Chapter 1A Bad Kickoff
"WHAT? DID YOU JUST SAY IT WAS 7.20 A.M?" yelled Cagalli, throwing back the bedcovers of her bed and sitting bolt upright.
"Yep, so hurry up! I woke up late myself! Apparently, my alarm clock battery had fused." Said Lacus, holding the pink alarm clock in her right hand, and examining the battery.
"Damn! We are going to be freakin' late!" bellowed Cagalli jumping out of bed.
"Just great! Where did the toothpaste go?" asked Miriallia, poking her head out of the bathroom, toothbrush in hand.
"Did you check the under the sink?" asked Cagalli, quickly stuffing all her year A books into her bag.
"Oh, right." Said Miriallia, checking under the sink, and sure enough, there lay the half used tube of toothpaste.
"Thanks!" said Miriallia, her voice muffled, as she was brushing her teeth.
"Just keep moving, just keep moving, just keep moving," muttered Cagalli to herself, urging her tired legs on. They had stayed up celebrating for no special occasion the night before, and the incident had most certainly drained her of all her energy and energy reserves.
Within 5 minutes, everyone was all packed and raring to go. By the time they had reached the assembly hall, it was packed like sardines in a can. Through the blur of heads and students, the three girls could make out their 4 other friends, or should I say, one friend and three boyfriends.
Cagalli felt Lacus clutch on to her forearm, as an extremely fierce looking teacher headed toward them. The teacher was a perfect model of those discipline mistresses you see in cartoons. Long nails painted bright red, hair knotted into a bun, tinted black-rimmed glasses, a long-sleeved blouse, a knee length skirt and black stiletto heels.
"Hello, my dears. Late are you?" she asked in a stern voice, a malicious grin playing across her thin lips.
"Umm, we…sort of…err… overslept." Squeaked Miriallia, her voice getting softer with each word that came out from her mouth.
" I am the discipline mistress of this college, and I decide what to do with the students here. But I assume that you are new here and are unaware of the circumstances that students face for their late coming. Since it is your first time, I'm letting you off with a warning. This warning will be your first and last warning, is that clear?" the woman barked, making the three girls wince.
"Yes, ma'am." They replied softly, hoping that the humiliating moment would end quickly, as the other students were staring wide eyed at them.
The discipline mistress walked elegantly off, her heels making soft clicking sounds on the ceramic floor of the hall. Cagalli watched as the scrawny woman headed off, presumably to her office.
Yzak, Athrun, Kira and Dearka jogged toward them. "Nasty encounter, eh?" asked Yzak, a scowl spread across his face.
"Don't rub it in," said Cagalli rolling her eyes and going toward Athrun who kissed her on the head.
Even as Dearka held Miriallia, he could still feel her shaking madly. The encounter with the discipline mistress on their very first day at college had certainly traumatized the dark redheaded girl.
"Let's head to class quickly, before we get sent to that evil woman again." Said Kira shaking his head and leading Lacus away, his arm around her shoulders.
As they entered the class, the thirty odd students perked up gazing at them. "I guess I won't have to take the trouble to pair you up since you've all got partners. Except for you," said the teacher smiling widely at the bunch before turning to Yzak.
Yzak just scowled at the teacher who grinned at him gently. "Well you're lucky, there's just one student left without a partner. But she doesn't seem to be present today. Never mind, today we'll just be getting to know each other in the class and of course your subject teachers." Said the teacher smiling at her class.
"Oh yes, I'm Miss Adrian Jones. So you can call me Miss Jones." Said the teacher, writing her name on the whiteboard.
A timid boy raised his hand from the second row, just in front of Kira, Lacus, Dearka and Miriallia.
"Yes, my dear?" asked Miss Jones, eager to hear what the boy had to say.
"Umm, Miss Jones, which subject do you teach?" asked the boy, sounding half curious and half nervous.
"Oh, I nearly forgot. Forgive me, I teach Literature. I've been teaching her for a mere half a year, so you're my first form class. Honestly, I was shaking like a leaf last night when I thought about today. But I am honoured to be your form teacher, and you seem to be a very decent class." Said Miss Jones, smiling a warm smile.
Just by looking at their form teacher, Athrun, Kira, Lacus, Cagalli, Miriallia and Dearka could already tell that she was a kind and understanding. One reason being, she was always smiling. Secondly, her voice was warm and not even one twentieth as startling as the discipline mistress's.
As for Yzak, he was staring blankly at a flaw he had found on the table, oblivious to anything that was going on around him.
There was a loud knock on the front door of the classroom, and the door flew open. The students' heads shot up, all eyes on a girl, who stood at the doorway, hand on the doorpost supporting her as she panted.
The girl had obviously been running, the sides of her face and strands of her hair, bathed in her sweat. But what amazed the class even more were her looks.
She was unusually good looking, like a rare species of human with looks that could kill. Reddish orangey hair, alabaster skin and aqua blue eyes. "Sorry, I'm late." She said, breathing deeply and looking at Miss Jones.
"It's ok, I'm sure you had a good enough reason. Take a seat." Said Miss Jones grinning widely, and pointing to the empty seat in-between Cagalli and besides Yzak.
Yzak shifted in his seat and rolled his eyes as she sat down laying out her stationery on the table.
"My dear, what's your name?" asked Miss Jones looking at the girl, waiting for an answer from her.
"Kyo Yamajika." Replied the girl, wiping away all her sweat with a piece of tissue paper.
"I see, thank you." Said Miss Jones; closing the cover of her attendance book.
"Hi, I'm Cagalli, pleased to meet you." Said Cagalli cheerfully, grinning widely at her new found friend.
"Oh, thank you. Same here," replied Kyo smiling sweetly, giving a glow to her features.
"Athrun Zala, pleasure." Said Athrun poking his head over from beside Cagalli.
"Oh yes, that's Yzak Jule. You'll be partnering him for the rest of the year. He's naturally like that, hot headed and aggressive. Hope you'll be able to put up with him." Cagalli whispered to Kyo.
Kyo laughed, covering her mouth, and trying to stop. Cagalli was stunned at her reaction, had she said something ridiculous? Well actually, what she said made perfect sense! Yzak was exactly like how she had described, so why was Kyo laughing?
"Sorry, you must think I've gone peanuts. My father is like that as well, so sure I'll be able to handle him." Whispered Kyo back to Cagalli, still giggling away.
Yzak just put his head down on the table, wanting to be left alone. The first half of the school day passed quite normally, like anyone would've predicted. They had met their Art teacher, Mrs. Evans, and Science teacher, Mr. Takeshi, after Miss Jones.
And after a long wait, recess finally came about. Cagalli and Athrun had invited Kyo to join them along with Kira, Lacus, Dearka, Yzak and Miriallia. And although Kyo was a bit reluctant to at first, Cagalli dragged her along, ignoring her constant protests.
"People, this is Kyo." Said Cagalli forcing Kyo to sit down by the shoulders.
"Oh hello, pleased to meet you, I'm Lacus Clyne. And this is Kira Yamato." Said Lacus grinning along with Kira.
"Dearka Elthman, pleased to meet you." Said Dearka saluting Kyo playfully.
Miriallia just shook her head smiling, "Don't mind him, he's born this way. I'm Miriallia Haww, pleasure." Said Miriallia smiling widely at Kyo.
"I'm certainly very pleased to meet you as well. I never thought I'd make so many friends on my first day." Replied Kyo softly, chuckling to herself.
"You're lucky you were put with us. Or you may have been sitting alone right now." Said Athrun grinning.
"Glad to know that," said Kyo brightly, pushing back a few strands of hair from her face.
As usual the platinum blonde boy, Yzak, was sitting down, chin resting in his palm as he stared out into the field, his face as stern as ever.
Kyo took a quick glance at her new partner; she looked away and felt a hot flush of blood come to her face.
To think, she hadn't even spoken to him, and neither had he, and gosh, she was starting to LIKE him already. He just looked so cute this way, all stern and pissed.
Kyo just looked down and smiled to herself. This just couldn't be happening, a bunch of friends, and a crush on her partner. All in a matter of knowing them for barely a day! How good could it get?