Hey! I updated again, I actually had this chapter finished for quite some time now, but I just never got a chance to type it up! School is hectic, so I won't be updating that frequently, well I never did in the beginning but… I promise to update soon. I'll probably be updating once every few weeks or so.
Also, this website froze my account for a while because I created a story a few years back, and suddenly, they tell me it's not legal. How stupid is that? LOL, well anyways, on with the story!
Someone asked me if I was going to include other scouts… I'm actually not sure, probably not, thought maybe Chibi-Usa might make a little scene or maybe Setsuna, we'll see how it goes. IDEAS ARE WELCOME!
This story tends to seem like "Mean Girls", or "She's All That"but there is going to be a twist, I can promise you that!
IMPORTANT: "Italics" with quotations are a person's thoughts.
My So Called High School Life
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Chapter 2
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DUMPED and the DEAL
After school, I dashed home and went straight to my bedroom and locked the door. I hug my fluffy pillow tightly to my chest and thought about my day. "Hmm… some girl made fun of me… got dissed by Bura and Pan… not a bad day…at least they forgot to beat me up after school."
This was so sad, what other people considered a horrible-never-ever-had-such-a-bad-day, is what I considered oh-my-god-it's-the-best-day-in-the-world.
Today was one of my lucky days; the popular people had either Cheerleading or Football practice. They didn't have time to beat me up. Usually, everyday after school, Pan and Bura with their little army of "Barbies and Kens" would gang up on me. They called me nasty names and push me around until I was bruised all over.
(-Flashback-)
"Hey bitch, ready for your lesson?" Pan laughed as she came closer…
POW!
I just got a blow in the jaw. I whimpered and covered my mouth to stop the blood from dripping onto my skirt. I could hear people laughing as they shoved and kicked me around like a ragged doll.
I could feel the tears again. No! I fiercely ordered myself. I won't let them see me cry, no, no, NO! They can hurt me all they want, but I WON'T cry! I won't let them crack me! I will never, ever, ever cry in front of them…
(-End Flashback-)
"Why did they hate me so much?" I thought furiously as I dug my nails deeper into the pillow. "I never did anything to them! Why me? Why not someone else? Why am I different from the 1000 other people in the school?"
I tried forgetting about those awful memories… but it just didn't seem to work, the image of Pan's looming face as she closed in kept on replaying in my mind… over… and …over… and… over… again-
"Hotaru honey! I'm home!"
Oopsies! Back to reality! Daddy was home! I ran downstairs and gave my father a big hug!
"How was work?" I asked as he bent down and gave me a big kiss.
He sighed slightly and said, "Well, I have bad news and good news. Good news is that our latest assignment succeeded; but the bad news is that I'm going to have to travel again; for about; a month."
"Travel?" Hotaru asked with a hint of fear in her voice, "But- what about me? Who am I going to stay with? Please not Kaolinite again! I hate her!"
Dr. Tomoe chucked slightly, "Don't worry, she's coming with me for the trip. But I promise before I leave; I'll find someone to take care of you."
"Okay"
"Why don't you go outside? It's a beautiful day. You can play with your little friends."
Luckily for me, my dad didn't know about my troubles at school, he suspected that I had tons of friends and was happy everyday. If only he knew.
But I looked at my dad suspiciously though, he usually never asks me to go outside or do anything of that sort. He knows I don't like the outdoors. "Why? Is there something wrong?"
He looked at me with a surprised look. "Okay; fine you caught me. Kaolinite's coming over soon and we're working on an experiment together. Since I know you two don't err- get along very well. Maybe it's best if you go outside for a while."
"Great. Even dad picks someone over me." I thought angrily.The anger that wouldn't come out this morning came boiling out now. "Why? I swear, she's like obsessed with you or something."
"Now dear, she's just really into her work tha-"
"Or maybe it's the other way around?" I shot back, I knew I was getting myself into deeper trouble, but I couldn't help it, "Maybe you're obsessed with her? Maybe you're the on-"
"Watch your mouth, young lady." His tone was no longer kind and gentle, but icy and firm. "I will not allow you to talk like that in this house. Do you understand?"
I was speechless, I didn't mean to blow a fuse, it just sort of… happened. "I'm-sorry-I-err-I-didn't-"
"It's okay Hotaru, I understand, everyone has their days." He said, but the iciness was still there, "You can do whatever you want. You don't have to go outside."
GOD! I'm such an idiot! How can I make mountains out of little molehills!" I thought, furious with myself. "Why am I always getting mad so easily these days. What happened?"
"I'll go outside." I finally said.
And that was it. Even without an exchange of goodbyes and hellos, I just left.
"Great, everyone at school hates me; and now my dad hates me." I muttered under my breath as I walked towards a nearby park.
The park was nearly empty; except for a few kids I didn't know playing in the sandbox. I sat by the nearest bench and just… well, sort of looked around. I haven't been at this park in ages. I guess ever since high school, I was kind of scared of going out; even to the grocery store! Daddy had to hire a person just to get our grocery. He thought it was because I've been getting too much homework. But in truth, I was afraid of getting beaten up.
Suddenly, I heard two new voices behind me; since behind my bench, there was a vast of shrubs, hiding another bench on the other side.
"What did you want to tell me about?" a deep masculine voice asked.
"Well, let's sit down first." Said another voice, a female voice.
The voices sounded… so familiar…. And then it hit me like a stone. I knew who the voices were:
They were Trunks and Pan.
My heart started hammering; both with fear and desire. I knew the logical choice was to silently sneak away and pretend I'm not there. But I couldn't; it was as if a magnet was placed on the chair; I couldn't move.
I heard a loud creak as they both sat down.
"Now can you tell me?"
Instead of backing off, I actually moved in closer to hear what they were saying. I knew if they found me, I would be dead meat. But I just couldn't help it.
"Come on Hotaru; leave! Eavesdropping on someone else's conversation is bad!" I thought furiously, but somehow, my legs just wouldn't budge. "If Pan finds you; you're dead!"
"Okay, Umm… Trunks?" Pan said with a hint of nervousness in her voice. "Remember that day; when Bura had a party?"
"That one? Oh, I couldn't go. I had football practice."
"I know; and when you were gone… I kind of got together with someone else..."
There was a stunned silence… I held my breath to see what was coming…
"Meaning?" Trunks asked nervously.
"Well… I really like him… and we're sort of going out now…"
"Meaning?"
Pan sighed as she finally said the two words. "You're DUMPED."
"What!" There was definitely fear in Trunk's voice, "Why-How? But- the prom is one month away! I can't find another date in one month! All the hot girls are taken!"
"Well; that's your loss." Pan said casually, with not even a hint of sympathy in his voice, "You should have made a few backup dates. Anyways, I need to go; I'm meeting my new boyfriend soon."
I saw Pan get up as she stalked away.
"But Pan!" Trunks called running after her, "Come on, please! Give it another chance!"
When they were finally out of sight; I shakily got off the bench and walked toward home. I couldn't believe it. Barbie and Ken broke up. And Barbie's gone after G.I Joe.
This was good news right? He didn't have a date for the prom, and I didn't either. We could go- wait, wait a minute. What am I thinking? He'll never like me. I forgot. I'm a social outcast.
But if you think about it this way: There are about 1000 people in the school. 50 Percent are guys. So that leaves 500 girls; and about 4/5 of the girls already have dates. That leaves about 100 girls.
Not bad.
I have a 1/100 chance of going to the Prom with Trunks Brief.
Not bad at all.
And with my heart slightly lifted; I headed home.
(-Trunk's POV-)
"How can she dump me?" I kept on asking myself that question as tried to concentrate on my homework. "That stupid retarded bitch!"
"Yeah that's right!" I said to myself sarcastically, "Just keep calling her names and you'll hate her."
Suddenly; the phone rang. Usually, I would lunge for it hoping that it was Pan calling me, but today, I just waited and waited for someone else to pick up.
"Trunks!" My mom called out, "Phone for you!"
My heart suddenly leaped, "Could it be Pan calling me saying she wanted to get back together? Could it be she's calling to apologize?"
"Hello?" I said urgently as I grabbed the phone, "Whose this?"
"It's me"
"Oh, it's you." I said miserably. It wasn't Pan.
It was Goten.
"What do you want?" I asked annoyingly. "I'm kind of busy right now so if yo-"
"Man! You don't have to use that lame excuse on me!" Goten teased with a hint of hurt in his voice. "I know what happened. It seems as though Pan told Bura and Bura told me."
"Great… if Bura knows, then the whole school is. I'll look up more high schools- Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll be able to transfer to a high school in Canada."
Goten chuckled, "Come on man! I know what she did was low, but you gotta get over it!"
"I'm over her already!"
"Oh cut the crap!" It was Goten's turn to be annoyed, "You're just worried about not finding a girl for the Prom."
"No I'm not!"
"Yeah right!"
"I can get any girl I want!"
"Dude!" Goten laughed, "I think Pan's knocked some of that sense out of you!"
"But I can!" I boasted; I knew I couldn't, but I didn't want Goten to know that. He was my competitor ever since we were little kids. First it was fighting; now it was girls.
"Oh yeah!" Goten said, I could tell his brain was working to plot; a plan to embarrass me somehow in front of the student body, "I'll make a deal with you-"
"Fine." I answer completely unsure of myself. Let's just say; I have experiences with Goten's deals.
"IF-" Goten said mysteriously, "You can get Hotaru Tomoe; the Queen of all Outcasts, to become the Prom Queen AND get her to go the prom with you looking half decent-"
"But-but" I sputtered, "That's impossible! I mean- she's probably not even a girl! Please! Anyone but her! PLEASE! ANYONE!"
"Wait! You didn't hear the whole thing yet. If you manage to do all that; I'll get Pan to come back to you! I mean; I'm her cousin after all; she'll listen to me!"
"Well…what if I don't succeed?"
"Then you'll be humiliated and become as low as Hotaru."
I suppressed a sad chuckle. "Was it worth it? Winning this bet would mean I would win Pan back…"
"Fine. I'll take your wager."
"Remember." Goten said. "One month; 31 days. To change her from geek into chic."
"You're on."
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