Sweet Preserves

A Rough Start

The sounds of pounding upstairs, two siblings screaming at each other and finally making there way down stairs ready to eat. These are the sounds of Whitney's house.

Silence in the basement and crying upstairs, these are sounds of Adams house with a new baby brother.

Whitney gulped down her cereal and raced out to catch her bus. Adam solemly ate his toast and walked out to his car. 

Whitney lived a hectic life. She was always late for the bus, always ran out of cash and disliked her older sister Jen alot. It was the first day of 10th grade. The new kids from the other school were coming over and Whitney wasn't excited for that. By 10th grade you've made all the friends you need. You didn't need more new faces coming in to make your life more confusing. 

Adam lived a simple life. He wasn't excited to come over to the new school. He had made all the friends he needed. He didn't need new faces to make his life confusing. His mom divorced 3 years ago, remaried, which left Adam with a new baby brother. 

Whitney walked down the hall looking for her locker. She was finally in the senior high hallway, no more snotty little grade 7s or 8ers. She bumped into a couple of people, getting some nasty glares from the new kids and was finally relieved to find Liv. Liv and Whitney were best friends. They talked about everything together, boys, shoes, hair. After a quick hug, Liv walked to class. Whitney still searching for a locker walked away. As she walked down the hallway in a daze thinking about Kyle (who she is in LOVE with) she bumped into someone and dropped all her books. She bent down and started picking up her things. She reached for a pencil and her hand touched someone elses before reaching the pencil. She looked up to find herself staring into the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen. 

"I'm sorry"

"It's ok... Ummm. I'm Whitney, you can just call me Whit" She smiled, embarrased.

"I'm Adam, I came from the other school"

It was then that they realized they were on the ground. Adam finished picking up the books and handed them to her. Whitney lost all thoughts on Kyle and stared at Adam. Adam gave a swift smile with perfect white teeth

"Nice, bumping into you. I'll um- I'll see you around" Adam turned around and left

"Wow" Whitney whispered, astonished. She noticed that people were staring at her and her face went red. She quickly found her locker, put her books away and ran to her class, she couldn't be late on the first day.