Matt stood staring at his reflected image, trying to make his hair look right. He gave a sigh of defeat and turned to the door. �New school, new life. Ah��� he thought as he picked up his backpack and headed out the door.
As he stood waiting for the city bus, he saw a girl who looked his age come running towards him. �Hey, have you seen Mimi?� she asked, out of breath.
Matt looked at her. �Who?�
The girl looked irritate, pushing her orange-red hair out of her eyes. �Mimi, you know, pink hair��
Matt shook his head.
She looked surprised. �You must be new if you don�t know Mimi,� she said at last. �I�m Sora.�
�Matt.�
Sora grinned. �Hey, Matt, where�d you go before?�
�A school in Canada. I doubt you�ve heard of it.�
Sora shrugged. �So� d�you got a girlfriend?� she asked flirtedly.
Matt shook his head.
Sora grinned slightly evilly. �Well, if you�re single, and I�m single�� she didn�t finish.
Matt shook his head again. �Sorry, but I�m gay.�
Sora blushed. �No, it�s me who should be sorry. I had no idea!�
Matt waved his hand. �Don�t worry about it. Almost everyone makes the same mistake.� The bus pulled and the two, still talking, boarded.
*at school*
�Oh, I see we have a new student in our class. This is Matt.� The teacher assigned him a seat at the back of the room beside Sora and got to her lesson.
A few minutes later, the door banged open and a boy with very wild hair walked - more like swandered {heehee, funny word!} - in.
Matt turned to Sora, fanning himself. �Is it just me, or did it just get really hot in here?�
Sora looked up. �I think it�s just you.�
�Taichi, late again? If you keep this up, I�m afraid I�m going to have to give you a detention.�
The boy shrugged and fell into his seat in front of Matt.
Sora poked the blonde, who started. �That�s Taichi. He�s always late or skippin. He doesn�t care about anything and, personally, I think he�s a druggie,� she whispered. �And you were gawking. Don�t.� Matt blushed and lowered his head to his work.
*lunch*
�This is Mimi.Mimi, this is Matt.� Matt and Mimi exchanged hellos and they and Sora set off to find somewhere to sit.
�Matt, what is wrong with you? I�ve spent the last 10 minutes speaking to a mindless blob. What planet are you on?� Mimi sounded really pissed off.
Matt blushed again. He had been watching Taichi deface school property. He thought that Taichi could even make that look sexy. {*coughINFATUATIONcough*}
�Excuse me, may I have you�re attention please. Will the band �Top Notch� please come backstage to get ready. Thank you.�
Matt turned to the two squealing to ask what was going on.
�Sometimes student bands play during lunch. Top Notch has the hottest singer of all of them!� Mimi exclaimed happily.
Sora shook her head. �Nah, the pianist! The way he shakes his head� Aohhh�..�
Matt decided he would find out for himself. He looked for Taichi but couldn�t see him anywhere. He felt a tinge of dissappointment inside.
When he heard the entire cafeteria start to chear, he looked around and nearly fell off the bench; there was Taichi, stepping up to the microphone. �Looks like Mimi was right��
*Next day*
Matt was staring dreamily at the head of hair sitting in front of him. Sora had long given up telling him not to. He didn�t listen anyway.
Matt gave out a little squeak of surprise as the hair that hadn�t moved all period moved. It turned around. Taichi looked at Matt. After a while, he said, �You�re Matt, right?�
Matt could feel himself going bright red, but he nodded.
Taichi grabbed his paper and pencil and set them on Matt�s desk.
�Could you help me with this question?�
Matt�s stomach jumped a mile and threatened to come blasting out of his mouth as he croaked a �sure�. As he helped Taichi, Matt asked questions to get to know him better.
When the bell rang and Taichi left, Sora started poking Matt continuously with a sly smile on her face. {some of my friends do this sometimes when we pass Indigo; it�s really annoying}
Matt glared at the girl poking him. �Would you stop it!� he said angrily, slapping her hand away. Sora snickered to herself and headed off.