yep yep yep. here is part 4 of A New Direction. just wanted to say thank you aton to all you peeps who are reading this/are keeping up with it (though i doubt there are many, cuz even i dislike OC stories) you guys are epic :)

Thank you to misswarblerettestar for submitting a character ( oh btw, how do you pernounce her name? and can i nick-name her Tora?) :) i will try to fit her in soon.

and i dont know if i'll be able to put .Weirdness 's OC in this chapter either (cuz i write this little thing before i even write the chapter)

all write, well lets get on with it :)

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A shaft of light drifted into my room from a missing pannel on my blinds. A loud beeping noise was blasting from my alarm clock on the dresser. I sluggishly climbed out of bed and slammed a hand down on. Before I had the chance to climb back in bed, my mother burst through the door singing "It's Time! It's time! It's time to go to school! Go to school, and learn the golden rule!" I rolled my eyes and threw a pillow at her. She had been singing that to me and Todd ever since we were in elementary school.

"oh shut up mom! I'm up!" I yelled after her as she skipped down the stairs towards Todd's room. I plugged my ipod into the speakers on the dresser and Kiss Me by the Fray imeadiatly started playing. It was my favorite song, this was a good omen. I started swaying and humming along with the tune while I curled by dirty blonde hair. after the last soft ping of the piano rang out from the speakers, the song changed over to a faced pace dance song. I laughed and started singing aloud while dancing around my room.

I stripped off my oversize t-shirt and pulled on a white camie, kicking of my fuzzy pants i grabbed my hair brush and stood in front my mirror. I closed my eyes and tossed my hair back and forth, singing very loudly.

"I know you know. I'm wrapped around your finger.

You're so, you're so, beautiful and dangerous!

Hot and cold, dont you see the light boy?

I could blow your mind boy.

Let me be your new toy!"

I didn't even care that I was dancing around my room in my underwear and porobably singing off key. I stopped to breathe and grabbed a black denim skirt and slipped it on. I continued the song as I pulled a pink V-neck shirt out of my closet and put it on.

"What do I do? with a boy, with a boy like you?

Got me lost, got me hooked, now I'm so confused!

Is this all part of your plan?

I won't really understand,

what to do, what to do with a boy like you!"

I calmed down a bit and sat in front of my mirror and started applying black eyeliner, still sining, but with less movement.

"I'm gunna win. Boy your game is over.

Try to play, but your odds are 10-1!

Keep the change, after I'm done with ya, you wont know what hit ya!

You're not fooling anyone-"

My door slammed open, making me jump and fall out of the chair. Carl and Todd stood in my doorway, looking confused, annoyed, tired, and amused all at the same time. Todd tried to stiffle a laugh while holding something behind his back while Carl just sighed "Ashlyn, I know you're enthusiastic about school, and your a good singer. But can you not sing so loudly at 7 am? I was up late working on papers and I have to be at a meeting at 9 o'clock. So please, tone it down a bit."

He trudged back down the stairs, but Todd was still standing there, failing at trying to contain his giggles.

"what do you want Toddler?" I grumbled, pulling myself off the floor and picking up all my makeup that fell along with me. I turned the stereo off and grabbed my purse off the hanger by the door.

"nothing, just that breakfast is ready" he fumbled with something behind his back before continuing "so Ash, what do I do with a boy like you?" he asked talking in a super girly-girl voice.

"oh shut up, dweeb" I sighed, shoving him aside as I walked past him down the stairs.

I sat in my desk starring at the board blankly. Other students streamed into the classroom one by one until all the seats were full. Brittany sat to my left and a girl with long black curly hair pulled back into a ponytail sat to my right. She wasn't here yesterday, or atleast I didnt notice her. I remebered how my mother said I needed to work on my social skills and try to make new friends. Before I could say anything to her though, the bell rang and the morning annoucments blasted from the intercom.

"Good Morning McKinley High! Just a few announcments for you, Alchohol Awarness Week is at the end of the month, sadly there will be no preformance this year. Football tryouts are this Thursday, they will be held on the feild, and cheerleading will also be on Thursday in the gym. For those who can..."

I didn't listen to the rest. I had exactly one day to learn the moves and routine from Raven! I glanced over at Brittany who was also looking at me. She didnt looked unfazed at all, she looked rather confident. She smiled and bumped my shoulder with hers. "we got this, yeah?" she whispered. I nodded in response and smiled, but on the inside I was super nervous.

When the announcments were over, Mr. Simmons called for attention and announced that we would be working on a project, writing and answering all the things we already knew how to do, in partners. I glanced at Brittany and she smirked knowingly.

"but, I will choose your partner" the whole class groaned at his last statement. he picked up a sheet of paper and began calling off names "Brittany and Kevin, Jason and Luke, Leah and Avery, Ashlyn and Coutora..."

I slumped dejectidly into my seat when Brittany was paired woth someone else. I looked around for whoever was this 'Coutora'. Someone tapped me on the shoulder and I turned around. It was the same girl that was sitting by me at the beggining of class "your Ashlyn, right?"

I nodded and sat back up and turned towards her. She had a pretty face, gleaming hazel eyes and fair skin. She wore an orange ruffled top and fadded blue jeans with black pumps and a chic black handbag. She extended a neatly manicured hand towards me and smiled sweetly "I'm Coutora. We're partners, so, um, let's get started."

I shaked it and smiled back. We started working together quietly, helping eachother in parts we didnt understand and chatting. In all the chaos of the room, we finsihed first and turned it in to Mr. Simmons. She and I then returned to our desks and continued to talk until the end of class.

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YAY! so this one is a little bit longer than i expected it to be, but oh well. i like how it turned out. Song used was 'Boy Like You' by Ke$ha ft. Ashley Tisdale

so i was able to get misswarblerettestar 's character Coutora AND.Weirdness 's character Avery in this chapter. dont worry Avery will have her time to shine :) i just wanted to mention her, see if .Weirdness noticed lol yeah, sometimes i like putting easter eggs/forshadowing objects in my stories.

btw i put another forshadowing object in this chapter. can anyone guess what it is? i'll do something for the person that guesses it right, like write a oneshot for them or something. or write a chapter from their character's point of view (of course the person would have to have submitted a character to me)

i dunno, im just saying random stuff to see how long it'll take you to skip this and click next button for whenever i have the next chapter up

well if your still reading this... good job! you get a computer hug from me :)