Mywinx14: Hmm, thanks for offering but not just yet. Not just yet.
Optimus was given a new schedule the next day.
Since his usual locker was up on the fourth floor, the council had also assigned him a temporary locker on the third floor. It was in the same hallway as Jack, Miko, and Raf's.
He bumped into them before school started.
"Hey Optimus. How're you doing?" Jack greeted.
"Fine. I found my locker. Now, I think I'd better get going and find my homeroom. This is a very big school." Optimus replied as he waved and left the freshmen.
His new homeroom was on the second floor, which he knew was the main Neutral hangout. The Neutrals he passed all said hi to him, or patted him on the back, or wished him a quick recovery. Some even applauded him for his hair colouring antics.
Optimus smiled the entire time.
All things considered Optimus found the class fairly quickly. It was a science class taught by Ms. Beta.
Also in the class was Ultra Magnus, Prowl, and while Ratchet was older and had a homeroom spare, he often opted to help out Ms. Beta when he had said spare. Today was one of those days.
Several Decepticons were in the class as well. Knockout for one, glared at the boy as he walked into the class. Soundwave also turned towards the Autobot leader as he walked in along with the Jeddin twins.
Optimus sat next to his autobot friends as the bell rang.
Down on the first floor in Mr. Ception's class, Jack noticed that Elita was in the best mood she had been in for days.
"You look cheerful." He commented.
"Oh, I am. Optimus is okay, the faction is thriving, and the Cons are miserable. I couldn't be happier." Elita replied. "Well that's a lie actually. I'd be ten thousand times happier if I could get this damn sentence together."
Elita was slowly writing out a quote from the book they were studying. She was being very careful not to mess any of the letters or words up this time.
"You're doing great, don't worry." Jack assured her.
Elita nodded but didn't look over at the younger boy for she was in deep concentration.
Mr. Ception ended the class a little early and everyone got a chance to socialize before the bell rang for the next period.
"Hey Jack. Optimus told me that you talked to him in the Hall of Primes a last week. Apparently you said some pretty darn inspiring things." Elita spoke.
"What? Well, I'm a linguistics prodigy, talking is pretty much what I do...well, actually talking is more Miko's thing. Putting words together is my thing." Jack replied.
"Maybe, but that's what Oppie does as well. You're both really good at it. I dunno, just a thought." Elita finished.
When lunch came around, the Autobots sat together in their usual group. This time, with Elita and Optimus among them.
"So how's your first day out of the Prime Program going for you Optimus?" Ultra Magnus asked.
"Okay I suppose. I mean I'm still trying to get used to being around so many people so often. How do you guys navigate through all those other students? It's like a freaking stampede in between classes." Optimus replied.
"Heh. You'll get used to it, and you'll find out your own way of weaving through the crowd." Wheeljack said.
"Yeah, don't worry Optimus! The first couple days were hard for us too but you'll get the hang of it!" Miko added.
Jack smiled before turning towards Arcee, who was sitting in her seat wearing a scowl and crossing her arms.
"What's wrong?" Jack asked.
Arcee huffed angrily before speaking.
"She's back." she mumbled.
"What?" Jack asked.
"She came back." Arcee repeated a bit louder.
"Who came back?" Jack wondered.
Arcee pointed towards the Decepticons. Jack looked over and couldn't see what she was pointing at. He didn't see anything out of the ordinary. He looked back at her and then she took hold of his head and turned him to where she wanted him to look so Jack could see her.
A girl around Arcee's age. She had long black hair with purple streaks tied up in a ponytail. She wore a fitting dark violet shirt and shorts and a short, spiked black leather jacket. She also wore a pair of matching knee high leather boots. The girl also had purple lipstick, dark mascara, and eyeshadow.
She sat alone at a table isolated from the other Decepticons. She sat with her legs crossed and a smirk on her face. She eyed the students around her like Megatron does, but unlike him she wasn't looking for a fight. No, it seemed as though she would go straight for the kill and enjoy every second.
"Who is that? I've never seen her around before." Jack spoke when Arcee let go of his head.
"That is Ara Chadnid. Her Decepticon faction name is Airachnid. Damn flipping Queen of the Glitches if there ever was one." Arcee spat. "She just came back from her two month long summer vacation. And just when I thought she had moved."
"Airachnid huh. The way you talk about her, do you have something against her too?" Jack asked.
"Oh yeah. Another good friend of mine named Terry Gates, or Tailgate. She got him sent to Allspark in our freshmen year. The stupid glitch has been holding that over my head ever since. And I've been holding it against her ever since. I've been trying to get her expelled but she's just a fragging saint." Arcee explained.
"Oh...if she's a Con then why is she sitting alone?" Jack wondered.
"Hell if I know, not that I really care. She never really fit in with anyone to begin with. She was always by herself." Arcee replied. "Whatever, she'll always just be another Con that I want expelled, gone, and outta my life."
Jack looked over at the girl one more time before turning back to his lunch.
Jack went home that night and found that his mom was home early.
"Hey, mom." Jack greeted.
"Hey Jack. How was your day?" His mom asked. "You're a bit late dear. Didn't school end earlier?"
"It was okay. I, uh, just went to a club after school." Jack replied.
"Oh? What club?" June wondered.
Jack said the first thing that came into his mind. "...Science Fiction."
"Sounds like fun. You should tell me about it sometime." His mom told him as he headed upstairs.
When he was in his room Jack shut his door and sat on his bed.
"Another day gone by." He muttered.
And another chapter up. So...Airachnid! what do you guys think?
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