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Squidoo had always been the type to hide in the corners, even if she didn’t like it, it’s where she felt born into. Maybe she could start over in this school, Unstable High school?
Squidoo woke up early as always, static for the first day, even if she had to come in the middle of the semester. She put on her white button up over her orange cardigan and bow, styling with her fresh jeans and boots. Her hair a little tangly but it couldn’t be helped at this point, Squidoo always referred to it as a beast of its own. Skipping breakfast because of time she grabbed her stuff and took a breath. “You got this,” she repeated to herself.
She headed out to the bus and sat on a bench, it was all covered in writing of things she would rather not say out loud. A brown haired girl in pink sat next to her with another loud boy rocking a full Nike fit. The girl turned over to Squidoo, “Oh hi! You must be the new girl the principal told me about. Squidoo right?” She said with her hand out. AHHH!!! This was finally happening, a cool girl talking to Squidoo!
“Uh yeah!” Squidoo shook her hand, “Nice to meet you..-“ “Jumper, call me jumper.” Phew, close call. Squidoo wasn’t good with first impressions, she always found a way to fumble it up. Suddenly the boy in Nike with colorful streaks of hair sat between her and Jumper. “What’s cooking good looking? I’m THE Parrot, the pleasure is all mine obvi.” He said with a grin, holding squidoo’s hand. Oh my. “Hey- sorry, Parrot back off her okay. She’s new and doesn’t want to be associated with some player like you.” Jumper pushed him off the bench, making him fall off and face plant to the ground.
The bus came and Squidoo sat next to Jumper, Parrot siting with a brown haired kid in Pokémon merch. “So…why you come in the middle of the semester ‘Squid?” Jumper asked getting out a pack of gum.
“Oh! Right, well my last school wasn’t very nice and my parents took me out of it…” Squidoo responded shyly. “Ouf, that sounds rough. This schools chill expect for some. I think you’ll fit in nicely Squid.” AHH!! A cool nickname too, best day ever!
Jumper stood up as the bus arrived, linking arms with Squidoo. They walked down the skinny aisle with all eyes piercing through Squidoo. Jumper sat her down next to her one seat in front of Parrot. “Sooo Squid, I’ll be the one showing you around,” she pulled out a packet of gum, “Which is really convenient for me because I’ll get to skip first and second period!”. Squidoo opened her mouth to respond but quickly shut it as the bus went quiet. “Hey Ash!!!” Parrot yelled out. Two guys got on the bus, one greeting almost everyone and the others rushing to their seat. The boy didn’t respond to parrot, nor looked at him.
After a couple minutes the bus stopped at the school and everyone got up. People pushing and shoving, she could barely breathe. When Squidoo stood up she had bumped into a dark haired boy with a purple peak-a-boo and ear gauges. “Hey! What’s your problem chick!” The rest of the bus froze as he yelled out and looked over to her and this guy.
Shit.
“Ah! Sorry I-“ he stood up, not even meeting her eye. “Whatever,” he said pushing her away and leaving. Jumper helped her up, “Hey you good there?” Squidoo stood up rubbing her head, “yeah I’m good…? Who even was that guy anyways.” Parrot barged in putting his shoulder on Jumper, “Thats Ashswag, but he makes everyone call him Ash. His dad like funds this whole school, no joke.” Ash? Sounds edgy, but she couldn’t bear the embarrassment and had to make things up.
Jumper showed her around the school, cleaner than any high school she’s ever been to. Squidoo looked at her schedule,
PD 1- Science
PD 2- English & Language Arts
PD 3- Lunch!
PD 4- P.E
PD 5- History
PD 6- Advisory
PD 7- Math
PD 8- Art
Not bad of a schedule she might say, but lunch was already starting! Crap crap crap, she has to get in the lunch line!
She races to the line and gets her meatball Monday lunch…great that it had no vegetarian options (AU head canon). Squidoo looked around the tables, Jumper with Maddie and the other cool girls. Parrot with Derapchu and Wifies so she heard. Great. She sat at an empty table only to be confronted with Ashswag, a white haired boy she assumed was Leo, and this jester that might have been ClownPierce.
“Hey, you’re that girl from the bus right?” Leo said popping out. “Doesn’t matter you’re in our seat.” Ash said sitting down without another word. This was her chance to apologize, “Sorry I didn’t know uh-“ crap crap! Stop stalling. “Sorry pushing into on the bus, I really didn’t see you- NOT SAYING I COULDNT SEE YOU SEE YOU- I could but-“ she cut herself off as the others stared in confusion, “SORRY- ILL NEVER TALK TO YOU AGAIN!….Bye!” And with that she ran off.
Crap that was so embarrassing!
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Ashswag wasn’t much of a talker in the first place, why should he? Money, friends, power, it’s all his without words. Just another day of the same shit he hears people waste their breath on, and he wasn’t the one to waste his.
He got up that Monday morning and wore his required button up and purple jacket, along with black jeans and boots. Not much thought into it. His hair was in a shag, hiding his purple peak-a-boo that he got years ago but hated.
He got on the bus and sat next to Leo, some white haired boy that his family was friends with his. Ash had been friends with Leo for years, well Leo never went away you could say. The bus stopped at the school and as he got up he was suddenly knocked down by some new girl. “Hey- what’s your problem chick!?” Chick? Did he really just say that? He could feel the bus look over like the gossipers they are. “Whatever…” he said not wanting to listen to what pathetic excuse she had. Though when he looked at her she was kinda cute for some nerd….shut it.
He walked to his locker with Leo completely teasing him. “I saw that look Ash-hole! New girl already has some impression on you huh? ‘Oh w-whatever’-“ Leo was immediately cut off by Ash banging on his locker. “Shut up already.” Ash said grabbing his books. “Jeez man…I was only joking. But seriously that was so cute of you-“ Ash already walked away.
He sat down at his first period class, Science. He looked to the seat next to him for his partner for the year. Zam had dropped out of his class after drowning the class in elephant toothpaste, so now who could this be? Who ever they were he wasn’t looking forward to someone skipping first period.
As Ash thought back to his interaction with the new girl he remembered the way she looked at him, her face red with embarrassment…shut it.
After a lifetime of nonsense yapping lunch finally came, period three. Although he was late due to Leo dragging him to find ClownPierce. When he got to his table there she was, the girl from the bus…sitting at his table- “Hey aren’t you that girl from the bus?” Leo asked stepping towards her. “Doesn’t matter, you’re in our seat.” Ash sat down not wanting to meet her eye.
She got up and started stammering about some sorry. At one point he was able to make sense of it, she was apologizing for pushing into him? Her face was red with embarrassment as she ran off, but he found it kind of cute!? Of course people always apologize but it never feels sincere, this time it felt different…
“Oooh, someone is interested.” Leo teased as he sat where she previously sat. “If it’s from that new girl I would be heavily surprised, I have English with her and she rambles like a goat and writes like a fan fiction.” Clown stated deadpan, “Squidoo was her name I suppose,” He adds on.
Squidoo…whoever this girl really is he wasn’t ready, for this she just made his world the splash of color it so desperately needed.