Hey everybody! Chiara here. This is my first attempt at a fan fiction, so I hope that you like! I don't wanna talk too much here, I'll save that for after the chapter is done with. So, without anymore stalling.

Chapter 1- Unrequited Love (Kissing Families, Silversun Pickups)

Hope walked down his block, thoughts rushing through his head at the date before. His mother had pretty much forced him to go outside, insisting it was such a beautiful day today, and Hope finally agreed when he realized that that meant he could think without his mother interrupting him every three minutes.

"Beautiful day?" Hope muttered to himself. "If it's so beautiful today, why do I feel so crappy?"

Meteorologically, it actually was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, there were no clouds today, and even though it was the middle of September, temperatures mulled about at 75 degrees. But it could've just as well been a snowstorm that day and Hope wouldn't have noticed. The only thing he could think about was the object of his one-sided affections.

Vanille.

She was the most beautiful girl Hope had met at school so far, and he'd actually worked up the courage yesterday to tell her how he felt. But as nicely as she had refuted him, he still felt terribly sad; and when he found out that the object of her affections was that overrated "hunky" senior Snow Villiers, he also felt a mixture of anger. Everyone liked Snow. What was so great about Snow? Was Hope to understand that all one had to do was be tall and muscley and wear a ridiculous bandana on your head indoors to have every girl in school fawning over you like a lost puppy?

Soon you'll be there too…

Hope knew he would probably never be like Snow. He was short and skinny. Not that he wanted to be like Snow, anyway. He liked his bandanas around his neck, thank you very much.

Kissing families can become a program to derail us all.

Hope had reached the park now, and since today was Saturday, he saw all manner of parents with their kids. Hope wanted kids someday, particularly a son, who he could teach everything he knew about physics and random trivia. But at the rate he was going, that would never happen. Everyone had someone except for him.

…it's been safe 'til now. It's no wonder that we live this way, kept looking forward on paths sideways…

When he was a child, Hope didn't have any of these problems; as long as he was under the protective eye of his mother, he was a happy child. Ever since he started high school, he'd been introduced to a whole lot of problems that he hadn't an inkling on how to solve. All of a sudden, he missed his blissful ignorance, the naïveté of childhood.

… this can be the bitter end. I know it won't.

Of course, maybe if Hope would grow- his father promised him he was due for a spurt any day now- and he could be stronger by helping his mom lift those heavy grocery bags, He could get there, with a little willpower.

It's everything that is connected, and beautiful…

Vanille was beautiful. Everyone thought Snow was beautiful. Why would they not be a perfect match? Hope was insignificant. Not many people even knew he existed..

…and now I know just where I stand.

Yes, that was it. Hope would never have her. He'd just have to settle for one of the plainer girls; shame on him for choosing someone so special when he was nothing special.
Thank God it's over.

Okay, I'm back!
I hope that I captured Hope's personality. You know, his sulkiness, his hatred for Snow, and so on;
This story is going to be Hope-centric, but I'll see if I can fit everyone else in here at least once, especially Noel and company, since my husband promised me he'd go buy 13-2 this weekend like he's been telling me since forever ^_^
As mentioned earlier, this is my first fan fiction, so I would really really like it if you guys told me how I'm doing so far, especially since English is not my first language, I know there are some technicalities in here that you guys are just DYING to point out.