N is for New Kid
"Hi! My name is Cat!" Cat excitedly waved at her new 6th grade class mates surrounding her.
"Beck." The boy next to her smiled.
"André." The boy on the other side of her waved.
"I'm Jade. But don't get too used to using my name." The angry girl said.
"I'm Robbie." A boy with curly hair and glasses pipped up.
"Where did you move here from?" Beck asked.
"Florida. We moved here because we needed to be closer to my brother's special doctor." Cat explained.
"You're weird." Jade lowered her eyes at Cat. She felt a pang of fear shoot through her. Did all the kids think she was weird? Would she not make friends here? "I like weird things." Jade smirked.
"So, what's wrong with your brother?" Beck asked.
"A lot of things. He barks at trees. And he eats with his face." Cat said, twisting her face in confusion.
"My grandma yells at plants." André said, nodding in understanding.
"My grandma thinks the internet is a planet." Robbie smiled.
"My grandma is dead." Jade said darkly. Everyone stared at her as she snipped at her split ends with a pair of scissors.
"Okay." Beck moved the focus from the scissor loving girl. "We're going to play try-outs after school. Why don't you try out with us? We're doing the musical 13." Beck suggested.
"I want to play Lucy, so if you get Lucy, I will make you mysteriously disappear." Jade warned.
"I don't want Lucy." Cat shook her head fearfully. Jade seemed satisfied with this and went back to trimming her hair.
"It'll be fun. You wanna?" André asked.
"Yeah! That sounds like so much fun!" Cat smiled widely.
After school, the five tweens wandered into the theater. Cat was the fourth person to audition. She sang the song like she had rehearsed in her spare time all day.
"How did I do?" She asked when the final note left her mouth. The director stood up and began clapping.
"Charlotte! We have a perfect Charlotte!" He yelled. Cat curtsied and skipped off of the stage while the others all tried out.
"Hey, new girl, you did good." When people filed out of the auditorium after the auditions were over, she heard compliments left and right.
"You have a really pretty voice." Robbie awkwardly stood by her as she was at her locker gathering up her homework.
"Aww, thanks." She smiled. "I like your awkwardness." Cat pat him on the shoulder as the other three friends joined them.
"Man, Cat, you got some killer pipes there." André said.
"What?" She asked. What pipes? And why were they killing people?
"He means you have a really great singing voice. You really do." Beck helped out.
"Yeah, I guess you were pretty good. Not as good as me but no one really is." Jade scowled.
"Hey, let's go get some coffee." Beck suggested.
"K. You're paying for me." Jade said.
"Why?"
"Because you suggested it." The bickering faded as the two of them walked ahead of the other three.
"So, how did you like your first day?" Robbie asked. Cat thought for a moment, then she looped her left arm around Andre's right, and her right arm around Robbie's left.
"It was great! So much fun! And I made great new friends." She smiled.
"He he, we're off to see the wizard-" Robbie giggled as the three of them began sashaying down the sidewalk.
"The wonderful wizard of oz!" Cat and André joined in. Beck saw the fun they were having and grabbed Andre's other arm to join them.
"Hey! Get back here! You have phone in your pocket!" Jade yelled. She had worn a dress with no pockets that day and asked Beck to carry her phone to the coffee shop. "I'll get you!" She yelled angrily and ran after the skipping quartet as they all skipped down the side walk.
So maybe they were all a little weird. Cat loved it that way. And they loved her too.
AN: Someone suggested the prompt 'New Kid' to me so I ran with it! So SO SOOO sorry for the lack of updates. I have been super super busy lately. I'm stage manager for a play at school, so that takes up a lot of time. But I'm trying to finish this! I really like this chapter and the comparison of these five to the wizard of oz crew. Especially since I saw Wicked. (If you ever get the chance to see it on Broadway, do it!)
Jade-Wicked witch (Obviously) She was nice but misunderstood. Which is kind of what Jade is.
Cat- Dorthy. Innocent, sweet. That's pretty much all dorthy is.
Beck- Tin man. was a real man, but the wicked witch accidentally changed him to a tin man (Like when Jade and Beck broke up.)
Andre- Lion. was a talking lion in a cage. The wicked with tried to help him by setting him free but he ened up afraid of everything because he was so used to captivity.
Robbie- Was a real man, and was with Galinda for many years looking for the wicked witch when she disappeared, then in the end ends up with the witch.
Ok, so Robbie and Andre don't really make much sense, but the other 3 do. Anyways, done ranting. Review! :)