Highschool Drama!

Rosegirl18

A/N: I missed all of you. And since it's Remembrance long weekend, why not start the next chapter a bit early (yes, this is an early update on my standards.)? The next few chapters of this fic will be a bit angsty, because of my first impression of my new high school. That's right, Rosegirl has finally become a high-schooler. Now I will finally get some real facts and inspiration.

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Ch. 8: The Last Fun of Summer

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Ugh…it was back to school soon. Meyrin looked out the window and felt like crying along with the rain. She'd thought she'd make some friends when she went to summer school, but no one had really talked to her, even when she was assigned to sit with Rey and Mayu. They had all been in her class, but they pretended to not know her. And in the way back, she had to sit with her sister! It wasn't because she didn't like her sister, but Luna just refused to acknowledge her as a sister, much less a friend.

"I'm so depressed." Meyrin said out loud. Wasn't sisters supposed to be best friends? She tried to pick out an outfit that would make her look slimmer.

Meanwhile, Lunamaria was busy checking through her mailbox on msn. There was one email that caught her interest – Stellar had emailed her.

Dear Lunamaria, the email said,

Have you checked your mailbox yet? I'm sure you'll have a great surprise. Hope we can become good friends in the future.

Stellar

"She's nice," Lunamaria said to herself as she read the email, "I guess we can hang out at school." Then, her curiosity getting the better of her, she raced out of the house and walked down to the mailbox. She inserted the key and opened the door to find two brightly colored party invitations, one to her and one to Meyrin. It was a pool party – at Athrun Zala's house, too!

"Oh, my, GOOOOOOOOD!" Lunamaria's joyous shriek echoed throughout the whole neighborhood.

Meyrin peeked her head out through the door when she heard Lunamaria come back home. She quickly grabbed all of Luna's clothes, ran to her room, and hid them. "Lunamaria? Are you home?"

"Yeah," she replied, breathless. "Guess what we're invited to – Athrun Zala's POOL PARTY!"

Lunamaria screamed again, and after a while, Meyrin joined her, too.

"Hey Luna," Meyrin said after they were done expressing their emotions in a loud, siren-like gesture, "Can I borrow your clothes for the party?"

"No!"

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In the morning of August 29th, Lacus, Kira, Cagalli, Yzak, Ezra, Shiho, Nicol, Rey, Shinn, Meyrin, Lunamaria, Mayu, Dearka, Miriallia, and Stellar came to Athrun's doorstep in a great mood. Yzak, who had been annoyed with Ezra's over-packing, decided to "counterattack" by bringing even more luggage.

"Hey everyone, come in." Athrun greeted.

"I thought your dad was really scary and strict, Athrun. Did he really say you could have a party?" Miriallia asked.

"Athrun's dad always goes on a business trip from August 20th to September 5th, so it's all right," Dearka replied.

"Well then, lets get wild!" Cagalli yelled, running into one of the washrooms. "Get changed, everyone!" So all of Athrun's guests went into a guest room to get into their bathing suits. Athrun's house was so big, they didn't have to share any rooms. Some of them decided to share rooms, anyway.

"Hey Ezra, will you share a room with me?" Stellar asked the passing black-haired girl.

"Sure Stellar!" Ezra accepted. In truth, Lunamaria and Meyrin wanted to share rooms too. They weren't used to such big rooms, but hey, this was a once in a lifetime experience! Why not be glamorous for once?

"Come on everybody, LETS GO!" Dearka yelled enthusiastically. Athrun came and opened the door to his backyard to reveal an awesome, colossal pool.

"A diving board!" Ezra exclaimed.

"Fake palm trees!" Meyrin shrieked.

"A BUTLER!" Lunamaria freaked.

"Please shut up," said Shiho.

"CANNONBALL!" Dearka announced, and went as far as possible. Then he ran to the edge of the deep-end to plunge himself into the crystal-clear water.

The pool party had begun.

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"This is so awesome…" Shiho sighed in happiness as she soaked in the hot tub, "I can't believe that one person can be so rich!"

"Yes, I agree." Ezra said beside her, "But Yzak says it should be expected. Then he swore a lot about Athrun and his dad."

"Yeah," Shiho said, "Yzak HATES Athrun. It's kind of pathetic."

"It's even more pathetic when mom hits him on the head every time he's mean to me," Ezra giggled.

"Hmm…you seem to hang out with Yzak a lot… and why does your mom hit Yzak?"

"Oh!" Ezra exclaimed, and put her hands over her mouth.

"You guys are siblings, aren't you?"

"…yeeaaahhh…" Ezra said slowly, dragging out the words.

"Why wouldn't you tell us?"

"My dad and Yzak's dad are different, that's why." Ezra said, suddenly getting talkative. "But mom liked my daddy better. But when he died of cancer last year, I had to move in with mom. Ezenne decided to stay in America, though."

"Who's Ezenne?" Shiho asked.

"My twin," Ezra said quietly. "She's better than me at everything, but right now I'm very happy to be spending time with mom and you guys."

"I see," Shiho said, and became quiet again.

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"Here Lacus, care for a drink?"

"Oh, thank you Kira!" Lacus said, getting up from her sun-tanning chair (well, that's what it looks like. You know, the long chair with a leaning back?).

"Shinn and Stellar seem to be getting along marvelously," Kira said.

"Oh!" Lacus suddenly burst out, "Where's Stellar?"

"Ah…at the shallow end with Shinn…"

"Kira, we need to go get her!" Lacus said, getting up. "Stellar loves the water, but she can't swim!"

"That's a strange case," Kira said, falling into step with Lacus, who was running towards the other side of the pool. "But Shinn is with her, so…"

"STELLAR!" Lacus cried when she spotted Stellar going in to the water with Shinn.

"It's alright Stellar, I'll help you."

Shinn took her hand and guided her into the water carefully. "Shinn, I'm afraid…"

"I'll be here," Shinn replied, giving her a smile.

Lacus stopped about five meters from them to catch her breath. Stellar carefully waded into the shallow water. "I…I think she's going to be okay."

Kira patted her shoulder, "What did I tell you?"

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Meanwhile, Lunamaria and Meyrin were having a race. Stellar was busy with Shinn, Cagalli was busy with Athrun, and Lacus was busy with Kira, so she obviously had nothing to do. The least she could do to entertain herself was once again remind everyone who the better girl was.

Lunamaria, being athletic, competitive, and active, was an awesome swimmer. She was also no match for her clumsy, awkward little sister. She won.

Meyrin gasped. "Can we stop now, Luna? I can't do any of this anymore."

"You're so boring," complained Lunamaria, even though she was kind of glad Meyrin was such a wreck.

"Wow Lunamaria, you're such a good swimmer!" Mayu exclaimed, coming towards them in a apricot and white one piece swimsuit. "And I love your blue bikini!"

"What about mine?" asked Meyrin, getting out of the pool to show off her lime green top and skirt swimwear.

"That's great, too!" Mayu said. "Rey is going to come with me to get a martini. Wanna come?"

"Isn't that, like, illegal?" asked Lunamaria, although secretly, she'd been wanting to drink a martini since she was eleven. This was her chance!

"Oh, come on Luna!" Whined Mayu, "Meyrin and I are thirteen, that not so far from the legal drinking age! Besides, Shinn and the other protective people aren't around! Just one drink."

"Alright," Lunamaria consented, feeling a rush of excitement go through her. "But thirteen is very far from the drinking age, you know."

Mayu just giggled, and called Rey over to them. "Lets go! One bartender, and a party without supervision!"

Even Meyrin had read the martini menu a thousand times when the family went somewhere fancy. It was just what teens did; picked out something that they didn't have access to at the moment. Therefore, none of them needed any picking out to do.

"I'll have a Cosmopolitan!" cried Lunamaria as soon as she reached the stall.

"Me too!" Mayu said.

"I want The Dirty Hooker!" Meyrin said.

"Could I just get a lemonade?" Rey said.

The bartender was professional all right. He didn't card them. Who brought ID to a pool party! (A/N: Sorry, I've been reading the Gossip Girl series…)

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Splash, splash.

"Gaa…stop that, Cagalli!" Athrun exclaimed, annoyed at Cagalli's splashes at him.

"Come on, Athrun," Cagalli said, dipping a cup full of water over his head, "It's a pool party! Get wet! Get wet!"

"No – o! I HATE getting wet! And stop trying to drown me!"

"You're such a wimp, Athrun! Lets dive!"

"Noo! Aa – ggruph! Stop! Bgrruph!" Athrun continuously tried to get away from Cagalli, but her grasp on his head was strong, and she kept trying to dunk him underwater. "KIRA! HELP!"

A few meters away, Kira would have heard Athrun's cries for mercy, except he was way too busy talking with Lacus. "I still want to go to Harvard," he said, talking about the future.

"Really?" Lacus said, "What about Yale?"

"Nah, I want to keep my expectations low."

"Well, I just want to go to University for a while. Then I want to marry and have children."

"Really? Me too, I guess. I want to raise my children as best as possible."

"That's wonderful," Lacus said, looking at Kira. I have to marry him. I do!

Kira looked up at the darkening sky. "We should get in soon," he commented, "It's getting dark, and we sure got the most out of this day!"

Kira was right. And the last days of summer drifted by quickly at Athrun's mansion, every second a wonderful experience.

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"Goodbye everyone," Athrun called out to the leaving guests, "See you in school!"

"Yeah, see ya around, man!" replied Dearka, carrying a martini that he had ordered just before the party ended.

"Bye Athrun! Thanks for the party!" Ezra cried happily, being dragged home by a better-mood-than-usual Yzak.

"You're welcome, come back anytime," Athrun said, smiling at how different Ezra and Yzak was, even though they looked kind of alike. He sighed and went back in as everyone drove away. "I guess summer is over then." He thought it was unfortunate. This year's party had been so much more fun and lively. Perhaps with the addition of his friendship with Cagalli, or Nicol's new friend Ezra, or maybe Lunamaria and Meyrin, who Stellar had asked him to invite. At least they would all be at school. It would be an awesome year. He could feel it.

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"Hey Meyrin, wake up." Lunamaria burst the door open to make a big sound and promptly left. She had probably already eaten breakfast and was already heading to the bus stop. Meyrin groggily sat up and touched her hair. Frizzy, untamed, and out of control! She groaned and walked into the shower. Meyrin, being thirteen years old, was not yet going to Heliopolis High. She had to stay in the neighborhood Middle School like Mayu. They, being from the Academy of ZAFT, were the top students in their class, but the programs there were very boring and the teachers had low expectations. It was frustrating to see an obvious failure of a student get praised for using such a word as enticing, or ravenous. Duh, wasn't that like, fifth grade? Oh well. She wasn't one to talk. Last year, Meyrin was barely passing in the Academy and was at the verge of being the worst student in her class.

One good thing about going to one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the world was that they could wear uniforms. Having worn a uniform since Kindergarten, Meyrin had absolutely no idea how to dress her age, also being too "average figured" for her age. She cared about her looks, of course. As soon as she knew the meaning of "social status," she went out and bought a foot-high stack of fashion magazines. Too bad they were all last season. Still, she had learned a lot, such as "metabolism," "dieting," and "bulimia." Bulimia was NOT cool, although it was about the most effective, fastest, unhealthy diet in the whole world. Most of the girls in Meyrin's school had Bulimia, although they insisted they didn't. Most of them were lying through their teeth, for Meyrin had many experiences of a lurching stomach when she saw a puddle of puke after lunch in the bathroom. Those commoner druggies annoyed the hell out of her.

Metabolism was another word for body image unfairness. Lunamaria ate a ton, when no one was looking, but she barely gained an ounce! At first, Meyrin had thought that if you didn't let anyone see what you where eating, you wouldn't gain the amount you hadn't let anyone see, but the word explained it all. Really, at that fact, she got so depressed at what a low metabolism she had, she took out half her savings and spent the money on shoes, which was about the only thing she had good taste on. Uniforms she had always lived with. Shoes? After half a dozen magazines and trips to the mall, she was an expert.

"Meyrin! Hurry up, we're gonna be late!" Lunamaria's hasty voice reached up to Meyrin's dazed, showering brain.

"Ah! Oops." She quickly turned off the shower, dressed as quickly and acceptably as possible, and jumped down the stairs. "Ow!"

"Come on, come on!" Lunamaria threw her some change as lunch money and they both raced out the door, forgetting to lock it.

And once again, the Hawke sisters missed the bus.

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"…and because of the lack of teachers in our district, I was forced to teach the tiny grade nines as well as the annoying grade eleven, and ten." Klueze said, explaining to the freshmen to why he was teaching them. "I, personally, have absolutely no idea why people don't want to teach chemistry. It's actually very fun to give out enormous bundles of homework and not mark them. Ah – don't think I won't be seeing it, though. I'll check through every page to see you've written something." He chucked meanly. The new class bristled in horror. (A/N: I love that word! Horror. Tee hee!)

Rey nodded in agreement to Klueze's crazy insane evilness. He is smart.

Gaa…this man is horrible. No wonder Kira has nightmares at night! Shinn thought.

Lunamaria burst through the door as the whole class was thinking about the same thing as Shinn. "Sorry I'm late," she said apologetically.

Klueze turned his head slowly. Lunamaria imagined he was turning it the right way, instead of left, so that he faced her in an unnaturally, freaky twist of neck. "Are you…late for my class?"

Lunamaria froze. The whole class went silent. "I – I…"

"You…" Klueze said in a scary, booming voice, "…have detention!"

Luna's mouth opened in horror. The students' eyes opened wide. And then she let out a sound… "NNNOOOOO!"

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A/N: Aha, so Lunamaria has detention on the first day of school, oh my! What a bad girl, tsk tsk. Well, hope you enjoyed this chapter. A classmate kept pestering me to update! Now see what a personal message can do! You guys can owe a special speedy new chappie to her!