Seems like my delays just get worse and worse, huh? Well, either way, my apologies, and enjoy : D

Private School 101 and Pizza Thursday Rushes

After the agreement, a very very tense partnership settled in. A few days passed, and Artemis' borrowed body was deemed alright to leave the hospital. He had not needed such a long stay in the hospital ever since his encounter with fairy technology, so he was itching to do something productive by the end of the stay.

Then, another few weeks passed as well. Kelsey had given him an extensive write up of Benjamin's actions, in hopes that he would cooperate and play his part.

"Just cooperate for now, it's safest and has the least hassle for me and you." She had said, slapping down the notebook.

"You and I." He corrected automatically.

The girl gave him an aggravated look. "Yeah, you and I. Anyways. You'll be entering school again… that'll test just how well you've gotten down his character."

Instantly he felt a migraine coming on. "School…" he muttered darkly.

"Look, I'm sure homework will pretty much be a breeze for you… but there are some things that will piss you off." She looked a bit warily at him.

This has proven to be the most aggravating situation he'd ever been in. Living out his days pretending to be an average cheery kid, cooperating with a nonsensical Asian girl…

"You think I'm nonsensical, don't you?" She broke into his thoughts.

He looked up at her curious face, slightly startled. "No… not in the least bit."

His face twitched.

"Ahh…" She sighed, "You don't have to lie to me. I write fanfictions, so I'm an expert in your reactions."

"Fanfictions?"

It was her face's turn to twitch. "I'll… I'll show you that some other time… Anyways! School!"

Although this was quite an unprecedented incident, he couldn't help but be a bit curious of his own skills. How easily would he be able to mock someone else? He would figure out this out soon, but for now he'll play along.

"-Get ready for Pizza Thursday." She had been talking for awhile, "Hey, are you even listening? Psh. Fine. You deal with Pizza Thursday yourself."

Pizza Thursday?

It should have been pronounced the saddest looking private school he had ever seen in his life.

It was a small campus filled with one story buildings. The formation was a square, with a large outside eating place as the center.

Everything was outside.

"Are you sure this is considered a private school in California?" His face scrunched up in a displeased look, and oddly, it seemed like his facial muscles weren't used to it.

Her face was as smooth as glass, evidently trying to keep the conversation as normal looking as possible. "You're actually lucky. Most private schools and public schools are made of mobiles rooted to the ground."

A row of lockers stood across the main class buildings on one side of the square, across was the gym and the music room, to the left was the building they called the "Y building," and to the right was the library.

Early students began to filter into the quad and towards their lockers, talking loudly over the ear-breaking volumes of their ipods.

After bumping and shoving their way through for awhile, they arrived at the second to last row of lockers were a few students suddenly ambushed him.

"Ben! You're okay!" A tall girl with short brown hair rushed towards him as a second shorter girl ran with her.

While they attempted to strangle him to death, Kelsey looked on, her face showing that she was obviously amused.

"Megan…" He looked at the taller, "And… Abbey."

"And they said you forgot everyone after the accident!" Megan beamed, happy that this wasn't the case.

Abbey looked pensive, brushing away her brown bangs that were whipping at her face. "Kelsey, weren't you the first one there? What did you see?"

Unconsciously he sucked in his breath.

"Nothing in particular." She answered quickly, "He just looked like he came out of a cartoon with so many casts, but that was it- oh! Hey!"

A boy with a blonde bowl cut had almost silently approached them, nodding at Kelsey before turning to the rest. He wore a large worn-out looking jacket, and one of his shoes were untied.

It took everything Artemis had to not say anything.

"Hey." The boy's voice was almost flat, "Faring well, I see."

"Quite." He replied automatically.

In response they all looked at him strangely.

"Well you're not dead, and that's a good thing." The other continued while rocking slightly back and forth.

The carefully put on Ben-face was cracking under the pressure.

Kelsey laughed nervously. "Tom… how has it been?"

"Doing fine."

The bell rang, and almost instantly the girl lunged towards the genius, dragging him backwards while waving goodbye quickly.

They had walked past foul smelling bathrooms and girls in too short skirts while she debriefed him about the "Tom" situation.

Tom is smart. Tom is strange and likes to steal pencils. Do not let Tom's uncleanliness annoy you because Tom is something to get used to.

It would take him quite a long time.

"Tom is probably the only one here that… if you burst into Artemis-mode he would know what you're saying."

The idea was simply so ludicrous he couldn't help but rearrange this face's features into a blank stare. She clicked her tongue. "Don't give me that face. It looks like someone just shoved a lollipop up your nose."

This girl… he decided…

Was completely and utterly stupid.

"Do you want me to try?" She smiled sweetly.

And violent.

It seems that a loss for words would be something he would just have to get used to in this dimension.

They stopped in front of a classroom decorated with colorful and half-hearted posters. Most likely all last-minute projects. "Here's Spanish." She waved at another girl inside, "Good luck."

And pushed him in.

By the time lunch bell rang, Artemis felt like he was about to regain control of the situation. He immediately made plans to obtain a computer to make some calculations.

As he exited the History classroom (Which was clearly biased), someone slapped him on the shoulder. "Hey!"

The boy turned around grudgingly, realizing that Kelsey was nearly a head shorter than him in this body.

She frowned. "Shut up."

"I haven't said anything." He replied calmly.

The girl pointed her index finger defiantly at what seemed to be his nose. "I know what you're thinking. I'm short. Too bad you don't have Butler, because in this dimension, I can kick… and he can't shoot me in the head for it."

"I have to ask," Ignoring the threat for now, "What gives you the nerve to speak to me in such a way?"

"Because of other things regarding this situation." She answered instantly.

"What-"

And suddenly, hundreds of students backed up to the lockers, a few tripping over their backpacks.

From the other side of the school you could hear indistinct screeches. He looked over to Kelsey, and just his expression demanded answers from her. She shrugged. "Thursday Pizza Rushes."

What seemed to be hundreds of children ran out from the other side of school, pushing other more unfortunate victims out of the lines. Some even had backpacks that effectively ran over the upperclassmen left in the mob.

"Sixth graders at our school are vicious for pizza… and most of them are too small for a normal backpack…" She spoke over the victorious cries of pint-sized junior high students.

In his normal body, Artemis didn't have the chance to pale in fear.

He got the chance this time.

Somehow they had reminded him of an angry red-head with a clear to shoot…

"Hey!" Megan popped out from under a pile of backpacks. "Glad that's over with… Oh yeah, Kelsey, how's the fanfiction going?"

Fanfiction. She had mentioned it before…

The girl jumped in response. "Uh…" Quickly she shifted eyes towards him, and he was obviously looking back at her.

"Which one-"

"The one where Artemis and Ben switch places of course!"

Silence was thick in the air. The taller girl looked worried, "Did I say something wrong?"

"I refuse to cooperate in this charade any longer." He spoke clearly, "I demand answers, and I will receive them in any way how."

She wasn't as stupid as he thought.

Finally we're getting around to the plot! Next chapter they're be one more major character introduced. Thank you for reading, and please review!