Ramona's POV:
I groan as I hit my alarm clock that so rudely interrupted my sleep. I hit the snooze button and nestled back into my sheets. The alarm went off again, and I hit snooze again. This continued for a good ten minutes, until a very cranky 10 year old stomped into my room.
"Will you shut that thing up?!" An exasperated Max cried. "Either get up or break your alarm!"
I groaned. "You don't understand. I'm in high school now. No sixteen year old wants to wake up at 6:30 every morning just to go to hell- I mean school."
"No ten year old wants to be woken up at 6:30 when they don't have school till 8:30," Max countered. "Jackson's up and by the looks of it, you're going to be late." He smirked and skipped across the hall to his room.
I freaked out when I checked the time on my phone. It was already seven and the bus comes in 5 minutes. I rushed and got dressed,brushed my teeth, and threw my hair up into a messy bun, grabbed my backpack and rushed down stairs.
Jackson's POV:
I was eating my breakfast waiting for Ramona to go to school, when suddenly I hear frantic steps on the stairs. Ramona rushed into the kitchen, looking like a hot mess.
"Am I late? Are we late?" Ramona yelled.
I chuckled. "You're fine. With one minute to spare." We heard a honk outside. "That's our cue."
Ramona let out a sigh of relief and grabbed a banana as we headed out. We got on the bus and made our way to the back to our usual seats. I sit all the way in the back and Ramona sits in the seat across the aisle, allowing Bobby, my best friend, to sit next to me.
At the next stop, Popko got on and made his way to the back. All the girls were swooning when he got on, even some seniors. He couldn't help it that he had swagger. Being friends for six years and he still hadn't rubbed off on me. Besides his charm didn't work on every girl. Ramona, haven gotten used to him, was immune to all his tricks and flirtation. I looked over and saw her casually reading her book, not even giving Bobby a second glance.
"Sup' Jax," Bobby greeted me. He sat down next to me and we did our secret hand shake. Some people might say that it's dorky to still be doing secret handshakes at 16, but Bobby made it cool.
"So how was your break?" I asked him. I already new though. He posted a ton of videos on YouTube of him snowboarding at his parent's cabin in Tahoe.
"Pretty chill," he said, laughing at his own joke. "Wiped out a couple times, but that's the price you pay when you live life on the edge!"
"More like the edge of stupidity," Ramona mumbled under her breath. I groaned. The two were gonna go at it again. Ramona and Bobby were both my best friends but they were like oil and water; they didn't mix well.
"And how was your winter break?" Bobby said through his teeth, turning his attention to Ramona. His voice sounded strained and I could tell his not so nice words were on the tip of his tongue.
"Great actually," Ramona said. I could tell her smile was fake. "Because you were in a completely different state and not at my house annoying me for a whole two weeks ."
Bobby's eyes narrowed and he glared at Ramona. I had to intervene or it was not going to be pretty. "Hey guys. No fighting today. We just got back from winter break. Besides we're almost at school."
"Fine," Ramona said. "I don't have time to waste on a childish boy like Bobby anyway."
"I'm not childish!" Bobby said. "You're the one who's childish!"
The bus lurched to a stop. Ramona got up. "I rest my case," she said simply as she got off.
Bobby clenched his hand and bit his lip, trying to control himself. He turned to me and growled. "Why couldn't you live with a nice, pretty, sweet girl and not Ramona?" He asked.
"Hey," I said. "She's not that bad. She's still like my best friend. And I really want to you guys to get along."
Bobby wiggled his eyebrows. "Is she now?"
I rolled my eyes. "Dude, stop. Not like that. Ramona is like a sister I never had."
"More like the sister I wish you never had," Bobby mumbled as he walked into school. I sighed knowing it was going to be a long day.
Ramona's POV:
It was lunchtime and I grabbed my lunch from my locker and waited for Lola. I started texting some of my old friends. Even though, I haven't seen them in 3 years, we kept in touch. I really did miss them, even though Lola was great.
"Hey," someone said. Expecting it to be Lola I saw Jackson and Bobby at my locker.
I completely ignored Popko. "What do you want Jackson?"
"Um, can't a guy say hi to his girl best friend on the way to lunch?" He said.
"Totally," I said with fake enthusiasm. "You're just totally not that guy. Waiting for Lola?" I smirked.
Jackson reddened. "No," he said defensively. I rolled my eyes.
"Hey!" Lola greeted us. Jackson immediately started staring at her. He literally had hearts for eyes. "Are Jackson and Bobby joining us?" She asked me.
Jackson stayed speechless. "Uh-" Bobby started to object.
"Actually they are!" I interrupted. "It'd be cool to hang out with them, don't you think?"
Lola looked at Jackson and smiled. "Totes!"
We made our way to the cafeteria and Jackson mouthed "thank you,"
Lola say next to Jackson so I was forced to sit with Popko. Let's just say I was less than thrilled. He rolled his eyes in disgust and I did the same. We only put up with each other for twenty minutes for our friends' benefits. Jackson was still too chicken to officially ask Lola out. And Lola was not the type of girl to make the first move. Looks like they were gonna need A LOT of help.