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Before I start I have to tell you about some changes I made and a little stupid thing that I did in chapter 5. after shock. First of all when the Charlie being a beauty queen conversation did not happen in Biology it happened in Electricity. Second I put Luis in biology (now electricity) and math class at the same time so I chose for him to be in electricity. Because he wasn't in math Russ not Luis said the last line in the math class conversation. Ok I know that you probably don't care about those little details but I do. Now the classes in this chapter work out. So basically everything that happened in chapter five did happen only one of the settings were different and Russ not Luis said one thing. There I feel better now. Sorry about the inconvenience folks now on with the chapter.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ In room 301 (for a change of scenery lol) Paige came back from her shower and blow-drying. She walked over to her dresser and put the top part of her soft hair into a messy bun let the rest fall onto her shoulders. She pushed away the strips of hair along the crown of her head that were too short to fit into the bun. She put on a pair of black low rise cargo pants, a dark green spaghetti strap tank top and an long sleeved see through dark green top over that. She slipped on her black skateboarding shoes and went back over to her dresser, opened a little box with Chinese lettering on it and took out a pair of dark silver small hoop earrings and put them in. She then put Burt's bee's beeswax lip balm (I love that stuff) onto her ruby lips. Finally grabbed her black leather carrier bag and left the room. 'Time for my first day of school at Eden Hall' she realized.
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Down at the mess hall almost all of the Ducks were there when Paige walked in got her food and sat down at the table in-between Julie and Fulton.
"First day of school. Do you have your lunch box, your milk money, and a clean pair of underwear? Don't forget not to fight with the other kids and be nice to your teacher" Fulton teased
"Thanks Mom I'll try" Paige played along.
"So are you nervous?" Julie asked as she let her hair out of the tie that was holding it back and pulled down her baby blue sweater back over the top of her dark blue jeans.
"Not really," she responded truthfully she wasn't afraid of Eden Hall.
"What do you have today?" Charlie asked as casually as possible even though he was secretly hoping that she would have at least one class with him.
"Let's see," Paige retrieved her time table from her bag "it's day two correct?" she asked in a fake business manor.
"That is correct Mrs. Hunter" Fulton responded in the same way fixing his invisible tie on his black t-shirt under his leather jacket.
"It is Ms not Mrs. Mr. Reed. Thank you" she laughed. She went back to her normal voice and answered Charlie's question "I have Art, Gym, Geography and Home Ec."
"Hey you are going to have Art with me" Charlie pointed out trying not to smile too broadly
"And you get to have Geography with the Bash Brothers" Fulton said enthusiastically he wanted her to get along with Portman he was his best friend and she was one of his oldest friends.
"Oh and you have Gym with me and Connie" Julie said, "Great one more for the anti-cheerleading team" she saw Paige's puzzled look and explained "We have a lot of freshmen cheerleaders in our gym class and they don't really like the Ducks. Or anyone who isn't a cheerleader for that matter."
"Great" Paige cracked a smile
"Why 'Great'?" Julie asked
"Let's just say I've dealt with cheerleaders before" Paige said coyly.
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Guy and Connie sat down at the other end of the table.
"Breakfast food is nice" Guy said looking joyfully at his eggs.
"Yep no hamburgers for me today" Averman smiled and eat his pancakes.
"I think that I am going to put in a complaint about the showers," Connie grumbled.
"Hey Russ have you decided if you are going to get rid of Chloe?" Guy asked
"Chloe is no more" Russ said sadly.
"Dearly beloved we are gathered her to remember Chloe the chemistry textbook" Averman said, "Russ would you like to say a few words?" He just got a dirty look for a response so he continued. "Fine I will do it for you. She was a good book. She had a nice hard cover with different colors. She was very faithful to Russ and we shall all miss her. May she rest in peace" he bowed his head.
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In an Art room first period Paige was sitting at the table with Dwayne and Charlie beside her and Kenny behind them.
"So you're from Texas," she said
"How could you tell?" Kenny asked, "Was it the outfit?"
"No the accent. Do you like it?" Paige continued
"I love it back home on the ranch" Dwayne said with a huge grin
"You have a ranch?" Paige asked wide-eyed "Do you only have horses? Or what?"
"No we've got chickens and cows as well," Dwayne answered. "But the horses are great. We've got seven"
"Wow" Paige said impressed
"Yeah . . ." Dwayne went on about his ranch. The teacher walked in and tried to start the class.
"Class? Excuse me, Class?" she asked meekly and the class kept on talking "All right shut it!" she yelled and got immediate silence.
"You are finishing your drawings and then answering these questions in the textbook and if you don't finish them and hand them in today they are for homework and due the next day one," she pointed at 20 questions on the board. They all got out their drawings.
Paige slapped her paper on the table and Dwayne grimaced when he saw it and asked softly "Paige they are supposed to be of humans"
"Mine is of a human," Paige said
"Oh my I am so sorry. I hope I didn't offend you" Dwayne apologized
"Don't worry about it Tex. I know it isn't good"
"You weren't joking" Kenny said from as he looked at her sketch.
"Art isn't my expertise" Paige said simply.
"Even Charlie's is better then yours" Ken pointed out.
"You're saying that like it's a dis," Charlie said
"Come on man your girl looks like a guy" Ken laughed
"I think the beard adds character," Paige said
"It isn't a beard it's shading" Charlie defended
"Oh well at least it looks like a drag queen. Mine doesn't look like it even has a sex" Paige critiqued. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The bell rung and Fulton, Guy, Portman, Dwayne, Charlie, and Luis all met up in the hall headed for Shop class when they saw Paige trip . . . *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Adam and Ken were both going to their business room and saw the other Ducks who were going to Shop turning the corner and Paige in the middle of the hall way on the floor . . . *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Russ, Averman were going to Drama with Goldberg who was headed to his Computer Science class. Averman was rambling about something and Russ was busy rolling his eyes when they ran into Connie and Julie giggling their way to gym when they spotted the rest of the Ducks farther away and then they saw Paige on the ground . . . *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Paige was out the door just before the bell rang. She wanted enough time to find the Gym she was supposed to be at. She was walking down the hall when she tripped and fell on the floor. She turned to see what she tripped on and saw a large running shoe. She looked up to see who it belonged to and saw a very large jock with a blond buzz cut standing there.
"This is the new Duck I was telling you about" the one who tripped her, told another one in a Varsity jersey with 'Captain (Ok I forgot the Varsity Teams names so I will correct it if you tell me their real names) Mitchell McCray' printed on it.
"Great another loser for our school" said a jock with blond hair
"Oh I'm the loser? I believe you're the one who the one who tripped a freshmen girl to make you feel more macho" Paige shot back as she got up "But I guess that's understandable. You have to make your ego bigger if you are lacking in other manly departments" she noticeably glanced down at his crotch then flicked her gaze back to his face. She heard faint laughing.
"Oh you did not just say that" the guy with the blond crew cut said.
"Didn't I?" she asked in fake stupidity
"You'd better watch yourself little Duck," the Captain said and he walked off with his goons following him.
The Ducks walked up to her most of them laughing. "Wow I can't believe you just stood up to all of those guys by yourself" Portman said slightly impressed
"Great first impression Hunter" Fulton shook his head
"But that little comment was hilarious," Averman laughed.
"Thanks" she said. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In Shop class, Fulton, Guy, Portman, Dwayne, Charlie, and Luis were talking about Paige's run in with Varsity.
"That girl has balls," Portman said picking up a saw and started working on a piece of wood.
"She sure does," Guy said choosing a piece of wood "I know that Connie and Julie have guts but I don't think that they would make that bold a comment."
"Or do it by themselves" Luis pointed out.
They went to work trying to make a spice rack. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In the girls changing room they too were talking about what Paige had done.
"I don't think I could have done that after I just met them though," Julie pointed out.
" I know. Smooth moves" Connie congratulated Paige.
"You're really transforming into a Duck" Julie said as she pulled on her red gym t-shirt with 'Eden Hall' printed on it with white. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in shop . . . "No Guy turn it around" Portman ordered
"What way?" Guy asked
"Here let me show you how it's done," Charlie said taking the piece of wood and tried cutting with the saw
"No you're doing it crooked" Fulton said.
"I don't think you measured this right," Dwayne said picking up the piece of wood off the floor.
"It's shaped like a triangle" Portman grabbed the piece of wood and inspected it.
"Charlie, these blue prints don't make any sense" Guy looked at piece of paper Charlie went over and looked at it.
"That's because it's my algebra homework" Charlie pointed out.
"We should just cut again" Fulton took the wood and started to saw.
"Now you made it even worse" Luis said
They all started arguing.
"Hey! Hey! Guys! Calm down" they all turned to see their teacher who came over and started correcting them and helping them. After they were done the Ducks all chorused "Thanks Ms. Freil"
"You're welcome boys" she said walking away.
"It's not right having her help us out all of the time" Portman said kind of ashamed. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At lunch Paige was walking to the Ducks table when a line of cheerleaders blocked her way.
"We heard what you said to my boyfriend," one of them said with disgust
"Yeah that was a really stupid move," another sneered
"Fine" Paige said walking around them.
"No way are you leaving we are not done with you yet" they surrounded her again.
"We need to teach you a lesson," she said
"I would focus on learning lessons first then if you are ready you can try teaching" Paige said
"You had better watch that mouth of yours"
"That's impossible unless I walked around with a mirror in front of my face all day. But then I would end up like you so I'd rather not. Sorry" she apologized sarcastically.
"You're a real bitch you know that?" a girl asked
"I did actually but thanks for confirming that" Paige answered.
"Is there a problem?" they all looked to see who asked and found Coach Bombay standing there.
"No these ladies were just asking me what it felt like to have an IQ higher then twenty five" Paige responded
"Oh you are just so funny!" one of them said as if they were old friends to make sure they wouldn't get in trouble and after another said, "Come on girls" they left.
"Paige, were you fighting with those girls?" Bombay asked
"No I was just making new friends," Paige said sarcastically.
"Paige." He gave her a stern look
"Yes Coach?" she asked innocently
"Come on" he walked towards the Ducks table. She followed him and sat beside Charlie.
"What was that about?" Charlie whispered he was the only who noticed Paige and the cheerleaders.
"I was meeting the blond squad," Paige answered
"Alright team I'm glad that you are all here I just wanted to inform you that practice is cancelled for today" Coach said
"Why?" Kenny asked
"Don't ask just thank" Averman said
"Any way that's all you can continue with your lunch" Bombay walked away ignoring Ken's question. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After lunch Averman, Portman, Fulton and Paige were in Geography
"I love Our Lady Peace!" Paige agreed with Averman "but their new CD sucks. I like everything but Gravity"
"I know they were so good before" Averman said.
"Who else do you like?" Averman asked
"Um a lot of bands. I like Linkin Park" Paige answered
"Me too" Portman interrupted
"Yeah which CD do you like better Hybrid Theory or Meteora. Those two are my favorites" Paige inquired
"They're both good," Portman could not decide.
"That was your last warning you four have detention," their teacher told them calmly.
"Detention on my first day" Paige said.
"That must be some sort of record," Fulton said.
"Yeah Paige props" Portman said offering his fist to Paige who hit the top with her fist then he hit her fist's top and then they banged knuckles together.
"Thanks"
"Unless you want another detention I advise you to be quiet" the teacher said with the same calmness as before.
They were finally silent. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In Music Kenny was at the piano, Julie was with her flute, Adam and his saxophone, and Goldberg was cleaning his trombone.
"Hey Julie do you ever get board of people asking if you ever went to band camp?" Goldberg smiled
"Yes and if you ask one more time I think I'm going to kill you with the flute that you are making fun of" she held up her flute in a threatening manor.
"I don't think that she's joking Goldberg" Ken laughed
"Yeah I'd sleep with one eye open tonight," Adam warned
"Ok class lets start I think you are all finished tuning" the teacher held up his conductor baton. On queue they all started playing and the teacher cringed. 'We have a lot of work to do' he thought. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In Drama Charlie, Guy, Connie, Luis, and Dwayne were in a group and they were supposed to be creating a skit about any chosen topic.
"I think that it's nice that you have a crush on Paige" Dwayne said
"No I don't" Charlie's face flushed
"Of course you do. You're blushing" Connie said
"No I'm not," Charlie protested
"Why deny it Charlie?" Luis asked, "She is scorching hot"
"Yeah Charlie" Guy said
"You think she is hot?" Connie asked hurt
"No I wasn't saying 'yes' to that I was saying 'yes' to why should he deny it" Guy said
"So you think she is ugly?" Connie asked offended for her new friend
"No she's pretty" Guy said truthfully
"Prettier then me?" Connie asked going back to being hurt
"No one is prettier then you" Guy said hoping that would aggravate her.
"Aw. Thank you" Connie started kissing Guy.
"Ok y'all break it up so we can work. That means that Connie and Guy stop the smooch fest. Luis stop drooling over girls (he was checking out the other girls across the room) and Charlie admit you like the gal" Dwayne said taking charge for the first time that they could remember.
They were surprised and out of shock started working. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Paige walked into her fourth period class: Home Ec. She sighed with disgust. It wasn't that she didn't like cooking. She had to do it a lot . . . before. It was just that it was her stepmother had forced her to sign up for Home Ec back in Toronto.
"Goldberg?" Paige rushed over and sat on the stool beside him. He was the only guy in the class and he was sitting alone at the counter in the back of the class.
"Hey Paige I never thought that you were the Home Economics type" Goldberg said.
"Well my step mom thinks I am" she sighed and plopped down her carrier bag on the floor. "What about you?"
"My family owns a restaurant," Goldberg answered
"That explains it."
"Not all of it. I actually like to cook" Goldberg said
"Well I'm used to cooking so I guess it won't be that bad" Paige said, "At least I know someone in the class."
"That you do."
"So have you ever had detention at Eden Hall before?" Paige asked him
"You have one already?" Goldberg asked
"Yep." Paige answered
"You really are a Duck aren't you?" Goldberg chuckled
"I guess so. Are the detention bad?" she asked again
"No you just sit in a room for the whole time. You are only allowed one bathroom break and there is no talking" Goldberg answered.
"Basically your usual. This school isn't very creative" Paige said. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In detention Averman, Fulton, Portman and Paige were the only ones sitting in the four desks in the back corner of the classroom besides the teacher who was sitting at the front desk facing the four disobedient kids but her eyes were closed and she was sleeping and snoring loudly.
"Do you think she wakes easily?" Paige whispered as she got out a piece of paper and a straw.
"I don't know" Portman said with a mischievous smile coming to his face
"Only one way to find out" Paige started to rip small pieces of the paper.
"Where are you spares?" Fulton asked
"You know me too well Reed" she got out three other straws and they started their spitball making, a classic way to pass time in detention. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Julie and Adam were in the library and they were supposed to be studying French but they were just talking.
"I wonder why Bombay cancelled practice," Adam questioned
"Yeah me too. I can't remember the last time if ever he cancelled before" Julie said, "Maybe he's having an affair or something"
"Bombay? He couldn't keep a secret if his life depended on it" Adam said.
"I guess you're right" Julie smiled "But that still leaves the question unanswered"
"We could always ask him straight out" Adam pointed out
"But that would take all of the fun out of it" Julie said, "You know what I think that I'm done with French we are more then prepared. Do you feel like going for a walk? Say down to Bombay's house?"
Adam usually would have protested to spying on his Coach but this was Julie so he nodded. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in detention . . . "Sleeping like a baby" Averman said
"If we know she can sleep through this it kind of takes the fun out of it" Paige said and put down her straw.
"Agreed" Fulton nodded
"You've got a wicked shot though," Portman said turning to Paige
"You're not too bad yourself," Paige complimented
"Julie would be proud" Averman said
"What is that supposed to mean?" Portman asked
"It means that you like her. That's all" Averman said
"What gives you the right to say that?" Portman said slightly angrily
"Portman and Julie sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love then comes marriage then comes Julie with a baby carriage" Averman sang
"You want to shut up?" Portman grabbed Avermans collar and made a fist right in front of his glasses.
"Don't get your panties in a bunch" Paige defended Averman.
"Yeah man it was just a joke," Fulton said
"Alright I'll let it slid this time" he let go of his shirt *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Julie and Adam walked into Bombay's building and headed for the elevator when the clerk at the desk stopped them.
"Excuse me. Who are you hear to see?" he asked them
"Um" Julie looked for help from Adam who got an idea
"We aren't here to see anyone we live here with Mr. Bombay" Adam said with as much authority as he could muster
"Really? Then may I see you key" the clerk asked Adam
"I don't have it. I believe that you only gave Mr. Bombay one set and he still has to go in and copy them" Adam hoped that he guessed right
"You are correct. Sorry for bothering you" the clerk stepped aside
"Wow Adam I never would have guessed that you could do that" Julie said
"I've seen my dad do that sort of stuff all the time" Adam pressed the button on the elevator and they got in.
"Do you remember which floor he is on and which room he is in?" Julie asked
"Yeah it's the 12th room 1209" he answered as he pressed the button and it lit up.
"So what is your plan Jules?" he asked as the doors slid open to the 12th floor and they walked his room.
"Just be quiet" she put her head against the door and tried to listen. Adam stood by her and after a few seconds whispered "What do you hear?"
"I hear Bombay, a male voice and a female voice," she whispered back
"What are they saying?"
She moved down the door and motioned for him to hear for himself. They heard:
"She has already gotten into a fight?" the female voice asked
"Not really it was more of a little run in," Bombay answered
"Little feuds lead to bigger things" the male voice pointed out
"I know but I think she is going to be ok" Bombay said
"So you are watching over her? We moved to prevent her from getting into any more trouble" the women asked
"I still don't understand, what kind of trouble?" Bombay questioned
"Please Mr. Bombay you know what she has gone through" the man said
"Of course I do but I don't know why she needs to be babysat" Bombay said
"Well first of all . . ." the female started
"No stop Charity if she wants him to know she will tell him" the man stopped her "We should be leaving anyway we have to pick Lily up anyway"
Adam and Julie both looked at each other and then ran for the elevator and started pressing the buttons furiously just as Bombay's door opened the elevator doors closed.
"That was close," Julie breathed
"Too close" Adam corrected. As soon as the doors opened again they jogged out of the building and didn't stop in till they reached the end of the block.
"So are you satisfied Sherlock?" Adam asked her
"Yeah. Now we know that he isn't having an affair and that he needs to look after some girl. Or maybe the girl is the one who he is having an affair with" Julie answered
"It really isn't any of our business" Adam finished Julie gave him an ashamed look "But it was fun as hell" he finished truthfully. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
End of Chapter
Ok I hope you enjoyed that chapter. It didn't take as long to write as I thought. Was it too long? Oh and I know that the cheerleaders being dumb thing is stereotypical but in this story they are bitches and most of them are airheads. Kudos to Arena who gave me the idea of the blueprints being Charlie's homework and the Ducks thinking that Paige Hunter was a guy in chapter 6. surprise. Ok and here is the big question: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PAIGE SO FAR?
Before I start I have to tell you about some changes I made and a little stupid thing that I did in chapter 5. after shock. First of all when the Charlie being a beauty queen conversation did not happen in Biology it happened in Electricity. Second I put Luis in biology (now electricity) and math class at the same time so I chose for him to be in electricity. Because he wasn't in math Russ not Luis said the last line in the math class conversation. Ok I know that you probably don't care about those little details but I do. Now the classes in this chapter work out. So basically everything that happened in chapter five did happen only one of the settings were different and Russ not Luis said one thing. There I feel better now. Sorry about the inconvenience folks now on with the chapter.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ In room 301 (for a change of scenery lol) Paige came back from her shower and blow-drying. She walked over to her dresser and put the top part of her soft hair into a messy bun let the rest fall onto her shoulders. She pushed away the strips of hair along the crown of her head that were too short to fit into the bun. She put on a pair of black low rise cargo pants, a dark green spaghetti strap tank top and an long sleeved see through dark green top over that. She slipped on her black skateboarding shoes and went back over to her dresser, opened a little box with Chinese lettering on it and took out a pair of dark silver small hoop earrings and put them in. She then put Burt's bee's beeswax lip balm (I love that stuff) onto her ruby lips. Finally grabbed her black leather carrier bag and left the room. 'Time for my first day of school at Eden Hall' she realized.
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Down at the mess hall almost all of the Ducks were there when Paige walked in got her food and sat down at the table in-between Julie and Fulton.
"First day of school. Do you have your lunch box, your milk money, and a clean pair of underwear? Don't forget not to fight with the other kids and be nice to your teacher" Fulton teased
"Thanks Mom I'll try" Paige played along.
"So are you nervous?" Julie asked as she let her hair out of the tie that was holding it back and pulled down her baby blue sweater back over the top of her dark blue jeans.
"Not really," she responded truthfully she wasn't afraid of Eden Hall.
"What do you have today?" Charlie asked as casually as possible even though he was secretly hoping that she would have at least one class with him.
"Let's see," Paige retrieved her time table from her bag "it's day two correct?" she asked in a fake business manor.
"That is correct Mrs. Hunter" Fulton responded in the same way fixing his invisible tie on his black t-shirt under his leather jacket.
"It is Ms not Mrs. Mr. Reed. Thank you" she laughed. She went back to her normal voice and answered Charlie's question "I have Art, Gym, Geography and Home Ec."
"Hey you are going to have Art with me" Charlie pointed out trying not to smile too broadly
"And you get to have Geography with the Bash Brothers" Fulton said enthusiastically he wanted her to get along with Portman he was his best friend and she was one of his oldest friends.
"Oh and you have Gym with me and Connie" Julie said, "Great one more for the anti-cheerleading team" she saw Paige's puzzled look and explained "We have a lot of freshmen cheerleaders in our gym class and they don't really like the Ducks. Or anyone who isn't a cheerleader for that matter."
"Great" Paige cracked a smile
"Why 'Great'?" Julie asked
"Let's just say I've dealt with cheerleaders before" Paige said coyly.
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Guy and Connie sat down at the other end of the table.
"Breakfast food is nice" Guy said looking joyfully at his eggs.
"Yep no hamburgers for me today" Averman smiled and eat his pancakes.
"I think that I am going to put in a complaint about the showers," Connie grumbled.
"Hey Russ have you decided if you are going to get rid of Chloe?" Guy asked
"Chloe is no more" Russ said sadly.
"Dearly beloved we are gathered her to remember Chloe the chemistry textbook" Averman said, "Russ would you like to say a few words?" He just got a dirty look for a response so he continued. "Fine I will do it for you. She was a good book. She had a nice hard cover with different colors. She was very faithful to Russ and we shall all miss her. May she rest in peace" he bowed his head.
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In an Art room first period Paige was sitting at the table with Dwayne and Charlie beside her and Kenny behind them.
"So you're from Texas," she said
"How could you tell?" Kenny asked, "Was it the outfit?"
"No the accent. Do you like it?" Paige continued
"I love it back home on the ranch" Dwayne said with a huge grin
"You have a ranch?" Paige asked wide-eyed "Do you only have horses? Or what?"
"No we've got chickens and cows as well," Dwayne answered. "But the horses are great. We've got seven"
"Wow" Paige said impressed
"Yeah . . ." Dwayne went on about his ranch. The teacher walked in and tried to start the class.
"Class? Excuse me, Class?" she asked meekly and the class kept on talking "All right shut it!" she yelled and got immediate silence.
"You are finishing your drawings and then answering these questions in the textbook and if you don't finish them and hand them in today they are for homework and due the next day one," she pointed at 20 questions on the board. They all got out their drawings.
Paige slapped her paper on the table and Dwayne grimaced when he saw it and asked softly "Paige they are supposed to be of humans"
"Mine is of a human," Paige said
"Oh my I am so sorry. I hope I didn't offend you" Dwayne apologized
"Don't worry about it Tex. I know it isn't good"
"You weren't joking" Kenny said from as he looked at her sketch.
"Art isn't my expertise" Paige said simply.
"Even Charlie's is better then yours" Ken pointed out.
"You're saying that like it's a dis," Charlie said
"Come on man your girl looks like a guy" Ken laughed
"I think the beard adds character," Paige said
"It isn't a beard it's shading" Charlie defended
"Oh well at least it looks like a drag queen. Mine doesn't look like it even has a sex" Paige critiqued. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The bell rung and Fulton, Guy, Portman, Dwayne, Charlie, and Luis all met up in the hall headed for Shop class when they saw Paige trip . . . *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Adam and Ken were both going to their business room and saw the other Ducks who were going to Shop turning the corner and Paige in the middle of the hall way on the floor . . . *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Russ, Averman were going to Drama with Goldberg who was headed to his Computer Science class. Averman was rambling about something and Russ was busy rolling his eyes when they ran into Connie and Julie giggling their way to gym when they spotted the rest of the Ducks farther away and then they saw Paige on the ground . . . *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Paige was out the door just before the bell rang. She wanted enough time to find the Gym she was supposed to be at. She was walking down the hall when she tripped and fell on the floor. She turned to see what she tripped on and saw a large running shoe. She looked up to see who it belonged to and saw a very large jock with a blond buzz cut standing there.
"This is the new Duck I was telling you about" the one who tripped her, told another one in a Varsity jersey with 'Captain (Ok I forgot the Varsity Teams names so I will correct it if you tell me their real names) Mitchell McCray' printed on it.
"Great another loser for our school" said a jock with blond hair
"Oh I'm the loser? I believe you're the one who the one who tripped a freshmen girl to make you feel more macho" Paige shot back as she got up "But I guess that's understandable. You have to make your ego bigger if you are lacking in other manly departments" she noticeably glanced down at his crotch then flicked her gaze back to his face. She heard faint laughing.
"Oh you did not just say that" the guy with the blond crew cut said.
"Didn't I?" she asked in fake stupidity
"You'd better watch yourself little Duck," the Captain said and he walked off with his goons following him.
The Ducks walked up to her most of them laughing. "Wow I can't believe you just stood up to all of those guys by yourself" Portman said slightly impressed
"Great first impression Hunter" Fulton shook his head
"But that little comment was hilarious," Averman laughed.
"Thanks" she said. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In Shop class, Fulton, Guy, Portman, Dwayne, Charlie, and Luis were talking about Paige's run in with Varsity.
"That girl has balls," Portman said picking up a saw and started working on a piece of wood.
"She sure does," Guy said choosing a piece of wood "I know that Connie and Julie have guts but I don't think that they would make that bold a comment."
"Or do it by themselves" Luis pointed out.
They went to work trying to make a spice rack. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In the girls changing room they too were talking about what Paige had done.
"I don't think I could have done that after I just met them though," Julie pointed out.
" I know. Smooth moves" Connie congratulated Paige.
"You're really transforming into a Duck" Julie said as she pulled on her red gym t-shirt with 'Eden Hall' printed on it with white. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in shop . . . "No Guy turn it around" Portman ordered
"What way?" Guy asked
"Here let me show you how it's done," Charlie said taking the piece of wood and tried cutting with the saw
"No you're doing it crooked" Fulton said.
"I don't think you measured this right," Dwayne said picking up the piece of wood off the floor.
"It's shaped like a triangle" Portman grabbed the piece of wood and inspected it.
"Charlie, these blue prints don't make any sense" Guy looked at piece of paper Charlie went over and looked at it.
"That's because it's my algebra homework" Charlie pointed out.
"We should just cut again" Fulton took the wood and started to saw.
"Now you made it even worse" Luis said
They all started arguing.
"Hey! Hey! Guys! Calm down" they all turned to see their teacher who came over and started correcting them and helping them. After they were done the Ducks all chorused "Thanks Ms. Freil"
"You're welcome boys" she said walking away.
"It's not right having her help us out all of the time" Portman said kind of ashamed. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At lunch Paige was walking to the Ducks table when a line of cheerleaders blocked her way.
"We heard what you said to my boyfriend," one of them said with disgust
"Yeah that was a really stupid move," another sneered
"Fine" Paige said walking around them.
"No way are you leaving we are not done with you yet" they surrounded her again.
"We need to teach you a lesson," she said
"I would focus on learning lessons first then if you are ready you can try teaching" Paige said
"You had better watch that mouth of yours"
"That's impossible unless I walked around with a mirror in front of my face all day. But then I would end up like you so I'd rather not. Sorry" she apologized sarcastically.
"You're a real bitch you know that?" a girl asked
"I did actually but thanks for confirming that" Paige answered.
"Is there a problem?" they all looked to see who asked and found Coach Bombay standing there.
"No these ladies were just asking me what it felt like to have an IQ higher then twenty five" Paige responded
"Oh you are just so funny!" one of them said as if they were old friends to make sure they wouldn't get in trouble and after another said, "Come on girls" they left.
"Paige, were you fighting with those girls?" Bombay asked
"No I was just making new friends," Paige said sarcastically.
"Paige." He gave her a stern look
"Yes Coach?" she asked innocently
"Come on" he walked towards the Ducks table. She followed him and sat beside Charlie.
"What was that about?" Charlie whispered he was the only who noticed Paige and the cheerleaders.
"I was meeting the blond squad," Paige answered
"Alright team I'm glad that you are all here I just wanted to inform you that practice is cancelled for today" Coach said
"Why?" Kenny asked
"Don't ask just thank" Averman said
"Any way that's all you can continue with your lunch" Bombay walked away ignoring Ken's question. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After lunch Averman, Portman, Fulton and Paige were in Geography
"I love Our Lady Peace!" Paige agreed with Averman "but their new CD sucks. I like everything but Gravity"
"I know they were so good before" Averman said.
"Who else do you like?" Averman asked
"Um a lot of bands. I like Linkin Park" Paige answered
"Me too" Portman interrupted
"Yeah which CD do you like better Hybrid Theory or Meteora. Those two are my favorites" Paige inquired
"They're both good," Portman could not decide.
"That was your last warning you four have detention," their teacher told them calmly.
"Detention on my first day" Paige said.
"That must be some sort of record," Fulton said.
"Yeah Paige props" Portman said offering his fist to Paige who hit the top with her fist then he hit her fist's top and then they banged knuckles together.
"Thanks"
"Unless you want another detention I advise you to be quiet" the teacher said with the same calmness as before.
They were finally silent. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In Music Kenny was at the piano, Julie was with her flute, Adam and his saxophone, and Goldberg was cleaning his trombone.
"Hey Julie do you ever get board of people asking if you ever went to band camp?" Goldberg smiled
"Yes and if you ask one more time I think I'm going to kill you with the flute that you are making fun of" she held up her flute in a threatening manor.
"I don't think that she's joking Goldberg" Ken laughed
"Yeah I'd sleep with one eye open tonight," Adam warned
"Ok class lets start I think you are all finished tuning" the teacher held up his conductor baton. On queue they all started playing and the teacher cringed. 'We have a lot of work to do' he thought. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In Drama Charlie, Guy, Connie, Luis, and Dwayne were in a group and they were supposed to be creating a skit about any chosen topic.
"I think that it's nice that you have a crush on Paige" Dwayne said
"No I don't" Charlie's face flushed
"Of course you do. You're blushing" Connie said
"No I'm not," Charlie protested
"Why deny it Charlie?" Luis asked, "She is scorching hot"
"Yeah Charlie" Guy said
"You think she is hot?" Connie asked hurt
"No I wasn't saying 'yes' to that I was saying 'yes' to why should he deny it" Guy said
"So you think she is ugly?" Connie asked offended for her new friend
"No she's pretty" Guy said truthfully
"Prettier then me?" Connie asked going back to being hurt
"No one is prettier then you" Guy said hoping that would aggravate her.
"Aw. Thank you" Connie started kissing Guy.
"Ok y'all break it up so we can work. That means that Connie and Guy stop the smooch fest. Luis stop drooling over girls (he was checking out the other girls across the room) and Charlie admit you like the gal" Dwayne said taking charge for the first time that they could remember.
They were surprised and out of shock started working. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Paige walked into her fourth period class: Home Ec. She sighed with disgust. It wasn't that she didn't like cooking. She had to do it a lot . . . before. It was just that it was her stepmother had forced her to sign up for Home Ec back in Toronto.
"Goldberg?" Paige rushed over and sat on the stool beside him. He was the only guy in the class and he was sitting alone at the counter in the back of the class.
"Hey Paige I never thought that you were the Home Economics type" Goldberg said.
"Well my step mom thinks I am" she sighed and plopped down her carrier bag on the floor. "What about you?"
"My family owns a restaurant," Goldberg answered
"That explains it."
"Not all of it. I actually like to cook" Goldberg said
"Well I'm used to cooking so I guess it won't be that bad" Paige said, "At least I know someone in the class."
"That you do."
"So have you ever had detention at Eden Hall before?" Paige asked him
"You have one already?" Goldberg asked
"Yep." Paige answered
"You really are a Duck aren't you?" Goldberg chuckled
"I guess so. Are the detention bad?" she asked again
"No you just sit in a room for the whole time. You are only allowed one bathroom break and there is no talking" Goldberg answered.
"Basically your usual. This school isn't very creative" Paige said. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In detention Averman, Fulton, Portman and Paige were the only ones sitting in the four desks in the back corner of the classroom besides the teacher who was sitting at the front desk facing the four disobedient kids but her eyes were closed and she was sleeping and snoring loudly.
"Do you think she wakes easily?" Paige whispered as she got out a piece of paper and a straw.
"I don't know" Portman said with a mischievous smile coming to his face
"Only one way to find out" Paige started to rip small pieces of the paper.
"Where are you spares?" Fulton asked
"You know me too well Reed" she got out three other straws and they started their spitball making, a classic way to pass time in detention. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Julie and Adam were in the library and they were supposed to be studying French but they were just talking.
"I wonder why Bombay cancelled practice," Adam questioned
"Yeah me too. I can't remember the last time if ever he cancelled before" Julie said, "Maybe he's having an affair or something"
"Bombay? He couldn't keep a secret if his life depended on it" Adam said.
"I guess you're right" Julie smiled "But that still leaves the question unanswered"
"We could always ask him straight out" Adam pointed out
"But that would take all of the fun out of it" Julie said, "You know what I think that I'm done with French we are more then prepared. Do you feel like going for a walk? Say down to Bombay's house?"
Adam usually would have protested to spying on his Coach but this was Julie so he nodded. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in detention . . . "Sleeping like a baby" Averman said
"If we know she can sleep through this it kind of takes the fun out of it" Paige said and put down her straw.
"Agreed" Fulton nodded
"You've got a wicked shot though," Portman said turning to Paige
"You're not too bad yourself," Paige complimented
"Julie would be proud" Averman said
"What is that supposed to mean?" Portman asked
"It means that you like her. That's all" Averman said
"What gives you the right to say that?" Portman said slightly angrily
"Portman and Julie sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love then comes marriage then comes Julie with a baby carriage" Averman sang
"You want to shut up?" Portman grabbed Avermans collar and made a fist right in front of his glasses.
"Don't get your panties in a bunch" Paige defended Averman.
"Yeah man it was just a joke," Fulton said
"Alright I'll let it slid this time" he let go of his shirt *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Julie and Adam walked into Bombay's building and headed for the elevator when the clerk at the desk stopped them.
"Excuse me. Who are you hear to see?" he asked them
"Um" Julie looked for help from Adam who got an idea
"We aren't here to see anyone we live here with Mr. Bombay" Adam said with as much authority as he could muster
"Really? Then may I see you key" the clerk asked Adam
"I don't have it. I believe that you only gave Mr. Bombay one set and he still has to go in and copy them" Adam hoped that he guessed right
"You are correct. Sorry for bothering you" the clerk stepped aside
"Wow Adam I never would have guessed that you could do that" Julie said
"I've seen my dad do that sort of stuff all the time" Adam pressed the button on the elevator and they got in.
"Do you remember which floor he is on and which room he is in?" Julie asked
"Yeah it's the 12th room 1209" he answered as he pressed the button and it lit up.
"So what is your plan Jules?" he asked as the doors slid open to the 12th floor and they walked his room.
"Just be quiet" she put her head against the door and tried to listen. Adam stood by her and after a few seconds whispered "What do you hear?"
"I hear Bombay, a male voice and a female voice," she whispered back
"What are they saying?"
She moved down the door and motioned for him to hear for himself. They heard:
"She has already gotten into a fight?" the female voice asked
"Not really it was more of a little run in," Bombay answered
"Little feuds lead to bigger things" the male voice pointed out
"I know but I think she is going to be ok" Bombay said
"So you are watching over her? We moved to prevent her from getting into any more trouble" the women asked
"I still don't understand, what kind of trouble?" Bombay questioned
"Please Mr. Bombay you know what she has gone through" the man said
"Of course I do but I don't know why she needs to be babysat" Bombay said
"Well first of all . . ." the female started
"No stop Charity if she wants him to know she will tell him" the man stopped her "We should be leaving anyway we have to pick Lily up anyway"
Adam and Julie both looked at each other and then ran for the elevator and started pressing the buttons furiously just as Bombay's door opened the elevator doors closed.
"That was close," Julie breathed
"Too close" Adam corrected. As soon as the doors opened again they jogged out of the building and didn't stop in till they reached the end of the block.
"So are you satisfied Sherlock?" Adam asked her
"Yeah. Now we know that he isn't having an affair and that he needs to look after some girl. Or maybe the girl is the one who he is having an affair with" Julie answered
"It really isn't any of our business" Adam finished Julie gave him an ashamed look "But it was fun as hell" he finished truthfully. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
End of Chapter
Ok I hope you enjoyed that chapter. It didn't take as long to write as I thought. Was it too long? Oh and I know that the cheerleaders being dumb thing is stereotypical but in this story they are bitches and most of them are airheads. Kudos to Arena who gave me the idea of the blueprints being Charlie's homework and the Ducks thinking that Paige Hunter was a guy in chapter 6. surprise. Ok and here is the big question: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PAIGE SO FAR?