Chapter Five-School Part Two

"Icy," Glare said as he finally caught up with her and grabbed her by the arm.

"I don't want to talk!" Icy snapped without looking at him.

"Icy, I think you're making a huge mistake," he blurted out as he turned her to face him. He ignored the students that brushed past them: some girls looking him up and down, some guys doing the same to his twin.

"About the baby? You're the one who thought I shouldn't have it in the first place!"

"No, not about that. Believe it or not, I'm talking about breaking up with Squid." Glare sighed before continuing. "He was perfect for you, why did you let him go? Sure, you two made a bad decision once, but that doesn't mean that you could–"

"I was scared, ok?" Icy wailed as she shook her head.

"Scared of what?"

"That some girl who's prettier than me, smarter than me…someone who's blond will take him away from me! He is a guy, Glare."

"Newsflash, Icy, that was your hormones talking. You didn't really want to break up with him, you experienced a mood swing. Now, I want you to go back there, apologize, and make up!"

Icy shifted her gaze past her brother's face. He sensed this and turned around. He felt his own heart drop when he saw Squid talking to a beautiful blond haired girl who was smiling brightly as she twisted her hair around her finger. She touched his arm as he smiled and she giggled.

"Too late," Icy muttered before pulling out of his grasp and making her way down the hall.

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Twitch sat quietly in his first period History classroom drumming his fingers on his desk as he looked around at the other students in the room. A lot of them gave him funny looks before returning to talk to each other once again. He looked around and saw a kid who reminded him of Zigzag. He sat down two seats ahead of him and started to talk to another boy. Sighing, he got up and walked over to the boy who peered up at him.

"Um…hi, I'm…B-Brian. This may sound w-weird, but you look a lot like my friend Zi–R-Ricky Kasch. Are you r-related to him in any w-way?" Twitch asked as he fidgeted slightly.

"Yeah, he's my older brother. I'm Eric and this is my best friend Jeff," he said as he nodded towards the other boy.

"Sup?" Jeff asked as he shook Twitch's hand.

"Nothing much," Twitch responded as his eyes trailed over to a car magazine that was on Jeff's desk. "You l-like cars?"

"Jeff's obsessed with them. Every car we pass on the streets he has to talk about it. His favorite is a Ferrari," Eric explained.

"That's a sweet car," Twitch admitted with a nod. "I p-prefer a Mustang C-Convertible myself."

"Was that how you were sent to a Juvenile Detention facility?" Eric questioned. Twitch's eyes got wide as Jeff looked at him in admiration. "My brother sent back letters talking about all of you and how you got there. Stealing a car is pretty impressive, if you ask me."

Twitch smiled as he door opened. He raised his head and saw Glare and Icy walking in. Icy had a sour look on her face while Glare had a tired look on hers.

"You know them?" Eric asked as he turned to look at the twins.

"Yeah…that's M-Matthew and M-Mackenzie Montgomery. They're friends of m-mine from the facility. A bunch of us from the facility came here, actually. I guess you can meet them later," Twitch told them.

"Will we get to meet her?" Eric asked as he glanced over at Icy who was leaning back in her chair and scrolling through her I-pod.

"I w-wouldn't try anything. She's A-Alan's girlfriend, another f-friend from the facility. I guess you can say he's p-protective of her. Unless you want t-to die, I'd st-tay away f-from her."

"We'll see," was all Eric responded as he shared a grin with Jeff. Twitch sighed before walking back to his seat. He glanced up when a girl wearing mostly black passed him and sat in the seat beside Icy. The girl had long black hair that fell into her dark eyes. She wore a black layered t-shirt with gray long sleeves, black baggy cargos, and black vans. She looked over and saw Icy scribbling furiously in a notebook.

"'All Men Are Bastards'" the girl read with amusement in her voice.

"I only write the truth," Icy said with a shrug and a smirk on her face.

"Experience?"

"Just broke up with my boyfriend."

"Unfaithful?"

"Uncaring." Icy looked at the girl with a small smile. "The name's Icy."

"Not your real name, but I won't judge you," the other girl responded with a shrug. "Name's Nikita."

"That can't be your real name either."

"Won't lie to you on that." Nikita looked at the boy sitting next to her. "That your brother?"

"My twin brother, yeah. His name's Glare."

"He looks like a big softy to me."

"He is…unless you get him mad."

"Ahhh," Nikita said with a nod. "Never seen you before."

"Yeah, I just moved here from Florida," Icy responded as she shifted in her seat a little bit. She tapped her chin before asking, "Are you some time of Goth?"

"You could say that, but I'm not the stereotyped kind. For one, Goths aren't as, shall I say, crazy as I am," Nikita responded with a hint of pride in her voice. Icy couldn't help but laugh at her straightforwardness.

The day went by slowly for D-Tent. Every class they went into they had to stand at the front and talk about themselves before they were allowed to sit down. Every class that Squid, Zigzag, and Glare entered the girls would stare; same for Icy but with the guys. She ignored all of them as she either listened to music or drew, ignoring the teachers. They didn't do anything to her because they didn't know what to do. By the time it was lunc, Icy was really greatful. She met up with Nikita again in the lunch line. She was staring hard at her jello.

"Is something wrong with the food here?" Icy questioned as she looked at her hamburger before glancing at Nikita.

"You don't know what these lunch ladies put in this food." Nikita told her. "They could be bugging our food to find out what we think so they can brainwash us." She then stood and Icy noticed that she wasn't that tall; she only came up to Icy's shoulder and she was only 5'3.

"You remind me of a friend of mine," Icy said as she scanned the room. Glare waved her over and she waved back. "C'mon, I want to introduce you to my friends. You'll like them a lot. They're...unique." Icy led her over to their table and she sat down next to her twin, Nikita was on her free side at the end of the table. "Guys, this is my new friend Nikita. Nikita, this is X-Ray, Magnet, Armpit, Zigzag, Caveman, Zero, Glare, Twitch, and that thing over there is Squid."

"Why'd a vampire in school?" Zigzag questioned as he tilted his head in confusion. "I thought they couldn't stay in the light." The guys sighed as they rolled their eyes. Nikita just smiled.

"I'm only a half vampire; I can stay in the light as long as I want," she responded casually. Icy tried not to laugh as Zigzag's eyes widened. Her smile faded when the girl from before walked up and placed a hand on Squid's shoulder.

"Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends, Squidly?" She asked with a giggle. Twitch and Glare exchanged glances while Magnet made a face.

"Um, ok…this is Jennifer. Jen, this is…Rex, José, Theodore, Ricky, Stanley, Hector, Matthew, Brian, Nikita, and…my ex Mackenzie," he responded slowly.

"So you're the girl he's been telling me about," Jennifer said as she smiled brightly. "He had a lot to say about you."

"Oh yeah? Like what?" Icy's voice was filled with venom as she gritted her teeth and clenched her hands into fists.

"Down girl," Nikita said with a laugh. "Don't want to become a murder."

'Too late' Icy thought to herself as she forced herself to take a deep breath.

"Hey Ricky, who're your friends?" Eric asked as he walked up with Jeff. "We all ready know Brian and Alan."

"Oh, well, that's Stanley, Hector, José, Rex, Matthew, Mackenzie, and meet the first hald-vampire ever, Nikita," Zigzag responded as he pointed to everyone.

"I'm Ricky's brother Eric and this is my best friend Jeff," he said as he motioned towards him. He smiled at Icy as he asked, "You're in my History class right?"

"Yeah," Icy stated bluntly as she looked up at him.

"Eric, go away," Zigzag said sternly.

"What? I'm just talking!"

"Go. NOW!"

"Someone's nice to their brother," Nikita said as she watched Eric and Jeff walk off.

"Yeah, well, when you live with a million siblings you get annoyed easily."

"Well, I'll see you at my locker Squidly," Jennifer said as she gave his shoulder a squeeze before walking away. He noticed everyone at the table starting at him.

"What?" He asked in annoyance.

"You told her your name?" X-Ray asked slowly. "You're dating Icy and you–"

"I'm not dating Icy," Squid interrupted in a somewhat harsh voice. "Not anymore."

"I feel less suffocated now," Icy commented.

"Why do you have to be such a bitch?"

"Why do you have to be a self-centered bastard?"

And it went all down hill from there…

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"Since this is your first day of school, we'll let you off with a warning. But we had to call your parents and ask them to come down here to tell them the rules of this school, since you three can't seem to follow them," the principle, Mrs. Johnson, said as she paced in front of Icy, Zigzag, and Squid who were sitting in three chairs looking pissed, glum, and annoyed. Icy sported a black eye and a couple of scratches. Zigzag had a couple of scratches and some bruises; a cut below his eye was bleeding a little, and Squid had an ice-pack held up to an eye, he also had a couple of bruises and scratches. And all of them were covered in food.

"Fighting in my school, I can't believe this. I took you juvenile delinquents in to prove that school can change you. But you brought your…ways into my school and I won't have it! If I hear of this again you will face detention. Two time then it's suspension. Another, and it's expulsion! You understand?"

"Yes m'am," the three responded in unison.

"That should be your parents. You'll wait right here until I come and get you."

"Yes m'am."

The three waited for the principle to leave the room before they started talking.

"I can't afford a suspension or an expulsion," Squid said in a quiet voice. "So…if you need a ride, I'll drive you to the clinic."

"That won't be necessary," Icy said slowly.

"Why not?" Zigzag questioned as he leaned over to look at her. Her head was bent and her hands were in her lap.

"Because…it's gone. The baby…miscarriage."

"How do you know?"

"A girl can just tell. It's like intuition." Icy sighed before looking at the ceiling. "This is my fault. All of it. I should've seen this coming."

"What do you mean?" Squid asked.

"Everyone around me…gets hurt. No matter where I go and no matter what I do, that always happens. Pain follows me around like a shadow ever since I was born. I always thought, if I had a kid, that things would change. But obviously it didn't."

"Part of this is my fault too," Squid reminded her. "I realize now that I wasn't ready to take care of a kid. If I listened to you in the first place…"

"But if you did, then you wouldn't be the Squid I know and love."

"You still love me?" he asked in shock.

"Yeah, my feelings for you won't go away just by a small argument."

"So…you two are back together?" Zigzag asked hopefully.

"Mackenzie?" Principle Johnson questioned as she opened the door. Icy sighed and stood before making her way towards the door. A man walked in and Icy gasped. She backed up as her eyes widened and a smile crossed the man's face.

"N-no! It can't be you!" She cried out as she shook with fear. "D-Dad?"

"I've come to bring you home, princess," he said with a smile.