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Vinyl Scratch rubbed her eyes, a soft grunt leaving her lips. She had barely gotten any sleep, since Pinkie Pie had a party last night and asked Vinyl to DJ for her–which was an automatic yes from her. DJing was Vinyl's life, though her brother disapproved greatly of it. Speaking of her brother…Vinyl jumped up, “I am SO done for.” she said in her head, groping the floor of her car for her phone, no doubt he blew up her phone, she had sneaked out for longer than she planned and now school was about to start.
One unread message: “Vinyl, I left early for work, your lunch is in the fridge, have a good day!” A sigh of relief Vinyl’s lips as she read that message, she had never gotten caught by her brother when she snuck out, and she did not want to find out how he’d react if he did. Maybe he’d yell like mom would or hit like mom would or- Vinyl shook her head, it was time to get ready for school and she had to look presentable, after all, she had changed her schedule and wanted to look good for her potential friends. Vinyl crawled into the driver's seat and set the GPS to ‘home’ and went on her merry way.
Octavia sat in her usual seat, in the front near the window. She had been working on a writing project for the writing UIL competition. She came to school extra early to work on it, since they weren't able to take it home. In the middle of writing, her teacher spoke up.
“You know...there’s a new kid coming to your class period.” She said mindlessly while grading yesterday's homework.
“Yeah? What’s their name?” Octavia asked, cocking her head to the side. Now, Octavia had lucked out on all her other classes except advance writing, maybe she could try to become this new kid's friend.
“Vinyl Scratch, she’s also moving into 6th period advance biology in 107, so if you have that class-”
“I do!” Octavia blurted out, “I mean... I do.” She felt embarrassed.
Vinyl closed her locker as music blasted through her headphone; she groped the inside of her small crossbody bag to make sure she had all her essentials. “Notepad, iPod, gum, backup headphones, backup backup headphones, backup backup backup headphone-” Her thoughts were interrupted by the one minute bell, as she scurried through the halls one thought and one thought roamed through her mind, “Am I going to make friends?”
“Okay class, settle down, we have a new addition to our class. Everyone welcome Vinyl Scratch.” The writing teacher said, her tone devoid of any enthusiasm.
Vinyl gave a quick wave to no one in particular.
“How about you sit by...Octavia, Ms. Scratch. Octavia raise yer’ hand." The teacher said lazily, gesturing to a black, almost grey-haired girl in a pink bowtie. Vinyl's stomach dropped, she was so pretty. She shook her head, pushing that thought away.
“Ugh...the front, great” thought to herself.
Nodding, she quickly took her seat, not saying a word to the girl next to her. It’s not something she can do, anyways.
“Hi, I'm Oct-” The girl began to speak before the teacher spoke up again, this time reading from a paper.
“-Oh yeah and Vinyl can’t speak because she IS mute, so don’t expect a whole lotta words coming out of her mouth, am I right, Vinyl?” The teacher said casually, Vinyl guessed that the second half of her sentence was her original words, because it was quite unprofessional.
Vinyl nodded, she knew that this class is going to be beyond horrible.
“Oh…uhm sorry for Ms.W she can be…a lot sometimes.” Octavia whispered to Vinyl awkwardly.
Vinyl turned towards Octavia, nodding in agreement, Octavia seemed nice. Maybe writing won't be too horrible.