A New Beginning

First Encounters

Weeks passed and soon, it became time for Felicity and I to leave the lovely sun in Los Angeles for the wet weather in London.

"You ready, love?" Felicity said, her British accent on full-on display. Her parents were from Britain but her accent faded slightly after schooling in America for 18 years. Now that school was over, and she spent more time at home, I guess her accent slipped in once more.

Her stonewashed skinny jeans, black booties, red beanie and black pullover with a large "F" embroidered on the front just made her look even prettier than she usually did and I sighed at my misfortune of always being known as "the other friend".

"So it says here that we are meant to be picked up by these two guys that will show us around London until school starts, apparently they went to Mason Academy's twinning school in London and have been volunteered for this task." Felicity read out, her blue eyes scanning the piece of paper the dean had given to each of us.

"Cool, and how exactly are we supposed to find them if we have absolutely no idea who these people are?" I questioned and gave her a quizzical look before we both burst out in random laughter.

FELICITY POV

I watched as Beth and I chuckled while the people around us were giving us strange looks which only sent both of us into a frenzy once more. Geez, it was a good choice to come to the airport early.

Beth and I were best friends since we first met when we were eight and in kindergarten. I was intrigued by how quiet she was and she, by how loud I was. Things escalated from there and before we knew it, we weren't able to last one day without each other.

Beth was gorgeous, to say the least. Her brown curls looked good no matter what situation she was in and her hazel eyes always sparkled when she talked about something she really loved. Her red double-breasted trench coat made me envious when it showed off her lean legs in the black opaque tights with black booties. The white beanie perched on her head emphasised her brown curls and she simply looked breathtaking. It made me envious of her, but sad that she was always unable to look past (what seemed to her as) her dull exterior. I thus made it my goal that when we were in London, I would break her out of her shell and fully expose to her just how gorgeous she was.

BETH POV

"Please turn off all mobile devices, thank you," the steward announced and I pulled out my phone to check for any goodbye messages. Nothing. Felicity was beside me, typing away and grinning before she switched her phone off and slipped it back into her bag.

"Are you excited?" She turned to me, practically jumping out of her seat. I chuckled and nodded while she entertained herself by playing with random buttons on the remote control.

"Beth, Beth, dear, get up!" My eyes blinked open and I saw Felicity staring back at me. "Woah," I jerked back at the close proximity between us and she threw her head back, giggling. "We're here!" She squealed, jumping out of her seat and pullingi me out of the plane. Oh boy, this was going to be fun.

JACK POV

I honestly did not know what possessed me to actually volunteer myself to help two American girls in their first few weeks in London. I sighed and rubbed my forehead as Finn drove us to the airport.

"Excited yet, Jackamo?" Finn chuckled. He knew how much I was detesting this duty, especially since it was forced on me after that stupid prank we pulled. I groaned and Finn smiled to himself. The weather was particularly cold today so I was dressed in my black double-breasted coat and maroon beanie while Finn was wearing his black sweater with the large "F" on the front.

"Do you think they're fit?" I laughed. Typical Finn, always thinking like a typical hormonal teenage boy. I shrugged as Finn bit his lip, probably attempting to picture what these girls looked like.

"It says here that they're from LA, so they're probably going to be fit." I comforted Finn and he rolled his eyes at me. Well, let's just pray and hope that they're not annoying at least. I mean, for God's sake, I had to maneuver them around London for the next month or so. I sighed as we pulled into the parking lot and got up to pick the girls up. Finn chuckled, he clearly was enjoying himself. "Let's do this."

BETH POV

I sighed and sat on my red luggage as I watched Felicity attempt to fish her blue one out of the pile. It was no easy task, undoubtedly, but Felicity had more than enough strength in her to manage so I simply left her at it. Plus, I was deadbeat.

"Alright, finally done!" Felicity walked over to me with a grin and her blue luggage in tow. She plugged in her earphones and began nodding along to one of her favourite hits at the moment, dancing around her luggage and gently pulling me up with her.

I didn't particularly see any harm in amusing my best friend, especially seeing as she was so excited to be in London and I didn't want to be a downer so I spun around with her. We were giggling and people kept giving us weird looks, but we could not care less. I was with my best friend in London having fun, and I was about to enjoy every single second of it.

"Felicity May Parker!" A British accent sounded out, a boy, most probably. I giggled and pulled the earphones out of Felicity's ears.

"Hey, I was listening to that!" Her American accent slipped in again and she pouted. I giggled, "Someone's calling you so we'd better move." She nodded excitedly and she ran to the source of the voice. I giggled and ran after her, hoping and praying that whoever were to be our tour guides weren't that annoying.

JACK POV

"Finn, we've been calling them for ages. Maybe they've left without us," I tried to persuade Finn to leave with me but he wasn't relenting. Typical, Finn was never the kind to leave something he was tasked to do halfway.

"We're here! We're here!" A British accent called out. Odd, I thought these girls were from America.. I opened my mouth to make a snide comment towards Finn but shut up when I noticed the girl. She was wearing an identical sweater as Finn's!

"Dibs," Finn muttered under his breath towards me and I nodded, respecting his call. "Lovely to meet you, Miss Parker. May we know where your friend is?" Finn shook the girl's hand, placing a chaste kiss on it and smiled at her, causing the lovely blonde to blush.

"Sorry, I'm right here!" I smirked and turned away from Finn at the sound of the American accent. My eyes widened when they fell on this girl. Muttering under my breath, I turned to Finn. "Mine."

Her brown locks curled perfectly, some strands falling out of her beanie and framing her face. Her red trench coat brought out the little green flecks in her hazel eyes. She was panting, obviously having run to us, and her cheeks flushed a pale shade of pink. She must have seen me staring because her cheeks flushed even redder and she looked down to her feet.

I coughed and took her hand, shaking it gently. "Lovely to meet you, Miss Jones. Welcome to the other side of the ocean." She giggled and I savoured the sound it brought to my ears.

Miss Parker coughed and I turned to face the both of them in their matching sweaters, smirking. She blushed faintly and snatched her hand away from Finn's who simply gave me a cheeky little wink.

"Well, now you know our names so how about yours in exchange?" She cocked an eyebrow towards Finn who just could not stop smiling.

I cleared my throat since Finn was clearly too caught up with this Felicity girl to speak. "I'm Jack, Jack Harries. Dumbo over here is Finn Harries, and if you haven't noticed, we're twins." The girls giggled and Finn and I smiled. Oh boy, this was going to be fun.