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*Disclaimer: I do not own JL, just their kids in this fanfic

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Chapter Nine: The New Kid

Evangelia's P.O.V

We all make our way into the school and walk towards our homerooms for attendance and morning announcements. Lilly had made a bee-line for the Audio/Visual Room where she would make her newscast.

The five of us walked down the west wing on the first floor where all of the freshman and sophomore homerooms were. Phee, Billy, and I stop and enter Homeroom 2B. Val and Maddie walked further down the hall towards their homeroom- Homeroom 2A. Lilly would join them after her morning broadcast. Rex was a junior and therefore headed towards the east wing where Homeroom 3C was.

We enter the room just in time and manage to take our seats just as the television hanging above the chalkboard blared to life. Lilly was shown behind a desk and having a stack of papers in her hand.

"Good morning Trinity Union High!" Lilly's familiar cheery tone filled the room. "To start off our morning announcements, there is-"

I drown her voice out of my head. I don't purposely do this all the time but today I can't seem to focus. Although she is making important announcements about upcoming events the student government has assembled, I have bigger fish to fry.

My parents have spoken to me but it didn't feel right. It was as if they had to remember the fact that I was their daughter and that they had to acknowledge my presence to a certain extent. My brothers have been sympathetic with me-well actually, just Tim. Dick has been acting like one lately and has been scolding me. He was sympathetic at first when he first saw my battered, cut and bruised body. But his feelings changed when he had heard of our "heroic" act.

Thankfully, Barbara-or Babs as we all affectionately call her- sympathized with me and has been defending me against Dick. She and Dick have been going out for years already and are at the point of talking about marriage. When Dick proposes to her I would be the happiest girl alive. Babs has been so much a part of my life and I would like a big sister. She and I get along great and I look up to her as my big sis already. She would fit into our family.

"Evangelia Wayne…"

My name said aloud snaps me out of my deep thought. I didn't realize the announcements were already over.

Mr. McGregor, our middle-aged and balding homeroom teacher repeated my name. He pushes up his thick framed glasses and reads the attendance sheet. He reminds me of that teacher from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". I chuckle to myself. I can already imagine him…

'Bueller, Bueller, Bueller…Fry, Fry…'

"Wayne…"

Mr. McGregor's bored yet annoyed tone reminds me that I have still not responded.

"Here" I say, raising my hand as well. He looks up from the sheet with a bored expression that matches his voice and personality. He checks my name off and moves on with the roll call.

He finishes with the attendance and just before everybody gets up from their seats to make their way towards their first class, Mr. McGregor tells us all to sit down.

"Now class," he says in an attempted, excited tone. "We have a new student joining us in school."

I hear a low buzz erupt in the class. Not many students are usually accepted into the school during the second semester unless their parents are highly influential and/or rich. So I guess that much is a given to us. Whispers and titters continue in class.

"I wonder if she's hot…"

"What makes you so sure it's a girl?"

"Maybe he'll be cute…"

"I'll need a definitely need to hook up…"

The talk dies as soon as Mr. McGregor loudly clears his throat. Once he had everyone's attention he had continued. "I will let him introduce himself. Please make him feel welcome."

We were all on the edge of our seats and as if on cue, the new student walks in. A sigh rises from almost all of the girls in the room. I couldn't blame them but that doesn't mean that they had to act like fawning sheep. But I had to admit…

'He's gorgeous…'

He walked in clad in the school uniform but there was something about him that made us think that he was practically born to model it. The uniform definitely outlines his tall, muscular build. His tie was loosened and the first two buttons were undone, giving us a peak into his chiseled chest. He had olive toned skin and had the front part of his dark brown hair gelled up into spikes.

His deep gray eyes twinkled when he noticed his admirers. He flashed us with a brilliant white smile, revealing the dimples in his cheeks.

"Hello everyone. My name is Damien Princeton. I hope to get to know each of you," he says in a low, deep voice. It almost sounded like a seductive purr.

"OH-MY-GOSH! Angie! He's sooo hot!! He and I are definitely going to get to know each other," Phee whispers from behind me. "And his voice is so sexy…"

Just as she said that Damien turns his head towards us, almost as if he had heard us. He gives us a small smile. I felt Phee freeze up behind me.

'It's funny, this is the first time I've ever seen her act like this. Most of the time it's her making the boys feel so nervous.'

Everybody gets up and files out of the room, walking towards the first class. Phee and I get up from our seats and make our way towards the door. But suddenly I hear her stumble behind me and I see a hand reach out and grab her. It turns out that it was Damien who caught her.

"Way to go, OFE-EE!" Billy jeers from the door. But she didn't seem to mind. She and Damien were locked into an intense stare. "Are you alright?" he asks smoothly. "I-I'm fine," was her uneasy reply.

'I could get used to seeing her like this,' I thought with amusement.

They continue to stare. I decide that it was my job to break it up. "C'mon Ophelia, we're going to be late!" I urge as I pull her away. I made sure to emphasize her name that way pretty boy knew it.

'She could thank me later…'

He snaps out of their stupor and says, "See you around…Ophelia." She looks back, regains her cool, coy composure and says, "Definitely."

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Seven teens make their way exiting out of the high school. They were coming home early like they had promised their parents. Their afternoons for the next few days were going to be pretty uneventful. However, one of them was in high spirits.

"OMG! You should've seen him Lilly. He's so gorgeous and he's so smooth and cool," Ophelia tells her friend. She hasn't stopped talking about him all day. "And when he caught me, we totally had a moment. I think he's into me," she concludes.

"Who is she talking about?" Valen asks the rest of them.

"Oh just a new guy in our homeroom that Ophelia has the hots for," Billy informs. He makes loud, obnoxious kissy noises to piss Ophelia off.

"Billy, knock it off! That's rude," Lilly scolds. Ophelia doesn't seem to care though. She coolly remarks, "It's alright Lil. There's no need to get worked up like that. Besides a girl wouldn't have the hots for him even if she was stuffed with chili peppers and he was a glass of water."

The entire group erupted into laughter. Rex and Valen were slapping their knees and doubled over. Billy had nothing else to say. He remained silent for the rest of the time. Everybody was enjoying themselves and each other's company. All except for one…

Maddox remained silent for the entire time. He was a quiet guy but at least he would've laughed, or chuckled, or did something when he heard that statement. Evangelia seemed to be the only one who had noticed this.

'Poor Maddie,' she thought.

She had often seen the boy look at Ophelia while she wasn't looking and turn away when she noticed him. He often blushed whenever she complimented him and had always tried his best to get her to smile or laugh. But now he was beside himself and wasn't even talking to anybody. She knew she would have to confront him about his feelings for Ophelia later.

Just as it was their time to depart, Ophelia had asked Rex and Maddox if they needed a ride home. She already knows Evangelia, Valen, Billy, and Lilly had rides.

"Nah, it's cool Phee. I don't need a ride. I can get home by myself," Rex declined. Lately he had been secretly flying home. It gave him the privacy to think to himself.

Ophelia wasn't offended. Rex usually went home by himself. On rare occasions he would actually accept her offer. She turned to Maddox and offered him a ride.

'And listen to you talk about Damien the entire time. No thanks,' he thought bitterly.

"No, I'm fine," he answers bluntly. He didn't even bother to look her in the eyes. This response had kind of hurt Ophelia. She knew that he would want to ride home with her any time he got the chance and she enjoyed his company.

"Aww, but now I have no one to ride home with me!" she complained. "Please Maddie! Oh c'mon it's better than being picked up by your mother!"

Maddox didn't bother to respond to her jab. Instead he had pushed his way past her and walked away. This truly hurt her. 'What's gotten into him,' she thought. She didn't bother to chase after him. She wasn't one to beg. A lot of guys would die to accompany her home, much less sit in the same vehicle as her. 'Fine, he could walk home for all I care.'

She says farewell to the rest of her friends and makes her way towards the west parking lot. Just as she was walking to her car she sees Damien leaving the building. She didn't want to call him over because she thought it would make her look too desperate or easy. So instead she quickly pulls out of her spot and speeds past him, making sure that he got a good glimpse of her. She looks back and sees him staring and remembers why she was in such a good mood earlier.

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Uh-oh, already the new kid is causing problems for them…

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