Chapter 2:
The teacher continued after the students welcomed Omi. "Now last, we have Raimundo Pedrosa."
Kimiko gasped. It was the same boy she encountered in the hallway.
Keiko noticed how Kimiko couldn't stop staring at the newbie. "He's hot."
Kimiko turned red and yelled, "NO HE IS NOT!" The whole class turned to look at the angered redhead. The teacher walked up to her.
"And your name must be-" question Mr. Gyasto in an irritated voice.
Kimiko gulped. "Kimiko Tohomiko."
"Miss Tohomiko, you are aware there is no yelling in my class, eh?"
"Yes, I know." Kimiko looked down in embarrassment. A majority of the class snickered. Mr. Gyasto agreed Kimiko had learned her lesson and walked back to the front of the room. Katara and Keiko didn't want to say anything, thinking the teacher would be tough on them as well. Kimiko buried her head in her arms on her desk as Mr. Gyasto continued.
"As I was saying, Raimundo Pedrosa is new in this country. He came from Tubarao, Brazil."
"So, Brazil, huh?" thought Kimiko. "For a moment, I thought he was a Mexican freak of nature." Kimiko remembered how she got embarrassed in the class, and it partly ruined the first day of school. She did not want to make the same mistake again. She looked up at the front.
"I would like all of you to show respect to Mr. Pedrosa and to our new classmates. Raimundo, you may take your seat." Raimundo sat down at the only empty seat in class. He sat next to Charlie Jed, who was dressed normally for the first time.
Charlie Jed was a boy in the school known for cross-dressing and being a copycat at how people dress. He would dress exactly the same way, regardless if the one he chose were a boy or a girl. Sometimes the outfits went too far and he got suspended for 3 days. Even so, the person he dressed like, he did not act like them. He always played with robot action figures, watched robot movies and shows, and imitated them. Students gave him the nickname, "the chameleon bot".
Mr. Gyasto started lecturing about supplies, rules, and the course. Kimiko grew bored and wrote on a piece of notebook paper. She quietly passed it to Katara. Katara carefully opened the note. It read, "Hey, good luck to Raimundo when chameleon bot dresses like him tomorrow." Katara started writing and passed the note back to Kimiko.
"But Raimundo is so hot. Just look at him. Why would you wish him bad luck?" Kimiko turned to look at Raimundo. He was staring at the front of the room, or at least he was. He looked like he was spacing out with boredom. Kimiko noticed his features- soft brown hair, naturally tan skin, nice figure, tall height, emerald-green eyes, and then she blushed.
She turned away and admitted to herself, 'Wow, he doesn't look so bad, but he's still a jerk.' She started writing another note to Keiko and started replying to Katara's. She passed one to Keiko and the other to Katara.
Katara opened her note. "You think a lot of guys in the school are hot. And Rai is a freeloader." Katara looked up and winked at Kimiko. She wrote back, "Rai? Making nicknames for him up already?" and threw it on Kimiko's desk.
Keiko wrote back, "You have to tell me why you don't think Raimundo's hot first. You even yelled it out to get yourself in trouble."
Kimiko read Katara's reply first and responded. Katara read it, "His name is so long, so why not call him Rai? Nobody wants to say his darn long name."
Katara quickly wrote back. She slightly hurled it back to Kimiko. Kimiko started unfolding the note just when Mr. Gyasto sauntered to her desk. Kimiko shoved the note in her mouse bag.
"Miss Tohomiko, I see we are having a lot of problems on our first day, are we?"
"What do you mean?" asked Kimiko, trying to keep a straight face.
"I saw somebody around here hurl a piece of paper. Upon yelling out in the classroom, I have assumed that it was you."
Kimiko started exaggerating. "Um, I dropped it from my desk, and Katara threw it back to me on accident."
"Since it is the first day Miss Tohomiko, I will let you off, but how odd for you to drop a piece of folded up paper when we are not taking notes or something of the same sort." Mr. Gyasto stated suspiciously.
Kimiko smiled weakly. Satisfied, Mr. Gyasto walked back and continued his presentation of the class. Kimiko sighed with relief. "Some first day". Thought Kimiko.
It was hard to pay attention after the incident. No one was still staring at her, but she still felt like the center of attention. She looked back at the new boy. Unlike her, he looked like he was attentive. Was he?
Brrrrrringggggggggggg!
The bell had rung. Kimiko sighed.
"Well, I guess we don't have the next class with each other." Said Keiko
"Yeah, I have science. You have math right?" Katara asked Keiko.
"Yeah, so many equations to do on the first day. And you Kimiko?"
"Well, I have English next. I guess I will see you guys at lunch then." Kimiko gathered up her books together and strolled out the door.
It took her a few minutes before she found her next classroom. She tried to think good thoughts. "Maybe Charlie will dress up as Raimundo. And then he will be embarrassed." Said Kimiko sitting down.
A red head boy ran up to the seat next to hear and sat down. Kimiko ignored him.
"SURPRISE!" he said. "Remember me?"
"No." Replied Kimiko She did not remember having any classes with him last year.
"Heh, I saw you in the halls a lot. But that's right! I do not know you. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Jack Spicer, and someday, I will be the ruler of the world!" Jack let out an evil laugh.
Kimiko scoffed, "Oh right. I'm sure you will, since you can pick out two different color socks."
"Yeah, just like HEY!" yelled Jack.
Kimiko laughed.
Time passed by as Kimiko "flirted" with Jack. The same obnoxious boy Kimiko saw in her first class walked in. It was Raimundo again.
"Oh, no" said Kimiko, rolling her eyes.
"Huh?" said Jack. Kimiko buried her face in her arms, lying on her desk. She hoped she would be unnoticed by him. She peeked up. Raimundo appeared to be talking to a friend who she did not know, but slightly recognized.
"See ya Jet." Said Raimundo.
"See ya man." He replied.
Kimiko then knew she saw him earlier, after the argument between her and Raimundo. She barely knew Jet anyways.
Like Chase Young, he was as attractive and popular, even thought they were rivals and disliked each other. They were both on the wrestling team, and one would always beat another. The score between them was always tied. They also both had fan clubs. There was a group of girls who support Jet, another group supporting Chase, and another supporting both.
Kimiko looked at Jet and thought, "he kind of looks like Chase." Somehow, she saw more in Chase, than Jet. Katara thought the opposite.
"Hey! I'm right over here!" Said Jack.
"Huh?"
"Me, Jack? Remember me?"
"Oh, that's right. You, my bad."
Jack took out his pocket mirror and started combing his fire red hair. He spit on his hand and rubbed it on his hair to make it go in place. "You know, I seen you in the halls all of last year. And I saw you playing goo zombies before. That is one of my favorite games too. Maybe we can play doubles together sometime?"
Kimiko felt grossed out. "Um, I don't think I want to. Um, I… Look there's air over there!"
"Really? Where?" asked Jack, turning his head in the direction Kimiko pointed at.
Kimiko grabbed her animal knapsack and moved to a random seat far away from Jack. She sighed with relief.
"Well look who we have here." Started somebody with a familiar accent.
Kimiko turned to her right. "Oh, crap." Muttered Kimiko. "Here we go again. First the nasty hand red head and now the obnoxious Brazilian."
"Students, take your seat please, and keep quiet." Said the teacher. "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."
"Do you have a dang clue on what he is saying?" Raimundo asked Kimiko. Kimiko ignored him.
"Students, my name is Mr. Fung. I used to teach Karate and just started teaching here at school as my first year. I will also coach the wresting team."
He looked like in his mid forty's and sounded like he had wisdom in him. He was bald, but had a long bearded and a mustache.
"Now to take attendance." Mr. Fung went through the class list. The same boy named Omi appeared in the same class again.
"Clay Bailey." Said Master Fung
"Here." Replied Clay. Kimiko turned and looked at the front left corner surprised. She was happy one of her friends was in her class, so she smiled at him. He did not see her. She started to imagine Clay beating up Raimundo every time he did or said something cruel to her.
Master Fung continued to take attendance. "Kimiko Tohomiko." Kimiko appeared to be spacing out.
"Yo girl." Said Raimundo, tapping Kimiko on the shoulder.
"Don't touch me you lowlife." Replied Kimiko.
"Kimiko Tohomiko, I just called your name."
Kimiko knew her fault. "Here…" replied Kimiko weakly. Her classmates started whispering. "Stupid Raimundo, he is ruining my first day." Thought Kimiko. She looked around again, seeing Clay wave at her. She just remembered he was in her class. She waved back.
Before she knew it, Mr. Fung had already finished taking attendance. "Now class, I will pair you up so you will get to know each other. I will start by pairing these two up. Better than a thousand hollow words bring peace." Mr. Fung pointed at Kimiko and Raimundo. Kimiko groaned.
Raimundo showed his response with an evil grin. Kimiko heated up in anger. She can say her first day was already ruined.