Chapter 6 A Snobbish Girl
"Ring!" went Lacus's alarm clock, she stirred a little and fumbled around her bedside table for the pink device.
With some difficulty, Lacus finally managed to switch the clock to silent mode. She sleepily sat up in her bed and stretched, before getting up to wake, Kyo, Cagalli and Miriallia.
Lacus gently shook the Orb princess awake before turning to Miriallia and doing the same. To Lacus's surprise, before she could even approach Kyo, she got out of bed.
"My, you gave me a fright there. Did you sleep well last night? Or did you even sleep at all?" asked Lacus concerned, placing a hand on the redheaded girl's shoulder.
"To be truthful, no. But it's not that I don't like it here. I just need some time to settle in and accept the truth." Mumbled Kyo, staring at the floor and shuffling her feet.
"Don't worry, Kira used to be worse than this. Crying all the time, blaming himself for everything. He terribly needed someone to pacify that broken soul of his. And luckily, Lacus came to the rescue." Said Miriallia grinning at the pink-headed singer.
"Let's get going people, we don't want to relive what happened on day one." Said Cagalli knowingly, before heading toward the bathroom.
Miriallia was brushing her puff of dark red hair, and fluffing it up. "Looks like someone's getting vain." Teased Lacus giggling.
"Am not! I can't go to school looking as if I've just been fired out from a canon!" exclaimed Miriallia, trying desperately to tame her wild morning hairstyle, which was sticking out like a duck's tail.
"Ok, everyone done? Ready? Forgotten anything?" asked Kyo, swinging her schoolbag over her shoulders, once Miriallia, being the last one, had come out of the bathroom.
"Books, check. Wallet, check. Pencil case, check. Water bottle, check. Watch, check. Holy! We've got fifteen minutes to get to school!" blurted out Cagalli, staring flabbergasted at her watch.
"Then let's get on the road! We're supposed to meet the guys down in the living room!" said Miriallia dashing out of the room and thumping down the staircase.
"Finally! We've been waiting for like five minutes!" exclaimed Dearka, looking slightly pissed.
"Dearka, it's only five pathetic minutes! You don't always expect us girls to be down before you boys, you know?" said Miriallia, tapping her boyfriend playfully on the head.
Dearka was about to object when Athrun cut him short. "Stop your squabbling already! We've got to get going or we might be late! And Miss Snare might very well put us in detention!" said Athrun sternly.
Without wasting any more time, the bunch of sixteen year olds rushed out of the front door, Kira lagging behind as he was left to lock the door and front gate.
Dearka was practically dragging Miriallia along, her feet occasionally flying off the ground as he ran.
Cagalli checked her watch once more, it was like forty-five seconds before 7.25 a.m. She had set her watch timing following the exact timing of the school clock system.
The gate system of the college would automatically lock the moment it was 7.25 a.m exactly, so that Miss Snare would be able to catch late students.
"Sharks, the gate's closing in 10 seconds!" shouted Cagalli, speeding up, her legs bouncing one by one off the ground.
The gate was steadily closing already, Cagalli dashed through the remaining gap, which was slowly decreasing in size.
The gap closed just as Dearka slipped through the gate, leaving Miriallia and Kyo outside.
"Haven't you boys heard of the phrase, "Ladies first"?" asked Miriallia, her eyes scanning the vicinity of the college for Miss Snare.
"Yes, but its too late now." Said Yzak bluntly, wringing his hands inside his pockets.
"The gate isn't that high up, it's just a little over our heads. Mirre, can you reach the top of the gate? Because if you can, Dearka might be able to pull you over." Said Lacus, thinking hard and fast.
Miriallia jumped and hung up onto the top of the gate, Dearka stepped forward and took her arms in his hands.
"1, 2, 3!" chanted Dearka before he gave an enormous tug sending Miriallia sliding over the gate and into his arms.
"Kyo, why don't you do the same?" suggested Cagalli, nodding toward her redheaded friend.
"Nah, whoever catches me might sink under my weight. I may look light, but really, I'm not. I weigh 56 kilograms, mind you. Hang on, catch my bag, I have an idea." Said Kyo, swinging her bag over the gate for Cagalli to catch.
"Stand back," warned Kyo, taking a good 10 steps backward. She charged toward the gate, making the others think she was going to try ramming through it.
Instead, just about a metre before the gate she jumped up, her hands touching the gate in a handstand position, and flipping over the gate.
"Let's get going, and where did you learn to do that?" asked Miriallia, grinning widely at Kyo.
"No idea, it just popped into my head. I wasn't sure I'd make it over, but we had no time to lose." Said Kyo, smiling gently.
"We'll head straight to the classroom, if we head to the hall, Miss Snare might be there." Said Athrun turning round the corner and up the staircase.
Luckily, just as the bunch reached the classroom, the last of their classmates were filing into the classroom, giving them the opportunity to blend in along with them.
They took their seats, smiling relieved smiles at each other. "That was close," muttered Yzak softly.
"Yeah, I agree." Said Kyo, speaking to Yzak for the first time, her eyes glowing slightly.
As usual, Miss Jones was standing behind her desk, and smiling cheerfully at her class.
"Class, I am pleased to introduce to you a new girl that has joined our class. This is Ryoko Zoijirushi." Miss Jones said, pushing forward a girl with jet-black hair and purple eyes.
Ryoko's nails were long and nicely manicured. She wore a skintight tank top and a denim blue mini skirt. She was looking unappreciatively at Kyo and Lacus for some reason unknown to the others. Ryoko was staring at them, pissed at the fact, that there were actually girls who were prettier than she was.
"Take your seat my dear," said Miss Jones, taking out her attendance list and marking the attendance of the class.
Ryoko took her own sweet time to walk to her seat just behind Kyo and Yzak. "Now let's see, hmm, Ryoko's an odd one out, so I'll have to put her with one of the pairs in this class." Said Miss Jones looking up and scanning the class for volunteers.
"Oh please, who'd want to take her? The way she walks is as if she's modeling for some show!" whispered Athrun to Cagalli, shaking his head.
"Ah Athrun! I see you were discussing something with Cagalli, and I assume you were discussing about this matter. So I trust you were volunteering yourself?" asked Miss Jones.
Athrun was caught off guard, and was wishing he had said nothing at all. "Alright, Ryoko every time we have a pair work you will join up with Cagalli and Athrun." Said Miss Jones grinning at the black-headed girl.
Ryoko forced back a smile, before turning to scowl at Cagalli, who just rolled her eyes and turned back.
The lesson following Miss Jones' was probably the one, which all of the students in the class hated most. Miss Snare's lesson.
The woman was as thin as a bamboo pole, though she looked not quite as strong.
"Good morning class!" she greeted harshly, making the class return her greeting in silent squeaks.
"Today, I will not be teaching for a certain two girls in this class still owe me their names." Hissed Miss Snare, eyeing Kyo and Cagalli.
"You can't make us face the music when we have done nothing wrong." Said Cagalli rising to full height, glaring fiercely at Miss Snare.
"I suppose you have forgotten our meeting on the first day, young lady. I told you, I am the discipline mistress of this school and I decide what to do with the students here." Barked Miss Snare, pushing up her black-rimmed glasses.
"Still? We have really done no wrong! Why are you so unreasonable? All we did was try to stick up for an innocent girl who still remains innocent!" exclaimed Kyo, jumping to her feet beside Cagalli.
"Shut up, brats! I will tolerate the both of you o longer! I want to see you in the detention room on the fourth floor at 2 p.m. sharp!" screamed Miss Snare shrilly, slamming her hands down on the teacher's desk.
Turning on her heel and swinging her handbag over her shoulder, she trudged out of the classroom, head held high.
"Gosh, at the rate she keeps coming in and out of our class during lessons, we're probably going to end up learning nothing! And failing out English!" said Miriallia hotly.
"Yeah, but we'll pass our vulgarity test, bitch." Retorted Ryoko, smirking evilly.
"Was anyone talking to you? If not, just shut your trap!" barked Athrun, standing up for his friend.
Ryoko just snarled and returned to doing her own things.