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On with the story…..
Miriam's P.O.V
I got tired of dancing and I couldn't find Aaliyah or Mariah; so I decided to get a drink.
"Hi, I'll have a …Smirnoff's Caesar." I told the bartender. I got my drink and took a sip from it.
"Hey Miriam!" I heard my name and turned around to see Hilary and Tyson.
"Hey guys! Who're you here with?" I asked smiling at them.
"Oh, we came with Kenny and Emily. Have you seen them by the way?" Hilary asked, ignoring Tyson, who was complaining about being hungry.
"No, sorry I haven't. You might want to check one of the TV rooms though." I suggested smirking at Hilary's red face, as Tyson was now nibbling on her neck in an affectionate way.
"Thanks, bye." Hilary said walking away with flushed cheeks, Tyson by her side.
I waved bye and went back to my drink.
'Those two are so lucky to have each other' I thought, as I remembered how Tyson had confessed his love for Hilary during one of their fights back in grade 11.
I sighed 'I wish I had someone like that.' I took another sip from my bottle.
"Having a pity party, are you?" I heard a voice say. I looked up into the dark eyes of the last person I wanted to see.
"Oh! Hi Ozzy!" I said smirking a little, as I noticed how his cocky-I'm-so-good expression turned into an annoyed one.
Ozuma's P.O.V
I saw the blue-haired bitch at the bar talking to those pathetic lovebirds Tyson and Hilary. When they left I went and sat next her.
I looked at her for a second. Her hair was in loose curls tonight. She was wearing a dark green, tight-fit, v-neck, sleeveless shirt with black pants. She wore black heels and gold hoop earrings.
'She's looks really hot. Wait, no she doesn't! What am I thinking?' I thought.
"Having a pity party, are you?" I heard myself ask her. She turned around on her stool and looked at me with those piercing green eyes of hers.
"Oh! Hi Ozzy!" She said with a slight smirk on her face. I glared at her.
'I hate it when she calls me that' I thought. So, I said what I always said in reply whenever she called me by that "nickname".
"Oh, grow up, bitch." I said as I turned to order my drink. I took a sip from my own Smirnoff's Caesar and looked at her.
"Come on, Ozzy. You know you like it." she said while poking my arm. I took another sip from my drink.
"No, I don't. And, you've known that for years, brat." I said, while brushing off the spot she poked as if it were dirty.
She looked at me with hard eyes, finishing her drink.
"Whatever." I just looked at her for a second before turning away.
"Ozzy," she said turning to me once again and ignoring my glare. "How about you and me have a little contest."
I quirked an eyebrow at her. "I'm in. You know I'm always willing to kick your ass." I replied.
She glared a bit at that, but continued.
"The contest is that whoever gets drunk first does the other's chemistry homework for a week."
"Two weeks." I added.
"Fine" she agreed. "Can we please have two more Smirnoff's over here." She told the bartender.
"Ready, set, go!" I said, once we had gotten our drinks.
'She is going down!' I thought as I drank my drink.
Mariah's P.O.V
After I got separated from the other two. I started dancing with another friend of mine named Kane. I got tired and went to go sit at a table on the second floor.
We started talking and I found out that he had a crush on a girl named Salima .
"Really, I didn't really think you would go for someone like her. She's nice, loud, but sort of shy too ." I told him.
"Well I don't know, there's just something about her." he explained. I looked around and saw Rei come and sit at a table by ours.
For some reason he was glaring at Kane.
'Is he jealous?' I asked myself. Another look at Rei confirmed my suspicion.
'He is' I smirked a little to myself.
"Hey, Kane would you like to go dance again?" I asked him, loud enough for Rei to hear.
"Sure, let's go." he said taking my hand and leading me to the dance floor.
While I was dancing with Kane I looked over in Rei's direction. He was still glaring at Kane.
'Oh! He is so jealous! I wonder why though. He hasn't ever indicated that he likes me.' I thought to myself.
When I looked over again I saw Rei talking to a girl.
"Kane, isn't that Salima?" I asked Kane, pointing towards Rei and Salima.
"Yeah, it is." he confirmed. "But why is she dancing with Rei?" he asked, a moment later, in a sad voice.
When he said this I looked in their direction so fast I thought I'd break my neck.
'He is dancing with her! Why that no good ass-hole. How dare he?!'
I saw Rei look over at me and smirk, while I simply glared back. But the glare was mostly directed towards Salima.
"I think Salima's trying to get your attention Kane. Maybe she might be jealous of me dancing with you." I told Kane, after I had noticed the way Salima looked at him.
"Jealous? Why though?" Kane asked in confusion. I shrugged.
"Maybe she likes you too!" I exclaimed. Kane brightened at this.
"You think so? I don't know." I just ignored his doubting.
"Why don't you ask her out later, but for now let's just keep dancing." I added the last part in so could see just how jealous Rei would get.
"Okay." Kane said in an uneasy way, and kept dancing.
Rei's P.O.V
I saw Mariah shoot jealous glances at Salima. I smirked to myself .
'So she's jealous. Looks like she does like me after all.' I thought. I noticed Salima got a little tense whenever she looked towards Mariah and Kane.
"Hey, don't worry. I'm sure, he doesn't like her." I told her. Salima was a good friend, so I didn't want to see her get hurt or anything. She looked up at me.
"How do you know?" she asked in an unsure way. I shook my head and chuckled a little.
"I've seen the way he looks at you. Only someone who cares a lot for you would look at you like that." I told her.
She smiled a little. "Thanks, Rei." she said, hugging me. I looked over her shoulder at Mariah to see her glaring, but this time she was glaring at me as if saying 'how-dare-you'.
I simply smirked back.
Normal P.O.V
Mariah stopped dancing with Kane and lead him over to the table they had sat at before.
"Now's your chance! Ask her out!" She said. Kane simply shook his head.
"I don't know." he said in a tired voice.
"What if she says no?"
"I'm sure she won't. But if your so unsure about it then at least ask her to dance. I'm totally sure she'll say yes to that." Mariah said in an excited voice.
Kane looked over at Salima.
"Okay, I'll do it." he said. Mariah watched as he made his way over to Rei and Salima.
She saw Rei smile and walk away. She let out a breath, that she didn't know she had been holding.
She saw Rei come and sit where Kane had been sitting. She looked over and saw him smirking.
"What?" she said in an innocent voice. He just shook his head and said
"You were jealous, weren't you?"
Mariah was a bit taken aback by this
"No, why would I be?"
"Because Salima was dancing with me." Rei said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Mariah looked at him then stuck her nose in the air.
"Why would I be jealous? I would be disgusted by having your hands on me. But I know that you were jealous." she said in a confident way.
"Why would I be jealous? I wouldn't want to touch something like you." Rei replied back.
Mariah glared at him. "Whatever."
They were quiet for a while. Rei simply looked at her.
She was wearing a light pink shirt, that was nicely fit, with spaghetti straps. The left side of the shirt went a little past her waist and cut off in a slanted line. She was wearing white Capri pants and white sandals. She adorned about six silver bracelets on her right wrist and a pair of dangling silver earrings, which had a little pink crystal at the bottom.
'She's beautiful. Wait… did I just think that?! No she is not beautiful. Stop staring at her Rei' he mentally yelled at himself.
At that moment Mariah looked over.
"What are looking at?" she asked in her innocent voice again.
"N Nothing." Rei stuttered, looking away.
'Did I just stutter? Oh god! What is wrong with me?' he asked himself.
Mariah looked at him for a second. Rei looked different without his uniform.
Usually Mariah saw him wearing his Chinese outfit or his school uniform but today he was wearing a white shirt, with the buttons open revealing a black muscle shirt with white pants. He still had his ying yang headband on.
'He is so cute! I wonder what it would be like to be in his arms. Whoa! I do not want to be in his arms. Get a hold of yourself Mariah!' she thought.
"What's up with you?" Rei asked her, as she shook her head.
"Nothing." she replied.
"Whatever bitch." he said getting up.
"You are really rude you know that!" she yelled in his face. He just smirked.
"You look really sexy when your angry you know." he said looking her up and down, just to get her roused up.
"You freak!" she said, and stormed off. Rei simply smirked after her.
Miriam and Ozuma, all together, had finished 18 bottles of Smirnoff's, 4 bottles of baileys, and 2 bottles of Vodka, before the bartender refused to serve them.
They were drunk as hell now.
"You hiccup know what, Ozzy?" Miriam slurred.
"What?" he replied back in a drowsy voice.
" Sometimes, I think your hot, hiccup but why do hot hiccup people have to hiccup be such perverted freaks?" she slurred on.
Ozuma looked at the six, unfocused, Miriam's and said
"Well, sometimes I hiccup think your beautiful hiccup but why do beautiful people have to hiccup be such annoying, bratty, bitches."
"Ha ha, you hiccup called me hiccup beautiful." Miriam laughed in a drunken way.
"No, I didn't. You hiccup lying Miriams." he said pointing to all the Miriam's he was seeing.
Tala, Kai and Rei, who were looking for Ozuma, stopped to watch the drama.
Paree, Aaliyah, and Mariah also stopped to watch.
"Shut up! Oozy Ozzy! hiccup Oozy Ozzy!" Miriam laughed poking him on the arm.
"Shut up, bitch! Don't call me dat." Ozuma said in a sleepy way.
"I'm sho sowee. I hiccup love you Ozzy!" Miriam slurred walking over to hug Ozuma.
"He he he." Ozuma laughed. "What's wrong Ozzy?" Miriam asked almost tripping, but straightening herself just in time. She still had her arms around his neck as she looked at him with sleepy eyes.
"You got nice hiccup boobies. And your hiccup touching me with them." Ozuma said looking down at the cleavage that was showing.
"You hiccup naughty, naughty boy." Miriam giggled drunkenly.
Mariah and Aaliyah went over and grabbed Miriam. While Rei and Tala went to get Ozuma.
"I'm betting they had a drinking competition this time." Mariah said, trying to hold Miriam up.
"No. You think!" Rei said sarcastically. Mariah simply stuck her tongue out at him and followed Paree out of the building.
Paree's P.O.V
I woke up and looked over at my alarm clock. It read 7:00 am.
"Err…..It's so early." I said to myself.
I got up and went to the bathroom. I took a nice, long shower to wake me up. I put on my uniform and put my hair up in a high ponytail. I put on some eyeliner, eye shadow, and lip gloss. I wore small earrings with two red crystal in them and a matching necklace.
I picked up my bag and made my way downstairs. Aaliyah was already there, eating breakfast.
She was wearing the same thing as me except her hair was curled and her earrings were square studs, which had dark blue crystals in them and a matching necklace.
"Last night was fun! You should've seen the look on Tala's face." she laughed.
"Yeah, Kai looked furious when I slapped him" I said while pouring myself some cereal.
We ate in silence. Until the doorbell rang. I went to get the door. When I opened it, I saw Mariah standing there with Miriam behind her.
I invited them in.
Normal P.O.V
"Hey Aaliyah!" Mariah said walking into the kitchen.
Aaliyah looked up from her chemistry book.
"Oh hi guys! What's wrong Miriam?" Aaliyah asked, noticing Miriam's pained expression.
Miriam plopped down on a stool beside Aaliyah.
"Urgh.." she groaned in response.
Paree gave her a disapproving glare.
"She has a hangover. What did you need to do that stupid competition for." Paree said, getting some medicine out of a cabinet and a glass of water.
"The first one to get drunk would do the others homework for two weeks." she told them, as she took the hangover medication Paree handed her.
"So, who won?" asked Aaliyah.
"I don't know. So, I think we got drunk at the same time. So, we cancelled each other out. But I think I probably won. I don't think I was that drunk"
The other three sweat dropped at this. Mariah, Aaliyah and Paree looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"What? What's so funny?" Miriam asked grumpily.
"Not gasp that drunk, yeah gasp right." Mariah managed to choke out.
"Yeah, I don't think you were that drunk when you told Ozuma that you loved him." Aaliyah laughed.
"I WHAT!!!! OH MY GOD!! I can't believe it! Please tell me that they're joking." Miriam yelled getting up and shaking Paree by the arms.
"Nope, sorry they're not." Paree said, before breaking out in hysteria once again.
Miriam ran a hand through her hair in frustration.
"Hey! Don't do that! It took me an hour to straighten your hair with you groaning about your headache." Mariah snapped.
"Do you guys think he'll forget. I mean if he doesn't he's going to make my life even more of a living hell." Miriam panicked.
"Well, he was drunk enough to forget. But if I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure Kai would tell him." Paree said, frowning a bit.
"Don't forget Tala." Aaliyah added.
"And Rei." reminded Mariah.
"Yeah. Wait a minute. I thought you said Rei was nice." Miriam said looking at Mariah.
"I take that back. He's a pervert. You won't believe what he said." she said with a pout.
"Why, what did he say?" Aaliyah asked, quirking an elegant eyebrow.
"He called me a bitch and then when I yelled at him about how rude he was, he told me that…that he thought I looked sexy when I was angry and looked me up and down." Mariah told them.
"Talk about adding insult to injury!" Mariah finished, pouting once again.
When she looked up all three of her friends had smirks on their face and an eyebrow raised at her.
"What?" she asked.
They all burst out laughing at that.
"Rei was checking you out!" Miriam laughed.
"Aw! How cute!" Paree added.
"Rei and Mariah sitting in a…"Aaliyah started, but wasn't able to finish because of a certain pink-haired friend, tackling down not only her but also Paree and Miriam.
They all burst out laughing and got up once they had calmed down.
"Kay' guys, I think we should go to school now." Paree said looking at the clock on the wall.
Mariah and Miriam looked at her like she was crazy.
"School? School doesn't start for another hour buddy. Today's late start." Mariah said.
"We get late starts?" Aaliyah asked eagerly.
"Duh! Didn't you know that?" Miriam said.
"Actually, no we didn't. Oh well." Paree said.
"Let's go watch TV." Aaliyah suggested.
They went into the family room and sat down. They started watching a re-run of The O.C.
At 9:45 they decided to leave. They were on their way out when Paree and Aaliyah's grandmother stopped them.
"Hello girls." She greeted them.
"Hey Nana!" Paree and Aaliyah chorused.
"Hello Mrs. Bikonai." Mariah and Miriam replied.
"Mariah, Miriam; I just wanted ask you to tell your families that we will be hosting a business ball this weekend and they are invited. I will be calling them as well but just remind them will you?" Nana asked them.
"Yes, Mrs. Bikonai we will." They told her.
"Thank you girls!" Grandmother Bikonai beamed.
"Nana what's this ball for?" Aaliyah asked for herself and Paree, as they didn't have any idea what they were talking about.
"Oh, I suppose I forgot to tell you girls. Well, every year we host a annual business ball for all the big business families that work with your grandfather. The families that usually come are the Chan's, the Ivanov's, the Hiwatari's, the Kon's, the Mariano's and the Lintos's. And one or two other families." her grandmother finished.
Aaliyah and Paree had paled when their grandmother mentioned Tala's last name and Kai's last name.
"Well, you four better get going now, or you might be late. Oh and don't forget to tell the boy's." their grandmother said ushering them out.
"Bye girls."
"Don't worry we'll tell them. Not!" Aaliayh whispered to the other three who stifled their giggles.
"Bye" they replied.
The four of them got in Mariah's pink 2004 Chrysler Sebring and drove off.
Rei, Ozuma, Tala, and Kai were already in class when the four girls walked in.
Tala kept his eyes on Aaliyah the whole time. Apparently she noticed this because she simply turned around and glared at him.
Paree and Aaliyah were now over the fact that Kai and Tala would be at the ball, because now they were busy discussing what they were going to wear.
"I think we might need to go shopping on Friday." Mariah said thoughtfully.
"I have nothing to wear to the ball so, sure why not." Miriam said.
"And this is the first time Paree and I will be going so we don't really have much of a clue on what to wear." Aaliyah said.
"Okay, so we go shopping on Friday!" Mariah said jumping a little. Just then the teacher walked in and they all went to their seats.
"Today I'm going to explain to you about a project that you will start in January. This project will count for 75 of your final grade because it is not only an English project but also a Math project." Ms. Leiki said.
"For this project you will be given a partner with whom you have to live from January to June. For these six months you will be living like a married couple. You will have to do taxes, co-operate, and live like a married couple would. But, there will be NO SEX!"
At this some of the boys let out cries of "Come on!" "Not fair!" and "But married people are supposed to do that!"
The teacher simply shook her head.
"Now since it is the last week of September. You will have about three months to discuss with your partner, about who's home you will be staying at for the first three months and then you will switch. Your parents will be informed of this. I will give you more details on this matter tomorrow. As for now open your books to page 34 on Advanced Haiku poetry."
The teacher turned to the chalkboard to write something.
Tala turned around in his seat and said in a whisper
"Yes, I get to stay with a hottie for six months."
"Oh and what makes you so sure?" Kai asked quirking an eyebrow at the red head.
"Because I just have a feeling." he replied and turned back around.
When Aaliyah and Miriam walked into math class they noticed, much to their disappointment, that their were two other people in the room already.
Tala and Ozuma looked up as the two girls were entering the room. Just as Miriam was entering a water balloon fell and popped in mid-air drenching her whole shirt.
"AAEECK!!" she screamed. Aaliyah turned around and rushed to see what had happened.
"Oh my god! What happened?" Aaliyah asked as she got some paper towels from the teacher's desk and tried wiping off some of the water.
"I don't know! I was just walking into the room when the water balloon fell on me." she looked up and saw Ozuma and Tala laughing.
She walked up to them and pushed Ozuma hard, he banged into a desk.
"Hey! What was that for bitch?" Ozuma said angrily, as he got up.
"Well, why did you set up that fucking water balloon you retard?" Miriam shrieked in his face.
"I was just expressing my love for you, baby." He smirked back.
"Oh, I'll show you love!" Miriam started chasing him around the classroom, knocking over tables as they ran.
Aaliyah and Tala just stood on either sides of the classroom watching the other two run around.
By the time Aaliyah and Tala finally managed to separate the two from beating each other into a pulp, Ozuma's lip was bleeding and Miriam had almost sprained her ankle when chasing him.
The classroom was a mess. There were tables and chairs knocked all over the classroom and books thrown on the ground.
That was how Mr. Yuseki found the classroom, as he arrived about ten minutes before class was to start. He saw the four students, sitting according to their seating plan, in their normal seats.
"WHAT HAPPENED HERE?" He demanded.
None of the students spoke up so he called upon Miriam.
"Miriam, why are you wearing a sweater over your normal uniform and what happened here?"
"Well you see, I was walking into the classroom when a water balloon fell on me and then I found that Ozuma had set it up and so we got into a little fight." she said glaring at Ozuma the whole time, with him returning the glare.
"Is this true?" he asked the other three students. They simply nodded their heads.
"Well, I expect you and Ozuma to clean the whole classroom, while I think of what punishment to give you."
Paree and Mariah also had math, except with a different teacher. Unfortunately for them Kai and Rei were also in their class.
Paree and Mariah had sat down next to each other as their teacher still had to give them a seating plan.
Ms. Mae walked in and sat at her desk.
"Ok class today, I will be giving you a seating plan. The person you sit with will also be your partner for a while, because we are now starting a new unit in geometry." Ms. Mae said.
"Hilary and Emily please come to the front desk. Tyson and Kenny behind them…." and so she continued.
"Kai and Paree at the back please." Kai and Paree glared the teacher but did as they were told to.
"Rei and Mariah at the table beside them please." These two also glared at Ms. Mae as they made their way over to the desk.
"Okay, now get out your notebooks and turn to page 260." Everyone grudgingly obeyed.
"Your practically taking up the whole desk move over." Paree whispered, while trying to pushing Kai's books away a little.
Kai just grunted and moved his stuff so that it was now taking up even more room.
Not being the kind to give up easily, Paree just moved his stuff away once again. And once again Kai moved it back.
Paree moved it again; and Kai moved back. And so it went until…
"Aah! I can't take it anymore. Stop that will you!" Paree yelled out.
The teacher glared at her, but Paree didn't take any notice.
"Miss Bikonai would you please sit down." Ms. Mae said with gritted teeth.
"Oops, sorry Ms. Mae!" Paree muttered feebly and sat back down.
"Dumb ass." she heard Kai whisper. She glared at him then turned away.
"Jerk." she replied.
"Bitch."
"Loser."
"Slut"
'That's it! I'm sick of this!' Paree thought.
"Ms. Mae can you assign me another seat, like now!" Paree said standing up.
When she saw the glare the teacher sent her she added: "Please."
She saw Ms. Mae simply shake her head.
"I suggest you sit down Miss Bikonai. Before I give you detention."
Paree grumbled and sat down. She looked over at Mariah who gave her a sympathetic look.
Paree elbowed Kai in the head purely by "accident" when she went to go hand in her assignment. Kai glared at her.
Paree simply sighed and rolled her eyes, deciding to ignore Kai for the rest of the day.
Mariah simply shook her head at Paree's annoyed expression.
'I feel sorry for her.' she thought to herself, while she finished copying the notes off the chalkboard.
'At least Rei hasn't done anything to annoy me.' little did she know that she had thought that too soon.
Mariah was copying the questions out of her textbook, when she felt someone tap her on the shoulder.
She turned around only to see Rei stretching. When he saw her staring, he quirked an eyebrow in a questioning way, but Mariah just turned away.
"3 cm diagonally and 4 cm horizontally." Mariah murmured to herself as she read out of the textbook.
As she went to measure the equation, she felt Rei's elbow collide with hers making her mess up the measurement.
She simply ignored it. As she went to measure the equation again, Rei's elbow once again collided with hers. This happened two more times before she simply threw down her ruler and pencil.
"Can't you at least try to act like a civilized person, in class?" she asked him, while glaring.
"Oh I do, you on the other hand can't seem to keep your cannibal-like habit's a secret." Rei said, smirking at her annoyed expression.
"Shut up! Geez, don't you ever get fucking tired of this?" Mariah asked giving an exasperated sigh.
"What was that Miss Chan?" Ms. Mae said looking up. Mariah smiled sweetly at her.
"Oh, nothing we were simply talking about an equation." She lied.
Ms. Mae nodded her head and looked away.
"No, I don't get tired of it. You just need to get used to it." Rei said smirking and daring to poke her stomach.
Mariah glared at him.
"You are such an ass-hole." Mariah whispered, unfortunately it wasn't quiet enough because Ms. Mae seemed to have heard it.
"Miss Chan! Please mind your language and continue your work!" Ms. Mae shouted at Mariah.
"Yes, Ms. Mae." she replied and started to work again.
Ms. Mae rubbed her temples lightly.
'These four are going to drive me insane one of these days.' she thought.
Tala had been throwing small paper balls at the back of Aaliyah's head for the past ten minutes.
Aaliyah had turned around and glared a few times but he didn't take it as much and continued .
Finally Aaliyah seemed to have snapped. She turned and yelled: "STOP THAT YOU FUCKING RETARD!"
With that said she threw her books into her back and ran out of the room, kicking Tala in the shin on her way out.
Mr. Yuseki looked up as Aaliyah disappeared and shook his head.
"Mr. Ivanov see me after class for detention today." Mr. Yuseki said.
"But I didn…." Tala started, still clutching his leg, but Mr. Yuseki cut him off
"I said after class."
The next day the eight teens waited anxiously in English class to find out who their partners would be.
They saw Ms. Leiki walked in and look at the class for a second before saying.
"Your math teachers and I have talked about it and put together the people who we thought would benefit from this project, greatly."
"Kenny and Ming Ming; Max and Emily; Tyson and Hilary, you will be partners."
"Your math teachers, especially thought it would best if you were in these pairs." the teacher said looking towards the eight anxious students.
"Paree and Kai; Ozuma and Miriam; Rei and Mariah; Tala and Aaliyah. You will be partners for this assignment. I expect a good long essay after this, on how you've learned to get along, as well as what else you did during the time period of this project. Now you are dismissed."
The teacher walked away without taking notice of the murderousglares those eight students were sending her.
Hey guys that's all for now. I made this chapter pretty long. I hope you liked it. Until next time. Please R&R!
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