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Chapter 2: First day
"Excuse me! Excuse me!" Relana requested exasperatedly. 'Oh, you got to be kidding me.' Right there in the blocking the entrance was a couple ravaging each other like a man would gulp down water after being stranded in the middle of the desert for a month. They seriously needed a room. A girl of about five feet and five inches with shoulder length brown hair and blonde streaks had her arms around a guy whose hands were comfortably palming her behind. The guy was just little over 6 feet and his hair was parted so one side covered one of his eye. The couple seemed oblivious to their surroundings and letting their hormones control their bodies. It seemed like the girl was having a hard time trying to keep her foot on the ground. Her leg appeared to want to wrap itself around the guy's waist.
'This is just my luck' Relena thought. 'The doorway just happened to be blocked by sex-addict kids on my first day of school. Whoever invented high school seriously needed therapy. I mean whoever thought of putting a couple thousands of crazy teenagers with hormones bouncing off the wall in one small building seriously needed professional help.' The couple would not budge and Relena looked at them, fuming. Her patience was running thin. She did not want to deal with this so early in the morning. Just when she was about to put all propriety aside and push through the couple, she was saved by a commanding voice coming from behind her.
"Barton, go take that somewhere else" the voice ordered. The couple surprisingly stopped, the girl hid her face on the crook of the guy, Barton's neck, while Barton looked behind Relena with a gleam in his eye and a smirk on his face.
"Not enjoying the show" Barton asked, very amused.
"I need a good dose of coffee before I can handle your hallway escapades," the voice retorted.
"Touché, Yuy." Barton answered and then grabbed the girls hand and walked into one of empty rooms. "I have some unfinished business," he added and winked at Yuy. Relena stood there staring, wide eyed and her mouth agape, at the door that Barton and the girl just walked into. She was shock at the exchange that has just occurred in front of her. Everyone in this school was whack. That guy Barton was heading off into some empty room to do god knows what and the other guy, Yuy, seemed to find these things everyday normal occurrences.
'Oh, my gosh' Relena thought as she covered her mouth with her right hand. 'What have I gotten myself into. Oh! Yuy is still behind me. He must think I'm a real idiot now. Way to make a good impression, Relena.' Relena slowly turned her body to see the face behind the voice. She was embarrassed about looking so sheltered and innocent from the way she reacted to the situation. She kept her eye on the floor and when she was completely facing the guy, she slowly raised her eye. The guy was wearing white Nike sneakers, not brand new but just slightly used. His jeans were baggy, but not too baggy that it looked like it would fall any second. He was wearing a plain white shirt that seem to sculpt to his body. Her eyes went all the way up to his neck, and then her scrutiny stopped. She couldn't look at his face. What if he was laughing at her? Or maybe he thought that she was weird or some kind of lunatic? No, she decided right then and there that she didn't want to know what awaited her. She turned her head and was about to walk away, but she felt hard, callused hands holding her chin, softly but firm. He rotated her face so that she was staring right into the deepest blue eyes that she has ever seen.
If she didn't look like an idiot before, then she definitely looked like it now. She was completely mesmerized by his eyes, that she could not help but stare.
"Are you okay?" Yuy asked concerned as he removed his hands of her chin. Relena was finally knocked out of her reverie by his voice. She composed herself, straightening her posture and flattening the invisible wrinkles in her skirt.
"Yeah, I'm fine" she answered shyly while looking at the very interesting tree right behind Yuy. She was completely embarrassed. Not only did she reacted like a five year old, but she was staring at Yuy for god knows how long. This was not starting out to be a very good day. 'So much for fixing myself up and making a good impression. No dress can erase the impression that I just made with this guy.'
"Are you sure?" he contended.
"Yeah" she answered more firmly this time so Yuy would believe her and stop the interrogation.
"Okay" Heero said hesitantly. He took one last look at her and then walked off, leaving her behind in the entrance way.
"Name?" a sixty year old lady that sounded strangely like one of those creepy old people in scary movies croaked.
"Relena Isabella Dorlian"
"Grade"
"Eleventh, mam"
"Okay, here it is" she exlaimed, picking out a red folder from the filing cabinet that she was shuffling through. "Relena Isabella Dorlian from Stoney Creek, Maryland. Here's your schedule, assignment book, locker assignment and the school map. If you have any question, go to your counselor, Mr. Dursmond. His office is the next room down. You got all of that?"
"Yeah, I think so" Relena answered as she was going over in her head all the things the woman just said.
Relena was so busy looking at her "new student" package while walking down the hallway that she didn't notice the blonde man in a pink button down shirt and gray slacks until she found herself on top of him in the middle of the hallway.
"Oh my gosh. This is not my day" she said to herself as she stood up. "I am so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going. I was too busy looking over this crap. It's all my fault. I'm sorry."
"Don't sweat it princess." the blonde man smiled as he got up on his own. "No harm done. Now don't ruin that beautiful face with a frown. You new here"
"Yeah, I'm Relena" feeling a little better from the seemingly outgoing personality of the blonde man. 'He was cute, but definitely gay. All the cute and nice guys were always gay.'
"Ooooh, a newbie" he said excitedly. "I'm Quatre. Here I'll show you around" and he grabbed hold of her hand and dragged her down the hallway.
"Let's see, what should I show you. Oh, how stupid must I be. Let me see your schedule." Relena handed him her schedule hesitantly, Quatre's excitement was kind of scaring her.
"Pre-calc. Nazi teacher. Literature. Hard grader, but nice ass. Political Science. Get ready to catch up on sleep. Oh we have lunch together. Chemistry. Hope you get a nice lab partner. Choir. Awesome teacher, you'll have fun with the musical. And Study Hall." Quatre just gave her the low down on her schedule in like a minute. Relena stared at him. 'Man, he can talk fast."
"Ummm. Thanks for the info." Relena said warmly. She really appreciated Quatre's attention, even if he was a little bit overly ecstatic. He was nice, and his smile was really infectious.
"Come on, I'll walk show you your locker and walk you to your first class." Relena found herself being dragged down the hallway, again.
Herfirst three classes weren't that bad. Quatre was basically right on the money. The math teacher, Mrs. Linsdale was a nazi. Relena was convince that if you look closely, you can see a resemblance with Hitler. No one talked in that class and the use of calculators were prohibited at all times. 'What kind of math class doesn't use calculators nowadays. My hand is going to be cramping from doing long division.'
Literature and political science was a bore, but Mr. McKinley did have a nice ass. Kudos to Quatre for his well-researched information. 'He should really consider being the tour guide for the school or something'
Relena stepped into the crowded cafeteria buzzing with excitement. There was the football jock who was flexing his "newly-developed" muscles for his teammate. The cheerleaders fixing their hair, because god-forbid that a strand was out of place. The smart-kids concentrating on their homework, oblivious to the noise and havoc that surrounded them. Then there was the chess team hard at work in formulating a strategy for their next match. Her gaze landed at Quatre who was eagerly waving at her with, of course, a smile on his face.
'I want whatever his on. Gosh, that boy is way too happy.' Relena walked over to the round table. There were three other girls in the table, a red-head, a brunette, and someone with blueish-blackish hair.
"Hi" Relena greeted Quatre as she took a seat next to him. She smiled shyly at the rest of the girls.
"Everyone this princess over here is Relena" Quatre exclaimed. "Catherine, Sally, and Hilde." He pointed to each of them and formalities ensued. She discovered that she shared math and chemistry with Hilde and political science with both Sally and Catherine. The girls and Quatre were all really nice and friendly. Relena actually felt at ease. She befriended a couple of people and she hasn't made a fool of herself ever since this morning. Her day was looking up.
"So you see any cute guys roaming around the school?" Hilde asked as they walked to Chemistry class.
"Now that you mention it." Relena mused as the incident this morning returned to her train of thought. "There was this guy this morning. He had the deepest blue eyes and rowdy hair. You know the whole "mystery" thing going for him"
"Oh, him" Hilde said knowingly.
"What do you mean him?" Relena was now curious. "What's the deal with this guy? Does everyone know him or something?"
"Yeah, you could say that," Hilde answered.
"What, are you gonna leave me hanging?" Relena's curiosity was now at its peaked and she was not going to stop badgering until she got all the info.
"Okay, okay" Hilde conceded. "First we'll start with the social hierarchy of this school. Of course there are the jocks and the cheerleaders."
Relena nodded her head. This was nothing new. It was the same for every high school. This school would be strange if things weren't like that.
"Basketball is really big in this city," Hilde continued. "So of course the basketball stars would be the so called "popular" jocks. The star players are Wufei Chang, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, and Heero Yuy."
'Yuy and Barton. Those were the guys this morning' Relena thought. "So the guy this morning was Heero. That doesn't explain the Oh, him."
"I'm getting there" Hilde said smiling. "Be patient. Will ya!"
"Well, Duo is like any other teenage boy. He's had a couple of relationships here and there that lasted a couple of months or so. Wufei is going through his woman-hater stage. He had his heart broken by his long time girlfriend Meiran. It's quite a sad story. They were childhood friends and all. The summer before high school, they finally decided to date. They were so in love. At least that was what everyone thought."
"What happened?" Relena was now very interested at gossip of the school. 'Hey, if I'm going to be here for the rest of my high school career; I am entitled to know all the dirt.'
"Well, to cut a long story short. Wufei found her naked in bed with some guy during one of Trowa's party. The broke up and she moved a couple of monthslater because her dad got promoted or something. Wufei has been his grumpy self ever since."
"That's a sad story," Relena commented. Some people can be real jerks. If someone the love of her life cheated on her, she would be crying for weeks. She would probably be man-hating, too. She sympathized with Wufei.
"Trowa is another story" Hilde continued with her stats on the boys. "That boy just can't keep his pants closed. He has a different girl every week. The freshmen girls are just lining up to be his girl. Pathetic."
"That's just wrong. Why would the girls want to be treated that way?"
"They want to be popular. And for a week or so, they get to hang around Trowa and his friends. High school is very shallow. As you already know."
"I guess, but it just doesn't make sense sometimes." Relena could never understand how girls could just have sex. Sex was suppose to be beautiful, something you share with someone you love. It wasn't something you partake in so you could be popular for a week.
"Well, Heero is another story. Every girl wants a piece of him because like you said he has that whole dark, mysterious thing going for him. Your not the only one that noticed."
"I see, so he's like Trowa. A different girl every week" Relena felt kind of sad at this news.
"Wrong. Heero has never paid attention to any girl. He's not mean to them or anything. He just chooses to ignore them, so it comes off mean."
"I don't understand" Relena was now confused. "Is he gay?"
Hilde laughed at this question. "No the school body doesn't think so. Other people have asked that question and we voted: no he's not gay. We conclude that he's just looking for the "right-one".
"Oh." Relena felt relieved that Heero was not some sort of man whore. There was just something about his eye that captivated her this morning.
"Don't get your hopes up, though" Hilde added as she notice the look on Relena's face. "Sylvia, the captain of the cheerleading squad, has had her eye on Heero for quite a while now. She has made it her conquest to attain Heero Yuy and will trample anyone who gets in her way." Hilde gave her a warning look.
"You don't think I'm interested, do you?" Relena feigned. She put a shock facade to try and convince Hilde and herself that she wasn't interested in Heero Yuy. "Come on. I don't even know the guy and I just saw him this morning. Besides, I'm not looking for a boyfriend right now. There's too much on my plate."
"Okay." Hilde was not convinced, but dropped the subject since they just reached Chemistry.
Relena was glad that the subject of "Heero Yuy" was finally concluded. She really did not want to think about him right now. She wanted to focus on school, on chemistry. However, apparently this was not her day.
In the classroom was Heero Yuy sitting on his desk, tapping a pencil. Besides him, was a blonde girl wearing a pink halter top and white capri pants trying to get Heero's attention. 'That must be Sylvia. Let the fun in Chemistry begin.'
Author's Note: I hope I didn't offend anyone by how I portrayed Quatre. I just wanted him to be flamboyant. I know that I'm playing off homosexual stereotypes, but I just wanted a character that was easy going and fun loving. I don't mean anything by it. If you were offended though, I'm sorry and please let me know.
Thank you all to my reviewers from the last chapter. Your reviews really made my day and it encourage me to continue on with the story. Please everyone review my story. Your feedback and criticism really means a lot to me.
aphrael-chibi: I didn't plan on the mother/daughter relationship to be like Gilmore girls. However, as I re-read the Chapter I did notice that. I want to keep that closeness in this story. Although, you don't see it in this Chapter.
darkfairy88: Well, I didn't exactly give her age. However, you know that she's in eleventh grade. So that should be about 16 or so.
Reignashii: I'm glad that you found my story interesting. Please let me know when it's starting to get ridiculous.
BadScorpio: I can't wait to see what I have in store for the characters either. I really haven't decided on where this story is going. I'm just setting the background stuff right now.
PureAngelEnchantress: Well, she meets half the gang this Chapter. She'll prolly meet the rest of them next chapter.
