flat rock together, kicking the water with their fins and feet. Tooth threw a rock in the water and nodded. Jack fiddled with his thumbs before frowning.

"How does Bunny know North?"

"I don't know. He wouldn't tell me anything, and the things he told me were pretty vague." Tooth mimicked Jack's frown. She picked up a pink and white seashell and placed it in Jack's pouch. Jack threw a stone this time.

"I don't understand." Jack groaned. Tooth patted him on the back with a small half-smile.

"I'm in the same net." Tooth agreed. Jack gave a small laugh before kicking the water with his fins. Tooth smiled, then stood up and grabbed her bag. She gave Jack and quick kiss on the head before waving goodbye. "See you on Sunday."

She didn't know how soon she would see him again.

Once again, she sat at the table where she and Aster sat at. But this time, she was the first to get there.

She sat there playing a game on her phone and eating the disgusting corn and downing it with her chocolate milk. She glanced at the other table where North and Sandy usually sat at, only to find it occupied by the two new girls, Elsa and Anna, in the boy's stead.

Tooth drew her eyebrows together. She shook her head before standing up to throw away her lunch tray when the three boys came barreling towards her. She took a few steps waving her hands, trying to tell them to stop. Aster North toppled forward and grabbed onto her elbow.

"North?" Tooth questioned.

"We figured out a way to give Jack legs."

A/N: such a dramatic ending *rolls eyes*

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