no coincidence. So the kid who actually defended me against Skylar's tantrum was actuall

surprise, mixed wit

t's not the guy who we ju

ed as you are. Now we get to see him everyday, and th

chance that

sing in fact. I guess I could get to him better and I was prett

Marco a school tour round the school. Fill hi

ng up her hand. "I'm pretty sure Diana would re

g?" I whisper-yell

s intrigued. "Is

completely speechless, and wanted to crawl into a hole and die. Everyone was quiet, watching me in anticip

haling. "I don't mind showing Ma

ed, tilting her head to the

. It woul

. No more, no less. And no w

got this.

y joints aching. "R

could go wrong and he seems to be a very nice person. He's new her

n hour ago, Annie. We do

ive him a chance. How hard can it be? And he coul

everythin

rs. Ant

for now. Diana, off you go n

, ma

e knew I got this. I quietly stood up and walked up to

ey

el

of deep ocean-blue. I felt like they were suck

, feelin

ding tingles all over

e reminded me a lot about Jack - his cerulean-blue eyes and his s

na, are

uickly. "I'm sorry. I'm fine

ahead of him, my heart racing. I couldn't understand a thing about it

even

on one side. I wanted to start talking, but my nerves were messing me up, and he had not taken

cker. "Our lockers are kept in the hallway, and here's

lines on the blue metal. "Mine is over there.

nd a few other stuff. But if you insist..." I inserted my key and

d. "Rose

"My favorite

oks and a few edibles. "Tidy. I like it. It's reall

s my ride or die. This was us on our first day

l, and those mean girls? Were

Skylar with

s brows. "Yea

with the cool kids, then she suddenly became a bully. She's so m

eally mes

hope in her ever changing to

lau

d. "We've got about twenty minutes left. We've

bow. "After

ugh he must've been joking, I couldn't help being tempted by the idea of actually bec

hallway, towards

uring your free time?" he a

ke he was asking me out on

just hang out with Annie or d

nced on his lips. "Sc

xamples. Every student has to participate in at least one school activity. It's what

for a few seconds, thinking

eah. You lov

y idea about th

e captain of the soccer team, and it was where Sky

"Are you okay? Did I say som

's nothing. I don't really... I don't know anythi

gh? It's just

ea

come cheer me while I

was nervous. "Of course I'll come. It's just that Skylar and her fri

sure she won't bother you agai

he soccer team. Plus, I didn't want Jack to make his life a living hell,

we headed

on. The cafeteria was empty. He drew the door ope

ys got here. Much bigger than the

ring lunch. Annie and I normally sit alon

at would

turning gray. Through my periphery, I spotted Jack a

u