Chapter 1
It's nine in the morning, and I'm walking to home room, when I see him. I can tell straight away that he's new, because there's no one that cute in this school. For a minute, I didn't even know I stopped in the middle of the hall. That's 'til Lindsey tugged on my arm. "Ow!", I yell. "You're going to rip my arm out of my socket!". "Em, we're going to be late for homeroom! We have to go! You know how Ms.Bear is when students are late, and.." she lowers her voice, "I think she's on her period.." she says. I laugh. I can't help but laugh. That's my bestfriend, ever since Kindergarten. Long blonde hair, usually kept in a neat, side braid, skinny torso, long, skinny legs, and gorgeous green eyes. "Whatever." I say, sarcastically. "Do you know who that is?" I subtly point towards Mystery Boy, and she looks. "Yeah, that's the new boy. He came here from England- him and his band. His name is Harry," she says. "Woah," I say, "he's gorgeous!" His persona, of anything, is what I notice first. He looks so laid back- messy, brown hair hidden in a grey beanie, plain white t-shirt, blue jeans hung low, and blue Vans. Then I see his gorgeous, green eyes, and get lost for a moment. I snap out of it, and rush to home room- last thing I need is another tardy, especially from Ms. Bear.
It's lunch time, and Lindsey and I are sitting in the cafeteria, eating our food her mom packed. Lindsey's mom is a cook, the greatest one at that. Ever since my mom died of cancer in the third grade, Lindsey's mom has become extremely close to me, and I think of her as my second mom. It's been me and my dad ever since- him and my kid brother, Alex. I miss her more and more every day, and having to grow up without her is hard, but I think I've turned out okay, and Lindsey makes it easier for me. Which is one of the many reasons I love her. Then, they walk in. All of them, and I pretty much die inside. They're all so freakin' cute! "What are their names?" I ask Lindsey. "Other than Harry, it's Louis, Zayn, Niall and Liam." For the first time, I think I have an actual reason to come to this shit-hole of a school! They walk over, and sit at the table next to us. After about ten seconds, I realized that I locked eyes with Harry. Them. Gorgeous. Green. Eyes. He motions for me to come over to sit next to him, and then I look at Lindsey. "What are you waiting for?! Go!" she whispers to me. "What, and leave you alone?! I think not!". "Em, grow a pair and walk over there. No more being socially awkward! Who knows, maybe you'll have a boyfriend at the end of the day." She winks, "now go, my girl!" I nod, and slowly get up to make my way over to him. "Hey," he says. His voice is deep, and sexy. His accent, too! Don't even get me started on that, because I may drop dead right here, right now. "What's your name?" he asks, and gives me an adorable half smile. I hesistate for a minute, and then try to spit it out. "I- I'm Em. I- I mean Emma!" I say, quickly regreting it afterwards. I sound like a complete idiot. Deep breaths, Emma, deep breaths. "What a beautiful name, Emma. Why don't you have a seat?" He pats the bench beside him. I sit, and smile, looking at his bandmates. I don't think I ever want to leave. Then the bell rings, and sadly, I have to. I say bye, and run to Lindsey.
"Oh, my god! Did you see that!" I yell. "Yes, Emma," she says, "I saw it." We leave the school, and begin our walk home. "Thank god it's Friday!" yells Lindsey. "Amen, to that" I yell with her. We reach the end of my street, when I notice a moving truck.. and Harry. They're carrying boxes into the house a couple down from mine. "No. Way." I say, stunned. He's living on my street. "No. Freaking. Way" Lindsey echoes. Slowly, we walk by him. He's unloading boxes from the truck, and, boy, is he doing a great job! "Hey!" I hear him yell. I feel I need to keep walking, but instead, turn and yell "Hey, Harry!" He walks over to me and Lindsey, and she gives me a little nudge on my elbow. I stare at her, because I know she's trying to embarass me. "Emma! Who's your friend" he says. "Oh, um, this is Lindsey, she's my best friend". "Hey, Lindsey, nice to meet you! I'm Harry." he says, holding out his hand for her to shake, which she takes right away. He turns to me again. "Hey, Emma, me and my bandmates are having a little get together today. Well, a party, and we invited people from school. You and Lindsey should come!" he says, smiling. I look at Lindsey, and she shakes her head 'yes'. "Sure, we can come by," I say, acting all cool, "I don't think we have anything planned tonight, do we Lindsey?" "Nope!" she exclaims. "Nothing at all, absolutely free!" We smile simultaneously. "Cool," he says, looking at the ground. "But, Emma, I was kind of thinking that you could come as my date.." Date? Me, go as Harry's date? HELL YE- "Uh, yeah. Sure! That'd be fun" I say, giving him a smile. On the outside, I'm playing it cool. On the inside, however, I'm slowly about to explode, but he doesn't need to know that. "Great!" He says, "it starts at 7:00. I'll see you there?" I reply, "Sounds perfect" and me and Lindsey take off to my house. Rather quick, too, I'd say.
