I just own John and Cari. Not Klaus. Or Violet. Or Sunny… OR S.O.U.E. Lemony does.

A/N: HEHEHEH. My first chapter is kind of weird…but I'm working on it.

Chapter 2 The Day After

"Thank God today is a Friday." Sunny did a small twirl as she stepped down the stairs from the mansion. "Klaus, hurry up!"

"Wait…my book." He was busy in his room, searching under his bed. His large had kept pulling out the wrong stories like Iliad and the Withering Heights. But he wasn't looking for those books.

"KLAUS!"

"FINE!" he growled and got up from the floor, slip down the banister and grabbed his book bag from Violet's new invention; the Hurry Master. "Bye Violet!" Klaus yelled through the house, and she replied with

"Have a good day at school!" like any mother would…but she was they're sister. Klaus shook his head, thinking Whatever and left with his book bag slung over his shoulder along with his navy blue coat.

"What took you so long anyway, you slowpoke!?" Sunny smiled at him with a impish look.

"I can't find my book, you didn't go and bite a chunk in it like you did to the last one did you?" his eyes wandered to her virtually empty sack,

"Now why would I do that!?" she giggled, her face still as evil as ever.

"Ugh…" He rubbed his temples and took of his reading glasses, he wasn't reading anyway.

"Boy, you seem stressed." A familiar voice said, making Klaus stumble a bit,

"Cari!" Sunny smiled.

"I believe this is yours." Cari handed Klaus the enormous book that he claimed that sunny had chewed to shreds and chunks.

"My book!" He took it from her gently, and checked it for any marks, and gave Sunny a look once he saw one tooth mark.

"Ok…that WAS me. I was hungry…" she sighed and skipped along the sidewalk. Just one more block.

"Thanks!" Klaus held the book in his left hand, and smiled at Cari.

"So you're interested in Greek and Roman Mythology?"

"I'm interested in a lot of things!" Klaus grinned, making Cari blush, and that made him realize.

"Wait, I mean in books!" he said…and had to correct himself again,

"Errrg, I mean…"

"It's ok… I caught your drift." And Klaus gave a nervous sigh as Cari giggled. Even Sunny laughed at his trouble.

"Don't make me tell her who you think is cute!" Klaus threatened, and Sunny's laugh stopped immediately.

"Meanie…" she huffed and puffed and Klaus puffed back.

"The school!" Cari stopped to stare at its majestic looks. Trivet Private School wasn't the best private school for nothing. The students were picked to go into the school if you signed up. You had to be gifted in some way or another. Sunny had her skills with art, and for a six-year-old going on seven; she could craft a mean wooden gator by biting it to death. Klaus, as they already know could read stories and keep them in his head for who knows how long. Cari they haven't discovered yet.

"I like the school, but I'm am not liking…the school uniforms…" Cari said with her face still aghast.

"Well…maybe you got your suit a little big or something." Sunny said looking at her own, small suit. She got to wear the boys' suit since she was still too small to fit the girls. Cari looked at her navy blue skirt that came just before her ankles and the white blouse right above it.

"No, this is my size…but its…a dress."

"A Skirt." Klaus looked at it and walked toward the school.

"Is he always like that?"

"At school…yep!" Sunny chased after him the best she could while trying to get up all those stairs. Cari sighed and carried herself up the stairs into the bustling building.

Klaus was opened his locker with a few twists and turns and pulled out a couple of books for languages.

"Klaus, could you show me around at lunch?" An the turned to she Cari, looking around in confusion,

"Uh, sure, you could sit with us if you'd like."

"You and Sunny eat together?"

"Heck no, I wish though. I eat with the 12th graders. Care to join?"

"Of course." Klaus shut his locker and leaned on it with his chest parallel to the other wall of black lockers. Cari leaned next to him,

"Today's a Friday, and I still haven't finished unpacking!" She grumbled and Klaus looked at her apologetically.

"I could help, I mean…me being free and all." He said nervously. Cari smiled at him,

"You're so kind, deal!" And Klaus looked back into the halls and sighed,

"They're late."

"Excuse me?" Cari asked, and Klaus pointed towards the edge of the hall. The Quagmire Triplets made their way hurriedly down the hall. Klaus's smile widened, and he whispered to Cari,

"Those are the Quagmire Triplets. That's Isadora, that's Quigley, and there's Duncan. They're good kids, trust me." Klaus pat her back and Cari made a grunting sound.

"Klaus!" Duncan wailed as he leaned on a locker near Klaus's own. He was wheezing and his hair was ruffled as usual these days. Isadora stood in front of Klaus as Quigley looked at Cari.

"Who's this?" Quigley asked, still eyeing the poor girl,

"I'm Cari Avaren. Klaus's…neighbor?" she gave him a look of confusion,

"She's a friend of mine." Klaus finished for her, and stood from his locker. He straightened his shirt and took Cari's hand,

"Don't want you being carried away…it has happened." Klaus laughed as he looked at Isadora,

"That was a YEAR ago! Plus! I wasn't paying attention!" she yipped, and Duncan laughed, as Cari blushed slightly. Quigley stood behind them all grinning madly,

"Class time!" he yelled making the kids clear the way, scurrying for their classes frantically. "Works every time…" he snickered and Cari giggled to herself. She let Klaus pull her down the hallway to a corridor filled with nothing but bulletins on the wall. He let go of her hand for a second and began reading. Cari watched his face, then turned to Isadora,

"So, your name is…?"

"Isadora Quigley, at your service!" she smiled and shook Cari's hand.

"Looks like the new kid has classes with Klaus and Isadora." Quigley was reading the bulletin for new students,

"Finally! Someone to talk to in class!" he sighed, rubbing his hair. He grinned at Cari and she grinned back.

"So you do something along our lines?" Isadora asked,

"Well…what do you guys do?"

"Poems."

"Read." And Cari blinked, wondering if that was all.

"…Well…I do…ok…it hard to explain, but…"

"All you need is one word." Duncan said, and Cari smiled.

"Er…Writing?" she was seriously trying to push it all into one word.

"Ah, a writer!" Quigley smiled gently, "this'll be interesting!" And Klaus elbowed him playfully,

"Knock it off. Its not like she writes erotica." Klaus said and Cari blushed even more,

"ANYWHO! I write and that's pretty much it!" Isadora gave Cari a funny look and smiled, then winked. The bell rang,

"Come on, first period with me." Klaus whispered in her ear and pulled her away, waving back at the triplets.

"Bye guys!" Cari waved as she turned the corner."

Once they made it to class, the teacher, Mr. Ripley was seated at his desk with his gold-rimmed glasses hanging far down on his nose.

"Mr. Ripley." Klaus put his palm down on the table roughly, waking the sleeping teacher.

"Oh! Oh, lord…Hello…Klaus Baudelaire." He said angrily, and looked at Cari,

"She's new. We'll be taking our seats now."

"Yea, whatever…go and do that." He waved them away and Klaus sat down in the middle of the elevated classroom. Cari took a spot next to him and unloaded her sack that she forgot she had.

"So this class is?"

"Languages." Klaus pulled out his language books, "which one for today…Spanish or Japanese…?" he looked between them both and looked at Cari,

"I'll take the Spanish one, and you take the Japanese." She took his Spanish book and began to look through it. More students started filling the class and Klaus put his book down. Mr. Ripley stood up and cleared his throat, getting most of the students' attention.

"Please welcome our new student…" he picked up a sheet of paper and adjusted his spectacles and read the name,

"Cari…Venus Ava…Avaren. Yes that's it. Cari Venus Avaren. Please stand." He looked up and readjusted his glasses to see her clearly. Cari set the book down and stood, pulling a stray hair behind her ear.

"Hello." She said shyly and sat back down next to Klaus who was giving her a gentle smile, which she returned.

"May class begin," He turned and droned on about the history of the German linguistic stats as he wrote on the board, completely oblivious to the students who have other things out.

Cari watching the board intently when a piece of paper was slid her way.

Movies? Tomorrow?

Klaus.

She smiled and placed on the paper,

Of course, that is if we are done packing… are the Quigley Triplets going?

Cari

She slid it back and Klaus read it. He took out his pen and scribbled down on the paper in his incredibly neat handwriting. Finishing the note, Klaus passed the small scrap of paper back to his newfound friend.

Sure are, how about…6 PM? We can see that scary one Isadora has been waiting to see.

This should be fun, Cari came to conclusion and wrote sure on the back and handed it to him and he grinned fully.

"Good." He whispered.

"And that is why…Hitler had completely lost." Ripley finished writing on the board. "Now I want you all to finish these papers." He turned and pulled out a stack of papers and the class groaned.

"Do we have to?" a young man said in the back of the class,

"Yes, we do, William Burgess." He growled and passed out the papers. It was going to be another unfortunate day in class.