AN: RECENTLY EDITED! Hope you enjoy the chapter :)
CHAPTER 2: New Life
BC's POV
Today marked the first day of my new life. I'm not going to lie and say I don't already miss being Buttercup, but I'm Blaire Neptune now and I couldn't mess this up.
It's all I have left and I don't have the money to try again, so I'll just have to pray that nobody will find me out and I can be a good enough actress to pull this off for about.. the rest of my life.
I look at the time and see that it's 5:45, which is the earliest I think I've ever woken up. School starts at 7:30 so I have time to get my disguise ready.
I decided to not wear green nearly as much as I used to, so I slip on a pair of ripped light colored jeggings and an off the shoulder pink sweater I took from Blossom's closet, and white ankle converse. I know it's not really my style, but I don't think just a hair color change and a little makeup would make me unrecognizable. I pulled my now chestnut bangs into a waterfall braid, which also wasn't my style, but I wanted to look as different as possible.
I eventually got to my makeup table, something I REALLY wasn't looking forward to, but it had to be done. I first used the concealer to cover all my freckles and finished with a layer of foundation to cover every detail of my face that might betray my identity. I wore eyeliner to bring out my eyes, which I couldn't bring myself to change. I would go insane if I couldn't keep at least one thing about my physical appearance.
I finished with about 30 minutes before I had to leave, so I grabbed a sour apple and the lunch I packed for myself the night before, and started walking to school in hopes of getting an early start.
When I got there I had to talk with the principal and the Guidance counselor to get my schedule straight. Since AP Spanish wasn't an elective at this school I moved into a chorus class. I would never be in a class like that normally, it was Bubbles' kind of thing, but I didn't have a reputation to uphold here. So now my schedule looked something like this
1 AP Lang
2 Chorus
3 AP Government
4 Adv. Team Sports
LUNCH
5 AP Calc
6 AP Chemistry
7 FREE
So I still had most of the same classes here. They also gave me a list of clubs and sports I could do, so I looked through it and decided I DEFINITELY had to do soccer. I couldn't live without it. They didn't have a gymnastics team, so I figured cheerleading, though disgusting, could pass for gymnastics and a good cover.
As I was looking through everything, a bunch of students started flooding the building, but I didn't have to leave yet since I still had time before class. I decided to opt out of a spring sport as to not draw too much attention and I could join Student Government club, something I picked up from Blossom, to further my cover. Buttercup wouldn't be caught dead in SGA, but Blaire just might.
I thanked the office staff and began to leave to find my first class. "Don't you need help finding your way around dear?" The guidance counselor made me think. I really don't know where I'm going. "I think I'll be able to find it, thank you though." I managed my happiest, most lighthearted voice I could and started to find my way to my first class in room G-207. I figured that meant it was on the second floor, and when I got there, there were a few different hallways.
The one I was in was the B hallway and everything in it was blue. Everything. The person who made this school must have had SEVERE OCD. However, this would make finding my classroom easier. I just had to look for a maybe green hallway, or would it be gray?
As I walked through the hallways I caught the color green from the corner of my eye and took a sharp turn into the hallway, but as I did, I ran straight into probably the only other person in the hallway, how lucky. I muttered a quiet "sorry" and started to walk down the hallway, but the person grabbed my wrist and yanked me back. It took all the self control I had to not break this kid's nose right now, but for the sake of my cover, I just tried to calmly get out of the situation.
"Let go of my wrist please."
"And why would I do that?" That voice alone made my temper rise, but I took a deep breath and turned on him, and what I saw scared me more than it should have.
? POV
I was running late as always, I was probably the only person in this hallway, but I had my dark green beats on, so I wouldn't know even if there was someone near me.
I was just minding my own business, taking my time getting to me class, when this girl ran right into me. "Sorry" she was quiet, this could be fun. I grabbed her by the wrist with a strong grip and pulled her back out of the hallway she turned into.
"Let go of my wrist please." She must be new, now that I look at her, I haven't seen her around before, and she's not the kind of girl someone would miss, if you get what I'm trying to say.
"And why would I do that?" After I said that, she turned on me and looked 100% shocked and and actually somewhat scared. I must have a reputation where she came from. Somehow she jerked out of my grip and quickly got to her class before the bell rang. She hasn't seen the last of me, that was for sure.
BC POV
That was possibly the worst thing that could've happened! I can't believe I just ran into Butch freaking Jojo! I can only hope that he didn't recognize me at this point. I realized that I couldn't even look him in his forest green eyes , how could I when I murdered his father!?
I looked at the room numbers and finally found G-207 and walked in. All eyes were glued to me, a red pair that I immediately recognized almost made me flinch. Brick was in this class, uh-oh I guess I'll see how my disguise holds up.
The teacher called me over to her and I walked up avoiding any eye contact with Brick. "This is the new student I told you guys about yesterday! Her name is Blaire Neptune. Everyone please say their first and last name"
"Jacob Anton"
"Cass Arden"
"Sierra Baker"
"Bruce Ball"
"Jenny Bunn"
"Jeremy Carson"
"Jace Dalton"
"Candace Deal"
"Bella Dorr"
"Natalie Gray"
"Ben Green"
"Brick Jojo" I looked straight past him, not wanting to make eye contact, and I think he noticed.
"Dayton Logan"
"John Newman"
"Carson Ports"
"Grayson Reese"
"Dawson Rind"
"Anna Spencer"
"Alyssa Torre"
"Angela Tyler"
"Jack Valer"
"Shawn Ward"
"Hannah Zeal"
"And I am your teacher Mrs. Joel and you can sit in the empty seat between Dayton and Brick."
"Thanks Mrs. Joel" to her it sounded innocent enough, but I was cursing her out in my head for putting me next to the one person I was trying to avoid in this class. I sat down and didn't say a word.
"We will be writing a persuasive essay on a new issue that's actually really big right now. As you know, recently, one of Townsville's superheroes recently killed a villain."
I'm pretty sure that if anyone was looking at that moment, they would have seen my eyes widen and my face turn a deathly pale.
"THAT BITCH KILLED MY FATHER!" Brick's long orange hair almost seemed to catch on fire and his red eyes burned with anger. He was very passionate about this topic and it only made me feel worse. The color returned to my face, but I was holding in the urge to cry. I didn't know they actually cared this much about mojo.
"I'm sorry Brick. Maybe you can use that as part of your argument. I will put you guys in two groups, you will each be writing on a different side of the argument. Group one will be arguing that she did the right thing and should be free of charges when she is found, and group two will be arguing that she was wrong and should be punished when she is found."
This lady didn't know how hard this was going to be for me on either side of the spectrum. I had awful luck and this day so far is proving that. "Brick you can be in group two since you have a bias toward that side." She counted off people into groups and with my superb luck, I was in group two. Yay I get to surround myself with people who want me to die!
We got in our groups and Brick was dictating the brainstorm and all I heard was why I should die should I ever be found. We managed to calm Brick down enough to brainstorm.
Our main points were 'she's a danger with her super powers', 'superheroes don't kill so she can't get off on a super hero technicality, she is just a murderer', and we threw some emotion in there by saying that mojo was a father and now his kids are orphans. I decided to throw something in there too since everyone else seemed to hate my true identity.
"How about a counter argument, just to prove that the other side is wrong, not just that we're right?" Brick was the first to respond.
"Good idea! What do you think they could possibly put down for her not being punished?" I responded back to him, never meeting his eyes.
"They will probably try to say that she didn't mean to and that she was doing her duty by protecting Townsville against his attack." Brick looked angry.
"Mojo never killed anyone, she should have been more responsible with her powers. Even if it was an accident, who says it wouldn't happen again, she's dangerous and needs to see consequence." Brick used a dangerously calm voice which chilled me to the bone.
We finally had our brainstorm finished, but the bell was about to ring, so the teacher told us we would be writing our essays tomorrow and the day after that she would judge which side had the best argument. The bell rang and I made my way to my chorus class. This building was organized enough for me to find every class relatively easily. I got to my class on time and saw something that only made my day worse. Boomer. I just couldn't win! This was probably karma for not staying in Townsville and just taking my punishment.
The chorus teacher only made it worse because when the bell rang, he made me introduce myself to the class and then to top it off, made me sing a song in front of the whole class, and I didn't even get to pick it. He made me sing "On My Own" from 'Les Miserables'. I have never sang this before, but luckily I've heard it and he gave me the sheet music. I must have looked terrified since the chorus teacher, Mr. Harris, told me it was ok and that nobody would judge me. He had good intentions, but I HATED being talked to like that.
I began to sing the song the best I could. I could kind of relate to the song since I was on my own, so I tapped into my inner Bubbles and put on the best show I could. Many people wouldn't think that I'm a good singer, but my sisters and I could all sing, Bubbles just liked it more. The class and the teacher were obviously impressed. He told me to sit in the alto section on the end next to the tenor section, which was right next to Boomer. Great.
"You sing really well." He whispered. I never looked up, but I could feel his ocean blue eyes on me.
"Thanks"
"No problem" he smiled at me. If only he knew. The class went by quickly and next I had my AP government class, which was thankfully uneventful. Next was what I was really looking forward to, gym class. I couldn't help but to smile, I loved every sport out there, but I only got happier when I got there, the had soccer nets set up.
The gym teacher, Mr. Jones gave me a gym uniform and I walked in the girls locker room to change. I'm not gonna lie, these gym uniforms were kind of killing my mood. Instead of gym shorts, girls wore spandex, and a form fitting tank top. I did however like the school colors, green and black, my favorite. Changing in the locker room is what made me realize I was the only girl in the class. This blows. I hesitantly walked in and luckily, only a few guys were in the gym, hopefully I could get the reactions in small doses. I heard a few whistles which pissed me off, but I held in my anger and just ignored them.
Butch's POV
My best friend Garett ran back into the locker room, I don't know why since he was already dressed and he knew better than to rush me. "Butch there's a newbie in the class and I assure you will be pleased with her." The fact that there was a girl in our class is what really got my attention, and by Garett's reaction, she must be a looker.
I quickly threw on my gym clothes and ran out of the locker room with Garett. When I got into the gym, I could immediately see who he was talking about. Even though she was turned around, the skimpy girls gym uniforms showed enough for me to see she wasn't just a looker, she was HOT. The fact that she was in gym just made her all the more attractive. It was great to finally have a girl that wouldn't cry if her nail broke in our school.
The late bell rang and Mr. Harris told us all to line up against the wall, but he held the girl back in front of all of us. I don't know if he realized what he was doing, but he just put her in the most uncomfortable position, and I could tell by the way she shifted under all the guys' looks. He must not have realized just how hot the girls' gym uniforms are, because right now, majority of the guys, except me were looking at her like a hunk of meat. When I finally got a glance at her face, I realized it was the girl I bumped into earlier. And as I took a closer look, she was just as hot, If not hotter from the front.
"This is our new student Blaire Neptune. And the first thing I want you guys to do is stop staring at her like that. I'm not so old to see what you guys are doing, she is just as much a part of the class as you are, so I expect more respect towards her. ARE WE CLEAR?"
"Sir yes sir!" Everyone except Blaire started laughing, she looked very confused, she would catch on eventually.
BC POV
This teacher either didn't know how uncomfortable this was or he was into newbie initiation, and by the little speech he made, I'm going to go with the second. Well not gonna lie, that put me in a little bit of a sour mood, but it improved when he announced that we were playing soccer.
Butch and a kid named Garett were captains and I was picked last. I wasn't that surprised since I was new and a girl, but it still made me want to rip someone's throat out. Woah where did that come from? That scared me a little but I got over it soon enough and focused on running circles around all these hotshots.
I was on Garett's team and nobody would pass me the ball. I took matters into my own hands and when someone came into our half of the field, I skillfully stole the ball and gracefully avoided every person who tried to stop me. These boys were amateurs, they couldn't take shit from me. I got closer and closer to the other team's goal and decided to mess around with their egos and I made one guy trip over his own feet. Butch was the goalie so I had to place my shot right. I kicked it hard so it looked like it was going right at him, but it curved and went into the top left corner of the net. Everything was silent and it made me feel nervous.
"Did I do something wrong? Why is it so quiet?" Everyone just stared in shock for a moment as if they were shocked, which really got under my skin.
"Blaire can I talk to you for a moment?" Mr. Jones was the only one who spoke. Shit I messed up. I messed up on the first day. The worst part is that I didn't even know what I did wrong. When we got in the hallway I repeated my earlier question but more timidly.
"Did I do something wrong?"
"No actually the opposite, I want you to come out to girls soccer practice tonight. You will won't you?" I was screaming in my head, but in the outside I only looked calm and collected.
"Uh, yeah I think I can stay after today."
"Great our soccer team needs a player like you! Also class is almost over so you can go ahead and change back into your other clothes."
"Ok see you tonight!" With that I walked back in the locker room to change. When I came back out, all the guys from my class except Butch, who's strong jawline was clenched in anger, were hyping my 'amazing talents' and how I was the best soccer player they have ever seen.
"Thanks guys but I really need to get to lunch." I tried to be polite as I could.
I made my way to the lunch room and realized I didn't know anyone here. I sat at a table by myself. I was eating my lunch when suddenly, a shadow covered my lunch, and to my surprise it was Butch.
"You aren't that good at soccer you know." That made me angry, that was pretty much the only thing I had left of myself and he was insulting it. I tried my best to stay calm though.
"Then you must be even worse since I scored on you." I could see the anger flood his face and his green eyes darkened.
"BITCH YOU GOT LUCKY" I calmly stared at him for a moment before responding to his outburst, which was beginning to draw some attention.
"I assure you that wasn't luck dude. I've done it a million times and I've never been a lucky person."
"THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, I'M THE BEST SOCCER PLAYER IN THIS SCHOOL, NO GIRL COULD EVER SCORE ON ME, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE LUCKY." I started to laugh at how worked up he was over this.
"Well first off, your facts aren't correct. You may be the best soccer player behind me, I scored on you just last period, and I can't be lucky because if I was, I would be nowhere near you." The now large crowd went wild after I finished destroying Butch's too big ego. I shouldn't have done that since I was trying to keep a low profile, but I wasn't about to just sit there and be pushed around. Butch threw a sharp glare that didn't really affect me and stormed out of the lunch room. I kinda screwed myself though since everyone wanted to eat lunch with me now. Eventually, they all went back to their groups except one person. I recognized him as the kid who sat next to me in my first period class, Dayton Logan. It was actually a pretty cool name.
"Hey I sit next to you in first period, do you remember me?"
I smiled, "yeah, Dayton right?" He smiled back.
"yeah! Glad you remembered! I think you're really cool and you don't seem to know anybody so how about you eat lunch with me from now on?" I actually felt happy that my luck was changing.
"Yeah. Sounds great!" "Ok let me see your schedule!" I gave him my schedule and he looked over it and seemed so excited that I was in his chemistry class as well. We talked for the remainder of lunch and I actually had a good time talking to him, but I had to leave for my next class.
"See ya next period, Blaire!" I had to smile at his personality, he kind of reminded me of both of my sisters, smart and kind.
"See ya Dayton."
Butch's POV (still at lunch)
I have never hated a girl more in my life, well except the bitch that killed my father. I went to sit with my brothers and they could see that I was fuming.
"Woah dude, who pissed in your cheerios?" Brick was so lucky I refuse to hurt them.
"That new bitch Blaine Neptune." Brick and Boomer started laughing.
"That girl is quiet, what could she have done" Brick finally gained the ability to speak.
"The bitch scored on me in gym! And then embarrassed me in front of the whole cafeteria by saying she was better than me!" Boomer responded this time.
"Well Butch, you were the only one we heard screaming, so only the people around you really heard. Plus, Blair seems sweet, she's in my chorus class and she's a really good singer!"
"She's in my first period too, she's pretty smart and seems harmless enough. Have you ever thought that maybe you just embarrass yourself?" I can't believe he just said that to me! I stormed out of the cafeteria. Do they actually want to be friends with her? Well I don't care, I need to find a way to embarrass her, and I know just the way to do it.
BC's POV
I got to my AP calc class. Brick was there. And lucky me had to sit next to him. And even luckier for me, they had a test today, and the teacher made me take it. Even though I understood the material well, it was still annoying because she never taught it to me.
Ms. Keane was the best teacher so I probably knew most of the material they haven't learned yet. She collected the papers. We had a few minutes to talk, and to my surprise, Brick talked to me.
"You know you really pissed my brother off right?" I laughed a little.
"He set himself up for it really, I just pointed out all his mistakes and he blew up. Does he have an anger problem?" I really didn't have any room to talk about anger issues, but Brick didn't know about that. He actually laughed.
"You know what, I think he does, and you're kinda funny. We should be friends." I already killed his dad and I didn't have the heart to turn down his friendship, even if I would feel guilty every day.
"Yeah sure" I faked a smile, he gave me a genuine one back. They really have changed. The bell suddenly rang and Brick and I exchanged goodbyes. I headed toward my chem class to see Dayton push the kid next to him out of his seat and motion for me to sit there. I couldn't help but laugh.
The teacher was very boring, I soon found that Dayton was the only thing that kept me awake in the class. After a looooonnnng 45 minutes, the bell rang and Dayton walked out of the school with me since his free period was the same, but he went home to change for practice since he had a car.
"See you in an hour!" He yelled to me from his car.
"See ya!" With that he put up his window and l changed into a pair of black Nike athletic shorts and a white t-shirt. I always made it a competition to see how clean I could keep my shirt. My old soccer coach always said the best soccer players are never on the ground. I laid out in the sun using my bag as a pillow, but as soon as I closed my eyes i sensed something coming towards me, I opened my eyes to see a soccer ball sailing towards me. My quick reflexes saved me as I caught the ball right in front of my face, too close. I felt my anger start to bubble up and I could barely push it back down.
I looked up and saw Butch with a frustrated look on his face. The bastard wanted it to hit me. "Son of a-" I muttered under my breath and kicked it back to him full force when he turned back to his friend Garett.
I was very satisfied when I watched him fall over, his friend couldn't help but laugh. Butch quickly got up and yelled at his friend to "shut up" he learned his lesson so I went back to my nap.
Butch's POV
I'm going to KILL that girl! I can't believe she embarrassed me again! I'm going to make sure something bad happens to her, even if I don't do it myself. I'm going to make sure she gets hurt somehow.
Bubbles' POV (surprise)
School was awful today without Buttercup. In all of the classes we had together, she would always make them fun by making fun of the teacher or other students. Today I realized how boring school actually was. Nothing interesting happened, but people did talk a lot of smack about BC which actually made me really mad, I hated it when people talked about my sisters. However, no matter how bad school was, home was worse. Nobody really talked anymore. The professor and Blossom felt awful about how they treated her, which they should, but worst of all, I have to pass by her room every night and remember that she isn't here and will probably never be again, especially now since Blossom promised to let Townsville punish her if we ever saw her again. I just wish she would come back.
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