Chapter Two
"Ok it's not all that bad." I said to myself while making a brisk pace back and forth across the floor.
"Just because I got accepted into that school and just because I know what will happen in the future doesn't mean that it will happen for certain right?" Denying the inevitable wasn't going to make the situation any better.
I had to face the fact that inside of this seven year old girl body was actually a nineteen year old man that was suddenly hit by a collegiate level varsity linebacker and got reincarnated as a fictional character from a manga. Maybe that was why I didn't really like any of the boys in schools up until now because I was a straight nerdy boy when I died. Now that I think about it, I died a virgin who never had a girlfriend... Most women in my former life just saw me as either cute or just a friend. Does this life mean that I'll have better luck with men then? Hmmmm...
It's not like I never thought about getting together with a dude before; I mean come on everyone experiments in college. Still to have a boyfriend in my next life before ever having a girlfriend in my previous life is kind of depressing. The more I thought about this the sadder I got. So much so that as I was sulking I could almost visibly see those little blue or black lines above my head, like whenever an anime character got depressed. My new life really was a cliche shojou manga....
"Wait a minute whose to say I'm even the main character now? Just because my name and my appearance are eerily similar to the main heroine in that manga doesn't necessarily mean that it's me." The more I deny that fact the less convincing I sound to myself. Who was I kidding I'm going to have together with a narcissistic arrogant pain in the ass rich bastard... I DON'T WANT THAT!!! I ALWAYS PREFERRED THE TSUNDERE STRONG WILLED CHARACTERS!!! Playing koi and shy isn't me. I'm a sarcastic smart ass!!! Even in my previous life I've always been the responsible level headed; albeit occasionally short tempered, one. My friends would call me the mom of the group because I've always had everything in my backpack and always be the designated driver when they got drunk and then the morning after I would call them to go on a tirade about never drinking that much ever again.
Thinking it over as I was getting ready for school, the more I thought about it the more I thought maybe this isn't the exact same world. Maybe I can change it. After all in the manga there were many male protagonists, it didn't mean I had to choose the main male protagonist. Hell I could fall in love with another girl if I really wanted to. I'm not the same timid shy weak willed girl the original main character was. I could be my own person. If I want to lead this life my way then all I have to do is act in a way that doesn't resemble the original.
I finish getting ready and walk to my new school by myself. Luckily my dad got a job transfer so I could attend my new school and luckily we also found a new apartment only 3 blocks away from Lilia Academy. First day at the new school. Originally this is where the female protagonist, me first meets Aston and makes a horrible impression on him. After that it becomes a one sided rivalry between us and it slowly develops into a romance. You know that kind of cliche. Although I will admit seeing a girl as an equal in any way is quite big of the brat. If it weren't for the other aspects of his personality I would probably like him a bit better.
Now meeting him is almost inevitable since we all have to put on a performance for our first assignment. In the manga he finds me quite intriguing so he forcefully makes me his partner and we do some kind of musical dance number. I dance and he plays the piano. First objective is to make sure he gets it into his thick skull, I don't want to compete. Matter of fact maybe inflating his ego a bit would be a good idea too. So long as he doesn't see me as an enemy I'll be ok.
As I was walking towards school all I had in my mind was, "It begins after lunch." Like I was preparing for war. All I need to do is change the story. This is my second life. I won't let it be dictated by predetermined flags in a manga!!