Hold On To Me

1.

First day back

The first day of school for being a senior. Finally. Not that high school has been a bad experience or anything, in fact it's been great. I've got great friends and a supportive brother. Plus a boyfriend. But I still want to get out and explore the world.For my own, I want to have a job and not rely on my dad's money. " Hello beautiful." a familiar voice says from behind me. It's Jonah, my boyfriend,best friend, and bad boy of the school. Him and Smith Ramey who is also my best friend. I know that almost every girl wants him, but they can't, because he's mine. I turn around and give him a hug. I take in his cinnamon, musky guy smell and breathe out deeply falling into his arms.

" I missed you.." I say to him. Two months without him. We texted and stuff but it didn't feel the same. I know what you are thinking, why not facetime? I hate facetime and he hates it too. I feel obligated to stay on and talk and entertain the other person.

" I know but I'm here." he says nuzzling his face in the crook of my neck. I give him a kiss on the cheek and then ask, " What's your schedule?" he steps out of my hug and pulls out his paper.

" I have Algebra II, world science, lunch, literature, and then gym." he says.

A little disappointed, I say," Oh. Don't have any classes together. I mean we have the same lunch."

" It's okay. Alright, I have to go. I'll see you at lunch." he says and then kisses me on the forehead before walking off. Everyone knows we are a couple. We've been a couple for almost 4 years. I can't imagine my life without Jonah . He gets me through the hard times and just always has my back. I smile to myself and walk to class. I have Chemistry first. I sit next to my best friend/cousin, Alex and he smiles at me.

" Long time no see Bear." he smiles. He calls me Bear because when we were younger he told me that I reminded him of the Valentines day bear. Because my name is Valentina. And he had trouble pronouncing my name, and Valentines so he just called me Bear. I never really minded. He is really sweet towards girls. A lot of girls throw themselves at and he always says no because he's too shy. It's adorable but he is a true gentleman when it comes to dates. I remember one time he had me ask his girlfriend what she liked and what would be her perfect date. She told me and I told him. He made her dream date come true. But they broke up because she was cheating on him. That broke his heart. And it annoyed me because she took advantage of his sweetness, and generosity. He's also really protective of his close friends. He is really protective of me and Riley. Like too protective.

" I know... I'm glad we have this class together." I say to him. His smile goes even wider. Most the time, I don't say, I'm glad that we are together or something along those lines. I only say it if I really mean it. He knows it too.

" I feel so touched." he dramatically puts his hand over his heart. I roll my eyes and stop talking when the teacher starts talking.

" Hello I am Ms.Davis. I am here to teach you and you are here to learn. Understand?" she talks with a stirn, monotone voice. We all nod and she hands out papers for us to fill out. It's kind of like our pretest.

Once class is over I go to my next class. I don't have any friends in this class. People talk to me and stuff and they think that they are my friend. Well truth is they aren't. I have a very select group of friends. Jonah , Alex, Riley, and Smith. I have a lot of guy friends because they don't cause drama. Riley has been my best friend since 9th grade. It's cool that our friendship has lasted this long. I always hear things like, " Rebecca and Kelsi just had a major fight and now they hate each other." or something. We have our fights but we resolve them.

" Hey Val ." someone says behind me. I look and see those fake barbie doll cheerleaders.

" Hey..." I forgot her name.

" It's Hannah." she tells me and her face falters a bit.

" Sorry." I say but I'm not really sorry. I don't give a flying flip if I remember her name or not, she's so rude to people who aren't exactly like her. If you aren't popular,pretty, athletic, or rich, then she doesn't like you.

" Oh it's fine. How was your summer?" she asks me trying to spark up a conversation.

" It was okay. I didn't really have anything to do. What about you?" I ask her.

" Mine was pretty fun, we went to the beach-" she says and I just zoned out. I don't want to hear about your fun summer. The teacher walks in and everyone gets quiet.

" I'm Ms.Kim and I-uh... well I am here for you guys if you need anything. Today I will let you socialize and catch up and stuff." she says. Her voice is really laid back and chill.

Hannah keeps talking and I just pretend to listen. The door suddenly burst open and a blonde, girl walks in panting. " Sorry I'm late I had a setback. I'm Fae." she says catching her breath. She's not pretty, but she's not ugly either. She's got an average face I guess. Fae sits down in the far back and lays her head on her arms on the desk. Everyone just stares at her... well until Hannah says, " Okay so like I was saying-" and then everyone goes back to their own conversations.