Going Co-Ed
By ~*Angel*~
Chapter 1
Here's the revised version. ^_^ None
of my stories have prologues anymore seeing as how Fanfiction.Net doesn't give
us one…so here it is. Hope you like!
Disclaimer: Please discard after
date shown on box. (JK!)
Light and feathery footsteps echoed
in the empty hallways of St. Gabriel's All-Girls Academy. The figure stopped
for a moment and stared into the mirror on the background of the art case. The
halls were just basically littered with cases of art, pictures of special
achievers…and one of the most interesting facts was that any achievement of
hers was in practically every case-along with another girl-Silvia Noventa.
Relena sighed as she stared at the
case before her. Silvia Noventa was ahead of her for the Valedictorian spot by
.2 points! Of course…it wasn't official yet. She could beat her…She couldn't
give up and let her family down. Hell, they'd scrounged up every bit of money
they had so that they could send her to this academy. But now, with funds
depleting, the school had to find a way to get money or they'd be going co-ed.
"Miss Relena," A soft and elegant
voice spoke to her as a slender hand held the library door open for her.
"Dorothy…" Relena smiled. "Arigato."
"Was my pleasure," Dorothy Catalonia
answered back.
Relena bowed politely as she and
Dorothy entered the middle of the library. Finally, the representative and the
body president had arrived. Now the meeting could finally start…
Beating Silvia Noventa by one vote,
Relena had earned herself the seat of the Student Council President. That was
the only good that came out of it. (Plus the fact that the strange and exotic
Dorothy Catalonia won Representative.) So she ran for the Senior Class
President-and won. Heather Matthews, a friend of Silvia's, won herself the Vice
President seat, Amber D'Angelo had taken the Treasurer's seat by a landslide
(people who had been running against her had dropped out due to
unexplained circumstances), Michelle Cornings won the spot of the Secretary,
and Katherine Fedeania had won Senator. Relena was so happy to hear that Hilde
Schebeiker had won Public Relations instead of one of Silvia's lackies.
Relena took the gavel and pounded it
on the wooden table twice-soft enough so that it didn't leave any marks.
Decibals dropped enormously. "Meeting now in session."
Shifting around a few papers, she
took a deep breath and started speaking. "As you all know…fundraising hasn't
exactly brought in the money deemed. The faculty has also announced that
parents are refusing to donate any money."
"Why?" Asked the 11th
grade body president, Catherine Barton.
Relena turned her face towards the
reddish-brown haired and light purple colored eyes girl. Then she spoke, "Well,
it seems that they want this school to go co-ed."
Many girls grinned. Silvia and her
lackies started giggling and whispering madly to each other.
The gavel pounded the table twice.
Silence.
"Next week, we will be attending the
St. Paul's All-Boys Academy for around one to one and a half weeks. Depending
on what happens…We will meet up with their student council body and we
will attend classes as to get a feeling. During the time we stay there…reports
will be written. It will be our own evaluation of the school. By the end of the
week, we will turn our reports in for editing, and they will then be sent to
the school board along with our parents. That is why the faculty chose 10
students to attend according to their achievements and their views on the
student body."
"Basically they're choosing
favorites," Hilde spoke winking at the audience.
The audience giggled.
"Here are people attending…" Relena
began after the noise stopped. "I…will be attending."
"No surprise there," Silvia Noventa
murmured.
They snickered.
"Heather Matthews, Amber D'Angelo,
Michelle Cornings, Catherine Fedeania, Hilde Shebeiker, Dorothy Catalonia,
Silvia Noventa, Catherine Barton, president of the 11th grade body,
and Mei-Lin Chang, president of the 10th grade body."
Congratulations were given, many
stood up and shrieked for the fact that they would be one of the ten that was
going to go spend a week in the most prestigious boys academy, and many were
bummed for the fact that they were part of the special ten.
Relena growled. She hadn't wanted to
be here. She wanted to stay here and fundraise some more. Maybe if they worked
harder at it, it would make all the differences. She stole another look at the
sheet. The school was only forty-five to one hour away. (Must be traffic…)
Shifting through the papers, she hadn't noticed Dorothy and Hilde appeared
behind her.
"Hey Relena, have you noticed how
it's us three against five of them?" Hilde began.
For as long as they could remember,
Relena, Dorothy and Hilde were archenemies of Sylvia, Heather, Amber, and
Michelle.
"Well, Cathering and Mei-Lin Chang
are also going to be joining us," Dorothy countered. "Then again…we don't know
them that well."
"Well, Duo's gonna be there," Hilde
grinned.
"Who's Duo?" Relena asked confused.
"He's my half brother…Duo Maxwell.
Same mother, different fathers," Hilde explained.
"That name sounds rather familiar…"
Relena murmured. She shuffled quickly through her mass of papers and finally
pulled one out. "Oh yes, I remember now, he's the student body vice president,"
She explained to Dorothy and Hilde.
"By golly…I never would've guessed
it," Hilde said grinning as she took the paper and read it. "Hey look!
Mei-Lin's twin brother is the Senator!"
"Chang, Wufei, or Wufei Chang,"
Dorothy read. "How do you know that he's her twin brother?"
"I know a lot of stuff…after all, I am
public relations," Hilde said grinning while handing the paper back to Relena.
"One can see you aren't very excited
about this trip," Came an elegant voice from behind.
Relena could've turned around and
smacked the owner of the voice. "No actually…I'm not," She answered to Sylvia.
"Then one would ask, why not?"
Sylvia raised her carefully plucked eyebrows.
"I'd rather stay and help
fundraise," Relena answered with a little bit of raising to her own eyebrows.
"Dear Relena…face it, everyone wants
a co-ed school…and since it's going to be a merge of two of the best schools,
well, it's rather hard to find the cons in this situation." Stated Sylvia. She
studied her manicured fingernails.
"I didn't expect you to understand
anyways," Relena informed. She stuffed the papers back into her bag. "I'm sorry
to have to end our conversation like this. I have a prior engagement with Miss
Schebeiker and Miss Catalonia at the Coffee House, you're welcome to join us,"
The look on Hilde's and Dorothy's
face was priceless. It was a good thing that both had turned around.
Sylvia got up and smoothed out the
imaginary wrinkles on her school uniform skirt. "No thank you, I had a prior
engagement with my friends," Without another word, she shashayed her way back
to her friends.
Relena shook her head and licked her
lips. "Well ladies, it's just you and us," She grinned turning to Dorothy and
Hilde.
"Thank God…" Both murmured softly.
~*~*~
Well, that's about it. ^_^ Stay tuned for the next
chapter! Also coming your way soon! Arigato gozamashu!
~Angel