Chapter 2: Monday Morning
She walked into her form room, looking searchingly around the room for her friends.
"Ro-meeee!" a shrilly voice trilled. She smiled, as she looked at Jade Nightingale, friend of ten years and shapeshifter. She was rocking on her chair as usual, looking like a blissful bird on a swing.
"I have a joke for you," she whispered, grinning. "What did the Maccas chick say to a vampire customer after the meal, when he handed her a tip? …Fangs! Did you enjoy your meal sir? Hahaha!"
" Wow Jade. That is the best vamp joke I've ever heard," Shiromy said sarcastically, shaking her head with pity. "Not to say it sounds a lit-tle familiar. Maybe you should compile one of those awful joke books, because let's face it, even Philomena the Philosopher here knows better jokes than that…hey, maybe she should be your chief editor!"
The so- called chief potential chief editor sighed as she sat down next to her friends, laying her chin on her hand in mock smugness. "Still haven't changed much since Grade One have we?" she said affectionately. Philomena Harman absentmindedly twirled a strand of her hair, currently her natural light blonde with thick, strawberry-red streaks. She had also changed her coloured eye contacts, now an indigo colour.
"She resembles the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland and still manages to look stunning," Shiromy thought admiringly. Aloud she said: "Geez Phil! What's with the crazy hair? Oooh but won't that get you in trouble!"
"No stupid. Mrs Bunsen even said it looks rather… chic."
"Chic," snorted Jade and said nothing. She found it rather annoying that somehow; Philomena had the magical ability to charm the teachers about, and never had any conflict with them, no matter what she did. "Hmmm…maybe she has been activating her witchcraft lately- after all, seventeen years is a long time to put up with not being able to do what others like you can do," she thought to herself.
"How do you guys do it," groaned Shiromy in exasperation. "You're both into all that NW partying and the fashion and still manage to achieve straight A's. I can't get a single A even if I well…try," she trailed sheepishly.
"Well, that's exactly where you're wrong isn't it- you know you DON'T try hard enough. When it comes to homework, you just…sit there either dreaming or fuming away!" argued Philomena.
"Yeah! You never come to the parties, even after all our peer pressuring you…and we tried to fix up the fashion bit, but it's not our bloody fault if you don't wanna co- operate! We've been through all this before," chided Jade.
Shiromy knew they were right.
Besides, she remembered last year, when they attempted to give her the World's Greatest Makeover. Sadly, it did not quite work out. Not only did she end up looking like a bashed up Cabbage Patch doll, her messy but thick black hair just could not be straightened. After half an hour's consultation with the hair straightener, her 'crowning glory' had stayed limp and frizzy, as though she had recently been electrocuted.
"It's not happening guys," she had muttered hopelessly, voice unsteady. "I'll always be stuck like this… a… a perfect cavewoman."
"You know what? Maybe you should try bio- ionics, that should do the trick," Jade chirped in enthusiastically.
"Or maybe a glamour spell," Philomena had quietly suggested, fingers tingling with the urge to use her witch's powers.
"NO Phil, not another 'let's turn her hair into a beautiful tree', just forget it ok? Just forget it! I'll never be like you guys! What's the use? I'm your mutated vampire remember? The one and only plain Nightworlder!"
She had stomped off angrily, as her friends looked on, dismayed and dejected that they couldn't do anything to help their friend, who had always been there for them, helping them whenever she could and lending a shoulder to cry or laugh on.
Of course, the unlucky girl had felt like a bitch and had immediately made up with her loyal friends afterwards.
"It doesn't matter though Romy," Phil broke in to her reverie. " We love and adore you anyway, and then you know you have gorgeous eyes- that's why it's you the guys go after," she said with a conclusive nod.
Shiromy however, registered all but one word.
"Guys," she echoed surreptitiously, dark eyes glittering with hawkish anticipation. "You know what that word brings to mind don't you girls?"
The three friends remained silent for a mysterious moment while their peers were laughing and gossiping to each other around them. It was evident that they were thinking about the same thing in that particular instance.
"Oh, and Jesse Ingram's in all my classes y'know?" Shiromy offhandedly sounded their collective thought with a wolfish smile spreading across her face. "BOY do we have some work to do…"
Suddenly she realised that her friends were no longer listening to her. Instead, they were wordlessly staring at something over her shoulder. Shiromy slowly turned around, her smile gradually disappearing.
Sure enough, Jesse Ingram was in front of her, about an inch away from her face…
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Thanks to Pandie Katteken for reviewing the first chapter! Well you're soon to find out about Jesse- most probably in the next one! ;)
She walked into her form room, looking searchingly around the room for her friends.
"Ro-meeee!" a shrilly voice trilled. She smiled, as she looked at Jade Nightingale, friend of ten years and shapeshifter. She was rocking on her chair as usual, looking like a blissful bird on a swing.
"I have a joke for you," she whispered, grinning. "What did the Maccas chick say to a vampire customer after the meal, when he handed her a tip? …Fangs! Did you enjoy your meal sir? Hahaha!"
" Wow Jade. That is the best vamp joke I've ever heard," Shiromy said sarcastically, shaking her head with pity. "Not to say it sounds a lit-tle familiar. Maybe you should compile one of those awful joke books, because let's face it, even Philomena the Philosopher here knows better jokes than that…hey, maybe she should be your chief editor!"
The so- called chief potential chief editor sighed as she sat down next to her friends, laying her chin on her hand in mock smugness. "Still haven't changed much since Grade One have we?" she said affectionately. Philomena Harman absentmindedly twirled a strand of her hair, currently her natural light blonde with thick, strawberry-red streaks. She had also changed her coloured eye contacts, now an indigo colour.
"She resembles the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland and still manages to look stunning," Shiromy thought admiringly. Aloud she said: "Geez Phil! What's with the crazy hair? Oooh but won't that get you in trouble!"
"No stupid. Mrs Bunsen even said it looks rather… chic."
"Chic," snorted Jade and said nothing. She found it rather annoying that somehow; Philomena had the magical ability to charm the teachers about, and never had any conflict with them, no matter what she did. "Hmmm…maybe she has been activating her witchcraft lately- after all, seventeen years is a long time to put up with not being able to do what others like you can do," she thought to herself.
"How do you guys do it," groaned Shiromy in exasperation. "You're both into all that NW partying and the fashion and still manage to achieve straight A's. I can't get a single A even if I well…try," she trailed sheepishly.
"Well, that's exactly where you're wrong isn't it- you know you DON'T try hard enough. When it comes to homework, you just…sit there either dreaming or fuming away!" argued Philomena.
"Yeah! You never come to the parties, even after all our peer pressuring you…and we tried to fix up the fashion bit, but it's not our bloody fault if you don't wanna co- operate! We've been through all this before," chided Jade.
Shiromy knew they were right.
Besides, she remembered last year, when they attempted to give her the World's Greatest Makeover. Sadly, it did not quite work out. Not only did she end up looking like a bashed up Cabbage Patch doll, her messy but thick black hair just could not be straightened. After half an hour's consultation with the hair straightener, her 'crowning glory' had stayed limp and frizzy, as though she had recently been electrocuted.
"It's not happening guys," she had muttered hopelessly, voice unsteady. "I'll always be stuck like this… a… a perfect cavewoman."
"You know what? Maybe you should try bio- ionics, that should do the trick," Jade chirped in enthusiastically.
"Or maybe a glamour spell," Philomena had quietly suggested, fingers tingling with the urge to use her witch's powers.
"NO Phil, not another 'let's turn her hair into a beautiful tree', just forget it ok? Just forget it! I'll never be like you guys! What's the use? I'm your mutated vampire remember? The one and only plain Nightworlder!"
She had stomped off angrily, as her friends looked on, dismayed and dejected that they couldn't do anything to help their friend, who had always been there for them, helping them whenever she could and lending a shoulder to cry or laugh on.
Of course, the unlucky girl had felt like a bitch and had immediately made up with her loyal friends afterwards.
"It doesn't matter though Romy," Phil broke in to her reverie. " We love and adore you anyway, and then you know you have gorgeous eyes- that's why it's you the guys go after," she said with a conclusive nod.
Shiromy however, registered all but one word.
"Guys," she echoed surreptitiously, dark eyes glittering with hawkish anticipation. "You know what that word brings to mind don't you girls?"
The three friends remained silent for a mysterious moment while their peers were laughing and gossiping to each other around them. It was evident that they were thinking about the same thing in that particular instance.
"Oh, and Jesse Ingram's in all my classes y'know?" Shiromy offhandedly sounded their collective thought with a wolfish smile spreading across her face. "BOY do we have some work to do…"
Suddenly she realised that her friends were no longer listening to her. Instead, they were wordlessly staring at something over her shoulder. Shiromy slowly turned around, her smile gradually disappearing.
Sure enough, Jesse Ingram was in front of her, about an inch away from her face…
*******
Thanks to Pandie Katteken for reviewing the first chapter! Well you're soon to find out about Jesse- most probably in the next one! ;)