Okay so it gets a bit confusing from here. I kept Aerrow and Piper's name the same but tweaked a few of the others in order to make the story seem more realistic. So here's who's who;

Junko - James

Stork - Seth

Thoughts are in italics

Now on with the story =)

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"Hey Aerrow! You seen the new girl?"

I looked up to see bright blonde hair and cobalt blue eyes alarmingly close to my face, as it turns out it was my best friend Finn.

Finn took his seat at the table along with our other friends James, Seth and Starling who were already sitting around our lunch table. "No…." I drawled, "Should I have?"

"Dude! It's the talk of the school! The new chick's freaky as!"
I rolled my eyes; it was always Finn's specialty to over react. Seeing me do this, Finn scowled, knowing what I was thinking from experience.

"I'm not over reacting!"

Suddenly his eyes snapped up to look at something at the other end of the lawn, behind my head. "Look! There she is now!" He raised his hand and pointed in what I could only guess was her direction.
I turned around to look at the girl that had gotten Finn so worked up. 'I've never seen Finn so agitated over a girl before, I mean what could possibly-'

I froze. My mind came to a complete stop. Coming out of the canteen was a girl with waist length hair that was so black, it almost looked blue. She was tall, slim but the most surprising thing was that she had the complexion of Cadbury chocolate.

"Is that why everyone is freaking out, because of her skin colour?" I asked Finn without taking my eyes off of her.

Not many people with a dark skin complexion went to our school, or even lived in our area so it was a surprise to see someone like her.

"No, wait till you see her eyes."

I turned to look at Finn but when he met my gaze, he simply nodded in her direction, silently telling me to keep watching.

So I turned back around and watched her as she made her way onto the grass. She walked towards a more secluded part of the lawn and settled herself in the shade of a tree. As if sensing someone was watching her, she turned to look in my direction and our eyes locked. I gasped.

Her eyes were an impossible shade of orange. 'What the… That's not possible!'

Seeing my shock she ducked her head causing her hair to fall forward, effectively shrouding most of her face and started to eat her lunch.

I turned to look at Finn with I imagine shock written all over my face, seeing this Finn let out a chuckle.
"I know right, whenever she makes eye contact with someone they freak out."

"Surely their contacts?" I asked, still bewildered at what I had just seen.

Finn shook his head. "Na-ah, I thought that too but when I had History with her in third period the teacher asked her to take them off and she said she didn't wear any contacts."

I looked over in her direction again. "What's her name?"

"Piper." This time Starling answered me.

I noticed how people walking past her gave a wide berth space.
"She seems lonely." I commented before I could stop myself.

All eyes on the table snapped to me, Seth raised an eyebrow, "Well hardly anyone has talked to her since she arrived. A few people tried but she either just stared at them or ignored them till they went away."

"Maybe you should talk to her Aerrow, with you being our resident freak and all- I'm sure you'd get along great!"

I knew Finn was joking, I was one of the most popular boys in school but still, when people meet me for the first time they usually are shocked by my stunningly red, spiky hair and emerald green eyes.

I stopped thinking to realize I was once again staring at Piper. 'She looks like she could use a friend… Wait why do I care? I don't know her! Anyway from what Seth said, sounds like she doesn't want any anyway'

"Uh-oh, here comes trouble." James mumbled, pulling me from my train of thought. I glanced around to see what was wrong and just like James said trouble was heading our way, a whole lot of trouble. The entire cheerleading squad was crossing the lawn with Veronica leading the pack.

Veronica was the head cheerleader and with no other way of nicely wording it, a complete bitch. She was always asking to go out with me and I was always turning her down. Finn was shocked when I first told him this, he thinks Veronica's hot as, but I'm not into girls that belittle and bully others for fun.

I noticed the direction she and her lackeys were heading in and my eyes widened- they were heading straight for Piper.

It wasn't until they stopped right in front of her did Piper acknowledge their presence by raising her head.

"So you're the freak everyone's talking about." Veronica sneered. I ground my teeth together, for some reason I had a sudden urge to go over there and defend Piper. 'Whoa, where did that come from?'

I mean sure I usually put Veronica in her place whenever I see her tearing into some of the freshman or girls in our year, but that was because I knew they wouldn't stand up for themselves.
I didn't even know Piper though, the impulse to protect her was completely unfounded.

Whilst my internal debate went on, Piper seemed content to just put her head back down and continue eating.

Veronica took another step closer, her fellow cheerleaders followed suit. "You really shouldn't ignore me, that would be a big mistake."

Piper glanced up, "I really should, but the ignoring technique never does seem to work on the airhead blonde girls, they just don't seem to get the message."

Veronica's eyes narrowed. "What did you just say to me?"

I couldn't help but feel sorry for Piper, it was her first day and she was already a target for the schools number one bully. But I had to admit Piper seemed to be able to handle her own.

However, I watched Veronica insult Piper for a few more minutes before I had enough.

"I'm going over there."

"Aerrow-wait!" Starling cried as she tried to hold me back, but I slipped out of her grasp and made my way over towards where Piper was sitting as fast as I could.

"Alright Veronica, why don't you leave Piper alone. I'm sure you've got better things to do." I said in the calmest voice I could muster, once I reached the tree.

Everyone's attention snapped to me including Piper's who was now staring at me incredulously with her impossibly colored eyes.

"Aerrow, what a nice surprise." Veronica flashed her best smile at me. "I didn't know you were friends with the new girl."
I coolly turned my gaze towards Veronica, "Well now you do, so why don't you run along?"

Veronica's smile turned cold. "But we were having so much fun. It's not everyday that a freak like her comes along. I heard she was an orphan, her parents died in a mysterious accident or something." I turned to look at Piper and was alarmed to see her knuckles turning white as she fisted her hands.

"Apparently she lives with her older brother. That's all we need another Cadbury like her. He must be a major loser if he lives with his little sister."

*BOOM!*

'No way…'

I couldn't believe it; all of the cheerleader's food had just exploded in their faces.

I looked at Piper to see her unharmed but staring at her hands which were shaking with suppressed emotion.

I reached out to place a hand on her shoulder but seeing me do this she flinched away from my touch, before I could open my mouth to reassure her she quickly scrambled to her feet, grabbed her bag and took off at a run.

I stood there for a moment watching Veronica scrape some pasta from her eyes before I turned and ran after her.