Chap 1: One upon a very long day........
Warning:
Ah, well, I'm only 13, so I can't make this so people of 13 years can't read it, 'cause then I couldn't know what I was typing,
(if that made any sense, give yourself a pat on the back, I re-worded it about five times!!)
so, a bit of bad language, just a *tiny* bit, and maybe a few kisses later, I dunno, oh, prob guy/guy as well, who knows?
Not me!!!
Disclaimer: Ah, nope, not mine, nope, don't own it!!!
Get it? NOT MINE!!!!
I only take credit for my idea's/whatever hell I put someone elses characters through!!!!!!
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Hey, I'm Dark Devil, and this is my first fic, Zoids or not!!
Ah, make no comment about the title, if you please!!
It's a sore spot......aren't writers supposed to think of a decent title for their work?!
Just look at mine...no, don't!
It's too shamefull...........
Now, random, but I GOT A PAPER CUT AND IT HURTS!!!!!!
Ah, has anybody seen what colour Van's eyes are?
I know, random, but all the images I've got, his eyes are black, just black, without even a colour around the pupil, so for now, his eyes are black.
(and as I edit this, I remember that Moonbay's are as well!)
......even though that's totaly gross.....black eyes.......heh, I like the colour black.....well.....lack of colour black, as black is the absense of colour or light, it's my fav colour, but that is disturbing, not to see someones pupils..........aha, I'm rambling on in my thoughts, which I can type down, slowly then I can think of them, but still type them down, so yeah.........
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"Urghh."
Rolling off of his bed, onto the ground, 15 year old Van Flyheight decided yet again, that he hated getting up for school.
"What's the point?"
'To learn how to be a zoids pro?'
Ignoring the sensible voice in his mind, Van had a shower, tied his hair back, then decided what to wear.
'Man, everyone thinks girls take forever to get ready, 'cause they think about their appearances to much, what about us guys? Heh, we probably think to much of what we look like ourselves to notice anyone else.'
When he realised he shouldn't be bothering, he had a uniform to wear, Van slapped himself on the forehead, chucked on the long black baggy pants, and the white sleeveless top, with a black zip-up vest as well, he raced into the kitchen.
Opening the fridge, he wondered why it was empty, then realised that he had forgotten to shop, and as his sister was away on a school trip for her school, he had no food.
"Shit. Ah well, guess I'll have to pick something up from the corner shop......"
Grabbing his backpack, he shoved a pile of books and a pencil case into it, grabbed some lunch money, slipped into his sneakers, and headed out the door.
Locking it, he went out front of the two storey house, grabbed his hoverboard, and headed for the shops.
*~*
"Forgot breakfast again, Van?"
"Shaddup, Irvine. It's not funny!"
Fiona managed to stop giggling enough that the group of three could continue walking to the shops.
"Well, did you?"
"Yeah, ever since she left on that dumb trip, I've had nothing to eat from home."
"Why don't you throw a party before she gets back?"
All three turned to see Moonbay, dressed in the girls uniform like Fiona was, black skirt, tight white top, and a black vest, approaching them on her hoverboard.
The group proceeded, Moonbay and Van carrying their boards.
"So, what class do we have first?"
Fiona glanced up from her schedule and answered Moonbay,
"I've got science after English, wait, it is day three, right?"
"Yeah, that's such a stupid way. I mean, why have it seven day schedules, when there's only five school days in a week? It put things out of balance, Like, the third day, Wednesday, right? Nope, this week, it's Friday!"
Irvine shoved Van onto the road, which had no cars approaching, fortunately, and commented,
"It seems like we've had this conversation before, when I wonder? Only every day!!!"
Laughing, the four reached the shop, and waited outside while Van got some food.
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"So, good morning everybody!!"
The three waiting turned to face the owner of the voice, who had exited the shop with Van.
"Karl!! Morning!!"
Running over, Fiona gave him a hug, then linked fingers with him.
"You know, Fiona, your like a midget next to him."
Poking her tongue out at Moonbay, Fiona blushed when Karl gave her hand a squeeze, and lifted her up so her head was the same height as his.
"Is that good enough for you, Moonbay?"
"Oh, shuddap Shoeboltz."
"But I haven't said anything yet!"
The group turned to it's new arrival, Thomas.
"Hey, Thomas."
"I didn't mean you, I meant Karl. He's to busy to say hi to you though, holding Fiona up must be strenuous."
As soon as she had said it, Moonbay was off at a run, laughing, towards their school.
"MOONBAY!!!! I'LL GET YOU!!!"
Laughing also, Fiona got Karl to put her down, with some struggle, and took off after Moonbay, water bottle as a weapon.
Laughing, the others followed, but at a fast walk, not a run.
"So, Van, are you gunn'a have a party, like Moonbay wants you to?"
"What, and have her trash my house? No thanks, Irvine, I'd rather-"
"Wait, Van, your a bit too descriptive sometimes, don't finish that sentence, please."
"Yeah, stuff you to, Karl."
Grinning, Van tried to shove the older, stronger, hotter, and much more talented teenager onto the road.
"Dream on Van."
*~*
"Alright, class, settle down!!"
The teachers calls were to no avail, and it ended up with,
"Mr Flyheight!! I have called for silence, and yet you disobey! How do you plead?"
"Ah, man, umm, what will get me less detention?"
"Guess!!!!"
"Uh, guilty?"
"Aha! I knew it!! Detention after school, and I advise you to keep quiet from now on!!"
Leaning back in his chair, Van mumbled to Thomas about how he hates 'stupid bloody lawyers who become teacher's.
Fiona didn't get off to a good start that day, either, in her form room, all the others were a year older then her, but as she was small for her age, she was treated with the least amount of respect.
"Hey, HEY!! Settle down!!!!!"
As the teacher called for silence, Irvine leant over to her, whispering about how Van was going to have a party, but didn't know about it yet, but was interrupted by somebody yelling out,
"Ooh, Irvine likes shortie!!!"
And another,
"Sir, Irvine and Fiona were whispering about you!!"
The teacher turned on them, and asked,
"Is that true?"
"No, Mr Herman."
"What were you whispering about, then?"
"About how-"
"How that's none of your business and how much we're going to enjoy the detention your going to give us."
Fiona gave Irvine the death glare, she could have gotten out of that detention, but he smirked, and was heard to say,
"If I go down, you go down!"
Moonbay sat there, laughing at them both, enjoying herself, but then,
"Moonbay!! Pay attention!!!"
"Yessir.......HAHAHAHA!"
"Alright, you can join them in detention, and maybe you'll learn not to laugh at others then."
"Shit."
"What was that?"
"Oh, Umm, I like to stay fit?"
"Thought so, just watch yourself."
Moonbay sat back in her seat, not a trace of amusement about her, as Irvine laughed openly at her.
Sighing, Herman shook his head.
How could he live through this, every day?
*~*
When the bell rang for break, Fiona headed to her locker, which was next to Moonbay's.
"Hey, Fiona."
"Hey."
Placing a book into her locker, Fiona exploded.
"Why'd he do that?! I coulda gotten out of it, but no, he had to drag me down!!!!"
"What's so bad about a detention?"
"I've been trying to get a clean record this year, but with Irvine as a friend? Who needs an enemy?"
"Huh, true."
They were silent for a moment, but not for lack of noise, the corridors were full of screaming teenagers, there wasn't a quiet moment in sight, or sound.
Feeling a hand around her waist, Fiona spun around.
"Karl!!"
Relaxing in his grip, she sighed.
"I can't go with you tonight, I got detention."
"Huh? You got detention?"
"Yeah, I coulda gotten outta it, but Irvine made it worse, so me and him are in after school, then Moonbay got in for laughing at us."
"Shame."
"What was that?!"
Both turned to see Moonbay, momentarily forgotten, fuming.
"Pardon? I thought I heard you dissing me, Karl?!"
"That's right."
Calmly, Karl shrugged, kissed Fiona on the forehead, and stalked off.
Sighing, Fiona closed her eyes, and leant against her locker.
"So, what did you have to cancel with Karl?"
"Huh?"
"You said you couldn't go with him tonight, where?"
"Oh, you know, around."
"Hey, I tell you stuff, you tell me!"
"Fine, we were gunna, well, we were gunna hang out with some of his friends, go to a party."
'And then go back to his place, man, he's so cute!!'
"And then?"
"Huh?"
"You always go to party's with him, but you've never acted like this. What else were you going to do?"
"Oh, um, nothing........look! There's Raven!"
"Huh? Where?!"
"Ha, got ya!"
"Hey! Not funny!"
"What? It's not my fault you've always crushed on him-"
BRINNNNNGG!!!
"Damn, class. See ya, I've got zoid piloting next!! You know how Mr Hiltz hates it when I'm late!"
Moonbay ran off, joining up with Irvine as they entered class.
*~*
"Right, class. Today we'll be learning more basic skills for the level 15's, some stealth understanding for level 16, and some practise at flying in a pteris for levels 17 and 18 will will be helping me repair this gunsniper we found."
The class burst into whispers, of excitement, and boredom.
"Cool, a gunsniper."
"Man, not more basic skills,"
"Practise? Does that mean simulation or for real?"
"Reese, who you know already, as she works here for me part-time, will take group 15, 16 will be supervised by the older students on detention leave."
"Detention leave?"
Irvine's confused whisper was answered by another, but not Moonbay.
"It's where we pay back detention in our free time, helping the teachers instead of staying after school."
"Karl!"
"Hey, Shoeboltz."
"Hey, Irvine."
"Wait, Karl, I thought you never got detention?"
Shrugging, the older guy listened to his instructions, ignoring Moonbay's glares.
"Level 16, you go with this guy, Mr O'Connell, level 17, your with Mr Shoeboltz, and there's no 18 in this class, so I'll work with all of you, revolving around."
Karl motioned level 17 to him, grinning at Irvine, who fell behind the others, his indifferent gaze betrayed by his keen eyes.
Moonbay sighed, going with her group, 16, annoyed that she was stuck with five other losers.
*~*
Lunch came, and as the others weren't in any of her classes until then, Fiona was glad to slide into a booth next to Karl.
"I've forgotten, why don't we just eat at school?"
Moonbay sighed, and turned to face Van.
"Van, we've told you before, just because you can digest that crap cook Prozen calls food, doesn't mean we can. It's healthier for us to just go for a walk and eat here."
"Right."
Smiling, Fiona snuggled up to Karl, who was talking to Irvine.
"-so there's more pull on it, and the hydraulics have to be readjusted to......"
"What? Hello?"
Karl gazed to where Irvine was looking, and saw what had stopped him in mid- sentence.
Raven.
"What the hell's he doing here?"
"Who?"
All of them,
(Irvine, Karl, Fiona, Thomas, Van, and Moonbay (who just happened to blush at the sight) )
raised their gaze to where the grey haired boy was ordering.
"Him."
"Asshole."
Fiona, Moonbay and Thomas instinctively pulled Van back to his seat when he stood, and told him to stay.
"What do you know? Maybe he'll leave as soon as he finishes, and we won't have to be in another fight."
Karl watched this with interest, and asked,
"Do you know him?"
"Yeah, he's this freak that's always fighting us, and somehow he wins most of the time."
"To hell he does!! Dream on!! Who's side are you on, anyway, Fiona?"
Ignoring this, Fiona turned back to face Karl.
"Why? Do you know him?"
"Kind of. You know Reese, my friend?"
"Yeah, she's cool."
"That's her younger brother."
"HIM?!"
"Yep."
"I see no resemblance."
Van and the others were trying to work out who Reese was.
"Huh?"
They watched as Raven approached them, takeaways in hand, saw Karl, nodded his head slightly, and changed direction for the exit.
"Why'd he leave?"
Van was stumped, but Fiona knew.
"He nodded to you, didn't he?"
".....Yeah, you could say that."
"Uh, Karl?"
"Yeah, Thomas?"
"Uh, why?"
"Well, there's something I know that I'm not going to tell you guys, so drop it."
"WHAT???!!"
"I'm not going to tell you, it's not my place to tell."
Fiona shrugged, and gave the others a glare that said, 'drop it', before turning to a big plate of fries they were sharing, grabbed one, and coated it in sauce.
"Yum."
When she finished that one, Fiona watched as Karl grabbed one, dipped it in the sauce, and went to eat it, so she quickly grabbed it from his unsuspecting grip, chucking it in her mouth.
"Hey....."
"Is for horses, yes, I know."
Laughing, Fiona grabbed one and gave it to Karl, who instead of taking it from her hand, grabbed it with his teeth, sucking on her fingers before she released the chip to him.
"Ass."
"Bitch."
"Woof woof."
They grinned at each other, grabbed a chip each, and stole the others from their hands.
"Ok, guys? Hello?"
"Yeah, Irvine?"
Fiona answered him, but kept her gaze on a chip Karl was planning to eat.
"Do you mind? I mean, we're all trying to eat, and worse, the same stuff you two are making us sick over!!"
While they talked, Moonbay and Thomas had grabbed a handful of chips each, and acted it out.
"Oh, Karl, feed me that chip!!!"
"Sure, Fiona!!"
Shoving the whole handful into Moonbay's face, Thomas received what he gave, Moonbay's fistful had found his face.
"Very funny."
"Amusing."
Fiona and Karl separated, but kept side by side, and ate their own food, playing footsies instead.
Irvine couldn't figure out why Fiona kept shrieking with laughter, but then realised something, and shot a glance under the table, to see them playing footsies, but when he emerged to accuse them, he got a thump on the head.
"Irvine!! We're wearing skirts, you perve!!!!"
When Moonbay said this, she realised her mistake, and quickly tucked her skirt in all around, folding her right leg over her left, Fiona following suit, while Van and Thomas quickly glanced under the table.
"Ow."
"That sucks, we didn't see anything, and she still hurts us!"
Van and Thomas supported sore heads on the way back to school, already looking forward to the end of school.
*~*
"- so in 1918 on earth, the armistice was signed, ending the first world war-"
BRINNNGG!!
(so what? they're in history, and that's what I'm studying, it wont leave me alone, so lets say they're in.... History; Earth. deal?)
"Alright, class dismissed, I want a two page essay on how the armistice was signed, when and where, what were the terms of it.
(funny, I seem to remember doing that half an hour ago......)
Class dismissed."
Fiona grabbed her bag, and walked out, talking to a random person that didn't think she was an annoying midget who's lying about her age, when she saw Raven standing in the hall, leaning against her locker.
Finishing the conversation, she walked over and said,
"Er, 'scuse me, can I get into my locker, please?"
Raven didn't move, he just blinked.
"Um, Raven? Can I get in....please?"
He wordlessly moved aside, not letting his eyes leave her.
With the hairs standing on her neck, Fiona shoved her books into the locker, grabbed some stuff she needed to finish over the weekend, and closed the locker, to find him still staring at her.
Taking a deep breathe, she turned to face him.
"Yes?"
"Oh, nothing."
His voice was light, carefree, but his gaze and posture was otherwise.
Unnerved, Fiona left, knowing well that he followed her.
She saw Irvine ahead, and tried to calm down, then ran over to him.
"Hey Irvine."
"Hey."
"Listen, do you want to go somewhere or do something?"
"Hello? We've got detention?"
"Oh shit. I forgot."
"Well, we're late, so let's get there."
"Right."
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"Urgh, detention sucks!!!!!!"
"Shut up, Moonbay!!!"
There was about twenty people in detention that day, apparently there had been a fight during lunch, and Moonbay, Irvine, Fiona and a few others sat in a corner, talking, unnoticed.
"Well what's the point of it?!"
"Let's use this time to plan Van's party for him!!"
"Great idea Irvine, Fiona, got any paper?"
Fiona just kept staring at the wall, thinking about what Raven had been doing.
Why follow her?
"Fiona?"
Giving her friend a gentle shove, Moonbay repeated,
"Got any paper?"
"Here."
Grabbing a spare book from her bag, Fiona passed it to Moonbay, then lapsed into her thoughts again.
"Right......well, what will we need?"
"Music. Food. A pool."
Irvine appeared to know everything about party's, having been to so many, and having so many of his own.
"First, music. A band or a radio."
"Radio, we don't have much of a budget. Can you bring your C.D's?"
"Sure, can you bring yours?"
"Yep, now the....food."
"Food, food, food, food, food."
"Yeah, food."
"Well, caterer?"
"No, finger food, you know, chips, cans of drink, cheap stuff."
"Sweet, now, a pool?"
Moonbay raised one eye, and waited for Irvine to explain.
"Well, a pool increases enjoyment by almost 50%, it's the ultimate."
"So your suggesting we use Van's pool?"
"It's a bit small, but it'll do."
"So we'll use our C.D's, buy cheap food, and use the pool?"
"Yep, now, how many people do you think we can get in Van's house?"
"I dunno, half the school?"
Laughing, the two wrote a list of 20 people, then went to those that were in detention, explained when and where to go, and that they could bring up to what, three others.
"Yeah, the house can't fit much more then that, but beggars can't be chosers."
Irvine finished with a shrug, and returned to his desk in the corner, next to Moonbay, and ticked off the list.
"Moonbay, we've got about twelve people left, who can you ring tonight?"
"Well, I know those five personally, I can get those three, and, well, I guess I could ask him later, he works at the takeouts tonight, so, can you get.....her.....him....and......her."
"Deal. Next, we buy the food, then tell Van."
"Shouldn't we tell Van first?"
"And give him the chance to cancel it?"
"Right, tell Van last."
'Why did he follow me? Why was he at my locker? Why......what the hell is Moonbay doing?'
"Moonbay? What are you doing?"
"Huh? Sshh, I just told you, I'm going to make a break for it, Irvine's already out."
"He.....he is?"
"Yep. You were daydreaming, so I figure you have to stay and sign our names in the leaving book, right?"
(yeah, um, I decided that they have to sign a book at the start and end of detention, to prove they were there and all)
"Whatever."
Fiona watched as Moonbay gently dropped out the window, trying her hardest to keep her skirt right.
Shaking her head, Fiona went back to daydreaming, waiting for the time to be over.
*~*
BRINNNNGG!!
"Sweet."
"Please sign as you leave."
Signing her name, as well as Moonbay and Irvine's, Fiona slung her bag on, and trudged through the door, wondering what she wanted to do.
'Man, I'm gunna kill Irvine!! I wanted so badly to go out with Karl today, a perfect Friday, and IRVINE got me in detention!! Now Karl's out having fun, and I'm stuck bored, probably just going to do my homework all night. How fucking BORING!!!'
Leaving schools grounds, Fiona kicked at stones that strayed into her path, not realising or caring that she was being followed.
Turning down a street, Fiona figured she'd just ring Moonbay, see if they were going to have a party still, maybe help them tell Van without getting killed, the usual.
A shrill sound broke the silence, and Fiona reached into her bag, bringing out a book, opened it up, grabbed her mobile from in it, and answered,
"Yeah?"
There was interference, so she stopped walking, and it cleared up.
"Fiona?"
"Yeah?"
"It's Raven."
"Raven?"
"Yeah, what are you doing?"
"Nothing, why?"
"Well, that's good, can you meet me at the park?"
"I dunno, why?"
"Just can you? Now?"
"Uh, alright."
"Great, I'll be waiting."
Hanging up, Fiona wondered,
'What the hell was that about? Do I go? Why not?'
Deciding on going, Fiona redirected course for the local park, wondering what Raven was about.
Turning the next corner, Fiona thought she could hear someone, and saw a guy walking behind her.
Quickening her pace, she'd never been that comfortable about strangers, Fiona turned the next corner, to find the guy quickened his pace as well.
Now starting to freak out, she grabbed her phone, and went to ring someone, when the battery went dead.
Turning another corner, she heard the guy quickening his pace, and she started to run.
Now the guy was sprinting after her, and she was at the park.
Looking around, she saw a group of guys, a playground, and on one of the swings, Raven.
Relief flooded all over her, and she ran over to the familiar sight.
Running over, she sat in the swing next to Raven's, catching her breathe.
Hearing laughter, she looked up to see the guy and Raven conversing in quiet voices, the guy laughing at something Raven had said.
"Raven?"
The afternoon light was playing a joke on her, surely, he couldn't be smiling, he NEVER smiled.
"Oh, Fiona."
Nodding to the guy, Raven turned to face her, still smiling.
"I noticed your going out with Karl Shoeboltz."
"Uh...yeah, I am."
"I also noticed that he tells you things, most probably things he wouldn't tell other people."
Where the hell was this going?
Completely confused, Fiona arched an eyebrow and waited for him to continue.
"I guess he's told you about his friends."
"Uh, I've met a few of them, and heard of some others, yeah."
"Have you met Reese?"
"Uh, yeah, and isn't she your sister?"
"Yep. I guess he told you that?"
"Yeah, today."
"What else did he tell you?"
So Fiona explained how Van had wanted to know why Raven had retreated, and how it had slipped into the conversation about Reese and Raven, and then that he had declared that he wouldn't share info, how she had shrugged, then when Fiona started to describe the whole fries thing, Raven interrupted.
"Right, is that all that's relevant?"
"Um, I suppose so, I don't know what it's relevant to, but probably."
He smirked again, and looked over to the group of guys.
"They look pretty strong, right?"
"Uh, yeah."
"What, strong enough to rape someone?"
"Uh, probably."
"Strong enough to rape you?"
'What the hell is he getting at?'
"Uh, probably."
"You know, I could get Reese to help you, get stronger, so you could defend yourself."
"Uh, thanks, but can I ask why?"
"Oh? Uh, sorry, I forgot you can't read minds. Uh, the guy I sent to make sure no-one would harm you, and he said you acted very, wary, of him, and then started to run when he kept to your pace. We figured that either you've been raped, know someone who has, or your very cautious. For now, let's say your cautious, I don't want to bother with stories that will determinedly make someone miserable.So I figure that you could use a moral booster, and Reese can teach you self defence, you up for it?"
'Forgot I can't read minds?! Who does he know that can to make him forget?!'
"Uh, sure.......but why'd you want to talk to me?"
"Oh, I just wanted to see how much Karl's been telling people, and as your the closest to him....."
Raven shrugged, then stood up, signalling to the group of guys.
One of the guys came over.
"Vincent, can you escort Miss Fiona here back to......uh, where will you be going?"
"Um, I'll probably be going home, to recharge my phone, and then to Moonbay's or Van's or someone's, who knows?"
"So, where's your place?"
"Uh,"
Fiona was surprised.
After living here for ages, she had no idea of what road she lived on.
"Um, my place? I honestly don't know."
"Uh,"
Raven had a coughing fit, suspiciously like a laughing fit, before he could ask,
"Do you know how to get there?"
"Yeah, it's the way to Irvine's place, then take a right and go to Van's, then Moonbay's, two road's after that, the cute purple letter-box!!"
Raven couldn't hide this amount of laughter, and after he got it under control, he asked,
"You remember where your friends live, but you barely know where you live?!"
"Um, yeah?"
Raven was taken over with laughter again, and waved a hand.
The guy, Vincent?, said,
"Just walk home like normal, I shall follow, but do not worry. If you are in danger, I'll defend you, but you must not tell anybody I am there"
"Uh, sure."
As she left, Fiona saw a glimpse of Raven talking to the group of guys, then he started to fight them, but in a way that suggested it was a routine.
*~*
Opening the door to her house, well, her and her familles small house, Fiona glanced back to see the guy give her the slightest wave, before disappearing into the shadows again.
Shaking her head, Fiona closed the door, walked into the lounge, chucked her bag in a corner, pulled a bean bag into the sun, and tanned, while thinking.
*~*
She was brought out of her deep thought by the phone ringing.
Stretching, Fiona answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hey girl!"
"Hey Moonbay!"
Glancing around, Fiona picked her bag up, checked she was on the cordless phone, then continued to get her mobile out, and put it on the charger in her room.
"So?"
"Huh?"
"I was waiting for you after detention, I quit after a while, but I thought you'd be going to the corner shop, I waited there with Thomas and Van, while Irvine organised the party."
"Oh yeah, how's the party going?"
While Moonbay launched into details about the party, Fiona listened with half an ear, the other half was concentrated on what Raven had said, and not said, before.
"-and then we'll get food, so do you want to come?"
"Uh, when?"
"FIONA!!! You weren't listening!!!"
"Sorry, I'm free from now till Monday, uh, I think, so when's everything?"
"Party's from eight tomorrow, until whenever, we figure heaps will be passed out, and we're going for the food about now, so you in?"
"Sure, where do I meet you?"
"Uh, well, how about I get you from your place, then we get the stuff, then dinner as well?"
"Dinner?! Aren't you a few hours early?"
"Um, Fiona, it's past dinner time."
"What?"
It was true.
Glancing at her clock, Fiona was startled to see that it was already 8:38.
"What?!"
"Yeah, did you zone out or something all day?"
"Uh, I think I did. It was about 4:30 when I got back, how could I sit there for four hours tanning?!"
"Ooch, girl, you must be burnt."
"Oh crap!!!"
A glance at her legs confirmed this.
"Shit. Damn!!"
Laughter sounded from Moonbay, then she said,
"Well, get ready, I'm leaving now."
"Right, I'll just change and put on some makeup, so I'll be ready."
*~*
KNOCK KNOCK
"Damn!!"
Fiona raced to get the door, eye-shadow in hand, and flung it open, letting Moonbay in, then ran back to the mirror.
"I guess your not ready."
"Very funny!!!"
Fiona glanced at Moonbay, who was wearing flared jeans, and a tight sleeveless black top, a jacket around her waist.
Moonbay glanced at Fiona who was wearing......flared jeans, and a black top, tight, but with 3/4 sleeves, with flares, and a white vest.
The difference in their jeans was that Moonbay's had a cute white and yellow iron on flower at the bottom of the right leg,
"Alright, can I ring Irvine?"
"Why?"
"Because. I need to make sure he didn't fall back to sleep."
"Fall back asleep?"
"Yeah, he was asleep before, when I rang him, he wasn't to happy that he'd fallen asleep, but was about to drift of again."
"Right, you know where the phone is, I'll just grab my bag."
"Sweet."
Fiona grabbed her back pack, dumped it's books onto the bed, and put her wallet, phone, and a few other things, like a scarf, and lip gloss, glitter brush,
"You ready, Fiona?"
"Yeah, was Irvine there?"
"Yeah, he was just leaving, so we'll meet him there, right?"
"Sweet, let's go!"
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Hey, well, how'd you like?
Review, please, I'm new at this, please excuse all spelling errors, I'm not God, as much as I wish to be, ah, well, was that to long?
PlEaSe tell, so I can fix it.
Oh, also, I havn't made myself known, I've only given about three reviews, BUT IT ISN'T MY FAULT!!
I swear it!!!!
My computer wont bring up second windows or something, so when I go to review it comes up blank, and Dad doesn't care, he just always wants me offline, so I'll make a list of *some* of the good fics I've read, I can't remember what I *did* review at school in a free-time session,
But for now, just, I dunno, REVIEW!!!!!!!
*fingers crossed!!*
Dark_lil_Devil
Warning:
Ah, well, I'm only 13, so I can't make this so people of 13 years can't read it, 'cause then I couldn't know what I was typing,
(if that made any sense, give yourself a pat on the back, I re-worded it about five times!!)
so, a bit of bad language, just a *tiny* bit, and maybe a few kisses later, I dunno, oh, prob guy/guy as well, who knows?
Not me!!!
Disclaimer: Ah, nope, not mine, nope, don't own it!!!
Get it? NOT MINE!!!!
I only take credit for my idea's/whatever hell I put someone elses characters through!!!!!!
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Hey, I'm Dark Devil, and this is my first fic, Zoids or not!!
Ah, make no comment about the title, if you please!!
It's a sore spot......aren't writers supposed to think of a decent title for their work?!
Just look at mine...no, don't!
It's too shamefull...........
Now, random, but I GOT A PAPER CUT AND IT HURTS!!!!!!
Ah, has anybody seen what colour Van's eyes are?
I know, random, but all the images I've got, his eyes are black, just black, without even a colour around the pupil, so for now, his eyes are black.
(and as I edit this, I remember that Moonbay's are as well!)
......even though that's totaly gross.....black eyes.......heh, I like the colour black.....well.....lack of colour black, as black is the absense of colour or light, it's my fav colour, but that is disturbing, not to see someones pupils..........aha, I'm rambling on in my thoughts, which I can type down, slowly then I can think of them, but still type them down, so yeah.........
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"Urghh."
Rolling off of his bed, onto the ground, 15 year old Van Flyheight decided yet again, that he hated getting up for school.
"What's the point?"
'To learn how to be a zoids pro?'
Ignoring the sensible voice in his mind, Van had a shower, tied his hair back, then decided what to wear.
'Man, everyone thinks girls take forever to get ready, 'cause they think about their appearances to much, what about us guys? Heh, we probably think to much of what we look like ourselves to notice anyone else.'
When he realised he shouldn't be bothering, he had a uniform to wear, Van slapped himself on the forehead, chucked on the long black baggy pants, and the white sleeveless top, with a black zip-up vest as well, he raced into the kitchen.
Opening the fridge, he wondered why it was empty, then realised that he had forgotten to shop, and as his sister was away on a school trip for her school, he had no food.
"Shit. Ah well, guess I'll have to pick something up from the corner shop......"
Grabbing his backpack, he shoved a pile of books and a pencil case into it, grabbed some lunch money, slipped into his sneakers, and headed out the door.
Locking it, he went out front of the two storey house, grabbed his hoverboard, and headed for the shops.
*~*
"Forgot breakfast again, Van?"
"Shaddup, Irvine. It's not funny!"
Fiona managed to stop giggling enough that the group of three could continue walking to the shops.
"Well, did you?"
"Yeah, ever since she left on that dumb trip, I've had nothing to eat from home."
"Why don't you throw a party before she gets back?"
All three turned to see Moonbay, dressed in the girls uniform like Fiona was, black skirt, tight white top, and a black vest, approaching them on her hoverboard.
The group proceeded, Moonbay and Van carrying their boards.
"So, what class do we have first?"
Fiona glanced up from her schedule and answered Moonbay,
"I've got science after English, wait, it is day three, right?"
"Yeah, that's such a stupid way. I mean, why have it seven day schedules, when there's only five school days in a week? It put things out of balance, Like, the third day, Wednesday, right? Nope, this week, it's Friday!"
Irvine shoved Van onto the road, which had no cars approaching, fortunately, and commented,
"It seems like we've had this conversation before, when I wonder? Only every day!!!"
Laughing, the four reached the shop, and waited outside while Van got some food.
*~*
"So, good morning everybody!!"
The three waiting turned to face the owner of the voice, who had exited the shop with Van.
"Karl!! Morning!!"
Running over, Fiona gave him a hug, then linked fingers with him.
"You know, Fiona, your like a midget next to him."
Poking her tongue out at Moonbay, Fiona blushed when Karl gave her hand a squeeze, and lifted her up so her head was the same height as his.
"Is that good enough for you, Moonbay?"
"Oh, shuddap Shoeboltz."
"But I haven't said anything yet!"
The group turned to it's new arrival, Thomas.
"Hey, Thomas."
"I didn't mean you, I meant Karl. He's to busy to say hi to you though, holding Fiona up must be strenuous."
As soon as she had said it, Moonbay was off at a run, laughing, towards their school.
"MOONBAY!!!! I'LL GET YOU!!!"
Laughing also, Fiona got Karl to put her down, with some struggle, and took off after Moonbay, water bottle as a weapon.
Laughing, the others followed, but at a fast walk, not a run.
"So, Van, are you gunn'a have a party, like Moonbay wants you to?"
"What, and have her trash my house? No thanks, Irvine, I'd rather-"
"Wait, Van, your a bit too descriptive sometimes, don't finish that sentence, please."
"Yeah, stuff you to, Karl."
Grinning, Van tried to shove the older, stronger, hotter, and much more talented teenager onto the road.
"Dream on Van."
*~*
"Alright, class, settle down!!"
The teachers calls were to no avail, and it ended up with,
"Mr Flyheight!! I have called for silence, and yet you disobey! How do you plead?"
"Ah, man, umm, what will get me less detention?"
"Guess!!!!"
"Uh, guilty?"
"Aha! I knew it!! Detention after school, and I advise you to keep quiet from now on!!"
Leaning back in his chair, Van mumbled to Thomas about how he hates 'stupid bloody lawyers who become teacher's.
Fiona didn't get off to a good start that day, either, in her form room, all the others were a year older then her, but as she was small for her age, she was treated with the least amount of respect.
"Hey, HEY!! Settle down!!!!!"
As the teacher called for silence, Irvine leant over to her, whispering about how Van was going to have a party, but didn't know about it yet, but was interrupted by somebody yelling out,
"Ooh, Irvine likes shortie!!!"
And another,
"Sir, Irvine and Fiona were whispering about you!!"
The teacher turned on them, and asked,
"Is that true?"
"No, Mr Herman."
"What were you whispering about, then?"
"About how-"
"How that's none of your business and how much we're going to enjoy the detention your going to give us."
Fiona gave Irvine the death glare, she could have gotten out of that detention, but he smirked, and was heard to say,
"If I go down, you go down!"
Moonbay sat there, laughing at them both, enjoying herself, but then,
"Moonbay!! Pay attention!!!"
"Yessir.......HAHAHAHA!"
"Alright, you can join them in detention, and maybe you'll learn not to laugh at others then."
"Shit."
"What was that?"
"Oh, Umm, I like to stay fit?"
"Thought so, just watch yourself."
Moonbay sat back in her seat, not a trace of amusement about her, as Irvine laughed openly at her.
Sighing, Herman shook his head.
How could he live through this, every day?
*~*
When the bell rang for break, Fiona headed to her locker, which was next to Moonbay's.
"Hey, Fiona."
"Hey."
Placing a book into her locker, Fiona exploded.
"Why'd he do that?! I coulda gotten out of it, but no, he had to drag me down!!!!"
"What's so bad about a detention?"
"I've been trying to get a clean record this year, but with Irvine as a friend? Who needs an enemy?"
"Huh, true."
They were silent for a moment, but not for lack of noise, the corridors were full of screaming teenagers, there wasn't a quiet moment in sight, or sound.
Feeling a hand around her waist, Fiona spun around.
"Karl!!"
Relaxing in his grip, she sighed.
"I can't go with you tonight, I got detention."
"Huh? You got detention?"
"Yeah, I coulda gotten outta it, but Irvine made it worse, so me and him are in after school, then Moonbay got in for laughing at us."
"Shame."
"What was that?!"
Both turned to see Moonbay, momentarily forgotten, fuming.
"Pardon? I thought I heard you dissing me, Karl?!"
"That's right."
Calmly, Karl shrugged, kissed Fiona on the forehead, and stalked off.
Sighing, Fiona closed her eyes, and leant against her locker.
"So, what did you have to cancel with Karl?"
"Huh?"
"You said you couldn't go with him tonight, where?"
"Oh, you know, around."
"Hey, I tell you stuff, you tell me!"
"Fine, we were gunna, well, we were gunna hang out with some of his friends, go to a party."
'And then go back to his place, man, he's so cute!!'
"And then?"
"Huh?"
"You always go to party's with him, but you've never acted like this. What else were you going to do?"
"Oh, um, nothing........look! There's Raven!"
"Huh? Where?!"
"Ha, got ya!"
"Hey! Not funny!"
"What? It's not my fault you've always crushed on him-"
BRINNNNNGG!!!
"Damn, class. See ya, I've got zoid piloting next!! You know how Mr Hiltz hates it when I'm late!"
Moonbay ran off, joining up with Irvine as they entered class.
*~*
"Right, class. Today we'll be learning more basic skills for the level 15's, some stealth understanding for level 16, and some practise at flying in a pteris for levels 17 and 18 will will be helping me repair this gunsniper we found."
The class burst into whispers, of excitement, and boredom.
"Cool, a gunsniper."
"Man, not more basic skills,"
"Practise? Does that mean simulation or for real?"
"Reese, who you know already, as she works here for me part-time, will take group 15, 16 will be supervised by the older students on detention leave."
"Detention leave?"
Irvine's confused whisper was answered by another, but not Moonbay.
"It's where we pay back detention in our free time, helping the teachers instead of staying after school."
"Karl!"
"Hey, Shoeboltz."
"Hey, Irvine."
"Wait, Karl, I thought you never got detention?"
Shrugging, the older guy listened to his instructions, ignoring Moonbay's glares.
"Level 16, you go with this guy, Mr O'Connell, level 17, your with Mr Shoeboltz, and there's no 18 in this class, so I'll work with all of you, revolving around."
Karl motioned level 17 to him, grinning at Irvine, who fell behind the others, his indifferent gaze betrayed by his keen eyes.
Moonbay sighed, going with her group, 16, annoyed that she was stuck with five other losers.
*~*
Lunch came, and as the others weren't in any of her classes until then, Fiona was glad to slide into a booth next to Karl.
"I've forgotten, why don't we just eat at school?"
Moonbay sighed, and turned to face Van.
"Van, we've told you before, just because you can digest that crap cook Prozen calls food, doesn't mean we can. It's healthier for us to just go for a walk and eat here."
"Right."
Smiling, Fiona snuggled up to Karl, who was talking to Irvine.
"-so there's more pull on it, and the hydraulics have to be readjusted to......"
"What? Hello?"
Karl gazed to where Irvine was looking, and saw what had stopped him in mid- sentence.
Raven.
"What the hell's he doing here?"
"Who?"
All of them,
(Irvine, Karl, Fiona, Thomas, Van, and Moonbay (who just happened to blush at the sight) )
raised their gaze to where the grey haired boy was ordering.
"Him."
"Asshole."
Fiona, Moonbay and Thomas instinctively pulled Van back to his seat when he stood, and told him to stay.
"What do you know? Maybe he'll leave as soon as he finishes, and we won't have to be in another fight."
Karl watched this with interest, and asked,
"Do you know him?"
"Yeah, he's this freak that's always fighting us, and somehow he wins most of the time."
"To hell he does!! Dream on!! Who's side are you on, anyway, Fiona?"
Ignoring this, Fiona turned back to face Karl.
"Why? Do you know him?"
"Kind of. You know Reese, my friend?"
"Yeah, she's cool."
"That's her younger brother."
"HIM?!"
"Yep."
"I see no resemblance."
Van and the others were trying to work out who Reese was.
"Huh?"
They watched as Raven approached them, takeaways in hand, saw Karl, nodded his head slightly, and changed direction for the exit.
"Why'd he leave?"
Van was stumped, but Fiona knew.
"He nodded to you, didn't he?"
".....Yeah, you could say that."
"Uh, Karl?"
"Yeah, Thomas?"
"Uh, why?"
"Well, there's something I know that I'm not going to tell you guys, so drop it."
"WHAT???!!"
"I'm not going to tell you, it's not my place to tell."
Fiona shrugged, and gave the others a glare that said, 'drop it', before turning to a big plate of fries they were sharing, grabbed one, and coated it in sauce.
"Yum."
When she finished that one, Fiona watched as Karl grabbed one, dipped it in the sauce, and went to eat it, so she quickly grabbed it from his unsuspecting grip, chucking it in her mouth.
"Hey....."
"Is for horses, yes, I know."
Laughing, Fiona grabbed one and gave it to Karl, who instead of taking it from her hand, grabbed it with his teeth, sucking on her fingers before she released the chip to him.
"Ass."
"Bitch."
"Woof woof."
They grinned at each other, grabbed a chip each, and stole the others from their hands.
"Ok, guys? Hello?"
"Yeah, Irvine?"
Fiona answered him, but kept her gaze on a chip Karl was planning to eat.
"Do you mind? I mean, we're all trying to eat, and worse, the same stuff you two are making us sick over!!"
While they talked, Moonbay and Thomas had grabbed a handful of chips each, and acted it out.
"Oh, Karl, feed me that chip!!!"
"Sure, Fiona!!"
Shoving the whole handful into Moonbay's face, Thomas received what he gave, Moonbay's fistful had found his face.
"Very funny."
"Amusing."
Fiona and Karl separated, but kept side by side, and ate their own food, playing footsies instead.
Irvine couldn't figure out why Fiona kept shrieking with laughter, but then realised something, and shot a glance under the table, to see them playing footsies, but when he emerged to accuse them, he got a thump on the head.
"Irvine!! We're wearing skirts, you perve!!!!"
When Moonbay said this, she realised her mistake, and quickly tucked her skirt in all around, folding her right leg over her left, Fiona following suit, while Van and Thomas quickly glanced under the table.
"Ow."
"That sucks, we didn't see anything, and she still hurts us!"
Van and Thomas supported sore heads on the way back to school, already looking forward to the end of school.
*~*
"- so in 1918 on earth, the armistice was signed, ending the first world war-"
BRINNNGG!!
(so what? they're in history, and that's what I'm studying, it wont leave me alone, so lets say they're in.... History; Earth. deal?)
"Alright, class dismissed, I want a two page essay on how the armistice was signed, when and where, what were the terms of it.
(funny, I seem to remember doing that half an hour ago......)
Class dismissed."
Fiona grabbed her bag, and walked out, talking to a random person that didn't think she was an annoying midget who's lying about her age, when she saw Raven standing in the hall, leaning against her locker.
Finishing the conversation, she walked over and said,
"Er, 'scuse me, can I get into my locker, please?"
Raven didn't move, he just blinked.
"Um, Raven? Can I get in....please?"
He wordlessly moved aside, not letting his eyes leave her.
With the hairs standing on her neck, Fiona shoved her books into the locker, grabbed some stuff she needed to finish over the weekend, and closed the locker, to find him still staring at her.
Taking a deep breathe, she turned to face him.
"Yes?"
"Oh, nothing."
His voice was light, carefree, but his gaze and posture was otherwise.
Unnerved, Fiona left, knowing well that he followed her.
She saw Irvine ahead, and tried to calm down, then ran over to him.
"Hey Irvine."
"Hey."
"Listen, do you want to go somewhere or do something?"
"Hello? We've got detention?"
"Oh shit. I forgot."
"Well, we're late, so let's get there."
"Right."
*~*
"Urgh, detention sucks!!!!!!"
"Shut up, Moonbay!!!"
There was about twenty people in detention that day, apparently there had been a fight during lunch, and Moonbay, Irvine, Fiona and a few others sat in a corner, talking, unnoticed.
"Well what's the point of it?!"
"Let's use this time to plan Van's party for him!!"
"Great idea Irvine, Fiona, got any paper?"
Fiona just kept staring at the wall, thinking about what Raven had been doing.
Why follow her?
"Fiona?"
Giving her friend a gentle shove, Moonbay repeated,
"Got any paper?"
"Here."
Grabbing a spare book from her bag, Fiona passed it to Moonbay, then lapsed into her thoughts again.
"Right......well, what will we need?"
"Music. Food. A pool."
Irvine appeared to know everything about party's, having been to so many, and having so many of his own.
"First, music. A band or a radio."
"Radio, we don't have much of a budget. Can you bring your C.D's?"
"Sure, can you bring yours?"
"Yep, now the....food."
"Food, food, food, food, food."
"Yeah, food."
"Well, caterer?"
"No, finger food, you know, chips, cans of drink, cheap stuff."
"Sweet, now, a pool?"
Moonbay raised one eye, and waited for Irvine to explain.
"Well, a pool increases enjoyment by almost 50%, it's the ultimate."
"So your suggesting we use Van's pool?"
"It's a bit small, but it'll do."
"So we'll use our C.D's, buy cheap food, and use the pool?"
"Yep, now, how many people do you think we can get in Van's house?"
"I dunno, half the school?"
Laughing, the two wrote a list of 20 people, then went to those that were in detention, explained when and where to go, and that they could bring up to what, three others.
"Yeah, the house can't fit much more then that, but beggars can't be chosers."
Irvine finished with a shrug, and returned to his desk in the corner, next to Moonbay, and ticked off the list.
"Moonbay, we've got about twelve people left, who can you ring tonight?"
"Well, I know those five personally, I can get those three, and, well, I guess I could ask him later, he works at the takeouts tonight, so, can you get.....her.....him....and......her."
"Deal. Next, we buy the food, then tell Van."
"Shouldn't we tell Van first?"
"And give him the chance to cancel it?"
"Right, tell Van last."
'Why did he follow me? Why was he at my locker? Why......what the hell is Moonbay doing?'
"Moonbay? What are you doing?"
"Huh? Sshh, I just told you, I'm going to make a break for it, Irvine's already out."
"He.....he is?"
"Yep. You were daydreaming, so I figure you have to stay and sign our names in the leaving book, right?"
(yeah, um, I decided that they have to sign a book at the start and end of detention, to prove they were there and all)
"Whatever."
Fiona watched as Moonbay gently dropped out the window, trying her hardest to keep her skirt right.
Shaking her head, Fiona went back to daydreaming, waiting for the time to be over.
*~*
BRINNNNGG!!
"Sweet."
"Please sign as you leave."
Signing her name, as well as Moonbay and Irvine's, Fiona slung her bag on, and trudged through the door, wondering what she wanted to do.
'Man, I'm gunna kill Irvine!! I wanted so badly to go out with Karl today, a perfect Friday, and IRVINE got me in detention!! Now Karl's out having fun, and I'm stuck bored, probably just going to do my homework all night. How fucking BORING!!!'
Leaving schools grounds, Fiona kicked at stones that strayed into her path, not realising or caring that she was being followed.
Turning down a street, Fiona figured she'd just ring Moonbay, see if they were going to have a party still, maybe help them tell Van without getting killed, the usual.
A shrill sound broke the silence, and Fiona reached into her bag, bringing out a book, opened it up, grabbed her mobile from in it, and answered,
"Yeah?"
There was interference, so she stopped walking, and it cleared up.
"Fiona?"
"Yeah?"
"It's Raven."
"Raven?"
"Yeah, what are you doing?"
"Nothing, why?"
"Well, that's good, can you meet me at the park?"
"I dunno, why?"
"Just can you? Now?"
"Uh, alright."
"Great, I'll be waiting."
Hanging up, Fiona wondered,
'What the hell was that about? Do I go? Why not?'
Deciding on going, Fiona redirected course for the local park, wondering what Raven was about.
Turning the next corner, Fiona thought she could hear someone, and saw a guy walking behind her.
Quickening her pace, she'd never been that comfortable about strangers, Fiona turned the next corner, to find the guy quickened his pace as well.
Now starting to freak out, she grabbed her phone, and went to ring someone, when the battery went dead.
Turning another corner, she heard the guy quickening his pace, and she started to run.
Now the guy was sprinting after her, and she was at the park.
Looking around, she saw a group of guys, a playground, and on one of the swings, Raven.
Relief flooded all over her, and she ran over to the familiar sight.
Running over, she sat in the swing next to Raven's, catching her breathe.
Hearing laughter, she looked up to see the guy and Raven conversing in quiet voices, the guy laughing at something Raven had said.
"Raven?"
The afternoon light was playing a joke on her, surely, he couldn't be smiling, he NEVER smiled.
"Oh, Fiona."
Nodding to the guy, Raven turned to face her, still smiling.
"I noticed your going out with Karl Shoeboltz."
"Uh...yeah, I am."
"I also noticed that he tells you things, most probably things he wouldn't tell other people."
Where the hell was this going?
Completely confused, Fiona arched an eyebrow and waited for him to continue.
"I guess he's told you about his friends."
"Uh, I've met a few of them, and heard of some others, yeah."
"Have you met Reese?"
"Uh, yeah, and isn't she your sister?"
"Yep. I guess he told you that?"
"Yeah, today."
"What else did he tell you?"
So Fiona explained how Van had wanted to know why Raven had retreated, and how it had slipped into the conversation about Reese and Raven, and then that he had declared that he wouldn't share info, how she had shrugged, then when Fiona started to describe the whole fries thing, Raven interrupted.
"Right, is that all that's relevant?"
"Um, I suppose so, I don't know what it's relevant to, but probably."
He smirked again, and looked over to the group of guys.
"They look pretty strong, right?"
"Uh, yeah."
"What, strong enough to rape someone?"
"Uh, probably."
"Strong enough to rape you?"
'What the hell is he getting at?'
"Uh, probably."
"You know, I could get Reese to help you, get stronger, so you could defend yourself."
"Uh, thanks, but can I ask why?"
"Oh? Uh, sorry, I forgot you can't read minds. Uh, the guy I sent to make sure no-one would harm you, and he said you acted very, wary, of him, and then started to run when he kept to your pace. We figured that either you've been raped, know someone who has, or your very cautious. For now, let's say your cautious, I don't want to bother with stories that will determinedly make someone miserable.So I figure that you could use a moral booster, and Reese can teach you self defence, you up for it?"
'Forgot I can't read minds?! Who does he know that can to make him forget?!'
"Uh, sure.......but why'd you want to talk to me?"
"Oh, I just wanted to see how much Karl's been telling people, and as your the closest to him....."
Raven shrugged, then stood up, signalling to the group of guys.
One of the guys came over.
"Vincent, can you escort Miss Fiona here back to......uh, where will you be going?"
"Um, I'll probably be going home, to recharge my phone, and then to Moonbay's or Van's or someone's, who knows?"
"So, where's your place?"
"Uh,"
Fiona was surprised.
After living here for ages, she had no idea of what road she lived on.
"Um, my place? I honestly don't know."
"Uh,"
Raven had a coughing fit, suspiciously like a laughing fit, before he could ask,
"Do you know how to get there?"
"Yeah, it's the way to Irvine's place, then take a right and go to Van's, then Moonbay's, two road's after that, the cute purple letter-box!!"
Raven couldn't hide this amount of laughter, and after he got it under control, he asked,
"You remember where your friends live, but you barely know where you live?!"
"Um, yeah?"
Raven was taken over with laughter again, and waved a hand.
The guy, Vincent?, said,
"Just walk home like normal, I shall follow, but do not worry. If you are in danger, I'll defend you, but you must not tell anybody I am there"
"Uh, sure."
As she left, Fiona saw a glimpse of Raven talking to the group of guys, then he started to fight them, but in a way that suggested it was a routine.
*~*
Opening the door to her house, well, her and her familles small house, Fiona glanced back to see the guy give her the slightest wave, before disappearing into the shadows again.
Shaking her head, Fiona closed the door, walked into the lounge, chucked her bag in a corner, pulled a bean bag into the sun, and tanned, while thinking.
*~*
She was brought out of her deep thought by the phone ringing.
Stretching, Fiona answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hey girl!"
"Hey Moonbay!"
Glancing around, Fiona picked her bag up, checked she was on the cordless phone, then continued to get her mobile out, and put it on the charger in her room.
"So?"
"Huh?"
"I was waiting for you after detention, I quit after a while, but I thought you'd be going to the corner shop, I waited there with Thomas and Van, while Irvine organised the party."
"Oh yeah, how's the party going?"
While Moonbay launched into details about the party, Fiona listened with half an ear, the other half was concentrated on what Raven had said, and not said, before.
"-and then we'll get food, so do you want to come?"
"Uh, when?"
"FIONA!!! You weren't listening!!!"
"Sorry, I'm free from now till Monday, uh, I think, so when's everything?"
"Party's from eight tomorrow, until whenever, we figure heaps will be passed out, and we're going for the food about now, so you in?"
"Sure, where do I meet you?"
"Uh, well, how about I get you from your place, then we get the stuff, then dinner as well?"
"Dinner?! Aren't you a few hours early?"
"Um, Fiona, it's past dinner time."
"What?"
It was true.
Glancing at her clock, Fiona was startled to see that it was already 8:38.
"What?!"
"Yeah, did you zone out or something all day?"
"Uh, I think I did. It was about 4:30 when I got back, how could I sit there for four hours tanning?!"
"Ooch, girl, you must be burnt."
"Oh crap!!!"
A glance at her legs confirmed this.
"Shit. Damn!!"
Laughter sounded from Moonbay, then she said,
"Well, get ready, I'm leaving now."
"Right, I'll just change and put on some makeup, so I'll be ready."
*~*
KNOCK KNOCK
"Damn!!"
Fiona raced to get the door, eye-shadow in hand, and flung it open, letting Moonbay in, then ran back to the mirror.
"I guess your not ready."
"Very funny!!!"
Fiona glanced at Moonbay, who was wearing flared jeans, and a tight sleeveless black top, a jacket around her waist.
Moonbay glanced at Fiona who was wearing......flared jeans, and a black top, tight, but with 3/4 sleeves, with flares, and a white vest.
The difference in their jeans was that Moonbay's had a cute white and yellow iron on flower at the bottom of the right leg,
"Alright, can I ring Irvine?"
"Why?"
"Because. I need to make sure he didn't fall back to sleep."
"Fall back asleep?"
"Yeah, he was asleep before, when I rang him, he wasn't to happy that he'd fallen asleep, but was about to drift of again."
"Right, you know where the phone is, I'll just grab my bag."
"Sweet."
Fiona grabbed her back pack, dumped it's books onto the bed, and put her wallet, phone, and a few other things, like a scarf, and lip gloss, glitter brush,
"You ready, Fiona?"
"Yeah, was Irvine there?"
"Yeah, he was just leaving, so we'll meet him there, right?"
"Sweet, let's go!"
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Hey, well, how'd you like?
Review, please, I'm new at this, please excuse all spelling errors, I'm not God, as much as I wish to be, ah, well, was that to long?
PlEaSe tell, so I can fix it.
Oh, also, I havn't made myself known, I've only given about three reviews, BUT IT ISN'T MY FAULT!!
I swear it!!!!
My computer wont bring up second windows or something, so when I go to review it comes up blank, and Dad doesn't care, he just always wants me offline, so I'll make a list of *some* of the good fics I've read, I can't remember what I *did* review at school in a free-time session,
But for now, just, I dunno, REVIEW!!!!!!!
*fingers crossed!!*
Dark_lil_Devil