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Chapter 4

The next morning I drive Ella and myself to school. Ashton, Calum, and Olivia were going to be meeting us in the parking lot.

When we get there I drive to the parking spot right next to Olivia's. When we get out Ella hugs me and tells me she'll see me later. I turn to my friends and am greeted by hugs from all of them.

"Good morning lovely!" Olivia says a little over excited.

"Good morning, why are you all so happy" I chuckle as we release from our hug.

Ashton steps forward and starts talking "We all talked last night and we all really like you, like it's surprising how fast we all clicked with you. So we want to officially introduce you to the rest of our little group."

"I really like you guys too, it's been easier with the transition getting to know all of you. I'd love to meet the rest of you."

Olivia gets all excited, as do the two other boys. We begin to walk inside together. Ashton throws his arm loosely around me, while Calum and Olivia hold hands.

As we walk in the halls Ashton begins to tell me about Michael. "So you'll notice Michael easily. He's changing his hair color every day. He also dresses like the rest of us so it's not hard to miss hi-"

When Ashton is suddenly cut off from finishing his sentence I notice the tall blonde boy I recognized as Luke. "Hey dude, what's up?" He asks. Completely avoiding my existence. No surprise.

"Hey Luke, we were actually just looking for you." Ashton says untangling his arm from my shoulder. "We wanted you to meet Alia."

As Ashton introduces me to Luke he gives a fast nod before changing the conversation. "Hey. So anyway, what times practice tonight?" He asks changing the subject.

"Dude I'm trying to introduce you to her. Could you be a little more nice than just nodding your head?" I could sense the annoyance in Ashton's voice. I'm surprised he's sticking up for a girl he met not even a day ago over his best friend, but it also gives me a warm feeling.

"Oh my god sorry." He looks at Ashton, annoyance clearly in his voice. "Hi." He sarcastically says hello and slowly waves, as if I didn't understand the words hello.

"I gotta go I'll catch you later." He says before fast walking to wherever it was he was going.

"Practice is at 6:00 asshole!" Ashton yells down the hall.

"Wow I'm really sorry about that.. He's not usually like that so this is really weird. Please don't let him get to you. Lets introduce you to Michael. He actually is nice. So there won't be a problem there. Or, there shouldn't be at least."

"It's okay, things like that happened to me all the time back at my old school. It's fine." I lie. Truthfully things like that did happen to me quite often at school. But that didn't make it hurt any less each time it happened.

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Later we head to our last class of the day. Turns out I have most of my classes with the boys and a few with Olivia. I was introduced to Michael in my English class. He actually was nice, just like Ashton said. It relieved me when I had finally met all of them, and three out of the four boys were nice. I just didn't know why Luke was so rude towards me.

After our third period class we head to lunch. The table consists of all of us. Of course Luke was sitting at the far end. As far away from me as he could get.

As I talk to the rest of the boys and Olivia, I keep getting glances of Luke. Often times we make awkward eye contact. Each time he looks away as fast as he can.