<blockquote><div><cite>Eferhilda wrote:</cite>Angela sighed in disgust as she packed up her data pad, grabbing up whatever else she may have taken out that morning. Such as her music player, which promptly got turned on and the ear buds stuck firmly back into her ears. Though as she passed the teacher's desk a data card was extended to her, making her take out one of the ear buds so that she could give the teacher some of her attention.<br/><br/>"Yes Mrs. Johnson?" Angela asked forcing herself to sound polite and not annoyed as she felt.<br/><br/>"Take this to the new student. Its a copy of the material he will need for his current classes" Mrs. Johnson spoke without looking up from her terminal which she appeared to be having trouble with.<br/><br/>"Why can't he just download the material like everyone else?" Angela snapped.<br/><br/>"Because something has been wrong with our network lately. Its acting corrupted, but the tech-heads are not sure as to what is going on. So the principle has requested that all new students receive a hard copy since they are closing down access to the schools database for the time being" the teacher said with a sigh as she looked up at Angela. "Look I like everyone else here knows that you have no love for Feral, but this is something that I need done I am asking you to do it. Now take the card" Mrs. Johnson's tone leaving no room for discussion.<br/><br/>Angela grit her teeth and all but snatched the card from her teachers hand, before storming off to find the disgusting feral. Shouldn't be too hard he looked odd even for a feral.<br/><br/>Heading to the cafeteria she stood at the door as she scanned the large room, finally zeroing in on him she takes only one step before someone placed their arm about her shoulder.<br/><br/>"Hey Angel" Cody's distinct voice is heard, calling her a name that was supposed to be a term of endearment, but that was before they parted ways.<br/><br/>"Hey Cody. Thought you were expelled from this place?" she asked as she lightly shrugged out of his grasp.<br/><br/>"Well the security on this place is not the best. You know that" his smug smile still made her heart flutter a bit, but he was in her past and not someone she wanted to get mixed up with again.<br/><br/>"You should not be here Cody. You need to get out of here before they see you" Angela said watching Donta out of the corner of her eye taking a seat by one of the back windows.<br/><br/>"Just wanted to drop in and say hi. See how you were doing....check the old place out..." Cody said looking about the cafeteria.<br/><br/>"Whatever you have planned please wait till I am gone. I don't need to get into any trouble right now" Angela said turning and beginning to walk away but Cody caught her arm to stop her.<br/><br/>"Hey...why are you acting so cold to me..." he asked as he pulled her close to him, his hand coming up to push back some of her hair so that she looked up into his eyes. "You weren't always so cold to me..." his tone soft as he continued to hold her gaze with his own. "Sometimes you were rather warm to me...even a bit hot..." his tone low as he moved in to kiss her and Angela ducked away.<br/><br/>"Damnit! Cody! Look we can't do this again. I can't do this again" her voice a harsh whispered as she did not want to cause a scene.<br/><br/>"Why? What can't we go back to what we had?" he asked hurt and confused.<br/><br/>"Cause Cody it won't work. I've changed and you..." she sighed "Have not...I'm sorry but I have to go" her voice full of regret as she parted from him. Had she been thinking clearly she might have waited till he was gone before she went up to Donta, but Cody did always have the affect of making her flustered. Which was what she was now as she went to Donta.<br/><br/>"Here" she says not even saying hello as she tossed the data card at him. "This is the material for all of your classes. The schools database has been shutdown for the moment so the principle had Mrs. Johnson make this for you. Then she made me deliver it to you. So there it is" she looked back over her shoulder and saw Cody staring at them. The look in his eyes made a shiver go up her spine and she realized she might have just caused a huge problem.<br/><br/>Cody turned stiff and tense, his fists clench as he exited the cafeteria.</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Donta looked up as the girl extended the card towards him. He stretched out his furry arm and took the card between two short black claws. He followed her gaze to the guy leaving in anger. Not really knowing the details, he had only the face value of what was happening to go on, yet the way she said the teacher made her bring him the data made him think it was the last thing she wanted to do.<br/><br/>"Thanks. Sorry for the trouble." he said, "I hope I didn't get you in trouble with your friend there." His voice sounded sincere as it should.<br/><br/>--------------<br/><br/>Having gotten herself lost in a good ebook in the library, Kate lost track of time. Now it was long after the start of lunch and she rushed to the cafeteria, hoping to find a seat.<br/><br/>She rushed inside, her lunch bag in hand and scanned the room. Every school had their cliques, each tending to gather together to their own tables, yet this school was a little different. She noticed this year was the same as others. There were three groups she could see from the front of the large room. To her left, the entire left side of the room was made up of Ferals of all types, with different species grouping together at each table. To the far right, nothing but Humans gathered together in the typical High school groups, the Jocks, Geeks, Cheerleaders, Goths, then the general population of unpopular nobody's that have yet to decide on a major group or make their own. Directly in the middle of the two sides were the sparsely populated seats where few Humans and Ferals ate together. There were less sitting here than previous years, but most of the tables were filled by Ferals sitting alone, the spaces around them considered contaminated by Humans due to an increasing prejudice of the so called 'lesser' species.<br/><br/>Kate sighed heavily and trudged down the isle. A few Human boys smiled at her and stared, their smiles turning into devious sneers. She got this every year. She had attended an all Human High school in the past and the guys considered her very attractive and thus she became popular. With her genuine caring personality, she made friends easily and kept those friendships for years. that was until she moved to where she had to attend a mixed school. The first day she was friendly to a Feral, people started to notice and she quickly fell from popularity, her friends became distant and Human boys turned away from her. This year was no different. She couldn't change who she was. Pushing her brown hair behind her ears, she spotted a new Feral speaking to Angela near the back of the room. Kate knew Angela hated Ferals as much as most of the other Humans here. Perhaps this new guy didn't know what to expect from her.<br/><br/>Kate ignored the looks the boys were giving her and sat down directly across from the odd Feral. Glancing back she saw the looks of disgust from the boys who quickly turned away and continued eating. She heard remarks like 'Fur lover' and 'Traitor', yet she pretended not to hear.<br/><br/>"Hiya!" she said with a smile, "You must be new here. Is Angela giving you any trouble?" Donta was surprised at first that someone sat down with him without hesitating, his ears didn't miss the boy's remarks either...<br/><br/>"No, just giving me some notes." he said, "You are?"<br/><br/>"Kate Crawford." she said, pulling out her lunch, "What's your name?"<br/><br/>"Donta." he simply said. He gestured for Angela to sit down, daring to assume she would as Kate seemed to do so without fear of being judged, as she surely was. It was a long shot, but Donta wasn't hopeful. At least one person was being nice to him. So far.<br/><br/>"So, Donta." Kate said, taking a bite of sandwich. Donta looked her over and glanced around the room. She seemed like a very attractive girl, and would probably be popular if she sat with the other Humans, but why would she choose to sit with him and throw all that away? Kate continued after she finished chewing, "You look like you're new here. Getting along well with people?"<br/><br/>"Hardly." He said. He looked over to Angela. She was just as attractive yet seemed more like the lone wolf type. Not really an outcast, but by the way she carried herself, she didn't really associate with any other group. She looked like a girl with a reputation. Kate knew her by name and in a school of this size it was uncommon, unless you did something noteworthy. Kate and Angela looked to be complete opposites.<br/><br/>"Yeah, it's hard for you guys here. This may be one of the few co-species schools in the world, but that hardly means the hate would stop just because you shove both species in a building together." she said, glancing at Angela, "I don't know what their problem is. Ferals are just like Humans spare for the looks. I at least, you don't have to worry about. I'm not as shallow to judge a person by looks."<br/><br/>A wing twitched and Donta suddenly got a lump in his throat. He smiled and blushed beneath his fur, but he knew that his white fur didn't show it. His ears folded back on his head and he felt a short shot of adrenaline shoot through him at the thought of having a friend. She was far from that at the moment, but things looked good so far. His gaze drifted back to Angela and he did want to get along with her as well, perhaps become friends as well but he got the impression that she didn't like Ferals and didn't know how to approach the subject.<br/><br/>"Thanks." He simply said, and began eating his food.