Chapter 10: First Day of School
The day began when Quincy woke up earlier than Chad an hour and half before class starts. He started to take a shower, letting the warm water touch his skin as he's wash his body with liquid soap and shampooing his hair with conditioning after that. He got out of the shower with a shower cap on, still conditioning, while drying off his body when heard a knock or two on the door to his and Chad's room. Quincy quickly grabbed his robing hanging on the bathroom door and went to answer who's at the door. When he opened it, Ben was standing in front of him with a box in his hands.
"Good morning, Quincy." Ben greeted.
"Hey, wassup, Benny? Whatchu got there?" Quincy asks.
"I've got some stuff in here you might need." He answered.
"Like what?"
"Open it and find out." Quincy did what he said and open the box to find a few items that are is favorite colors, red and black.
"Oh my Zeus, is this a smartphone?" Quincy asked when he pulled out a smartphone that's red with a black Auradon symbol on the back.
"Yes, and I thought you might like the colors I picked for you." Ben answered with a smile.
"And what's this?" Quincy pulled out something with two straps that is black mostly but two red stripes down across on each sides and the bag attached is red and black checkered themed.
"It's a backpack, you put stuff in it to carry in. I even put some notebooks, pencils, and a ruler since you might need them for school."
"Alright, I see. And I love the design on this."
"I'm glad you appreciate it, and there's one more thing in there you'll also want." Quincy looked in the box and saw something he never expected. A hairdryer, its mostly red and some parts of it are black. Even more surprising, it has his name inscripted in gold color by the end where the air comes out on the side.
"My own hairdryer? And with my name on it?" Quincy asked still shocked.
"From what you told me yesterday, your mom doesn't think you're responsible to take care of your stuff because she never gave you a chance to prove yourself. Well I'm giving you that chance, whether she likes it or not." Quincy could feel a tear about come out, he never cries in front of people and he doesn't like feeling vulnerable, but after what Ben did for him, he doesn't care.
"Are you ok?" Ben asked.
"I….I…..I don't know what to say." Quincy said with tears running down his face.
"It's fine, I'm just glad you like your welcome gifts. I want to be able to make you feel at home here like I did with Mal and the others. And what you did to make it on the team, that was impressive."
"To be honest, I never thought I'd make it on there, but I guess I have Chad to thank for."
"Why you say that?"
"He invited me to watch and I accepted, before that, I had him all wrong. We did had something in common after all, you were right."
"Wow, I'm so glad to hear you two are getting along."
"Yeah, well I guess it had to happen, right? Hehe."
"Great, so I'll see you later?"
"Totally."
"Cool, see ya then." And Ben walked off, leaving Quincy by the door, who's still can't get out the fact that he got his own hairdryer. He was putting his stuff on the desk then headed to the bathroom with his brand-new hairdryer. He had to wash out the conditioner first then dry his head before he can use it. After washing it out and drying with his towel, he plugs his hairdryer in by the mirror and turns it on. He jumped a little when it started but remained calm and pointed it at his hair which starts to blow part by part. "It feels amazing" he thought, the hot air blowing was immediately making his hair look so dry that it doesn't look like it's ever gotten wet before. The noise woke up Chad eventually and he tries to find out where it's coming from. He finds a box on the desk, wondering how it got there. Then he notice that Quincy isn't in bed anymore.
"Oh right, he's an early bird." He remembers, and calls out his name.
"Hey, Quincy!" He shouts, making Quincy turn off his hairdryer and went out of the bathroom to find Chad awake.
"Oh, did I wake ya?" Quincy asked.
"Well, yeah, what was that noise."
"Ben gave me some welcome gifts." Quincy showed him his hairdryer.
"He seriously gave you that?"
"I was surprised myself and along with other things." Quincy said as he walk to his box then picks it up to put on his bed and pulls out is phone and backpack.
"Wow, he went all out."
"I know right and he knows my favorite colors."
"It's kind obvious." Chad joked.
"I still can't believe he did this for me."
"Ben's a great guy and I'll admit that he also has a big heart. That's why he's a great king, even someone who gives second chances."
"I still feel strange though, it's a lot to take in."
"Eventually you'll get use to it, now how we get ready and get something to eat?"
"They gonna have pancakes again?"
"Belgium waffles with French toast." Chad answered then went to the bathroom to freshen up.
"Mmm, that sounds good." Quincy couldn't wait until he eats but remembers this time he has to go to school so he looked at his schedule that he sat on his nightstand between his and Chad's beds.
"Art class…Remedial Goodness….wonder what I can expect from that." Quincy still wonders who the teacher is, he's been a little curious since Ben and Fairy Godmother are being secretive about that.
At the cafeteria, Chad and Quincy walks with food on their trays while searching for a table. Eventually they find one with Jay, Carlos, Herkie and Aziz.
"Hey guys, got room for two more?" Chad asked.
"Sure do, come on down." Aziz said. The second they sat down, Quincy started to pour syrup and cut piece to put it in his mouth.
"Mmm, so good." Quincy moaned while smiling.
"I take that you like it." Carlos said.
"Who doesn't? Anyone would be stupid to not like them." Quincy said still eating.
"So, how you feel about being on Tourney?" Herkie asked.
"Well at first I wasn't sure, but when Ben said there's tackling involved, I'm game, haha."
"Just like Jay." Carlos joked.
"Hey, I've gotten better." Jay said faking being offended.
"I liked how you played out their there, how'd you move that fast?" Herkie asked Quincy.
"Years of practice, what can I say? I love pulling pranks since I was a kid." Then Quincy and Herkie laughed with each other, making Chad noticing how friendly those two are getting.
"Changing the subject, why are you down here? I thought you have another day off?" Quincy asked Jay.
"Tv got broken, so it was either stay in my room bored or being productive in school."
"Huh, well I would've been under a sleeping curse all day," Quincy said. "And do I really have take Remedial Goodness?"
"Sorry Red, but that's a requirement for us." Jay tells him.
"And who's this teacher? Ben and Fairy Headmistress won't tell me."
Jay and Carlos looked at each other for a second and starting to laugh under their breath, making Quincy irritated.
"What is so funny?! Tell me!" Quincy whined.
"It's a surprise, trust us." Jay said while still trying to stop laughing along with Carlos.
"Man, come on!" Quincy then crossed his arms.
After calming down, Carlos said, "Sorry but you'll know why it's funny later, it's 2nd period just like us and the girls, so don't worry, we'll help you through it."
"Whatever, what I gotta go through first is Art class."
"That's an easy one, classes like those are really easy to pass." Chad said.
"I agree." Herkie said
"Well that's comforting at least." Quincy said then continues to finish his food with the other players until it was five minutes for classes to start. The boys then got up and went out to their destinations.
"I don't know where my class is at." Quincy said looking around.
"I can take you there." Herkie offered.
"No, I will, it's on the way to mine." Chad said.
"You sure cause I don't mi-
"Herkie, I got it!" Chad insisted, sounding a little louder than he attended. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell."
"It's fine, I get it." Herkie said then chuckled a little. "See ya Q."
"Later Herk." Quincy said before he and Chad set off, while the other four went another way.
"What was that about?" Quincy asked while smirking.
"Nothing, just that Herkie sometimes forgot his 1st period." Chad answered, looking the other way.
"If you say so." Quincy said still smirking.
"So you guys seem friendly, already giving each other nickname."
"Yeah, and the funny thing is it's that I've never in all my life been called Q before."
"Really? Never?"
"Yeah, it's usually Red, Jokester, The Prankster of the Isle and wait for it…The Prince of Hearts." Quincy and Chad laughed at that last name for obvious reasons. "But that last one never really stick back at the hood."
"Hmm, maybe we should make it a thing." Chad said.
"Wait, your saying you want to use that as my nickname?" Quincy asked.
"Occasionally." Chad said while looking another way then smiled.
"Hmm, it's a bet." Quincy smiled and eventually they finally made it to his Art class.
"Here we are." Chad said.
"Thanks, so I guess I'll see you later." Quincy said
"Yeah, definitely, see ya." Chad said then walking off to class. Quincy stepped in and sees some students in front of paint boards. He walks around to find one to sit by and see some familiar faces. Mal, Ally and Lonnie.
Ally looks up to see Quincy right by them and greets him, "Quincy, your in this class?" Mal and Lonnie notice him too.
"Yeah, Chad walked me here." Quincy answered.
"Hmm, sounds like you two are becoming friends." Lonnie said.
"Yeah, I'll admit, I've never thought I'm becoming friends with the son of Cinderella. Even my mom will think it's a joke and I joke all the time."
"Well anyways, you'll like this class, most of the time we paint anything and others we do projects." Ally informed Quincy.
"Sounds good to me."
The bell rang and a middle aged woman walks in to her desk to set her purse on it.
"Good morning class, hope you ate well cause I've got an assignment for you all. Do all of you know Wonderland?"
Ally was the first person to speak, "Why yes, I'm familiar since my mum was a visitor."
"Yes, Ally I'm aware, does anyone else?" The teacher asked. That's when Quincy raised his hand.
"Oh, I didn't notice we have a new student." She looked at her student log to find Quincy's name. "Quincy, is it?"
"Yep, and I know Wonderland since my mom use to rule it with an angry fist." Quincy said.
"Your mom rules Wonderland? Heh, well that'll have to mean-" she stopped herself when realization hits her hard and she stares straight at Quincy who had his eyebrows up and nodded to clarify her theory.
"The Queen of Hearts is your mother?" She asked.
"Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner." Quincy smirked.
"You might wanna cool it, since she just found out about your mom being a villain." Mal suggested.
"Oh it's fine, Mal, unexpected but really it's nothing to worry about." She assured. "My name is Ms. Parker, and welcome to Auradon."
"Thanks." Quincy said.
"Now back to what I was talking about, Wonderland's a place where anything impossible is possible like some foods and drinks change sizes, flowers that can talk and a deck of cards as guards."
"What's that gotta do with the assignment?" Ally asked.
"Well I want you guys to create what you Wonderland would be like."
"Like our own castles and stuff?" Quincy asked.
"Yes you can do that, let the creativity flow through your body, you have the whole class to do it." Ms. Parker then went to sit at her desk and starts reading her magazine, while everyone else vegans to paint.
Quincy always thought of being a king of his own castle so that's what he started with, while adding a few odd things to go with the assignment. Mal wasted no time drawing since she's an expert graffiti artist. Ally was stoked to imagine what Wonderland is to her and painted as fast as she could. Lonnie wanted to be perfect but fun so she starts with pink flowers and stereo machines.
It was five minutes until class ends and everyone's just about done, except Quincy who's putting the last finishing touch. The bell rang and student were giving their art to Ms. Parker and Quincy was the last one to hand his over then walks out the door with the girls.
Mal and Quincy went another way after saying bye to Lonnie and Ally.
"So, you ready?" Mal asked Quincy.
"I'm not sure, what can I expect?" Quincy asked.
"Well, there's questions and the rest of the VKs in there."
"That's settling."
"Oh and there's a smiling exam." Mal said under her breath but Quincy heard.
"No way, you have to be kidding me." Quincy said.
"But the teachers nice."
"Will you please tell who it is already?" Quincy said impatiently.
"You'll see, it won't be long." Ben told Mal not to say anything yet.
"Fine, at least I'll finally see who it is." They made to Remedial Goodness 101 to find Evie, Jay, Carlos and Freddie already there. Mal went to seat by Evie and in front of Freddie while Quincy went to sit behind Carlos.
"Finally, you guys made it" Jay said.
"I'm just hear to see who this teacher is since no knows wants to tell me." He looked at everyone, who are all grinning.
"We want to see the look on your face when you see her." Freddie said.
"Her?! Her who?"
"Her Me." The VKs all turned around to see Fairy Godmother waltzing in, making Quincy's mouth wide open.
"Good Morning class." She greeted.
"You're the teacher?! It was trick from the start, and y'all thought this would be funny." Quincy said.
"Oh I didn't trick you, I just wanted to surprise."
"Hmm, respect." Quincy said, making everyone laugh. "So your Headmistress and a teacher?"
"It makes me happy that I can further education students to make good choices."
"Good to know."
"Now, first we'll do some questions then our topic for today is how to be a good citizen." Fairy Godmother announced as she walks to the board to get her stick.
"Can't wait." Quincy said sarcastically.
Fairy Godmother pointed her stick to her board at the first question, "You see a homeless man on the street, do you A) Kick him, B) Call him names, C) throw him in the dumpster, or D) give him some change."
Quincy raised his hand so Fairy Godmother can let him answer, "Quincy?"
"Well duh, I would've pick B because of how he dresses, he brought that on himself, hahahaha." Quincy laughed, making the other VKs groan at him.
Fairy Godmother cleared her throat and picked someone else, "Mal?"
"D, give him change." Mal answered.
"Correct."
"Really?" Quincy said.
"Yes, because that man has problems without someone picking on him, showing him kindness and maybe some money will help him get through the day."
"Huh."
"Next, you witness someone stealing a woman's purse, do you A) Cheer for him, B) Help him by shutting the woman up, C) Call the police, or D) Ignore it?"
Carlos' hand so Fairy Godmother calls him out, "Carlos?"
"C, call the police." Carlos answered.
"That's right."
"Seriously? I would've picked D, at least I'm not messing with anybody." Quincy said
"You don't simply just ignore it, someone's purse has things like wallets, credit cards, her phone, things that someone could keep or sell, and if you seen this, then you could've help by calling the police so they can do the job."
"Ok then." Quincy said. "How do you guys know the answers?" He asks his VK friends.
"A while ago, Mal told me to pick something that doesn't sound like fun." Freddie informed him.
"Ohhh, that explains it."
"You see something you want to buy but can't afford it, do you A) Save your money, B) Steal it, or C) You Tear it up?" Fairy Godmother asked.
Quincy knew what to answer so he raises his hand until Fairy Godmother called him, "Quincy?"
"Uhh, I think I'll go with A) Save your money?" Quincy answered.
"That's correct, Quincy." Fairy Godmother said with a smile.
"I figured that's what a good person does." Quincy said then he says in his head, "Although I would've just stole it, haha."
"Now let's get to our topic, take some notes cause I'll quiz you guys next week on it." Fairy Godmother said.
"Oh, no." Quincy thought.
Quincy was exhausted and was glad he has free period so he went to his dorm room and is going to take a nap. When he opened the door, he's surprise to see Chad on his bed watching tv.
"Oh, hey Chad."
"Whatchu doing here, don't you have class?" Chad asked.
"It's my free period so decide to come back and watch The Flash. I couldn't get my mind off it."
"Really? It's about to come on."
"Wicked, where's the popcorn at? Haha." Quincy sat down with Chad on a chair in front of the tv and the screen shows Flash stopping bank robbers.
40 minutes later
The episode ends and it's was almost time for class to start.
"Well, that was a good one, but it's Science class for me." Chad said.
Quincy looked at his schedule to see where he's supposed to go, "Hey, that's my next class."
"Guess that means we go together."
"Sounds like it, maybe it won't be so bad then."
"I mean, it is a boring class but maybe with you in it, it'll be interesting."
"Well duh, everywhere I go gets interesting." Both the boys laugh at Quincy's comment, then walked out of the door.
While the boys are on they're way, Quincy was hungry already, wondering when is he gonna get some lunch. When they reached the class, they found Evie and Doug holding hands and Eskimo kissing.
"You're just so cute, you know that?" Evie flirted to Doug.
"I'll I know is that you're gorgeous." Doug flirted back.
Chad led Quincy to the chairs in front of them, witnessing their affections for each other, made a face with each other in disgust before Quincy asks, "Y'all gonna do that the whole time?"
"I was about to ask the same thing." Chad agreed.
"Oh come on, we just miss each other that's all." Evie said, holding on to Doug.
"You had breakfast together." Quincy said, remembering seeing those two eating waffles alone and flirting.
"And we still miss each other after." Evie said. That made Quincy and Chad rolled their eyes and start their own conversation.
"So how did today go so far?" Chad asked Quincy.
"Well, I've painted, which wasn't so bad, I learned not to do some things that are, you know, bad, hehe. And now I'm here, tired and hungry already." Quincy answered while holding his stomach.
"The good news is that after class, we have lunch." Chad said.
"Thank Zeus, cause I feel like all pass out." Then they laughed at his comment. The science teacher Mr. Deley walked in class, making the students quiet.
"Alright class, today we will first discuss about photosynthesis, can anyone tell me what that is?"
Quincy raised his hand to get his attention, "Is that when a plant fartsAt ?" His guess made the whole class laugh, even Chad who's enjoying that.
"Quiet!" Mr. Deley shout then the whole class went silent. "I see we have a class clown." He pointed to Quincy.
"Don't mean to be, I'm just guessing, you see, I'm new here." Quincy told him.
Mr. Deley looks at his student log then sees Quincy name, "Yes, Quincy the transfer student."
"Bingo."
"Well, for your information and to everyone here, photosynthesis is a process that plants uses sunlight for energy to produce sugar and to turn light energy into chemical energy."
"Good to know."
"You're welcome, now everyone turn you textbook to Chapter 5."
"This is gonna be a long class." Quincy said under his breath as he and everyone else turns the pages.
At the cafeteria, Ben and Mal were having lunch together. It's been a while since they at by themselves.
"So how's your day been?" Ben asked his girlfriend.
"Well mostly, I've seen Quincy and he's himself as usual but so far, my hair isn't covered in ketchup, so that's good news." Mal said.
"I've actually seen him this morning, gave him a care package as a welcome. I can tell he had it hard, he even teared up when I gave him his hairdryer."
"Wait, you gave him his own hairdryer? And he cried? No wonder he's a bit more calmed. That was really nice of you."
"I do what I can." Ben said sheepishly.
"That earns you a kiss."'Mal said then she pucker her lips to kiss Ben while he does the same. But they got interrupted by a tray of food slammed to the table, making them shake and turn to the noise, to see Jay and Audrey, and Jordan and Freddie.
"Were y'all doing something?" Jay smirked, knowing what's going on.
"No Jay, nothing at all." Mal smiled sarcastically. The four of them sat down and started to chat while eating.
Meanwhile, Evie, Doug, Chad and Quincy were at their own table having lunch while Quincy is agitated from Science class.
"I mean, who does that guy think he is giving me a hard time just because I got one question wrong? If I wanted to take mess from someone, I just go home." Quincy said angrily.
"Calm down, Quin, he just thought that you're making fun of him." Evie said.
"Well, that's the first time I've ever got on someone's bad side without doing anything."
"The point is you didn't do anything, so you're fine." Chad said eating a French fry.
"And I'm suppose to read a whole chapter of this?!" Quincy said holding his textbook.
"If you don't, you might fail a test later this semester." Doug said.
"Thanks, four eyes, I didn't notice that." Quincy said sarcastically.
"Don't mind him Doug, he's just upset." Evie assures Doug then turns back to Quincy, "Just eat your hamburger and you'll feel better." Quincy did just that and enjoys it with every bite.
"I guess food's the solution to moody problems." Doug joked, making Evie laugh.
On another table sat Carlos, Jane, Ally and Lonnie.
"So what are you making for Home Ec.?" Lonnie asked Jane.
"Well, I was thinking something sweet, like a cake." Jane answered.
"Can it be a chocolate cake?" Carlos asked excitedly.
"Only if you don't eat it before we have to show it, haha." Jame said. Carlos and Jane were paired up to make something together for a grade.
"You guys make a great team, and I'll bet if they gave you a fake baby, you'll be great parents, hahahaha." Ally laughed and Lonnie joined her, making the duo blush.
"Knock it off, guys." Jane said all shy and embarrassed.
"We're just teasing, don't get worked up." Ally said and continue to eat. Carlos and Jane don't show it, but they do care for each other more than they expect. Jane remembered that time when Carlos escort her on the dance floor at the coronation after Maleficent's defeat and liked every single minute of it, the same goes for Carlos. At the Neon Lights Ball and the Jewel-Bilee, they always shared at least one dance with each other. Also when they got paired up, it was the highlight of their day, not that they showed much of it, but excited they'll get to spend more time together. It's was just one step at a time for them but right now they'll just eat together.
After 3 more periods, Quincy and Chad finally went back to their room since school's over but remember their Tourney practice is an hour later so they decide to rest up before they go while watching The Flash.
"I can't believe that Wells is really Reverse Flash." Quincy said.
"Actually, the real Wells is dead, this one's from the future posing as Wells." Chad explained.
"Oh right, I forgot about that." Then Quincy notice something about Wells. "You know something? He and Eddie look kinda similar."
"Really? I don't see it, what are you saying, that they're related?"
"It's possible."
"I think that hamburger did something to your brain."
"Oh yeah, then we'll just see in the next episode."
Chad looked at the time and it was 15 minutes until get dress for practice.
"Another time, we have to get ready for Tourney practice."
"Already? Time goes fast." Quincy and Chad got up from their beds and head out the door, and Quincy was excited to knock someone over.
Author's Note: Quincy just expierience his first day of Auradon Prep and Chad was acting different when Quincy and Herkie we're getting friendly with each other, what could it be? Jealousy? And what about Jane and Carlos, Huh? Can't wait to see them together? We'll just see on the next chapter, so stay tuned and have a Wicked Day.