Hottie and the Beast

Chapter 1- First Day of High School 

I woke up to the sound of my alarm. Summer was over. I had to wake up at 6:00 am every morning and I already knew I wasn't going to like it. It was my third year in high school and something told me that it was just going to be like last year; all the girls in my class getting loads of boyfriends, while I was single and ugly. My name is Alexis, but people call me Alex.

I got ready and ate my breakfast. My best friend, Stefanie, came and we both took the bus. My first class was math and she was also in my class. One thing that I was looking forward to this year, was Stefanie being in almost all my classes. We could pass notes, gossip, and pretend to be listening.

Once we got there, Jake came towards us. Jake was also my best friend, and Stefanie's boyfriend.

I wasn't surprised that she had a boyfriend. Stefanie was gorgeous and could get all the guys if she wanted. That's why she was my best friend, even if the hottest guy liked her, all she wanted was Jake. She loved Jake, not because he was kind of cute, but because of his personality.

"Hi babe!"he quickly said. He put his hand around Stefanie's shoulder and took her by surprise. "Hi Alex!" He said. We talked, and made our way into the school.

"Same old school" I said. Jake went to his class, and me and Stefanie made our way to math.

"Hey, you never know. There might be a cute guy this year." she said. She knew how miserable I was watching all the girls in our school kissing their boyfriends. Even though she was trying to make me feel better, it didn't help.

I already knew I was the ugliest. And even if a cute guy did come to our school, he would probably hook up with the 'hot girls'.

We got into class and I sat down beside Stefanie.

The math teacher paired us up with partners.  Every 10 minutes,the teacher gave us different partners. We would have to to talk about ourselves. I could see that when she paired me up with Sam, the most popular kid in our grade, a frown came to his face. He didn't look very happy and we all knew why.

I already knew about Sam. He was just like any typical popular guy, he didn't talk to anyone unless they were cool or hot. He came up to me and looked like he had woken up in the wrong side of bed.

"Hi...'' I muttered.

The ten minutes were awkward. We sat there and I just told him typical boring things about myself, but it wasn't like he was listening. He told me about his summer and how he got laid every other day, like I cared.

Then, when I thought I was going to die of exhaustion from listening to Sam, the hottest guy came into the room. He had amazing eyes. They were blue, but had a glint of hazel in them. He had brown hair and was very muscular. He was wearing jeans and a black shirt. I had never seen him around, which meant he was new.

He was 30 minutes late, but didn't seem to care.

"Class, this is Darren Jones. He will be in our math class this year and is new to this school, so please make him feel comfortable." Mrs.Smith said.

I saw all the girls drooling over him, but he didn't seem to notice. He looked  mysterious and I liked it.

"Now get back to your partners while I talk to Darren" she said.

I turned my head around and couldn't wait for history. I seriously couldn't take Sam anymore, now mostly because he was flirting to a girl beside us. I wasn't surprised.

When I went to history, it was the same. We got paired up with people in the class and when we were done, we took down some notes from the teacher. Mr. Johnson was our teacher this year for history. I was really happy because he was the nicest. He didn't give a lot of homework and wasn't strict.

At lunch, I sat with Jake and Stefanie and we all talked about our classes. The only class Stefanie wasn't in with me, was History. While we were talking, I noticed Darren at the corner of my eye. All the girls were going towards him and he didn't seem to mind. He barely noticed them and just ignored the small group of girls. Maybe he was used to this back at his old school.

The girls left after being annoyed that Darren was ignoring them. He was sitting all alone and I felt bad for him. I knew my first day of school after I moved here, and it was the worst. Especially because it was the first year of high school and I was terrified.  I don't think I would have made it without Stefanie.

Then, I did the stupidest thing ever. I don't even know why I did this. My friends were confused and I didn't know what came to my head. I called Darren to sit with us.

"Darren! Come sit with us!" I yelled.

He gave me a weird look.  Why did I do that?! Darren would never sit with us. He rejected all the other girls, so why did I think he would sit with us? We weren't popular or cool. We were just people in this big school, I thought to myself.

Then, he did something I never expected him to do.

Darren Jones was coming towards us.

Authors Note: I hope u guys liked the first chapter! I really worked hard! I will be uploading chapter 2 soon :)