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"Pencil!"
Pencil wakes up groggily. Her face was slammed down on her sketch-book. She had fallen asleep, which she didn't even know she did, while making up designs for her election poster for President of Student Council. In front of her was her laptop, screen still bright open. Before lifting up the screen of her laptop to see what she could've possibly made in the middle of the night, absolutely SLEEP DEPRIVED, she turns to her side. She's faced with her young cousin, Marker. He's currently yelling her name repeatedly while holding up her blaring alarm close to her ears.
"Shut up." She says drowsily, shushing Marker with her index finger and grabbing her phone from Marker's hand. 7:33 AM. Only 3 minutes late from her alarm. "Shoo." Her young cousin exits the room, running to the dining room.
Once Marker is finally out of her room, Pencil lifts up her laptop screen to see what she made last night. A pretty pink and orange themed election poster, it had her usual "yeah-yeah-yeah" chant in it. The big words "VOTE PENCIL DRAWSCOAL FOR PRESIDENT!" are on the top of the poster. Pencil herself was photoshopped on the right of the poster, doing a "peace" sign with her hand and smiling. She also had a mouse-drawn version of herself on the left, a much more tiny but cute version of her. She misses her drawing tablet, but Pen had borrowed it from her a week ago for his work for the Creatives Committee. The girl had always thought that committees sucked, they're only connected to the student council, why not just be IN the council instead? Ah, whatever.
Pencil looked down on her sketch-book. There were multiple different versions of how the poster would turn out, but she figured the one on her laptop was just amazing enough. All of the ideas for it were amazing obviously, because she's in it! She moves her mouse to the print button, making a ton of copies for her friends to help post up with her. She only had two opponents, but they both suck. Pin Charkov and Golf Ball Eivon were who she was up against. She was sure she could win easy. Nobody likes Pin and Golf Ball was just a nerd who IS decently liked but is a horrid leader. These thoughts made Pencil smile.
As she waits for all of her copies of her election poster to finish printing, she goes to do her daily routine. Skip fixing her bed because she didn't even sleep on it, go to the bathroom and shower, dry off, take her estrogen, try to pick an outfit… She picked low-waist jeans, a black crop top, and her usual silver bracelets and necklace, a pencil shaped pendant attached to it. She decided to wear some leather black boots, then she grabbed her pink beret hat, a ribbon on it's back and a golden pencil-shaped bar on the front, saying the words "Freesmart," but before putting it on, she ties her spikey long hair, it looked like a long line of pencil shavings. She grabbed her bag filled with everything she needed, her laptop, and her phone. Then she exists her room to go to the dining room.
She can smell her brother cooking a classic breakfast, bacon and scrambled eggs. Probably one of the only things she eats often. She sets her stuff down on the chair next to her and opens her phone.
FREESMART SUPER GROUPCHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7:30 AM
rub1nator: BEEP
BEEP
BEEEP!!!
WAKE UP GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!
ill give u gusy 10 more minutes!
7:40 AM
rub1nator: WAKE UP
WAKE UP
WAKEUP
WAKE URP
7:43 AM
rub1nator: GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
needle: it's mid 7am???
classes start at 8:30
rub1nator: HI NEEDYim waking u guys up because 7:30 is when leader pence-pence wakes up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
needle: DONT CALL ME NEEDY
7:54 AM
matchie<3: ? how do you like know that???
not even i know that …
rub1nator: i asked pence ysterdfay!!!!!!!!!! she kind of gave thsi concerned look but its ojk im using it for GOOD THIGNS
what
youre not waking up anybody by doing that
rub1nator: I JUST DID
UR JUST 26 MINUTES LATER
matchie<3: you totes like didnt
ive been awake 😒
ive been too
i was just doing a morning routine. i dont message my friends first thing in the morning
unlike YOU
needle: book hasnt even messaged here
so match is right you…. failed
she isnt even in this gc
needle: she isnt?
matchie<3: ic made her leave
as well as bubs
wtvr. idek how she was even friends with us
rub1nator: she asked us 2 yeares aog
you calld her and icube ALTERNATES!!!!!!!
ph right
oh right
why did i even do t
As she was typing, her phone was slapped down on the dining table. "Phones off!" Pen says, his hand grabbing her phone and turning it off. His other hand had a plate of bacon and eggs, setting it down infront of Pencil. "It's disrespectful to use electronics during a meal, you know."
Pencil scoffs, grabbing her phone angrily and placing it inside her pocket. "When did YOU care about table etiquette? Aren't you friends with Blocky and Eraser? They're like, the schools biggest troublemakers." As she talks, Pen walks back to the kitchen to grab two more plates, setting on in front of his own seat and one in front of Marker, who was currently trying to tie his apron that for some reason he wears everyday.
"Just because those are my bros doesn't mean I can't have some respect. Table etiquette is still important." He responds as he sits down, next to Marker and in front of Pencil.
The girl grabs a fork and stuffs 2 bacon pieces down her mouth. "You sure you're not the sister rather than me?" She says while chewing.
"God forbid a man likes to cook for his siblings."
"You're barely even a man!" She laughs. "You're even wearing a 'Kiss the Chef' apron… Who's kissing you? Eraser?" Pen flusters and immediately unties his apron. "It was the only apron that was available! Marker took all of them, even the kitchen ones."
Marker looks at him. "Sawry." Pen pats his back. "I didn't mean it in a mean way, Marker." Their cousin smiles and continues eating. The table is silent for the rest of breakfast. Pencil finishes eating first, then she goes back to open her phone, but Pen gives her an angry stare.
"Fine, I'll go wait somewhere else." She stands up and goes to wait for them in the living room, she plops down on the couch. She switches her position, her legs dangling off the top of the backrest of it. She's upside down. Her phone is buzzing with a ton of messages.
FREESMART SUPER GROUPCHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:09 AM
matchie<3: ruby can you like CALM DOWN
pence-pence isnt dead
rub1nator: BUTSHE JUST RANDOMLY DISAPPEARED WHILE TYPING????????
SHE WAS TYPING FOR 7 MINUTES STRAIGHT I THOUGHT SHE WAS TYPING PARAGAPHS
sorry
pen stole my phone because of meal etiquette
needle: …meal etiquette???
table etiquette whatever hes becoming a mom now or something
matchie<3: maybe hes
like
preparing for his life with like eraser!
good theory actually
rub1nator: PENC EPENCE
matchie<3: like dont call her pencepence
😒 thats my line
rub1nator: ARE U GONAN BE WALKING WITH ME AND MATHCV TO SCHOOL TOADY
no
im gonna drive
dont ask to come .im driving with my relatives
rub1nator: aw man
matchie<3: wait when i was walking wth YOU????
rub1nator: NOW
LOOK OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW
needle: wtf
matchie<3: ommf shes like ACTUALLY there????
ok.. well see you guys
bye matchie!!!!
needle: well i actually have to go as well
im going with pin and coiny today
THEM?
save yourself
im praying for you needy
needle: DONTcall me needy????
whatever. bye
needle: bye …….
Pencil shuts her phone and just lays there for a few minutes. Luckily, Pen and Marker had already finished eating. They enter the room and Pencil flips herself to a proper sitting position.
"Finally, you guys were so slow." She stands up and grabs the house and van keys. She goes back to the dining room to grab her bag and laptop from the chair that was next to her. Her relatives do the same, grabbing what they need. They both grab their iconic caps and put it on, that's just something that runs in the family I guess. She goes back into her room to grab her printed posters and puts them inside her bag, then the garage and turns on her very designed van. Her brother goes into the front seat while her cousin sits on the seat behind her brother. As they get on the road, Pen starts up a conversation.
"I don't get why you modified this van to have party-disco flashing lights."
Marker interrupts. "I like it." But his opinion was ignored.
"As well as having the words 'Pencil Supervan' on the sides of the van? It's kind of weird."
Pencil's brows furrow. "It's a SUPERVAN, Pen. Get it right. And you know what I don't get? You dyeing your hair blonde! Your roots are showing! You look terrible."
"You have your roots showing too! And you also have pink hair tips, you have three different hair colors!"
"Yeah, but I look good with my roots showing, and don't insult my pink tips! Whatever, you should dye your hair back. It looks like we're matching and that's pissing me off. I don't wanna match with a MAN! Let alone my brother."
"Well that's too bad."
Pencil parks her van as the conversation finishes.
"Okay, get out, you boys are stinking up my supervan."
Pen rolls his eyes and leaves, Marker follows. Pencil leans back on the driver's seat for a moment, then she leaves as well. While she's walking to the entrance of the school, she could see Ruby waving at her. Match next to her, who was looking for Pencil. Ruby grabs Match's hand and runs to the tanned girl.
"PENCIL!" She yells, hugging her.
Pencil smiles. "Hi girls." She looks down at Ruby. "What's with the reaction? It's only been a day since you last saw me in person."
"That's like, a totally long time." Match says.
Pencil giggles. "Makes sense, people should be sad without my presence." The girls go inside the school and walks into the hallway. The halls were usually pretty loud.
"I have math today… Waah!" Ruby exclaims sadly, her mood dropping down.
Pencil puts her hands on her hips. "Math isn't that hard, Rubester."
"It's not, but it's so like, tiring! I don't like writing all of those numbers and letters and shapes." Match replies. "I can get Ruby's misery."
"Right. It is, I hate math." Pencil says. "Thank tree we don't have math today. Matchie and I have english today!"
"What, aw. That's the easiest subject ever!" Ruby opens her phone. "WAH! CLASSES START IN 3 MINUTES!"
Pencil and Match jumps. "Okay, WOW we have to go, BYE RUBY!" Pencil says as Match takes her arm and runs to the classroom they need to be in.
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English class was boring. Their teacher, Announcer, was even more boring. He taught about 3 other subjects, and they all suck! History, Chemistry, and Biology. Thank god it was over. Pencil would've fallen asleep, but popularity unfortunately also includes grades. She and Match met up with Ruby in front of the cafeteria. Ruby had brought someone else along with her too.
"Hi guys! I found Book and thought it would be fun to bring her along with us too!" Ruby grins, Book just awkwardly waves.
"Bookie? I thought you hated us." Pencil says.
Book hums. "Well, I don't HATE you. I think you guys could act better, but I can still hang around. Ice Cube didn't want me to be with you guys, but we're not on talking terms right now…" She points a finger up.
"Oh." Match says. "Well, whatever, welcome baaaack!" All of the girls hug her as a response.
"The more the merrier, I actually needed you guys to help me with something." They all let go of the green-blue haired girl and look at Pencil, who's shuffling through her bag. She takes out a bunch of election posters and shows it to them. "Ta-da! Aren't they pretty? I need you guys to help me put these around the school. Votes end next week, I need all of the supporters that I can get!"
They all nod and give a thumbs up. Pencil hands out an equal amount of posters to all 3 of them. "Let's go!" And they all scatter around the school.
They were putting up poster everywhere that they could. On the walls, lockers, classroom doors, and even on top of Pin and GB's posters, ESPECIALLY Pin's. Her poster was a pretty glittery red. Pencil would think it was gorgeous, but it's Pin, and she sucks, so it looks disgusting now. Golf Ball's poster was just extremely boring. There was barely anything appealing on it.
She's filled up an entire hallway with posters, as she walks to the next area to infest in posters, she bumps into someone. "Move." She says coldly. Before she could take another step, she's suddenly pushed onto the wall. "ACK!" She flinches, and turns to look at who that even was.
It was one of those stupid people from Grade 11, those non-gendered students. What was this person's name? Three? She had a bunch of metal chains as jewelry and light red colored curly long hair, tied. she was angry.
"You bitch!" Pencil yells. "What's wrong with you!? You and your stupid mathematically smart batch!" The blonde pushes her roughly, tackling her and dropping her posters all over the ground. What turned into just an accidental bump suddenly turned into fist fight. Three was not verbally responsive in any way, but was still fighting back. There was a crowd quickly forming around the two. Eventually, Three didn't have a chance to even land a hit due to Pencil's aggressive attacks. It wasn't often that Pencil would go into a full physical fight with someone, she was more than a gossiper than a bully, but she has an average amount of strength to be a bully. Three was instead trying to defend herself rather than punching her in the face now.
In the big crowd of students watching and cheering, someone was pushing into the crowds. "HEY!" Pencil turns to the voice, still grabbing onto Three. It was a female-presenting student, they had gorgeously long blue hair, her bangs covering one of her eyes, she had yellow star-clips on her hair, astonishing make up and a beautiful outfit. She had a bass guitar case dropped onto the ground beside her. She looked so attractive.
The pretty stranger runs up to Pencil, pushing her off of Three. "Get off of her!" She says. Three shuffles on the ground and runs off, she had an furious expression on his face. Pencil steps back in surprise, but is suddenly pushed forward from a sudden tug on her necklace. The gorgeous student had her hand around the pendant of Pencil's necklace.
"What's your problem!?" The stranger yells, Pencil was zoning out slightly. Her face was a bit flushed. "You stay away from my friend, idiot." The blue-haired student roughly pushes and lets go of Pencil's necklace, letting her fall on her back, frozen. The student leaves the middle of the crowd, grabbing her bass and running after her friend. Pencil was a bit dizzy. Who was that?… She was so… gorgeous. But she wasn't attracted to her, right? That random student may have had the most astonishing looks, beautiful hair, and pretty face, but that couldn't be a crush... That would be love at first sight! That would be so pathetic of her. She wasn't in love.
During her zone-out, she failed to see that her friends were surrounding her. Ruby was trying to shake her alive. Pencil suddenly shook her head intensely, bringing herself back to her senses. She lifts her arm to grab her necklace that was held by that student like a leash, and stares at it. She was blushing red again. She looks back up, still a bit dazed.
"…Hot."