Chapter 1

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Meet De Gang
Lydia Drake P.O.V
                Welcome to the art of rejection. You know the game that the  popular middle school boys and girls, people at the top of the food chain like to play. You know flirt, date, breakup for no reason and race to see who can find the next boyfriend or girlfriend faster. An endless repeating cycle. No more. I'm done. I'm tired of not being on the reciprocal end. I'm just the smart, cute girl whose best friends with the guys every girl in out school likes. Every girl except for me. Or so I thought. It was a day like any other we walked to the bus stop with our group of friends and sat together  on the bus and by we I mean

Seven
Age-15(January 1st 2004)
Facts-star violinist
Race-Irish and Black(green eyes, freckles, and Light brown hair with olive skin)
Occupation- single playboy dates 10 girls within a span of one month/ 4 new girl friends almost every week

S:"Hey I was just playing around no need to punch me!"
L: "You're a d*ck! You broke up with her but you didn't even call her by her own name? AND YOU DID IT OVER TEXT?"
S:"What she was fun!"
L:"Pr*ck!"
S:"Pr*ck or d*ck which one is it? Make up your mind!"
A:"Uggggh just shut up."

Which bring us to the next member of the group

Anderson
Age - 14(April 6th 2005)
Facts -star soccer player/ the captain of the school's boy's soccer team
Race- El Salvadorian (short, fair skin, overly gelled hair, braces, black eyes and cute smile.)
Occupation - resident father of the group, single, not interested in the dating game

A:"You 2 fight like a married couple!
L:"He started it. He's disgusting. Girls aren't toys!"
A:"Correction I meant 3 year olds."
L: "Hey!"
A:"I know that but we also know that people with closed minds like our dear play boy should learn to close their mouths."
S:"Hey!"
Cow I mean Connor: Will you all shut up?
All the rest of us: Hey!

Then there's

Cooooww.....nnor??
Age-15(November 5th 2005)
Facts-star basketball player
Race-White and Hispanic(blue eyes, black hair, and beautiful, beautifully, soft plump, pink lips)<- WHAT? I REFUSE TO LIE!!!!
Occupation-resident golden boy, resident smart*ss,  resident pain in the *ss , resident heart throb, and resident single
L:Lets go boys. Quit your sissy talk we have a school to go to.

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