This is un-beta-ed, but I'll replace it once it's been beta-ed. I just wanted to post this chapter.
A/N: Okay, in this fic Irina is still a teacher and called Laura, but she has money. She's rich. Pretty well set off. Oh, and I don't know if I've said this before but I think I'm gonna drop the whole cheerleader thing. I mean Syd's still one but it's not an important piece in this fic. But I might mention in future chapters. I wrote most of this chapter on vaction, still on it but I wanna go home. We weren't gonna stay this long. Argh!! Parents!! Sorry for that, anyway this is probably the longest chapter I've written for this fic. I hope you like it and you know I really need replies. Vaughn gets dumped in this chapter and I wouldn't say it's pretty. ENJOY!! Crimson Snow, 05.08.2004
CHAPTER. 7:
Disclaimer in the 1'st chapter.
"You think James has read all these books?" Sydney asked Julian, as they were looking at some books.
"I don't know. Listen, about what happened in the park yester…" Julian was telling Syd, as she gently placed a finger against his lips.
Sydney didn't know why, but she had just suddenly put her finger against his lips. He had been looking all serious and such; she had just thought was seriously…cute? She was a just a impulsive person, what her dad would look at as a fault probably. But Syd, herself didn't know.
"It's okay. I liked it. So, do you?" She smiled, at a slightly puzzled Julian.
"What?" He asked, still thinking about her finger on his lips.
"Do you think James has read all these books?" She asked him, again, as she went to the table where her bag was.
"I don't think so, but I don't know. Why did you ask?" He told her, as he fetched his own bag.
"Nothing really. Just wondering. I'll see you later, okay? I'm going to meet some friends at the cafeteria." She told him, as she put on her backpack and picked up her black coat.
"Yeah, sure. See you later." He told her, as he slung his messenger-bag over his head. He was like normally, dressed in jeans, T-shirt, sneakers and denim jacket.
"Okay, Bye!" She yelled to him, as she walked out the library doors.
She sat down next to Kate and Michael. She kissed him on the cheek and started to talk to Will, who was on the other side facing Syd.
"Sydney, can we talk? Somewhere a little less crowded?" Michael asked as he, whispered into her ear.
"Okay." She told him, having no idea what he wanted. When they out in the hall, Michael started. He was frowning and though he was only 17, there were a few lines on forehead that said he was worried over something.
"You know, Lauren told me something interesting just now. She told me that she had seen you kiss Julian yesterday. But because it was Lauren, I didn't completely believe her. So, what I'm asking you is, is it true? Did you kiss him?" He asked her, pacing in front of her. She was leaning against a wall. Even though it was true, she just couldn't tell him that. They had been together so long, and she really didn't want to hurt him. But she was a bit annoyed, at the fact that he was asking her. Like before, she thought, didn't he trust her?
"No, off course not. You know how Lauren is. Since she arrived, here at this school, she's been trying to break us up." Syd told him, even though she was feeling a bit guilty for lying to her boyfriend. Good thing she was a good liar, had always been.
"Okay, you know, I just wanted to be sure you're not like your friend, Francie. Love 'em and leave 'em." Michael told her, joking but Syd looked at him. Shock and anger in her eyes.
"She is not like that!! You know what, we're over. Lauren can have you." Syd hissed the last part at him, before she walked away from a shell-shocked Michael Vaughn. Then he got over it, and ran after her. He grabbed her arm, and turned her around to face him.
"Is there someone else? Is it Julian Lazarey? Is that why you seemed to be almost too eager to break up with me?" Michael asked her, his grip on her hand really starting to hurt her arm. Sydney looked at where his hand gripped her arm, before looking him in the eyes and lying straight in his face for the second time in the last half-hour.
"No, Michael. There is no one else. Me and Julian are just friends. Now get your hand of me. Don't. Talk. To. Me. Ever. Again!" She yelled at him, as she thought about slapping him but thought better about it. It wasn't worth it. He wasn't worth it. He let go of her arm, and as she walked past him he just stood still.
LATER THAT DAY:
Michael was on his way to his locker, to dump off some stuff, when he walked past the library doors. What he saw seemed perfectly innocent, but he was still in a bad mood since she had told him their relationship was over, so he didn't think this was so innocent. Why was she always with that guy and why were they always in the library?
Sydney sat in a chair, by a library table, where she was now just talking to Julian. Having recently cried her eyes out.
"Don't know why I cried, the things been dead for a long time now. He's just changed. He used to be so nice." She told Julian, her eyes still filled with un-shed tears.
"Well…hope you feel better now." Julian gave her a weak smile, since he wasn't quite sure what he was supposed to say her. Thank god his sister was only 6; he wouldn't have to comfort her like this for many years, hopefully. Not like his dad would comfort her, and their mother was almost never home. So, she was out of the picture. He had to stop thinking about that, he reminded himself silently. He was there to comfort Sydney.
"Yeah. Thanks, for listening to me whine." She told him, as she tucked a loose tendril of hair back behind her ear. She gave a slight yawn and stretched. Julian looked at her, from where he sat next to her.
"Tired?" He asked her, as they stood up and took up their bag. He put a hand around her waist, she put her head on his shoulder and he tugged her closer .At this, she looked up at him and kissed him lightly on the lips, for some reason.
"Nah. Not really. Just crying always takes the wind outta me." Syd told him, as they grew nearer to the door where Michael was still watching them. Just seconds before Sydney looked at the door, Michael walked away. Seething like there was no tomorrow.
THE NEXT DAY:
Syd came in and sat with Julian, and his friends looked confused at each other.
"Umh, hi. I'm Danny Hecht and this is Jacinthe Marceline. And Marshall Flinkman." Danny told her, as she sat down next to Marshall.
"Hi!" She told Jaci and Danny, "Yeah, I've seen him before. We have a class together or something."
"Hi. Not to sound rude or anything, but what are you doing here?" Jaci asked Syd, who was getting strange looks from people that sat at her usual table.
"The reason I'm at this table will be all over school soon, but well …" Syd was saying when they saw an attractive brunette girl walking towards them with a slightly fake smile and iced over brown eyes.
"Hi, Brooke. What do you want?" Sydney asked the brunette.
"Well, me and the others were wondering why you're sitting here?" Brooke asked Syd, still her fake smile plastered on her face.
"Because I felt like it, and…" Sydney told her in a bored voice, she didn't really like Brooke and she never had, when someone from behind her said, angrily; "You lied."
Sydney turned around, and saw an angry looking Michael. Sydney stood up; she was wearing a black tank top with a V-neck, a red knee length skirt and some black, halters with knots, high heeled shoes. Manolo Blahnik's. She got them from her parents, or more from her mom since her dad didn't know anything about her really, last Christmas. He was always working, her mom said he was doing important stuff, but what was so important about importing or exporting airplane parts?
"Excuse me? What do you mean?" She asked him, she just knew he was going to ruin her day.
"Yesterday. When you said there wasn't another guy. The other guy is Julian. I knew it. So, I guess when Lauren told me she saw you and Julian kissing she wasn't lying, huh?" He asked Syd, but looked at Lauren who was sitting beside Francie.
"No, you know that wasn't true." She told him, lying again to him. She didn't know why she kept doing that, she just didn't want to hurt his feelings. "It's just that, Michael, you've changed. I don't know you anymore." Syd told him, her eyes filling up with tears again.
"I saw you with him in the library yesterday. You looked very comfy and couply. What are you a slut now too, sleeping with Julian behind my back when you haven't even slept with me?" Michael told her, maliciously and in such a cold voice that you'd think if you stood near enough you could get frostbite.
"What?!! How can you say that? You know that is not true! I've KISSED Julian a few times, you SON of a b---!! I. HATE. YOU." She yelled, at first but in the end her voice was even colder than his and her eyes were on fire. Not a tear in sight. She kicked him with one of her heeled clad foots in the foot so fast and hard that he fell to the ground.
She walked away, out of the cafeteria, with Julian wanting to go after her but Jaci gave him a look that said DON'T, before she went after Sydney instead. Francie also went after Sydney.
Lauren, though, went for Michael who was lying on the floor. She helped him up, and asked; "Are you all right? Did she hurt you?" Looking at him, with sympathy in her eyes.
"No, not really. Who knew she could be so violent? I don't…" He was saying; when Lauren slapped him so hard on the cheek that there was an impression of her palm on his left cheek.
"OW! What did you do that for?" He asked Lauren as he put a hand were she slapped him.
"Because obviously she didn't hurt you enough. You're an a idiot." She told him, as she pushed past him so that he bumped into a table and got someone's drink spilled all over his pants. Lauren stormed into the direction that just a short while ago Syd, Francie and Jaci had gone.
Lauren found them in an empty classroom, both girls (Jaci & Francie) trying to cheer up a brooding Sydney, but without much luck. They all looked up, as they heard someone enter the room and saw it was Lauren.
"What do you want? Are you happy now? You can have Vaughn. He's yours. Go ahead!!" Sydney told her angry, with tears in her eyes.
"I don't want him. I'm sorry about those rumors, you know. I'm just 16. Just a teenager (no offence). I'm so sorry. I didn't know he was such a major ass. I didn't relies. I'll just go now." Lauren told her, a bit sad now. She really wasn't a bad person, she just didn't know why she did all the stuff she did since she started at Hemery.
"No, wait! Do you really mean that? That you're sorry? Because I accept, either way. Because you just made me see that things between me and Vaughn was well and truly dead in the water. So, tell me, what happened after I left?" Syd asked her, trying to be a bit more cheery now.
Lauren sat down, smiling; "Well, I slapped Vaughn for being such an idiot." She told them, and they all burst out laughing.
"Really? Cool. Thanks." Syd told her, feeling better already.
"I did. I mean, I really meant that I'm sorry." Lauren then told her. Sydney smiled at her and said; "Thanks. That means a lot to me."
To Be Continued…
Landi104 gave the idea of the whole thing about Vaughn calling Syd a slut and her sayin she hated him also Syd admiting she kissed Julian, so thanks for helping me.
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