New Girl! [open]

Melissa was happily bouncing around the ocean of pure white snow around her. This was great! She loved winter, and all of the joy that it brought. There was snow to play in, holidays were around, people came home for the holidays... well, usually. Melissa and Micah (who had become very scarce lately) were staying at Pallet for the holidays - their parents were going off to a tropical Christmas, so Pallet High was going to be their home for Christmas. Mew was looking forward to it - she could spend Christmas with friends! Maybe she could convince Sam to celebrate with her and they could have eggnog - yum!

As she skipped through the courtyard - classes had ended awhile ago, so few people were here - she noticed a girl sitting on a suitcase. Deciding that she wanted to say hi, and introduce herself since the girl looked new, she sloughed through the snow drifts on the side of the paths and arrived at the girl's side.

"Hi!" She greeted cheerfully, and relatively loudly. The girl was reading a book, so she had to get her attention. "Are you new? I haven't seen you before, and I've seen a lot of people on campus. And most people don't carry a suitcase with them around school... so you must be new! I'm Melissa by the way, but you can call me Mew!"

She said everything quickly, bouncing around in the snow. With her pink and white attire, blonde hair, and perky attitude, she was certainly hard to miss.


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"I knew it!" Mew exclaimed happily, looking rather pleased with herself as the new girl, who introduced herself as Vicky (or Amy, but Mew liked Vicky), confirmed that she was new. It made Mew feel good to get something right. She may have had a really high IQ, and she usually got things right, but it still felt good to get things right. She wasn't cocky, like some might think of her. She was just peppy.

"Well, hi Vicky! I'm Mew! Oh wait, I already introduced myself..." She pondered this for a moment, and then grinned broadly anyway. "Oh well, now you definitely know my name!"

Mew giggled for a little while, the pink pom-poms on her hat bouncing as cheerfully as Mew felt. A new friend, and snow! Today was going to be a good day!

"Sure, I can show you around! I know this school pretty well by now! I've been exploring, you see," She nodded knowledgeably, clearly confident in her ability to guide Vicky around the school.

"So, which dorm are we going for? They're organized by grade," She explained with an index finger raised as she emphasized her point.


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"Ninth grade?" Melissa exclaimed joyously as Vicky told her which dorm to go to. "I'm in ninth grade! YAY! It's another freshman!" Mew bounced up and down happily, landing on the snow-free stone path. She knew the way to her own dorm! And it was so exciting that there would be someone she would know in her dorm! Of course, she already had people like that, since she knew several of the freshman already (and some of the upperclassmen too), but it was exciting to have a new friend. Maybe, since she was new, they would be in the same dorm room! She would have a room mate!

When Vicky complimented her pom-poms, she grinned happily, instinctively putting a hand on her pom-poms, as though checking they were still attached to her head. "Thanks! Aren't they great? And they're pink! I love pink. Do you like pink? What's your favorite color?" Mew was talking fast again, and bouncing just ahead of Vicky on the path as they started walking.



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"Ooh, blue and black are both good colors. Very versatile." Melissa nodded knowingly. She slowed down her bouncing just a little bit, as she was starting to pant from the exercise. Her breath went up in little clouds of steam, which she watched disappear into the chilled air happily. The little things in life were just so amazing. How could anyone not notice them?

"My favorite color?" Mew repeated the question, and then put a finger to her chin thoughtfully as she attempted to walk backwards on the path. "Well, I like pink. Pink and blue are my two favorite colors. I don't think I could choose between them, although I do have a lot more pink things. It's sort of 'my' color, you know -- eep!"

In her attempt to walk backwards, Mew had miscalculated how far her feet would need to go back. Her foot slipped and she felt back onto her butt. She shook her head to clear it and tried to stand, her feet slipping around on the slippery part of the path.

"Silly me," Mew laughed a bit shakily. She was fine, just startled from her fall. She hoped she wouldn't get too bruised from this fall.



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Melissa smiled and gratefully accepted Vicky's hand of help, pulling herself back to her feet with a smile and a friendly shake of her head.

"Oh, I'm fine! Just caught me by surprise was all," She adjusted her hat and giggled sheepishly. "I guess I shouldn't have been trying to walk backwards. Here, I'll walk next to you, how's that?" She started walking along by Vicky, skipping a step a few times so that way their feet would be in step.

Mew was instantly distracted from the bruise that was no doubt forming on her rear by Vicky's friendly conversation. "Ooh, you're right! I'm sure we'll be just the best of friends! We should be friends! Oh boy! I love friends. Do you like friends? I hope so, or us being friends might make you uncomfortable."

Melissa giggled at the idea - who ever heard of people being uncomfortable making friends? Humans were social creatures by nature, and having friends generally made them feel good. As they walked along the path, Melissa made a turn, and then pointed to a circle of buildings a few yards ahead and to the right of the walking pair.

"The green building is the freshman dorm!" Mew explained. "We'll find out which room you're in and who your room mate is once we get inside - they have it on a list." She smiled eagerly at Vicky. "Then you can put your stuff down, and we can go on 'Mew's Fancy-Dancy Tour of Pallet High'!" Melissa said the title of her tour with a silly grandiose voice and laughed merrily. This was so much fun!



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Mew giggled. "It's okay, rambling is fun! And it wasn't totally pointless! It's applicable to our current discussion, so that kind of rambling is very acceptable." She smiled as she climbed up the stairs to the dorm building behind Vicky. "And I agree with your points, anyway. And I like to ramble, too! I'm sure we'll be great friends."

Melissa bounded happily up the steps and nodded. "This is the place! Let's go inside!" She took one last backward glance at the light snowfall that had come up as they arrived, and then opened the door and stepped inside.

"The list will be over here!" She indicated a white dry erase board that had everyone's name on it. She started walking over to it, somewhat hopeful that she would have a room mate. She always checked the list everyday just to see. She wanted to have a friend.



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Mew was a little sad when she realized that Vicky was in a different room, and had a room mate. But at least they were close! And they didn't have to be room mates to be friends. She took a breath and smiled at Vicky.

"Too bad we're not room mates, but Evelyn is really nice! She's very silly, but very nice! And a freshman like us! But then again, everyone in this dorm is a freshman girl - that's why they're the freshman girl dorms!" She giggled at her silliness, and bounced up and down a little bit, the pom-poms on her hat bouncing as she did so.

"Sure, I'd love to help! This way I'll know where to go when I want to visit you or Evelyn!" Mew bounded up the stairs and was at the top before anyone could call her name. She started looking at the numbers. 2A, 2B, 2C... Oh wait!

"Did you say 2A?" Mew called to Vicky, who she assumed would be coming up the stairs after her soon. "If that's true, I found it!" She grinned. She wasn't sure if it was open, but it might be. Otherwise, she could get her key from the supervisor at the desk on the first floor. She'd have to get it anyway.

"Do you have a key?" Melissa turned toward the stairs and walked forward a step. She supposed she ought to ask.



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