Hey guys and welcome back! Sorry I haven't updated this in a little while, but I have taken priority over other things. At school I got a writing class (I will save you all the explanation, but long story short, we didn't have it before, and only a few kids get this class (by luck, not even skill)). Anyway, I keep screwing up and setting up my stories to be way to long, so I don't have half the time I need to complete them in class, so I have to write them at home. I'll try to boost my update speed, but no promises. Odogboy999 got the question right, with a very general answer. . . not many people answered the question. So, as always any and all feedback is encouraged and appreciated, See ya'll later! Enjoy!

See you guys later,

-Tytonic

Attention: I know some of you have been saying this isn't accurate for high school, but be aware, I'm not even in high school myself, not yet. So most of the school stuff here is coming from my sister. You also have to remember that all schools are different, I mean, my school is the only school I know of that has a choices class.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of The Underland Chronicles, only the characters I make up and the plot itself.

Regalia High

Chapter 3: Why, Life?

Gregor heard a chuckling sound to his right, and both his head as well as Ms. Solovet's head snapped to the side, and glared at Luxa, who was struggling to contain her laughter. Unfortunately, she had let some slip, and before she could say anything in her defense, Ms. Solovet slid another yellow slip onto Luxa's desk.

Normally, Gregor would have laughed at her obvious discomfort, and the fact that she had detention, but not this time. No, not this time. This time, he was going to be stuck in detention right next to her.

I should have seen this coming. Does everything I do now have to be next to Luxa? Can't I get a break around here? Gregor thought. This is gonna be a long year.

-O-

The rest of the class went by with a few problems, but for the most part it went smoothly. Most of the kids had heard of how strict Ms. Solovet was, but not all believed it until they met her. Because of how strict she had been on Gregor and Luxa, not a single kid dared to step out of line.

That became a struggle when Ms. Solovet turned off the light to show a presentation. It was still the first day of school, so nobody was used to waking up so early in the morning. Because of this, almost every kid was falling asleep, save Lizzie, who was eagerly listening to the teacher.

Gregor swore he fell asleep a few more times, and snapped awake, but he couldn't be sure. He, however, DID know that a few other kids got nailed for sleeping. Much to his demise, they all happened to be people he hated, well, almost all of them.

It wasn't hard for Ares to get caught; when somebody as tall as him falls asleep, it's hard to miss the absents of his head above everybody else. Henry got caught poking and prodding at Ares, attempting to wake him up. The only other person who got caught was Aurora, who Gregor didn't mind being around. The few times they had talked, she had seemed nice, but he didn't know enough about her in order to effectively judge her.

He had to admit, she was pretty, in fact, she was one of the best looking girls he had ever seen. The thing that kept him away was the fact that she was Luxa's friend, and the way he had seen Ares look at her. There was NO way he was getting in Ares way. For the same reason, most boys stayed away from Aurora.

Gregor had struggled to keep his head up, but right as his efforts began to fail, class ended. He swore, you could hear the sigh of relief from halfway across the school. As everybody shot out of their seats, Ms. Solovet stopped them.

"Class, one more thing." She called out, so that everybody heard her. "I expect to see this review sheet completed tomorrow!"

Gregor had forgotten that about her. Not only was she the most strict teacher int eh school, but she ALWAYS gave homework, no matter the circumstances. With a groan, Gregor grabbed a sheet form the stack she had just placed on an open desk, and got out of the room as fast as possible.

As he began to walk down the hallway, Lizzie walked up besides him. "You, Gregor, are an idiot."

Gregor just shrugged in responses, and changed the subject. "So. . . math right?"

"Yes." Lizzie responded, and then looked behind her. "Looks like the world isn't working for you today. I think the little queen might be in our math too."

Gregor groaned on the inside, but didn't respond to Lizzie. All of his friends had gone the other way as they left his last class, so none of them would be with him. And if that didn't already take the cake, it seemed that all of Luxa's friends were going the same way as him.

As Gregor walked down the hallway, he couldn't help but notice Gorger pass by him. Gorger was a drug dealer, a gang leader, a criminal, and just about any other name you could come up with. He was also thought to be a murder.

A year back, a kid had decided to challenge him when Gorger was picking on him. The kid had managed to give Gorger a black eye before running away. Gorger had sword he would have the kids blood, and guess what? Two days later, the kid disappears. Nobody, not even the police, could find him. Of coarse Gorger had been a suspect, but there was no evidence against him found.

Every person knew that Gorger had done it, even the cops knew, but they couldn't do anything about it without evidence. Gregor also knew that Gorger did it, in fact, Gorger had used it to intimidate Gregor before. He had been scared, but he was smart enough to avoid a scuffle, something he would seriously regret.

Finally, Gregor got to math class. As he walked in, he passed Mareth, the school guard. Mareth was a veteran who had lost one of his legs, and was now serving as a school guard, protecting the kids. It was sad, the fact that he had been forced to pull his gun twice the year before. One time, a kid had walked into school with a shotgun, which in the end, turned out to be a BB gun. Another time, one of Gorgers little rats had pulled a handgun on another student when the student had refused to give up all of his valuables. The student was rich, so he had an Iphone 5, some crazy good beats, multiple solid gold rings, and a solid gold cross on a neckless. Mareth always seemed to be in the right place, at the right time.

Gregor greeted Mareth. Mareth was a really nice guy, and he was still young, too. He was only like 20-23 years, but lost his leg in the military, so he was forced to leave. Because of his age, he and Gregor got along really well. Sometimes, in classes like study hall, he would just sit and talk with Gregor.

As Gregor took his seat, he awaited the teacher, Mrs. Miravet. By the time she walked in, she already had a seating chart in her hand.

Really? Last year all of the teachers let us choose out own seats, he thought.

Gregor struggled not to scream in frustration as Luxa got placed directly on his left, and the rest of her friends got placed all around him.

Life, what did I ever do to you?

-O-

For the most part the rest of the day went smoothly, save a few mishaps from other students. Mostly Henry, and through him, Ares. They already had detention for the rest of the week, and at this, rate, they will never get out of it.

Luxa also got another detention, which Gregor found funny. It was in study hall; Gregor still had no clue what she did, and by the look on her face, she didn't either. Of coarse, Gregor had to let a few laughs slip, and that had gotten him another detention. Of all people, he had to have study hall with Ms. Solovet.

Gregor had been disappointed that he hadn't had gym. It was his favorite class by far, and he really hated, yet loved, the teacher, Ripred. Nobody ever called him by his last name, it just didn't seem right.

Gregor also had track after school, which he would now miss due to detention, same thing the next day. Ripred also happened to be the track coach, which Gregor was fine with, because frankly, he was the only one that could keep up with Ripred, even if that was only for a little while.

Rirped tended to run a lot in track along with the others; Gregor didn't understand why, but he always made it a race with Ripred. He always lost. Albeit over the summer he had been practicing, so he thought he stood a better chance now.

At the end of the day, Gregor sulked to detention. Honestly, he didn't mind the detention itself, it was the fact that it was with Luxa, and that it prevented him from going to track that irritated him.

As he got to the detention room, and was relived to find that Luxa had not yet arrived. As he entered the room, the teacher glared at him. They always treated the students in detention as if they were criminals. Gregor could understand that when it came to Henry and Ares, but everybody else? Like Aurora and Luxa? As far as he knew, they very rarely got detention.

Gregor went straight to the back of the room, were he dropped all of his stuff on the desk, and sat down. He waited for a few minutes, he knew he was allowed to do his work, but he waited anyway.

He had purposely sat away from everybody else, so he highly doubted he would have to worry about the others bothering him. Or, so he thought.

He defiantly had NOT expected Luxa to come in, and sit down right next to him.

So, thats a wrap on it! I know you guys didn't expect an ending like this. I wanted to do more in this chapter, but I have other stuff to do *cough*read*cough*. This chapter was drag to write, but I managed. . . I guess. So, as usual all feedback is encouraged and appreciated, so give me any and all ideas! See you guys later!

Question: Why did Luxa sit next to Gregor?

R&R tots,

-Tytonic