Equation for Becoming Popular [[DaShou, Screaming, Lestat, & Seraphim]]

[Peek-a-Boo]

Micah was running really late—once again his teacher held him back in class for an extra lesson. He was running around the campus like a mad person, carrying his violin case under his arm and his backpack slung over the other. This was a typical day for freshman Micah. He had just moved in from out of state and still wasn’t quite adapted into the college community. Well, with the geeks he was. Within the first few terms he had been in college, he had already advanced to being one of the heads to the math club for good grades. He fit in with those people quite easily. With his thick, big framed glasses, button-up shirt, and his suspenders that kept his rolled up jeans from falling off of his tiny waist--- he was the perfect little nerd. As he ran through the campus, dire to make it to his math club on time, his red, curly locks bounced around.

Micah knew that if he missed one more math club, he was going to be put on probation and that was something Micah would die because. The club wasn’t too far away from Micah now, and he started to push people out of his way and duck under others. Finally he made it to the lonesome study hall---probably the most deserted because of a recently built study hall on the other side of the campus. A few doors flew by him and Micah arrived at the door, panting in exhaustion. He shuffled his violin to his other side so he could open the door, bursting it. “I’m sorry I am late! I---- I---“, he started to wheeze. Instantly he dropped his stuff where he stood and pulled out his emergency inhaler he kept in his pocket. With a few pushes of the button, he was back to at least what was normal for Micah. “I…. I was running late. PLEASE DON’T KICK ME OUT, I’LL DO ANYTHING!”

 

[xLord_Lestatx]

RE: Equation for Becoming Popular [[DaShou, Screaming, Lestat]]

Ellis was doodling some charts furiously with a pen as she tried to come up with a suitable problem to present to her fellow nerds while also tearing savagely into a glazed donut. She was feeling quite confident about this certain equation, powering through the cramps she was getting in her left arm as she scribbled angrily, but then some wheezing fuck-tard had to burst in from outta nowhere and make her arm slip, causing a thick blue line to sever the numbers she had written down and send the paper to the floor. She glared up at the intruder, her hazel eyes burning. Sure she had a bit of an anger problem (well it wasn't a problem to HER), but at this point she figured that she had already alienated herself from society to the point where it didn't even matter.

She stood up angrily, causing her chair to fall over backwards. She crossed her arms over her small chest that was almost non existent under her baggy white t-shirt. Her thick, frazzled red hair falling out of her scrunchy and over her square glasses as she stared at the screaming idiot. "So, is that how you always enter a room, you spazz? CALM THE FUCK DOWN, I'M TRYING TO DO MATH, YOU TWERP!!" She threw her hands in the air as she resisted flipping the table. "FUCK! I had such a good one too! It's RUINED!" Well, not really, but it might as well have.

 

[Screaming_Louder]

RE: Equation for Becoming Popular [[DaShou, Screaming, Lestat]]

Taide was sitting in the room behind Ellis, watching her write. Sure if the girl wanted she could be popular but that wasn't like her. She was to nerdy to even want to be popular. Her tanned skin made her seem like she was a forgine exchange student when really she wasn't. Sure her mother was Itallian and her father columbian but that didn't matter. She was way into science and math to even really care. She also didn't care all to much since people didn't really like her. See she was actually a he. At least that's how she put it. Taide had been born a male named Tarren, but even at a young age he had decided that he wanted to be a girl instead. So with a simple name change and some girl clothes he had become a she. Then it was a new school as well since bullies had picked on him even more then normal.

"Relax El, I copied your things," she stated as she stood up and grabbed the otehr girl. Handing over the paper she had she then looked at the boy and smiled a bit. "Sorry there. She hates losing her spot when she gets into the zone," she told him. Pulling her black hair back into a pony tail she pulled Ellis back and sat her down. "Keep worknig already," she ordered with a tap of her finger to the other's nose. "You're lucky I've gotten faster with copying you."

 

[Peek-a-Boo]

Micah felt like an arrow was shot through his skull as Ellis tore him down. He sighed, nodding in understanding and sulked over to where his seat was. “Sorry I ruined your graph…” he mumbled slightly, his face red in embarrassment. With a small plop, he threw himself in. Quietly, he placed all his stuff down and pulled his math textbook and homework out of his backpack, placing it out on the desk in front of him. “I’ll just be quiet now and do my math homework…” He said, glancing up at the two. He wondered what the graph was for anyways. He never seen her so furious about something like that. He had seen her plenty of times being able to copy the same charts over and over. What made this one so special? However, Micah was growing used to this. This was the usual welcome greeting he got after all. Silently, he flipped through the pages of his book, stopping about halfway through to some problems he had yet to attack. After observing the page a little, he opened his notebook and began to scribble away. Numbers and lines, and letters started pouring onto the page. After a long streak of silence from Micah, he finally had the courage to look back up at Ellis. "Why are you so energetic today? You usually aren't so.... loud," he said, having trouble finding the right words to describe her at the moment.

 

[xLord_Lestatx]

Ellis sighed as she propped her chair back into place, then plopped back down into it with a heavy groan. She felt bad about exploding on Micah; it wasn't his fault that she was in a bad mood. She nodded at Taide and looked at her paper silently. Her face turned red as Micah brought up her outburst; bringing up a memory from earlier today. Ellis had been picked on for the majority of her life, but it was getting hard to ignore the fact that she wasn't exactly what men desired these days. She had been walking down the hall when the popular girls had decided to tease Ellis about being a lesbian (which she wasn't) and how no man would ever want her. Ellis use to be able to shrug those statements off, no problem, but it had seeded a need in her; she realized that she, indeed, never even had a boyfriend before. She felt stupid for feeling that way, but she couldn't ignore that she was a bit....lonely.
"I'm sorry, Micah. But....don't you ever feel like....well. Lonely? I mean...we aren't desirable at all; doesn't that bug you just a little?" She asked. She wanted to puke from even bringing it up--being open and emotional wasn't exactly her thing. But she needed to know that she wasn't the only one feeling this way.

 

[Peek-a-Boo]

“It’s okay, Ellis…” He said, smiling a little. The next thing she said though wiped that smile off his face and he looked away. “… Yeah, I do a little,” he said quietly, looking back at Ellis. He never once had a girlfriend in his life. That and he didn’t even know what he liked. He didn’t know if he was a girl person or a guy person. No one ever asked him out or anything so he never got the chance to experiment. It wasn’t something he really talked about though because it never occurred to him until now. He was always too busy with other things, mainly school related, to ever think about how he truly felt. Now, it was starting to bug him and Micah sighed. “Why do you bring this up? Are we not enough of friends for you or…? I mean, I like you all as friends. You’re the best friends I have ever had. It never really occurred to me that anyone thought of me as undesirable until you mentioned it.” He shifted in his chair and shut his textbooks. He wondered what sparked this sudden idea in her head...? Was she upset? Did she want a boyfriend? Micah flushed a little at the thought. He wasn't sure if dating your best friends was "in" or "the thing" nowadays.

 

[xLord_Lestatx]

Ellis slumped in her chair, feeling frustrated. She didn't know how to convey her feelings to them in a way that wouldn't hurt their feelings. "It's just...I'm tired of being picked on, I guess. I mean, I love doing math and playing DnD with you guys, I have the most fun in the world. And I don't know...dating would be kind of nice, but that's sort of the underlining reason. I don't see anything wrong with how we are...but what if...being popular is fun, too?" She rubbed her face, pushing up her glasses as she rubbed her eyes. "I can't believe I'm actually thinking this. What has gotten into me? It never bothered me before...but lately it seems that if we don't change...we might get left behind.." She said with a soft sigh. "But mostly, I just want to prove to those girls that I could be like them, easily, if I wanted to. Like it's SO hard to be a total slut..." She sneered.