lose yourself::younow

first

"zach are you sure your ready?" loren asks me as we walk through the doors of high school

"ready as i'll ever be." i say with a smile.

we walk in and just see new faces.

loren and have been friends forever. we went to a private school from preschool to 8th grade.

"which class do you have first?" i ask loren as we walk to our lockers. our lockers are five apart.

"zach, you said you memorized my schedule!" loren says with a shocked face.

"i was kidding, best friend!" i say

"ha ha ha. you win this time zachary reed clayton." she says

"are we saying middle names now loren? or shall i say loren gray beech." i say with sass

"whatever." she says rolling her eyes. "at least i have a good middle name."

-

loren's pov

during math class my teacher put me next to a boy named blake. we talked for a little bit. he also asked if i wanted to sit at his lunch table.

during class i got a text from zach:

zach:how's class dood

loren:i'm actually trying to learn, unlike you

zach:guess what?

loren:ugghhh what do you want

zach:i met a nice girl!!

loren:good 4 you

zach:thxs brooooo

loren:gtg learn loser

"who were you texting?" blake says with a smile. his smile was adorable.

no catching feelings loren

"just a friend." i kinda whisper.

"am i interrupting a conversion?" the teacher says while looking at blake and i. so was the whole class

"umm no?" i answer

"just promise it won't happen again." she says

-

"heyy best friendddddd." i hear zach say sitting next to me.

"hey zachary." i say and look over to blake. "this is blake. blake, this is zachary clayton. but you can call him loser."

"shut up loren. call me zach." he says

"well, the others should be here soon." blake says

"heyyyyy blakerson." i see a girl say while approaching our table.

"hey kalynn." he says. "guys this is kalynn koury. and she has a younger brother that hangs out with us because he doesn't have any other friends."

i wave while zach shows a small smile.

"and coming here is nathan triska and weston koury." blake says in a talk show host voice.

"who's this?" weston asks pointing to zach and i.

"weston, don't point, you know it's rude." kalynn says putting down his pointer finger.

"i'm loren." i say with the same wave. "and this is my best friend zach."

"i'm weston, and this is nathan the dork." he says

"next up we have, ariel martin and mario selman!" blake says with the same voice.

"am i famous?" the boy asks looking shocked.

lol this is my new book.

ages:

kalynn and nathan: 16

zach, ariel, weston, mario, loren, blake: 15