who is she?

a new friend

Isaac's P.O.V.
The cell phone alarm goes off waking me up. I reach for my phone, holding the bright screen to my squinting eyes. I set 30 more minutes to my alarm for more sleep. I open my tired eyes to see the sun flashing on my face along with the pine trees covering it a bit.

I once again take my phone to see what time it was. I don't feel like going to school, especially since I found out Jenna cheated on me. I'm still not over that. Was I not a good boyfriend for her? Did I do something wrong? Jenna is the only girl that I've ever actually dated, I would usually have flings with girls, sexual flings, but that's mostly it. Jenna and I were in a serious relationship, right? I mean sure, the thing we would be doing mostly was having sex. Wasn't that good enough for her?

I finally get up from my bed after thinking a lot about what happened this weekend. I was by the sink brushing my teeth, and washing my face. Once I was done, I walked back to my room, starting to change. While I was quickly running downstairs, the sound of thuds catches my attention. Someone was knocking on the door, my suspicions were raising. I wonder who is knocking at my door 7 in the morning? Slightly opening the door, I see a common face which is the shy girl, Scarlett.

"Oh hey" I say with a surprising tone.

"H-hi, my mom wanted me to bring t-this to you"

I see a box, like a takeout box from restaurants. "What is it?" I ask curiously. "It's uh hash browns with eggs, my Mom just wanted to make you breakfast" she replies. "Thank you, you guys don't have to do this for me"

"No we insist" she says. I give a small smile. "W-Well I'll see you at school" she stutters while waving.

"Yeah I'll see you" I wave back.

Scarlett's P.O.V.
That damn smile he gave killed me. I feel so embarrassed stuttering around people. I hate how my mom sent me to his house to give him the food, well she doesn't know about my social anxiety.

I walked back to my house from Isaac's house, and once I was home I grabbed my backpack and my car keys while leaving the house to go to school.

I was already at school, and I was parking my car in the student parking lot. This horrible Monday is already making me exhausted.

By the time I got to first period, I was a bit late but thank god the teacher didn't notice me. "Class, you're going to partner up for a project" the teacher demands. I felt my stomach tighten when hearing those two words, partner and project. Partners lead to meeting someone new, projects lead to presenting in front of judgmental high schoolers. Both things give me anxiety, just the thought of it gives me anxiety.

"You guys can pick your partners"

That's worse! I don't even know anyone in this class, besides Isaac but he's already taken by one of his guy friends. I'm going to look like an idiot not having any partner. While I was searching for someone I might know, a female figure stands tall right in front of me. Slightly looking up at her, she had light brown ombre hair, light green eyes, and an amazing fashion sense. She was the girl who those trashy guys were sexualizing on the first day of school. She seems like one of those girls that make me feel so insecure about myself. She was perfect.

"Hi I'm Emma!" She says with a friendly tone. "H-Hey my name is Scarlett"

"Nice to meet you Scarlett, I don't really know anyone in this classroom, I'm new to this school. Is it okay with you if we partner up for this project?"

"Y-Yeah sure" I reply with a small smile. She seems so nice. School has been going on for a few months now, I'm surprised she isn't popular yet. She looks like one of the popular girls, but certainly doesn't act like them depending on how kind she is. "So this project is due by the end of the week, should we meet up at your house or mine?"

"Uh m-maybe mine" I reply. "Okay great we should start on it as soon as possible. So I'll meet you at your place right after school, I'll give you my phone number, just text me the address" she says.

"Okay got it" I pull out my phone and give it to her so she can put in her phone number. Once she was finished, I sent her the address to my house. "Done" I reply. "Thank you! Looks like I finally made a friend" she says with a pretty smile while packing up for second period. Woah she doesn't have a friend? She seems so nice and pretty. How doesn't she have a friend? The bell ringing caused me to leave my seat to get going to my next class.

*after school*

I was already home watching Netflix until I heard a door bell ring. I looked through the door's peephole, and it was Emma standing outside. I open it to let her in. "Hey! Come in." I say generously. Emma sat down on the couch making herself comfortable. "Is anyone home?" She asks looking around.

"No it's just me" I reply. "Do you want anything to eat I can make something for you?"

"No I'm okay I ate at school, but thank you" she  replies with a kind tone. I see my mom pulling up to the driveway parking her car. The door opens slightly revealing my mom standing on the "welcome" mat. Walking in, she gives a questioning facial expression. "Oh Mom this is Emma, my partner for my chemistry project." I assure my mom. "Oh hi nice to meet you." My mom says while putting her hand out for a handshake. "Nice to meet you too" Emma replies while shaking her hand.

"Let's go upstairs and work" I suggest while packing up my stuff.

"Doesn't that guy go to our school?" I hear Emma say. "What?" I look back at my window and see Emma looking through it. "Oh uh yeah" I respond.

"He's cute" she says while staring at his window. "Can y-you hand me that paper that has the instructions for the project." I ask trying to change the subject. "Yeah here" she passes me the paper.

"Okay so the teacher gave us an atom to research about. So just take out your notebook and take some notes about it."

It's been 2 hours since Emma has been here and we are almost done with this project. "Okay well it was nice having you" I say to Emma while she was walking out the door. "Thank you for having me" she replies with a polite smile to my mom and I.

Isaac's P.O.V.
While I was outside of my house smoking, a pretty girl walks across me. "Hey aren't you in my class?" I shout as she turns her head to me. "Yes I am in your class, I'm Emma" she introduces herself. "I'm Isaac"

"So do you live in this neighborhood?"

"No I came to work for the chemistry project we had today with Scarlett. I think you know her she sits right next to you." She replies. "Yeah I know Scarlett"

*20 minutes later*

Emma and I were having a conversation for a long time which alarmed her to start heading home. I waved bye to her as she started her car.

This Emma girl seems pretty cool. I'm glad I got her number I can text her tonight.

Scarlett's P.O.V.
As I finished doing a little bit of chores, I went upstairs to my bedroom.I plopped down on my bed and start to lay down while looking at my ceiling. I start to sit up and felt like seeing Isaac and kind of talking to him. I kind of want to be his friend. Looking at his window, his lights were off and his room was empty. Since he wasn't in his room I started to look outside to see the sky because the sunset looked so beautiful. Looking down, I see Isaac talking with a girl who looks very familiar. It was Emma. They were laughing and exchanging numbers, looking like they're having a good conversation.

I felt a little down after seeing that. Like they look great together and that kind of makes me feel insecure. I felt, I don't know, a bit... jealous? How could I be jealous? I don't even like Isaac.

Sorry for not updating in a while, i was so busy. But now I promise I will update soon, what do you guys think of this chapter? I added a new character Emma, what do you guys think of her? Let me know in the comments💞💞also i edited the picture for this chapter like i put a quote on it check it out