Serena Kessel's Story

Serena slowly opened her eyes, forgetting it was the first day of school she looked at the clock, which also had the date on it. Blinking her eyes a bit "oh crap oh crap yup gonna be late on my first day..." the she let out a laugh "who care?!" She got out of bed then went and took a quick shower, she pulled on her green skirt, green shirt, supenders and her orange jacket, grabbing her goggles that she never goes anywhere with out. She ran down the stairs grabbing her backpack and yelling to her mom.

"Mom going to school!"

Though she knew her Mom was probably passed out from drinking all last night. She rand down the street taking a right, running a bit more then turned ran to the schools building. Opening the front doors running down the hall she knew she was late and the bell already rang, she stopped at Mr.Walkins door, straighting her outfit and making sure her hair looked good she put the googles on top of her head and opened the door.

Taking a quick look around she noticed Miu....sleeping...what the hell? They saw Sayuri...god is that the same uniform thing she wore last year? Then she saw Stevie and smiled, the girl was always nice toher and she really didn't know why. She then saw Matvei..sketching. But her eyes locked on Eros in the back and grinned. So glad at least one friend of hers is in the class, she looked over to Mr.Walkins and sort of gave him a half asss salute and walked in the middle of the classroom to get to the back and took a seat next to Eros.

"Hey you how was your summer?"

Nathan Stockholme

"Here, kitty, kitty!" Nathan kneeled down in an alleyway, calling out to a cute white cat that meowed at him. He held out a fish-shaped cracker, wiggling it just a little bit. The cat sauntered up to it, sniffed it, then delicately took it from his outstretched hand. Nathan smiled, then stood up. Continuing on his way to school, he left the alleyway and walked along the street.

He was almost always late to school, simply because he walked about half a mile every day. It wasn't like the people at the foster home didn't want to drive him or anything; they were usually just too busy getting the younger kids to school that Nathan didn't want to bother them for a ride. That, and he usually got distracted by something on the way, like a cute cat or two. Nathan hummed to himself as he walked, going fast but not rushing himself. He was wearing what he usually wore; a button-up shirt, jeans, and rather fashionable boots.

Nathan finally reached the school, entering the front doors just as the bell rang. Knowing he didn't have time to stop at his locker, he went to go straight to his class.

Wait.....which class was mine again? Stopping in his tracks, Nathan fished around his pockets and his bag for his schedule. Where could it have gone? Oh no! i must have left it at home! Nathan's shoulders sagged as he realized, with shock, that he had no idea where his homeroom was. Wondering what to do, he wandered the halls, but soon stopped to look into the window on one of the classroom doors.

Peeking in, he could see Miu sleeping. How strange... He thought, I wonder if she's okay? Then, he saw Eros and shivered a little on the inside. He didn't really want to go in if he was there....but oh, Serena, Steve, and Sayuri were there too! Yay~ Completely distracted, Nathan pushed the door open just a little to get a better look. He saw the teacher, Mr. Walkins, looking like he was thinking about something. Nathan wanted to go over and greet him, but then he saw him.

Matvei, sitting and sketching. Without a second though, Nathan opened the door, running in.

"MATTY~!" He couldn't help but yell and he practically jumped on Matvei's back, hugging him from behind. "Whatcha drawing?" He asked, giving him a kiss on the cheek in greeting. The fact that he still had no idea if he was actually in his homeroom was completely forgotten.

Sebastian had been shocked to see Miu come into the room in such a manner. She wasn't usually so... Out of sorts. But she was still kind enough to give him her breakfast. "Miu-" He began when she set it on his desk, but then she was off again and then she was asleep on her desk. She was never like this. He wondered if something was wrong at home... A worried crease appeared in his forehead as he thought about it. When he heard her start snoring, he picked the bag up and set it back on her desk. He wouldn't accept food from a student. They or their parents paid for it. He had his own money, he could buy his own food. He had just forgotten this morning. And his lunch. He would have to go and buy some later on. For now he just sat back at his desk.

He smiled and greeted each student as they came in, watching as they started buddying up. Always the same people hanging out in the same groups. He put his feet up on his desk and put his hands behind his head. Maybe there would be some sort of change this year... He could only hope. With his luck, it wouldn't happen. Sebastian looked up as Nathan burst in the door. He looked at his attendance sheet. Yep, he was in this class. He chuckled to himself at the boy and his behavior. He could be quite entertaining.

He looked up at the clock and realized that the bell had already rung. He stood up, letting the other kids socialize for a bit. He walked to Miu's desk and kneeled next to it, gently shaking her shoulder and speaking quietly so no one else could hear. He knew how bad high school could be. He was there just... God, was it 7 years ago? "Miu... Miu, get up." He spoke softly. "Miu, I'm about to start class." He said, then stood, hoping he had woken her up. He then moved to the front of the room and clapped his hands loudly and raised his voice so he could be heard. "Alright guys, time to start settling down a bit. Announcements are gonna be on soon, and then I'm starting class, deal?" He said. "That was a rhetorical question, by the way. You don't have a choice." He smiled brightly at the class, even though he really wanted to fall down and sleep.

Matvei smiled ever so slightly as he was so close to finishing his sketch, just one last line. Maybe he should stop drawing for now, in case he got caught. Glancing up, he saw another person come in and he nodded once in greeting to her, staring at the ceiling in silence, his drawing pad just calling his name. He needed to draw more.

So, of course, just as he lowered his head to continue his artwork, he heard his name screamed across the room, an oh-so-familiar voice ringing in his ears. As he was about to look up, Nathan almost jumped the overwhelmed Russian and brought him into an embrace from behind, cheeks flushing over gently when Nathan kissed him in greeting. He still wasn't that used to it, and probably never will get accustomed.

"A-Ah! Hello, Nathan." Matvei said with a nod, previous smile widening. Thank god Nathan and Miu are in his class this year. Both are so kind, not that he would actually ever say that. When the other European boy asked what he was drawing, he puffed out his cheeks in embarrassment and blushed pure scarlet, eyes widening as he grabbed the drawing pad and hid it in his bag quickly, yellow eyes darting to meet Nathan's, then straying off nervously towards his desk.

"Oh, ah, i-it was nothing, comrade." He murmured, looking up when the teacher began to speak. Looking to Nathan, his gaze strayed to the empty desk next to him and he merely pointed. "Sit. Class is beginning." The boy whispered, smiling as the flushed pink lingered on his cheeks. Matvei watched the teacher attentively and focused, like always.

The brave Lieutenant Spiff took his place with his fellow humans, looking over them with distaste. Those alien bastards would pay for what they've done...

A sneeze brought him out of his daydream, looking to see the girl Sayuri sit down. On the outside, he seemed to stare at her as she did up her hair, before looking toward the ceiling, ignoring all, as if not caring. In reality, he couldn't get the thought of how cute she looked with those pigtails...

If only she wasn't such a goody-goody...no, that's just wrong. If only I wasn't a bastard by genetics...

As the others entered, he did not look at them, watching the smoke that rose from his lungs expel from his mouth in a ring shape. He did not care for them. They did not care for him. It was a cycle that perhaps brought political harmony to cease, but it worked. It had always worked, and always will. It wasn't until a very familiar sound broke through that he gave any reaction. He looked down to see Serena, the party-hardy girl and Eros' closest thing to a best friend. Not much was exchanged about emotions, for both were very hardened in the subject, but they exchanged just about everything else. Small talk, rumors, jokes, smokes, lights, and even some fun nights.

Eros gave the girl a nod as she sat down, asking him about his summer. "Alright," he stated, taking another drag of his cigarette. As he spoke the rest of his sentence, the smoke rolled from his mouth, seeming to only give clouds of badassery to his very being. "Partied. Met some nice girls, had some good times. Lounged around. You should know this--you were there half the time."

As the teacher stood at the head of the class, saying something about the institution he was in, he inhaled some of the smoke that tried to escape a second time, releasing it in a perfect ring. "It takes a talented mouth to do that." He gave a smirk, being obviously suggestive. "But you already knew that, didn't you? Learned that about me last year."

“Hey,”... “I’m glad that you’re in my home room this year. It would be awful if there was no one I knew”

Sayuri turned as Steve sat down and smiled she had been thinking of a new manga she had just started reading and was hoping she would have time to read it after school. She hadn't noticed Steve's entrance and was kind jolted out of her daydreaming by her voice.

"It's good to see you too, how was your summer?" she asked but stopped when Mr Walkins got in front of the class.

"Alright guys, time to start settling down a bit. Announcements are gonna be on soon, and then I'm starting class, deal?"... "That was a rhetorical question, by the way. You don't have a choice." He smiled brightly at the class, even though he really wanted to fall down and sleep.

She pulled out her notebook in anticipation of taking notes down, then she heard a conversation in the back of the room it was Eros and girl named Serena. What Eros said made her blush slightly and she shook her head trying to think about something else, other then his mouth in places they shouldn't be. Why did he have to be like that she turned for minute and looked back at him. She knew he was obviously very intelligent why did he choose to act as though he was an un-evolved cave man was beyond her. If he didn't make the choice to be such a delinquent she might actually think of him as someone she might make friends with. But he chose to be the "bad boy" so she had always tried to avoid him, if not for his behavior for his tendency to pick on other's that were not as strong as himself. She shook her head and turned her attention back to the teacher trying to forget about Eros and his "talented mouth".

At the front of the class, Sebastian looked around at everyone as they talked to each other. It seemed like a pleasant enough class. A few trouble makers were here, he already noticed, but that was alright. Made the day... Interesting, to say the least. Though he hoped they wouldn't be too terribly rowdy. That would really suck. But he would deal with it, with detentions and principal visits more than likely. For now he could only see what would happen. There was no telling, but he was determined to have fun. There were plenty of kids here that could make the class fun too. Then there were the quiet kids who didn't really talk... It was a shame, really. He didn't want anyone to feel left out.

But anyways, the announcements came on and Sebastian immediately tried to quiet the class. "Guys! Let's chill for a few minutes! Some people need to hear this!" The class mostly quieted down, some kids still talking, but he didn't mind. So long as he could hear the PA system, he was happy. Never knew when they would throw in something he needed to hear. It sucked when he didn't hear that, because then he was behind and he didn't like that.

The announcements droned on for a bit until they were finally over. Sebastian clapped his hands together loudly, getting everyone's attention and hopefully waking some people up a bit. "Alright! Class has begun! Let's get this show on the road." He said with a bright smile on his face. "Get your notebooks out. We're talking about evolution today!" He said. Evolution was always a fun topic for him. He went to the board and wrote the word EVOLUTION big in the center of the board. "Alright, what do we know about evolution already? I don't want to go over things we already know. It's overkill."

"Partied. Met some nice girls, had some good times. Lounged around. You should know this--you were there half the time." Serena laughed "Well you know how I am when i drink and smoke I kinda lose myself and not exactly all there...I hardly remember the nights we partied" she then looked up the class where the teacher started talking "I so wish we could skip school and party 24/7...it be more funner and I wont feel so bored". She then put her feet up on the desk and crossed her legs. She watched as Eros exhaled smoke into a ring "It takes a talented mouth to do that. But you already knew that, didn't you? Learned that about me last year." she rolled her eyes "Lets not talk about that shall we....we both agreed it was reckless and just for an experiment".

Serena then looked up to the Mr.Walkins when he said the announcements where going on "ugh so boring can you give me one of the cigs Eros? I so need one if I am going to get through this class.." she then yawned when Mr.Walkins started to talk about evolution and told them to get out their notebooks, she didnt even bring her school supplies. She sat there and started to think about the next party she was going to.

"Lets not talk about that, shall we....we both agreed it was reckless and just for an experiment."

Eros gave a chuckle, inhaling some more tar and nicotine into his body. "Hey, I'm just sayin'..." He was surprised the teacher had not yet forced him to stop--perhaps because he had the window open, which sucked away the smoke before it could collaborate in the ceiling, tipping off the smoke detector in the center of the room. Of course, then again, he could just be waiting until after class to drag Eros' ass to the Police Officer on campus for having tobacco on school grounds. Like Eros cared. He took out the pack of Lucky Strikes as Serena asked for one, hitting the back of the pack, a cigarette jumping out two-thirds the way, a second third-way out beside it. Once she took a cig, he tossed her his lighter. "Here. Smoke away."

He looked up for a moment as the squeak of dry-erase on a board caught his attention for a moment. 'EVOLUTION'. Inhaling the last drag of his cigarette, he put out the butt on his desk, flicking it out the window, before raising his hand, probably much to the shock of the teacher. As he was called out--or, if he wasn't he would just shout it out anyway--he took a second cigarette, holding it in his fingers as he spoke. "Evolution is the excuse used by world leaders, the rich, and elite to pardon themselves for not giving a fuck about the poor, different, and those separate of themselves; further, it gives them executive reason and authority to belittle, enslave, and murder these non-elites."

His tone of voice, as well as his obvious discard of rules as he lit up the second cigarette, let the teacher know that he was not a dumbass; rather, he was a force to be reckoned with. It was a kind of threat, a warning. It was also a test: how would Walkins react?

Soft smile still plastered to his face, he looked to Mr. Walkins and watched as he wrote and asked about evolution, blinking as a note suddenly slid on his desk from his best friend, Nathan. Keeping an open ear to listen to the teacher's words, he gripped his pen and wrote in fancy handwriting.

"I suppose you could say it was okay. My family and I went back to visit some of our relatives in Russia. We went to Epcot in Florida, too. It's really pretty there; a lot of palm trees. My favorite part was swimming. I know I may act a little fanboy-ish in this, but, I just love swimming. It's relaxing to float. Unfortunately though, one day when I was swimming my trunks came off from a strong tide and I freaked out. Uh. Ignore what I just wrote! Ignore it. Uh.. sorry. That didn't happen! It didn't happen, I promise.

Raising his head for a brief moment, he felt his cheeks flush over in embarrassment. He used a pen. You can't erase pen, unless it's one of those special kinds. Oh, boy. Twirling a piece of his black, curly locks with his free hand, since it was a habit, he only blushed further and soon continued writing.

Anyways, yeah. Oh. I should give you my phone number some time. In the mean time, tell me about your summer, comrade.

~ Matty"

The boy took out his notebook and ripped out a piece of paper, keeping the book on his desk for when he needed to take notes, and slightly frowned at Eros's words about evolution. So blunt and forward! After writing his phone number down, he folded both sheets of paper and leaned over to set it on Nathan's desk, soon moving away and leaning back in his seat as he watched and focused on the teacher.

Another thing. Are Serena and Eros smoking in class?!

And, for only a quick moment, Matvei could feel himself shudder.

Sebastian was surprised to see Eros raise his hand- but wasn't surprised that he and Serena were smoking. He listened patiently to what Eros had to say, raising his brows at the answer and seeing that the other students were just as shocked. He cleared his throat to answer. "Well, before I begin, I do ask that when you and Serena finish the cigarettes that you both are working on right now, please don't light up another one. While you are free to smoke if you wish, I ask that you don't do so in the classroom. And I'm pretty sure Serena isn't of legal age to do so, so if you could refrain from giving her a cigarette right in front of me, I would appreciate it." He paused for a moment, his tone of voice respectful but strong.

"As to what you said for your definition of evolution, I find it quite interesting." He walked to the front of his desk and sat on it, crossing his legs on top of the desk as well. "It is true that this could be a result of human evolution. If our brains weren't so advanced then we wouldn't have the history of slavery, wars... Or would we? We see a type of primal war and leadership even in animals. Do you agree?"

Sebastian then heard that Sayuri had piped up and put in her own two cents. He smiled kindly to her. "Yes, that is the definition I was looking for. Thank you Sayuri. But I believe that Eros' answer was real interesting. Anyone else want to oppose Eros and I? Who wants a debate? We'll take a vote." Sebastian got off his desk and walked back to the board, erasing the word "EVOLUTION" and write two words, far apart. "DEBATE" and "LESSON". He turned back to the class. "Alright, hands up for whoever wants the debate instead of class?"

"Well, before I begin, I do ask that when you and Serena finish the cigarettes that you both are working on right now, please don't light up another one. While you are free to smoke if you wish, I ask that you don't do so in the classroom. And I'm pretty sure Serena isn't of legal age to do so, so if you could refrain from giving her a cigarette right in front of me, I would appreciate it." Serena just started smoking the cigarrette just as Mr.Walkins had to open his mouth she was ready to say something sarcastic but she refrained. Instead she crushed the cigarrette on the desk then put it in her pocket.

When Mr.Walkins mentioned a debate or having the class she thought for a minute "I agree with Eros so can we jut go on with the class? I am not up for a debate at all and just really want the class to be over with so I can go do something that actually requires my attention" she then looked around trying to see if anyone has a piece of paper and spotted Stevie "Hey Stevie do you have a piece of paper I could use I don't have my notebook".