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Disclaimer: Blah blah blah... Meg Cabot owns all characters... Blah blah blah.
And I forgot to say this in the first chapter, but because the story takes place during the second and third books, I have down played a lot of the stuff that happened. It doesn't mean it never happened, or that she doesn't stress about it as much, but it means that I didn't concentrate too much on it because I don't want to be repeating everything from the book.
Enjoy!
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Mia's POV
For the rest of the morning I felt like I was walking on cloud nine. I know it's stupid, since obviously Michael hasn't been at the school long enough to know what a biological freak I am. But it still made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, just thinking about how he smiled at me.
That smile could melt ice.
The new girl is in my English class. I think her name is Lilly, but I wasn't really paying attention. I was too busy thinking about her brother.
She seems pretty opinionated though, especially for someone who has been in the school for only five minutes. I know if I were new I wouldn't be raising my hand to give my opinions on the very first day. But that was what she was doing.
I told Tina about what happened between 'the new guy' and me this morning, but I left out how gorgeous I thought he was. I didn't want to tell her I'd fallen for him or anything, she'd think it was a Josh Richter repeat. And we all know how horribly my one date with Josh had turned out. I didn't leave the school bathroom all night!
Michael's POV
Some how, I've managed to sneak into the popular people group. They won't leave me alone!
Don't they see that I'm a 'nerd' (as Lilly puts it)?
Maybe I should come to school tomorrow wearing a Dungeons and Dragons shirt over my school one, or maybe I should don a pair of thick black glasses for a few days. Or, I bet joining the Computer Club would work just as well.
Phew, the bell just rang. It's time for lunch. I wonder what the quality of the food is like in a school like this. My old school food wasn't too crash hot, but I bet it will be better than what they serve here.
I put my books away and headed in the direction I'd been shown the cafeteria was.
Grabbing a tray, I fell into line. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the girl from this morning was behind me. Was her name Mia?
I turned to her and smiled, as soon as I did she turned bright red.
"Hi, again," I said.
"Hello," she said, looking nervous. What did she have to feel nervous about? I was the new kid.
I moved up in the line. "What's the food like here?"
"Um, it's ok I guess. I only eat the vegetarian meals though, which isn't much."
"Oh, I could never be a vegetarian. I couldn't live without meat. If that really is what they even put in these so called meat products," I indicated to the corn dogs. "But I think it's cool that you can," I added.
She laughed, "Yeah you never really know what they are serving you in those things," she said looking back at the corn dogs.
Suddenly, my new best friends Lana and Josh came up and interrupted our conversation, without even acting like they cared they were interrupting!
"Hey, Mike!" Josh slapped me on the back. I hate when people call me Mike or Mick, it's Michael!
"We sit over there," Lana pointed to a large table full of jocks and cheerleaders. "But don't worry, we'll wait for you."
Gee, thanks, I wanted to say something rude, but I didn't want to get off on the bad foot with anyone on the very first day. So I settled for, "Ok, sure."
I turned around to say something to Mia, but since we'd already passed the salads, she hadn't stuck around. She was walking off, followed by a huge guy in a trench coat. How come I never noticed that guy before?
Mia's POV
Oh my god! Michael just spoke to me again! And he didn't have anything mean to say either; he was actually speaking to me nicely. Unlike Josh and Lana, who'd come up to interrupt our conversation to tell him where they were going to be sitting.
I'm back on cloud nine!
I walked over to the table Tina and I always sit with Shameeka and Ling Su, but the new girl was already sitting there. When I stopped in front of the table, she looked up at me.
"Oh, I'm sorry, would you like me to move?" she asked shyly.
"No, of course not, I'll join you." Nothing could dampen my mood.
I sat down and introduced myself.
"I'm Lilly," she said, eyeing Lars suspiciously.
"Oh," I said, realising Lars must be a little unnerving. "This is Lars. He's my bodyguard."
Lilly looked uncomfortable at the mention of the word bodyguard, but she smiled at him anyway. Lars nodded at her in reply.
Tina, Wahim (Tina's bodyguard), Shameeka and Ling Su came up at that moment and sat down. Introductions were made all round.
"So you both have bodyguards?" Lilly asked. "Why?"
I hate explaining about being a Princess to people. You'd think they would recognise me from all the publicity I've gotten recently. But I guess when people first look at me, the word 'Princess' doesn't exactly pop into their heads. So I let Tina explain, she never minds.
"Well," she started. "I have one because my father is paranoid I'm going to be kidnapped. And Mia has one because she is the Princess of a small European country called Genovia. Have you heard of it?"
"You're Princess Amelia?" she asked, shocked.
People usually have this reaction when I tell them I am royal. I guess it's because I'm not very typical 'Princess' material.
"Um, yeah, but just call me Mia."
"Wow," she said. And then she started asking me all these questions about it.
I guess my Michael-high spirit could be dampened after all.
Michael's POV
I am currently squashed between two huge jocks. I don't even remember their names.
Everyone here is talking about some party they all went to on the weekend. Apparently someone stupid (well actually, their choice of words was 'heroic') had gotten really drunk and had to have their stomach pumped.
I'm really glad I'm sitting here in the middle of this conversation, instead of an even vaguely intellectual one. Not.
I think I will definitely have to join the Computer Club tomorrow, it's not like I wasn't thinking of doing it anyway. Even sitting with a bunch of computer geeks would be better than this. And besides, I am somewhat of a computer geek myself. Ah, who am I kidding? I'm a huge computer geek.
Lilly looks like she's had better luck than I have. She's actually sitting with Mia! And she looks absolutely fascinated by whatever Mia is saying, and it takes a lot to fascinate Lilly. I should know.
Oh what I wouldn't give to change places right now!
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Disclaimer: Blah blah blah... Meg Cabot owns all characters... Blah blah blah.
And I forgot to say this in the first chapter, but because the story takes place during the second and third books, I have down played a lot of the stuff that happened. It doesn't mean it never happened, or that she doesn't stress about it as much, but it means that I didn't concentrate too much on it because I don't want to be repeating everything from the book.
Enjoy!
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Mia's POV
For the rest of the morning I felt like I was walking on cloud nine. I know it's stupid, since obviously Michael hasn't been at the school long enough to know what a biological freak I am. But it still made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, just thinking about how he smiled at me.
That smile could melt ice.
The new girl is in my English class. I think her name is Lilly, but I wasn't really paying attention. I was too busy thinking about her brother.
She seems pretty opinionated though, especially for someone who has been in the school for only five minutes. I know if I were new I wouldn't be raising my hand to give my opinions on the very first day. But that was what she was doing.
I told Tina about what happened between 'the new guy' and me this morning, but I left out how gorgeous I thought he was. I didn't want to tell her I'd fallen for him or anything, she'd think it was a Josh Richter repeat. And we all know how horribly my one date with Josh had turned out. I didn't leave the school bathroom all night!
Michael's POV
Some how, I've managed to sneak into the popular people group. They won't leave me alone!
Don't they see that I'm a 'nerd' (as Lilly puts it)?
Maybe I should come to school tomorrow wearing a Dungeons and Dragons shirt over my school one, or maybe I should don a pair of thick black glasses for a few days. Or, I bet joining the Computer Club would work just as well.
Phew, the bell just rang. It's time for lunch. I wonder what the quality of the food is like in a school like this. My old school food wasn't too crash hot, but I bet it will be better than what they serve here.
I put my books away and headed in the direction I'd been shown the cafeteria was.
Grabbing a tray, I fell into line. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the girl from this morning was behind me. Was her name Mia?
I turned to her and smiled, as soon as I did she turned bright red.
"Hi, again," I said.
"Hello," she said, looking nervous. What did she have to feel nervous about? I was the new kid.
I moved up in the line. "What's the food like here?"
"Um, it's ok I guess. I only eat the vegetarian meals though, which isn't much."
"Oh, I could never be a vegetarian. I couldn't live without meat. If that really is what they even put in these so called meat products," I indicated to the corn dogs. "But I think it's cool that you can," I added.
She laughed, "Yeah you never really know what they are serving you in those things," she said looking back at the corn dogs.
Suddenly, my new best friends Lana and Josh came up and interrupted our conversation, without even acting like they cared they were interrupting!
"Hey, Mike!" Josh slapped me on the back. I hate when people call me Mike or Mick, it's Michael!
"We sit over there," Lana pointed to a large table full of jocks and cheerleaders. "But don't worry, we'll wait for you."
Gee, thanks, I wanted to say something rude, but I didn't want to get off on the bad foot with anyone on the very first day. So I settled for, "Ok, sure."
I turned around to say something to Mia, but since we'd already passed the salads, she hadn't stuck around. She was walking off, followed by a huge guy in a trench coat. How come I never noticed that guy before?
Mia's POV
Oh my god! Michael just spoke to me again! And he didn't have anything mean to say either; he was actually speaking to me nicely. Unlike Josh and Lana, who'd come up to interrupt our conversation to tell him where they were going to be sitting.
I'm back on cloud nine!
I walked over to the table Tina and I always sit with Shameeka and Ling Su, but the new girl was already sitting there. When I stopped in front of the table, she looked up at me.
"Oh, I'm sorry, would you like me to move?" she asked shyly.
"No, of course not, I'll join you." Nothing could dampen my mood.
I sat down and introduced myself.
"I'm Lilly," she said, eyeing Lars suspiciously.
"Oh," I said, realising Lars must be a little unnerving. "This is Lars. He's my bodyguard."
Lilly looked uncomfortable at the mention of the word bodyguard, but she smiled at him anyway. Lars nodded at her in reply.
Tina, Wahim (Tina's bodyguard), Shameeka and Ling Su came up at that moment and sat down. Introductions were made all round.
"So you both have bodyguards?" Lilly asked. "Why?"
I hate explaining about being a Princess to people. You'd think they would recognise me from all the publicity I've gotten recently. But I guess when people first look at me, the word 'Princess' doesn't exactly pop into their heads. So I let Tina explain, she never minds.
"Well," she started. "I have one because my father is paranoid I'm going to be kidnapped. And Mia has one because she is the Princess of a small European country called Genovia. Have you heard of it?"
"You're Princess Amelia?" she asked, shocked.
People usually have this reaction when I tell them I am royal. I guess it's because I'm not very typical 'Princess' material.
"Um, yeah, but just call me Mia."
"Wow," she said. And then she started asking me all these questions about it.
I guess my Michael-high spirit could be dampened after all.
Michael's POV
I am currently squashed between two huge jocks. I don't even remember their names.
Everyone here is talking about some party they all went to on the weekend. Apparently someone stupid (well actually, their choice of words was 'heroic') had gotten really drunk and had to have their stomach pumped.
I'm really glad I'm sitting here in the middle of this conversation, instead of an even vaguely intellectual one. Not.
I think I will definitely have to join the Computer Club tomorrow, it's not like I wasn't thinking of doing it anyway. Even sitting with a bunch of computer geeks would be better than this. And besides, I am somewhat of a computer geek myself. Ah, who am I kidding? I'm a huge computer geek.
Lilly looks like she's had better luck than I have. She's actually sitting with Mia! And she looks absolutely fascinated by whatever Mia is saying, and it takes a lot to fascinate Lilly. I should know.
Oh what I wouldn't give to change places right now!
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