One day.

One.

Chapter One

"Best! Wake up! We are going to be late!" I heard a voice shout to my ears. I groaned in frustration and blocked my ears with my pillow, only for him to get it from my hands.

"Come on!" the voice struggled.

"I don't want to go to school." I whined, not caring if I sounded like a spoiled baby. "Too many people."

"You left me no choice." He said. Then suddenly, I felt hands gripped on my thighs and on my shoulders. I opened my eyes in shock, knowing what is going to happen next. The idiot carried me and plunged me into the bath tub, clothes and all.

"Fuck you MATT!" I exclaimed as I tried to get out of the water to chase him. Instead, he closed the door and prevented it to open by holding the knob. "I'm going to kill you!" I shouted as I kicked the door.

"Well, kill me later when your hair doesn't stink anymore!" he yelled through the door. I kicked the door one last time before I have a bath. Once I'm done, I knocked on the bathroom door, signaling him that 'I-am-done-with-my-shower-and-he-needs-to-get-out-of-my-room-before-I-snap-his-head-off'. When he opened the door and I glared at him. He just chuckled and went out of my room. I quickly chose my clothes: ripped jeans, a grey shirt and a denim jacket. I quickly combed and blow dried my hair, put on my white sneakers, grabbed my bag and went downstairs. I grabbed a granola and chocolate bar on the shelf in the kitchen, and placed them inside my bag. Once I was done, I nodded at Matt (who was at the counter) and off we go.

In case you're wondering, my name is not Best. Best is just a name Matt and I call each other. He actually thought of the name, saying that we were 'best friends'. My real name is Sapphire Thacary. And Matt's real name is Matt Cristopher Dean. We were best friends since the start of high school. He came up to me, asking if I wanted to be his partner for one of our projects. And I guess we just hit it off. He was living with me, since I lived with my aunt, who was rarely at home. And besides, his house was just across the street.

When we reached the dreaded place, we were immediately joined by Maddison, my other best friend. We hugged and she high fived Best.

"So, how long did it take?" she asked as we were walking towards the doors of the campus. I was pretty confused what she was talking about.

"What?" I asked.

"It took about twenty-three minutes." Matt replied, holding out his hand, palms up and smirking at Maddi. I looked at him then at Maddison, with a shock look on her face. Then it was replaced with annoyance, and placed a couple of bucks on his huge hands.

"What was that for?" I asked, confusion all over my face.

"It was a bet of how long it would take you to get ready. I bet that it'll take you more than half an hour to get ready, and Matt here betted that you'll be ready in less than thirty minutes." Maddison explained to me, as we approached our lockers.

"It would take longer if he didn't drop me into the bath tub full of cold water." I stated. Matt looked at me with a shock look on his face, like I just betrayed him. The next thing I know, Maddison was chasing him in the hallway.

"YOU CHEATER!!" I am just laughing at them, and continued to put my stuff into my locker then shutting it close.

"HEY LOSERS! THE BELL IS GOING TO RING IN TWO MINUTES!" I yelled at them and I notice that they stopped and started to walk towards me.

"You have to give my fifteen now." Maddison growled.

"NO. and never." Best replied, sticking his tongue out. Maddi was so close to losing it so I just rolled my eyes and sticked out my palm to Matt.