Chapter 2: The Introductions

Well, as you can probably guess, all the girls (as expected) all ran at Ash who ran out the door. All of them except for Melody who just sat and watched as Ash ran out the door all over campus. He ran everywhere from the room to the office where he was still being followed. Even the janitor's room wasn't safe for him even with the stench of the garbage dump next to it wasn't enough to keep them away. He even tried to use his last resort, the boy's bathroom, and even that failed. Well, partially since they were all outside waiting for him.

"Ugh. Isn't there someone else they could be chasing around school besides me," Ash asked himself, "well, maybe I can find an air duct to get out of here."

Just as he said he would, he found what he was looking for and crawled through the air duct to his class.

"Psst, Brock can you come over here," asked Ash through the air duct.

"Huh? Where are you Ash," he asked.

"Up here in the air duct. Just open it up for me and tell Gary to watch the door," he said.

"Um, okay. Hey, Gary, can you watch the door, Ash is in the air duct," Brock said.

"Fine, just let me get there first," he said as he got off the chair he was sitting on and stood by the door, "all clear Brock, you can let him in."

Just then a loud Thud was heard as Ash fell face first on the floor.

"Owwww, next time I try to out run a hoard of girls, I'm going to use you as a shield Brock, if that's all right with you anyway," asked Ash as he got up and dusted himself off, "that reminds me, we still need partners to talk to. Gary! Who doesn't have a partner in this room right now besides me?"

"Umm, right now it's only you and," said Gary as he scanned the room with his eyes, "her. What was her name again, Melody?"

"Well, at least I don't need to worry about the other girls since they're outside waiting for me at the boy's restroom," said Ash, "and she looks like she wouldn't hound me all over school unless I stole her homework."

"Uhh, just to let you know Ash, you've only got 10 more minutes left to introduce yourself to her and vice versa you know," said Brock, "So if I were you I'd start running to her and start talking."

So Ash walked over to Melody and said, "Hi there, my name's Ash."

"Hello, my name's Melody," she said as she looked up from a book she was reading. "Hm? Do I know you from someplace? You look familiar."

"Huh? It's probably just your imagination," he said as he pulled up a chair next to her, "so now that we're on a first name basis, how's about we talk about our families. I have a mother but I've never known my father, and I'm an only child."

"Well, I have an older sister as you can tell since she's our homeroom teacher, a mom, and a dad."

"Okay class! Time's up," shouted Ms. Carol as she walked back in the room, "Hm? Ash, do you know where the rest of the girls are? Last I checked; they were chasing you out the door."

"Well, you see…," he was saying as soon as footsteps were heard outside, "they're outside."

"Well everyone, in your seats. Time for you to tell me what you learned about each other today," said Ms. Carol.

As you all probably figured, the girls having chased Ash all over school for the last half hour didn't come up with anything. While the guys who had done pretty much nothing actually did their task and did what they were told. As for Melody, she was the only girl who actually did what she was told to do.

"Since I don't know your partners, I'll just be calling on you randomly and then you and your partner will come up to talk okay," she said. "Let's start with you Drew."

A green haired boy stood up with Brock as his name was called.

"My name is Drew and this is my partner Brock," he said as he pointed to Brock, "he's got 7 siblings."

"8," corrected Brock.

"8 siblings, a mom, and a dad," finished Drew. "Okay, now it's Brock's turn."

"As Drew said, my name's Brock and he's Drew," he started, "he's got a mom and dad as well." Brock then paused with a grin on his face and continued, "He's also got a crush on-"

"BROCK SHUT UP," yelled Drew as he shut Brock's mouth, "okay that's all folks, thank you for listening."

"Okay," said Ms. Carol, "that was… interesting. Next up is Paul and his partner."

A purple haired boy stood up along with Gary this time.

"My name is Paul and this is my partner Gary," he said in a monotone voice, "he lives with his grandpa and has an older sister. Now it's his turn."

"As Paul said earlier, my name's Gary," he said, "This is Paul. He's got a mom and a dad as well as a pet dog."

With that, both Gary and Paul sat back down.

"Good job you two," said Ms. Carol, "next up is Tracey and his partner."

This time, a black haired boy with a head band stood up along with a blond haired boy.

"Hi everyone, my name's Tracey and this is Barry," he said cheerily.

"And anyone who forgets it get's fined by me," stated Barry.

"Umm, so, as I was saying he's got a dad who likes stealing his friends and a mom," finished Tracey.

"Like I said, anyone who forgets my name's going to get fined," stated Barry, "anyway, this is Tracey and he has a mom who's an artist and a dad. He's also got a knack for drawing really well."

As Barry finished they both sat down.

"I'd like to see some of your drawings next time Tracey," said Ms. Carol, "but now it's May and her partner's turn."

A brown haired girl stood up along with an orange haired girl.

"Hi, my name's May and this is my partner, Misty," she said in a happy tone, "she's got three older sisters who work at her mom's shop and a dad."

"My name's Misty as May said," stated Misty, "and May's got a dad, a mom, and a pesky little brother named Max as she put it."

"Good job next is Lyra and her partner," stated Ms. Carol.

"My name's Lyra and this is my partner, Dawn," said a brown haired girl who was standing up with a blue haired one, "she's got a mom and dad as well as a pet cat."

"As Lyra already said, my name's Dawn," she said, "Lyra's got a mom, dad, and an older sister named Cynthia."

When Dawn finished they both sat down.

"Okay, next up is Kelly and-," Ms. Carol never got to finish talking since yet again the door but open.

"Sorry I'm late Ms. Carol. I forgot school started today. Oh, guess I should introduce myself. My name's Flannery," said the red haired girl who just ran inside.

"Oh! I knew I forgot to call someone at attendance this morning," said Ms. Carol, "Flannery, you're going to be Kelly's partner, don't worry since you just came in you can go ahead and introduce yourself."

"My name's Kelly," said a purple haired girl with a bandana on her head, "I've got a mother, a father, and a pet guinea pig."

"Hi, everyone! As I said earlier, my name's Flannery," said the red haired girl, "I help my grandpa who I live with at his shop and we've got a pet turtle."

With that, they sat down and got blank looks from all the boys.

"Boys, what's wrong," asked Ms. Carol.

"Weren't all the girls except for Flannery, who just got here, and Melody, who wasn't doing anything, chasing Ash," asked Brock.

"That's right," said Ms. Carol, "do you know each other?"

"Yes," said all the girls.

"Well, that explains it," said Brock.

"Next we'll have Ash and his partner share with us then," said Ms. Carol.

"WHAT," yelled all the girls, "we thought he didn't have a partner!"

"I escaped through the air duct in the boy's restroom to escape the girls who were chasing me," said Ash, "so, when I got back to the classroom, obviously since all the boys had partners, Melody became my partner."

As soon as he said that all the girls started thinking in the back of their minds, I'm going to kill that bitch.

"Anyway," said Ash, "my name's Ash and this is my partner, Melody. She's got an older sister as you all know since she's our homeroom teacher, a mom and a dad."

"As Ash said, my name's Melody," she said, "Ash only has a mother and never knew his father."

With that all the introductions were over with and the bell rang for the next class.

"Okay class, see you tomorrow," said Ms. Carol.

With that, the students left for their next class.

The rest of the school day went by pretty fast for Ash. He got know all of his teachers and even got to be friends with his entire class. However, the one thing that kept bothering him was that he had a feeling he was being stalked all day. Which, sadly, he was. Little did he know that all the girls in his class, except for Melody and Flannery, followed him practically everywhere.

Yup, high school's a scary place isn't it?