High School Blues
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The time on her watch read 7:53 am, and she groaned loudly before turning her head back with furrowed eyebrows and a frown to look at the one steering the bike she was currently.
"Because of you, we're going to get late to class!"she shouted out as her brother let out a small pant.
"Coral I'm sorry! I couldn't find my homework and-"
"That's why you pack everything the night before Roger! Not right when we're supposed to head to school!"she exclaimed before turning back to the front with her same mad expression. Although, her expression lit up once her eyes had landed on the school building and she felt her brother pedal his bike faster. Coraline gripped onto the bike under her before it finally made it to the grassy area on the front.
She hopped off of the bike and fixed her bag before running off to the front door.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you Roger, thank you and I'll see you later!"she shouted before she disappeared into the building, and her brother sighed to himself as he chained his bike to the bike poles. He stood up and fixed his backpack to then turn and face the school, sighing as he now walked up the stairs while his hands clutched onto the straps.
Roger walked through the now empty hallways which resulted in the echoing of his shoes to sound as he looked around and he finally found his homeroom class, so he gulped before he shut his eyes and opened the door. He knew he was in for something because he was late again, unlike his sister who probably barged into her class announcing that she was not late.
His hand slowly pushed on the door as he was careful to not make any sound, and he opened his eyes to see the class filled while the teacher's back was facing the front. He let out a quiet sigh of relief as he slowly shut the door, right before he sneaked behind the last row of seats where his own seat happened to be.
Roger carefully slipped his backpack off as his eyes remained on the teacher's back and soon enough, he sat down on his chair which let out not sound thus resulting in a satisfied smile as he placed his hands on his desk. His eyes glanced to the side diagonally from him and they landed on a waterfall of beautiful locks that belonged to his one and only Bella.
He slightly gulped as he leaned his chin on his open palm, and he let out a dreamy expression as he took in the features he was able to see. Beautiful, big eyes, little nose, rosy cheeks...oh how he was practically melting at this point!
And he melted even more when he saw her turn and hell, he almost fell off the desk due to the daze he was in. In just a moment, his eyes met up with her own and for once, he didn't turn away with a red face or scared eyes because of how nervous she made him. She looked at him but did not smile while-
"D'Vitt."
Roger gulped as he now felt his eyes widen because he now realized that one, Bella was looking at his goofy expression and that two, how did the teacher get from the front to his desk?
"Y-yes?"he said as his eyes glanced up to the adult who looked more than upset.
"Office. Now."
The male blinked with an open and almost confused mouth and before he could say anything, the teacher extended an arm out that pointed towards the door. Roger stood up with a sigh and he picked up his backpack that he instantly slung over his shoulder before walking around his desk to leave.
He heard a plethora of snickers, giggles and laughs as he did his walk of shame, frowning before he turned his head to look at the class. Although almost as if on instinct, his eyes landed on Bella's own which resulted in a red blush to spread across his face as he froze in place.
Unlike the rest of the class who smirked and laughed, she gave a quick flutter of her eyelashes as she also smiled sweetly at him before giving him a small wave. He didn't know what to do and merely gulped as his heart beat increased, and soon enough his palms became sweaty.
"D'Vitt, stop slacking or you're also going to be late to the office."said the teacher which made Roger snap out of it, and he snapped his head to the door before he fast walked out as Bella could only see him leave, though she turned back to the front as she held a pink note in her hands.
She smiled down at it, reading the words she received the previous day which had been attached to a pink box adorned with a white bow.
"I donut know what I'd do without an angel like you, so please donut ever let me go."
The clock on the hallway wall now read 10:59 am meaning that there was one minute left of third period. Maggie swung her keys on her finger as she walked around the hallways, barely having left the auditorium after she caught sight of somebody that made her choke while she had been whistling to herself.
Speaking of whistling, she had been currently doing that as she took a stroll without a care, her eyes glancing to the side before she stopped twirling her ring of keys to then place them inside her pocket. Once she heard the school bell ring, she turned her head to the side and she shrugged it since it now meant it was lunch. Although, wasn't she having her own lunch during third period?
She giggled to herself as she remembered accidentally scaring her friend earlier once she saw that he had gotten out of class with a gloomy expression, obviously because he had arrived late to class.
Maggie turned the corner and placed her hands into her pockets, one of them feeling the cold metal of the keys while the other felt a little wrapper that she pulled out. She lifted it up to her face and grinned when seeing that it was a cake pop she had gotten earlier. Well, it was given to her by her previously mentioned friend who told her that his sister would have given it to her herself but could not wait.
Maggie admired the treat and pulled out her other hand to take off the fake seashell that held the cake and was wrapped. Tucking the seashell away, she looked at the pop and giggled when seeing how it clearly resembled a pearl. She smiled and took a small bite out of it, right before an idea came into her mind.
As always, the library was dead quiet and Maggie slowly walked in after opening the door as carefully as she could. She threw her wrapper away before putting her hands back into her pockets and she scanned the area for no real reason, though her eyes did land on a person that held onto a few books as he neatly placed them into the book shelves.
She smirked to herself as she silently snickered, though she did not do anything and walked through the tables so that she could get to her current destination. Maggie avoided each seat and thankfully nobody since the library was a bit empty at the moment, but she shrugged it off before her eyes caught sight of a girl sitting on the table that was practically in the isolated part of the library.
She walked a bit faster before pulling out one of the chairs to then sit down with a casual smile.
"Hey there sweetie."Maggie whispered which made the girl turn around to reveal a stoic faced Coraline who now smiled softly as she saw her closest friend.
"Hello there, darling."she replied quietly before sliding her bag to the opposite side so that Maggie could place her own things on the spot. "And what may you be doing here?"
Maggie shrugged before grabbing one of the many books that surrounded her friend, and she opened it to a random page.
"Not much, just felt like checkin' up on ya."she said before reading aloud, and it literally was a bit too loud. " The sea is so big and so are some of its creatures. The blue whale is the largest animals ever to live on the planet with a maximum length of about 100 feet and a maximum weight of about 200 tons. Geez Coral now that I read about size, this book is a lot smaller than what you usually read!"
"Maggie quiet down, they're going to kick you out for being so loud."Coraline said before snatching the book away with a small smile. "The size doesn't matter, as long as it contains good things."
"Well now that I think about it, size really doesn't matter considering how you didn't go for a tall person like Abraham or even Harley. And you always said you would go for a tall person!"
Coraline furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at Maggie, who stared at her with a mischievous smirk as her eyes darted to the side. Coraline turned her head and felt her eyes widen when they landed on the male Maggie had seen once coming into the library, and her cheeks turned red before she snapped her head towards Maggie.
"No, no, no. I do not-"
"Hey Coral! Sea life is so interesting! Tell me more about it!"Maggie practically yelled out before her friend pulled her down with a now worried expression.
"Maggie! Shut up or-"
"Or what? Lennie the Librarian's gonna come over here and tell me to quiet down?"Maggie said, now in a whisper as Coraline's blush only darkened.
"W-why would I care if he comes over h-here?"she stuttered out, and that only made Maggie smirk widely as her eyes glanced to the side, seeing that said person had taken a quick look at the friends before turning away to pay attention to his book shelving.
"Because you're my best friend, and as your best friend I know about your little crush on Lennie."she whispered slowly which made Coraline quickly push her chair back to stand up in a flash as she now clutched onto a single book.
"I do not like him nor do I know anything about him."she said, never realizing that it was a bit loud and had gotten Lennie's attention. And what she also had not realized was that Maggie had looked behind her, noticing him looking at them which made her look up at Coraline before she stood up with her.
"Are you sure you don't?"
"Of course I'm sure!"Coraline shouted with a heated face, though she cooled down after she swung her arm out that caused her pile of books to topple down to the ground. They both looked down at the scattered books before Coraline quickly scrambled down to pick them up as quickly as possible.
She never looked up and tried her best to quickly pick up the books as she dreaded picking out far too many, and right before Maggie could get down to help her, somebody else had already leaned down next to Coraline.
"Well thank you Mag-"Coraline said before stopping herself as she turned her head to the side expecting to see her friend, but her eyes widened when they had landed on none other than Lennie who also turned to look at her.
"You're welcome!"her friend said as they stared at each other for a moment.
"Maggie-"
"Oh would you look at the time! It's 10:13, so lunch is over!"Maggie exclaimed and right before either of the two could correct her, she finished as she dashed away. "Time to go to class!"
Coraline's mouth fell agape when she saw Maggie run off...leaving her alone...with Lennie.
She turned back to him and saw that he quickly looked down at the ground so that he could pick up some of the books, so she did the same as a blush formed on her face again. Soon enough, they had picked up all the books without a word and held them stacked in their arms before they stood up and now looked at each other.
"Um...thank you."Coraline whispered before clearing her throat, and Lennie let his eyes wander to the side as he blinked a few times.
"It's no problem. Just doing my job."he told her as she set down her stack of books on the table."If you're done reading, I can take the books for you."
"Oh! Um...yeah sure, I think...yeah, I should get going already..."she started though she quickly took out a pen and a small notepad. "Let me just take a really quick note and...I'll be on my way."
Lennie nodded and saw her open the top book the stack she had previously placed down and she quickly wrote something before putting her supplies away and shutting the book.
"T-thanks a lot..."she said with a very small smile, and she pat the book she had opened and she waved at Lennie before turning to walk away. He didn't wave back due to the fact that he was holding the other stack of books, but he let out a small smile before glancing at the book where he saw the note she had written.
"She forgot her-"he started but then cut himself off once he read the words on the paper.
"The name's Coraline, we should dolphinately talk some otter time ^^"
"Aw look at that pretty face, such beautiful eyes and look at that smile..."a charming voice said right as its owner's fingers held onto a girl's chin, the thumb running across her skin as she lovingly looked up at the person. "You know, I've never seen any lips much prettier than these."
The person, a young man, brought his thumb a little higher so that it could rub her soft lips as they let out a giggle, a flirty yet shy one as the male leaned down very close to her face.
"Oh Stellar...you're such a charmer..."she whispered as she leaned her head up, trying her best to lean in closer to his own face.
"Me? Why sweetheart if anybody has the charm, it's you without a doubt."the male said as his other hand came up to tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear, and the other hand went down to gingerly hold her waist as he smirked down at her. "With those pearly teeth and stars in your galaxy like orbs."
He pulled her waist so that he back was no longer on the lockers, but so that her body was slightly pressed against his as he leaned down even more in a teasing manner.
"Stellar?"
"Hmmm?"
The girl brought her hands up and threw her books to the side before placing her hands on his shoulders using them to lift herself a bit more as Stellar discreetly lifted his head up. The girl closed her eyes and soon puckered up her lips which resulted in Stellar to put up a face of disgust as he didn't know how to stop this, but he soon heard somebody clear their throat.
The pair turned to the side to see a blonde girl stand with crossed arms and a stern look, though it was mostly directed at the girl who tore herself away from Stellar.
"Scram."she said with a strict voice and expression, and the girl nodded quickly before ducking her head and scurrying away, careful not to get near the other girl.
"Thanks Coral, now I won't get my english homework done."Stellar plainly stated as he crossed his arms and harshly pressed his back against the lockers which resulted in a loud crashing sound. "Oops."
"I don't give a damn about your homework, you should have done it when you had the time instead of procrastinating with your video games."his sister said. "Now, have you seen Roger? I heard he got sent to the office."
"Does it look like I'm constantly monitoring this idiot? No, I haven't because I have other crap to do."
"Like flirt with all these dimwitted girls? I thought you would have much high standards than to flirt with airheads."
"Well they're not all stupid, some of them actually have an advantage to them and you know it."he replied. "Besides, don't you have anything else to do besides scold me?"
"You're right, I do."Coraline stated before fixing her bag's strap that hung over her shoulder."Thank you for that unnecessary reminder. I'll be on my way as you should be on yours or else."
Stellar furrowed his eyebrows as his frown grew.
"Or else, what, Coraline?"His sister leaned in with a smirk and a raised eyebrow.
"Or else you're about to see your little doll friend, Nat."
Nathalia walked through the hallway, clutching onto her binder and a few loose papers in her arms as she heard a brief conversation near the corner she was about to turn. She bit her lip and stopped walking when she heard the sound of footsteps and soon enough, she saw the one called the princess walk right in front of her before she noticed her.
"Nathalia, how do you do?"Coraline asked before the girl grinned and shrugged.
"I'm doing well! Thank you for asking Coraline. How are you?"she replied before Coraline shrugged as well.
"Things could be better."
"But they also could be worse."Nathalia said with a smile which made Coraline blink a few times before smiling and nodding.
"You are right about that."she said before giving her a small bow. "I'll see you around, little doll."
And just like that, Coraline walked away as she held onto her bag's strap. Nathalia smiled to herself before she took a few steps to then turn the corner, and she immediately stopped once she caught sight of Stellar.
She gulped to herself before taking a breath and began walking, acting as casual as possible while he walked in the opposite direction that she was.
"Hi Stellar."she quietly said as she stopped walking, and he stopped himself as well before he looked her up and down. For a moment he stared at her face, until he twitched his nose and turned his attention to the hallway before cracking his neck, then walking away. Nathalia's eyes slightly widened as she looked at him walk away without a care and somewhat...angry and offended?
She felt a prickle in her eyes as she looked down at the ground, now blinking hem rapidly to prevent anything from dripping from them. The girl then let out a semi loud sniff before looking up, now clutching onto her belongings a little tighter as she walked across the hallway until getting to her locker.
Meanwhile on the same hallway she had been before, Stellar had pressed his back against the lockers as he covered his face with his hands.
"Fucking idiot...you can't do anything right..."he muttered into his hands as he felt them burn with his red face, although he stopped once he heard footsteps nearby. He immediately fixed himself so that he was now casually leaning against the lockers, though he sighed when he saw his brother wave at him.
"The hell you want now?"
"Oh, nothing! I was just walking to...the auditorium..."Roger said with a pink hue on his cheeks as he nervously laughed. "And what have you been up to?"
"None of your fucking business, that's what."Stellar said before he got off of the lockers and walked past his brother who merely sighed and shrugged to himself, being used to the acts his brother always put up. He shrugged again and smiled to himself before walking again, ready to turn the corner before he pulled himself back.
Roger slowly peeked out and saw the girl sigh before she reached into her binder, then carefully pulling out an ivory envelope. She then took out a sheet of what appeared to be stickers before she took one off and used it to tape the envelope onto the locker.
Nathalia let out another sigh before she smiled softly, then placing a kiss onto her fingers that she gently pressed against the envelope before she turned and walked away in the opposite direction.
He scurried over to the locker, nearly tripping over himself before he caught himself by placing his hands onto the lockers next to his brother's. Roger stood straight and looked up, then seeing the little envelope have the word Stellar written on it in a very neat and pretty cursive print, just as it was held up by a sticker in the shape of a heart.
His face immediately lit up before he carefully removed the envelope and held it in both of his hands, then jumping around excitedly like a rabbit would before he turned and dashed down the hallway as he shouted out his brother's name. Oh how Stellar's day was about to be made, just as little Nathalia's eventually would.
