Jade

1. Jade

Jade's Pov:

"Jade!" Jade was pulled out of her thoughts by her best friend, Maria.

"Huh? What?"

"Are you going to answer his question?" She looked back at the boy with long brown hair and wide brown eyes in front of her. Maria nudged her in the ribes. "Nathan just asked you out."

"Oh right. Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Um... yeah. I'd love to go out with you. You've got my number right." He nodded and she smiled, showing her bright teeth. "Great. See you around." She turned to walk away, Maria close behind her.

"What was that?" She whispered.

"What was what?"

"I know you zone out a lot but Nathan, the guy you've had a crush on since you got here, asked you out and you didn't even hear him."

"Was it really that bad?"

"Worse." Maria was always nice but she was brutally honest.

"You think he still wants to go out with me?"

"He looked happy when you said yes." Jade sighed. She wasn't sure why Nathan liked her in the first place.

Sure, there weren't many options in this school for 'special' kids, (Which was really code for trouble) but Jade wasn't the nicest person no matter how pretty she was. She didn't want to be mean but it just always seemed to come out that way.

For that matter, she didn't know why Maria was her friend either. Maria was the nicest person she had ever met, and being in so many schools, she had met a lot of people.

Maria was nice to everyone, even though she was always made fun of for the way she walked with a really bad limp like both her legs were broken. Jade never made fun of her though, it's not like Maria could change her messed up legs.

Maria had thin, stringy, blonde hair that somehow looked soft and damaged at the same time. Her eyes were bright blue, and lined by long eyelashes.

Jade's real name was Katerina Rhodes, but she didn't like that name so she went by Jade. She had dark, coppery skin that was brought out more by her long blonde hair she had styled in many long braids that looked a little like dreadlocks, according to Maria. She had bright green eyes and soft, small features but always had a stern look on her face. She was tall and had broad shoulders which made her look even bigger and intimidating, while still making her look feminine. When she walked around, people often avoided her, even if they didn't know her.

It was a weird concept for Jade, having a boyfriend. Sure Nathan had just asked her on one date but still, it was more than she was used to. Jade had been to a lot of schools. She had dyslexia and ADHD which made learning hard. She also had really bad anger issues that often got her in trouble.

"You coming?" Maria asked, halfway up the steps on the bus.

"Yeah, sorry." Jade followed her. Maria sat down on an empty seat and Jade sat next to her. A ding sounded from her pocket. She opened her phone and a text from Nathan was waiting.

-Nathan: Tomorrow after school, I'll take you to the movies

Jade smiled at the message.

-Jade: Sure:)

"Is that Nathan?" Maria asked.

"Yeah. We're going out tomorrow."

"Cool. Just, be careful." Jade looked at her confused. "You know, as a friend, I'm worried about you." Jade hugged her and smiled.

"Thank you. I will be." Jade and Maria both got off on the next stop. They lived next door to each other so it made it easy to hang out all the time. Jade walked up to her house and unlocked the door.