Title: Chapter 2

Some things never change

Date: September 2004

Disclaimer: No, these are not mine.

Amy loved this feeling. The confident feeling that first day of school gave. Of course, being Amy Anderson, she could afford to have this feeling. In fact, Amy thought that she was the only one who could have this feeling. She screwed the top back on her lip gloss and lingered in front of the full length mirror in her room to admire herself one last time.

She flipped her long blonde hair over her left shoulder and smiled to herself. She looked awfully good. Then again, she knew that she always looked good.

There was a tap on the door and her father's head popped in between the doorway. "Honey, the car is ready. Are you all set for school?"

Amy smiled confidently, "Of course, Daddy. Remember your first rule of survival?"

"Always be prepared." Both father and daughter said together.

After saying goodbye to both her parents, she got into the car that was waiting especially for her.

Luke, her driver greeted her with a smile. "Good morning, Miss Anderson."

"Morning, Luke. It's going to be an awesome day today." She said as she got into the back seat. Unlike some of her friends who drove to school, Amy thinks it was always better when you had someone drove you to school. It made the authoritative feeling so satisfactory.

"We are going to Aimee's and Mel's too. Since it is the first day of school after all, I think it'd be cool if we come to school together." Amy said in a bossy tone.

Luke nodded. "It's your call, Miss Anderson."

She called both girls on the car phone and both of them were very excited about their first day as well. The first to join Amy was Aimee Stewart.

"Hey girl," Amy said as she opened the door to let Aimee in.

"Hi," Aimee grinned. "This is going to be totally exciting. So many things are going to happen this year."

"You bet. How was your summer?" Amy asked.

Aimee checked her blond curls on the hand held mirror that she was holding. "Cool. Daddy took me to New Zealand for a ski trip. It's winter there, you know."

Amy rolled her eyes inwardly. Trust Aimee to show off. "Yes, I know. That is why they're called the Southern Hemisphere, Aimee."

Aimee shut her hand held mirror and looked around sheepishly. "Right," then her eyes widened. "Oh, speaking of exciting. Student Council. This year!"

Amy crossed her hands over her chest and leaned back on the seat. "I know. And the outcome will be as to what I expected. Me, you and Mel on the top seats."

Aimee nodded. "Of course. Like the students would bother about anyone else. Now, that Sam Wells had better stay off this time."

Amy gave her a dark look. "He'd better. If he thinks he can take the Presidency from me, he has another think coming."

They reached Taylor Heaven where Mel Eng lives. Once Mel got into the car, both Aimee and Amy bombarded her.

"Remember," Aimee said. "Don't bother trying to be nice to the likes of Sam Wells and his geeky comrades. You run the Council and this time, you run it well!"

"And," Amy added. "I am well prepared for a battle this time. You are not going to miss the Treasurer seat again."

Mel smiled nervously. "I will try, don't worry."

Amy snapped. "Try is not good enough, Mel Eng. 'Try' is the reason why Sam Wells got Treasurer two years ago and 'Try' will be the reason he will get Treasurer this year. You have to make sure you nab the Treasurer position."

Mel swallowed. "Ok, ok. Relax. Take a chill pill, you guys. It's still two weeks away from the elections. So we have a lot of time to get ready."

The car made a turn into the school driveway. Amy looked at the girls with a confident smile.

"Well guys," she said. "This is it. High school awaits."

Mel and Aimee got out of the car and waited for Amy to join them. Amy was pleased that Luke decided to stop right in front of the school steps. She purposely took her time to get out of the car. Her father always said that a grand entrance must not be rushed.

She stepped out of the car in a royal manner and looked around. When her eyes fell on the direction of the school step, she smiled coolly.

Her eyes met with Alex Wagner, Sky Foley and her least favourite person in the world, Carrie Mersel. She raised her eyebrows at them and strutted into school.

This year was going to rock. There was no doubt about that.