Realize | Irwin

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I was awoken by the song, "Dammit" by Blink-182. I groaned as I squinted at the bright screen from my phone to try and stop the noise. Don't get me wrong, I love Blink-182, just not at 6 in the morning.

After contemplating on whether or not I should stay in bed, I got up and walked to the bathroom. I closed the door behind me and took off the leggings and hoodie that I slept in.

I had a shower and when I got out I brushed my teeth, then walked back to my room to go and get dressed. I pulled on a pair of dark grey skinny jeans, a black Rolling Stones t-shirt. and my black converse. I brushed my dark brown hair and then proceeded to do my usual makeup routine; black eyeliner and mascara, nothing on my face and a bit of lip balm.

Checking the time, I realised I had 10 minutes until my best friend, Cassie would be here to pick me up and take me to school. I raced down the stairs, almost tripping on the last one. I went into the kitchen and popped a slice of bread into the toaster. while waiting for it to finish, I poured myself a glass of orange juice and drank it. When the toast was done, I spread some peanut butter onto it and quickly ate it.

As soon as I was done, I heard the doorbell ring. I walked over and opened it to see Cassie. She was wearing a red, plaid skirt, a black top and patent, black doc martens. Her long, platinum blonde hair was pulled to one side and she had the same black eye makeup as me. "Come on, we're gonna be late" she said. I turned around to grab my backpack, and yelled "Bye mum, have a good day." I heard my mum's reply, but it wasn't loud enough to hear what she was actually saying.

I walked across the front lawn with Cassie and we hopped into her car. She turned on the ignition and as she did, a punk-rock song that I didn't know the name of, or who it was by, blast through her speakers. Neither of us bothered to start a conversation as the music was really loud, and turning down the volume wasn't something that either of us would do.

Before too long, we arrived at school and Cassie parked her car. We walked into the gate and headed towards our lockers.

As I was getting out the books I needed for the day and talking to Cassie, I felt a person behind me, and they covered my eyes with their large hands. "Guess who." they said. "Oh, I don't know. Surely it's not Ashton!" I replied, sarcasm dripping from my voice. "Ugh, how do you always know it's me?" Ashton complained as I turned around to face him. "You're the only one that ever does it" I said to him, with a smirk on my face.

The bell brought me back to reality from my conversation with Ashton. I looked toward Cassie, only to see her on her phone, I assumed she was texting someone.

"Anyway, I'll see you later" Ashton smiled as he walked away. Cassie and I made our way to our first class, English.

"Won't you two just go out already?!" Cassie urged. I slapped her on the arm, giving her a horrified look. "I've already told you, we are just friends, he is like my brother. Would you ever go out with someone that was a brotherly figure towards you?" She scrunched up her face towards me. "Exactly." I said, feeling proud of myself.

After a couple of seconds, Cassie gasped. "Oh my god. You won't go out with Ashton because you've got a thing for that dickhead, Ryder."

"No! Well, yes. I do think Ryder is hot, but that's not the reason I won't go out with Ashton." "Whatever" Cassie sighed, obviously getting bored of the conversation.

To be completely honest, I don't know why I like Ryder. I mean, sure, he looks like a sex god. But he's extremely cocky and rude. I hated myself for having any feelings towards him.

I sat down next to Cassie in English, and pulled out my notebook so I could begin taking notes off the board. I also put in my earphones so I could block out the noise around me.

"Hayley, I can hear you music!" I heard a voice from behind me. I turned around to see Ryder sitting there staring at me. "So can I" I sarcastically smiled at him. Even though I liked him, he didn't make me weak, nor did I hesitate to reply with a rude comment.

"Ohhhh, feisty!" Alex, his friend that was sitting next to him, said, smirking at me. I rolled my eyes at his remark.

Cassie turned around to join our little debate. "You know, you guys are really lucky that I have self-control because if I didn't, I wouldn't hesitate one second to kick you in the balls."

The two of them looked horrified and went back to their work, clearly too scared to continue the conversation.

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I watched Cassie walk towards the lunch table I was sitting at. She sat down next to be and began to ramble about how happy she was that she scared Ryder and Alex in English.

I picked at my ham sandwich as Ashton walked up to us and sat down. "Hello there!' he said. "Hey Ashton!" Cassie and I said at the same time.

"What are you two doing on Friday night?" Ashton asked. "Nothing. Why?" I replied. "Well, my friend Josh is having a house party and he told me to invite a couple people. You two need some socializing and I think it'll be fun." He said.

Cassie immediately replied, "No. definitely not. Josh is also friends with Ryder, meaning he will be there and if Ryder will be there. I won't be."

I rolled my eyes at Cassie's comment. "Oh come on, it wont be that bad. You won't even have to talk to Ryder. And you have to admit, Josh is pretty nice." I said. Ashton added to my comment, "Also, my friends, Luke, Michael and Calum will be there."

"Well, I guess if Michael will be there..." Cassie trailed off. I squealed with excitement. I really wanted to go, just so I could say that I went to a high school party. And I was extremely anti-social so I sort of needed it.

"Ok, I'll pick the two of you up at 6.00 on Friday." Ashton confirmed. The bell rang, signalling us to go to our next class.

Authors Note:

So here it is, the first chapter of my 5sos fanfic. I will probably update around every 3 or 4 days, depending on how busy I am. Also, I believe that quality is better that quantity so I would rather post a really good chapter, not as often, than a crappy chapter, more frequeltly.

I would still like character ideas, so if you would like to be in the story, tell me your name, a little bit about your personality and your style, and I might be able to put you in it.

Please comment and vote <3

- Kaitlin