II Out Of My League II

Chapter 1

In Freshman year everything changed. It was a regular December afternoon and I was planning on seeing Ashton after school. Today was the day I was telling Ashton I like him.

 Time Skip

School just ended and we were about to go to his house. I rushed to Ashton's locker and decided to talk to him. He was talking with his other friend, the friends I hated with a passion because they were just like bullies, which Ashton never believed.

"Hey Ashton?"

"Yea Van" he turned towards me with a cheeky smile

"Can I talk to you in private?"

"Just talk to me now."

"uhm...Ok so I kinda like you and I have for awhile..." Ashton looked at me with embarrassment. He looked at his 'friends' and laughed. He then turned back to me and patted my head, as if what I just admitted to was some type of joke! 

"Ummm I don't like you that way, well I don't know why i'm even friends with you, and why would I date you? You have ugly teeth, stupid glasses, your fat, and your hair looks like a bird's nest. Ew!" I stared at him with tears in my eyes. What he had just admitted to me, hit me hard. I turned around and ran away. Like I always did. I always ran away from my problems. That was one of the things that made me so weak, running from my problems instead of facing them. He was right, I WAS pathetic, ugly, weird, fat, and so much more that it would take days to name.... I ran to my house to see my mom packing. I quickly wiped my face with my sleeves.

"Mom, why are you packing?" I asked as calmly as possible, do to what had just occurred.

"Well I got a promotion in California so we are moving.", I could not hold in my excitement after hearing what my mother had just shared with me, YES!! This is a way to not face Ashton and his rude friends!" I nodded and rushed to pack. I wanted to get away from here as fast as I could. After a week of no school, that day was the beginning of break, we were at the airport ready to go to California.

3 Years later....

After Ashton's criticism I decided he was right. So I did something I never thought of doing. I changed myself. My first priority was to fix my weight, Then I would buy contacts, and go to an orthodontist to fix my teeth. Also I fixed my acne, eyebrows, and mustache problems. My first priority was a success, I accomplished it sophomore year and I must admit I am really fit, I'm finally proud enough to wear a crop top and bikini! My second priority was fairly easy, It just took some time to get used to the new contacts, and the braces were TOO easy, that kinda helped with losing weight because I couldn't eat too much, and had a diet for the first 3 months. Now my diet consists of alot of greens, I try to lay off of the junk food. The last priority was kind of tricky because I had to get rid of my acne and that took forever. Now, I get my eyebrows waxed every month and same with my lip. Soon I wish to get laser treatment so it will be fixed for good. Lastly, I got my hair fixed. Now my hair is dyed from a dark blue and faded into a light blue, It is also in a perfect wave now a days, and the right side got the front shaved off of it, it looks amazing! 

Anyway, today i'm going back to Australia because my Mom's new job is there. I'm going to be going back to the school Ashton attends for my last year. My stomach tightened at the thought of him. I was beginning to flood myself with questions like, Will he like me? Should I avoid him? Is he different? Does he have a girlfriend? and the biggest one was, Why do I still have feelings for him?... That question haunted me the most. Why? 

My mom dropped me straight off at school, because we arrived a bit late to Australia do to a delayed schedule, which means school has started. I was still in my mickey mouse shirt and ripped jeans when I entered the school. Lucky for me the school did not have dress code regulations. On my way to the office I was stopped by a group of boys. I knew straight away who they were, Ashton and his friends, but it wasn't. It was him, he had curly brown hair and adorable dimples, and three other people. The tallest one had blonde hair and blue eyes, the guy to the left had brown hair with blonde at the end and had green eyes, and the final person has brown eyes, dark hair, darker skin, and looked Asian, but wasn't. I stopped looking at the appearance and noticed them checking me out. 

"Hey, are you new here?", blonde guy asked. 

"No. I went to this school before, but I left." The blonde smiled and the rest of them kept staring. "Take a picture, it'll last longer." I told the guys. The darker skin and green eyes laughed, Ashton just stared. 

"Hello, I'm Calum." I nodded and shook his hand. 

"Hey,I'm Michael.", green eyes said. 

"Hey green eyes, I'm Vanessa." I smiled and fistbumped him.

"hi, I'm Luke." The blonde says shyly.

"Hey Luke. It's nice meeting you guys. Bye" They stared at Ashton, because I didn't introduce myself to him.

"ummm....You didn't get my name." he laughed like I was joking, like 3 years ago. That's not happening again.

"Oh I planned on not getting it." I said with sass. His friends tried not to laugh and Ashton looked shock. I turned around and walked away, like a boss. 

Math, English, Science, and History before lunch and then i'm done. The rest is study blocks and i'm so lucky. I go into Math and take a seat in the back. After 10 minutes Luke and Michael enter. They notice me, point at me, and walked to the seats next to me. Michael sits to my left and Luke to my right. "Vanessa right?" Michael asks. 

"Green eyes right? And yes Vanessa or Van." He nodded. 

"So what's up with you and Ashton? You seem really mad at him."

"Why would I tell you? You will tell him and he will stay away from me."

"Why would he r-"

"Just drop it, okay?" I interrupted him. 

"Okay."

"Okay"

"Can you stop quoting the Fault in Our Stars?"

"Okay....I will and you're not to bad Michael."

"Call me Mikey, okay Van."

"Okay"

we began to laugh, which caused us to get detention. Best First Day Ever! (no sarcasm intended)