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i dont even realize what day it is until my mother bursts into my room yelling for me to wake up.

"alex, honey you've gotta get up. its 6:45 and the bus comes at 7:00. i tried getting you up earlier but you wouldnt budge."

she walks out of my room without closing the door- knowing i'd get up to close it. i roll onto my side and pick up my phone and see that its now 6:47 and i instantly jump out of bed.

"fuck" i mumble and i rush over to my desk and pick up the outfit i chose for school today. i hadn't planned my first day of junior year to go this way- i wanted much more time to get ready. i throw on my outfit and just brush out my natural loose curls. lastly, i put on my mascara and a light pink shimmery lip gloss. i wasn't allowed to wear makeup until freshman year so i typically don't wear much makeup.

by the time i get downstairs to try to cram in some breakfast it's already 6:55 so i have to skip breakfast. i grab my simple all black JanSport backpack and hurry out the door to the bus stop. at exactly 7:01 the bus comes and i step on and sit in a seat with my best friend, julie. julie and i have been friends since seventh grade and i'm so grateful to always have her by my side.

"oh my gosh! ali i haven't seen you like almost all summer!"

"i know! we definitely need to hang out more! i missed you!!"

we hug and then discuss everything that happened over the summer until we get to school. we then walk into the school together and hug one last time before we go to our separate classes. we have no classes together this year but at least we're on the same bus.

i walk to my first class- honors history. i hate this class so much but i know that my grades and classes mean a lot to my mom so i take any honors classes offered to me for her.

i sit through class for forty-two minutes and then make my way to my next class. after 6 more periods its 1:59 and the bell rings, meaning i now have four minutes to get to my last class- math. it's odd but math is actually my favorite subject.

i arrive to class at 2:02- just in time. i look around the classroom and find a seat in the front row. there's no one i know in this class so picking a seat wasn't very hard.

at exactly 2:04, a minute into class, a boy walks in and looks around the classroom- stopping at me. we make wye contact for about four seconds and then he smiles and looks away. he's tall, and quite attractive. with darkish skin, dark puffy hair with blonde streaks in the front, chocolatey brown eyes he basically looks like a god. he's dressed in black skinny jeans with rips at the knees and a wide-necked grey t-shirt. i guess boys don't really dress up for the first day but its okay because he still looks hot. when he walks right over and takes a seat at the desk behind me i can't help but try not to smile.