AN: I would like to say thanks to my reviewer and thanks to the people who put me on alert and fav! It really motivated me to write this second chapter! :D
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Cliques and Colors
Chapter 2 : Second Impressions
'Today's the day.' Cagalli thought as she looked at her reflection with determination. She ran her right hand through her soft slightly unruly hair that rested just above her shoulders. She examined her school semi-uniform which consists of a white V-neck short sleeved shirt and her emerald colored skirt. She frowned.
"Why does it have to be so short?" Grumbling, she tugged at the skirt that ended three inches above her knees.
It was Monday, Cagalli's first day at Destiny High. Currently 7:36 A.M. Approximately 44 minutes until her first class start. Grabbing her backpack and a toast she quickly left her small apartment.
Destiny High – 15 minutes later
Cagalli stood in front of the school looking around at all the students mingling around with their own groups. She could tell they were in different groups because of the different skirts and pants the students wore. Taking a deep breath, Cagalli quickly walked towards the entrance.
'Gotta get my schedule, gotta get my schedule… where did he say to get it again? The registrar or the main office?' Feeling the curious stares she was already getting, she hurriedly walked towards the registrar.
"Excuse me, is this where I get my schedule? I'm a new student."
The lady curiously looked at her for a second before replying. "Yes, may I ask for your name please?"
"Cagalli Yula."
"Alright, just a moment please." The lady typed a few things on her computer before walking towards the printer sitting at the corner.
"Here you go, welcome to Destiny High I hope you'll enjoy studying here." The lady smiled kindly.
"Thank you! Have a good day Ma'am."
Under a pretty little apple tree
"Yo Athrun!"
A guy with shoulder length navy blue hair looked up at the sound of his name. He was wearing a white dress shirt with the first couple of buttons undone showing his lean, slightly sun kissed neckline, a pair of navy blue pants, and a loose navy blue tie around his collar. His face consists of a prominent jaw and chin, a straight nose, symmetrical full lips, high cheekbones, and a pair of deep emerald green eyes. In short, this guy was drop-dead gorgeous.
His name is Athrun Zala, just turned 18, dubbed the hottest guy in school and the most popular. So popular that there is a large clique made up of self-declared Athrun Zala fangirls. Their signature hot pink skirts and cheap princess tiaras easily gave them away even from a far distance.
This was precisely the reason why Athrun Zala was hiding behind an apple tree…again.
"SHH! Don't say my name so loud Kira! Do you want me dead?"
The brown haired boy threw his head back and chuckled loudly. He was dressed almost the same as Athrun except his shirt was a polo shirt. "I can't believe you're still hiding from your fan girls after three years in this school Athrun! Man those girls just never learn to give up."
"I don't get why they can't just go for someone else!" Athrun frustratingly ruffled his hair, only to have it fall right back in place.
"I don't get why either, you're always so cold and rude towards them." Kira mused thoughtfully, cupping his chin with his left hand.
"Sigh, whatever I need to go to my locker. Cover for me while I make a run for it." Athrun looked around to make sure that there were no hot pink blotches lurking around. Relieved to find that the coast was clear, he waved at Kira before quickly making a dash for one of the side entrances into the school.
"I'll see you in class!"
Kira made his way to his first period, English 4. He was greeted by a pretty girl with long flowing pink hair and baby blue eyes. She was wearing a navy blue skirt and a white blouse completed with a bow around her collar.
"Hello Kira! Good morning."
"Good morning Lacus, though I can't say the same for our dear friend Athrun." Kira chuckled.
"Oh my, was he hiding from his fangirls again?" Lacus' baby blue eyes shined with a hint of worry but mostly with amusement.
"Bingo!" Kira winked and chuckled. Lacus blushed but her expression changed when she saw a pretty girl with shoulder length red hair and gray eyes walking their direction. She was dressed similarly to Lacus except her skirt was an inch shorter. She made a 'shh' gesture with her finger as she slowly crept up behind Kira and swiftly covered his lavender eyes with her hands. Lacus' face was somewhat troubled, but Kira grinned because he already knows who the owner of the hands was.
"Flay."
"Aw how did you know it was me?" Flay pouted.
"Because you do this so many times I think the feel of your hands are permanently burned into my memory." Kira smiled teasingly as he took her hands in his.
"I can't help it though!" Flay giggled. She noticed that Lacus looked somewhat uncomfortable. "What's wrong Lacus?"
"W-what? Oh, um, nothing Flay, I guess I'm just tired from studying last night." Of course in Lacus' heart, she knows the real reason, she was secretly in love with Kira Yamato. Sadly Kira was taken, and he was quite oblivious to her feelings. Even though Flay is Kira's girlfriend, Lacus can't hate her. Flay has always been nice and friendly to her, plus she doesn't know that Lacus was in love with Kira.
"You shouldn't overwork yourself Lacus, health always comes first." Kira said with a hint of worry.
"I know, I'll try not to Kira." Lacus couldn't help but smile at his kind personality.
Meanwhile with Cagalli
Cagalli slowly examined her schedule as she walked down the hallway. 'Hmm…I have English 4 first and then…'
Suddenly, Cagalli felt like she just slammed straight into a wall before falling to the floor from the impact.
"Ouch!" Holding her head she opened her eyes and looked at the offender. Before she could utter a word –
"What the HECK? Watch where you're going!"
Cagalli's amber eyes widened at the familiar face, well specifically hair and eyes. 'It's that JERK AGAIN! How dare he yell at me!'
"WHY DON'T YOU WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" Cagalli yelled back, her cheeks slightly red from anger.
Some girls who were still in the hallway let out small gasps as they watched the girl yell at their precious PRINCE. Immediately they started whispering among themselves asking questions like 'who the heck is this blonde?'
Cagalli's eye twitched when she heard a few phrases but nonetheless continued to glare back at Athrun defiantly.
Athrun on the other hand was completely caught off guard as his dark eyebrows flew up when he realized that a girl was actually yelling back at him. 'I've never been yelled at by a girl before! Who is this girl? She looks kind of familiar…'
"What? You're the one who bumped into me!" Athrun's emerald orb glared into Cagalli's amber ones. 'She has nice eyes…WOAH WTF?'
"WELL IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING YOU WOULD HAVE SAW ME AND MOVED OUT OF MY WAY!"
Athrun faltered just a little, taken by surprise at the interesting girl fuming in front of him. He checked one of the clocks in the hallway and saw that he only had 2 minutes before the bell rings.
"SHIT I'm gonna be late! Let's just forget this ever happened okay?" And he was gone.
"UGH stupid pig! WHAT ARE YOU BIMBOS LOOKING AT? GO BUFF YOUR NAILS OR SOMETHING!" Cagalli barked as she glared at all the girls whispering about her.
Before you can say 'Fangirls', they were gone.
*Bell Rings*
'Oh great, now I'm late and I don't even know where my class is!'Cagalli chewed on her lips as she started looking for her classroom.
4 minutes later
"AHAH! ROOM 3210!"
Cagalli took a deep breath and knocked on the door. The door opened a few seconds later to reveal a brunette lady.
"Yes can I help you?"
"I'm a new student."
"OH! So you're the one that Mu was talking about. Please come in! CLASS WE HAVE A NEW STUDENT!"
Now all of the student's attention was on her. The guys in the classroom seemed to pay much more attention at the new comer. Cagalli scanned the classroom and her eyes widened as they landed on an indigo haired male. She bit back the urge to scream and also caught his shocked expression at seeing her.
"Okay Ms. Yula right? Please introduce yourself to the class."
"My name is Cagalli Yula, I've just moved here from Orb, please to meet you all." She mentally rolled her eyes as she spoke the last word in her introduction.
"Okay let's see where you'll be sitting at." Murrue scanned the classroom for empty seats and her brown eyes lit up as they landed on one. It was the seat next to Athrun. Cagalli also sees this and prayed hard in hopes of seating anywhere but there.
"Please take that seat in the third row right next to Mr. Zala please, Mr. Zala would you kindly raise your hand?" Cagalli mentally cursed when she saw the blue haired pig who looked shocked and somewhat displeased but obligingly raised his hand. But before it got the chance to go all the way up several girls shot up from their seats and one yelled "MISS MURRUE THAT GIRL CANNOT SIT NEXT TO ATHRUN!"
Cagalli was relieved but raised one of her eyebrows when she noticed the hot pink skirts and tiaras the girls wore. The girl who yelled seemed to be the leader of the group because her tiara had a big pink gem on it.
"And why is that Miss Campbell?"
"Because everyone had to take THE TEST to sit next to him so SHE has to too!" Meer Campbell, leader of the Athrun Zala Fanclub Clique sneered.
"But there is only one seat left, where will she sit if she were to fail the test?"
"I WILL REPLACE HER." Meer declared proudly.
Athrun who was smirking seconds ago turned pale. No one has ever passed the test before! He prayed hard that the blonde pass because he'd rather DIE than to sit next to MEER CAMBPELL.
"Very well Miss Campbell." Murrue turned to Cagalli. "Miss Yula, you'll have to answer a couple of questions for us."
Cagalli nodded, hoping to fail the test.
"What do you think of Athrun Zala?"
Her eye twitched, 'THIS WAS THE TEST? WHAT THE HECK?' Taking a deep deep breath, she answered honestly.
"I think that if you were to stuff him in a dress and put some makeup on him, he could win first place for Miss Japan."
Everyone's jaws dropped. Kira who was sitting behind Athrun regained from shock and suddenly started roaring with laughter, soon the whole class was laughing except Athrun, his fan girls, and Cagalli who just smirked at Athrun and his fan girls' priceless expressions. Even Murrue was trying to stifle her giggles.
"My, that was a unique answer, okay one more question." Murrue said after everybody calmed down somewhat. "Would you like to sit next to Athrun Zala?"
Cagalli sweat dropped. 'What kind of questions are these? What is this guy a princess or something?'
"No way! He seems like an egoistic pig and jerk!"
She raised an eyebrow as the whole class let out a gasp. Athrun on the other hand let out a chuckle, he didn't feel offended at all for some reason. 'This girl is interesting.'
"CONGRADULATIONS MISS YULA, YOU PASSED THE TEST! You may sit next to Mr. Zala."
Meer's jaws dropped along with the other fangirls. She couldn't believe that a girl ACTUALLY PASSED THE TEST!
"WHAT? B-BUT SHE SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SIT NEXT TO HIM!" Meer glared at Murrue and Cagalli angrily.
"That's not relevant Miss Campbell, it only matters that she passed the test so please sit back down or you can leave the class." Meer gritted her teeth and turned red with anger and humiliation when she heard some sniggers around her but kept quiet and sat down.
"Now Miss Yula, please take your seat." Murrue ordered.
Cagalli let out a sigh and made her way towards the third row. She avoided Athrun's gaze and took the seat to his right.
"Okay students please take the textbooks out from your desks. We will be discussing…"
Athrun glanced at the blonde to his right, she was concentrating on what the teacher was saying while taking notes. 'Hmm…she looks so cute and WHAT AM I THINKING?' shaking his head, he tried to focus on the discussion. He noticed that her pen rolled off the table and bends down to pick it up, unaware that Cagalli was doing the same. Their hands accidently touched sending electric shocks up their arms.
"Ow you shocked me!" Cagalli hissed.
"W-what? It's not like I meant to shock you!" Athrun whispered back, quite taken back by her statement.
"Well why did you pick up my pen? I can do it myself!"
"I was just trying to be nice!"
"Hmph!"
"You're welcome." Athrun teased.
"…"
"What was that?"
"I said THANK YOU!" Cagalli turned her head but Athrun can see the slight blush on her cheeks. The corners of his mouth curved up at the sight.
"So…you think I'm pretty huh?"
Cagalli raised her eyebrows at him. "I guess, what of it?"
Athrun gave her an innocent look. "Hn...nothing, just curious."
"Why are you even talking to me? I thought you didn't like me." Cagalli narrowed her eyes at him.
"I never said I didn't like you." He looked at the blonde in confusion.
"Well you made it pretty obvious when you IGNORED me when I was just being nice and complimenting you!"
"That was you? Wow I swear I thought you were one of those fangirls, uh sorry I was tired from basketball practice."
Cagalli gave a small laugh. "You thought I was your fangirl? Haha like that'll ever happen."
"Good, I don't need any more than I already have." Athrun smirked. 'She sure is different.'
"You know what? We should start over. My name is Cagalli, nice to meet you!" She extended her right hand at him encouragingly.
He smiled in amusement and also extended his right hand and took her hand in his. "My name is Athrun, and it's very nice to meet you too."
Kira and Lacus who sat behind them glanced curiously at them. They were kind of surprised that Athrun was actually talking to a girl he just met. The only girls he normally talked to were his childhood friends.
'Seems like Athrun's interested in the new girl…' Kira smirked. 'About time Athrun.'
"So what class do you have next?" Athrun curiously asked.
Cagalli took out her schedule and showed him.
"Hey you have 2 more classes with me today." Athrun smirked.
"Really? What a relief, now I won't have to get lost again." Cagalli smiled excitingly.
"Is that an invitation for me to be your tour guide?" Athrun wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. 'I can't believe I'm acting like this! AM I ACTUALLY FLIRTING?'
"No Zala it's an order!" Cagalli pouted at him.
'Damn I think I'm blushing. I never blush!' Athrun thought as he gazed at her expression.
"Haha, yes Ma'am." He mock saluted.
"Athrun are you going to introduce us to your new friend here?" Kira suddenly butted in with Lacus. Cagalli curiously looked at the two before turning her attention back to Athrun.
"Err...Cagalli this is Kira and Lacus, Kira and Lacus this is Cagalli." Athrun said, feeling a LITTLE irritated.
"Hi nice to meet you guys." Cagalli waved her hand at the two.
"Nice to meet you too Miss Cagalli." Lacus smiled politely and Kira shook the blonde's hand.
*Bell Rings*
"Okay we'll see you at lunch, Cagalli you should join us." Kira suggested as they walked towards their next class.
"Sure!" She nodded her head in agreement.
"Great! See you later Athrun and Cagalli!" Kira and Lacus waved and left.
"So Mister Tour Guide, where is our next class?" Cagalli asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Follow me, milady." Athrun mock bowed.
"ATHRUN!" A girly voice called.
Cagalli and Athrun turned to see a girl with red hair pulled up into pig tails jogging towards them. When the girl got to them, she practically threw herself at Athrun and squeezed him in a tight hug. Cagalli raised an eyebrow at her while Athrun let out a small chuckle and loosely hugged the girl back. 'Must be his girlfriend.' Cagalli thought. For some reason it irked her to see them hugging like this.
"You know if you keep doing this, my back will break someday because of you." Athrun told her when she let go of him.
"Sorry Athrun, I didn't see you all weekend and I just missed you is all…umm who's this?" The girl looked at Cagalli weirdly.
"This is Cagalli, she's a new student. Cagalli this is my friend Meyrin." Cagalli felt a sense of relief wash over her when she heard 'friend' yet at the same time she felt confused as to why she felt that way.
"Oh…Hello." Meyrin stared at the girl with distaste but Athrun and Cagalli didn't seem to notice. 'Why is he walking with this new girl? He NEVER walks with any girl except ME…err I mean his close friends.'
"Nice to meet you Meyrin." Cagalli waved but Meyrin already turned her attention to Athrun. 'What's with this girl?' Cagalli felt irritated by her attitude.
"Athrun c'mon let's walk to class together." Meyrin said, pulling his hand.
"Alright but first," He turned to Cagalli and teasingly said "come Milady."
"Yes Mister Tour Guide." Cagalli laughed and rolled her eyes.
'How dare she flirt with my Athrun? UGH!' Meyrin angrily glared at the back of the blonde's head.
'I won't let her take him from me.'
To Be Continued...
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