DISTANT

Chapter 1

Zayna walked through the doors of the school building humming to the music playing through her earphones.

Once her friend, Zenobia,  saw her she screamed at the top of her lungs.

"ZAYNA!"

Practically tackling her into a hug. Zayna as usual tensed up because all eyes were on her because of Zenobia's outburst.

"Hey Zen."

Zayna quickly pulled away from her and pulled her to the nearest corner she could find.

"So Zayna how was your holiday? I hope you actually got your mind off that idiot of an ex boyfriend you had." She said with so much venom in her tone.

"Yeah I did before you mentioned him again." Zayna complained and rolled her eyes.

"Sorry Zay, but you know I love ya."

Zayna had been dating a 19 year old guy, Edward, for two years but a few weeks before the holidays he cheated on her with a college girl at some rave. A week before that her grandfather passed away so she went into deep depression from bottling up all her feelings.

"I wonder who the new students are this year? I heard they are cousins and their names are Davina Webber and Nate Jackson." Said Zenobia with so much excitement on her voice.

"Okay...... ummm..... quick question. Is that them over there? " she asked staring wide eyed at the guy who just walked in with a girl in front of him.

He had dark brown hair with his Frinch swept to the side, dark brown chocolate eyes, strong jaw line and tanned skin. He wore black converse, black jeans, a brown v-neck short sleeved t-shirt paired with a black leather jacket. When he walked past her she could see a glint of silver on the rim of his ear.

As for his cousin, she had a curvalious body, strawberry blond hair which hung loosely down her back, she wore a ton of make up making her look like a clown and her clothes were so short and tight a person could see every inch of her body.
She wore a white skirt, a hot pink strap top and nude heels.

"Yep" said Zenobia, popping the "p". She looked at them walked away.

"I don't like them." Confirmed Zenobia as she pulled Zayna away to go to Assembly at the school hall.

"What do you think Zay?"

"They look like snobs, but let's just see what happens. Okay?"

"Sure, sure."

********

"So my cousin came over, telling me about this one guy.......  blah blah blah."

Zayna was trying to focas on Zenobia's story about a guy her cousin wanted her to meet but her eyes kept on drifting to that Nate guy.

Zayna looked at him trying to figure him out. He looked so lost in thought as he stared straight forward at the principle walking to the podium.

He briefly looked her way and offered her a small smile but Zayna quickly looked away feeling embarrassed that he caught her staring at him.
She looked in his direction again, after a couple of minutes into Assembly, but this time she saw him looking at her with this mysterious looked into his eyes.

She looked away feeling akward. She shifted uncomfortably in her seat trying to get into a better position so that he can't see her face and started to focas on the principle.

********
Now it was English which was the last period of school and she already lost her engery after the first day of school.

She already has to summarize two chapters for her physics class, had three activities for Biology and a History essay to write.

"Okay class. We have some new students with us this year. And I thought that instead of doing work today we could have some introductions." Said Ms. Clark

The entire class groaned at the thought of an unprepared oral.
She sat at the back of the classroom and started hyperventilating. Zayna has always hated doing public speeches.

"So first we have Nate. Nate Jackson."

Her head shot up when she heard his name being called.

"Hey guys. I'm Nate Jackson and I'm eighteen years old. My dad's a pilot and my mom's a real estate agent. I have three siblings, one sister and two brothers and my hobbies are gaming, motor cross and listening to music."

Well then, he seems like some kind of a nerd and a bad boy. This could be an interesting year. She thought.