A/N: Hello lovely people! I'm back! Thank you all for the reviews/reads/favorites/follows. I appreciate them all! I'm sorry that I've been gone for so long, I've just been busy. :(
Special thanks to my beta Harmony Valenka Smith and my friend Ranger. Thanks guys!
Also, yes I love Welcome to Hell and this work was partly inspired by that idea. FYI if you don't know what W2H is I highly recommend you google it because Jonathan and Sock are so adorable.
Daffy meets Lola in third period Algebra. Mr. Salmon tells the class that they have to work in pairs on some math problems. Naturally, Daffy is expecting to work alone, although in math class he's treated less of a pariah than everywhere else, he's still surprised when the bubbly blonde takes a seat next to him.
He doesn't know much about Lola, except that she's the only other new kid, other than himself, that he's aware of. Oh, and that she wears a lot of pink.
She smiles once she's seated and extends a hand to him, which he shakes awkwardly. "I'm Lola," Her eyes, a very bright blue, twinkle when she grins.
"Daffy." He greets.
Mr. Salmon tells them all to begin working, so to Daffy's gratitude, they no longer have to speak too much to each other.
Lola's math proficiency rivals Daffy's, she works quietly and independently, except on the rare occasions when she stops to ask Daffy for help on polynomials, she's an unstoppable force.
They finish earlier than the others and so they have more time to kill. Daffy's just about to pull out a vampire novel that he recently started reading, when Lola turns to him and asks him what he thinks about school.
Daffy waits - normally people just return to their lives and ignore him- maybe this is a fluke?
But Lola looks at him expectantly.
"To be honest, it really sucks." Daffy tells her truthfully.
Lola nods sympathetically. "Sit with me at lunch." She offers, giving Daffy another bright smile. Somehow, someway, he feels like taking her up on her offer.
Daffy and Lola become quick friends. They begin to do most things together, like eating lunch, walking to classes and taking the bus home. He grows really fond of her and she, him.
His parents notice that his mood has improved as well as his grades, to their delight.
Bugs has been busy lately - apparently his demon friend, Taz, had screwed up astronomically bad and taken over a human's body and as punishment for his insolence (because it's against the rules now to inhabit a human without permission from said human), he's trapped in that body in the living world. So Bugs has been trying to help him adjust while also trying to get him out of his penalty.
Daffy doesn't mind that Bugs is busy, because in all honesty, he isn't ready to introduce Bugs to Lola yet. He was thinking of never telling her about Bugs, but that would be hard, as Bugs is very important to him and so is Lola.
He doesn't want Lola to think he's weird, or worse, be afraid of him and never speak to him again. He really doesn't know what to do.
Bugs finds him one day, pacing back and forth, biting his nails and just thinking.
"You okay?" The concerned ghost asks. Daffy nods and hugs Bugs. "I'm better now."
Someone clears their throat and Daffy jumps. "It's okay Daff, this is my friend Taz."
Daffy looks behind Bugs to see a young guy, probably not that much older than Bugs or himself, dressed in jeans and a white T-shirt. He has dark skin and close cropped hair and pearly white teeth.
"How do you do?" He greets, grinning and extending a hand.
Daffy takes it. "I'm fine, thank you."
"Taz here has been around for centuries, so it's a little hard for him to shake the polite speech."
"With all due respect, why anyone would want to lose their natural dialect, in favor of your utter prattle is beyond me." Taz huffs.
Bugs rolls his eyes and takes a seat beside Daffy on the nook.
Suddenly, there's a knock on the door downstairs. Daffy's parents went to a book signing in the next town over, and aren't expected home so soon. Daffy thrills when he realizes that the only person it could be is Lola.
Bugs and Taz get into a heated discussion about the flaws of modern language while Daffy leaves to answer the door.
Lola hugs him as soon as the door opens. "Hey Daffy!" But then there's a loud thud from upstairs.
"I hope they didn't break anything." Daffy whispers under his breath.
"What?" Lola asks.
"Nothing."
But there's another loud thud and before Daffy can stop her, Lola is running up the stairs towards his room.
Lola swings Daffy's door open, what happens next he doesn't expect. Because out of nowhere, Lola pulls out what looks like water in a vial and splashes some at Taz, who stares at her fearfully but doesn't feel affected by the water. "Demon hunter." Taz whispers.
"Demon." She hisses.
"Wait, Lola, Lola Veda?" Bugs asks.
And all Daffy remembers is the light bulb going black and Noah's angry voice filling the silence.
A/N: Sorry this chapter is a little short but alas, I hope you all enjoyed it just the same. :D See you next chapter!