High School All Over Again

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"I am 16. Does that scare you?"

Corey shifted worriedly, the last thing he wanted to do was weird out the cute girl who actually liked him
"I'm still a regular guy, I'd still like to hang out Friday."
Corey stuttered, he was panicking and starting to make an ass of himself
*I am terrible with girls* he thought to himself

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"Scare me? Not in the slightest way." Lisa gave him a reassuring smile. "We are definitely still on for Friday." He was only 2 years older than she was. That didn't scare her much, she just hoped she could act mature enough around him and not embarrass herself anymore than she already has.

Lisa couldn't believe it was only the first day of school and she already had a date!
Lisa recognized slight panic in his demeanor and smiled brightly at him. "I'm excited!" she almost squealed.

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Corey beamed and nodded at her
"Awesome, sweet. I'm a bit excited too. I'm really not cool with the girls. I kind of fail. Which lunch do you have? 1st or 2nd? you should sit with me, and meet new people around campus."

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Lisa cocked her head to the side. "Not cool with the girls? psht, you are obviously unaware of your capabilities. I have 2nd lunch. I'd love to sit wi-"
"Lisa! Corey! Enough chit chatting, open your books!" Scolded Mr.K. Some of the students were giggling.

Lisa hurriedly opened her book, not liking to be yelled at by teachers. Since when did class start? She avoided Corey's eyes so to try and eliminate conversation.
oh, how embarrassing.

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Corey elbowed her and held up two fingers, signifying he as well had second lunch.
He didn't bother to open his book to the lesson itself, he just started the problem set.
He finished it while the teacher was still lecturing, so he did what he always did with his spare time in high school.
He promptly went to sleep.
The teacher ignored it and allowed him to doze off, that is, until he started snoring. Mr. K kicked underneath Corey's desk, and just turned his head and went back to sleep.
He understood math, he just hated work. Best way to handle high school was to sleep through it and hope for the afternoon, when he could off road in his Jeep.

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Lisa was marveling at her luck. They even have the same lunch! She tried working on the problem but she just didn't understand. She hated asking teachers for help so she didn't. She secretly watched Corey finish the assignment and what fall asleep. Lisa giggled to herself and unknowingly alerted the teacher of the sleeping student. She was amazed that Corey disregarded the teachers kick and entered dream land once again. Once Mr. K finished lecturing, she kicked Corey's foot to try and wake him up.

"Hey! help me.." she whispered, "I don't get this." Maybe she did get this, or maybe she didn't. She didn't care, she just wanted to talk to Corey until class ended. Her big, light brown eyes stared at him, waiting for him to respond.

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Corey blinked awake, leaning over the desk to Lisa, probably too close for personal space, but Corey didn't notice - or care.
"Alrighty, what's up now? How can I help?"

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She didn't mind how close he got to her, in fact, she took it as a compliment.

Lisa started to write something on her paper..
" I don't understand this.."  Her paper read: "What are we gonna do Friday?"
She hands him her pencil. "Can you show me?" She gave him a devious smile.

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Corey nodded a bit.
He wrote "that's a secret" and then grinned coyly.
He then mentioned that "x" was a representation of a number, and solving for "x" just meant finding what number x represents in that particular problem

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Corey nodded a bit.
He wrote "that's a secret" and then grinned coyly.
He then mentioned that "x" was a representation of a number, and solving for "x" just meant finding what number x represents in that particular problem

Lisa pursed her lips and took the pencil from Corey.
" I see, so I would solve for x like this?"  she wrote on her paper " I don't like secrets" and gave him a challenging, but cute, look.

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"Yes, exactly like that actually, you caught on quick."

He wrote back "well, then I guess you'll just have to trust me, huh?"

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"10 minute warning class. I need your papers upfront before the bell rings."

Lisa begins to erase to notes and solves for x.

"I guess I have no choice but to trust you then, right?"

She smiles at him and grabs his paper from his desk and turns them both in.
"too bad I have English next, but lunch is right after. where do you want me to meet you?"
Lisa starts to gather her notebook and put it into her backpack. "That is... if you still wanna meet.." she adds quickly, trying not to sound too clingy.

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"Sure, I'd like to eat lunch with you silly
Meet me at the door of the lunchroom.
I have History, so I'll see you then, yeah?"
Corey packed up his things, nodding at Lisa to start doing the same

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During Biology class James was to nervous to answer Lisa, feeling a bit at ease because Corey was speaking for him. As the bell rang and Corey took James by the arm he wondered what other classes they might have together.

As James stumbles into the English class room after being tossed in by Corey, he looks around and notices only a few chairs still open. Finding the seat closest to the front of the class he begins to notice he did not know anyone in the class. As he takes a seat, the English teacher Mr. Collins calls out, "Does everyone have a composition notebook. We will be keeping a journal of your first year in high school and will count as twenty percent of your grade. I want you to write a passage in it for the first 15 minutes of class every Friday." James scrambled through his backpack trying to find his notebook realizing he did not need it until Friday.

Throughout the rest of class he would occasionally drift off into thought about his first period Biology class and what had happened. James was not sure whether to be frightened or happy that Corey had taken an interest in helping him, but all James knew was that he was glad someone helped him find his next class room and he did not even have to ask. As shy as James was, he was always questioning people's intentions when helping him. This was the question with Corey also. James just hoped it wouldn't be to hard to make new friends.

Mr. Collin's tells everyone to pack up just as the bell began to ring. James realized he had not payed attention throughout the entire class. *sighs* as he scribbles down the few notes that Mr. Collin had written on the board. As James steps into the hallway he sees a stream of students roaming through the halls. Sneaking into the middle of all the commotion he finds himself at his next classroom.

James walks into History class and notices he is one of the first ones in the room. Taking a seat towards the front of the class room, he waits for class to start just watching the rest of the students stumble in one by one.

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"Okay, I'll see you then!"

Lisa put her stuff away and the bell rand.

"See ya" She said to Corey and scuffled out of the classroom quickly.

She wondered what he had planned for Friday. What should she wear? Ah, the big question.
She found her English class and sat down in the middle of the fourth row next to one of her other friends that also made into onto cheer. She was the first ever Sophomore to make it to varsity captain. She had been cheering all her life though, it was like second nature.

Lisa did her best to try and listen to the English teacher drone on about grammar and what not.
She was gonna date a 16 year old. Could it get any better?

A crumpled piece of paper landed on her desk and startled her. Back off, bitch. was all it said. She looked behind her to try and see if anyone was making eye contact. She got nothing. What could this possibly be about?

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Still living in dream world James had been thinking about who he might possibly know in his History class. Looking around he kinda remembered a few of the kids two guys and one girl but had never really spoken to them before. James had gone to a middle school with a graduating class of two hundred students and it did not help that he was very shy to begin with. As he was thinking he had remembered hearing Corey tell him that after algebra he had History. Not even five seconds after he had remembered this Corey busts through the door of the room. James had begun to like Corey, he was growing on him. Maybe he would have some friends after all...

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Corey slid next to James, gave him a too emphatic pat on the ole' back, and nodded.

"Relax dude. Fo. Reals. You're already starting to make acquaintances. If you have second lunch, I sit with a good crew. I'm bringing Lisa.... we even have a date Friday. Now we just need to set YOU up with someone, and it'll be all good to go. But anyway. How was your last class?
I know it's daunting. Part of why I gave you a bit of physical help. It's needed on the first day, to jump start the experience. Being late to class is... well, bad, so you gotta walk fast, with purpose. Now that's not to say you can't have fun. But yeah. Speed. Determination. Lolz. That's how I look at it."

Corey leaned back and whipped out his textbooks.
"Lez do eeeeeeet"

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This was the first time James felt comfortable with himself and being in a new school. You could even see a smile starting to form on his face. "haha thanks"
James sat back in his chair pulling his books out getting ready for class.
"Yea, I have lunch next period with you guys. I have to drop some stuff off at my locker before I go the the cafeteria, but I will be there."
"My last class was pretty boring. English" James changed the subject the second he heard Corey say the word date. "How did you get her to go out with you so fast?" James was amazed at Corey's abilities. Before he could spit out his next sentence the teacher began calling attendance.
James took another look at Corey before facing the teacher. It was a look of comfort and happiness. James whispered, "We will talk later, if you want you can come over to my house after school."
James was never really the type of person to start conversations with new people or invite them to hang out, but he felt as if he had known Corey his whole life.

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Corey leaned back to listen to history. He loved the subject, but always sucked at it. He was much better at the sciences, he couldn't wait to get to physics later in school. After sitting for a lecture he actually didn't quite get, he headed for lunch, clearing a path with his natural body weight and size, making sure James was sucked up in his vortex.

"Where's your locker young sire?"

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Lisa hated her English class. Seems like she already made an enemy. Girls were such drama.

When the bell rang, she skipped outta class with enthusiasm. She gets to sit with Corey and his friends. Her cheer leading team didn't like that idea but who cares.

She walked over to the cafeteria and stood at the door, waiting for Corey to arrive. She couldn't hide her radiant smile. She was excited.

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James was able to pay a little more attention during History as his mind was no longer running a million miles a minute. To bad this was the one class James wasn't fond of. James had always had an interest in math, computer science, and sometimes even the biological sciences. His parents were both doctor's well his dad was a physician and his mom had a PhD in some fancy thing like molecular biology and neuroendocrinology. Like anyone knew what that meant.
After class Corey had escorted James to his locker. Well, he more opened a path for James to sneak through before being swallowed by the crowd of high school students closing in behind him.
"Uh, I think it's around the corner"
They get to James' locker and James switches out his books. The two of them then went straight to the Cafeteria to get some lunch.

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Corey and James walked and Corey offered Lisa a hug.
"that's a nice smile you have. You should do that more"
Corey clasped Lisa and James hands, and walked them to his usual table.
He sat down with Thomas, Michael, Cooper, and Katie.

All 4 of this posse were sophomores, but unlike Corey, they passed their classes first year.

Thomas was short, fat, and red-haired. A jovial fellow who's goal in life was to make others smile, a goal he fulfilled daily. He DJ'd in his free time.

Michael was super tall. Immensely tall, towering at 6'7" and being skinnier than a rail, he was the stereotype for "eat 5 hundred cheeseburgers, lose 5 pounds." Michael was also a musician, but he played guitar. He wasn't in a band, but he sometimes gave private concerts on his acoustic guitar if he could find someone who wanted to sing with him.

Cooper was nice and average, a bit pudgier than Corey, but not as short as Thomas, he was 5'9" He was interested in Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, and video games. He ran a solid green deck with Primordial Hydra in Magic, and a Dragon Deck with 5 Headed Dragon in Yu-Gi-Oh. He was currently getting a perfect Paragon run in Mass Effect, and was nearly done with the first game.

Katie was shy, and "average" by societal standards, but she was actually quite a knockout. She liked her studies, and was intelligent. She actually liked to read Wiki pages on things her other friends were interested, so that she would know what was being said in conversation. She was bright, but not a know-it-all or walking encyclopedia. She just liked to know what happens.

Corey purposefully sat James next to her, gave her a nudge, then placed himself across from Cooper, sliding Lisa beside him, almost in his lap.
Corey then whipped out a deck of Magic cards, solid white Angel/Humans, with Angel of Glory's Rise.

He turned to Lisa "See, I'm not as cool as you thought I was" He giggled and turned to James, "If you need anything, Katie will be glad to help show you around"

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Sitting down, James looks over to Katie with a bright smile.

"Hi, I'm James" He almost felt as though he knew he would be good friends with all of Corey's friends. "Hey James, I'm Katie. How do you like high school so far?" she replied. He laughed to himself thinking about the excitement that had gone on earlier today. "It has been pretty good thanks to Corey. He has kept me pretty sane today."

Katie giggled in her cute soft voice. "He keeps us all sane."

James then looked over to Corey and Corey flashed him a quick wink.
*James had always loved card games, comics, and mmo's so he didn't find anything strange about Corey's epic deck of cards*

Looking back at Katie, James asked her, "Would you like to go up with me and get lunch."
Katie replied, "Of course, what are you thinking about getting? I can help you find it so you don't get stuck in line for half of the lunch period."
"Thanks," James replied with a quick laugh.

James had already come to like Katie. He had an interest in her and wanted to get to know her better. 

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Corey nodded towards his 3 male companions as Katie and James went off on their own

"I'm super glad I met James. He's basically a perfect match for her."

Thomas nodded "She really friggin is. Man, she needed a dude to date, and none of us were quiet enough at all to fit the bill"

Corey nodded, placing down a mana, tapping it, and playing an Elite Vanguard creature card, nodding at Conner to start his turn. "Yeah, I'm genuinely surprised she even tolerates our insanity some days." turning to Lisa, he said "I recruited Katie into our group much the same way I recruited James. By subtle force. It was surprising it worked, but she's really interested in our hobbies, even if she doesn't actively participate in. Katie loves to read and write. Her fiction is some of the best any high schooler has ever composed. We have a pool on how long it'll take until she's a millionaire author."

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Lisa watched as the two boys played the card game. She didn't understand it and was trying to figure out some patterns.

"I don't think this stuff is lame. I just wish I understood it." she smiled at Corey and subtly scooted closer to him. Lisa watched the interaction between James and Katie and thought it was quite cute. She liked Katie, she seemed like an honest girl. God knows you won't find much of those on the cheer team.

She watched Corey in amusement.
"Subtle force?" She couldn't help from laughing, shaking her head and giving Corey a sweet smile. "You're forceful?" She didn't realize just how bad that sounded till after she said it. " uh.. you know what I mean.." She looked down, embarrassed.