The sound of kids bustling through a high school hallway filled the building, smiles on a few of the kids faces as they headed to class. A girl with sunny yellow hair walked through the halls, purple eyes glancing around. She was wearing a plain white shirt with a purple hoodie, along with blue jean pants and white sneakers. She stopped at her locker, putting the combination into the lock, and popping it open. "KATHERINE!" Yep, that was her name Katherine Smith, the younger sister of Chris Smith who died from a slash to his throat. "Hey Mina"Katherine greets turning around. Mina was a girl with pretty red hair that reached down to her waist and blue eyes that never seemed to stop sparkling. This was the popular girl of the girl of the school who preferred to hang around people like her rather than other popular kids. Behind Mina was Carlos a boy with sandy brown hair and teal green eyes. He was a jock on the football team but he was also a major goofball.

The third person was Penelope, a girl with sky blue hair that reached just a few cm's past her shoulder. "Why so down, put a smile on your cute face!"Mina giggled pushing the corners of Katherine's mouth up. "Hands off"Katherine orders unamused. Yep, these three fools were her best friends, the ones who tried to return her smile to her after hearing what happened about her brother. It was annoying but she handled their antics well. "There's a new student, they say he came from a different school and he's a delinquent!"Penelope grinned. Carlos covered Penelope's mouth, his eyes wide as he shook his head. Katherine narrowed her eyes at them, finding that set of news irksome. Delinquent. She hated them more than she hated the mere mention of that word, if it hadn't been for them her brother would still be alive and healthy. She turned away and grabbed her science book, shutting her locker. "Let's go!"Mina beamed skipping away. "Yeah!"Penelope giggled beaming.

Carlos walked after them, a grin on his face, his hands stuffed into the pockets of his dark blue jean shorts. The class bell rung right as the trio entered class, their teacher looking at them surprised. "Hello Ms Johnson." Katherine sat in a chair by the window, Mina sitting beside her chatting excitedly with Penelope, Carlos sitting across from her grinning. "Students." The eyes of everyone in the class went to their teacher, silence following as they gave her their attention. "Today, we have a new student!"Ms Johnson beamed. Their teacher had always been cheery and willing to help students with their work, it made some of them concerned since they've never seen her get angry or turn sad. "Come on in, sweetheart!"Ms Johnson beckons. A boy with lavender blue hair that reached just to his shoulders walked in, dull lavender blue eyes looking at them all, a scar on his cheek. He was wearing a grey shirt with a black leather jacket over it, a red handkerchief tied around the sleeve.

He also wore dark blue jeans with rips in them, and grey sneakers with white stripes were on his feet. "Introduce yourself, sweetie!" Silence followed, Katherine staring at the male, noticing he seemed like a person who went through a lot of shit growing up. "I'm Xander Brooks..."The male finally said albeit quietly. "Xander, you can go sit over there"Ms Johnson smiled. Xander walked away, keeping his head bowed, everyone watching him intently. He sat himself at a table right next to theirs, ignoring the greetings from his table mates. Her eyes narrowed at his rudeness, but found it to be a common thing for people like him, who run around starting fights and cause trouble for the innocent. A huff came from her as she looked away, opening her notebook. "Can I have a pencil...please." Xander stared at Mina, a notebook opened in front of him. "Of course, here you go!"Mina beamed passing the boy a pencil. Xander nodded in thanks, turning his attention back to the teacher.

"Why'd you do that"Katherine demanded. "Because...I'm nice.."Mina answers confused. Carlos covered his mouth, his shoulders trembling with laughter. "You guys.."Katherine sighed. She looked at her notebook, starting to write down what Ms Johnson wrote on the chalkboard in front of them, unsurprised that she was the only teacher who didn't use the boards that can connect to electronics. "H2O is what?"Ms Johnson asks. "Water!" Their teacher nodded happily, turning her attention back to the board. "May I borrow a pen?" Katherine's eyes darted up, Mina digging through her pencil purse. "Kat, do you have a pen he can borrow?"Mina asks. "No, I do not"Katherine answers flatly. "Please Kat.."Penelope whispers. Their eyes, their puppy dog eyes as they stared at her pleadingly. She pulled a pen out, handing it to Mina to give to Xander. "He can keep it, his germs will be on it anyway"Katherine huffed. Xander stared at her, surprise flashing across his expressionless face for a split second.

A sigh came from her as she walked down the hallway, looking annoyed since Xander had stared at her for the rest of class and still managed to answer the teachers questions despite being so damn distracted. "He's so annoying!"Katherine snorted. "Kath, we don't judge a book by it's cover~"Carlos scolds. Him and his damn motto it's a wonder why nobody on the football team had teased him about it yet or tried to pick a fight with him about it. "Let's hurry to lunch, we're having meatball subs!"Penelope insists her stomach growling. "Greedy.."Katherine snorts. "Hey! I didn't eat breakfast, leave me alone!"Penelope protests shaking her head. "May I eat with you all?" Xander stood there when they all turned, the strap of his bag barely on his shoulder. "No, you cannot..."Katherine responds. She turned and walked away, Carlos hurrying after her. "We'll talk to her...sorry about that"Mina apologizes. "KAT! Get back here!"Penelope yells running after the girl with Mina. Xander stared, raising his hand then lowering it. "Okay.."Xander mutters looking down.