Freshman

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Dani's POV

I pretty much stomped the entire way to school. I was walking today, and that only added to my already pissed off mood.

There's a number of reasons I'm angry. All of them circulate around Jeremy.

Number one, who rejects me? I'm Ellie Jones, every guy wants me!

Number two, I was informed this morning I have to get a ride home with this loser, lovely.

Number three, he's my lab partner.

Honestly, kill me now.

I just need to talk to Will, he can usually calm me down in a mood. Except he's been weird lately. Since he found out my parents are gone this weekend, Will wants me to host the biggest party of the year.

Great idea, have the cop's daughter throw a party. That won't blow up in your face.

I'm literally kicking at the pebbles on the ground angrily. I feel like a freak. I'm sure everyone's staring at me.

Just ignore it, ignore it, but I can't. Everyone never looked at me, and I liked that. Now that I'm popular everyone looks at me. I know they're silently judging me. When I was unpopular, no one gave me a second look. I miss that so much.

The only who hasn't judged me is this Jeremy kid. Maybe that's why I'm nicer to him then every other geek. Cuz he just doesn't care. Maybe he's just happy to have someone talk to him.

But he told me he didn't need me.

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I'm walking down the crowded hall with Will, and he's making me laugh.

"Don't your remember?" I ask him. "You were the first guy that actually picked me up and carried me. Then you know you dumped me in your pool"

He grins. "I could always do that again" I feel his hands making it's way up my side.

"Hey not here" I laugh and kiss him quickly. Don't need everyone staring at my public displays of affection.

"Why not?" He ask and slightly pushes me against a closed locker. He puts out a hand to steady himself, and kisses me again, ignoring the world around us. I look around and the crowd is thinning, I can only see a few football players in the corner.

I'm going to kiss Will a little more, maybe a bit more passionately, but my actions are interrupted. I can hear a voice "you really want to beat me up? And conform to your stereotypes as members of the football team?"

I recognize the mix of sarcasm and sheer stupidity. Jeremy what the hell are you doing?

I duck out from under Will and try to find the sound of Jeremy's voice. I look over at the football players who are all huddled around something, or someone.

I leave Will at the locker, and head right over. Nobody beats up my nerd but me. I spread apart Jp and Terrence. They're laughing hysterically.

"Move it pricks" I tell them and the sight that greets me is Jeremy on the floor, with his hands and feet duck taped together.

"Seriously?" I scold them. "He's not a niner!"

Jeremy's POV

I could've totally handled them, just needed to stretch first. I can add them to my list of transgressors now anyways.

I praying to God to give me some idea to get out of this when I see two of the football team players pushed apart, and a pair of blood red high top converse are level with my eyes. One of them is tapping on the floor.