Fall

Chapter 1

It's the first day of my senior year at Monte Vista High and I have already put up with enough bullshit to last me a lifetime. To elaborate on that thought, my day is down the drain. This morning, my phone didn't charge so consequently, my alarm didn't go off. So I woke up with 15 minutes to get ready. After that, my car broke down in the middle of an intersection, so I had to wave down someone to help me move it. And after that, the humidity is just absolutely vicious today, so my hair for the first day of school....? To sum it up, I will be called "Bird's Nest" for probably the next 4 or 5 months and still maybe even then. I was late to my first period class, which usually isn't a problem on the first day. But in this case, it happens to be because I have Mr. Olson again who is a complete and utter asshole to not only his students, but to anyone who even breathes in his general vacinity. So now my entire English class hates me because Olson lectured us on the first day of school about his "no-tardy policy", which is apparently already active because of me. After that, I couldn't get my locker to open, so I've been having to keep all of my stuff in my car, which is really inconvient after every single class period.

"Damn, what tried to eat you?" My best friend Kimmie asked as she walked up to my locker, as I was trying to open it again, for the 4th time today. I groaned and rolled my eyes while I described my morning to her.

"Fate just really don't want you to have a good first day, does it?" She asked. I shook my head, and again, rolled my eyes. It's pretty ridiculous how much eye rolling I've accomplished today. On the first day of school, I usually only manage 5-6 eye rolls throughout the course of an entire day. But just within the first 2 hours, I've already managed more than I can even count.

I gave my phone to Kimmie to hold as I used it as a mirror to brush my hair out, but brushing it just made the frizzyness worse. Reluctantly, Kimmie handed over her only hair tie, which she claimed she absolutely needed it back because she had to work after school. I quickly nodded my head and threw my hair up into a messy bun on the top of my head and pulled at bits and peices of it so that hair angled my face.

"Hey Kimmie," Bradley Juscan, the most eligable bachelor at Monte Vista, put a hand on Kimmie's shoulders to turn her towards him. I looked at him with remorse, regretting I ever dated the guy and cleared my throat. He turned to me and stared me dead in the eyes. "Oh, was I supposed to actually acknowledge the fact that you're standing right there, Bird's Nest?" He asked.

"I mean, a simple nodd of the head would have been legit but you know, once an ass, always as ass." I noticed him eyeballing Kimmie up and down. "Pervert." I scoffed. Kimmie's eyes widened and she turned her attention towards Bradley.

"What's up?" She asked, twirling her hair around two of her fingers.

"So, I'm throwing this party friday night at the bay for all seniors at Monte Vista. Just time to get drunk and have fun and celebrate our last year of high school, damnit!" He laughed and scratched the back of his head. "And I think it'd be pretty cool if you could come." He smiled at her slightly through his lips. All she could manage was a slight nod of the head. "Alright, sweet! I guess I'll see you there." He clapped his hands in front of him as he made eye contact with him. "And I guess Bird's Nest can tag along if she'd like. Probably won't be her scene though. Lots of drunk guys trying to get into girls pants, you know." I rolled my eyes at his remark and flashed my middle finger in his face.

"When and where, skank?" He winked at me, laughing, and rolled his eyes as we backed away from the crowd and down the hallway.

"You're unbelieveable." Kimmie said. My mouth dropped wide open. "It's your senior year of high school, and you can't at least manage to forget the past and just move on with life? I mean yeah, the guy cheated on you but that was freshman year, Brynn. Just because his friends got him a little drunk and he ended up sleeping with another girl doesn't mean you can hold a grudge on the guy. Just move on already. Bradley is a sweetheart." She signed dreamily, staring off in the direction he left us.