So...

ONE

So, I'm guessing you wanna hear all about my family and my school and my life. My hopes and dreams...all that good shit, right? You might care that I am the older of 2 siblings, and you might care that I'm 16 years old, and you might actually give a shit that I might actually wanna go to college. See, I like you, you're already listening to me.

Well, if you must know, I'm a junior at Lincoln. The biggest and baddest high school of all of Austin. Really, I swear to God, that place is a damn joke, but you actually do have some fun. Weekly football games, Saturday night parties, pep rallies, the things normal high schoolers enjoy. Then you have the lost souls of the school. They are the people that don't give a damn about football and pep rallies, you might actually see them at a party from time to time. It's your typical, barely passing my classes, do drugs, have sex and drink like there's no tomorrow kid and they are the definition of...well...YOLO. Oh yes, they are the ultimate definition of "you only live once." But really, there is no divide between us teenagers. We all do the same things, we all have the same problems, and we all take the same tests at school. We just have different "extracurricular activities." Me, well, I do a little bit of both. Hey, don't judge me, I actually wanna go somewhere with my life and not end up in jail. And just because I don't make straight A's doesn't mean I don't give a shit. One day, I'm gonna get that damn diploma and it's gonna say "Congratulations, Jaime Gutierrez. You have successfully completed high school." Or whatever the hell they say, I don't know. Then I'm gonna get that damn piece of paper and shove it in my mom's face. "Look here bitch, I did it. Fuck you for doubting me." I'm gonna graduate with honors and get accepted into UT like I always wanted.

But today is my first day of junior year, and I have a little ways to go before all that excitement happens. Damn my mom, for not letting take driving classes, because my ride is late! On our first goddamn day of school! Class starts at 9, its 8:45. Not a moment too soon, I hear my best friend in the whole world, pull up in her ugly old Camry her parents got her for the summer. She pulls up listening to One Direction and has it blaring loud for all the damn neighborhood to hear.

"Damn it, Mariana, can you turn that shit down just a little?" I tell her just as I get in the passenger seat of her car. She doesn't pay attention though. I can tell she has a vibe going and she isn't gonna let anyone ruin it for her. Finally, the horrible song ends and she turns the radio off and just when she does, her phone rings.

"Good morning, Kevin! Are you ready for your first day?" She has this big stupid smile on her face, jesus, she look like a little kid in a candy store. Kevin, is her best friend. Problem is, they both like each other and are too wimp to admit it. Everyone tells them they need to go out. She always on the phone with him, always FaceTiming, always texting. Like goddamn just go out with the poor guy! But she always tells me "No, were just friends. Shut up already." Mariana gets hella pissed if you mention it. It's kinda funny though, she's just lying to herself. Everyone in the damn high school knows they should hook up. Everyone except them. "Oh my gosh! I can't wait to see you either! Gotta go! See you soon bye!" It is absolutely a nightmare when I have to hear their conversation. Disgusting.

"Jesus, Mariana...he likes you and one of these day if you don't take advantage of him, someone else will." She just rolled her eyes and grunted. "Shut up Jay, we are best friends. Just because you have issues with your best friend doesn't mean I'm gonna make any with mine." Ouch, she really knew how to strike a nerve. But yes, unfortunately, she was right. I have my own issues with my best friend, Beck. "Besides when, was the last time you had a real conversation with him....that doesn't involve sex." I just looked at her with this biggest "what the fuck" face. "I don't understand, this whole summer you worked your ass off, had no time to hang out with us or go to parties. But you still had time to talk to all these guys."