Early update! Well...a day early anyways, lol.
Also, updates may be slow because my beta is going to be starting school soon, but I will do my part and do a thorough check for each chapter. I will warn you all if I am not able to update, so do not worry!
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Summary: Remake of my original story "Bluebells and Lavenders". Drastic change ahead, beware!
A/N: My beta reader is BluebellsAndLavender, so if there is any problem with the grammar, feel free to take it up with her! (And check out her stories too :3)
"speaking"
'thoughts'
The main characters are in their senior years (grade 12).
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An Ikarishipping Fanfiction
Re: Bluebells and Lavenders
Chapter Three
"Unexpected"
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Previously...
Paul rose his hand. A small devilish smirk appeared to replace the thin line.
"Yes, Mister Shinji."
"I'd like to be partnered up with the new girl."
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Dawn wanted to become invisible and hide in the comfort of her own room. She didn't want to be his partner. He was completely crass towards her and she wanted nothing to do with him.
"That's actually a good idea, Mister Shinji."
Paul smirked.
"I'm surprised that you would want to help out a new student and go over the things that we have learned," he continued.
"Mr. Rowan, I assure you that I do have some good in me," he said with a smile. Dawn could tell that he was blatantly lying to the teacher. She just hoped he could see it too.
"That's good then, alright everyone!" He shouted. "Please get together with your partners right now and I will distribute these to write down what Myth you're going to do. When I get all your papers, we're going to put them in this and it will determine who will present their presentation. I'll explain more of that in a bit, right now, hurry and get together with your partners." Mr. Rowan walked up the steps as the students swiftly got together with their partners or their group.
Dawn didn't want to move. She continued to sit there, trying her hardest not to look at the guy she had just met. Her palms were getting clammy and she felt her body temperature rise.
"Hey, Troublesome."
She tensed up. Her shoulders were stiff and her knuckles turned white. She could feel the small bead of sweat roll down and touched her eye. She wiped it off with the sleeves of her uniform and put her arm down.
Paul slammed his hand down on the table loud enough for her and some other people around her to hear. She lifted her head only slightly, but her eyes looked up all the way. He dipped his head towards her; the tip of his nose barely touching hers.
"What are you? Rude as well? Man you're really annoying, Troublesome." He snarled.
"S-shut up," she whispered as she whipped her head in another direction.
"You know that I'm your partner and that you're going to have to listen to everything that I have to say since you just got here. You're in a pretty vulnerable place right now. You need me to help you catch up with everyone here and to get a good mark on this project."
Dawn slowly turned to face him. "So what you're saying is that, because I'm the new girl, I have to listen to all your petty things and go along with whatever you say and do?"
He grinned and let out a grunt. "Good, you're learning."
"You're mocking me, aren't you?"
Paul ignored her. "Geez, since you're new, I guess I have to share my notes with you. What a troublesome girl."
"H-hey!" She pouted.
The lavender haired boy walked back to his desk and Dawn watched as he took out his binder and notes from his bag. Her breath hitched when he looked at her. He shook his head, which Dawn frowned to, and walked back to her desk. He slapped his notes on her desk. He rested the palm of his hand on the desk and put most of his weight on it.
"Those are the notes that you will need. This," he handed a piece of paper to Dawn. "Is where we choose what Mythology we want. We can't do Greek because we're going to learn a lot about that in class. Hurry up and look over the list so we can choose something."
He sat down in a seat with someone's stuff all over it. He took out his mp3 player and plugged in one of the ear phones in his ear.
Dawn looked at the list and saw that he had circled three Myth origins.
'Japanese, Romanian and Chinese...these are all pretty interesting...' She thought.
"Okay, I've decided."
Paul paused his music and pulled the ear bud out to look at her. "Let's hear it."
"I think we should do Japanese mythology."
Paul stared at her with a blank expression. It was quiet but she enjoyed the peace. Suddenly, his lips opened and she braced herself for whatever insult he may throw at her.
"That's actually a good idea. I was thinking about doing Japanese mythology too."
Dawn smiled, baring the inside of her mouth and showing her teeth. "Awesome! It says here that there's a creative portion, I can do that-"
"Whoa there, Troublesome. I thought I made it clear that you were going to listen to whatever I tell you to." he stated.
Her composure faltered a little. "Well, I just thought that we could-"
Paul silenced her with a raise of his hand. "Not interested. I don't want to fail this course and bump down to a C, you got it?"
"Hey, now, wait a minute!" She raised her voice by just a little. "I'm sure you don't want to fail and all, but trust me, I think we can do something really amazing for the creative portion! I have tons of ideas that we could use! You can't just do everything by yourself! I'm your partner, sadly enough, and I would like to help carry the stress of doing this project."
His eyes got a lot darker and a lot colder. Dawn felt like she was freezing from the glare she was receiving.
"You really are trying to test me, aren't you, Troublesome?" He asked with a dangerous whisper.
"N-no, I'm just-"
"You know what? I really hate girls like you," he started. Dawn's brows knitted together. "Girls like you, who thinks that everything is about them and how they believe they can succeed without trying or following instructions. What do you think will happen if you get a job and your boss wants you to do something but you end up doing something else? You'd get fired. Same goes for me. If you cross the line, I will make you suffer throughout your senior year. I don't care if you're new. If you test my patience, you will regret meeting me. Got it, Troublesome?"
Dawn's shoulders dropped and so did her head. "Got it..." She replied with barely a whisper.
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Lunch came around and May had dragged Dawn to meet the others while Drew followed behind them.
"So, how was it? Being partnered up with Paul I mean," the green haired boy asked.
Dawn shrugged. "It...it was unexpected..."
May let out a cry. "I'll say! That guy is rude to everyone. No one approaches him because of his wretched personality. I think the only person who dares to talk to him is Ash."
"Yeah, but even Paul puts him down every time Ash walks up to him," Drew continued with a laugh.
The brunette rolled her blue eyes. "That's what I'm trying to tell Dawn, Drew. No matter who goes up to him, he'll put them down and they'll run down the halls crying."
Drew nodded. "Yeah, one guy actually screamed like a little girl and sobbed. Turns out, Paul broke his arm, ha ha."
May whacked Drew's bicep. "It's not funny,Drew!"
He continued to laugh, which caused May to hit his stomach. Drew fell over once again with a loud grunt. May straightened up and acted as if nothing had happened.
"Come on Dawn, let's get going so you can meet the others!" May called as she continued walking. Dawn nodded and shouted a simple 'yes' before helping Drew up. The girl quickly caught up to May with her lunch bag in tow. She was still distracted by the incident in class.
'What does he mean that he dislikes girls like me? What's there to dislike? Sure I'm annoying at times, but really, he shouldn't judge a person so quickly. And he says that I'm rude? Talk about being a hypocrite, that lousy jerk.' Her facial features changed constantly while talking to herself through her mind. May caught on and tapped her shoulders.
"You alright Dawn? You've been making some funny faces," she said with one brow lifted up.
"W-what? Oh! It's fine. No need to worry!" Dawn replied swiftly.
May smiled. "That's a really interesting line, Dawn."
She shrugged. "I try."
The two girls and Drew, reached the outside of the school and were greeted by several more buildings and walls.
"Oh look! Everyone's here!" May exclaimed. She grabbed Dawn's wrist and rushed towards everyone. They stopped at the nearest corner of the school.
'Wow...I guess it's easy access to the Grad Area...' Thought Dawn.
"Hey May, Drew. Who's she?" Asked a boy with messy black hair. His dimples showed slightly as he smiled towards the three.
"This is Dawn. She's new here," replied May.
"Is that so?" Another boy with spiky brown hair smirked. He got up and walked towards them with his hands tucked in his pants pocket. "Welcome to Veilstone Academy. My name's Gary."
Dawn smiled sweetly. "Hello!"
"The boy who greeted us is Ash and the girl beside him is Misty." Gary finished the introductions. Ash and Misty had gotten up and peeked over Gary's shoulder.
"Hey there! It's a pleasure to meet you, and welcome to our school!" Misty said cheerfully.
"Thank you," Dawn replied meekly.
"Aw, don't be shy, Dawn! If you stick with us, we'll show you how to have tons of fun here at Veilstone Academy!" Ash smiled.
Misty rammed her palm against the back of Ash's head. "Would it kill you to stop being overly friendly and scaring the poor girl?"
Ash clutched the back of his head, pouting as he whined to the ginger. "Misty! That hurt!"
She folded her arms in front and turned her back on him. "Serves you right."
Dawn just watched with a slightly raised brow and a tilted head. She turned to look at May and Gary who were standing beside her.
"Ash and Misty are dating," May explained with a smile.
"They've been dating since the tenth grade. It's disgusting to see them get so lovey-dovey sometimes." Gary's face turned sour and bitter from the sentence he had to say.
"That seems sweet...high school romance...I think that's pretty much every girl's dream in high school," Dawn said with a light blush.
Gary looked at her with a semi-surprised and amused face. His brows were raised up high and his grin grew wider. "You really are naïve, aren't you?"
She turned and faced him. "I'm not naïve! I just have dreams! Like any other stereotypical or cliché girls that you read about."
The brunet let out a heartily laugh. His mouth opened wide, showing Dawn his flawless teeth. The light from the sun bounced perfectly off of his face, causing Dawn to turn red immediately.
He quickly caught that she was blushing and leaned in closer to her. "Something wrong? Is the heat getting to ya already?"
"Y-yeah! It's exactly that! Man, who knew Veilstone was humid? Ha ha," she replied frantically. Her eyes wandered around, trying not to meet with Gary's.
"You're one weird kid, you know that?" He smiled.
Dawn gave an awkward laugh. "Gee, thanks."
"Alright, enough of this standing around business, I'm hungry, so let's sit down and eat!" May shouted with enthusiasm. She was the first to sit down and eat her lunch. Everyone laughed. Dawn secretly made glances towards the tall brunet. She marveled at his slim yet muscular body and how cool he looked.
'Wow...an infatuation on my first day of school? Man, could this day get any better?' She asked herself with a grin.
"What're you smiling about, Dawn?" Asked said boy.
"J-just that, I've made a lot of new friends on my first day of school! It's incredible how fast today is going!"
He chuckled. "Man, you sure are interesting."
Dawn smiled faintly and ate her lunch quietly as she watched Gary interact with the others.
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Dawn continued to smile happily upon receiving information that she had a class with mostly everyone else, and specifically Gary. She was surprised that she had gotten into drama, considering the fact that she hadn't once signed up for that course but wrote it down as a backup in case one of her two electives were full.
"This is going to be exciting! Our third class with each other! This surely is a sign! A sign that says that we all have to remain friends!"
"May, shut up would you? You sound like some idiot," Drew remarked, ruffling up her hair.
"Drew!" She screamed.
May and Drew had unknowingly walked ahead of everyone and were side-by-side, arguing about everything.
"Are they always like that?" Dawn asked Misty.
"Yeah. They won't admit it but, they have feelings for each other," Misty started.
"They're just in denial." Gary finished Misty's sentence.
"Wow, they must really love each other, huh?" Dawn observed the two in front, trying her hardest to find any hints that both secretly loved each other. And in no time, she found herself entering the drama room.
"Wait, isn't this this auditorium?" Dawn asked.
"Yeah, it's also the drama room. Our class is usually backstage. Here, follow us." Misty zealously expressed friendliness towards the bluenette as she led her to the backstage with Gary walking a couple paces behind them.
Dawn saw everyone was clumped up in groups and talking to their friends while others were sitting down and chatting with people around them. Misty and Gary were quickly swept away by other students in the class and having an openly friendly conversation with them. Dawn decided to move away and set her bag somewhere. She placed her backpack against the wall near a couple dozens of chairs all stacked up neatly. She got up and turned around when she saw an unfriendly face.
"Oh great. Don't tell me you're in this class too?"
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A/N: Woot! Chapter three is done! I do hope you all know who Dawn saw.
And I'm not really a big fan of DawnxGary, but I might as well insert some...pairs here and there. Mix it up a little ya know? I mean, high school is high school. There will be times where you have a crush on different people. So it makes sense.
Okay since, I really don't know what to say right now, I'll just thank you guys for reading this chapter of re:bbal and be on my way to work on chapter four. (:
-EPRika-
Serenity's (BluebellsAndLavender aka. The beta) comments/random little tidbits –
Okay. Dawn needs to call Paul a douchebag. Like, seriously. And CLIFFIEEEEEE /3 Holycrap, who is it ? ;) I'm sorry guys, I'll work on the beta-ing faster. :3 I hope you enjoyed reading ~ And personally, Rika, I like Gary but c'mon. Opposites attract. That's so much hotter ;D