Ivory high-school

Chapter 1

Alices pov:

Im alice deross, a straight A student. Im on the student council along with being the schools reporter, its not much of a handful job but this time ive really got myself into a rough start. Ive nothing to inform miss michiko about which may i mention is our schools president, shes been counting on me for a school cover, motto and also updates on everyones status here. weve been expecting one of our club leaders to maintain the "opening" balance of the school but with the 'big' day coming up everyone has been somewhat bickering about which place should be taken. its surprisingly quiet today though, how strange?

Walking down these halls never gets old, being greeted was a fairly common thing for me but i have no interest in friend making, theyd hold me back on my studies and trust me id hate to become the best student to dropping grades because of some silly 'hangout' session. the halls arent so crowded and i made it to my own locker in one piece "thank the gods for that." i mumbled under my breath for only moments after i heard someone speak in a rather bubbly tone beside me. "You know you've reallyyyy got to stop talking to yourself all the time!" i look over my lockers door to see no other than the cheery emma herself, oh yes, the friendliest of them all and quite well known throughout the school, shes the president of the flower garden club and also has an eye for literature, shes been in biology class for awhile though and despite her best efforts for some reason shes always an average and youd think she knows her stuff more than anyone else here. emma's found in various school events and also has atleast twelve winner medals how silly is that? shes even represented the school itself for about 5 years before ganji took her place in sports. now shes just focused on the greenery and nature, shes the main reason we even have a green house installed by the ivory fountain actually. "Oh, right." i closed my locker while twisting the lock in place and giving it a light knock it sounded a bit hollow, maybe these needed to be changed later or someone just rammed into my locker and gave it a small dent. "soooo what classes do you have today?" emma asked me quite eagerly but i couldnt stay around, i had much more important things to do like interview clubs on how its going or discussing about the last year photo book and how it can be improved, if you havent guessed it yet then im in the photographer club, surprisingly enough i didnt even make this club, mister joseph did. hes the president and im his top student, so i simply cant fail on making myself accountable "Hey id love to chat emma, but seriously i gotta go. its nice to see you and good morning!"

With that i simply walked pass her with a small tap to the shoulders, no hard feelings right? besides my journy is supposed to be elsewhere. on my way to photographer club ive been stopped by emily, who was carrying a handful of books and looked as if she was about to drop them. "Hey alice, could you help me get these into the medical room? im supposed to have a test tomorrow and ive got nowhere to study with peace and quiet." how could i say no to that. ive been through the struggles of not being able to get your head sucked into a good book because of everyones chattering or conflict, so in a state of hurry i tried to get everything done as soon as possible, it was a silent work and wasnt much atleast 2 minutes was taken out of my time and with that she waved a goodbye to me and i simply returned it with a nod. now, i have atleast 20 minutes to spare, on my way there i could go over the photo wall or maybe talk to mister joseph from early! it was a good idea ofcourse, just me, my camera and the person im about to run into,,,,wait! the person im abou-

Crash

"Oh! alice, sorry i didnt see you there, or more of you didnt see me here...my greatest apologies" the voice was soft like honey, and i could spot that masked person anywhere, except for here because clearly i already failed at that. But anyways, this was melly plinius she wants to be a entomologist and seems to live up to that name already. Her love for insects kinda creep everyone out, but to me its a bit interesting how she views them, either way none of this was my business. Her club is also with emma, shes the vice president of it but not just because of the gardening but mostly because of the insects she finds there, which werent rare at all just lady bugs and beetles with caterpillars. She liked seeing them anyway though. "its no problem plinius, i was lost in thought" she helped me up and i simply dusted off myself, the silence was a bit awkward and im sure we both felt that way so without saying anything further we both shot a nod to eachother and were on our way once about. "Okay alice dont be a suck up, youve got 18 minutes left its not that far nothing else can get in your way, head high chest up posture great and confidence going sky rocket." i exhaled slightly afterwards but to my luck another problem caught up to me. "Do you always talk to yourself like that?" a girl who seemed to be taller than me spoke softly my eyebrow was raised because for one, ive never spoke to this person throughout my time here and two, that red hat was really complimenting the blonde hair. "Hmmm..i suppose i do?" i replied a bit curious, she did seem familiar in the schools photo book but why was she interacting with me and out of all times, why now i held my breath as the bell rang signaling only 5 minutes were left to get on to clubs, but the female didnt seem to leave my side, infact she walked in sync with me the entire way. "Hey, are you in the photogrophy club?" i asked genuinely curious, either this was a rookie or a try hard ive never once cared of. "No, im actually in arts and craft, its a room down the photogrophy club." she answered with the same tone as before, i was going to say something but it seemed she noticed and cut me off before a gust of air could even escape my own lips. "I know about you, and i was a bit scared to walk to my club alone, because i knew which one you were in i thought maybe id walk with you..its just when i came here you seemed to be talking to yourself and i found it rather cute." the last part of her sentence caught up to me more than the actual meaning of it, i looked forward again slightly and a dust of pink blush appeared on my very own cheeks, and thanks be to god that ive already reached my destination. It wasnt easy getting here, but in a hurry of being far too late i pushed the door open and closed it on the girl i was walking with as soon as she was saying bye. "One minute early alice deross, come sit." joseph said from his very own table, and i nearly collapsed into the pits of hell when i realized the other club members were here. "oh jeez."

Annes pov:

We made it to her club and as soon as i were to bid my goodbyes i saw the door shut in my face, it was rather rude and quite the shock but either way i lowered my hand and walked to my own club just a door beside hers. its what i get for tagging along uninvited actually, or maybe was it something i said? i opened the door to my club and instantly did everyone turn to me, i was quite literally horrified "miss anne lester you are late." am i? i looked towards the clock and my life flashed before my eyes, a minute late!? just a minute! and shes acting as if i just committed the worlds biggest crime. "Im sorry mary, it wont happen again." i said shamefully while taking my seat beside edgar, he snickered slightly and just like that i found myself more embarrassed. "hey, cheer up atleast you get to paint." he said rather snarky but to his best efforts it simply made everything worse "Uhuh, and what are you painting a bowl of fruit?" i rolled my eyes sarcastically and started to take my art supplies out, neither of us spoke any further.

Ring ring ring!!

Alices pov:

That was the bell signaling the lessons over, and even though i couldnt convince joseph to maybe move the gardening club to the first page of the book just because it captures the eyes more of arts and craft things worked out pretty well, i had no next classes and only had to attend a student council meeting, meanwhile packing my things and placing my camera on my side once again, Joseph stopped me. "You came in here different than usual, why is that?" he asked curiously, was it really that obvious? for some reason i proffered forgetting about my morning interactions rather than going over them, but its not like i could ignore the club president. saving out the details i simply said "Well i noticed time was running out, and you know how i hate to turn up late even once, i was in a hurry thats all. why?" i tilted my head while placing my palm on the door knob, he stayed silent for a second and then simply waved me off with a hand gesture to which i bowed and bid my goodbyes. On my way out i turned to see the same girl with her back pressed to the wall, and talking to one of the sports members though despite her cheery act earlier she seemed to be crying. while the male tried to whip her tears and apologize but anne smacked his hand away and did it herself, everything was heard clearly since they were closer to me than youd think. however anne looked in my direction and walked towards me with tears in her eyes, unsure of what to do i simply brung her into a comforting hug because thats what people do when someones crying right? i wouldnt know. i was never good at comforting or handling human emotions that was mostly led to ada. The male who she was with, seemed to be hurt and walked off. i was a bit confused as to why shed even come to me, out of everyone else why me? i just want to make my way to the council meeting without a problem. "hey, are you alright? ive really got to attend a meeting right now." i tried to sound as genuine as possible, even though i didnt care all that much. why was she making this my problem exactly? the girl seemed to have loosened her grip on me, something i failed to noticed before she was whipping her face with her school uniform sleeves, how unsanitary. i reached into my schools pocket to pull out a small french blue handkerchief, it was unused and decorated with butterflies and birds, maybe it would fit this girls aesthetic but even more importantly, get her face fixed up before anyone else had to deal with it. she took it from me hesitantly and started to use it for her nose rather than her tears, though i suppose thats a more useful thing as of now, a runny nose in school is the last thing you want.

"Thank you...Im sorry i didnt mean to put this upon you, i dont know why i came to you i swear i was meant to just walk pass you! im really sorry i took up your time!!" her voice sounded watery and it seemed she was rushing her words, was she scared?  or maybe she was just nervous. before i could say anything she was speed walking pass me and down the hall to the cafeteria...part of me wanted to stop her and reassure her it really wasnt a problem so i turned around and placed my hand out to try and grab her until the more superior part of me told me i had a meeting to attend, and i cant be late just because some girl started using me as a comfort pillow. it was a bit sickening to see how much time was easily pulled out of my grasps...so making up my mind i simply shook my head placed my hand rightfully back to my side and turned on my heels to go to that meeting. on my way there i had to mumble to my own self just to get my confidence back up.

"its not my problem anyway."