I hated Mondays. Hilary's damn alarm clock went off half an hour before mine. She set it so early to arrive at school as a bloody beauty queen. I didn't take me so long to get ready so I got up later. I nearly killed her when she came in after her clock went off on the first day. She narrowly missed by steel toe capped boots I threw at her. She got me to buy my own alarm clock…probably so she wouldn't make the same mistake again.

I swore under my breath as my alarm went off. I didn't mind getting up in the mornings, but they were just to fucking early on school days. Because I lived in my school we got up and hour later than I'm getting up now. It'll take me a few weeks to get used to it but I still hated early mornings. I'm more a night owl than a morning person. But this place was a lot better than my last so I had no reason to grumble. I just got ready for school without saying a word and waited outside the door for Hilary.

My cousin took forever to get ready. I wondered how long it took for her to get ready to go to a dance or something. 'Probably a week.' I smirked. "Hurry up!" I called to her bedroom window above my head.

Five minutes later she came outside with a sickening smile on her face. "Ready!" Why she liked school so much I'll never know. I rolled my eyes and walked off towards school. One of Hilary's friends met us on the way. It didn't take long for them to start talking about boys, make up and famous people's lives. I sighed and hung back. I just wasn't interested in boys when it came to relationships. The only time a boy came near me was to beat the living daylights out of me.

I could still hear them so I put my earphones on and listened to some heavy metal. I suddenly noticed that I was being overshadowed; someone taller was walking beside me. I didn't realise how tall Rei was until I saw him next to me. He was half a head taller; I wasn't short for a girl but didn't care.

He looked at me but didn't smile. I took of my headphones and raised an eyebrow. "You really don't feel bad for yesterday do you?" I shook my head in irritation and quickened my pace. "Oh, hey Rei." Hilary called and Rei came over to her.

For once I found having Hilary for a cousin wasn't as annoying as I thought. If you didn't want to talk to anyone just stay with her and she'll talk to them.

Our fist lesson to my distaste was maths, minus my annoying cousin which was a bonus. I took a seat by a window and stared out of it. Our teacher was a strict, posh, snobby bitch who needed to be out in her place. She looked me over with her spiteful eyes that held no warmth for anyone in them. I could tell she didn't like my clothes but as they say it's a free country. "Remove your hat." She said with obvious distaste dripping off every word. Her voice was cold and harsh reminding me of a crow; she had the nose for it. No…actually she looked more like a witch. Minus the warts, green hair and cackley voice. I took it off glaring at her. Was please and thank you not registered where she came from?

"You're the new student are you not?" I nodded and she narrowed her eyes at me. She was the typical old librarian. Her hair in a tight bun, blue cardigan, long grey skirt and a white shirt. I thought she looked like someone out of a movie. 'Yeah, the wicked witch of the west.' I held back a smirk as she scanned me with her beady little eyes. "I didn't hear you." What? Was this woman seriously trying to piss me off? "Yes miss." I growled between my teeth. "That's better. Now class we shall begin."

I shook my head and opened my book in anger. We we're learning about the Pythagoras theorem which had to be the most mind numbing thing I've ever had to do. But because of Miss. Faulkner or as I've heard other students call her miss. Bitch, she grabbed the attention of most of her students. Why she could do that was anyone's guess, but she just seemed to intimidate her students in to submission.

Twenty minutes later there was a knock at the door and I looked up to see Kai opening it. He looked exhausted and annoyed. "Mr. Hiwatari…care to explain the reason behind you being twenty minutes late?" Kai glared at her as he tried to come up with an explanation. This was the first time I had seen him look helpless, and it just didn't look right. "You will tell me in the next few seconds or I'll…"

"Get you my pretty; and your little dog too!" I said doing an impression of the wicked witch of the west. She spun round to see the whole class laughing. I smiled and chuckled a little so she wouldn't be suspicious. "Who was that?" She scanned the room looking for the perpetrator but everyone was laughing, including me. She growled and sat back behind her desk looking murderous. "Just take your seat Hiwatari." She snapped and he did take a seat. But not his usual one by Tala, instead he sat next to me. Man did I ever get envious looks from the other girls in the class room. If I had been one of them I would've blushed but I just got on with my work. I think he was a little surprised that I wasn't affected by his presence. He wrote something on the desk and tapped my hand with his pen pointing to it. 'Thanks' I wrote 'no problem' next to it before getting on with my work.

When maths had finally ended I went to my locker and threw my maths book and homework in to it. That woman seriously needs an enema in good graces. I thought slamming the door and storming off somewhere to be alone for break.

I climbed up a tree and stayed there hoping this day would end by the time I climbed down it. I was lying on my back along a particularly fat branch looking at the sky. 'Tiger, tiger burning bright, in the forests of the night. What immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry.' I always thought about that poem when I was feeling down. It didn't make me feel better but stopped me feeling depressed every time I thought about it. Today I was feeling particularly annoyed so I recited it allowed. "William Blake?"

I looked down to see Kenny sitting with his back against the trunk of the tree. He looked up at me and smiled. I cocked my head curiously as to why he smiled at me. "You're Ebony right?"

"For getting the question right you win a brand new car." I said in a showbiz voice and Kenny laughed. "You like poetry then?" I shrugged, I wasn't sure whether I liked it or not. "Some I do and some I don't." I said plainly and Kenny smiled. "What happened with Zeo wasn't right, but that's just who you are right?" I nodded. For a smart kid he sure could state the obvious which was seriously starting to get annoying. But I didn't say anything and just let him talk. "You know Tyson and the others don't like you, but if they tried to get to know you then-"

"Why would I want to know them?" I walked off and Kenny said he'd meet me in information technology later. 'Gee, I can't wait.'

I spent the next lesson reading Shakespeare for English. Which play? Romeo and Juliet of course. It was going to be performed by our year after our exams. People were to sign up next month and the roles would be handed out the week after.

In English I was getting incredibly bored. I had read Romeo and Juliet before so I knew every line. Some of the what I could assume were the popular girls kept giggling. The sluttiest one of all turned to Kai and winked at him. Kai looked irritated and sighed. It seemed like Romeo and Juliet was being played out right here and now. Except Romeo wasn't willing. I felt sickened as I watched this going on. 'Somebody shoot me.' I hoped over and over again, but no bullets came near me let alone through me.

The English teacher happened to be passing by and noticed my book was closed. "How can you hope to learn anything if your book is closed?" I could hear he still didn't forgive me for Friday. He had as much distaste for my clothes like most of the teachers in this school. "I've read it before." The class turned to watch the scene unfold, I heard the popular girls giggle.

"You can't know it just like that Miss. Hokinowa." I glared at him. "Well I can."

"Oh?" He didn't seem to believe me so I sighed. "Two words, photographic memory." He still didn't believe me and asked me to quote some lines from various pages. I did so and only then did he believe me. Tala grinned and winked at me. 'Yeah a real freak show.' I thought as I glared at the teacher.

"I'll be sure to sign you up for the part of Juliet." I felt a shiver run down my spine and I came out with something that I shouldn't have. "No you fucking won't!" I exclaimed and the class gasped.

I knew I was in a lot of trouble but I couldn't careless. "Detention for the week starting today!" He snapped and I shrugged. It wasn't like I've never had detention before. Some of the class looked sorry for me as I got on with my work. I swear this teacher had it in for me; he seemed to know just how to piss me off.