Ch. 3
(P.O.V : None)
"Man, that second class was so boring!" Hoagie exclaimed, while Abigail and Nigel trailed behind him.
"At least Abby had two fun guys to hang with during it," Abigail said with a smile.
"You think I'm cool?" Nigel and Hoagie said in unison, shocked.
"Of course I do! Much better than those other jerks in there. All they care about is football, whilst you guys actually care about education!"
Hoagie gleamed at the compliment, and Nigel just stood there confused.
"Whilst means whereas, Nigel," Hoagie sad flatly. Nigel smiled, out of embarrassment and for the compliment.
They proceeded to their third class, talking about their first class' teacher.
"Mrs. Podi is such an uptight teacher. She wouldn't even let us have a book out," Hoagie complained.
"You think that's bad? Mr. Greeshir won't let us listen to our iPods!"
"Um, Nigel...That's against school rules."
"Yeah! Besides, that sounds like something Wally Beatles would say," Abby said jokingly.
Hoagie and Nigel were confused. "Who?"
" Oh, just this kid in my second class. He looks like a really tough kid. You can't miss him; tall, muscular, blonde... And not to mention his orange jacket."
"Gee, 'orange jacket' would have been enough," Nigel said, glancing at Wally, who happened to be walking by.
"Whatever. Get to class," Abby told him, as they passed by Hoagie and Nigel's next class.

-x-

'That Wally kid looks tough. Mental note to self; don't mess with him.'
Nigel watched the kids coming through the door, when Kuki walked in. 'I wonder what would happen if she got mixed up with him...'
Nigel shakes his head, as if he was throwing the thought put of his head. "That'd be bad,"
"...What'd be bad?" a voice from above Nigel asked.
Looking up, it was Kuki asking that question. Nigel started to get nervous, since he was talking about her in the first place. "Nothing, nothing at all," Nigel said, then laughed nervously.
'Okay, I know I don't usually talk to guys, but I had a feeling he was talking about me,' Kuki told herself.
Nigel coughed, trying to get the lump from his throat, and then turned to Hoagie.
"What was all that about?"
"See that girl over there," Nigel started.
"Yeah?" Hoagie said, leaning closer, becoming more curious by the second.
Afraid she'd hear again, Nigel whispered it into Hoagie's ear.
"Whoa, that's kooky!" Hoagie exclaimed.
"Yes?" Kuki perked up from decorating her notebook. Everyone turned and stared at her for the 'random outburst,' and her cheeks flushed red. 'Today is so embarrassing! I hope lunch will be better.'
The teacher took roll, and Nigel and Hoagie understood Kuki's 'outburst'.
The bell rang and everyone fled from the class, except for Kuki, who was still packing her things by the time the bell rang. Nigel and Hoagie, even though yearning for lunch, waited up for her.
As she walked out the door, Hoagie started for her. "Kuki, wait up!" 'Wally still remembers my name?' Kuki wondered to herself' and she turned around. "Hey Wall- Wait, you're not Wally!"
Nigel and Hoagie turned to each other and laughed. Hurt, Kuki walked off. "No, Kuki, wait!" Annoyed Kuki snapped at them. "If you guys are here just to make fun of me, then-"
"We're here to apologize," informed Hoagie.
"Really," Kuki questioned, feeling a little bit happier. "Then why did you want me earlier?"
"To apologize," Nigel started. "You see, and the reason we were laughing a few seconds ago was because we were talking. Well, ugh! In class, we-"
"What Nigel means to say is that earlier he was talking about Wally. Then he saw you and was wondering about if you met Wally. Then he told me, and I exclaimed how kooky that was, Which made you perk up in class earlier. "
"...And when I said I knew Wally the irony made you laugh; I get it," Kuki said, giggling. "You guys are silly."
"Thanks! Say, do you want to eat lunch with us?" Hoagie offered.
This threw Kuki off-guard. She didn't expect them to ask her that. Even though she still was nervous about boys, she actually felt okay around Nigel and Hoagie. They were fun and nice, unlike most of the intimidating boys in the school. "Sure," she said, as a smile crept up her face.

They entered the chaos room that is the cafeteria. People skipped in line, pushed people around, and cussed them out just for being bumped into. Kuki hated this part, her being technically defenseless. Nevertheless, she put her backpack down by Nigel and Hoagie's things, and went in line. Nigel brought lunch, so Hoagie agreed to go in line with Kuki.
"Nigel sure has a way with words," Kuki said sarcastically.
"Him? Totally. Way to hear his poem? 'Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm good with words, it makes me happy.'"
Kuki laughed, out of pity for Nigel and Hoagie's making fun of him.
"Wow, you laugh at my jokes! I like you already!" Kuki just rolled her eyes at him. 'Boys will be boys,' she thought to herself. They got their food and returned to their table, where Abby had joined them.
"Abby!" Hodge chirped gleefully.
"Hey, Hoagie! How are you," Abby started, before noticing Kuki. "And who is this?"
"That's Kuki! We have third class with her. Kiki noticed Abby and froze. 'How can they be friends with her? Isn't she the meanest girl in school? Well, after Valerie,' she wondered, getting worried.
"Kuki, what's wrong?" Nigel asked, breaking her concentration.
"What? Oh, nothing, Oh Poetic One." Kuki replied slyly.
"Oh Poetic One, what is she...HOAGIE!"
Kuki, Hoagie, and Abby laughed while Nigel was fuming.
"Sorry, Uno. But she started it," Hoagie exclaimed, accusing Kuki.
"Who, me?" Kuki asked, acting angelically. Everyone laughed, this time including Nigel, at Kuki. When Kuki then remembered one-hundred-percent that Abby was there, she stopped.
"What's wrong, girl?" Abby wondered.
"Nothing. Well, it's just that I heard you were one of the meanest girls in school, so-"
"Oh girl, not you too," Abby exclaimed. "Don't believe Valerie's lies, please don't!"
"Wait, Valerie made that up? I expected as much," Kuki said, as her last sentence was full of anger.
Just then, Wally spotted Kuki, and ran over to her.
"Hey, Breakfast!"
Everyone turned to the Aussie, and had a frightened look on their face, all except for Kuki. Wally was about to sit, when he paused. 'A better student,' he reminded himself. He cleared his throat and spoke. "May I sit here, please?"
Kuki smiled and nodded, while the others were taken back by his politeness. Still, Wally was going to have his normal personality.
"Well what the crud are you guys staring at?" Wally hissed.
Everyone's eyes grew wide, and then stared at their food.
"Yeah, cause every good student says that," Kuki said smugly. Everyone gasped, as if she just told him to go jump of a cliff. Wally glared at her, then glanced quickly at the others. Looking back at Kuki, he started to burst out in laughter.
"You guys should have seen your faces," Wally exclaimed, while still having a fit of laughter. Kuki joined him in laughing, while everyone else laughed nervously and confused. After a few quiet moments, Hoagie broke the silence and spoke up.

"Breakfast?"
Nigel and Abby looked at Hoagie, and then turned their attention to Wally. "It's a long story," Kuki said, trying to dodge an explanation as much as possible.

"We've got time," Nigel stated, peeking his eyes over his shades. Kuki sighed; she knew she couldn't get out of this. "Well, this morning," Kuki started, then stared off into space, still continuing her story.

Flashback

'Today's going to be great,' Kuki said happily in her head; the first day to a whole new school year. She hugged her mom goodbye, and stepped out of her car. As she walked towards the school benches, she noticed the sun was peaking out from behind the building. 'How beautiful,' she thought to herself. She sat down at on a bench and pulled out her sketchpad. Lines of all shapes and sizes filled the page until the form of a kitten came out. Her concentration was broken when a shadow blocked her original view. She looked up to see whom it was standing before her. 'Valerie…' she said in her head, suddenly feeling angry.

Valerie was one of the meanest girls in the school. She picked on kids for no reason, bullied people, and spread terrible rumors about people. Her popularity kept her from being stopped. "Hey, Koo-koo," Valerie said evilly, her face filled with an evil grin.

"That's Kuki, Valerie."

"Yeah, whatever," Valerie responded, before she reached for Kuki's sketchpad. "What'cha got here?"

"Give it back, Valerie!"

"I don't think so," she said, while looking through the book. 'Wow, these are actually good! Too bad she won't see them again!" Valerie said to herself, as she tossed the sketchpad across the courtyard.

"You jerk!" Kuki screamed, furious. She stared at the sketchpad, and tears formed in her eyes. It was ruined. Kuki went to retrieve it, but Valerie just got in her way. "Where do you think you're going?" Valerie said, not allowing Kuki to pass.

"Get out of my way," Kuki yelled, as she pushed Valerie and ran towards her sketchpad. Valerie stumbled backwards and into a muddy puddle. Seeing her shoes were dirty, she let out a terrible scream that stole everyone outside's attention. She turned to Kuki with fury burning inside her eyes. 'Cafeteria, now,' Kuki thought, as she dashed away from the scene and into the cafeteria.

Kuki finally caught her breath as she sat down at the table. She took out her sketchpad again and tried to get all the dirt and folds out as possible. She smiled at her 'job well done,' and started drawing again. Before she could realize somebody was behind her, a mess of milk and grits covered her entire body. "That's what you get when you try and mess with me, Kuki!" The entire cafeteria roared in laughter at Kuki. She tried and tried to keep the tears in, until Valerie said, "You and your freaking crappy sketches get out!"

Kuki took her things and ran out of the cafeteria, crying rivers of tears. She fled to the bathrooms and locked herself in one of the stalls until everyone left.

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"Okay, once the bathroom is cleared, I leave and run to class," Kuki informed herself. When she heard nothing more, she left the bathroom and started for her classes. Kids running late pushed her out of their way, and snickered at her when they noticed she still had some grits in her hair and wet spots from the milk.

"I can't believe Valerie did that to me! Now I'm late, and I'll get a detention!"
Kuki walked down the hallway, trying to wipe out the milk from out her shirt and get the grits out of her hair. She heard a noise that sounded like mice, but saw none. "Weird; I could've sworn-"

"Look out," she heard a voice yell to her.

"Huh?"

WHAM

Wally apologized to the girl, and offered to help her up. He introduced himself and asked for help getting to his class, handing Kuki his schedule. She merely told him to follow her, since their first class is the same.

He talked to her, until he said something that made Kuki a little offended.

"So you uh... Got a name? Or do they just call you 'breakfast?'"

End Flashback

"…And well, that's what happened," Kuki said, finishing off her story.

"Man, that Valerie. Always tryin' to make everyone's lives miserable," Abby griped.

"If she weren't a girl, I'd pound her face in," Wally growled.

Nigel and Hoagie nodded, when Abby spoke up again. "Abby's not gonna' lie, though… Wally calling you breakfast; funny stuff!"

"Yeah, I guess," Kuki said, shrugging her shoulders. Wally noticed Kuki feeling saddened by the comment, so he changed the subject.

"So, er… What are your names?"

"I'm Hoagie, that's Abby!"

"Nigel,"

"That's cool! So I was wondering…," Wally started, not believing he was going to say this, "…Would you guys, you know, want to possibly…"

"Sure, we'd love to be your friends, dude!" Hoagie exclaimed.

Abby and Nigel agreed with him, and they all exchanged schedules- all except for Kuki. In fact, she was still thinking about if she wanted to be friends with them.

'They seem nice, yes, and not to mention that they're funny. But I still get nervous around boys…' Kuki bit her lip and looked at the window in the other direction. She gazed upon two squirrels jumping from tree to tree, and smiled a little bit. She was focused until someone brought her back to reality.

"Kuki, time to go to class!"

Kuki shook her head, trying to focus. "What?"

"Ugh, come on," Wally said, as he grabbed Kuki's wrist and pulled her towards the cafeteria exit. Kuki realized he was holding her wrist and blushed. When Wally finally realized it, he let go and blushed. He coughed to clear his throat and asked, "Hey, Kuki?"

Kuki looked up and responded. "Yeah?"

"You never answered my questioned earlier…Do you want to be friends with me?" Kuki stared off into the kids walking to her classes and thought to herself. 'I don't even know… Do I? I mean, he is really tough; what if I get him angry? Then again, he implied it himself, he doesn't hit girls…'

"I'd quite like that," she said, finally deciding. Wally grinned as they entered their fourth class. 'Only three more classes to go,' Wally thought to himself. The two chose seats next to each other, and talked until the bell rang.

'This is going to be the start of a good friendship,' Wally thought, as he directed his attention from Kuki to Mr. Silvers.

Such a weird / rambly story CX
I love it though!
I'll try to update as soon as possible!