If Only I Didn't

Chapter 1

This is my first story...don't judge too hard? I am probably a really crappy writer, but I hope its worth reading.

Chapter 1

I scrambled into my chair as I waited for my name to be called. Okay here it comes, I thought as soon as I heard the name Logan Marr.

"Taylor Matthews," the principle announced. I walked towards the stage looking down at the ground, trying to ignore all the stares I could feel on me.

A leg stuck out in front of me and before I knew it I was on the ground. Ugh! Could this day get any worse, I thought.

A couple of guys on snickered to my left. I looked up to see that it was Luke Carter and his soccer team. He held out his hand for me and said, "Here, let me help."

I knew better than to take it and I pushed my self off the ground and scurried off to the stage.

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"Do you have plans for later?" my mom asked as we reached home.

"No," I replied, "not that I know of, but Mia might come over and drag me over to that party tonight."

Mia was my best friend and probably had been since pre-school. When Luke Carter and his friends shoved me into the sandpit she came over and pushed him down as well. We instantly became friends.

I don't know what is it was with Luke Carter, but we've hated each other since we were infants. Our mothers were best friends and wanted us to probably become best friends, too. Except that didn't work out and every time we were within a foot of each other one of us would either end up on the ground or with a broken nose.

Once high school started, our hatred became worse. Every year we had at least 5 classes together and the teachers always thought it would be cute to put the two smartest people seated next to each other. Not!

That had only gotten us competing against each other, but in the end I was valedictorian and he was salutatorian. I sound really bitchy, but that was the truth.

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I wasn't the "it" girl at school and he wasn't the "it" boy, but we both still had people asking us out. We both had our own reasons to reject them, but both of us had never dated anyone.

Well, actually both of our reasons were the same. We both had soccer and school to worry about and we hadn't found time to date or even party for that matter.

We still had a lot of friends though; we were both captains of the girl's soccer team and the boy's soccer team. It's just that we didn't waste time doing things that were not needed.

Even though I was the shy and reserved girl at school, Luke brought out the worst in me. He wouldn't listen to me when we had to work together on a project or when we had to train together on the field because I was the captain of the girl's soccer team and he was the captain of the boy's soccer team. He just got on my nerves so much.

And then there was the infamous rumor that we were going to end up together. Why would anyone think that?

Even on my graduation day, the last day of high school I was thinking of him. I just hoped I would never have to see him after that. I overheard my mom saying he was going to NYU, which was across the country, so I I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed that I just won't bump into him in Anne Arbor, Michigan ever again.

6 weeks later...

"What?" I shouted as I practically jumped up and down on my bed.

"Yeah, yeah just don't get to excited because you have to share the penthouse as well," she said probably grinning at my reaction.

"But, mom seriously thanks so much, you know how many freshman would die to be allowed to live off campus!"

"Well, that was your surprise," she sighed, "we better get moving, now."

Yep, this is it, I thought glancing at my room one last time, Stanford here I come.

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Short Chapter but hopefully it will get better