Hi! This is the third chapter! YAY! I went to the beach yesterday for school! I burned SO BAD!!!!!!! OW!!!!!!!! My board shorts weren't long so they gave my legs a rash. Damn, it hurts! I also got sunstroke so I get to miss school cause I'm sick! I was up the WHOLE frickin' night last night cause I was in so much pain. I watched Inu-yasha and Case Closed (Detective Conan). Stupid sun and all its ultraviolet rays! I boggie boarded like the whole time! I was pulled under twice, and I thought I wasn't going to come up! It was so scary! Did you know that birds blow up if you give them Alka-Seltzer? My friend wanted to do that but we didn't have any Alka-Seltzer. That would've been funny! Thanks to my reviewers. Thanks to Nameless Waif for her amusing reviews. I reread chapter 2 and I did spell Trishy's name Trashy once. Heehee! Well, she is trashy. Haha! Anyway, on with the chapter. It's mainly about Amber's school and work. How exciting. NOT! HAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm hyper!!!!!!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't mind me!
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be mine. But this story is mine so don't take!
Warnings: Nothing, same as chapter 2
Chapter 3: Odd Discussions and Dumb Jocks
'Yummy! Ramen and sushi! Yummy!' Amber thought as she scanned the cafeteria for Duo and the other guys. She saw them sitting at a table in the back. Amber walked up to them and sat down next to Duo.
"Who said you could sit there, you weak onna?" Wufei glared at her.
"I did. If you have a problem with that, then to bad for you." Amber glared right back at him. Just then someone came over and sat down next to Amber. "Oh, hey Patrick. Guys, this is my friend Patrick." Amber introduced him.
"HI!"
"Hello!"
"Hn."
"...."
"Hello."
"Patrick has been my friend since first grade." Amber said. "He's like an older brother to me, even though we're the same age." Patrick nodded.
"She's always getting into trouble." Patrick smiled and shook his head.
"Am not!" Amber playfully punched Patrick in the arm.
"So how do you like our school?" Patrick asked the five boys.
"It's nice. It doesn't have very many kids. Is that because most people left this colony if they could?" Quatre asked.
"Yeah, most people did just that. That's why this school is a K-12 school with only about a 150 kids in it." Amber answered, finishing her food. "I like it here though."
SLAM!The cafeteria door had slammed open and hit the wall. The entire cafeteria fell silent as everyone looked at the door. Matoko, Kaya, and Trishy stood in the doorway. Matoko looked extremely angry, as opposed to Kaya and Trishy who looked worried.
"How dare you spill all that crap on me! It's going to take forever to get it out!" Matoko screamed at Amber as she stormed over to their table. Matoko was wearing one of the school's old P.E. clothes. Amber just burst out laughing. "How dare you laugh at me!" Matoko shouted.
"Amber, um, what did you do?" Patrick asked.
"Nothing." Amber said somewhat innocently.
"Nothing?!" Matoko looked like she could have killed Amber. The only thing holding her back was the fact that she knew she couldn't kill Amber.
"Ok. Maybe something." Amber smiled
Flashback
"Remember to be careful with the chemicals class." the chemistry teacher said.
'Hm. I wonder what Matoko'd do if I spilled this on her?' Amber thought to herself, holding a test tube of green liquid. Amber got up, pretending she needed more ingredients. She held the test tube loosely. As she neared Matoko desk, Amber pretended to trip.
The liquid splashed all over Matoko. It got in her hair, all over her face, shirt and skirt. Matoko screamed a high-pitched scream. Amber just laughed and said, "Oops!"
End Flashback
"That's what happened." Amber's smile was large, just like a little kid who just got a big ice cream cone. Duo and Patrick burst out laughing, Quatre smiled and laughed a little, Wufei muttered something about stupid onnas, and Heero and Trowa remained expressionless. Matoko just glared, then stormed off.
"I can't believe you did that! That's so funny!" Duo said while laughing. "What is your next class?"
"I have P.E." Amber said looking bored.
"Me too. I think Heero has it too." Duo said. Heero nodded.
"I have music." Quatre smiled happily.
"Barton and I were supposed to have chemistry. But now we have free time because someone spilled chemicals. So now they have to clean the room." Wufei glared at Amber.
"Why are you glaring at me? What'd I do?" Amber asked, noticing Wufei's glare.
"Didn't you hear a word I just said" Wufei asked.
"No. Was it important?" Amber shook her head.
"Whatever. I'm going!" Wufei walked out of the cafeteria.
"What'd he say? Why wouldn't he tell me?" Amber asked, confused.
"Nevermind. Let's go or we'll be late." Heero said. Amber nodded and walked to the girl's locker room.
For P.E. the gym teacher made them play basketball. The girls finished their game quickly. Amber's team had won.
"Hey guys! Is someone almost to 15 points yet?"
"No. The score is 2-0. We're winning." Heero said as if that was the most obvious thing in the world.
"What?! You guys should be close to done by now! Have you two even played?" Amber asked. Duo and Heero shook their heads.
"The coach is going to put us in after the next point is made." Duo said.
"Yuy, Maxwell. You're in." the coach shouted. Heero and Duo to the places of two very worn out looking guys.
The game restarted when the coach blew his whistle. Someone on their team had the ball stolen from them. The guy had a clear shot at the basket. Suddenly out of nowhere, Heero grabbed the ball and ran in the other direction. Then Heero passed the ball to Duo, who shot and scored.
It all happened so fast that if you had blinked, you probably would have missed it. 'I had no idea they were so fast!' Amber thought as she stared at the two boys. Everyone was so shocked. The guy Heero had stolen the ball from was still staring at his now empty hands.
Just then the bell rang, bringing everyone out of their stunned stupor. Amber jogged up to Heero and Duo. "How'd you guys learn how to play like that?! That was amazing!" Amber asked, amazed at the boys' skill.
"Thanks. What class do you have next?" Duo asked.
"Literature."
"Really? So do we. I think Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei have that too." Duo said.
"Cool. Just to let you know, we talk about weird stuff in that class."
"What kind of weird stuff?" Duo asked confused.
"You'll see." Amber smirked, then went into the girl's locker room.
'I wonder what she meant.' Duo thought as he went to change too.
"Why are we sitting on the floor?" Wufei asked.
"I don't know. Ms. Leaf just like's it this way, I guess." Amber replied. She and the five boys were sitting in a big circle of students on the floor. The desks had been pushed against the walls. Amber was sitting next to Quatre and Duo; Quatre on her left, Duo on her right. Heero sat next to Quatre, Trowa next to Duo, and Wufei next to Heero because he wanted to be as far away from the insane onna and braided baka as possible.
"Man, I wish I hadn't skipped chemistry. I wish I could've seen the look on Matoko's face as you spilled that stuff on her. Now I wish I hadn't skipped." Duo said.
"You skipped? So you're the one the teacher was looking for."
"Yup! I hid in the bathroom."
"I surprised you didn't hide in the cafeteria, Maxwell." Wufei smirked at him.
"Shut up! I couldn't hide in there because the lunch lady was there." Duo said, crossing his arms. Amber and the others face-faulted.
"You baka." Heero muttered. Duo stuck his tongue out at him but Heero ignored him.
Just then, Ms. Leaf walked into the room and sat on her desk. "Why does she get to sit on a desk while we have to sit on the floor?" Duo's complaint was loud enough for everyone to hear. All the students (minus the other g-boys) gasped and stared at Duo. "Why is everyone looking at me?" Duo began to look worried.
"Duo, Ms. Leaf is very strict. Get on her bad side and she'll make your life hell. I learned that the hard way last year." Amber hissed in Duo's ear. Duo gulped and nodded.
"Mr. Maxwell, I presume?" Ms. Leaf asked. Again Duo nodded. "Since this is your first day, I'll let you off with a warning." Ms. Leaf said as she glared at Duo.
"Ok, class. Today we'll be talking about what you think of the war and what you'd do in it." Ms. Leaf told the class.
"I thought this was a literature class." Duo whispered to Amber.
"It is. I told you we talk about weird stuff."
Students were arguing about what sides other students chose. Ms. Leaf just watched amused and jumping in if thins got out of hand.
"I'd want to be a nurse." Matoko said.
"A nurse? I'd rather fight." Amber scoffed.
"Who would you want to fight as?" Ms. Leaf asked.
"I'd want to fight as a Gundam pilot! They're so cool!" Amber said with a big smile. The g-boys stared at her, along with the rest of the class.
"You don't even know if they exist. The Gundams might just be special MD." Matoko said.
"Then why are the Gundams fighting MD? You can't answer that, can you? Besides, the Gundams were created before MD were. I think the Gundam pilots are very brave people who will give their lives for the colonies." Amber shot back.
"Then why doesn't anyone know their names? People just refer to them as 01, 02, 03, 04, and 05. And why aren't there any pictures of them?" Matoko argued.
"Maybe nobody's seen them well enough to take their picture and of course e don't know their names. If everybody did and someone met them, they could turn them into OZ or something. Then OZ would probably kill them." Amber said, getting angry.
"Amber..." Ms. Leaf said warningly. Amber silenced herself immediately. "Now, like I said is entitled to their own opinion Matoko. There was no need to make a big deal out of nothing. That's all for today. Class dismissed." Ms. Leaf said, standing up and walking out of the classroom. Everyone got up and followed her out.
"That was an....interesting discussion." Quatre said.
"Why do you want to be a Gundam pilot so much?" Duo asked.
"Because I think they're really cool. I think they're really brave to be willing to give up their lives for the colonies if they need to." Amber smiled,
"That or they have nothing tying them down so they don't care if they die." Trowa spoke for the first time all day. Amber stopped walking and stared at Trowa.
"Whoa!! You said something!!!! You can actually talk!!! I was beginning to think you were a mute!!" Amber said, staring wide-eyed at him. Everyone sweatdropped.
"I can talk. I just don't talk if I don't need." Trowa said, becoming silent again.
"Oh. That's weird." Amber said.
"That's because you talk too much onna." Wufei said.
"I do not talk too much!" Amber shouted. Just then, she ran into a stop sign pole. "Ok! Who put this sign here?!"
"Amber, it's always been there. You know that." Patrick said as he came up behind them. Amber just glared at the sign. "See you later Amber." Patrick ran off into the direction of his job.
"Here's my apartment building. Here's my vidphone (that's what it's called right?) and cell number. Call my vidphone after 6:00 PM. Call my cell anytime. I work from 3-6 o'clock." Amber handed Duo a piece of paper with her numbers on it.
"Okay. Thanks." Duo said as he took the slip of paper. Amber waved goodbye and went into her apartment. The guys continued walking after she had gone inside.
As soon as Amber got into her apartment, she changed into a pair of black Dickies, a tank top with the name of a band on it written in blood red, and black VANS. "Bye Yumi. See you around 6:00." Amber pet her kitten then left for work.
As Amber ran in the door of the grocery store, Patrick handed her her red apron that all the employees wore. Amber and Patrick had started working at the store two years ago with their friend Machika.
"Amber, the boss wants you to walk around and see if people need help." Patrick said as she tied the apron.
"K!" Amber said as she walked off
"Excuse me ma'am. Do you need any help with anything?" Amber asked a little old lady.
"Oh yes. I can't decide if I should get low-fat milk or non-fat. Which do you suggest?" the lady asked.
Amber sweatdropped and smiled, "Why don't you get non-fat?" Amber suggested.
"Hmmm. But I also want low-fat. Which to get? Hmm." the lady wondered aloud.
30 minutes later
Amber's patience had run out. "Why don't you get both?!" Amber ground out.
"Why, that's a great idea! Thank you miss." the old lady grabbed both milk cartons and walked away.
"Anytime." Amber was practically seething. 'Stupid old lady!'
"Excuse me?"
"What?!" Amber spun around angrily.
"Um, where is the, uh, cereal?" asked a little boy, clearly afraid of Amber.
"Sorry. Isle 12.' Amber apologized. The boy ran off but his mother stayed.
"What's your problem? He just wanted to ask you a question." She scolded.
"I'm sorry ma'am. Really, I am." Amber said putting her hands put defensively.
"Well, I don't know why they have teenagers working here. I guess-"she was cut off by Amber's cell ringing to the song "Someday" by Nickelback. 'Saved by the bell, er, cell phone.' Amber thought as she answered her phone.
"Hello." she answered her phone.
"Mizunashi? This is Heero." the person on the other end said.
"Hey Heero. What's up?" Amber asked. The mother of the little boy glared at her and walked away. Amber flipped off her retreating back.
"Where's the grocery store? I'm sending Duo to get groceries." Heero said. In the background, Amber could hear Duo yell, "Why do I have to go?"
"Because I said so. Amber, give me directions to the store from Woodland Park."
"Do you know where Main St. is?"
"Yes."
"Ok. If you go one street further it's on that street. The store's called Angel's Grocery. Ok. Bye." Amber hung up and put the phone back in her pocket.
"Hey Duo!" Amber waved at him as he burst through the doors to the store.
"Amber? What're you doing here?"
"I work here. I didn't tell Heero so he didn't tell you. Anyways, what took you so long? It takes me five minutes to get here if I walk. You took about twenty."
"I got lost."
"Even after I gave you directions? Heero said you knew where Main St. is."
"Well, I knew where it was, I just didn't know how to get there." Duo chuckled a little. Amber slapped herself in the forehead.
"Oh Duo. My shift's over in about thirty minutes. We can walk home together."
"Ok."
"Duo, why'd you get so much food?" Amber asked, stumbling under the weight of the food.
"Well, I eat a lot at every meal so I had to get a lot of food." Duo laughed sheepishly. Amber rolled her eyes.
"Why do you and the other guys live together?"
"Well, we're all friends and none of us have parents. So we just all live together."
"I was surprised to see Quatre here. I'd never have thought he'd come to a colony like this and actually live here." Amber said. "Oh! Where are you guys living?"
"Er, hehe, in a tent in Woodland Park. We just got here so we haven't had time to look for an apartment or something."
"Really? Why don't you live in my apartment? It's big enough. Besides, the colony forecast said we're going to have a lot of rain tonight. We need the rain but you'll be drenched."
"Won't your parents care?"
"Parents? I don't have any parents."
"Oh. I'm sorry."
"Don't be. You didn't know. Besides, I never knew them so I can't really feel sad. C'mon, this alley is a shortcut to my street." The two teens turned into the alley. Little did they know they were being followed.
That's the end of chapter three! YAY! I haven't slept in, like, 30 hours or something. I woke up at 6:30 AM yesterday morning and haven't slept since. Stupid sunstroke. Made me so sick I couldn't sleep. It's 12:30 AM now. I should get some sleep. ZZZZZZZ.........
Anyway, I hope you review! The chapters should get more interesting now!