Aurthors Note: Heeeey everyone~! Abby here. I'm sorry it takes so long to update these, but I'm writing as fast as I can! I also apologize for all my chapters being so short. I realized this when I reread my chapters... Thank you all for reviewing! Please keep it up! You guys are my inspiration to keep writing!
XxTimeOfDeathxX: yeah, in Eastern Asian Countries, they do go by there last name. But I figured that Wang would kinda go with the flow~, unlike Honda, who would prefer to stay as he's always been.
Vulcanblood: Yes, yes, Germany and Russia will come in soon. Germany'll have to wait a little longer than Russia though... *sadface*. But nonetheless, they will show up. :)
We headed to the clearing when Cassi and Alfred caught up to us.
"D-Dude! Where were you! I was about to come in there and save you! Don't scare me like that!" shrieked Cassi as she ran up to me and gave me a bear hug.
"And I heard that there were students inside of the building, so I came to help out. 'Cuz I'm the HERO!" Stated Alfred as he looked over Arthur and I, surveying if we were okay or not. "And it seems you're both alive and well. Are there any other students in there that need rescuing?"
"Uhm, no?" I answered, a little baffled that he would hope someone was still in there...
"Oh, no! Don't get me wrong! I'm not hoping for someone to be in there! I was just wondering if this was a chance to show how amazing I am." He said as he started laughing. "Well, now that you two are safe, let's head back to the group then."
Oh? He's made friends so quickly! I thought. "Sure." I said as Arthur and I followed Cassi and Alfred towards the crowd of students and teachers. We met up with Mrs. Butterscotch first so Cassi and Alfred could tell her that the two students that were still 'trapped' in the building were now out and safe.
"Thank God!" exclaimed Mrs. Butterscotch. "I didn't know what to do! And as soon as the announcement was made that we were two missing students, another two went running in! Not a very wise decision on your part, Alfred and Cassi, although you did manage to get them back safely..." I started zoning out around here. A lot had happened today, and I was tired. Not to mention hungry.
"Uhm, Mrs. Butterscotch? What about lunch?" I interrupted. "Arthur and I still haven't eaten, and I doubt many others did either." I said, slightly peeved. I'm never in a good mood when I'm hungry...
"Yes, it seems we'll be having our lunches outside then. I'll go tell teachers to order Subway or something for all of us..." she said as she walked towards a group of teachers.
"Well, I guess Subway isn't that bad..." I said as I looked back towards Cassi, Alfred, and Arthur. "Well, let's find Whitney and the others, 'kay?"
"Yup." replied Cassi and started heading to the left of the school.
"Um. Cassi? I think we left them over there..." pointed Alfred in the opposite direction.
"Hm? Oh yeah! Oops." Cassi said as she facepalmed herself and walked towards the right direction. We all followed Cassi and soon caught up with Whitney. Whitney had the three seniors with her including Wang, Feli, Lovi, Honda, and Matthew.
"Hey, what's everybody doing over here?" I asked. I thought that everyone would've made different friends by now...
"Well, we all figured we should be with you guys~aru." replied Wang.
"And Mrs. Butterscotch just kinda dropped us off here..." replied Matthew, making Gilbert jumped when he spoke.
"What the-? When did you get there?" exclaimed Gilbert.
"... I've been here..." replied Matthew.
"Not awesome. Next time, tap my shoulder or something." Gilbert demanded even though he inched closer to Whitney's side, as if for protection. But as he moved closer to her side, Antonio followed. I look at him questioningly and he gave me a wink in response. Oh. I see. I simply nodded and continued looking around the circle.
Feli was cowering behind Lovi asking all sorts of questions. "Was it a bomb? What happened? Who screamed?" all the while Lovi pretty much tackled him with curses telling him to shut up.
"Shut the $%*# up, Feli." he replied to almost every question. I then looked towards Francis who had started speaking to Matthew.
"You're from Canada, oui? Do you speak French?" asked Francis.
"...Y-yeah. A-a little..." replied Matthew.
Only then did I realize what Alfred was talking about. Nobody particularly made friends with anybody else, but they all decided to become friends with each other. So this is 'the group' he was talking about. I thought with a smile. Cassi and Alfred then decided to leave the group and go talk to the teacher's about something. I don't know what exactly...
"H-hey." Arthur said as he grabbed my attention. "T-thank you for, um, well, for coming in there for me." He said as he blushed slightly pink. "D-don't get me wrong! I would've made it out perfectly fine without you..." he mumbled, getting quieter and quieter. "But, thank you anyway, for coming. It's the thought that counts." He finished in a small voice. He looked embarrassed out of his mind. He's so cute... I thought as I froze again at the stupidity of my own thoughts.
"No problem. That's what friends are for, right?" I said, smiling. Stupid, stupid, stupid! You just friend zoned yourself, didn't you? But he caught my eye and smiled.
"Yeah!" He said with a smile that stretched from ear to ear. I've never seen him smile like that. And from how he always acts, I assume it's rare. That smile made me happy, so I grinned back like an idiot.
Just then, Nicole came back with Cassi and Alfred. Cassi had a big grin on her face.
"Guess what? We just managed to convince the teachers go get McDonald's instead! They said to take a sheet of paper and pass it around and order two things from the dollar menu. If you want more, you're gonna have to pay for yourself." Cassi explained, smiling.
"I'm getting a hamburger!" exclaimed Alfred, who was also smiling. Nicole found her way back to me and Whitney and said hello.
"So, do you guys know what happened to start the fire alarm? Nobody really knows. And the girl that was screaming won't say a word about it." Nicole said. I looked at Arthur, and found him looking at me. We both nodded our heads slightly and decided what to do.
"We don't know either." I replied, gesturing towards Arthur and myself.
"I was baking when the sound went off, so I wasn't paying much attention" replied Arthur, looking slightly aloof.
"Huh. Okay. So, who are all these people I haven't had the pleasure of meeting?" she said with a wicked grin that freaked me out a little. Whitney and I just finished introducing everyone to Nicole when Mrs. Butterscotch came by.
"Feli, Lovi, and Matthew. I'm very sorry, but do you think you can stay with Abby, Cassi, and Whitney a little longer? I'm going to be very busy because of all this..." she stopped as she saw Nicole standing by Whitney's side. "Wait! You're Nicole, correct? Can you do me a favor and take charge of the freshman transfer's for me?" she hastily asked.
"Sure!" Nicole said with a grin that lit up her whole face. If a person didn't know any better, you might mistake her as 'the perfect little girl' type. That's the kind of grin it was.
"Oh, thank you so much! I'll make sure to write this down later..." she mumbled to herself as she turned and walked away.
"YES! Fresh-meat! You are all MINE!" Nicole said as she looked at the three freshman. "These next couple of days are gonna be FUN." she said with a teasing smile.
"Oh, no. Watch out guys!" I said as I laughed. Nicole always had too much fun doing this sorta thing. It was getting uncomfortable standing for this long amount of time, so I decided to sit down. Shortly after, everyone else did the same, and we were all in a circle. I looked towards Whitney, who was watching Gilbert and Francis talk about things I couldn't hear, but the facial expression she had on her face was confusion. Just then, Antonio tapped her shoulder and started talking to her. I threw a pebble over to them to get their attention and suggested something.
"Hey, Antonio! Do you like gardening?" I asked.
"Si, I do." He replied with a smile.
"Did you know that Whitney is president of the gardening club? Maybe you could help out sometime!" I grinned. His face practically lit up. He looked at Whitney.
"Do you plant tomatoes, too?" He asked.
"Y-yes" replied Whitney. I smiled to myself, glad that I was able to start a conversation between the two. Wang was talking to Honda. Feli, Lovi, and Matthew were all still talking to Nicole, and Gilbert and Francis were talking to each other. Arthur just kinda hanged back with me. I didn't know what to really talk about, so I was grateful when Whitney suggested something. She threw a pebble, probably the same one I threw at them, and got our attention.
"Hey Arthur! Why don't you tell Abby about how it was like living in England? I'm sure she'd love to hear it." She said as she turned back to her conversation with Antonio.
"...You want to hear about England?" Arthur asked. I blushed slightly before I answered, because I didn't want him to think of me as any stranger than he probably already did.
"If you'd like to talk about it, then yeah. I've always dreamed of going there for a vacation or something... I find it very, well, romantic..." I said as I blushed a deeper red. He must think I'm so weird...
"Well, why didn't you say so! It's not actually that nice of place like everyone thinks though. It rains constantly, and during the winter, it'll freeze your fingers. But still, home is home." he said with a smile on his face. That's good. He seems to be relaxing.
"You must miss it there, don't you? I mean, compared to here..." I trailed off, not finishing the thought.
"Yes, I miss it there. My family is still there, and I miss them once in a while too. But I think being in America will be good for me, even if its only until graduation." he said.
...What?
"So, you plan on moving back after high school?" I asked as my stomach sank.
"Well, I would like too, unless I find something here worth staying for." He mumbled as he looked off into the distance. I wonder what he's thinking underneath those startling green eyes of his... He then looked at me for a minute, and I realized I was staring into his eyes. I blushed and quickly looked down.
"You have such pretty eyes." said Arthur, grabbing my attention. "They remind me of the open sea... Such a startling shade of blue..." he exclaimed as I looked at him again. "And it complements your red hair nicely." he said as he took a loose strand from my hair tie and looked at it. "It doesn't look red when we're indoors, but upon closer examination, it is indeed red." he said with a grin.
"U-Uhm... T-Thank you?" I stammered, blushing like crazy. I caught Nicole's glance from behind him, and she was gaping at us with her mouth opened. I looked at her sternly, and she finally remembered how to close her mouth. She gave me the thumbs up and gave her attention elsewhere... She's probably going to hoard me with questions later.
"I have a brother with hair almost like yours, but lighter." he said with a slight scowl.
"Oh? You have a brother?" I wondered
"Yeah. His name is Allistor, even though he likes to be called Scottie." He said with distaste in his voice. I laughed, slightly nervous.
"And I take it you don't like him very much do you?" I asked.
"Well, I wouldn't say I hate him; he just gets on my nerves." He said as he shrugged. "By the way, do you know how to make biscuits?" He suddenly asked.
"Uhm, you mean the kind that's usually served with breakfast?" I asked.
"No, the kind with chocolate chips, lots of brown sugar?" he described.
"Oh! You mean cookies!" I said as I laughed.
"Cookies? Okay then, do you know how to make them?" He asked again.
"Yeah, more or less. The only things I can really cook are ramen and sweets, so you're in luck! Why?" I stated and looked at him curiously.
"Well, I was wondering if maybe you could teach me... You see, my mum used to make them a lot, and now that I'm over here by myself, I don't know how to make them. And I bought some at the store, but they didn't taste right." He finished, slightly blushing again.
"Sure! No problem! If you want, I could get Whitney to come and help too..." I said
"Oh, no! You see, I wanted to make, what was it called again? Ah, cookies. I wanted to make cookies for everyone that's helped us all out. And if we told them about it, it won't be much of a surprise..." he said as he glanced around, even though nobody seemed to be paying attention to us.
"Well, I have no problem teaching you, but it might not taste as good as it would if Whitney taught you." I replied. "And where do you plan on cooking this? The school's kitchen caught on fire today! I don't think they're gonna let anyone in anytime soon..." I said.
"Oh, yeah. Then can you come to my flat tomorrow? I'm currently living right there..." he said as he pointed to the school's dorms. "There's a mini kitchen for each flat, so I don't think anyone else would notice."
"Wait. You're living on school grounds?" I asked.
"Yeah, we all are. Didn't Mrs. Butterscotch tell you that?" said Arthur.
"Uhm, no." I said. "And yeah, I guess I could help you with that. After school, right? I usually walk home anyways, so it shouldn't be a problem."
"Okay. Thank you very much." He said in a shy way. Mrs. Butterscotch then came over with a crate full of McDonald's goods and started calling out names. We all got our lunches and ate for a while. Whitney told me that Antonio would like to join the gardening club, and was happy about it because it would be nice to plant vegetables for the school. Cassi was listening to her Ipod, humming along to Micheal Jackson tunes while Alfred looked at her curiously, while shoving his face full of burgers...
Feli and Lovi were looking at their meal distastefully, but began eating it anyway. Francis and Gilbert were still having there conversation about who knows what. Matthew was talking to Nicole, telling her about the freshman schedules they all have. I finished up my meal, and asked for everyone's trash. Silly habit of mine, but it's better than everyone just leaving it on the ground. Everyone gave me their trash and I went to the trashcan, throwing the wrappers in the dumpster and then heading back to everyone. Just as I reached where everyone was sitting, the bell rang telling everyone to go back inside.
"Everyone go to your fourth block!" Said Mrs. Butterscotch repeated multiple times through a megaphone. When did she get a megaphone? We all then headed towards the school building. I made sure I had a clear sight of both Wang and Arthur, just in case they got lost.
We all made it to the Art room in one piece. Cassi hastily got all of her art supplies and started working even before the bell rang. Whitney sat down with a sigh and started pulling out her art sketchpad. I just kinda sat there, not really wanting to do anything. Everybody else kinda just sat wherever they wanted because our teacher didn't like assigned seats. We all looked ready to go home except for Cassi and Feli. Feli walked over to Cassi and asked were the paint brushes were. Cassi pointed out the brushes, paint, and canvas' and got him all set up. Just then, Mrs. Kerple walked in and looked around the room.
"Alright, everyone." she said. A lot of people liked Mrs. Kerple, but I didn't. Yes, I make good grades in her class, but it's her personality that ticks me off. I just don't get along with people that try to tell me what to draw... "Can all the new students come over here, while everyone else turns in there homework?" she said as all the transfers got up and walked over to her. Whitney, Cassi, and I pulled out our homework projects. The assignment was to draw something you see everyday that you enjoyed, using your favorite medium. Whitney's was a picture of a garden, done beautifully in pastels. Cassi's was a picture of a snow-globe with snowflakes everywhere done in paint, and mine was my cat, done in ink. It took me forever to do mine because my cat kept switching positions, and she wouldn't stay still...
We all turned ours in, and the transfer's all sat back down in their seats. And before we knew it, the final class of the day started...