Hey guys! So excited to bring you the first chapter of the modern four senior year! Should be good!
The first day of the last year of her high school career, and Penny Forrester was running late. She slept through her alarm, and didn't wake up until 7:20. Her boyfriend was picking her up at 7:40. She was panicking. She rushed around her room, her dog Bolt chasing her as she did so. She hurriedly put on her makeup, and pulled her hair back into a messy bun. She grabbed an outfit hanging on her door, glad she had picked it out last night. She hurried put it on and glanced at the time. 7:38. She heard her boyfriends car pull into the driveway and honk. She sighed, grabbing her laptop and shoving it into her backpack. She rushed downstairs, Giving her mom a kiss on her cheek before rushing out the door. "Bye! Love you!" She yelled, racing out to the shiny red car. Her boyfriend waved to her, smiling. She hopped in the car, grinning. "What's up, Wilbur?" She grinned, leaning over and giving her boyfriend, Wilbur Robinson, a kiss on the cheek. He smiled, looking over at her.
"Oh, nothing much. Just dreading the start of another school year. I don't know how I made it this far." He sighed, sounding overdramatic as always. She rolled her eyes as they pulled out of the house.
"You complain so much." She laughed, elbowing him lightly. Wilbur and Penny had been best friends since as long as she could remember. They grew up next door to each other, and had began dating midway through their junior year. It was practically expected by the rest of the school, as she was head cheerleader, and he was one of the most popular guys, though more for jokes than for sports. They continued to talk lightly for the rest of the ride, smiling and laughing. They were in a happy relationship.
Only problem was that Wilbur was still in love with his ex. Penny didn't know this, of course she didn't, he couldn't- wouldn't tell her about it. She was still his best friend, and his girlfriend. But he couldn't stop the thoughts that popped into his head as he saw his ex-girlfriend, ex-friend in general, Violet Parr, standing in front of the school. His stomach did a flip as he watched the black haired beauty walk with her group of friends, completely unaware that he was there. He was shaken out of his thoughts by Penny, who placed her hand on his as she followed his gaze.
"I miss them too." She said, referring to the group of friends that they had during their freshman and sophomore years. They were more than just friends, in fact, they were a team, a team of high stakes heroes. But that was all in the past. That group had faded with time, disbanded for a lack of need, and for the danger that it presented to those around them. And when the team disbanded, so did the relationships within it. They tried, of course, but there was much too much baggage that they had with each other. Heartbreak was inevitable. Wilbur turned to Penny and gave her hand a kiss.
"Hey, at least we've still got each other." He grinned. She smiled, shaking her head.
"You stupid idiot. C'mon, let's get going. I promised Tip we'd meet her in the library." She said, getting out of the car, slinging her bag over her shoulder. He followed suit, locking up the car and looking at the jail like building in front of him.
"First day of the last year." He said with a grin, taking her hand and walking in. As he did so, he locked eyes with Violet for a brief second. He bit his lip, feeling guilty for the feelings he felt as he did so, then turned to Penny giving her a kiss. She pulled away after a moment, looking at him with a confused grin.
"What was that for?" She asked.
"Just wanted to." He smiled, and she shoved him.
"Whatever, dork." She giggled as they walked into the building.
Violet watched the pair as Wilbur swept Penny into a kiss. Her stomach churned, looking down, falling out of the conversation with her friends. "What do you think, Violet?" Her friend, Riley, asked her. Her and her boyfriend had been arguing over something stupid, along the lines of whether or not sugary cereal should be considered a real breakfast.
"Hmm? Oh, yeah, I don't really have an opinion." She said, shrugging.
Andy, Riley's boyfriend, raised an eyebrow. "Wow. Violet Parr doesn't have an opinion. It's a damn miracle!" He grinned, and Violet shoved him.
"Shut up!" She rolled her eyes, and Riley frowned.
"Hey, you all good? You seem a bit off."
"Yeah, I'm okay, I just.." She trailed off, watching Wilbur and Penny go into the school. Riley raised an eyebrow, forming a sympathetic smile.
"Ahhhh, I get it."
"You do?"
"Yeah! You miss Tony, don't you? I completely understand. Long distance is hard."
Right. Tony Rydinger. Violet's boyfriend of two, maybe three months. He left for college last week. She guessed she should miss him, though she really didn't. She sighed, looking up at Riley and nodding. "Yeah, right, yeah, I miss him." She cracked a smile, and Riley nodded, returning to her argument with Andy. Violet's smile faded, and she sighed. She broke up with Wilbur, she shouldn't be surprised that he got together with someone else. She had no reason to. She thought back to their breakup, remembering the sadness she felt as she told him she just couldn't stay with him. She shook herself out of it. Today was a happy day. First day of senior year. Only 9 more months and she was outta here and on her way to bigger and brighter things.
Hiro Hamada sighed, pulling up to the school building. He parked his car in the parking lot, shouldering his bag and walking towards the school. He nodded and waved at the few acquaintances that he had, but mostly kept to himself as he made his way to the library. It was full of people that were greeting their friends for the first time since the end of summer, acting as though they hadn't seen them two months ago. He sighed, sitting down at an empty table and opening his laptop, messing around with a game he had been designing for himself. He'd been working on said game for nearly 4 months, and was hardly 25% of the way done with it. He tinkered with it, becoming dissolved in the work when someone tapped him on his shoulder. He jumped, flailing out of surprise. He looked up, seeing his closest, and only, friend in the school. Coraline Jones. She smiled down at him.
"Hi!" She grinned, sitting down next to him. He sighed, taking off his headphones. Coraline was a strange friend. They were both sorta loners, paired up in lab his junior year. She decided that they would be great friends, and Hiro hadn't been able to get rid of her since. Not that he necessarily wanted to. She was a good friend, just a bit.. Strange.
"Hey, Coraline." He said, cracking the tiniest bit of a smile. She grinned when she saw that, nudging him lightly.
"Whatcha working on?" She asked, glancing at his laptop.
"That game I've been telling you about." He responded, putting his headphones away, knowing that he will not be getting anyway work done now that Coraline was here. "How'd you find me here?" He asked, and she smirked.
"I have my ways," She grinned. "How's the game going?"
"It's going good, but I've hit a roadblock with some stuff, there seems to be a problem with.." He launched into a rant about some technological information, things that Coraline had no idea what they were. She blinked slowly, shaking her head.
"I… I think I just blacked out. I have no idea what you said." She laughed, standing up. "Oh well, it's not important. Class starts in 10 minutes, and I hate being late, as you know." He rolled his eyes. He definitely did know. He was once ten minutes late for a movie night at her house and she didn't talk to him for an hour after that.
"Yeah yeah, I know." He rolled his eyes, gathering his stuff. "What class do you have first?"
"History with Mr. Thatch. Should be fun, I've heard great things about the class." She grinned.
"Nice. I've got english with Mrs. Radcliffe." He sighed. English had never been his strong suit, his mind was more mathematically wired. "Starting the day with english is definitely not boding well for the rest of the semester." They began a walk towards the senior hallway.
"Who knows, maybe it won't be so bad." She nudged him.
"Doubtful." He nudged back. He stopped in front of the english room. "Here's my stop. See ya later." He grinned a bit, waving her off.
"Yeah yeah, see ya." She walked off, waving. He rolled his eyes, smiling the tiniest bit as he walked into the classroom. The smile faded to an expression of shock when he saw three familiar faces stare up at him.
Violet, Penny, him, and Wilbur were all in the same class. This should be interesting.