Cat/Star: Muahaha, we'll show you how good we've got. Haha.
Natsumi: Good…Haha…XD
The next morning while Keket read her Nocturnal Witchcraft book, they summoned her to the office. Rolling her eyes, she smiled at Legato before she walked out the door. Himeko and Star waved at her from the bathroom. She returned their waves half-heartedly.
The office was relatively empty, aside from the usual "bad" crowd. Keket waved at them as well. The secretary gave her a hard look, then made a violent head gesture towards the principal's door. Dominique and Vash were already sitting in two chairs. She raised an eyebrow at Dominique, seeing as she had darkened her left eye with black eye shadow. She knew it was eye shadow because she had pulled this same stunt at one of her previous schools.
"Sit down," their principal said.
"Can I stand?"
"No."
Resisting the urge to roll her eyes, Keket took the seat farthest from the trio. From the look on Dominique's face, this was not going to be good.
"Well, Miss Gunslinger, you seem to be having an eventful time at this school."
Keket tilted her head to the side, but said nothing. Her amber eyes were serious.
The principal went on, "From what I hear, you've gotten in quite a few fights already."
Again, she said nothing, but seen Dominique sneer at her. The principal didn't notice this apparently. "Would you like to tell us your side of the story?" she asked, though by her tone, Keket knew "her side of the story" wouldn't do her any good.
She shrugged. "Vash was being a jerk, so I hit him. And I didn't do that to Dominique. I went home, rather than staying to fight. Whatever happened after I left, is not my fault. Besides, that's eye shadow."
"It is not eye shadow!" Dominique exclaimed. "You did this to me yesterday after I tried to apologize!"
Keket laughed. "Yeah. Right. You apologize to me. That'll happen when my entire wardrobe is pink."
"Stop, you two," the principal interrupted. "Keket, you are suspended until your hearing with the school board."
Her jaw dropped. "What!"
"You have a good chance of being expelled, Keket."
She narrowed her eyes. "Fine then. Screw this."
Standing rather violently, she stormed out of the office and proceeded to the nearest exit. She threw the door open and walked home to wait for Star.
"Hm..?" Star looked up from her daze to meet the eyes of the homeroom teacher.
"Ma'am, the bell rang, I think you can go." The teacher said tugging her sleeve to get her to stand up from her chair.
Star stood up and shook her head, "Oh, thanks. Sorry, just wondering what happened to a friend." She murmured before grabbing her side bag and slinging it over her shoulder as he walked out of the room, her hand to her head trying to stop thinking for a few seconds.
"Star?"
Star looked up to meet the golden gaze of Legato, "Oh, hey." She said, her eyes still a bit glazed over from daydreaming.
Legato put a hand in his pocket and started to walk down the hall, Star slowly trailing behind him. They were both silent as they walked down the half empty hall, Star must have been out of it long after the bell. Star looked around and heard a small beeping, it was her phone.
"A message?" Star said before grabbing the phone out of the netting of her bag and called her voicemail, someone must of called during school, she couldn't imagine who.
"Hopefully it's Keket." Legato muttered, "I haven't seen her since she went to the office."
Star pressed a button before putting her phone to her ear and looked up at the taller student, "Hopefully, she sometimes has me worried." Star lowered her gaze to the steps as she stopped at the top.
Legato looked up at her as he stopped walking halfway down the stairs, "Star, what's wrong?"
Star's face had paled as she listened to the message thoroughly, "No, this has to be some kind of sick joke. I have been keeping my grades up.. Why..?" She questioned fighting back the tears that threatened to fall from her dry eyes.
The blue haired student walked up the stairs to Star and put his ear to the back of the phone to listen in:
"Star, we want you home. We can't stress that you're living on your own with someone who causes trouble."
Legato raised a eyebrow and looked at Star who pressed the end button with a lazy finger and started to walk down the steps of the school, muttering, "Shit, fuck, they can't make me go back."
Legato blinked a few times and jogged down the steps to keep up with her, "Star, what's going on?"
Star kept her eyes at the ground, first, Keket disappeared for no reason at all, and then this, "My parents want me home is all, no big deal, I guess."
The shorter student released a shuttered breath and continued walking down the stairs before coming to the front office. She slipped her phone back into the netting of her bag and looked up to give a plastic smile to the older student.
"Well, shall we go see why Keket has skipped school?" She laughed before motioning him to follow her, the skip in her step completely gone. Legato couldn't help but watch the mental stress take control of her body. Legato gave a light, rare, smile and said, "Sure, lets get going, shall we?"
They walked into the apartment to find Keket lazily watching TV. She had her feet propped up on the coffee table and a scowl on her face. She looked up, seen Legato, and instantly her face broke into a grin.
"Come to say good-bye, then?" she asked him in an uncharacteristic-British-accent.
"Good-bye?" he repeated, caught slightly off-guard.
"Aye," she said and left it at that.
Star gave a groan as she stepped through the door and slipped off her shoes and headed straight to her room, what ever Keket had to say she could tell her later. All she knew is that her mind was telling her to start packing the various stacks of Manga's she had stacked in her room.
She heard a faint clicking noise, signaling Keket's boots outside her door. "Your parents called you, haven't they?" Keket said quietly. Legato stood behind her.
Star stopped from closing her door in their faces, "Is it that obvious?" She laughed, her throat had tightened from holding back the tears, "Damn, I was going to surprise you."
Keket diverted her eyes, laughed darkly, then looked back to her best friend. "Hmm. Well, I guess I can still surprise you then."
Star opened her door with her right foot before walking over to her closet to grab the dusty suitcases, "Oh joy, must be great news." She said before tossing the suitcases forcefully across the room to slam into the end of her bed.
"Great news for Dominique and all those other losers. I've been expelled."
Legato looked between the two, much tension in the air. Star walked over to her bed sitting down before putting a pile of mangas in front of her to go through, "Hmm, sounds.." Star couldn't even think of anything before she looked through the Mangas knowing some of them weren't hers.
"Well…" Keket continued. "I haven't really been expelled yet. I'm suspended until my hearing and Dominique has more 'witnesses' than I do. And…um…I'm probably going to be facing assault charges, but I walked out before we got that far."
Star gave a shrug as she put two of the Japanese books to the side, "You have more witnesses than she'll ever have. Unless she bribes random hobos with cookies or something.." Star looked up at Legato, a puzzled face was planted on his face. "Oh, sorry Legato. Looks like we're ignoring you, sorry."
Legato shrugged. "This doesn't really concern me."
Star looked down and sighed, "Sure it does, you're about to loose a friend and maybe two." She started to ramble while explaining, "I will be going… Off, away, far away." Star started to mutter again, "Aaaaall the way over in the US." She grumbled as she slammed a manga into her briefcase.
Keket frowned. "Well, then, I should go call Himeko before she worries too much."
Pushing past Legato with her head bowed, she made a break for the phone, leaving Legato and Star by themselves.
Star stared down at some papers she had in her hand, a few reports on a foreign country. One by one Star threw the papers back in the garbage until she came to a picture that was tucked between the papers. A picture of her and Keket. Star couldn't help but giggle at their faces. Legato walked in turning on the light to the dark room.
"Hey, are you going to be ok..?" Legato asked standing up looking down at the thumbnail shots of Star and Keket.
"Sure, nothing has ever bothered me before!" Star said, tears rimming the edges of her eyes. "Nothing.."
Legato gave a low sigh rubbing the back of his head, not knowing what to say to the girl to comfort the teen.
In the living room, Keket hung up the phone and sighed heavily. She really didn't know why this was effecting her the way it was. She had a feeling it was the fact that Star had to move because of her, and that Legato seemed not to care very much.
Walking back to where Legato and Star were, she poked her head in to tell them that Himeko would meet them at the café and that she was changing.
Legato had sat down on the bed, his hand resting on her shoulder trying to get her to calm down. Star murmured, "Here, I need to finish packing. Please leave the room.."
The blue headed teen stood up from the bed and said, "Just holler if you need any help, 'lright?"
Star gave a nod before she knelt on the floor, gathering things that were scattered across the floor. Legato left the room, closing the door behind him, now looking over to Keket, "I honestly don't know how to comfort someone, geesh.."
Keket gave a weak smile. "Hm, don't feel bad, neither can I. I always end up making it worse. Now…I need to change, so wait in the living room."
Averting her eyes, she walked into her room and changed into a pair of black jeans and a random band t-shirt that was laying on the floor. She hoped that Star would be coming to the café. Walking out into the living room, she found Legato sitting on the couch.
"Do you know if Star is coming?" she asked him. He just shrugged.
Star came from her room, three random cases trailing behind her, her room now a bit bare from the posters being gone now. The girl looked up from putting them against the wall to look at Keket and Legato.
"Hey you two." She hummed before stretching, light cracking sounds coming from her arms and back.
They nodded towards her. Keket smiled at her. "Speak of the devil. You coming?"
Star blinked and looked around, "Um.. Coming where?" She asked.
"Himeko is meeting us at the café."
Star smiled and said, "Sure, of course." She chirped before rushing back into her room to change. Star closed the door and quickly changed into dark green baggy pants and a tan shirt. Star stepped out posing and laughing.
"How do I look?"
"Presentable," Keket answered with a grin.
A few minutes later, the trio met their friend at said café. Himeko took the news of Keket's possible expulsion as well as Star did. But after a few Dr. Peppers, the atmosphere became considerably lighter, and they were able to talk about the few short good times they'd had together.
"Well, I suppose.." Star sighed, "I gotta get going. I shouldn't keep my dear parents waiting." She giggled, her plastic smile snapping into place. Today was the day Star had to leave for America, "But like we planned, I'll visit this summer. Ok, live here for the summer." Star said shifting a backpack to her right shoulder.
"If I'm not in juvie or something of that nature…" Keket muttered.
"And if she is, you can stay with me!" Himeko said brightly.
Star raised a eyebrow and laughed, "I don't think Legato will allow that. Will you Legato?"
Legato blinked at her. "Allow you stay at Himeko's or let Keket go to juvie?"
"Keket and juvie." Star explained.
"I'm going to try my best," he replied with a small smile.
"Good!" Star said quickly standing up straight, smiling a bit, "Now, I must be going!" She said before running up to each of them and giving them a tight hug, "Sorry, I've never really been good with good-byes." She apologized before waving and walking off in the direction of her plane.
Keket sighed, then whispered, "Good-bye."
Small trails followed behind Star as she walked.
"He-Hey!" Keket said before reaching out a hand to snatch something back from Legato.
"Oh, what is this?" Legato laughed before taking the picture and piece of paper from her and looking at it. It was a picture and letter from Star. "Oh, she's supposed to be visiting soon?" He asked before glancing at the photo of her and her parents.
"Yep, that's what she said." Keket said before trying to pry the picture and letter from his hands.
"Seriously?" Himeko gasped giggling at the thought, "I wonder how much she's changed."
"Who knows." Keket murmured as she looked at Star's picture, her hair had grown a bit, and she had it in a bun in this picture, her fashion sense hadn't changed a bit.
Keket had changed a bit also, she was now wearing less leather, her hair and eyes were the same, but her skin seemed a shade paler. Legato, psh, the bum hadn't changed a bit, but maybe he was a bit more open about things.
"Who knows! That's all I get is a who knows?" A small laugh came from behind the three.
"Hmm?"
They turned around one by one looking to see the bright blue eyes of Starlight Windscar.
"Mhm," Keket said, recovering from the slight shock of Star's arrival. "And that's what you deserve, you little b-"
"Star!" Himeko said, launching herself at Star and cutting off Keket's rude comment.
Star laughed and was glomped by Himeko, glomping her back a bit.
A question came to Legato's mind, "Wait, we just got your letter today.. How..?"
Star gave a giggle, "I sent that a week ago." She said before wrapping a arm around Keket's neck, "Now what were you going to say?" She grinned.
"I was going to call you a bi-"
"A week ago?" Legato said.
"Yep, I wrote it a week and a half ago and sent it a week ago." Star said before poking Keket in the head, "Continue."
"Itch," she muttered in reply, knowing that if she went to say the full word that one of them was bound to cut her off again.
Star shrugged and said, "Ah well, I knew that. So, what happened while I was gone." Star grinned, happy to be back 'home'.
Natsumi: Mhm. Yeah I know it sucked. Heh. Like I mentioned last chapter, I like writing original fiction better because it gives me more…creative freedom without people complaining about OOC-ness. Which, I know there's a lot of in this story, so there's no reason to point it out.
Cat/Star: Heh, oh and sorry. It started off.. Descriptive in the beginning and then.. It got late and we got tired.. And bored.. Yep.
Natsumi: And we got distracted….by music videos…. -gets starry eyed-
Cat/Star: Yeah, and my brother… -grits teeth- Anyway, unlike Chelea/Natsumi, I still write fan fiction. Just.. Yaoi type. Heh… Yeah, well. You can check out my stories. Right now I'm working on a FMA one and finishing up a Gravitation one. Yepper-doodle.
Natsumi: Self-advertising in MY story…
Cat/Star: Of course! It'll make people want to read my stories and review XP. I haven't even givin' out my name for FF yet: Catherine Lewie Rain.
Natsumi: And…that's it.
Cat/Star: I suppose we'llsee you guys later, when we get bored and decide to make another fic. XD!
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