a/n ok this is the second chapter of my story. and I also wanted to thank MAru-chan for the review. Much obliged!
Disclaimer: I do no, sadly, own CCS or any ( or most)of the characters used in this story. .. sigh.. wish i did though.
Chapter 2: School Daze
Monday had arrived, a bit too soon for Madison's liking. She stared at herself in the full-length mirror. She was dressed and ready to go but mentally, all she wanted to do was to curl up under the covers with her Teddy, hot chocolate, and watch movies all day. But that wasn't really an option. She threw her reflection a glare. True, the sailor-boy themed uniform with the cute mini skirt and barrette did look nice on her but she was never the less angry. The uniform was white and had a navy blue scarf and blue jacket. She was also required to wear navy blue knee-high socks and black shoes. How she wished she could be in Paris! She sighed and sat at her dressing table as her mother began to comb her lovely locks. She noticed that her mother, or perhaps a maid, had arranged her dressing table for her. She was scanning the pictures of all of her friends in various places when her eyes fell upon a picture she hadn't seen before.
"Who's that?" she asked pointing to the picture, which looked disturbingly like her.
"What honey?" asked her mom, looking at her in the mirror.
"The person in the picture. I don't think I know her." She said quietly
"You're right. You don't know her." Said her mother picking up the picture with a far away look in her eyes. "That's my best friend. Nadeshiko. Its funny how much alike the two of you look…" she trailed off.
"Are you all right mom?" asked Madison, concern washing over her like a wave. "I can read you like a book and you know it. Tell me; what's wrong?"
Sonomi breathed in sharply as a tear trickled down her cheek. "Nat was my best friend ever since we were in diapers." She chuckled bitterly. "We had all the same classes and were in the same school all the time. She's the one that introduced me to Jérôme in high school. And he's the one that used to call her "Nat" because he couldn't pronounce her name." She smiled fondly at the memory. " She was so beautiful, but she didn't even have a boy friend at the time. She was always playing match maker."
"She never got married?" asked Madison after the long pause. Her mother was obviously reminiscing in her mind.
"Actually, she met her hubby in high school too." Sonomi laughed a tinkling laugh and Madison smiled. She loved her mother's laugh. "It was the last day of 12th grade. And there was to be a party in the gym for all the seniors. All of you were rejoicing but not Nat, she was up in a tree trying to rescue a cat. I told her no to but she didn't listen to me. Well, anyway, the branch gave way, and she fell, right on top of poor Fujitaka. Jérôme called him Aiden, I don't really know why though. It was some joke and they laughed every time they heard the name. Well, he caught he, and I think she broke a few ribs in the process too but he mad sure nothing happened to her. It was so romantic! They got married and had two kids. But… but… but she died, of a rare disease, a week or so after little Sakura was born." Sonomi was crying now. "She didn't disserve to die. She had her whole life ahead of her. We swore we would live on the same block when we got old and our kids would be best friends and…" she trailed off again.
"Oh Mother! I'm so sorry. Please don't cry!" Madison hugged her mom.
"Don't worry about me." Said her mom through sniffs. "No hurry before you're late for school"
Tomeda High was a beautiful place. It was located in the heart of the city and was bustling with life. The school building was a charming Victorian style schoolhouse. Against the pink of the cherry-blossom trees that covered the courtyard the pail white looked very inviting. Madison took a deep breath and got out of her limo. She waved good-bye to the driver and turned her heel to step through the gates of the school. Some kids were already staring at her. "I'll try to like it." She said to herself. "For Mom's sake." She closed her eyes, said a quick "God help me please", and walked through the front doors.
"We have a new student today", said Miss Mizuki to the group of noisy 11th graders who stopped chattering when they heard her voice. "Good. But could you behave your age once in a while. I mean, anyone walking by would think that I'm teaching a bunch of howler monkeys!" she said her voice stern and face amused. The comment earned her a collective laugh from the class. They took their seats quietly and waited to hear the rest of the announcement.
"As I was saying, we have a new student today. She's come all the way from France, so be nice to her." She continued and almost laughed out loud when most of the slackers, the guys at least, were looking expectantly at the door in rapt attention. "Ok, Madison, it's safe to come in. Don't be shy, I promise they wont bite." She said that with a gentle smile at the shy purple haired girl in the doorway.
Madison heard her name being called and tensed up immediately. She walked into the classroom and was surprised to find it nearly empty. She relaxed at the sight of a small crowed but couldn't help feeling like she was going to throw up.
"Hi" she said rather feebly. She felt so stupid standing in front of all of these people. She had only had to introduce herself like this only once before when her family moved from London to Paris three years ago. She unconsciously scanned the faces of everyone in the room –a tactic she had learned from her mother about meetings 'Make eye contact with everyone in the room. Show them that your not afraid.' she heard her mother's voice in her head say. A particular blue gaze caught her attention and the longer she looked the more she felt her cheeks burn. She tore her amethyst eyes from the deep blue one's hold.
When the class said hi back, and a few people shouted out a few catcalls, she felt really at ease. She turned at looked at Ms. Mizuki with a new found confidence.
"Welcome Madison." Said Ms. Mizuki in a soothing voice. "I'm Ms. Mizuki. The kids call me Ms. M ;don't ask why. You came at a perfect time. We wont be doing anything today so you can just sit back relax, and get acquainted with the other kids. There isn't much that you will need catching up on. I don't assign many take home papers. And we just finished our semester final so you can start fresh! Umm… why don't you sit behind Ms. Kinomoto? I don't want to leave you deserted on your first day here. Sakura! Could you raise you hand please?"
Madison followed Ms. Mizuki's gaze to a green-eyed girl that sat the back of the class. She had a charming smile and was waving her hand in the air very enthusiastically. She eye's shifted to see the boy sitting to the left of the girl. He was looking right at her (Sakura) with a dreamy look in his chocolate brown eyes. Madison smiled at this. And finally behind him sat … 'Oh no!' she thought as she eyes came in contact with a steady bleu eyed gaze.
"Ok Madison, take your seat and if you have any problems just ask and I'll be more than happy to help you." Smiled Mizuki. "Ok class, your free to do as you wish, just, keep the noise level down, please." Saying so, she went back to her table and began to work.
A wave of chatter filled the room once again, with paper planes traveling across the class, and a miniature game of tag around the classroom as Madison made her way to her seat at the back of the class.
a/n .. next chapter: School Daze II .. its basiclly the continuation of her first day at school. lol.. let the madness begin.. not really.. i'll write a more humerous fic later.. so.. is this story any good. or should i just give up and not wright any more? only one way to answer.. REVIEW! and like i said.. flames are welcome.. i take it like .. constructive critisisum. -.. positive attitude positive attitude positive attitude .. ya.. RR
