Zander
It's Monday morning and everyone is excited to finally see the twins today. I walk into the school and I saw some people talking and I could hear their conversation.
"When I got to school this morning, I saw Principal Turner with two girls going towards his office" said one girl.
"What did they look like?" asked another
"They were like, really pretty" she said. "They looked like models."
"Seriously?" asked a third girl
"Yea. I was going to the bathroom, and they were coming the opposite direction walking behind Principal Turner. They're twins, but like complete opposites but still pretty."
I was smiling now. I pretty much won the bet, but now I just needed proof. When I was on homeroom, I patiently waited for the girls to get here. A while later, they walked in with Kevin and Nelson right behind them arguing about something.
I couldn't help but have a small grin plastered on my face.
"What are you so happy about?" asked Kevin
"Oh nothing, just that I won the bet I made with those two" I said, gesturing to Stevie and Kacey.
"How would you know?" asked Kacey
"I heard some girl talking about them to her friends this morning. They were with Principal Turner. She said they look like models."
Stevie scoffed. "Well, where are they?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen them yet. I guess they'll turn up eventually."
The next period all of our questions were answered when me and the guys got to English. Even though I'm still sort of new here, I've seen every girl in the school at least once but even if I did, they were nothing compared to what I was seeing at this very moment. It's like everything slowed down.
I saw them both sitting in the back at the table next to the window. At first, I only saw the face of the preppie looking one, but when the other one turned around, something clicked. She stood out from everyone in the room. Not because of what she was wearing or how different she was. I don't know...maybe that's why I was so captivated by her.
And it kind of made sense when our eyes met. We stared at eachother for what seemed like an eternity. The connection didn't break until Kevin broke me out of my trance.
"Dude, you're kinda drooling. Not a good look" he said and patted my on the shoulder.
"Well, can you blame him? They look like angels" Nelson sighed.
"That I can't deny, but we should sit down before Vigaro gets here"
We headed to our seats in the back on the other side of the room. came in a few minutes later. She passed out a worksheet then began her lecture. We took notes and then she had us break into groups to do the handout. I always worked with Kevin and Nelson when I got the chance.
We were trying to figure out the fourth question when I had the sudden urge to look up and against my better judgement looked at her again. I guess she could feel herself being watched because she picked up her head and met my gaze.
To make it less weird, I waved at her. She smiled and perfect smile and waved back then went back to working with her sister.
Nelson thumped me on the head with his pen. "Zander, pay attention. I just asked you a question. I want to pass if you don't mind." he said a little annoyed.
"Sorry Nelson, it was an accident"
"Don't get too mad at him. It's kind of how you are with Grace." Kevin said which made Nelson turn pink. He turned to me. "Just try to focus man, she's here the rest of the day and the whole school year"
"You're right. Let's finish this."
Twenty minutes later, collected the papers and called the class to attention.
"Okay everyone, before you go to your next class, I would like everyone to welcome our new students"
Everyone turned to look at them.
"Girls would you like to come up here and introduce yourselves?" she asked.
Dawn
"Girls would you like to come up here and introduce yourselves?" she asked.
You have got to be kidding me. Why was this so important? I mean, people were bound to get to know us sooner or later.
I looked at Kodi and gave her a look meaning "I'm not going up there".
She rolled her eyes. "Come on Onyx, it'll only take a minute. I'll talk for you."
She got up and pullled me out of my seat.
When we got to the front, me being the slightly socially awkward person that I am, I avoided eye contact with people, although you couldn't really see my eyes because my bangs were in the way. As promised my sister spoke.
"Hi, I'm Dakota Lockhart and this is my sister Dawn. We just moved here from New York. Uh, our dad is in the military and...that's all I got" she said shrugging.
"If you don't mind a few questions, I here you're from outside of the U.S. Where is that?"
"Oh right, well we're from Romania. My dad was touring there when he met my mom and they ended up having four kids. We're the youngest, our older brother Oliver and our sister Olivia are two years older and their twins too. They go to the Debra Goodman Academy.
"Interesting. And what part of Romania?"
"It's kind of funny what part were from"
"How so?"
"Because we're from Translyvania" After that it got real quiet. I chuckled and my sister sideways glanced at me.
"Are you serious?" someone blurted out.
"Yea, completely. It's not creepy like it's made out to be"
A guy raised his hand.
"Troy you have question" said
"Yea, you guys are twins right?" he asked. We nodded.
"But you guys don't look alike"
Now it was my turn to roll my eyes. Here we go again, I thought to myself.
"That's actually a common stereotype. Not all twins are identical, there are fraternal twins who look nothing alike but born on the same day. But we are identical. It's just some weird genetic things that makes people say that. They only difference is that our hair is different colors and our eyes are a little different. Other than that were more or less the same."
"Why isn't she talking?" a girl in the front asked refering to me.
"I don't know, that's how she is. She chooses not to talk much" she said while smiling at me.
"Dawn, do you have anything you want to say?" asked me.
I shrugged.
"Since we're on the subject of twins, how about we get your opinion on it?"
I thought it over for a moment.
"If someone tells you that twins or even any kids born on the same like triplets and up are the same, they're wrong. Just because you have the same appearance doesn't make you the same person. Take the both of us for example, we have some of the same habits and way of thinking but the only reason is because we're sisters and really close. "
"Like she said before, I feel comfortable not talking. I like being in the background. I'm not too big on attention, actually I find it a little weird, but that's just me."
"And as you can see, I'm a talker. It makes no difference to us. It doesn't change anything."
Mrs. Vigaro got up from her seat. "Thank you girls, that was vey enlightening"
We sat back down in our seats. Out of the corner of my eye I could see that guy looking at me again. I could feel my face heating up.
"Now everyone, read pages 30 - 34 and answer all of the even numbered questions. You'll do the others tomorrow in class and this week we start a new assignment. Have a good day."
Class finished right on cue with the bell. We got our stuff and left. Unfortunately we didn't have the next two periods together, so we agreed to meet outside my class before lunch.
Zander
Dawn. It fit her some how. I thought about it as I walked to history. And I ended up not paying attention the whole period. Next period I had gym. I got to the locker room and changed.
I was early so I sat on the bleachers and waited for the others to get here. Soon the court and the bleachers started filling up.
Kevin and Nelson were the first to come in and started messing around. Stevie and Kacey approached me.
"Well I guess you're right. I saw them last period and they do look gorgeous" Kacey said
Stevie stayed quiet which earned her a nudge from Kacey.
"Yea, I saw them too. So what do you want us to do since you win" she said a little bitter
"Nothing right now"
"Awesome" she said and sat down.
Kacey watched Zander. He looked lost.
"Zander are you ok?" she asked
"Huh? Oh yea, I'm fine. Just thinking."
She sat down next to him. "About what?"
"He's thinking about Dawn" said Nelson walking over with Kevin
"Yea, he was practically drooling over her this morning" added Kevin
"No I wasn't"
"Hold on, which one is that?" asked Kacey
"The one with the black hair and bangs" said Kevin
"Okay" she said. She turned to me. "So do you think she's cute or not?"
I sighed."Of course I do" I confessed.
"Well have you talked to her?"
"No"
"Well here's your chance, Loverboy. She's coming this way" said Stevie.
It was true. The both of them were a couple of feet in front of us, walking over to an empty spot of the bleachers not too far from us. They didn't have on any gym clothes. You were excused from it if you were new and they gave a week to get clothes.
"But I don't know what to say"
Stevie smacked me in the back of my head. "Hello, how about ,"Hi, my name is Zander?"
I glared at her. "I can't. It's not that simple."
"And why not?"
I didn't answer.
"Well?" she pressed.
"Stevie leave him alone. I think he's just nervous." Kacey said defending me. "Are you?"
At this point I was staring at the floor. It had litte bits of paper and a couple pieces of old gum stuck to it. I just simply nodded.
"I think our little Zander's got a crush on the new girl." chuckled Nelson.
"I'd say he's in love if you ask me."said Kevin.
"But no one is, so how about you both shut up." said Stevie causing them to flinch.
I looked over at Dawn. She was talking and caught me looking at her. She waved at me a little and could've sworn I saw her blush. I smiled back her.
"Zander look at me." Kacey said. I did.
"How about this. At lunch, I go over to talk to them and then I introduce you?"
"I guess that would be okay. Sure, let's do it."
She clapped. "Great"
Kevin came over and sat next to Kacey. "Well Kacey, just like Zander, I was blinded by their beauty and I hate to admit this but it seems like you have some competition for my heart." he said.
She wiped away fake tears." Oh Kevin, I don't know what to say. How will I ever compete with that?"
He put his arm around her. "Don't worry, my dear Kacey. Be strong, and I know you'll find a way"
Everyone laughed and she shoved him which caused him fell onto Nelson.
At lunch we sat down at our regular table. I was really nervous now. Kacey came up to me.
"Ok Zander, I'm going to go over there now and then I'll call you over in a bit. Ready?"
"Yea"
Kacey
I walked over to the table the twins were sitting at underneath a tree. The one I heard was named Dakota was flipping through a magazine. Dawn was listening to music and writing in a book.
Dakota looked up at me. "Hi"
"Hi, I hope I'm not bothering you but I just wanted to welcome to Brewster. I'm Kacey. Your Dakota right?"
"Yea and this is Dawn" she pulled a earphone out of her sister's ear. "Dawn, this is Kacey"
Dawn brushed her bangs out of her eyes. "Hi Kacey"
I sat down. "So what do think of the school so far?"
"We love it. Especially that there's an outdoor cafeteria."said Dakota
"Yea, I like being outside and feeling the breeze"
"Me too. So, a friend of mine kind of wanted to say hi, but he didn't have the chance. You had class with him this morning." I said while pointing to Zander.
"I remember him. He waved at me in English." said Dawn.
"Mind if I bring him over?"
"Sure go ahead"
"I'll be right back"
Zander
I began to get a little worried when I saw Kacey get up and head back this way. When she was close enough I asked her, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, come on" she said and grabbed my hand.
When we got over there Kacey had me sit down.
"Hi, I'm Zander"
"Hey, you were in our English class, right? asked Dakota
"Yea"
"Zander, I was just about to tell them about our band" said Kacey.
"You have a band?" asked Dawn
"Mmhmm, we're called Gravity 5" I said
Before we could keep talking about the band, The Perfs decided to butt in.
Dawn
I really wanted to hear more about their band but some girls interrupted them. A brunette and a blond.
The brunette spoke first. "Hi I'm Molly Garfunkel, and I just wanted to give you an official Perf welcome from the Perfs"
I raised my eyebrow. "Perf?"
"It's the abbreviation for Perfect. That's what we are, as you can see."
"Ok" I said stressing the "O"
"And that's why I'm here. I would like it if you and your sister would join us."
"Ce spun? Ea pare a fi o amarata completă. I said to Dakota. " (What do I say? She seems like a complete idiot.)
My sister smacked my arm. I smiled. "Um, I think we're okay. Sorry." she said
I'm guessing that not the answer this Molly girl was looking for. "If that's how you feel fine. We wouldn't want some goth freak hanging around us anyway."
My sister froze. My blood was boiling. How dare she say that and think I won't say anything. Or do something.
"Ai de gând să încercaţi şi mă puteţi opri?" I asked her "(Are you going to try and stop me?)
"No"
"Bun. S-ar putea să doriţi să mutaţi." (Good. You might want to move.)
Dear Readers,
Sorry if I have the translation wrong, I obviously don't know Romanian (I want to learn) and I got them from a translating website. Anyways keep reading, it'll get more interesting.
- CW