Vel and Ven: growing up in the suburbs

School's out, twins in {part 2}

after way too long, the twins arrived at their new school. their father insisted on taking pictures, as always. "Okay, who's ready for a fresh start with minimal trips to the principals office!?"

Veneer eagerly replied, "MEEE!"

at the same time, velvet pointed to her brother and shouted, "HIIM!"

the bell rang, and the two were off. their first stop was the principals office, where they were greeted by ms. glitz. "hello! you must be the new students! here are your schedules, and i'm right here if you have any questions!"

back in the hallway, they looked over their schedules.  all their classes were shared. Velvet scoffed. "it's probably because our new principal doesn't want us to feel lonely."

"whatever, sis. we gotta get to math!"

mr. jeb was the first to greet them. "hiya, i'm your new math teacher, and i hope we have sum good times together! get it? sum, like addition? you know what, just sit down anywhere."

the two sat next to each other, per usual.  Veneer turned to the kid on his other side and decided to try to make his first friend besides Velvet. "hi, I'm Veneer, he/him"

an eager voice replied, "hiya, I'm Ritz, he/him. you're gonna love it here"

Velvet turned to her other side. "I'm Velvet, she/her."

"Orchid, she/her. word of advice, if you meet a girl named Minnie, RUN"

Velvet ignored this warning, and class begun just then.

*a randomly selected number of minutes later because schools are just arbitrary about that*

"Vel, I can't believe you brought up Mr. Jeb's divorce and made fun of his deaf son! how did you know about either of those?"

"I have my ways, bro. gotta let them know what their getting themselves into by letting me attend."

"but, if you get kicked out, we won't be able to homeschool because mom and dad are so busy, and they'll have to quit, and we'll be broke, and..."

Velvet tuned out her brother as he listed the worst case scenario, usually ending in death. just then, an extravagantly dressed girl pushed her down. "hey, loser. gimme your lunch money"

"i'm not giving you anything"

a crowd gathered to see this. Veneer was quite confused as to why this was a big deal. "oh, you must be new here"

"yeah, i just transferred today" 

"i'm sorry i gave the impression that i care. i run this school, so when i say give me something, you gimme it"

"I'm. Not. Giving. You ANYTHING."

she got ready for some good butt-kicking. "whoa, don't get all crazy. look, i'm just gonna take it."

Velvet punched the brat as the crowd had a mixed array of reactions. "what, it's called standing up for yourself, ever heard of it?"

Orchid made her way through the crowd. "Velvet,you now how I warned you about Minnie earlier? THAT WAS HER!"