True Love and True Hate (2p!Hetalia Love Story)

Chapter One: First day, first friends

School is a pain to say the least. It's boring, crowded and just plain unappealing. In the last eleven years I've been attending different schools I've yet to find a single part of it likeable. Maybe that's just cynical. Maybe it's because I have that social anxiety thing. I don't know. Either way, I don't like school. Yet here I am, standing in front of a new high school, fighting the urge to turn around and walk to the next town over and go home. Huffing, I adjusted my backpack on my shoulder and trudged inside. The school was a mess; trash on the ground, broken windows, dented lockers and the whole place looked like it would fall apart any moment. Have I mentioned that school is very, very unpleasant?

Walking into the first building I came to, I found myself in front of a secretary's desk. The woman manning the computer looked neurotic. Clearing my throat, I stepped closer and her head snapped in my direction. "Uh, hey." She breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh. You're not who I was expecting," She offer a small smile-this caused me to raise a colored in eyebrow-, "You must be the new student. Um, Casey?" I shrugged, "Close. Courtney." She nodded and began typing something before holding out two slips of paper, "Your schedule and your locker information. We're in... third period. I'm sure you'll love it here." I thanked her and exited. That whole 'sure you'll love it' sounded pretty forced. Sighing, I checked my schedule to see that I had English Literature in room 023. "How boring..." I sneered and entered the hallway, looking for room 023.

After twenty five minutes of walking up and down the hall, I gave up and headed to the grassy area near the cafeteria to wait for the next class to start. Laying on the grass, I stared into the sky while watching the clouds. Man it was going to be a long day. I plugged in my earbuds, slipped them into my ears and turned on the first playlist I saw. Tucking my arms under my head, I sighed and let my eyes flutter close. In no time, I'd drifted into dreamland and away from reality.

"Hey," I felt something nudge my side, "Hey. Wake up." Grumbling, I pulled out my earbuds and opened my eyes and they set into a glare as they landed on an attractive guy with soft blond hair and violet eyes. Growling, I say up and glanced at his gross, muddy shoes only to glare up at him with even more intensity, "What?" "It's lunch. This is where I sit." I rolled my eyes and laid back down, "Then sit." He raised an eyebrow but shrugged and stepped back a few feet and sat against a tree, "You're new." "Yes, thanks for asking," sarcasm dripping from my words. He scoffed and, I assume, rolled his eyes. Either way, he stopped talking. Soon, three more males arrived and eyed me. A somewhat adorable strawberry blond, a tan auburn haired punk and the last resembled the guy who woke me up-except this new guy had a lot of stubble. "Hey James, who's this poppet?" The strawberry blond grinned down at me, his blue eyes alight with glee. 'James' grunted, "Don't know." I chuckled and stood up, offering my hand for a handshake, "Courtney." He smiled and shook my hand, "I'm Ollie. That's James, Allen and Francois." He motioned to the different boys as he listed names. "Damn, babe. You look good!" Allen sent me a wolfish grin, causing me to chuckle, "I would certainly hope so."

I spent the rest of lunch with the four of them. Despite Ollie being so much brighter than I'm used to, Allen's flirting, James's judging eyes and Francois's wandering eyes, I'd like to think we got on just fine. Plus, I found out Ollie and I had the next class together; Home Ec. Maybe this school wouldn't be too horrible but who could say? She still had two more hours left.

  ((Super Quick Authors Note: Ahh I hope this first chapter isn't too bad. This is the first story I've posted online in a few years! It's also the first Hetalia fic I've written! So I'm starting with a short first chapter but I hope you're enjoying it so far! ~Lots of love, Alien!))