The next morning greeted her abruptly as Flaky awoke to the sound of her alarm buzzing. With a slight case of amnesia nestled in her head, the girl sluggishly turned in her bed to face her bedside clock, wondering why on earth she'd set the alarm. Then it hit her when she realised the room she was currently in, and the softly-cushioned bed she had sunk into overnight.
She was no longer living with Francis, and a exhilarated sigh of relief escaped her lips when Flaky thought over such a happy feeling. No more worries, no more paranoia, and no more mental torture.
After a few minutes of savouring the comfort of her overly priced bed, in an equally overly priced hotel room, the porcupine figured it was about time she got ready; she had a new school to attend, and remembered her short-lived meeting with Lammy and her family the day before.
Having been too lazy to bother unpacking previously, Flaky was left to stumble out of bed in nothing but underwear. She stepped over the pile of yesterday's clothing that was carelessly dumped by her bedside, and crouched down by her suitcase. Then after minutes of rummaging through her belongings, Flaky settled on wearing a simple T-shirt, denim shorts, and low-cut sneakers. It looked fairly sunny out today, compared to the weather when she'd first arrived.
When she stepped out of the elevator on her way towards the exit, Flaky noticed that the same moose from last night was asleep, yet again, at the reception desk. The porcupine scoffed and strode over to the tills, quietly opened them, and stole most of the money. Flaky giggled to herself as she stuffed the handfuls of money into her back pocket and casually walked out of the hotel.
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"So she's new to this town?"
"Yep."
"And she's looking for a high school?"
"Yes, Flippy. I told you about her yesterday! Now please, shut up!"
Lammy was walking to school with her brother, Flippy, and she was getting fed up of his constant questioning about Flaky. What made her even more annoyed with him was the fact that they he's just been asking the same questions over and over again.
They quickly arrived at school after following their usual route and they were about to enter before class starts, but before they did, they both heard the familiar motorbike from yesterday. Lammy smiled brightly as Flaky got off her bike and removed her helmet. Flaky was quick to notice Lammy waving from entrance, with Flippy curiously eyeing the porcupine.
"Hey guys," Flaky said as she walked towards them, "so this is the only high school in town?"
"Apparently, yes." Lammy sighed in a reply. Flaky gave a shrug, "Well then, I'd better go and see if it's good enough!" Then with that, she said a quick farewell to them before strolling off into the school. Flippy anxiously scratched the back of his head, he didn't even get a chance to speak to her.
"Don't worry, Flippy, when she's finally settled, you'll get a chance to properly meet her." She confirmed with a wink. He only sighed out of partial doubt, "I hope you're right."
Just then, the bell for first lesson went off, and Flippy and Lammy were already on their way to class. Flippy had an unknown feeling about Flaky, despite the fact that they never got a chance to be properly introduced. When they entered the classroom, they took their usual seats and waited for the teacher to arrive.
"Good morning, class! I hope you've all had a good weekend because I know I didn't!" That was their teacher, he was a tall blind mole with black round glasses. As always, the neck of his dark jumper was covering his mouth and it almost completely muffled his words.
"Good morning Professor Mole." The class replied in unison. They shuffled in their seats in an attempt to get comfy, knowing that they would be up for another drab lesson. Even though the Mole was blind, he was very intelligent and a really kind person to anyone. But that doesn't change the fact that his lessons are boring.
"Now before we begin today's lesson, we have a new student attending our school, and because our class is the only one with few spaces left, she'll be moved into ours," as the teacher explained, in walked the red porcupine, Flaky. Lammy's smile grew as wide as the Cheshire cat's. The teacher told her to take the empty desk between Lammy and Flippy, "Now that's settled, let's begin..."
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"Class dismissed." The Mole said with a calm smile. The students packed up their books and headed for the door.
Lammy caught up with Flaky whiles Flippy went the opposite way to get to his next lesson. Flaky stopped at her locker and placed her books in. Lammy did the same before asking what lesson she had next, "Did you even receive your timetable today, Flaky?"
"Yeah, I got if from the office before I came to class. I have French class next, what about you?"
"Damn... I have Spanish, I didn't pick French. But that means you're in Flippy's class because he also chose French. At least now you guys can get to know each other!" Then with that, they both went their separate ways and quickly rushed to their next lesson.
Flippy halted as he heard his name being called from behind. He turned around and saw Flaky quickly walking to catch up with him. Flippy slightly smiled at her, he finally had his chance to speak to her, though she was the first to speak, "Hey, sorry about leaving in such a hurry yesterday, your father kinda scared me back there…"
"Don't worry about him; he wouldn't dare to hurt a girl. He's just a little too protective over my sister." Flippy chuckled. Flaky raised her eyebrows, "I see…so he got worried over her riding on a motorbike? Gee, my dad was the one that told me to get a bike…it's a long story." Flaky sighed; avoiding having to explain her fathers adrenaline-fueled ego. Flippy flashed an understanding smile and they carried on walking to class.
In Flippy's eyes, Flaky seemed like a nice girl. She has a great sense of humour, she's stunningly beautiful, and she even rides a sports bike. When comparing her to your average girl in high school, it became difficult to spot similarities. As they continued to weave in and out of the busy crowds to get to next class, Flippy easily heard his counterpart's voice ringing in his head.
'Oh great, you've finally fell for a girl. It's about time, wouldn't you agree?'
And just when Flippy thought that he was going keep his trap shut for today; he has to open his mouth at this very moment in time. 'He' is, Evil, and he is the aftermath of a split personality disorder. How Flippy had found himself with such an oddity to his mentality was a long story, and it's not exactly the best choice for a bedtime story. Thus, the bear keeps his traumatic tale to himself.
'Well? Aren't you gonna tell me more about this chick, or do I have to come out from your pathetic thoughts and see to her myself?'
"No, Evil, that won't be necessary, I think she'll want to know me instead of you."
'You can't be serious! How would you know that? I'm pretty sure she wouldn't judge a book by its cover, right?'
"It's either that or she takes a look at the contents."
That comeback would of silenced Evil for now, but Flippy was certain he'd be back to taunt after lesson. Speaking of which, they had finally arrived outside their classroom. Luckily they weren't late; a few people were still filling the seats, so the two stepped in and searched for a decent seat among the remaining ones.
She turned to Flippy with a smile and pointed at an empty desk at the back of the classroom. But before he could even answer, Flaky quickly grabbed his hand and literally dragged him there. It was then the bear realised that two particular girls - that he unfortunately knows quite well - always claim that desk as their own. Those two particular girls just so happened to arrive there before they did, and as the porcupine approached their desk, the girls eyed Flaky up and down with spite.
"Can I help you?" One of the girls said. Her name was Giggles, a pink-furred chipmunk, dressed rather formally in a short skirt and floral shirt. The girl with her was a dark blue skunk named Petunia, attired in a purple, knee-lengthed chiffon dress.
"Oh don't mind us, girls, we're just gonna take these seats." Flaky calmly stated. Flippy could tell that Petunia and Giggles didn't like Flaky's attitude one bit, just by looking at the unpleasant glares on their makeup-coated faces.
"I don't think so, new girl. These are our seats. Now back off." Petunia calmy threatened. But Flaky didn't flinch; she simply kept a small smile stuck to her lips. Flippy didn't know what she was thinking, but he doubted it was a positive thought.
Flaky definitely didn't like these two little girls thinking they could step in front of her with hard eyes, all over a stupid desk. 'Their seats'? She didn't think so.
The porcupine slightly leaned her head closer to theirs, dangerously narrowing her eyes at the two of them, "No, you back off or I swear I'm gonna do something that I probably won't regret." she then hissed at the skunk. Petunia swallowed and shuffled away to the desk next to them, along with the pink chipmunk.
Flaky looked back at Flippy, a shocked expression painted on his face. She wasn't sure why, but didn't complain. She smiled at him and sat in a seat behind the desk, he did too after a short moment of hesitation. Flaky then shot the dirtiest glare she could muster over at the two females by the desk next to them. They quietly scoffed and looked away. The porcupine could tell already that those to sensitive little girls are going to get on her nerves.
