A/N: I'm continuing before I even know if the last two chapters have reviews. Life is such joy, is it not? I've got a question, though. If Gaea doesn't know much about earth, and if they came from Atlantis, how does Allen know about chivalry? o.O That came about in the Middle Ages, not ancient civilization. Oh, and Hitomi's really out of control here.
I Am Not Iseult!
Third Chapter: Concert
Hitomi was kept afterschool, along with Aidana and Celesi. However, she was sent to the counselor first.
"Could you tell my why you felt you had to disturb our school so on your first day here?" the woman asked, compassion on her face.
Hitomi smiled. Guess I'm not a good little girl anymore. "I felt like having fun, that's all."
After another ten minutes of trying to find out if Hitomi was relieving stress from schoolwork or home situations, she was sent back out to the hallway. She smiled at Aidana. Aidana grinned back, and purposely left the door partway open so her friends could hear her session.
"Why did you do it?"
"I intended to get in trouble on my own, and I just used music that both Celesi and Hitomi liked. People go crazy at concerts, and I decided to have a little fun before I'm going to detention every day for the things my friends do."
"Where are the speakers that you used."
"Do I look like an idiot to you? You people don't get to know."
"How will we know then that you won't do this again?"
"You don't."
"Miss Celos, must I call your mother and tell her that besides causing an amazing amount of distractions on the first day of term, you were also insolent?"
"And you're actually giving me a choice in the matter? You're going to call her either way, you think one thing added or subtracted from what you'll inform her of will make me cooperate?"
"I had hoped.." the counselor trailed off. "Never mind, I have phone calls to make. I'll expect that you will be sitting quietly in detention after school."
Aidana nodded, and the group left for their homes.
When Hitomi got there, her mother looked sadly at her. "You got in trouble on your first day, Hitomi?"
Hitomi nodded, getting some cold pizza out of their refridgerator. Bet this'll taste better than the stuff at lunch did.
"Found some people who listen to music, and we got carried away. Since this is my first offense, I have to go to detention every day for a month. I'll be sitting there in break, at lunch, and for an hour after school. Aidana and Celesi were suspended for two days."
Hitomi realized what was sitting on the counter. My stereo..? She looked at her mother. "This seems to be the only thing you care about, and since you seem not to care about your behavior, maybe this will inspire you to."
Hitomi swallowed, hard, and said softly, "On second thought, I'm not hungry." She threw the pizza into the garbage can, tossed the plate into the sink, and ran upstairs to her room.
Upstairs, she found that the phone cord had been taken out of her room, and the monitor to her computer. She smirked. Take away the three things that hold any interest for me. She dug into her closet until she found her discman, the old telephone line and the ancient laptop her father had given her.
She locked her door, reset her connections on her computer, dissected the laptop, setting it up as a temporary monitor, and hacked into her parents internet account to give herself unlimited access again. With her headphones on, she finished her homework. And I thought I was going to change, She thought with a sigh. But I'm still refusing to take punishment.
At eleven, when she'd finished her homework, and was catching up on her mail before forcing herself to try going to bed, Hitomi heard something at the window. She looked out, and smiled. She held up a finger, shut her computer down, and changed into some shorts and a tank top. She turned the light out in her room, and braced her desk chair against the door. She then crawled out her window.
"And we thought you were a good little girl." Dilandau teased.
Hitomi said "Ha!" and smiled. "Well, appearances can be deceiving, can't they?"
Dilandau smiled. "Well, don't let me catch you making out with Van, and you can stay."
Hitomi blinked, surprised. "And just why would I be making out with Van?"
Dillan smiled knowingly. "Because you two seemed to like each other a little too much for our liking, that's all."
Walking down the street, Aidana held up five purple papers. "Now who's coming with me?" Eleven hands shot up. Aidana smirked. "Ok, so that's me, Celesi, Hitomi, and Dillan and Dilandau if they get on their knees and beg."
Dillan rolled his eyes. "Well then, I guess you'll have to take one of your fan club, because I'm not begging." Celesi looked at both of them pleadingly, and whether it was because her look was so irresistable, or they thought of her as more than Aidana's friend, both got on their knees to snatch Aidana's tickets.
Once inside, Hitomi's smile widened. Aidana dragged her and Celesi over to the speakers next to the stage, and they started dancing to the music that was playing before the concert started.
A masculine voice accompanied the arm that slipped around hers. "And I thought you'd be grounded after your adventure, 'Tomi." As the voice spoke, she relaxed. This wasn't some sicko picking on her.
"Van, you shouldn't sneak up on people like that!" she exclaimed, smiling.
