Sorry for the long wait. I had writer's block and it took time for this to came up. Disclaimer: I don't own C: KND, if I did then Numbuh 1 would had stayed on Earth. I only own the plot and Houdini. Anyway enjoy.
First Day of School. Paddy Makes New Friends!
Two days later
Two days had passed since the Fulbrights moved to America and things where turning out pretty much ok. After unpacking and placing everything in place, it felt more like home. Having passed this stage, the Irish kids were preparing to face another: a new school.
The two older kids were currently sitting on the kitchen table, each of them eating a bowl of Rainbow Munchies Cereal. Though the nervousness they had made it difficult to keep the cereal in their stomachs.
"Fan, are ye nervous about going to the new school?" asked Paddy, placing his bowl on the sink.
"Yeah, you?" she said, standing up from the table.
"Yeah, I mean we just moved to a new country two days ago, and now we are going to a whole school filled with new kids."
Fanny nodded in agreement as she placed her dish in the sink with Paddy's. "I know, but we have to make the best of it."
"I guess yer right." Just then, Mrs. Fulbright came to the kitchen, carrying Fanny and Paddy's backpacks, Shaunie following her.
"Come along, kids. Ye have to hurry if ye want to arrive on time." She said, handing her kids their backpacks. "I also need to drop Shaunie at the daycare."
"Yes, Mom." They said, putting their packs on and following their mom outside. The two redheads got on the backseats of Mrs. Fulbright's car and place their seatbelts on. Shaunie sat on his child seat and his mom buckle him up, before getting on the car herself.
Mrs. Fulbright started the vehicle and drove all the way to Gallagher's Elementary School. She parked the car and she and her kids got out. The Irish family entered the building and walked down the hallways to the principal's office.
They entered to a room that had a few chairs across a desk. Sitting behind the desk was a middle-age woman, typing on a writing machine. She lifted her gaze when the Fulbrights entered and looked at them. "May I help you?" she asked.
"Yes, I am here to register my older kids, Fanny and Paddy, in the school." Answered Mrs. Fulbright.
"Ah yes, Mr. Sanderson told me about it. He is in his office with the ones who are going to be the kids' home teachers. Now follow me."
"Ok, kids wait here." With that, she followed the secretary to another door. The three kids sat on the chairs, waiting for their mom to come back.
"Well, here we are." said Fanny, a hint of nervousness in her Irish-accented voice. "In a few more minutes each of us will be separated to a group of complete strangers."
Paddy nodded. "Yeah, strangers. I really hope that at least a few of them are nice. Man, I wish Houdini was here!"
"Yeah, but ye know that we cannot bring animals to school. Besides, someone might find him and contact-"
She stopped mid-sentence when they heard a squeaking sound coming from Paddy's pocket. The three kids gasped when Houdini himself came out, a smile on his face. "What is he doing here, Paddy?" said Fanny, looking at her second-youngest brother.
"He probably got in my pocket before we left! Is that what you did, Houdini?" The red hamster nodded happily. "Man, he is one smart hamster!"
Fanny just scowled. "Smart or not, we're going to get in trouble if they find him!"
"What are ye guys going ta do?" Asked Shaunie with curiosity. Suddenly, they heard voices approaching. Quickly, Paddy placed Houdini in his pocket again and the three the kids acted normally by the time Mrs. Fulbright, the secretary and two teachers, a man and a woman, came out of the door.
The woman approached Paddy and crouched to his level, smiling. "Hi. I am Mrs. Johnson and I'll be your new teacher." She had black hair that was tied up in a bun and wore a pair of red glasses.
He smiled back at her. Mrs. Johnson appeared nice and Paddy didn't felt nervous around her. "Nice ta meet ya, too."
The man approached Fanny and spoke with a slight Canadian accent. "I am Mr. Kurt and I'll be your Math teacher, Miss Fulbright."
"Aye, ok." nodded Fanny shaking his hand.
"Well kids," said Mrs. Fulbright. "Since ye are in good hands, I'll be taking Shaunie to daycare, so have a good day."
"Bye Fanny, bye Paddy." called Shaunie to his older siblings, as he followed his mom out of the office.
"Bye Mom, bye Shaunie." called Fanny and Paddy back.
The secretary then cleared her throat to get attention to her. "Well, now that we have introduced ourselves, I believe is now time to go to class."
The two teachers agreed with the secretary and exited the office, heading to their classrooms, followed by their respective new students.
As Paddy followed Mrs. Johnson, he couldn't help to ask her something, "Excuse me, Mrs. Johnson. Are the other kids nice?"
Mrs. Johnson looked down at him and smiled with sympathy. "Well few might pick on you but don't worry, they are alot of nice kids, my son Lee for example. Even though he is quiet, I am sure you could be friends with him and his other buddies."
Paddy sighted, and nervously hoped that she was right.
Harvey McKenzie was sitting in the same table as his buddies: Tommy Gilligan, the "comedian"; Lee Johnson, "yo-yo boy"; Adam Jefferson, who was paraplegic and Sonya Cahill, the only girl; all of them waiting for Mrs. Johnson, Lee's mom.
Finally she entered the classroom, but she was not alone. Right behind her, came a boy about their age with red hair and light green eyes. He wore a dark green shirt, orange pants and brown boots. He looked around the room with a look of nervousness in his freckled face.
Tommy leaned to Lee and whispered. "Hey Lee, do you know who that kid is?"
"I think he is the new kid my mom said that will join us." Lee whispered back.
"Oh yeah now I remember." said Adam. "Hey, do you guys think he's friendly?"
"Oh I'm sure he's." answered Sonya. "Wonder what his name is."
"We're about to find out." stated Harvey, as Mrs. Johnson started to speak.
"Attention kids," she called out. "I will like to present you to Patrick Fulbright, who will join our class today. Patrick, would you like to say something to you your new classmates?"
"Uh- hi, thanks fer receiving me in yer classroom." He spoke with a strange accent that none of the kids had heard of.
"He talks weird!" called someone. Harvey turned to where the voice came from. It came from a boy with brunette hair and dark yellow eyes. It was Derek Logan. Of course, who else, thought Harvey.
"Now Derek, Patrick moved here from another country and that's why he has that accent. There's nothing weird about that." said Mrs. Johnson. "Now I want you all to be nice to him, is that clear?"
"Yes, Mrs. Johnson." said everyone in unison.
"Good, now Patrick you may take a seat." she said to Patrick.
Patrick looked around again, not sure where to sit. Adam felt sorry for him. "Hey guys, how about we let him sit with us?"
Tommy, Sonya and Lee looked at each other and nodded, while Harvey just rolled his eyes. "Fine, but don't let his touch me."
Adam shook his head at the bucktoothed boy and called the new kid. "Hey, new kid!" The redhead turned to his direction. "Come sit with us!"
Patrick stood there unsure for a second, but then walked to the table.
After the teacher told him to take a seat, Paddy felt more nervous than ever. He looked around the classroom, not sure where to sit. He stayed like that for a while, until-
"Hey, new kid!" Paddy turned at the sound of the voice. The voice belonged to a boy with dark brown hair in a wheelchair that was sitting with tree other boys and a girl. The kid spoke again. "Come sit with us!"
Paddy stood there for a few seconds, not believing what he heard. These kids wanted him to join them? A few moments later, he made up his mind and walked to the kids.
He sat in an empty chair and looked at the other kids that were in the table. The wheel chaired boy that called him wore a blue shirt shirt with blue pants and had dark green eyes. Next to him was a chubby boy wearing goggles; a bucktoothed boy with dirty blond hair; the only girl in the group had blond hair tied in two pigtails and green eyes; sitting next to her was a short boy that wore an orange and blue striped shirt and a snow cap that covered his head and eyes; he had a yo-yo in his hand.
Paddy was silent for a few seconds before he spoke. "Eh, thanks fer letting me sit with ya."
"Don't mentioned it." said the bucktoothed boy. "Now lets us introduce ourselves. My name is Adam Jefferson."
Next the chubby kid spoke. "Hi, I am Thomas Gilligan or Tommy to my friends."
"I'm Harvard "Harvey" McKenzie." Said the wheelchair boy. "And don't touch me!"
"Uh, ok." Paddy looked at him oddly. Next is was the girl's turn.
"Don't mind him, Harvey's germophobic but he's a good person. Um, well my name is Sonya Cahill and is a pleasure to meet you Patrick."
"Call me Paddy, everybody does."
"Ok," Sonya than motioned to the short boy. "Oh and this is Lee Johnson."
Lee just waved to him and played with his yo-yo.
"Oh so you're Lee," He said, remembering. "Mrs. Johnson's son."
"Yes he is," said Tommy. "Though, being the teacher's son doesn't get him special treatment."
Paddy agreed with that. "So um… You guys are friends?"
Harvey answered that question. "Well yeah. We've been together since the start of school, mainly because nobody else likes any of us very much."
That caught Paddy's interest. "Why?"
This time, Adam spoke. "Well… Uh… All five of us have issues, or something that makes us different from the rest and the other kids think stuff about us that isn't true."
"Like what?"
"Well for starters, because Harvey's family is very wealthy, he is believed to be a spoiled snob." Adam motioned to the mentioned boy.
"Yeah," Harvey nodded. "Just because my dad is the president of the country's leading research and inventing company, doesn't mean that I'm better than others. They also pick on me because I don't like to be touched."
Paddy nodded in understanding. Adam then proceeded with his explanation.
"Now about me. People obviously shun me because I use a wheelchair." stated Adam. "They say that because I cannot use my legs, I can't defend myself."
"He, how wrong they are. Adam may be paraplegic, but that doesn't mean that he has to roll away from danger. Ha! Get it! Roll away, because since he uses that wheelchair he rolls instead of run! Ha Ha Ha!" Joked Tommy, entering in a fit of laughs. Paddy just looked at him with a weird look, while the others just groaned at this terrible joke.
Harvey sighted a hand on his forehead. "That is why Tommy is in our group. Nobody thinks his jokes are funny, even us. But we at least stand them, unlike some others who scream at him to go away."
When Tommy finally stopped laughing, it was Sonya's turn to speak. "The other kids won't play with me because they say I'm a crybaby, which is sort of true. They don't play with Lee either because they think that because the teacher's son, he gets advantages, which we already said that he doesn't get."
"So that's it, all of us are treated like outsiders for those reasons." Finalized Adam. Paddy had listened everything, and a question came to his mind.
"Do ye guys think that because Eye come from another country, they'll shun me too?"
"Probably," Said Harvey. "Most of the kids here dislike foreigners because they have different cultures. By the way, I forgot to ask, where are you from?"
"Ireland."
"Really? I thought that you were Scottish because of that accent." asked a surprised Tommy.
Paddy shock his head. "Nope, eye am 100% Irish from the Emerald Isle."
"Well anyway, you can hang out with us if you want. Because I don't believe anyone else is going to." Offered Adam.
Paddy sat there, not believing what he was hearing. "Wait, are ye guys asking me to be yer friend?"
The five kids before him all nodded their heads, smiles in their faces. Paddy couldn't help but smile too. "Then yes."
"Yahoo!" cheered the others. Then they all joined their hands together in the center and as Paddy also placed his hand, Harvey declared. "Welcome to the crew, Paddy Fulbright." And they all threw their hands up in the air.
This is great, though Paddy. My first day and I already have five new friends. Wonder how things are going with Fanny.
Wow, this chapter was long. It took more than four pages on MS Word! Anyway, next chapter will be in Fanny's POV. Anyway, I only own the plot, Houdini, Adam Jefferson, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Kurt and Sonya & Lee's last names. Oh, and I might not be able to update often, because I'm soon starting high school.
R&R, please.
Numbuh 227 out. End Transmission.