"Students, we have a new student today, she just moved to Canada from the U.S." Mr. Radditch beckoned to someone outside the door, and then the girl came in. "Her name is Ruby Carter." She turned to look at the class, cocking her head, her hair was long and dyed black, braided into cornrows and tied back in a tight ponytail.
"What a freak..." Paige mumbled, obviously commenting on Ruby's outlandishly goth style-- the extremely baggy black pants, the teeny, curve-hugging black top, the fishnet undershirt. "She sure could give you a run for your money..." She whispered to Ash, who was eyeing her with a bit of a jealous melodrama.
"Do you want to tell the class anything about yoursef?"
"I'm female." She growled. There was a cluster of nervous titters. Radditch was giving her a look that she obviously didn't recognize as being angry. "Can I sit down now?"
"Uh, yeah... there's a seat, right there next to Craig." He motioned, she smirked in a way that could have been interpereted as thankful, and slid into the seat, giving Craig a once over with icy blue eyes surrounded with makeup dark as coaldust. Craig glanced at her, a bit wary, and cleared his throat, returning his wide eyes to the empty page in his notebook that was resting on his desk. He sighed.
"Scary." She dubbed over his silence, unsmiling but seemingly amused. He lifted an eyebrow at her as class began, the monotonous drone of English, and she did smile then, revealing icy-white teeth, straight and perfect, the canines slightly pointed to produce the effect of fangs. "I'm Ruby." She whispered, acting stupid.
"Ms. Carter, I would appreciate it if you kept the flirting to a minimum in my class." He barked. She saluted him.
"Yes sir!" Another angry look. Craig cleared his throat and scribbled something down on the blank page in his notebook, flipping it around so she could see;
I'm Craig.
She smiled, pulling a pen out of one of her pockets and writing back;
No shit.
He responded;
Where did you move from?
Her reply;
Washington D.C. ... Where they sell crack. :)
This was awarded with a chuckle and another scribble;
Can I get your number... in case I want to buy some?
Smirking, the girl paused, her pen poised, and then wrote;
It's expensive...
Craig grinned;
I'm sure it will be worth it.
After a moment, Ruby shook her head and complied with her number. Beneath it she wrote;
Call me tonight and maybe we can chill.
He nodded, pleased, and then they returned their attention to the teacher.