Part Thirteen: Well, It's Tomorrow
"Well, it's tomorrow." said Squid as they all got on the school bus.
"What if they're destroying the school or something?" said Becky worriedly.
"Don't worry about it. Now pretend you don't know us. Remember, the bus rider might be working for the Warden." said ZigZag. Becky rolled her eyes.
"Stop being so paranoid." she said, then she started to whisper. "Can you believe I have to dress like this? I hate wearing skirts!" It was true. The person she was pretending to be often wore skirts, so now she had to wear them.
"I know! You look so different1 I can't believe you have to change your hair." said Twitch.
"Well, I like it better brown anyway." answered Becky.
Magnet was one of the last stops, so he wasn't on the bus until later. Though the other students seemed to be "friendly."
"Hey, Sweet Thing! so are you one of those new kids?" said a guy who sat next to Becky.
"Yeah, and who are you?" said Becky, putting her backpack in between them. "And my name's Melanie, not Sweet Thing."
"Oh. Well, what would you like to be called then?" he asked her, and she gave him a strange look.
"Melanie." she said in a voice that made Squid laugh from behind them.
"Are YOU a new kid, too?" said the kid, turning around and looking at Squid with a fierce expression.
"Yes, I am. You got a problem with that?" said Squid, standing up. When he stood up the kid saw how tough he looked and backed in his seat. The boy himself did look puny. Becky tried to hide her laugh.
"Well, if you haven't noticed I was TRYING to have a conversation, and I don't need to eavesdropping." he said angrily.
"Who said I was eavesdropping?" said Squid, still standing.
"I.....I could tell you were listening because you were laughing at something we said."
"Just forget about it." said Becky with a hint of laughter in her voice.
Squid sat back down, grinning and started talking to ZigZag. The boy turned back to Becky.
"So, where were we?" he said, smiling.
"We were talking about my name, and how you never will call me sweet thing ever again or you'll be pounded hard into the ground."
The boy looked a little surprised. "All right... Anyway, my name's Alan, but some people here call me 'Hot Stuff.'"
There was a round of stifled laughed from behind them from the boys and when Alan turned around to look at them, Becky let out a small laugh as well.
"We're not laughing at you." X-ray lied.
"You better not be." said Alan, then he turned back to Becky.
"Do you know those guys?" said Alan, shaking his head.
"As a matter of fact I do." said Becky, then quickly said, "We met in the hotel.....in the restaurant." Becky talked while looking out the window. It was Magnet's stop, and she wanted this Alan person away from her. Magnet walked on the bus, and the boys and Becky did exchange glances, but no one would probably guess they knew eachother.
Hilary stared at Magnet like she had done when she had first met him. She had a plan. "Who's that?" she said to Alan.
"That's Jose. Why?" Alan turned his head and saw Magnet sit down. Then he turned back to Becky, who was still staring at Magnet with a dreamy expression.
"Don't pay attention to him. He's bad news. He was sent to some bad boy camp named Greenlake." he said, sounding very awkward.
"Uh huh......" said Becky, sounding like she wasn't listening. Alan looked frustrated.
"He has a girlfriend already." he blurted out. Becky still wasn't paying attention. Suddenly a scream came from near the middle of the bus, and everyone looked towards the source of the scream, which was a girl that was suddenly pulled into one of the seats. Immediately Becky realized it was Hilary, and Magnet had pulled her into the seat. Hilary must have recognized them. Alan was giving Becky a look, and she just shrugged.
*
"What are........ They doing here?" Hilary said loudly to Magnet.
"Shhhhhhhh! Just calm down. Jeez." he said, trying not to make everyone suspicious. "Look, the Warden's escaped, so we had to go into a witness protection program." he said so quietly he wasn't sure Hilary heard him. Hilary stared at him, first with a little shock, then she started laughing hysterically.
"Is that why Stell is wearing a dress?" she was nearly rolling on the seat, laughing to death.
"Shhh!" Magnet said, annoyed. Then he just gave up.
"That's the funniest thing I ever heard." she said, still laughing. Magnet was relived some people had turned away.
*
Becky started glaring at Hilary. She knew she was laughing at her for wearing a dress.
"This is so humiliating." she muttered.
"What is?" said Alan.
"Sitting with you." she snapped, then turned back to glaring at Hilary, who turned around and stuck her tongue out at her.
Alan just gaped at her, then left to go to another girl in a dress on the bus. Becky rolled her eyes.
Squid changed seats and sat next to her. "Ummm....just so no other guys come sit next to you." she said quickly.
"Thanks." she said, smiling a little at him, then glaring at Hilary again. "I hate her." she said through gritted teeth.
"Doesn't everybody?" said Squid.
*
"Well, who do we have here?" said Hilary loudly, so everyone heard her and turned to see what was going on.
Becky rolled her eyes, standing with the other boys. Hilary was walking around them, examining them. Each boy had to change their appearance some way, just in case the Warden was looking from some where. You'd have to glance at least three times to be able to recognize them.
"Very, very interesting. Hello, I'm Hilary......great style by the way." Hilary added to Becky, who glared at her even more. She knew she was just saying that to make fun of her even more.
"Jose!" she called, and Magnet walked over to her.
"What?" he said in a bored voice.
"Have you met our new students yet?"
At first Magnet said nothing, and was just staring at all of them. Then he said, "I saw them on the bus."
"Interesting. Well, me being the social chooser around here, I'd put them in......" she started examining them again, ignoring all their glances to eachother.
"Social Chooser?" Squid mouthed to Becky, but she just shrugged.
"The loser's category." she said, then she started to laugh and head into the building with some of the other "popular" kids or whatever you wanted to call them. Many people laughed and gave them L signs on their forehead as they passed them. Becky rolled her eyes.
"Jose, I'm sorry to say this, but people at your school are stupider than I thought." said Becky, glaring after Hilary.
"You'll get used to it." said Magnet.
"Well, there's one advantage of this. Besides finding more about what those ghosts are doing, and not getting killed by that madwoman." said Becky, smiling smugly and started to follow the other students into the building.
"And what is that?" asked Magnet, grinning at her.
"Three words. This. Is. War." she turned around, smiled mischievously to them all, then started to hurry to the school. Squid walked up to Magnet, shaking his head, but he was grinning.
"I have no idea what she's planning now." he said.
"This is the sad part. Neither do I." said Magnet, laughing.
"What war is she talking about?" asked Twitch.
"I guess we'll find out later...." said X-ray.
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The War begins next chapter!
"Well, it's tomorrow." said Squid as they all got on the school bus.
"What if they're destroying the school or something?" said Becky worriedly.
"Don't worry about it. Now pretend you don't know us. Remember, the bus rider might be working for the Warden." said ZigZag. Becky rolled her eyes.
"Stop being so paranoid." she said, then she started to whisper. "Can you believe I have to dress like this? I hate wearing skirts!" It was true. The person she was pretending to be often wore skirts, so now she had to wear them.
"I know! You look so different1 I can't believe you have to change your hair." said Twitch.
"Well, I like it better brown anyway." answered Becky.
Magnet was one of the last stops, so he wasn't on the bus until later. Though the other students seemed to be "friendly."
"Hey, Sweet Thing! so are you one of those new kids?" said a guy who sat next to Becky.
"Yeah, and who are you?" said Becky, putting her backpack in between them. "And my name's Melanie, not Sweet Thing."
"Oh. Well, what would you like to be called then?" he asked her, and she gave him a strange look.
"Melanie." she said in a voice that made Squid laugh from behind them.
"Are YOU a new kid, too?" said the kid, turning around and looking at Squid with a fierce expression.
"Yes, I am. You got a problem with that?" said Squid, standing up. When he stood up the kid saw how tough he looked and backed in his seat. The boy himself did look puny. Becky tried to hide her laugh.
"Well, if you haven't noticed I was TRYING to have a conversation, and I don't need to eavesdropping." he said angrily.
"Who said I was eavesdropping?" said Squid, still standing.
"I.....I could tell you were listening because you were laughing at something we said."
"Just forget about it." said Becky with a hint of laughter in her voice.
Squid sat back down, grinning and started talking to ZigZag. The boy turned back to Becky.
"So, where were we?" he said, smiling.
"We were talking about my name, and how you never will call me sweet thing ever again or you'll be pounded hard into the ground."
The boy looked a little surprised. "All right... Anyway, my name's Alan, but some people here call me 'Hot Stuff.'"
There was a round of stifled laughed from behind them from the boys and when Alan turned around to look at them, Becky let out a small laugh as well.
"We're not laughing at you." X-ray lied.
"You better not be." said Alan, then he turned back to Becky.
"Do you know those guys?" said Alan, shaking his head.
"As a matter of fact I do." said Becky, then quickly said, "We met in the hotel.....in the restaurant." Becky talked while looking out the window. It was Magnet's stop, and she wanted this Alan person away from her. Magnet walked on the bus, and the boys and Becky did exchange glances, but no one would probably guess they knew eachother.
Hilary stared at Magnet like she had done when she had first met him. She had a plan. "Who's that?" she said to Alan.
"That's Jose. Why?" Alan turned his head and saw Magnet sit down. Then he turned back to Becky, who was still staring at Magnet with a dreamy expression.
"Don't pay attention to him. He's bad news. He was sent to some bad boy camp named Greenlake." he said, sounding very awkward.
"Uh huh......" said Becky, sounding like she wasn't listening. Alan looked frustrated.
"He has a girlfriend already." he blurted out. Becky still wasn't paying attention. Suddenly a scream came from near the middle of the bus, and everyone looked towards the source of the scream, which was a girl that was suddenly pulled into one of the seats. Immediately Becky realized it was Hilary, and Magnet had pulled her into the seat. Hilary must have recognized them. Alan was giving Becky a look, and she just shrugged.
*
"What are........ They doing here?" Hilary said loudly to Magnet.
"Shhhhhhhh! Just calm down. Jeez." he said, trying not to make everyone suspicious. "Look, the Warden's escaped, so we had to go into a witness protection program." he said so quietly he wasn't sure Hilary heard him. Hilary stared at him, first with a little shock, then she started laughing hysterically.
"Is that why Stell is wearing a dress?" she was nearly rolling on the seat, laughing to death.
"Shhh!" Magnet said, annoyed. Then he just gave up.
"That's the funniest thing I ever heard." she said, still laughing. Magnet was relived some people had turned away.
*
Becky started glaring at Hilary. She knew she was laughing at her for wearing a dress.
"This is so humiliating." she muttered.
"What is?" said Alan.
"Sitting with you." she snapped, then turned back to glaring at Hilary, who turned around and stuck her tongue out at her.
Alan just gaped at her, then left to go to another girl in a dress on the bus. Becky rolled her eyes.
Squid changed seats and sat next to her. "Ummm....just so no other guys come sit next to you." she said quickly.
"Thanks." she said, smiling a little at him, then glaring at Hilary again. "I hate her." she said through gritted teeth.
"Doesn't everybody?" said Squid.
*
"Well, who do we have here?" said Hilary loudly, so everyone heard her and turned to see what was going on.
Becky rolled her eyes, standing with the other boys. Hilary was walking around them, examining them. Each boy had to change their appearance some way, just in case the Warden was looking from some where. You'd have to glance at least three times to be able to recognize them.
"Very, very interesting. Hello, I'm Hilary......great style by the way." Hilary added to Becky, who glared at her even more. She knew she was just saying that to make fun of her even more.
"Jose!" she called, and Magnet walked over to her.
"What?" he said in a bored voice.
"Have you met our new students yet?"
At first Magnet said nothing, and was just staring at all of them. Then he said, "I saw them on the bus."
"Interesting. Well, me being the social chooser around here, I'd put them in......" she started examining them again, ignoring all their glances to eachother.
"Social Chooser?" Squid mouthed to Becky, but she just shrugged.
"The loser's category." she said, then she started to laugh and head into the building with some of the other "popular" kids or whatever you wanted to call them. Many people laughed and gave them L signs on their forehead as they passed them. Becky rolled her eyes.
"Jose, I'm sorry to say this, but people at your school are stupider than I thought." said Becky, glaring after Hilary.
"You'll get used to it." said Magnet.
"Well, there's one advantage of this. Besides finding more about what those ghosts are doing, and not getting killed by that madwoman." said Becky, smiling smugly and started to follow the other students into the building.
"And what is that?" asked Magnet, grinning at her.
"Three words. This. Is. War." she turned around, smiled mischievously to them all, then started to hurry to the school. Squid walked up to Magnet, shaking his head, but he was grinning.
"I have no idea what she's planning now." he said.
"This is the sad part. Neither do I." said Magnet, laughing.
"What war is she talking about?" asked Twitch.
"I guess we'll find out later...." said X-ray.
*
The War begins next chapter!