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Chapter One : He's Bush and I'm Like His Mini Afghanistan

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Chapter One : He's Bush and I'm Like His Mini Afghanistan

Monday morning when my dad drops me off at school I pull on the hood of my jacket. It belongs to the days of Fatty Tessie hence is so baggy that it almost swallows me. The mission is to be as invisible to the human eye as possible and what better way to do that than wear something which 'the new me' wouldn't be caught dead with?

My father eyes me curiously as I tip-toe towards the building. I can always explain it to him later that I'm trying to save my life. When he finally drives away I rush, still on my tip-toes imitating a bad spy thriller and merge into the crowd of ALHS, so far so good.

The plan is to quickly grab my books from my locker, which might be the only way someone might identify me today. I plan on sitting way at the back today and ask the teachers to mark my attendance at the end of the lesson. Thankfully due to the fact that I am such a nerd my teachers wouldn't mind doing that for me especially if I mentioned that I was in mortal danger.

Now you might say that I'm overreacting and that I don't even know if Cole is going to be in school today. However I have know that boy long enough to be aware of his twisted schemes. He will attack when I lower my defenses and that my friends will not be happening.

"Tessa,"

Oh no my cover's been blown! I squeeze my eyes shut and start walking towards homeroom which happenes to be in the direction opposite of whoever it was that's calling me.

"Tessa wait!"

I keep walking glancing left and right, hoping that Cole wouldn't jump out of some random corner will water balloons in his hands. That devious baboon...he's got minions now does he?

I try to hurry as much as I can but I'm not fast enough. A hand clasps down on my shoulder and I open my mouth to scream but I then my eye falls on the beaded bracelet on the wrist of the person holding on to me and I sigh in relief. That purple bracelet has beads with pink lettering on them spelling 'M-E-G-A-N' and belong to my friend Megan. I know for certain that she does not mean me physical harm well at least not intentionally.

"Why-" she pauses to take a deep breath "Are you..." deep breath again, "Running so fast?" She's panting like she's just run a marathon instead of chasing me down a school corridor but in her defense she's a bigger nerd then me and exercise is a foreign concept to her. However she is a nerd with an obsession for gossip so she must know exactly why I'm running.

"Let's get to class I'll explain." I say grabbing her arm and pulling her along before she attracts too much attention.

"Ooo I smell gossip." She rubs her hands together manically and her green eyes shimmer in delight. Meet Megan Sharp one of my best friends post Nicole. We bonded over our mutual hatred of Chemistry and late hours at the library. She's an honours student destined for Princeton ( a college she loves beyond the point of normalcy by the way) and in her spare time she loves nothing more than knowing everything about everyone even though that knowledge might not be credible. She's pretty( if you ignore her eccentricity) with her deep red hair and flawless complexion. She looks like a porcelain doll and I envy her ability to be petite and delicate while I am anything but.

We enter the classroom and as per usual Miss Sanchez is fast asleep in her chair while paper planes are whizzing by her head. The two of us spot our other best friend Bethany aka Beth sitting by the window and scribbling furiously over her notebook and head over to her direction.

"Hey Beth!' I wince at the shrill tone of Megan's voice but you just cannot tone this girl down this is her usual way of greeting people-destroying their eardrums.