Lavender entered into the classroom everyone was in their friend groups and Lavender had no one to sit by. So she sat by herself by this long table and that was by the door and a wall that had all this writing and drawings on it.
Though Dahlia and Inez talked to Lavender she couldn't really consider them friends could she? They only talked in class and at art club never outside of school.
Dahlia was married and she herself had said she hadn't had any friends since her marriage. Inez had friends. She was practically friends with everyone in their major.
She sat there for a while,looking up at everyone that came in seeing if they were Inez or Dahlia.
She tapped away with her pen on her notepad. Writing these cute little doodles she did. A dark skinned chibi girl eating a cookie that was larger than her. She smiled at the drawing imagining it to be her daughter who had stolen a cookie she told her she couldn't get until after dinner.
"Cute". A voice said. She looked up to see a smiling Dahlia setting her bag down on the table. Dahlia was Indian with this black hair almost jet black. Her eyes were somewhat huge and brown and that lit up from the sun shining in through the window.
Lavender had always loved the way Dahlia dressed and today she had on this short sleeve buttoned up shirt that had strips and over it a sweater vest with dark baggy flared jeans. With some black dr martens.
Her hair was messily put up into a bun with pieces of hair dangling in her face and at her neck. She sat down in her chair smiling at Lavender as if she was the sweetest thing she had ever seen. Too bad Lavender didn't noticed this or noticed that Dahlia thought of Lavender as a friend.
Dahlia had perceived that Lavender was a quiet girl. Shy she had barely talked and when she did talk she could see that Lavender was worried that maybe her Scottish accent was too thick or maybe her being hearing impaired had messed her voice up because she hadn't been using her voice as much anymore.
Lavender had Dahlias number but she never sent her a text message. But Dahlia simply waited until Lavender would trying not to cross any boundaries or make Lavender uncomfortable.
"How are you doing today"? Dahlia asked. "Amazing"! Lavender lit up. She began pulling the book she was reading out of her bag and showing it to Dahlia. "Oh"! Dahlia said excitedly. "I've been meaning to read this". Dahlia said. "The librarian just ordered it". Lavender said. "Let me know when you turn it in so I can read it too".
Lavender nodded and they began chatting away later Inez joined and pretty soon. Joining the conversation easily.
In flooded upperclassmen and lower class men. The club leader was standing in front of the room waving to everyone that came in. He himself was an upperclassman named Amir who was to graduate next year.
"Last but not least as always". Amir pushed his glasses up as a group of upperclassmen walked in. This including Cedar who had noticed Lavender but she hadn't noticed him.
It had stopped him in his tracks. "Cedar something wrong"? Amir said,making everyone in the club room look at him. Lavender included.
"No nothing". Cedar said hurrying to his group. "What's up"? His friend nudged him. Cedar shook his head and looked back at Lavender who smiled and gave him a wave. He waved back at her and took a deep breath.
"Who are you waving at"? A girl named Esme said looking behind her. "A girl"? A boy named Elowen asked. "Yeah her". Cedar said boldly pointing at Lavender. "Ahh"! Esme said, turning around.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Cedar asked. "That's Lavender Adell she made quite the spectacle for the first few days of school". Esme said crossing her arms.
"Here we go". Elowen said. "What it's true". "In the beginning of school at the freshman welcoming little thing she would straight up ignore anyone who talked to her. This went on for quite some time until finally some of the upperclassmen confronted her".
"Wow even though she's an adell". Elowen said. "The Adell was fairly quiet but anyways come to find out she's hearing impaired she didn't have her hearing aids in because they had broken before she started school". Esme sighed. "She's hearing inpaired".
"Hearing impaired"! Elowen almost shouted. Cedar slapped him on the back of his head and shook his head. "Ow"! Elowen said. "But hearing impaired"? He asked as if that wasn't what Esme had just said.
"Yup". Esme side eyed Cedar who shrugged his shoulders. "That means your family won't approve Cedar". "Who said I wanted to marry the girl". Cedar crossed his arms. "It was just curiosity". "Mhm I heard your grandmother is trying to arrange a marriage with Anastasia Belgians".
"Anastasia Belgians"? Elowen said. "Our playmate when we were younger"?
Now Esme,Elowen,Aiken, and Cedar all grew up together.
Elowen Ahoka was Native American; he had long dark hair and these bushy eyebrows. His family too was in a way just like the Claude's but they took the lawyer route into construction and being lawyers of famous celebrities.
Esme Williams unlike the other three in the group, her family wasn't in the lawyer business. They were investors and ran one of the biggest charities for medicine in New York. Esme was a preppy pretty dark skinned girl. She was kinda already making a name for herself as an influencer star.
Aiken Fujiki was a Japanese American. He was the first because his parents had moved here because he was born. His family too was in the law business but it was mainly in Japan and they had opened a branch in America. They're business was mostly in the medical field.
Then that leaves Anastasia Belgians. She hung around the childhood group only because her family was close to the Claude family. The Belgians were in the medical profession. Lines and lines of doctors,surgeons,and nurses, you name it the Belgians were on it.
"Anastasia huh". Aiken said, playing with a ring on his finger. "What's this meeting for anyways". Elowen said.
"Okay everyone, attention"! Amir yelled, quieting everyone down. "So as everyone has heard whether you heard it or not the university is putting on a school festival to help bring in more admissions. Since a lot of the upperclassmen will be graduating this year and next year each club and some majors will participate in the school festival creating little stalls and shops and the art club is no exception we will be joined by the theater major and put on a musical for day two and three of the festival".
"A musical "! Esme squealed. "Yes a musical phantom of the opera to be exact we will be creating the background props for the musical everyone will be involved no exceptions"!
"Amir said, staring at JC who was sitting with Cedar and the others. "But I only take pictures"! JC yelled.
"Good you can record the play and sell the footage". Amir smirked. JC groaned and shrunk into his chair. "It's okay JC". Esme said, patting him on his shoulder. "Sticking up for your fiancé already Esme". Aiken joked.
"Anyways you guys will be put into groups on which project to do". Amir scanned around the room looking for someone and when he had spotted Lavender he motioned for her to come up. "Oh"! Lavender said jumping up and coming to the front.
"Now as most of you guys know we only leave most of the projects for the senior club members Lavender has been an exception for this year because I mean have ya seen the girls art"? This gave out a little chuckled in the classroom that even left Cedar smiling.
"So Lavy will be the leader over the design portion of the play". Amir looked around. "If anyone wants to be a part of the design portion, raise your hand".
A couple of people raised their hands including Inez and Dhalia. "Please only raise your hand if you know how to draw this isn't a group to slack off". Amir scolded, causing a few hands to go down.
"Only five huh". Amir said, nodding. "I'll join"! Cedar said, standing up. "Cedar"? Esme said disgusted at his euthanasia to join a group with Lavender.
"Cedar good". Amir said, clapping his hands. "I've seen a couple of your lone projects. "Okay good that makes six".
"Next for the fashion team"? Esme excitedly raised her hand.