Welcome back! I'm flattered you were interested enough after the first chapter to continue on :')

This chapter will be more or less a recap of the first chapter, just told in Blaze's point of view.

Enjoy!

CHAPTER 2

I walked into English and sat down in the first empty seat I saw. It happened to be next to the new girl. She seemed harmless. If anything, friend material. It was a breath of fresh air to not have a new girl be a preppy looking one.

She kept looking at me. I could tell she was pretty desperate for attention. She seemed to think of me in the same way I thought of her: possible friend. She probably hadn't experienced someone not looking at her since she walked in this morning. It must really suck to be the new kid in junior year of high school.

I tried to focus on my own desk but I could see her constant glances out of the corner of my eye. She continued on with this the whole class. I didn't understand why she didn't just say hi or something. I might have had sharp teeth but I wasn't a biter. Normally.

After class I scooted out the classroom door and made my way to my locker. Having gym second period on the first day of school was not in my idea of fun, but I knew it would just be the regular fitness test which never lasted long. I walked down to the gym lockers and, as it had always been for me, I was the first one there. I changed quickly and sat on a bench off to the side while all of the other girls showed up. I saw Rouge and her posse come in and I inwardly shuddered. I hoped that Silver would have the decency to not stare at her enormous chest bounce around the whole class. I was excited he was in my class this year though. At least I could always guarantee myself a partner.

After a few minutes in thought, I stood up and began to walk to the door. The guys would be ready by now. I then saw the new girl peeking around the corner at the other girls in the locker room. She was all changed and probably did not realize she did not have to wait for all of the other girls to finish up in order to leave.

"Need help?" I asked. She turned and seemed to recognize me from English. She looked way to excited to see me.

"Uhm I just didn't know if it would be socially acceptable to leave the locker room yet." She replied. I smiled at her joke. She was actually pretty chill.

"I'm Kairy, by the way. The new kid." I nodded and gave my name. I hoped she realized that everyone here knew that she was the new kid and that her name was Kairy. New students in junior year was not a common occurrence.

"Come on, we can leave." I said and she followed me out the door. I spotted Silver at the back and made my way over to him. I also noticed he was standing with Sonic, which was another good face to see in gym class. As we approached, I saw Sonic looking at me with the new girl and I could see the wheels in his small brain churning as he came up with some snide comment to make about me making friends with the new kid.

"Hey Blaze, look atchu makin' friends with the new kid. What a surprise! I figured that'd be Amy." He teased. I rolled my eyes.

"Oh I've already met her." Kairy replied. Sonic laughed, not surprised in the least.

Out of our little weird friend group, Amy was definitely the people pleaser. I was more of a lone wolf, except a cat.

Sonic shook Kairy's hand, "I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. Star of the track and cross country teams, fastest kid in school."

"You want a medal?" I snarked. Sonic flattened his ears, "I'm just introducing myself, geez."

Silver then tried to get into the conversation, "Uh, hi. I'm Silver."

Kairy introduced herself and I smiled. Silver was such an awkward guy.

Just then the flood gates, more commonly known as the girl's gym locker doors, opened and a horde of poorly dressed females piled out. I tried not to throw up. I glanced at Silver who seemed more focused on his shirt being a tad too big than the smorgasbord of thirsty girls. Unfortunately, Sonic was not in the same state of mind.

Coach then blew the whistle and gave us the same instructions for our fitness test as he did every year. Kairy stayed with me as we did what we had to do. Afterwards the four of us sat down and Sonic commenced with the daily gossip.

"So Silv, did you get a glance at the jugs of the century?" Sonic said, drooling.

I gave him a fiery look, "Shut up Sonic. Life isn't all about who has the biggest chest."

He shrugged, "I'm a guy. What do you want?"

"IN OTHER NEWS, what is up for this weekend? I want to get out of the house for once. Marine suggested bowling or something?" I asked.

"Bowling sounds fun." Silver replied. Our friend group was strange. It usually consisted of myself, Silver, Marine, Sonic, his best friend Tails, Amy, her friend Cosmo, and Knuckles. We tried to hang out as much as we could, but we all had crazy schedules and we were part of different friend groups. Silver, Marine and myself usually stuck together. Sonic and Knuckles were close and did sports together, so they had a competitive friendship. Sonic had grown up with Tails, so they were like siblings. Amy had befriended me when I was new to the city in freshman year, and she had always been kind to me so I kept up a friendship with her. Cosmo was her best friend. Amy also was madly in love with Sonic, but would never admit it, even though it was obvious. We all were also pretty friendly with everyone else. It was weird but it worked.

"I could go for that." Sonic shrugged. Plans had been made.

"Kairy, would you like to sit with us at lunch?" I offered to her. I felt bad – she must've felt a little awkward sitting there while we talked about things she couldn't relate to.

She smiled and graciously accepted.

By lunchtime I was exhausted. I just wanted to go home and take a good cat nap. But I still had to make sure Kairy was doing alright. She was a bit cynical, but down to earth. I told her the food was not too bad, and she ended up being pretty pleased with her wrap.

She sat with Silver, Marine and I, and she seemed to enjoy my little Australian raccoon friend. Marine was always good at being super friendly but not overbearing. Marine started warning her about the bitches in our grade. Granted they never really bothered me, but I still found them so fake.

"The jocks are just as bad." Silver said. I saw him pushing his food around as he looked down at his plate.

"You'll be fine. You made it last year, so stop worrying so much." I tried to comfort him. He was always so hard on himself. It made me sad.

Kairy was confused, so I explained Silver's nerves about basketball tryouts. He and I had been texting for hours last night with me consoling him. Silver and I had been close for a long time. We grew up together far away and our families ended up moving to the city a while back. Mine moved a year after his, but we still kept in touch. Marine was in a similar situation. That year Silver and I were separated, I befriended her. Our families were also close, and moved to the city together. It was a long story.

After lunch I went through the day with no interruptions. I walked to my car after. I saw Kairy jump into a blue car and drive off. I had given her my number in case she had questions about the school.

Marine was already waiting.

"Ready to go home?" I asked.

She leaned against my red sedan, "Are you kidding? I was ready to leave before you picked me up this morning."

I smiled and piled my books in the back seat and hopped in. Marine grabbed shotgun and I drove off.

Hey guys!

Thanks for tuning in to chapter 2! I know it's off to a slow start, but I want to establish the characters before I do anything. Next chapter I think I will go back to Kairy or shift to a completely new person. Only time will tell!

Also I apologize if Sonic is coming off as a total douche – I do love him dearly, and he will turn around. Also Rouge is not a bad character and Shadow is coming soonish. As well as better introductions to other major characters like Tails and Knuckles.

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