I fume all the way to English. Life was just peachy until he had to come along. Now I'm going to be alone for the next few weeks because Caroline will be following him around wherever he goes. Like come on. He's not the greatest thing that's ever graced the Earth. Well, apparently, to them, he is.
His dark green eyes and smirk make me sick. His laugh, as seen on TV, is high and peppy, making him sound very young. The sandy, shaggy blond hair that hangs in strings in his eyes makes me want to grab scissors and cut it off. It was bad enough when he was a couple of states over. Now, it's going to be mayhem.
I drop, angry, into my seat. Mr. Williams smiles at me and turns back to the board.
But, just my luck, he has to show up.
When he opens the door, all I hear is screaming and I see multiple camera flashes. I sigh when it finally shuts again.
His arrogant smile makes me want to punch his day lights out. I feel my fist tighten.
"Ah, Mr. Noland, so glad you could join us today. Please, take any of the empty seats. I'm pretty sure I don't have to explain to the class who you are," Mr. Williams says.
"Thank you, sir," Jacob replies. His eyes wander the classroom looking for a spot.
Please not here, I plead. Please, please not here.
Of course, he has to sit in the empty seat right next to me. What my luck! I'm the only girl in the school who doesn't want him to sit next to me, and he does. Great job, Lily. Shouldn't have had those Lucky Charms this morning.
I groan and put my head in my hand.
"Hey," he whispers. "I'm Jacob Noland."
"Yeah, I know who you are. Glad you know your own name."
He makes a face like he's thinking hard. "So, you must be the girl from the hall, right?"
"Every girl was in the hall."
"Okay, I'll rephrase that then. You're the girl who was giving me a look like you hated me to my core in the hallway."
"Basically sums up my feelings."
"I think you're the only girl who despises me at this very moment," he comments.
"Probably in the whole world," I say. Mr. Williams shushes us and goes back to writing about haikus.
"You aren't like all the others."
"I think I'm smart enough to figure something that obvious out."
"Well, I'm polite enough to ask you your name."
"Lily," I grumble. "Lily Edwards."
"Nice name."
"Nice face," I retort. "And unless you want me to ruin it, I suggest you pay attention and let me be."
"Jeez, you're one violent and beautiful girl."
"So I've been told."
"A thanks would have been nice enough."
The bell rings. I grab my stuff and say, "I never said I was nice."
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Romance"A girl and a boy. That's how it usually starts out, right? This seems to be another of those stories, so that's where we'll start." Lily Edwards is a normal girl, in a quiet town, in a small school. With her mother a librarian and her father a poli...
