Warning:This story is slightly darker than most of the others. It's still K plus, though.
"Another day, another eight hours of school memories that we'd rather forget." Jake commented dryly as the trio walked down the halls of Casper High to their class.
"What are we going to do in class instead of paying attention today?" Matt asked.
"Bang my head against my desk in sheer boredom." Jake replied.
"Wow, the smart, I-always-pay-attention kid is taking a turn." Tori remarked.
Jake glared at the girl.
"Excuse me?" A polite, feminine voice asked from behind, tapping Jake on the shoulder.
Jake turned around to see a girl with long, blond hair that had streaks of blue in it and two blue hair ties suspending small portions of her hair. She was wearing ablack tank top that showed her midriff and black cargos with black combat boots. Blue and black bracelets adorned her wrists. She had amazing blue eyes as well, framed by dark eyeliner. Definitely Goth.
"Could you please tell me where the science lab is? It's my first day here." The girl questioned kindly.
"Oh…uh…sure. Go forward until you reach the bathrooms and then take a left. It's room 256." Jake instructed, still caught in her appearance.
"Thanks. I'm Christine, by the way, but just call me Chris." She introduced.
"I…I'm Jake." Jake stuttered.
"Nice meeting you, Jake. Maybe I'll see you around." She said before walking off in the direction Jake had told her.
Jake stared after her. She was really nice and she was pretty too.
"Jake? Hello? Anyone there?" Matt asked as he waved his hand in front of the teen's face.
"Huh…oh…wha-?" Jake snapped out of it.
"Oooh, Jake likes Chris." Matt taunted in a sing-song voice.
"Do not!" Jake denied as he turned bright red.
"That's a confirmation." Matt laughed.
The warning bell sounded and Jake ran off to his first class. Matt and Tori walked at a slower pace. Tori seeming a little…ticked. Or maybe jealous.
Jake slowly walked out of the classroom after class was over. He went to his locker to grab his books for his next class. He turned the combination quickly and traded his books. He closed the small metal door and turned around to walk to his following class. Unfortunately, he slammed into someone else. Both teens dropped their books, sending the literature crashing to the floor. Jake knelt down to help sort out whose books were whose.
"Oh, I'm sorry I…" They both stuttered as they tried to sort out their possessions.
Then, they both looked at who they had smashed into. Jake and Chris were the colliding couple.
"Oh, hi Chris." Jake greeted.
"Hi, Jake." She responded. "I'm sorry, I…"
"No, it was my fault. I wasn't looking where I was going." Jake took the blame.
"Well, I have to get to math." She told the boy who she'd crashed into, seeming in quite a rush.
"Me too." Jake blurted.
"Cool. Um…would you like to walk with me…you know, so I don't get lost." She stumbled.
"Sure." Jake replied sheepishly.
The two walked down the halls side by side. They entered the room together, but the teacher pulled Chris aside. Jake was forced to go to his seat. Once the whole classroom was filled, the teacher, Mr. Smith (a tall man with dark skin, no hair, a green T-shirt, and tan work pants), made an announcement.
"Class, we have a new student today. For those of you who haven't met her yet, her name is Christine Matthews. Ms. Matthews, will you please take the empty seat?" Mr. Smith introduced.
Chris saw that the empty seat was behind Jake. She walked casually to the desk and slid into her seat.
"Hi, Jake." She whispered.
"Hi, Chris." He whispered back.
"Well, it looks like you have a new friend already. Now, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't talk in my class." Mr. Smith said irritably.
Eventually, lunch time rolled around. Jake went to sit at his usual table with Matt and Tori, but kept an anxious eye out for Chris.
"Looking for someone?" Matt teased.
"I was just wondering if maybe…maybe Chris could sit with us." Jake stammered.
"But we always have lunch together. Just the three of us." Tori interjected.
"Well, maybe today it can be the four of us." The pale-skinned boy replied. "Oh, wait, there she is."
Jake got up and headed toward where Chris was standing. She didn't seem to notice him.
"Hmmm…Is it me, or is someone a little jealous of the new girl?" Matt hinted.
"What? I'm am not jealous of her." Tori snapped.
"Su-re." Matt responded smoothly. He let out a yelp as Tori kicked him from under the table.
A few yards away, Jake had finally gotten Chris' attention. "Hey. I was wondering if you wanted to sit with us for lunch." Jake invited.
"I'd love to, but Abby already invited me to her table." Chris replied with a hint of remorse.
"A-Abby?" The boy choked out.
Abby decided to show up at that moment. She didn't give her twin brother any acknowledgement.
"Hey, Chris. Our table's over here." Abby informed.
"Oh, I was just talking to my friend, Jake." Chris told the black-haired girl.
"Hold up, friend?" Abby questioned in shock.
"Yeah, Jake's my friend." Chris repeated. "Why? Is something wrong with that?"
"Why would you want to be friends with him?" Abby asked, putting in a little more hatred into that question than she had meant.
"Abby, if you're going to insult me, could you at least wait until I'm out ofear-shot?" Jake shouted in annoyance.
"I think I'm missing something." Chris said in complete confusion.
"Oh…um…Abby's kind of my…sister." Jake muttered.
"You two are actually related?" The blond questioned.
"Unfortunately." Both siblings replied at the same time.
"Wait, so does that mean…" She trailed casting anxious glances at Jake.
"No. My brother's completely human." Abby assured, knowing where Chris was going with this. "Come on, Chris, let's go back to our table." Abby motioned.
"Actually, I think I'm going to sit with Jake." The new girl decided.
Jake smiled as Chris walked over to him and the two headed back to Jake's table. The two sat down across from Matt and Tori, the latter twitching a bit.
That night, Jake sat in his room. He lay on his bed recollecting the memories of that day. He also remembered his statement from the beginning of the day. His reminiscing was cut short when his ghost sense went off.
Ugh." Jake groaned.
He dragged his body out of his bed and threw his arms up as he transformed himself into Shadow. Quickly, he threw himself through the wall and into the starry night. It wasn't long before he spotted a girl being cornered on top of a building by a giant glowing green ghost wolf. She was at the edge of the building. He was now close enough to take in the details of the figure. It was Chris. This only made Shadow fly faster. He hurdled his body into the giant wolf. The animal was knocked backward. Shadow grabbed out his Fenton Thermos 2.0 and sucked the creature inside before he caused any damage to his new friend or the rest of the town. His red eyes were gleaming with triumph, but all of his thoughts were interrupted as a blood-curdling scream filled the air. Chris had fallen.
Thanks to Luiz4200 and Piece of Toast for helping me decide the name and description for Chris. You guys were great help.
Hey, guess what? I just took the "Mary-Sue test" (Go to uula's profile page) and it turns out, all my characters are Mary-Sues. I'm going to try to work on that a little more.