Changing of a Slut: Diary if a Good Prep Gone Punk

by Jasmine Starlight

CHAPTER TWO

DECISIONS

By that Monday, I walked into school, pointedly ignoring the gossiping, I began choosing potential candidates for my new friends.

I was friend shopping. Who would have thought it?

By third period I had crossed off the cheerleaders, jocks, drama club, chess club, only because it consisted of boys who looked like they had never met a girl in their lives, glee club, chorus, matheletes, and the friends I was leaving behind.

I was also avoiding all of my old friends, like, Relena, and Lavender, and Dorothy. Not that they knew I was avoiding them or that I was shopping for new friends. They thought I was mourning for the loss of my boyfriend.

They were so dumb. And slutty. It was like they were training to be the "Future Whores of the World," if something like that existed they would definitely be interning there.

By the end of fourth period history I was considering the musically alternative, or the rockers.

I knew most of them; we used to be friends in Junior High.

The problem was getting them to take seriously. Not as a slut. Or a bitch. As Mina.

The easiest way to get them to like me was to connect with their music. Well, I had that down pat already. It was really weird; I only liked rock because Relena absolutely despised it.

It was kind of satisfying.

Any who, I needed to find the leader as well.

All the cliques had one, a queen bee, or something like that.

I also knew that they really didn't have one of those. So I was kind of at a loss.

As the bell for fifth period lunch rang, I decided that no matter what I had to make someone my new friends.

LUNCH

Time to face the vultures.

I slowly made my way toward their table.

They all looked up at me.

I looked back.

They stared.

I stared back, I was hoping someone would ask me what I was doing, anyone. My prayers were answered.

"Are you lost?" asked a boy with a long braid, I knew him, he was in my English class.

"Um, no?" Okay so I was scared shitless, but hey, you can't really blame me. All of the people who used to be my friends staring at me like I was an alien.

The crowd was pushing me closer to the table. Suddenly there was someone speaking.

"Hi guys. What's with the weird faces?" asked the voice, which belonged to one Rei Hino. My former best friend.

"What do you mean weird? Potter's face always looked like that." came a voice from behind Rei.

Potter, as in Harry Potter, responded with, "Fuck off, Malfoy."

Rei then smacked them both upside the head. Clutching his wounded head, Draco noticed that Mina was still standing there awkwardly.

"Mina? What're you doing here?" he asked surprised.

I laughed nervously, "I could ask you the same thing."

"Not really. I sit here all the time."

"Oh,", was all I said, "Is that why Pansy is so pissy at lunch?"

"Yep,", was his reply. "Pansy is pissy all the time." said another voice.

"Blaise?" I asked confusedly.

"Yes?" she asked.

"You sit here too?"

"Um, yeah. Why?" asked Blaise taking a seat next to Heero Yuy, who was in my gym class.

"No reason." I said offhandedly. Blaise didn't seem to buy my answer but she let it drop as Hotaru Tomoe, who was in my Home Ec class, engaged her in a conversation.

"Add his sitting here to the fact that he has a new flavor of the week and Pansy's set to be a bitch for the rest of the year." added Rei.

"Really? Who?" I asked curiously.

"Me." She said.

Draco frowned, "You're not a flavor of the week." He protested.

"Right." She said patronizingly.

Turning to me she asked, "Was there something you needed, Mina?"

"You know her?" asked Duo skeptically.

"Yeah, as a matter of fact I do." She replied.

"Um, could I talk to you? Like in private." I asked nervously.

"Okay." She allowed me to lead her around toward the soccer field.

"So, what did you need?" Rei asked confusedly.

I took a big breath and said, "I hate my friends!"

Rei was unfazed, "So, I hate your friends too."

"No you don't get it, I really, really, really, hate them. Bordering homicidally."

"Then you and Heero have something in common, I still don't see what that has to do with me."

"How come we aren't friends anymore?" I asked, stalling.

Rei tensed, "Because you wanted to be popular." She said gritting her teeth.

"And you told me that was dumb, remember?"

"Yeah I remember, get to the point." She said tersely.

FLASHBACK /Normal POV/

Thirteen-year-old Rei and Mina are wandering around in the mall trying to pass the time.

Suddenly Mina starts conversation, "Rei, did you ever wonder what it would be like to be popular?"

"No." replies Rei shortly. "What kind of stupid question is that? You are popular, everyone likes you." she points out.

"Not like that. Like everyone wants to be you or be like you. Like Relena." She said thoughtfully.

"Why do you want to be like them? They're all bitches."

"How do you know that?" asked Mina irritatedly.

"How do you not?" asked Rei accusingly.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Exactly what it does, how naive are you Mina?"

"I'm not naive!" she protested.

"Yes you are! You are if you can't see them for who they are!"

"Why do you do that? Can't you just let me have my opinion?" exclaimed Mina angrily.

"I can't if you're living in some fantasy world! Mina, they're not nice! I don't even know why people like them or pretend to like them." said Rei tiredly.

"That's not true!" said Mina.

"It is and you know it!" Rei said desperately.

"How come you always do that?"' asked Mina, her tone hurt.

"Do what?"

"Try to force your opinions on me!" she said angrily.

"I don't do that!"

"Yes you do!"

"You wouldn't fit in with them anyway!" declared Rei.

"Oh? Why's that?" asked Mina, grinding her teeth.

"Because you have a mortal soul!"

Mina scoffed, "Oh, please, you're just jealous because you could never be that popular!" she said contempt dripping from her voice.

"If they're what popular is than I would rather be shot!" said Rei haughtily.

"Excuse me for wanting to be alive!" shouted Mina.

"Can we just drop it?" asked Rei, defeated.

Mina did, but the damage was done, and their friendship was frayed and shattered.

END FLASHBACK /Mina's POV/

"What does that have to do with anything now?" asked Rei again.

"I can't go back to my old friends. I can't do it anymore. I won't do it anymore." I said determinedly.

Rei was silent for a moment and I was awaiting the impending rejection. Suddenly she smiled, "Alright, Mina, welcome back."

I blinked.

And blinked.

And blinked.

But Rei seemed to be serious, "I knew you couldn't make it being such a fake. The real Mina was going to come out eventually."

I blinked again, "You knew this would happen?"

"Kind of. Your personality kind of clashed with theirs."

I sighed with relief, I swept her up in a hug. "Thanks! Thanks!!"

"Mina, you're choking me."

I let go, obligingly.

Rei swung an arm around my shoulders. "Come on Meanie let's go meet the gang." she said enthusiastically.

I on the other hand wasn't so ecstatic.

END

Jewels14- My first reviewer for this fic! I'm never going to leave alone about that.

Caliowiel Elryndra- You know I never thought about it, I hate fics where they portray Mina as dumb and slutty because the original character wasn't.