I decided to get up early. Make my brother and I breakfast. I really enjoy cooking. Almost as much as I enjoy fighting. I mean uhh.. What? I'm still in my pajamas, I'm deciding between pancakes or waffles. I mean, honestly. What's the difference? A lot apparently. According to some people at least. I decided on waffles. I hope my brother doesn't mind. Our kitchen isn't really much to look at, from the disgustingly lime green walls, to the matching flooring. The stove was old fashioned and the same with the fridge. It had a homey feel though. Despite all of the green. Then again, green was never my favourite color. Sadly, it HAD to be the best color on me. Worst luck, I tell you. Though dark green is pretty good, considering. I take out a bowl and measure some bisquick inside. Adding a few tablespoons of sugar, to make it a bit sweet. I smile. Today is going to be a good day, I know it.
Today is the worst day ever. First thing in the morning, and I get greeted by those girls. Wonderful. "Hey, look who's here." The blonde one says. "Your Ken's girlfriend, aren't you?" She asks. "What? No, Not at all." I quickly say. Ken is a nice guy and all, very kind. But he's not my type. "Come on now, don't get upset, it's an improvement, don't you think Li and Charlotte?" They laugh in unison. I remind myself not to punch them. I'm trying to be a new woman. Trying to be kind. Maybe like Ken. "Anyway, now that you're enrolled, don't start going after Nathaniel!" She gives me a dirty look and then the three of them walk away. Well. I'm not sure what I did to them, but they are horrible. And besides! What's her problem with Nathaniel? I start to walk around the hallways. Looking for somebody that I know, or at least reckonize, at this point, I'm even hoping for Ken. And soon my wish gets answered as Ken happily walks up to me. "Hi Sylasia." I smile a bit, then remember what Amber said, "Ken, did those three girls come and bother you?" He looks a bit shy, as if he didn't want me to know that he was being bullied by someone. "Y...yes, they asked me all kinds of questions, but I just told them the truth" My eyebrow starts to twich and I tighten and untighen my fist. "What?! You told them I was going out with you?" I ask angerly. I was Beyond pissed off. Looks like my intuition about today being a good day was wrong. "W...well not really, I told them that you were the love of my life. Then they took my pocket money too. Wh...why do you ask me that? You want to go out with me?" He started to blush. I sighed. Then I realized. "What do you mean they took your money?" I ask. It was one thing to pick on be, but Ken? He didn't do anything wrong!
And to be honest, I'm really flattered by the fact I'm his, so called, 'love of his life'. "Yes, they pushed me down on the ground and took my money, saying they wanted to go to eat lunch in a restaurant instead of the cafeteria. " I sighed, feeling rather responsible for this. I bet it was because he was hanging around with me. "How much did they take? I can reimburse you, if you want." Ken looks like he's about to cry. "No, no, don't worry, but it's very nice of you to offer!" He gives me a small wave and walks away. I feel bad now. Walking out into the courtyard, for a breath of fresh air, and to get away from those girls. I run into Castiel. "Hi." He looked kind of shocked. "Sylasia. What are you doing here." I nearly squeal. That's the first time he said my name. Then I suddenly remember Those girls. "trying to avoid some stupid girls." He's back into his stand-offish position and attitude.
"There are a lot of stupid girls around here." He responds. I hope he thinks that I'm not one of them… Though my test scores leave something to be desired, I really wasn't taking about that though. "Well, their always together, two brunettes and a blonde, Amber, I think. " I sigh, a bit downcast. "I just got here and their already hassling me." He doesn't respond (1) I sigh. "I'll get back at them someday." He gives a small smile. "I'd be interested in seeing that," And just like that. He left.
I blink absent-mindedly for a second or two. Well then. That was odd. What's with the guys in this school and randomly leaving, when five minutes later, they are back in the same place. I shake my head as I walk back into the school. I rub my hands quickly to try and warm them. For this time of year, it sure is cold.
"Hi." I hear a familiar voice call out to me. Nathaniel. He walks up to me. "So, What's new?" He asks me. "Is everything working out for you?" I roll my eyes, "Yeah, Everything's fine, except for the fact I just ran into those three pests, who still has a a grudge against me, and aren't afraid to let me know." Nathaniel tilts his head, rather cutely, "Who?" I describe the three girls. "Amber's my sister you know," he tells me. I nearly gasp. How could such a nice guy like Nathaniel be related to such a monster like Amber? "I know she can be difficult at times, especially when she's with her friends, but still…" He continues. I nod. "I see. I'll try to be nice. But no promises." I tell him. He just smiles as I walk into my class room.
"Ah! Sylasia! I've been looking for you." Iris walks up to me. "Sylasia is everything ok? I heard you got a chance to meet Nathaniel's sister and her friends? They're always like that with everyone, don't take it personally, ok?" I nod. That's good to know." Iris walks away. At least I have one friend in this school.
That's the one good thing I can think of. "Miss Sylasia, just a minute please. I would like you to take part in some of the school activities. A club would be a great place to start. The basketball club and the gardening club both could use some help at the moment. I'll let you decide, where would you like to lend a hand?" The principal asks me. This is my chance! If I join the gardening club, then I can try and be more of a girl! Brilliant! "I'd like to join the gardening club." I smile. "Perfect, in that case, go over there and see what you can do. " The friendly older lady tells me.
"But I don't know where it is and-" She looks kind of annoyed, but to be honest, I would be too. "Well then, ask one of your fellow students, I'm sure you will find someone to show you. " And then she walks away. I guess the obvious choice is to go to Nathaniel and ask, but, I kind of like Castiel more. We get along better. So I decide to go into the courtyard and find him. Luckily, It didn't take too long to find him. "Castiel, I have to go to the gardening club, do you know where it is?" I ask him.
"The gardening club? Why would I know Where that is? That's for girls." That comment kind of pissed me off. A part of me just wanted to punch him in his smug face. But I calm myself down. "For girls, huh? That doesn't really surprise me, when it's coming from you."
Now HE looks kind of mad.. Maybe I shouldn't of said that. "You wouldn't talk to me like that if you knew me better! And plants are really not my thing. Find it yourself." I sigh. I really shouldn't of said that. I feel kind of bad now. I shake my head. I lift my head to apologize but he wasn't there anymore. I feel kind of like a bad person. I sigh and go back into the school. Time to ask Nathaniel. Only, Instead of going to Nathaniel, I run into Amber and her cronies. "So I hear you've decided to help out at the gardening club? That's not surprising for a bumpkin like yourself." They laugh. I sigh. Now not only do I feel bad about Castiel, but now these girls had to insult me too. Looks like this isn't a good day after all. I go into the student counsel room, but Nathaniel isn't in there. I sigh defeated. I run into Ken. Maybe his constant praising of me, will make me feel better. "Ken, Are you supposed to help out in a club, too?" I ask him.
"Yes! The principal asked me. I'm sure that you chose the gardening club, just like me, right?" I sigh.
"Unfortunately, I did." I said before I even could stop myself. Now I feel horrible. After this I just might go cry in a corner somewhere. "Ah-" Ken looks a bit sad. "But we'll have fun, Right?" I sigh. "Yeah we will." I tell him. "Excellent, I can't wait." Wait- um, did hearts just appear in his eyes? "Do you know what we even do at the gardening club, and where is it, anyways?" I ask him. " ve got no idea...I'll go find out, ok?"
And he leaves. Luckily I find the club on my own. I found a note, taped to two plants, telling me to place them in the class room and council room. I nod, Now all I need to know is where to put what. As I walk to back to the school, I run into Castiel. I honestly hope he isn't angry with me.
"So, what are you doing?" Deciding to be careful with my words, "I have to put these plants" I motion to the plants I was holding in my arms, I set The fig tree on the ground. "In a class room and the student council room." I tell him. He doesn't seem mad, which I'm glad for, but he seems a bit more distant than usual. Then again, what do I know? I've known him for all of two days. "Hmm... In the student council room too? What kind of plants do you have?" He asks. "A fig tree and a bouquet of Mimosas." I tell him. He seems to smile a bit, placing his hand on his hip. "Ah, what are you going to put in each room?" I shake my head. "Not Really, any ideas?" as much as I hated to admit it, I'm a uncreative person. And it makes me sad. "If I were you, I'd put the fig tree in the classroom and the bouquet of mimosas in the student council room." I nod. "Okay. I'll do that then." He's still smiling. Which makes me feel kind of happy. Maybe soon I'll be able to call Castiel a friend. "Cool. Later, then." I smile and give a small wave. I take the tree and the flowers into the school building. I place the mimosas in the council room and smile. It looked lovely. Castiel was right. (2) Sighing, I walk into the class room, which wasn't too far away from the delegates' room, luckily for me. I place the fig tree in the back, in a corner. It also looked good. Ken ran towards me. I didn't even notice he was in the room. "What are you doing?" He asks me. "I have to put plants here and in the Student delegates' room." I tell him. He smiles. "Ah, that's really nice!" He tells me, the smile on his face widening. "I watered the plants in the schoolyard." I smile awkwardly. "Well, Okay. I haven't finished yet! I'm off." Ken smiles "Well, okay. I have stuff I need to do too!" He smiles again and leaves the room.
And there we go. I found (Or Castiel did) places for both plants. I'm done.
I walk out into the main hallway only to see Nathaniel sprint up to me, "Ah I'm glad you're here, I was headed for the schoolyard. Can you do me a favor?" Shrugging. "Yes, of course" He helped me a bunch yesterday. So this is the least I can do. "Thank you very much, I have an absentee note that Castiel needs to sign, and frankly the less I see of him, the better. Can you get him to sign it and bring it back to me please?" I frown a bit "Castiel?" I ask. Nathaniel nods. "He's not easy to get along with, but I'll try my best." I tell Nathaniel, whose smiling. His face changes back to his normal expression. " You don't know how right you are. It's nice of you to do it for me, thanks. "
Nathaniel starts to walk away. "But wait a minute, why does he have to sign that absentee note? Aren't his parents supposed to do that?" I ask.
"Yes, normally, but Castiel is legally independant. Because his parents travel a lot for their work, he has to take care of himself, even for administration stuff. " I nod. I had to do my own Administration stuff too. Mostly because my brother is such a procrastinator that it would never get done If I didn't do it. "Oh, I see. I didn't know." I smile. "I'll get right on it, boss!" I smile. Nathaniel just rolls his eyes, though he has a slight smile on his face.
Once I finally find Castiel, he was in the courtyard, I kind of beat myself up for not going there first. I walk up to him, he doesn't say anything. So I go ahead and speak. "So, you cut class again? I've got a note for you to sign." I tell him. He places a hand on his hips and smiles, I start to think this is his signature pose or something. "Ah ha, I've got nothing to say about that. And you can take that back to Nat, I don't plan on signing it. " I sign. I can already tell this is not going to be simple. I walk back into the school. I see Ken. I decide to go up to him. "Ken. What are you doing?" I ask the smaller guy. "Not much, do you need help?" He looks ecstatic. I don't know why though. "I have to get Castiel to sign this absentee note." I tell him. "Can you do it?" Not Ken looks REALLY ecstatic. "Of course I can!" He tells me hyperly. Thinking about it for a second I decide against it. For some reason I imagine Ken getting beat up by Castiel. I cringe. "No, Don't worry about it, I'll do it myself." He nods. "Good luck, Sylasia!" I see Iris in my perchepial vision. "Iris! Can you help me with something?" I ask the red-head.
"Of course, what do you need? I sigh and look a bit downcast, even though I don't want to. "Nathaniel asked me to get Castiel to sign this absentee note, I'm not sure how to go about it." I tell my friend. Iris thinks for a second. "Castiel is a bit difficult for that kind of thing... I'm not sure... Try asking him nicely?" shake my head. "That doesn't help much. But thanks anyway." I tell her. She gives me a smile. "Sorry." I smile. "It's fine. Bye, Iris. See you later." Iris gives me a bit of a wave and goes to a small group of girls, who I assume are her friends. I should meet them. Maybe they can be my friends too. I walk into the Student delegates room and see Nathaniel there. "Have you seen him? Is it ok for the note?" I frown. I kind of don't want to tell him my horrible news. But you can't please everybody.
"Yes and no, he doesn't want to sign your note" I tell him. "He's as stubborn as a mule, you have to insist a bit more and he'll sign." I nod. "Ok. I'll try again…" He smiles. "Thanks." He says. I frown as I walk outside to find Castiel. I don't like doing this. But now this is the last favor I'm doing without asking what it is first. I walk over to Castiel. " Do you need anything else?" He asks me.
"Yes, the absentee note…" I say a bit uncertain. "What now?" He says. I though this would be so much easier when I agreed to it. "He's insisting, you know…" I tell him, a bit tired of being a messenger. What do I look like? A pigeon? "And I refuse! Anyway, if he's a real man, he'll come and ask me himself instead of sending a little girl like you!" A little girl? If I wasn't so tired I would beat him up. Looks like I'm going back to Nathaniel empty handed. I walk into the Council room and walk up to Nathaniel. "So?" I look around, I wonder why there are never any other council members. "Come and ask me yourself if you're a man!" I imitate Castiel's voice, rather badly though. "Huh?..
Ah! That's what he told you! Well, you can tell him a man accepts his responsabilities. That means signing it. "
"Understood, I'll try again." I throw over my shoulder as I walk out of the room and make my way back outside, in the courtyard. On the bright side of being the messenger between Nathaniel and Castiel, at least I'll get exercise. I walk up to Castiel and he smirks at me. "Did you give him the message?" I smile, although awkwardly. "Yes and um…" Castiel interrupts me. "What now?! Good grief, you're persistant!" He tells me. "Eh… I know, but Nathaniel keeps pushing me too…" He groans. "I understand," Normally, I would of gasp, but it kinda isn't the right time for that. "but I'm as stubborn as he is. I'm not signing anything. And I'm sure he's just doing this so that I might get expelled from school."
"What, Really? I don't want to get expelled, forget about the note. I'll give it back to him." I tell Castiel. "I knew you'd understand, thanks." He looks relieved. Now I just have to go back and explain it to Nathaniel. Which I'm not looking forward to. I hope he won't be too angry. Or Disappointed. To be honest, I can't really imagine Nathaniel being angry.
I quickly make my way towards the student council room, wanting this to be over as soon as possible. I walk over to Nathaniel. He gives me a friendly smile. "Did you get it this time?" He asks. "Not really." I tell him "Here's your note," I hand Nathaniel the unsigned absentee note, "he doesn't want to sign it and I'm not going to force him. You take it up with him if you want." I tell him. He face-palms himself. But to be honest, I don't care if he's angry at me. I'm tired of being their little messenger-girl. "I won't bother thanking you for your help! Even if I'm not that surprised, you're obviously both the same... Give me back the note, I'll do it on my own, as usual."
"I think that would be better." I tell him. I walk out of that room. I don't want to stay there. Luckily I can go home now. "Sylasia should we walk home together? I've got some cookies if you want." Ken approaches me. "Yeah, ok." I smile at him. He smiles back.
We walked together for a while, eating his cookies. I think he always eats the same kind, he must really be addicted to chocolate cookies.
(1) I forgot what Castiel said at this point, so I decided not to put anything.
(2) I also, forgot what Nathaniel said, at this point, so , I also decided not to put anything.