Hello I'll make this message short and quick i personally find authors notes annoying so here it goes :
This is my first ever fanfic , so I'm sorry for the setup and all that I hope you like it :)
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- Chapter 1 -
ASHTON (POV):
Hands in my pocket, Guitar on my back, wind blows in my face as i kick a few pebbles in my way on the sidewalk. I walk down this path and I think about all my dreams , what I could be doing that would make my life better , but the way things are set up it doesn't work that way so I laugh at it. I like to think of music as my escape. I usually just walk out the house and down to a little abandoned park and play my guitar there.
I should in school at the moment but I'm not really into wasting my time on something I don't like or really need. Plus the people there suck I just can't stand them. The girls are a complete mess , the jocks are selfish, conceded idiots.
As I reach the park I sit down on the table and strum the guitar strings and come up this really nice tune , kinda slow but its decent.
After being here a few hours I pick my stuff up and go as I realize I have to get to work. I run into my shit hole of a house put on a black shirt and run out the house again. Unfortunately I don't have enough money for car so my bike since year 7 has been my ride.
I get there just about 5 minutes late.
I work at this little store where they sell a whole bunch of CDs , LPs and all things music basically. I'm sick of this job it's always the same thing, putting prices on the stuff and cashier shift.
Nothing much goes on here really , my co-workers don't do much all they do is mess around and sit around and play on their Nintendo , I don't blame them considering they're just the average freshman trying to make some cash.
After being stuck at work and get home the typical screaming between my parents. I'm use to it so I just walk straight into my room looking for some good green day albums to play. I fall into my bed thinking about how I would want my life to be and I listen to the lyrics of the songs until I fall asleep.
NEXT MORNING
"GET UP AND MOVE YOUR ASS, ARE YOU AWARE OF HOW MANY ABSENCES YOU'VE HAD!" my mom says as she busts into the room
I sit up , push my hair back, and squint my eyes trying to even process whats going on right now, it's 7 am.
I look at her and she stares at me , she throws my black bookbag at me and walks out.
This is nothing new but I guess I don't have a choice but to go considering im on the verge of failing.
I go through daily routine grab an apple and walk out the house.
As reach the school I lock my bike onto a bike railing and sigh looking at the prison they like to call 'school'
I pull the door open look the hall and get to my locker , I pick up the only notebook that's in there and get to class.
I walk in everyone stares , my english teacher clears his throat , I look at him and make my way to the seat. Some blonde next to me starts to giggle and wave at me I roll my eyes and ignore her. I'm not interested in being at any relationships . I don't see the fun in it what can you possibly do and then you have to act all lovely dovey and try to please them all the time, relationships are a wierd waste of time.
As the english teacher begins to write usless material on the board i begin tapping my pencil on the desk and stare at the clock.
Fifteen minutes into a class a brunette with a beanie ,some ripped jeans and black converses stumbles, in she looks around the class then hands the teacher a pass she smiles and makes her way to any seat available, the teacher looks confused as to how she just randomly popped in and chose her own seat , he ignores it and continues with the lesson.
She sits at the other end of the room next to the window . I tilt my head a bit to get a better look at her, I'm guessing she's a transfer student. She seems very different she already seems very bored with the lesson as she rests her head on her hand.
I chuckle at the fact at how she doodles on the desk and is just so carefree on her first day.
She huffs and looks around the room she catches me looking , I continue to look but then look away and continue to tap my pen on the desk.
I'm not gonna lie she seems interesting.
The bell rings and she gets out that classroom so fast it was crazy. I take my time and pace the halls and there she is , talking to a bunch of people I look at her and smile, she doesn't notice so I head to my next class.
All day I just thought about the girl in english , I couldn't get her off my mind and I don't even know her name, I don't know what it is but she seems really cool.
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I got home and get ready for work I'm really not in the mood for work and its complications today, but I dont have choice. My parents are not into buying my stuff I've always been the one who has had to work hard for everything I get. Right now I'm kind of saving up for a new guitar and some amps. I've always wanted an electric guitar I've been stuck with my crappy acoustic since forever , that cheap thing is at least 15 years old I bought it at some cheap garage sale for about 10 bucks and it was about the only afforadable guitar I could get.
I walk into the shop and it seems quite busy today , there's barely any customers this probably the most I've seen all week. I head to the back and pick up a box of CDs to put them out in display.
I stop and notice the girl from my english class is here.
I can't help but to stare.
I slowly walk over near the racks of CDs and keep my eye on her as shes just on the opposite side of the CD rack.
I try and peak over the top and place the CDs in order and she still doesn't noti-
"umm can I help you ?" She looks up at me and smiles
I slightly shake my head .
"Uh.um. wel- well a- I actually should be the one asking if you need any help" I scratch the back of my head and smile back.
"Hmm , yea " she laughs
"Well, I'm actually just looking for something different really I don't know, do you have any suggestions"
I walk over to her side and look around for a good album.
"Hmm, um, well this one's pretty nice,I guess" I hand her a random Justin Timberlake album
She laughs. "Yeaa I've heard it already its okay thanks anyways"
"Yea sure no problem" I put my hands in my pocket and head back to the box of CDs
"Wait aren't you in my english class? What's your name?"
I turn around "yea. My name's Ashton"
"Oh cool, My name's Caroline, Guess I'll see you around then"
"Yea!" I wave and continue walking.
Wow . Just wow. Way to go I'm sure she thinks I'm strange.
