Chapter 11
The Chairman dude's office is boring as hell. As he did his papers, I sat in a random chair next to a window. I was bored outta my mind, so I took out Chaotic's mechanical pencil (that I borrowed earlier, when everybody was still downstairs) and my box of matches. I lit one up and look over to the Chairman dude. He didn't hear a sound. Awesome! I held the pencil close to the flame, slowly spinning it around; watching the flame lick across the plastic as it darkens. I lit another match but it was louder this time.
"Cassie-chan, what are you doing?!" He shrieks, waving his hands and arms in the air like he just don't care (sorry just had to say that). I blew the matches out before he could reach them. I spoke in the most innocent tone I could muster, "I was bored," then continue in a bored tone, "I can't help that fire is fun to play with, geez. Plus there's nothing to do-" "well then instead of burning things, how about you help me-" "ugh... with what?" I groaned as I rolled out of the chair, face on the floor, not even bothering to pick myself up. He started giggling at me as he walks back to his desk. He starts talking about Yuuki and how he adopted her. Then he starts asking questions about my parents that I try to answer nicely or I just didn't say anything at all. But there was one question that I was having trouble answering.
"...why my parents want nothing to do with me? I don't know, man. I mean there are some issues and stuff but I think the main is when my father found out I was bisexual. Now I didn't tell him when I first realize it... even though my friend, Heather, threaten me," I smiled at the memory, "he found out the hard way. One day my friend came over to wake me up in the afternoon cuz I was going nocturnal for the summer. And uhhh... I forgot my dad was home, so when he came up he got a surprise!" I chuckled to myself as I sat back up in the chair. I could tell he was getting a little uncomfortable, "So she was your... girlfr-" "What? No! I was more like her toy. She's older than me and she's a lesbian, who doesn't date bisexuals. In fact, Cookie was the last bi she dated. I think it was because she broke her heart but Sophie never went into details. But they're still best friends! Anyways, Sophie has a girlfriend right now and I hate her and that snotty bitch knows it too! I remember in August—some of my friends have a huge family, so they have a family reunion once year- anyways, Sophie went to talk to Maddie, October, and Blondie so that left me with Ashley. She walked over to me with a coy smile and speaks ever so snotty "Ya know, it has been two months since me and Sophie got together. Since you were her toy, you basically meant nothing to her!"" I mimic her in a stupid voice and continue with the story, "that made me sad at the time, but if I happen to go back with the person who I am now, I would of smack that smile off her face! Good times, good times." I glance over at the Chairman dude with a sheepish smile. "I best be going. I still have to take a nap, bye!" I raced out the door and to the dormitory.
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"You're reading again? Don't you ever sleep?" I sat down next to Ichijou, with a puzzled face. "Your new name is Vise President of Reading-ness-ie! Muhahahaha! So deal with it or else..." I space off, rethinking my threat. "Or else what?" he chuckles under his breath, while still reading. "Or else you will… poop… tacos! …why did I just say that out loud?" I facepalmed myself, "My excuse is that I'm tired." "Then go to sleep." I could tell that I was bothering him so I kept at it in a whiny voice. ^^ "but I don't want to-" "Then don't-" "But I'm sleepy!" An exhausted sigh slipped from his lips as he turns to give me a look. I laughed so hard that I fell off the couch holding my sides. When I finished, I climbed back up only to rest my head on his lap. I could feel him chuckling.
"That's it; you're too comfortable around me! What happen if I were to turn against you? What would you do if I were to break your neck? It's so easy to kill humans," he runs his forefinger along my neck. I could help but giggle, and he was surprised by this reaction. "Stop, that tickles! And I trust you enough not too. If you broke my neck, I would die; simple as that. The world will keep spinning, some of my friends might become sad, but they'll end up forgetting anyways. I'm going to die eventually, so why even bother worrying about something so stupid. You're trying to make me fear you, when I'm not scared of death. I've face death a few times before, so this little threat of yours, Takuma Ichijou, is really pointless. For, I simply do not care. Also, I'm kinda amused at the same time. Plus, aren't friends supposed to stab each other in the back, instead of breaking necks?" My little speech was spoken in monotone as I continued to stay in the same position. "You act like you stop caring about…" he didn't finish his sentence but I new what he was going to say. I don't really care about life anymore. So much stuff has happened that in the end, I feel like giving up. But yet I don't… because I have friends… that care about me. ^^ I smile at this thought and softly, drifted off to sleep.
****October's P.O.V. ****
I look at myself in the mirror, I hate this uniform! I hate the color white! A snarl rips through my throat and my eyes turn red. I wanted the mirror to die. "Oh calm down already, you look beautiful!" Chaotic wraps his arms around my waist and pulled me over to the bed. "No I don't, shut up!" I mumble while pouting like a small child, with my arms across my chest. He pushes me backwards on the bed and crawls on top of me. "No matter what you wear or look, you will always look gorgeous to me…" he whispers as he leans in to kiss my nose. "Where did you get that at, Hallmark? Anyways, I look disgusting and I know you know it too, so just admit it!" I pushed his face away playfully and tried to crawl out from under him. He sighs and runs a hand through his silky, jet black hair, "ok I admit it." My jaw dropped open and he was laughing at my reaction, so I smacked him across the head and shove him off me. How dare he call me disgusting! Fuck this shit, I'm going downstairs! I slam the door on my way out and it caused an echo.
When I got downstairs, my mood brightens. Cassie was sleeping on Ichijou. It was cute, so I had to take a picture! I took out my phone and stood in front of them, "Say awesomesauce, Ichijou-san!" He looks up quickly from his book and gives a cheerful smile ^^; then Cassie went berserk. "You did not just take a picture!" she snarls as she sat up. "Just let me send this to Facebook first, before you come after me…" I quickly hit the send button and began running from the charging bull. "I'm gonna kill you! Erase it now!" We ran behind the left staircase at high speed. This is fun. "You have a pic of Zero on Facebook that you didn't erase!" "That's cause he's adorable and I already have comments from Briana and Heather so RAWR!" she kicked me behind my right knee, causing me to fall flat on my face. That bitch! I spun around to see her retreating figure. Smart move. I dart back to the lobby to see her hiding behind Chaotic, so I stop in my tracks to listen in.
"Why are you hiding behind me? Shouldn't it be the other way around?" Chaotic spins Cassie around so she's in between us. She starts laughing like a hyena, "you fucked up didn't you?!" Laughter is her weakness. She melts to the ground with a fit of giggles; Chaotic was giving her a death glare. As if she felt the uneasiness floating in the air, she stands up formally with a straight face, "I'm going outside now…" she walks to the door but pauses for a second, "oh here's your pencil! I got bored so I started playing with my matches, but I had adult supervision; the Chairman dude was doing papers." A weird shape pencil with a black line around the body hit his chest. Chaotic becomes very over dramatic and gives a mournful cry, "THIS WAS MY BACK-TO-SCHOOL PENCIL!" "Stop being such a drama queen," she purrs out, the other vampires just stared in amusement. "Yeah, leave it to the professionals," I match her tone, with a smirk. We were ganging up on him. "Of course," she winks at me, with a flirty smile. I roll my eyes and point to my wrist as if I was wearing a clock. Then Cassie cursed and slipped out the door.
A dark chuckle escapes from my lips. "Don't laugh at the death of my pencil," he hunches over the pencil as if he was protecting it from my callous words. "I wasn't; I was laughing at your foolishness." I quietly walk over to where Rima and Shiki-san was standing. I ignored his protests as he tried to get close to me but I pushed him away. Secretly, I love it when he chases after me~3
We began to leave with Kaname-sama ahead of us, while the four of us were in the back. As we neared the gates, the screaming some how seem to increase. This is insane. Rima turns her head to the side so she was somehow facing me, "So what happened to you two?" "He said I look disgusting!" I smirk, knowing that he'll totally disagree with this. "I did not!" he exclaims while throwing his hands up in the air. "Then what did you say?" Shiki mumbles, looking back at us also. "She was talking about the uniform and said "admit it" so I jokingly did! It was a joke! I didn't mean it!" he tries to grab my hand but I hook arms with Rima instead. Soon Aidou came up to us, "Even I'm smart enough not to say that to a lady-" "Since when did you become smart?" Ruka tosses her hair to the right shoulder with a coy smile. "I love this school! Reminds me so much of home," I whispered mostly to myself but Rima over heard and giggled a bit. Aidou moves his way to the front again, "I am a boy genius, Ruka!" and then he mumbles an "unlike you" which started a little chaos... I feel bad for Kain.
****End of October's P.O.V. ****
Ya know what's awesome? Having the in-ear earphones. I mean I would rather listen to Andy Sixx's screaming than these stupid ass fan girls! And they had gotten more violent too. I barely caught Yuuki before she fell down. When the rest of the Night Class FINALLY came out I prepare myself for one of Aidou's tricks. One of these days I'm gonna get him back! After he got done "banging" the girls, he marches over to me. I'm gonna die!
"Cassie-chan, how was it sleeping on Ichijou's lap?" I could read his lips easily, I was right... I am going to die! He was about to walk away with a satisfied smirk, but I grabbed his hand and yanked him back. "If I'm going down, I'm bringing you with me." I hissed in his ear. At the same time I had my back up against the crowd— AND SOMEONE JUST KICK ME! "THEY'RE HOLDING HANDS!" What happens next, you can use your own imagination. Here's a hint, it includes girls plus Aidou walking away times me, knocking on death's door divided by October rescuing me equals me wanting my two stuffed animals!
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It has been more than 20 minutes and the evil paranoid math teacher is not here, so I decided to do something!
"I have an awesome idea!" I announce to the entire class. I was sitting in between Chaotic and October because of their stupid pointless fight. "And what would that be?" Ichijou asks with a smile. He was standing next to Kaname. "Ok we should build a catapult-" I began but was interrupted by Chaotic, he was mumbling "oh my god" under his breath, faceplaming himself. "-we also need a helmet for her," I jabbed my thumb at October beside me "and-" "WHY ME!" "Well if it's me, I will die; but youuu... will probably get hurt, but then you'll heal up quickly cuz you're a vampy-" "So you want me to die?" "NO! Listen to me, you PMSing woman! Jesus Christ, they always interrupt younger people. Ok as I was saying. We should also get lots pillows and two of those body pillows. Those will go in the front and back so she doesn't hurt her back. And then we should add one of those neck pillows that they use in the airplanes, so she'll probably fall asleep. Then when we cut the rope, we'll see if pigs can really fly!"
Most of the class erupted with laughter as a growling sound was beside me. October started smacking me all the hell, so I ran over to the table, where I sat at on Friday with Ichijou, but Aidou was sitting there instead. Oi, why did I pick this seat?! "Your mouth will be the death of yo-" "I realized that long time ago." I poke Aidou in the ribs even though it was Chaotic who said it. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" "Then why do you do it?" Shiki turns around in his seat. "Well it's my favorite hobby, of course! Plus, it's amusing to see people's reactions, even though some people are violent," I emphasis some words to indicate October's part, "It kind of teaches you people's limits too." He nods his head and turns back around just as the teacher was coming in. The rest of class periods were ok, but boring. Chaotic and October are still fighting, that is until Chaotic made a handful of paper flowers. It was so sweet that Aidou and I couldn't help but go "awww"; that earn a paper ball to our heads. And patrolling with Yuuki was fun, but I hardly saw Zero it was like he was hiding from us. Because every time we saw him, he was panting like he was running a long distance. I hope he's ok...
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"Bloop!" I poked Ichijou on the cheek as I sat down next to him. It was in the afternoon, after lunch, and I was listening to my iPod. "What was that song from the other day? I know the band was nevershoutnever-" "You mean Happy?" I quickly switch to the song. He had my right earphone and his eyes closed as the song began. Silence took over for a few minutes until the next song came on. "Do you sing?" his eyes bore into mine. In a second, he look… he looked like Aiden; his blonde hair became jet black and choppy; his bottom lip pierce with metal— I had to look away.
"Yeah, but I don't really care for my voice. October's voice is better than mine. I used to sing with the twins, but they're in California..." I spoke in a calm voice, but I was struggling with the old memories inside. Soon footsteps broke into the room and Shiki was walking towards us. He sat down on the opposite couch with pocky in his mouth... not fair. "You have pocky?" my eyes glowed as I stared at the chocolate delicacy. He nods and hands one to me, I almost fell reaching for it. I don't have good balance. Grrr. I say my thanks and began munching on it like a squirrel. I love squirrels! They're so cute, especially the black ones! ^^
Awkward silence filled the air; I stare up at the ceiling, trying to imagine an elephant with a tutu crashing through the roof. But instead I got a gasp, "did someone bite you?!" Ichijou began to pull back my hair on the left side of my neck, but I pushed his hand away. He thought a vampire bit me. He's so wrong. I bow my head, so that I can hide behind my bangs. A blush was creeping over my face. "What I do with my friend is my business, dude..." I curl up into a ball, hiding my flush face behind my knees. I hate being shy. A voice comes out from no where.
"Shiki, are you ready?" it was Rima. They were about to go modeling. I was about to wish them good luck when Ichijou suggested bringing me along... I wanted to hit him. _ They look at me and here comes my stuttering, "Um I-I don't want to b-be a b-bother..." "You wont," Rima smiled and motion me to follow.
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"Just keep sitting, just keep sitting, just keep sitting, sitting, sitting. What do we do? We sit, sit, sit. Oh ohh ohhh ho ho! I love to sit! When you were born to sit, you want to keep on sitting!" I sang softly to myself, but some people over heard me. HAVE THEY NOT WATCH FINDING NEMO?! CRAZIES! I could also tell Rima and Shiki over heard me as well for they would give me a weird look after each shot too. I started to laugh like a hyena. I was happy, I finally got out of the academy and it was awesome. Plus I was learning at the same time too! I always thought modeling would be easy but you have to listen to the photographer or else he could get mad.
I suddenly snapped my head to the side, for I felt someone staring at me. It was a jerk from the last school I went to. I don't know his name but I called him Asshole. I heard he was a model but I never believed them, cuz through my eyes all I saw was a monster. They say vampires are monsters, but I think a monster is a person who teams up with his buddies to pick on people who are different. To pick on people enough that they will start considering suicide just to make it all stop...
I clenched my fists and stood up in a defensive stance. The Asshole walks up to me with a smirk, "What are you doing here? This is for beautiful people-" "Then why are you here? The stupid-looking convention is down the block," I kept a straight face on; my anger was bubbling up inside of me. "Oh! Did you just come from there?" 'Just walk away Cassie, walk away,' I hissed in my mind, but I was too pissed to care. "This is my uniform for school, dipshit!" I spat in his face, and then walked away trying to be the bigger person. I walked over to where they have water bottles. "Hey I'm not done speaking to you, bitch!" Isn't he charming? He yanks my arm back, almost causing me to trip over my own feet. Damn my unbalance-ness! In an instant, I swung the water bottle around smacking him right above the ear. Now this plastic isn't the thin kind, this was thick! I couldn't help but crack a smile as he held his head in pain. He lunges at me, aiming to grab my hair. But I moved to the side easily, while sticking my foot out hoping he'll trip. Failure. He caught his balance, spun around, and kicked me in the ribs. I can't believe he did this again! I quickly blocked out the pain and punched him the eye. This is the first time I hit him; it was fucking awesome! I figured he'll but his guard down after kicking me. Last time, I fell to the ground, but this was perfect! He won't be having a shoot today! ^^;
Soon I felt someone hold me back as I went to kick him in the stomach. I look back to see Shiki, oh boy, just kill me now! "What are you doing?" "Just saying hello to an old classmate," I replied sarcastically, pulling myself away from him to keep me from blushing. "Shiki-san, ignore her! She's a freak! A mental person who should keep her mouth shut and out of sight!" Asshole gets up while lightly touching his eye and glaring with the other. "Oh, you're just mad cuz you can't take a punch from a girl," I giggled in a hah-what-now-bitch tone. He became even more furious! And he tried to steal my moves too! He tried to punch me in the face but I ducked and elbowed him in the stomach. "You're pathetic. Are you going to keep this up? Cuz I'm gettin' amusement out of this," I jump back up, clutching my side, laughing my ass off. "You just wait until I get back, bitch!" apparently my name to him is bitch or freak, "I'll text my cousin right now and then we'll see what happens to your friends!" How dare he bring them into this! "LEAVE THEM OUT OF THIS! I'm just giving a taste of your own damn medicine of what you do to us! Why is it always us?!" I walk up closer to him, "What you call emo, scene, skater, loner, nerd! Why? Cause we dare to be different? TELL ME WHY YOU TREAT US LIKE CRAP!" I grabbed his collar and look him in the eyes, I could see fear. Big mistake. "You ain't so tough when your cousins aren't here, now are ya? Let's go outside and... talk." I smiled wickedly and dragged him by the ear until we were outside on the steps.
"My cousins do it for fun," he whispers, "˝and if you don't then we consider you a loser˝" His voice mimics his cousin that I call Jackass; I broke his nose… good times. "Ahhh, peer pressure... Why listen to them when you have a mind of your own? Why let him be the leader, when you can think for yourself? This might sound cheesy, but listen to your heart. Do you think its fun to bully people? You and your cousins/friends bully people so much some even think of harming themselves just to get away. How about before judging people, get to know them. I've been in Seattle for 3 months and it took 2 weeks of bullshit to finally stand up to your cousin! The first day I went to your school, I accidently got pushed into you and you called me an emo bitch. You have no right to bring my friends into the fight earlier. And Luna's and my sexual orientation has nothing to do with you." I spoke in a strong voice but I was shivering because I was getting a little emotional during my speech. "This is your life, are you who you wanna be?" I sang softly, trying to bring peace. (A/N: the song is called This Is Your Life by Switchfoot). He was curled up into a ball. "I'm sorry-" "You think that's gonna get you off the hook?! You have to show by actions... starting with this one," I held out my hand. He blinked and gave me a confused look. "Why hate each other when we could be friends, truths?" He stared at it for a moment then began to make a move. "Are you sure you want to be friends with a bisexual music freak?" I joked with a teasing smile. "Yes." he grabbed my hand and I pulled him up. It's cold outside, just think of how cold the steps would be!
"We thought you brought him out here to kill him." Rima and Shiki were back in their uniforms, waiting for me. "That's an awesome idea! I should have done that!" the dude just stares at me with a shock face as I cheered this. "That's mean-" "I never said I was nice!" I said with a crooked grin and surprisingly he smiled back. As we said our goodbyes and walk to the car waiting for us, I yelled back, "What's your name?" "Zac!" "Ok, Zachary!" "Don't call me that!" "Zachery!" The other two rolled their eyes. "What? I like annoying people," I smiled sheepishly.
On the car ride back I apologized for my behavior. But they didn't really seem to mind because they were bored at the time. Then Shiki asked about my side. I had my hand on the side for some time now, but I continue to ignore the pain. "Its find," I said with a fake cheerful smile, which silences everybody.
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"I think you need to go to the infirmary," October lightly pushes on my ribs. There was a giant bruise and it hurts when she pokes it! I smack her hand away and fell back on the bed. We were in Chaotic's and October's room and it was after class/patrolling. So instead of sleeping, October decided to kidnap me to find out what happen at the modeling agency.
"Who needs to go to the infirmary?" Chaotic asks as he gently closes the door behind him. "She has a big ass bruise on her side. She could have a cracked rib." October tries to lift up my shirt but I instantly freaked out on her, "What the fuck dude?! Don't get enough in bed so you have to go to me?!" Chaotic growled and carried me downstairs but I was complaining along the way. I won't go down without a fight. "Let me go damnit, you're fussing over nothing! This isn't the first time!" I grabbed onto the railing so I was basically hanging in the air, cuz he had my ankles. This was so embarrassing. Ichijou turns around in his seat, his face like this O_O; "What are you two doing?" "Making a fool of ourselves," I giggled out, "it's a daily routine. He should be used to this, all he does is walk out of his house and people stop and star-" "Cassie, I can kill you-" "You said that before but did nothing! Muhahaha!" I hugged the railing cuz my grip was getting weak. All of a sudden, I was thrown up towards the ceiling and in an orange bubble. Now they can't hear me and I can't hear them, but that didn't stop me from screaming at the top of my lungs. Usually I can't scream but I'm cranky! The bubble seems to burst and gravity is not my friend anymore! I waited for my ass to meet the floor but instead I got a pair of arms. I look up into a pair of pale red orange eyes...