If Only...
by -shinigami-

Disclaimers and warnings are posted in chapter one!! Again, THIS VERSION IS DIFFRENT FROM MY NOTEBOOK ONE!!

Chapter 5: Friendship

Trant gaped at her. "Kushrenada?" he managed to squawk out, utterly shocked.

Monique nodded in reply. She was thoroughly confused. 'What can the name Kushrenada mean in this universe? Oh well, wonder when I'm gonna wake up...'

They walked into the classroom. Trant held the door open for her. When they entered, the whole class abruptly stopped their chatting. They stared at Monique.

Trant broke the silence by pointing at Monique and saying, "Newbie." The class nodded and went back to their original conversations.

Monique walked down the aisles and came to a seat. "Can I sit here?"

The girl turned around and faced her. "Sureness, why not!" She smiled. "Hey I'm Helen Maxwell, you already know my twin brother Trant..." she said cheerfully. Helen went on and on. "This is Mei Ling Chang." She pointed to the Chinese girl she was talking to. "She has a twin sister named Jasmine in another class."

Mei Ling smiled. "Hello. I can see you would be a worthy friend. You are justified enough to sit with me."

Monique smiled back. "Um, thank you! I'm Monique Kushrenada."

Mei Ling and Helen's smiles vanished. They stared at her in awe. 'Awww man! Not again!! It seems they know something I don't!!'

As if nothing was wrong, Mei Ling and Helen's smiles appeared as immediately as the look of awe had come.

"Anyway" Helen continued, "That person over there with the laptop is Odin Yuy." Odin looked up and smiled. "See, he may give the impression he's cold hearted but he's really very nice." Odin said hello. "Aaaaa-nyway, that there is Quinn Winner and Triton Barton. They're boyfriend and girlfriend." A petite girl with blonde hair and kinda forky eyebrows and a boy with a cowlick and green eyes looked up and waved hello. "Then, there's Nicholas Merquise..." Helen sighed. "He's only the most hottest boy in school..."

"I don't think he's very hot, but he is good looking..." Monique said.

"Whooop whoop, did I hear someone saying someone is hot??!" Trant interrupted. "Of course, of course, I know, I'm the hottest." He pointed to his shirt, which again, read EVERY BABE'S DREAM GOD. Helen laughed.

"Bwahahaha! Trant you're so conceited!" his twin laughed.

"Yeah!" Mei Ling agreed.

"You just wait! When I get older, like about twenty or so, I'll have chicks begging for me!" Trant said haughtily. The girls laughed.

"In your dreams Trant Deathscythe Maxwell!" said Helen between fits of giggles. The twins and Mei Ling laughed. Monique didn't.

She tried to remember the times she and her friends laughed together, which was a really long time ago in her eyes. They were all drifting away from her. She felt tears stinging her eyes. Mei Ling stopped laughing. She noticed Monique's tears. Mei Ling became concerned for her new friend.

"Nikki?" Mei Ling asked. Monique looked up, tears falling down her face. "Oh Nikki, did we say something wrong?"

Monique shook her head. Trant and Helen stopped being so jokey. They wore expressions of concern on their faces.

"Monique? Did I do something?" Trant asked, feeling a little worried, but hey, he's a guy, he can't feel sorry for a GIRL!

Monique shook her head. She could never remember a time when her friends cared this much. She wished her friends were like Trant, Helen and Mei Ling.

Quinn walked up to Monique with Triton in tow. "Hey...what's wrong? I don't like to see people cry; it makes me want to cry to...what's wrong?" Quinn asked.

Triton remained silent, but Monique could tell he was worried too. It was in his eyes.

"N-nothing's wrong, just a little homesick, that's all..."Monique mumbled.

"Here." Someone held a tissue in front of her face. Monique took the tissue and looked up to see who gave her the tissue. It was Odin.

Monique smiled. "Thank you, Odin." she said as she dried her eyes.
Helen and Mei Ling cooed. "Aww Odin, that was really sweet!" Mei Ling said.

Odin blushed. "When I was new here, I felt the same way."

"But isn't it your mom that runs this place?" asked Nicholas.

"Yeah. But still, I didn't come here until after all you guys. I went to St Gabriel's School first." Odin replied.

"Well...anyway, thanks for all your support, even though I've only been here a few hours. I hope we can all be great friends." Monique said.

Her classmates smiled. "Of course we'll be friends with you!!" said Quinn. She smiled at Monique. "You can never have enough great friends!"

*~*TBC*~*
Awwies, sweet chapter ne? Oh well, I've loaned Rena to my good friend Hadeer-san, hope you find a good use for her! Anyway, thank you for taking the time to read this, SO REVIEW! Arigatou! *bows, then bounces off to the candy cupboard*