Chapter Four
The New Girl
A/N: I love that everyone reviews so fast!
Charmed Fanatic: I agree that Leo shouldn't be in this one, but someone else wanted him to be so I just thought I'd ask everyone's opinion. But I have decided, no Leo.
wAnNaBpIpEr: Thanks for the reviews every chapter. See? I told you you'd get your own section in this chapter.
CharmingTess: You'll be happy, Piper gets a friend in this chapter.
And also, a mega thank you to everyone else who reviewed too, like Charmed Writer, kangaroo, line, and all the others. :) Okay, here we go:
"Hey Piper, guess what?" Prue tells me excitedly in English class a few days later. I guess she's going to talk to me again. "What?" I ask her, happy that she doesn't hate me anymore. "I got a date for the Luau dance! The guys name is Hunter Williams, he's new, he just moved here from New York and he's a football player too!" "That's cool Prue, hey are you 'dating' dating him?" I ask. "No, I'm still trying to get back together with Alex or Aaron, but Hunter's really hot and who knows? Maybe in the future." Prue answers happily. "So, then, will you give me a ride home again?" "Sure" Prue says but then class started, so we had to stop talking.
"Class" Mrs.Ericson said "We have a new student today, her name is Brianna Williams and she just moved here from New York. New York, I wonder if that's Hunters little sister? "Brianna, why don't you stand up and tell the class a little bit about yourself" Mrs. Ericson asked and a small curvy blonde sitting next to Mira, stood up and walked to the front of the class. She's beautiful, I notice, she has long honey blonde hair and clear blue eyes that reminded me of Prue's.
"Um, okay, hi" Brianna says a little awkwardly "I just moved here from New York, like Mrs. Ericson said, and now my family lives in one of those big old Victorian houses on Prescott street" I smiled, Brianna lives on the same street I do. "And um, my brother, Hunter is a senior. Oh and I go by Bree, not Brianna." Bree smiled and sat back down. "Thank you Bree," Mrs. Ericson said "Since you just moved here and don't know anyone, Piper, why don't you show her around?" Me? Oh, great this is Mrs. Ericson's way of trying to make me have more friends. On my paper she wrote that I need to make some friends and that she thinks I would be happier if I did, so now she's trying to force them on me? Bree seems way too cool to like me anyway. "Um Okay" I reply, I can't really get out of it anyway.
"Watch out Bree" I can hear Mira whisper to her, "You don't want to be seen with her kind" "Why?" Bree whispers back "Is she as big as bitch as you?" I smile to myself as Mira falls silent. I wish had the nerve to say things like that to Mira. "Never mind, I was going to warn you against Pipers loserness but I guess there's no need, because you're one too." "Really? Because I think that my old boyfriend and the varsity cheerleading squad at Albany high school would beg to differ." Bree replied smoothly "Whatever." Mira snapped "Bree, what the hell kind nickname is that? What are you, some kind of cheese?" "No, that's brie, spelled b-r-i-e and my nickname is B-r-e-e, but, I guess if you actually knew how to spell, then you'd know that." That shut Mira up for good. Wow, I can't believe Bree, she's known Mira for allof 5 minutes and can stand up to her and I've known Mira since kindergarten and I've never said anything to her. Bree is so cool!
Soon, class gets out and Bree waits for me outside the door. "Hey, you're Piper, right?" She asks. "Yeah." I answer. "Cool, so you want to show me around, or what?" "Okay" I agree and I show her where her other classes are, telling her everything about Baker. "Want to eat lunch together?" Bree asks once we get to the cafeteria. "That way you can introduce me to the rest of your friends, since I know like, zero people here beside you." My other friends? What am I going to tell her? That Mira was right and am a loser? "I, uh, don't have any" I stutter, blushing. "Oh" Bree answers and is silent a few minutes before she says "Still want to eat together?" I can't believe it! She still wants to hang out with me? "Yes totally" I answer trying to not sound too excited. But I am, I haven't eaten lunch with anyone since elementary school, I've always been alone. We find a table and sit down, "Did you say you live on Prescott Street?" I ask her. "Yeah, I just moved in last week, why?" "I live there too, 1329 is my house" I tell her and hope that maybe we could hang out some time. "Cool," Bree replies "you should come over" "okay" Oh my god, did I just make a friend? I, Piper Halliwell, have a friend. "Maybe my sister Prue could give you a ride home too" I offer. "Oh my gosh, Prue's your sister?" Bree asks immediately. Great, here it comes, she's about to tell me how lucky I am to be related to the most popular girl in school, that's everyone's reaction. "Yeah, why" I ask hesitantly. "My brother's dating her, he met her yesterday and she's called our house, like 50 times already." Bree says. I laughed, that's so Prue. "She does obsess over guys" I agreed. Bree smiled, "Tell me about it." The bell rang that signaled the end of lunch, but I gave Bree my phone number so she could call me later. I floated through the rest of the day thinking how cool it would be to become best friends with Bree Williams.
Soon, the school day ended and I started to walk to the library to wait until Prue could drive me home but someone called my name. "Hey Piper" I turned around expecting to see Kelley, or Tina or Mira, but I was happy to see Bree's smiling face instead. "Hunter's busy at football practice, so can I get a ride from you?" she asked hopefully. "Sure, Prue has cheerleading until 5, but the she can take us" I told her, and we walked to the library together. This time I actually had something to do beside homework while I waited for Prue.
After that, Bree and I hung out constantly. Prue or Hunter always took turns driving us to and from school. It was a week later and I was over at Bree's after school. "What to you want to do?" I asked, sitting on her bed, looking around boredly. Bree shrugged, she was bored too. "Well, there's always the Luau Dance tonight." Bree said. "That could be fun." "Yeah" I agreed and hoped she'd drop it. I've never been to a dance, and it's not like anyone would want to dance with me once I got there anyway. Bree, yes, but me? No way. "Lets go" Bree insists "It starts in a half hour." "But…but it's Hawaiian themed and we don't have anything to wear." I say, trying to think of any excuse not to go. "Sure we do" Bree answers, getting up and reaching into the back of her closet, pulling out a bikini top and floral print wrap around skirt. "Here, I have an extra" Bree says, handing me another skirt. "I got them when I went to Hawaii last year." "Okay, lets go" I concede. "How do I look?" Bree asks once she changed in to the bikini and skirt. Beautiful, like always, the guys' will be dying to dance with her tonight. "Great" I tell her, and then I remember something "I don't have a bikini to wear." I tell Bree disappointedly. "Borrow Prue's" Bree answers, grabbing her other skirt and dragging me out the door.
"Are you sure I look okay?" I ask Bree for probably the millionth time, a few minutes later. "Yes!" Bree insists. I shrug and adjust my bikini top. Prue's were too big for me so I had to borrow Phoebe's and its at least two sizes too small, so my boobs are almost spilling out of it and Bree rolled my skirt up to make it even shorter than it already was. I guess I do look good; I've just never worn anything like this before. "Hurry up Piper!" Prue calls up the stairs "Hunter and I are leaving, so if you two want a ride you'd better get your butts down here." I'm about to go to my first dance, I'm so nervous, but happy too. "Coming, Prue" I yell back to her and walk down the stairs with Bree in tow.
The gym looks amazing, it's all lit up and there's crepe paper and hibiscus flowers everywhere. I had no idea it would be this decorated, and everyone got handed a lei when they walked in the door. This is really cool. Prue and Hunter walk off to dance and Bree and I decide to walk around and check out all the decorations. "This is so much better than the dances at my old school" Bree says looking at the decorations in wonder. "This is pretty great" I admit, happy that I'd let her talk me into coming. After we've been there for about 5 minutes Bree gets asked to dance by an upperclassman I don't know. "Sure, I'd love to" Bree shouts to him over the music and the looks back at me guiltily. "No, it's okay, go I don't mind" I tell her and she skips off to the dance floor, "be right back" she calls over her shoulder.
That was an hour ago; Bree has been dancing nonstop with practically every guy at our school since. Occasionally she'll throw an apologetic glance my way, but that's about it. I knew this would happen. Why did I even come? I've been just standing around the refreshment table waiting for someone to talk to me. I wish I could go home, but Prue would never be ready to leave so soon, and I don't even know where she is.
I freeze as I see Kelley and her friends walk by; Kelley's wearing the same exact skirt as me. I guess Bree's not the only one who's been to Hawaii. But I know that Kelley will have a fit if she sees me, so I sink back against the wall into the shadows as she walks by. She doesn't see me. I breathe a sigh of relief until I hear Tina's voice behind me. "Well, well, well, hiding from something, loser?" She asks and I turn around slowly to face her. "N-no" I say quietly, looking at the ground, wishing Tina would go away. "Kelley, Mira, come here" Tina calls. They all surround me .Oh great. "Looks like loser's wearing you skirt" Mira says with a smirk. "Looks like it" Kelley agrees, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were going to wear it too, it's not even mine" I tell them hoping they'll just leave me alone this time. "It's okay, you look like shit in it anyway" Kelley tells me. "Don't you." I stay silent. "Say it" Kelley orders. I sigh, "Yeah, yeah I do" I agree, near tears. "No, stupid" Tina snaps "Say it." "Word for word" Mira adds. I try to walk away, but Tina blocks me, damn it, why is everyone bigger than me? "Come on, say it" Kelley tells me impatiently. "I-My skirt looks like s-shit on me" I repeat with my voice quivering. I'm so humiliated. Please let them go away. They all laugh. "Very good, loser" Kelley says sarcastically and starts to walk away. "Wait Kell" Tina says, stopping. No! They were so close to leaving. "Kelley, she still looks identical to you" Tina points out. "That's right" Mira agrees glaring at me. "Well, I guess we'll have to change that" Kelley says as Mira and Tina grab me by the shoulders. I squirm under their grasp and look around desperately for Bree or Prue. Where are they? Kelley grabs a glass of punch from the refreshment table and pours it down the front to my bikini top and skirt, staining both a dark red. "These aren't even mine" I tell Kelley, as I start to cry. "See loser, now we're not the same any more, because I still look beautiful and your outfit is ruined." Mira and Tina follow Kelley away laughing.
Still crying, I hide in the bathroom incase they decide to try to find me and torture me more. I look terrible, I'm all sticky from the punch and Phoebe's top and Bree's skirt are ruined, just like Kelley said. God, I hate them, how can they be so mean to me? I've never done any thing to them. What am I going to do? I wonder, crying harder. Now Bree's going to hate me for wrecking her skirt, it's not like I can just go buy her another one, she got it in Hawaii , and Phoebe will be so pissed about her top, she'll hate me too. Great, just when Prue forgave me, now I'm going to have to deal with the silent treatment from Phoebe. I guess it sort of is my fault though, I should have done something, I should have tried harder to get away from Kelley. Why do these things always happen to me?
Prue walks into the bathroom and sees me sitting in the corner, crying. "Piper?" she asks walking over to me "what's wrong?" "Kelley" I sob. "What did Kelley do?" Prue asks and I stand up so Prue can see the punch stain down my clothes. "We were wearing the same skirt" I explain in between sobs. "So she dumped that on you?" Prue asks softly, starting to hug me, but pulling away before she got all sticky too. "Uh-huh" I tell Prue. "Can I go home?" "Yes sweetie" Prue replies "Once I give that little bitch Kelley a piece of my mind." Prue says walking out of the bathroom. "Go find Bree, okay?" Prue says, looking through the crowd for Kelley. "What about Hunter?" I ask. Prue shrugs, "He got boring, I've been dancing with Aaron for the past half hour." I look around but I can't find Bree anywhere, so I decide to follow Prue and see what she's going to do to Kelley.
"Kelley" Prue says, walking up to her, Mira and Tina. "Oh, hey Prue" Kelley says sweetly. "How are you?" Ugh. Kelley is such a suck up when she wants to be. "Save it, bitch" Prue snaps "I just came over to tell you that you'd better leave Piper alone," Kelley sneers at her "If I don't" Kelley asks. Prue glared at her "If you don't then…." Prue trailed off, shaking her head. Then she walked away and grabbed a glass of punch too, and just as Kelley turned back to talk to her friends, Prue walked up behind her and dumped it over her head. "If you don't then a little punch on clothes will be the least of your problems." Kelley screamed and then glared at Prue, pushing her sticky hair out of her eyes "Is that a threat?" Kelley snapped back. Prue glared right back at her "When it's a threat, you'll know" Prue answered, then took my hand and walked out of the gym.
"Prue, that was amazing!" I exclaimed as we got into her Honda. "Yeah, it was, wasn't it" Prue agreed with a laugh as we drove away. Prue is my hero; she is the best big sister ever. "What am I going to tell Phoebe and Bree?" I ask, remembering their stained clothes. "I don't know, they'll get over it." Prue answers. "So, any way, I had the best evening. Aaron and I are back together again. And guess what? He cheated on Shelby Winters with me, that's such good revenge; it's totally what she deserves." Prue said laughing to herself. I shake my head, in a way Prue is a lot like Kelley. No, she's not. I shouldn't think that, she just saved me. I really shouldn't think things like that about her. "So what happened with Hunter?" I ask. "He was just so boring" Prue replied "All he did was want to talk abut some dumb football scholarship he's getting to UCLA, like, hello? Could I care less? So then I saw Aaron and he looked equally as bored with Shelley, so we ditched our dates and danced for a while and then went into the back of Aarons car and…well, you know" Prue grinned. "Whoa, you had sex with him?" I ask surprised, I don't know why, but I always just assumed Prue was a virgin. I guess I was wrong. "Yeah Piper, what else could 'we went into his car and well you know' possibly mean?" Prue asked. No wonder she's in such a good mood. "So, then you're dating him again?" I ask with a sinking feeling, why can't Prue stay with nice guys like Alex or Hunter? "Sure, I guess. I didn't really ask him, but yeah, what else could sex mean? Of course we're back together." I guess there are a lot of things about Prue that I don't know, but still she shouldn't have just ditched Hunter like that, especially not to go back to Aaron. I consider telling her this, but I know she'd just get mad, so I keep my mouth shut.
"Piper?" Prue asks me once we get home as I head to the bathroom to take a shower and get the punch off of me. "What?" "Do you want to, I don't know; hang out when you get out of the shower?" Prue asks me. "Okay" I agree. Of course I would! I can't believe she asked me. Wow, sex makes Prue really nice. I hurry and take a shower hoping that at least spending the rest of the evening with Prue will cheer me up a little. When I get out I see a post-it note stuck to the bathroom door, it says: Piper-sorry but Aaron called because Chad Clarkson is having a partly, like, right now, since the dance just ended, so baby-sit Phoebe and tell Grams I went to bed early, because I probably won't be home until 2ish. Thanks, I owe you-Prue. Great, so now not only is she not going to hang out with me, she expects me to baby sit Phoebe and lie to Grams about where she is. Thanks Prue. Thanks a lot.
"Hey Pheebs" I call, walking down the hall to our room, "Want to do something?" Phoebe walks out of our room talking on the phone "Shh Piper, I'm on the phone" she whispers and walks away again. "Sorry" I reply, and follow her back into our room, picking up a book from my bookcase. I guess I'll have to entertain myself, since Prue's out having fun and mini-Prue, I mean Phoebe, will probably be on the phone the rest of the night, until Grams gets home and literally pries it from her hands. So I'm alone again. No matter what happens I always seem to end up alone.
A/N: Well? Does that make up for the short chapter three? You know what to do, R&R. Thanks.
