New Friend

Chapter 1

Melanie's P.O.V.

Today was the first day of high school.
Ughhhhh. I hate school so much i wanna punch its face. Wait, what? Does that even make sense? Well whatever. Mom & dad are on a cruise leaving me & my brother here in North Carolina alone. Im 16, Melanie Sprites & I go to Springdale High School & I'm in 10th grade. I just turned 16 a month ago. August 24 1998. My baby bro Justin is 10 & just started 5th grade. He's the total opposite of myself. Im shy, he's obnoxious. I'm short for my age, he's super tall for his age. And the most embarrassing part is, he has friends & i don't ...

So back to my story, this would be my 2nd year in this school. I still had a MAJOR crush on Logan Terrea. He probably didn't know i existed. My best friend , Ashlynn Lynch has been wanting me to talk to him ever since i started liking Logan in the 3rd grade. He was, sweet back then. When i got in trouble, he always used to stick up for me & say he was the one who did whatever the hell my crazy 3rd grade self did. I started liking him when he one day he came over & we pretended to be a mom & dad & my dog was our baby.

Now he was, a jerk i guess. Every week, a new girl had their arm around him. For some reason, he just had this ... glow that attracted me towards him.

I got ready & i wont get into details about what i did but i just put on a sweater like 1 size bigger than me, & washed out jeans. I wore my black combat boots & put on my black glasses. I put on a light shade of red lipstick on & went to my bestfrandss house.
(Oh by the way, bestfrand is my guy bestfriend, Zayn Michell.)

"Zayney Wayney!" i yelled as i walked in his house.
His mother greeted me, "Good morning Mel, how are you?"

"Im good Mrs. Mitchell" i smiled towards her. "Just a little nervous about the first day."

"Oh honey" she replied, "Don't worry about it. Before you know it, you'll be in college." she gave me one of those looks that said, 'You're going to college right?'

I smirked & said, "Mrs. Mitchell, once me, Zayn, & ash are going to be going to Springdale together for the next 2 years, i assure you, we'll all be in the same college" I informed her.

She smiled back at me with that motherly smile.

I always knew Mrs. Mitchell liked me. Like a lot. She treated me like her own daughter. I loved how she called me sweetheart, & darling, & honey. I felt so wanted in Zayn's family. Y'know since him & ash are siblings, & i was always there for them when their parents split. The thing is that ash & zayn's parents were living in different houses, but same area. Ashlynn lived with their dad, & zayn lived with their mom. I didn't feel comfortable staying & their dad's house, the reason i always came to zayn's house.

"You know Mel," Lindsay (Zayn's mom) said.
"Zayn has always had a crush on you ever since middle school"

Somehow every time Zayn is busy & i'm with his mom, this topic seems to come up.

"And he talks about you all the time to himself. I feel like this is the year that-" she was cut off.

"MOM" Zayn yelled.

I blushed when he entered the room. It was obvious he liked me, he knew i liked Logan, & it was never awkward for some reason. Zayn is cute, but he's my bestfriend & i CANNOT fall in love with him. It's just wrong.

"Hey Zayney-Wayney" i took a glimpse at what he was wearing. A tight shirt with a leather jacket & loose jeans. His hair was ruffed up, it was adorable... wait what?

"Hey mel" he blushed. "Wait, are you blushing?"

Uh-oh. I was. My face grew red as a cherry even though my skin was a little dark. Thinking of this made me blush even more.