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Goodbye – Chapter Nine
High school, how wonderful.
"Do we really have to go?" Ghoul asked Mitchie and Nate. Nate was driving and Mitchie tagged along, just to make sure that the twins had no escape. Nate was practically powerless when Maddie pouted. Maybe it was because she looked like Alex.
"Yes. You do. That's the only way Alex would let you stay here." Mitchie said.
"Damn."
"Please, Ghoul, behave yourself. Alex told me some stories about your temper and your ability to punch someone. She told me what would happen if those two were mixed up. They're not pretty."
"They were all asking for it!"
Mitchie rolled her eyes.
"Maddie? Will you please control your brother?" she pleaded.
"I'm good at that." Maddie pointed out. "I've done it countless times."
Nate chuckled.
One week after that press conference, they've all gotten pretty comfortable with each other. They were growing closer too. They could talk to each other without feeling awkward. They could act like themselves and not be afraid to get judged. It was like they've been together for years.
"We're here!" Nate announced.
Maddie looked out. The first thing she saw was a gate, with six-feet high stone walls spreading out from either side. They drove through the gate and stopped in front of the first building, the one with the stone steps leading to the double doors. It was a really big building.
"Behave yourselves." Nate warned.
"Bye." They said in unison. "Thanks for the ride."
"You want us to go in with you?" Mitchie asked.
"And have everyone run after you?" Ghouls pointed out. "No thanks. We'll be fine."
Maddie and Ghoul got out of the car while the kids sitting on the stone steps stared at them. Especially at the driver. Nate sped away.
They pushed the doors open and stepped into the building. There was a big courtyard in the middle of the school building. The higher floors overlooked it and it was an open space with scattered round stone tables. That was the first thing you see when you step in.
"I found the Principal's office. Or at least I think it is. It's too far to read the words." Maddie said as people stared at them.
"Where?" Ghoul asked.
"On the other side of the courtyard." Maddie discreetly pointed out a door beside the stairs.
"Let's go." Ghoul said and he walked towards the courtyard, Maddie following him silently. They crossed the courtyard while the students sitting on the stone tables stared at them. They stopped in front of the door. It is the principal's office.
They knocked.
"Come in." a voice said. They opened the door and saw a young lady, probably in her mid-thirties, sitting on a desk on one side of the room. On the other side there was a door and three chairs beside the door.
"How can I help you?" the dark blonde asked.
"New students. Madeleine Gray and Guillaume Gray." Ghoul informed her.
"Oh!" she said before digging through hundreds of folders and pulling out two small ones. She handed them to Ghoul. "These are you schedules and locker assignments. There is also a map of the school there. Your father requested for your lockers to be beside each other and most of your classes are with each other."
"Thanks."
"Good luck on your first day here at Sallie Dale High!" she beamed.
Ghoul handed Maddie the small folder labeled "Madeleine Gray" before they stepped out to their schoolmates who were staring at them and whispering about them.
"I told them school would be a bad idea." Ghoul mumbled.
"Oh, shut up. Stop being such a whiny baby and suck it up." Maddie snapped. The staring and the whispering made her feel uncomfortable and awkward and just plain weird.
"Are you PMSing or something?" he asked. He was used to the mood swings since he lived with two females.
"No. I just feel really weird."
"Why don't we go find our lockers?"
"Fine."
They found the lockers five minutes later. After entering in the combination, they started fixing their stuff, trying to push the uncomfortable feelings out of their minds.
All of a sudden, Maddie felt something hit the back of her head.
"Ow!" she exclaimed. "What the hell was that?" Then she looked down to see a yellow bangle. She picked it up and stood up just in time to see a girl coming towards her. She had red hair and green eyes. She was followed by a guy with dark brown hair and blue eyes and another girl, this time platinum blonde, with chocolate brown eyes.
"Hey, oh my gosh, I am so sorry, I didn't mean to do that, it's just that, you see, I smacked his" she pointed to the guy, "head and it sort of just…flew out. I'm really sorry." The redhead apologized.
"It's fine." Maddie said, handing her the bangle. The redhead took it and slipped it on her wrist.
"I'm Sam, by the way. Samantha Viner. The bozo over there is Toby Carson and the blonde is Olivia Winter." Sam said.
"I'm Maddie Gray and this is my twin brother, Ghoul Gray." Maddie said, pointing to Ghoul who smiled.
"Gray? You're Nate Gray's kids?" she asked, her eyes widening. Maddie cautiously nodded.
"That is so cool! Oh my god, what's it like having a famous dad? I love your dad and your uncles and also—"
"Ignore her. She's crazy." Toby said and Sam hit his harm. Maddie giggled.
"Hey, you guys wanna sit with us during lunch?" Olivia asked.
"Sure." Ghoul said.
"Hey, who's your homeroom?" Toby asked Ghoul.
"Ms. Stewart." Ghoul answered, looking at his schedule.
"Cool. We have the same homeroom." Toby said. "Want me to show you around?"
"That would be awesome." Ghoul said before grabbing a few books and shutting his locker closed.
"Bye, Maddie, Sam and Olivia. I'll see you guys lunch." he waved before the two boys walked off.
"So, you want us to show you around?" Sam asked Maddie.
"Seeing how my own brother blew me off, that would be great." Maddie said before grabbing some of herbooks and shutting her locker close.
"I'm gonna like you." Sam said.
-x-
The rest of the day was spent with more people staring and whispering at them, until the end of the school day. Right now, Maddie, Sam and Olivia were sitting on the bleachers, watching the soccer team. Toby was part of the soccer team and Ghoul wanted to try out. He was always interested in soccer. He was a good player too.
Her new friends were great. Sam was a really loud person, Olivia was quiet. Sam liked to dance. She dances at random times, even with no music on. She just sang to her own tune and danced. Olivia was into theater, and drawing. Toby was really kind and sweet and he's really into soccer. They were great people. Maddie felt like they really couldn't care less if her dad was famous or not.
Maddie's phone buzzed in her pocket.
Nate: I'm near the school. About five minutes away.
Maddie: ok.
"Hey, girls, we have to go. My dad's gonna be here in five minutes." Maddie said.
"What? Can't you stay at least after soccer is over? We could all hang out at Pinkberry." Sam asked.
"I don't really think so. Plus, my dad's really busy."
"Alright." Sam said, defeated. "Call me later." She smiled.
"Sure."
Maddie stood up to walk over to the field to get Ghoul and Sam and Olivia followed.
All of a sudden, she felt something hit the back of her head. This time, it hurt more than the bangle.
"Ow!" she yelped and turned around. She looked down. A soccer ball hit her head. She looked up to see a boy running towards her. He had hazel eyes and dirty blonde hair. Ghoul and Toby followed close behind.
"Hey, sorry, but my new friend Ghoul here kicked the ball to me and I kicked it away and it flew and hit your head. I'm sorry." He apologized, picking up the soccer ball. "Is your head alright?"
"Yeah." She said.
"Cool. Hey, are you new here? I haven't seen you before."
"Yep. I just transferred. This is my first day, actually."
"That is so weird. Isn't this your first day too?" he asked turning to Ghoul.
"Yeah. She's my twin sister." He answered, trying not to laugh at the fact that Maddie got hit in the head with a soccer ball.
"You don't look anything alike." He said, looking from Maddie, to Ghoul then back to Maddie.
"I thank God for that every single day. I also thank Him for not making me as moronic as he is." Maddie said, smiling. He laughed. Ghoul stopped suppressing his laughter since the laughter was gone now, it was replaced with narrowed eyes.
"You're funny." He said. "Thanks." She replied.
"Hey, what's your name?" he asked.
"Maddie." She said.
"I'm David." He said, stretching out his hand. Maddie shook it.
Her phone buzzed from her pocket.
Nate: I'm here. Where are you?
"Is everything okay?" he asked.
"Yeah. Perfectly fine. It's just that we have to go." She said then turned to Ghoul. "Dad's here." She said.
"Oh. Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow." He said. "Bye Ghoul, Toby, Sam and Olivia." He waved before jogging away. All of a sudden, Olivia and Sam were all over her.
"Oh my gosh. I can't believe it. David Hamilton just talked to you." Sam exclaimed.
"So?" Maddie asked, confused.
"So, he's like the hottest sophomore ever. Possibly even the hottest guy in the whole school! He's the first ever freshman who got into soccer varsity! He's the sole reason they're accepting sophomores now. You see, the freshmen and the sophomores were allowed to join the soccer team, but they're only part of the training varsity. They don't really get to play. It's like they build them up to be part of the varsity team. That changed last year when David joined. He was the best in the training varsity. He was so good that they put him in soccer varsity. First freshman to do that. He's the reason Toby got in this year. They're both supposed to be in training varsity right now." Sam informed her.
"Plus, he's really hot. And smart. And he's really down-to-earth and he's a real gentleman. Not like those other people he hangs out with." Olivia added.
"He was really kind to me awhile ago." Maddie said.
"Ohmygod! I just noticed! He knew our names!" Olivia squealed.
"I know, right? It's so cool." Sam said.
"Hate to break this little 'boy talk', but we have to go." Ghoul interrupted them.
"Oh yeah!" Maddie said. "Bye, guys. See you tomorrow!" Maddie said.
"Bye!" they called out while Maddie and Ghoul ran off.
School wasn't so bad after all.
At least, not yet.
a/n: Well, that was a sucky chapter. This is just a filler, I guess. Just first day of school and meeting new characters. I feel writers block coming. NO!!! Help me!!!
So sorry if the school description sucked like hell. I tried describing how my school looks like, but, due to the many twists and turns and buildings and roads and etc., I found that impossible, so I made up the description as I went. Yeah, my school's structure is very hard to describe. Feel free to imagine your own school.