𝔐𝔶 𝔏𝔦𝔣𝔢 • 𝔩.𝔥

Chapter 1

*BEEP!...BEEP!...BEEP!*

"Turn your stupid alarm off!" My older sister shouted at me from across our bedroom.

"Shut up Selena it's to make sure we are not late for school!" I shouted back at her.

*Beep...*

Finally, summer is over. No more heat. No more bug bites. No more mom making me go outside. Just school.

I don't know what it is I love about school...Maybe it's the thrill I get every time I get an A on everything or when I'm called on by the teacher or the workload of homework we receive.

I'm snapped out of my thoughts when my mother bursts through the door.

"Yeah school!" My mother throws her hands in the air. "No more children here all day."

"Mom...really? I'm trying to sleep" said my obnoxious sister.

"Well I don't care. GET UP. You're starting high school and you're sister," she turns to me. Her eyes are starting to water. "is starting her second year of middle school. My babies..."

She better not cry...

"I'm sorry."

And she's crying...

"Well hurry up and get dressed, you have 20 minutes."

I check my annoying alarm clock and it's 5:30. We take the bus because my mom is lazy and my dad is...dad.

I quickly run to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. Maybe even tinkle a little... I run back to my shared bedroom and put on my already ironed jeans and red shirt. That's another thing I love about school,the uniform. It feels like I belong there with the logo on the shirt.

By the time I'm done we still have 5 minutes until the bus arrives. I eat up my pancakes, eggs, and bacon. I thank my mom for breakfast and kiss both my parents goodbye. I'm waiting for Selena to come down the stairs.If she takes one more second to come down I will-

"I'm ready" she says as she walks down the stairs.

She looks stunning...her brown hair is in perfect waves,she has on makeup that makes her look like an angel,she has blue jeans,a white polo and white flats.Here am I on the other hand with black frizzy hair, light brown freckles on my cheeks, and a stain on the inside of my collar on my shirt and black converse on.

"Oh my goodness, my two girls going back to school." she sniffles "All grown up now."

"OH MY GOD WE HAVE TO GO. WE HAVE 3 MINUTES LEFT." I'm starting to panic.

"Dude, calm down we live right across the bus stop." said Selena.

I feel slightly better...

"Yeahhh but, we still have to walk across the field!" I take it back, it got worse. I really hate being late for things. Even for the smallest things that doesn't even matter. I just don't like it.

Without thinking I grab Selena by the hand and run outside dragging her, literally dragging her.

"AHHHHH!"

We get there exactly when the bus stops to let us on.

I start to get nervous when I step on the bus. Selena goes directly to the back and sits by a girl with blonde hair and starts chatting.

"Oh thanks Selena, leave me by myself." I mutter under my breath

I walk down the aisle to look for a seat.I tried to sit by a girl who was by herself but as I was sitting down she put her hand on the empty space.

"Sorry this seat is reserved." the red-head says.

"For who?"

"My feet."

She moves her hand and quickly puts her feet up.

Rude.

I walk further down and see another seat. This time a guy...hopefully he will be nice and not put his feet on the seat.

"Ummm....can I sit here? Please?" Why am I so nervous? I've been around guys before...I think.

"Uh, yeah I guess."

He moves his book-bag and scoots closer to the window.

"Thank you so much. I appreciate it."

"No problem." He responds.

The bus finally starts moving and drives down the long road.

"What's your name?"

"Luke, Luke Hemmings. Whats yours?"

"Lily, Lily Bell"

"That's a beautiful name." Luke mutters.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Where are you from? You talk weird." I say.

I quickly realize what had come out of my mouth.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry. I didn't realize what I said. Please don't get offended. I wasn't trying to-"

He lightly touched my arm.

"Haha, it's cool. I'm from Australia. I moved here when I was 10."

"Oh. Do you like it here?"

"It's okay. People here are fatter."

"Hey! Well...yeah. Thats because we love our food" I giggle.

Did I just giggle?

Luke and I start talking about our families and I tell him about my hectic morning. He tells me how he has YouTube account that he sings on and we tell each other about ourselves.

I found out that Luke is in the same grade as me, 7th, but we only have P.E together.

We arrive at school and get off the bus. I shout to Selena that I love her and she glares at me. The blonde that she is sitting next to laughs at her.

Ha.

Luke and I walk down the sidewalk together and discuss music. Turns out we listen to the same artists. We both listen to The Fray and other guy artists. He says he listens to them because they sing about girls. If he listened to female artists then he will be singing about boys and he thinks that is gay. We both laugh and stay in silence. For some reason I look at him and he's smiling. He looks beautiful. His blonde hair is down to one side and his icy blue eyes are magnificent. He has a perfect smile and white teeth. I almost start drooling...

"Why are you staring at me?"

Because you are good looking.

"Umm...I wasn't." I lie

Yes I was.

"I can tell you are lying but okay."

We reach the cafeteria, the rest of the way in silence,when I open the door I stop walking and start freaking out.

*Edited

{Yo sorry for the beginning with the waking up for school stuff. I'm thinking I will change it? Idk.}