Okay so, this is my first ever fan fiction. I've been inspired by a fellow writer, my friend, hyoriu. Well, that's his username at least. He's an amazing writer but, he writes about Anime... I don't read anime very much but he makes me want to read it. You should check him out. Sorry if it's not all too amazing, this is my first one after all.

Ch. 1: Distractions

She was probably the most beautiful girl I had ever seen, at least not out of a magazine. I was in my 3rd period class, Gym, trying to do warm ups when I saw her. Although she didn't dress all too glamorous, seeming as she was in her gym uniform, she still radiated beauty. She had long brown curly locks that fell around her shoulders like a water fall, gorgeous sun kissed tan skin, and legs that seemed to go to the moon and back. Her deep chocolate brown eyes darting around the gymnasium frantically as though in panic, searching for something as though their lives depended on finding whatever it so desperately lost.

They continued their search until her eyes met mine, I must have been staring pretty hard because she seemed to have sensed my eyes on her. You know that feeling when you think someone is just staring holes into your back? That must have been what she felt because she stopped making her eyes move as though they were on speed when she finally found the culprit. Me.

Once I realized what had just occurred, I blushed rather profusely and prayed that Mr. J, our gym teacher, would just blow the damn whistle to start class. My prayers must have been heard by some higher power and class started right on time. Nothing too exciting really happened in gym after that, I mean it is gym, other than a few hit heads and some sports, how exciting can it get?

Fourth period I had lunch, to my relief because I was utterly STARVING. I looked at the lunch menu and found that they were serving pizza. Which, by the way, does in fact taste like actual pizza not cardboard. I got in line as soon as I could because that thing can just become a labyrinth of people if you don't tackle it head. I finally got to the front and got my beloved pizza.

I started looking for a place to sit but my search was soon interrupted by a frantic and rather tiny body waving for me to join her. Pru, my rather eccentric best friend. She's a small girl, around 5'2 and weighed no more than a buck-o-five. She had choppy blonde hair, rather fair skin and big grayish blue eyes that reminded me a lot of lightning. She may seem small and innocent but trust me, her mouth is as filthy as a sewer.

"Hey, fucktard get your ass over here!"

Pru says.

See what I'm saying? The girl has no filter and is quite the asshole, if I do say so myself. But I've known her since we were in Pre-school so I'm pretty used to it. To others she's as nuts as almonds, but to me she's, well Pru.

"You're going to get enough of calling me stuff like that. Why are you so damn aggressive, Pru?"

"The same reason your mom is such a slut! I missed you so much Paigey." She says while hopping in my lap.

"Pru, what do you mean? I saw you literally yesterday."

"I know dammit, can't a girl just miss her best friend?"

She says while kissing me all over my face. She does this all of the time. Pru is the "Aggressive yet affectionate" type. She shamelessly flirts and kisses me in front of everyone and then has the nerve to wonder why I don't have a girlfriend! It's not like I really mind, though. That's just who she is and I'll never ask her to change that about herself. Hell, that's part of the reason I love her so much.

"Yes, you can miss your best friend but if I didn't know you so well it could come across as clingy." I say as nicely as possible.

"Paige, shut up, please. So, how is your first day of school so far?"

"It's been pre-", I'm cut off when Pru, rather loudly calls someone over to our table.

"EMILY! EMILY! EM! GET YOUR PRETTY ASS OVER HERE NOW!" Pru broadcasts through her big mouth. I swear that girl has a bullhorn for vocal chords.

The girl called Emily starts to turn around and walks to our table. My breath hitches when I come to the realization that this is the beautiful face I say in gym and my mind spirals. I suddenly become way more aware of everything, feeling the sudden urge to impress. I try to get up and brush the fallen crumbs from my lap but, then I realize, the crumbs aren't crumbs they're Pru. I don't know why, but knowing she's here makes me relax a bit. Even though I'm still rather stiff, Pru's presence makes this all a tad less... Awkward. For me at least.

Emily finally makes her way to the table and sits down. She starts talking to Pru about something but my mind can't seem to tell my eyes to stop looking at her. I don't hear a word they're saying because I'm too busy studying the perfection that is her face. I'm not the type to fall for someone just for her looks but I'd feel pretty dam bad if I were blind and deprived of the sight that is before me.

I'm knocked back into reality when I hear Pru calling my name.

"Wha, what? I'm sorry, I didn't get that." I say, still in a rather twilight zone state.

"Welcome back to earth shit stick! We were asking you what class you had next." Pru exclaims.

"Oh, Ummm, I think I have Physics. Yeah, physics." I say.

"I have physics, too. Let me guess, with Mr. Teague, right?" Emily asks with both eyebrow raised making me note that she looks absolutely adorable while asking questions.

"Yeah, Mr. Teague. So that's cool, at least I'll go in there with a new buddy!" I mentally curse myself for being so lame. I can't help it though, she just makes me nervous. Pru looks at me sideways and Emily just blushes and laughs.

"It's 1:49, class starts at 1:56, so we need to haul ass to class because I am NOT getting another tardy today." Pru says.

"Yeah, you're right. Hey Paige, since we're going to the same class do you wanna walk with me?" Emily asks with what has to be the most gorgeous smile in all of Rosewood.

I smile back and say, "Yeah, sure lets go."

We make our way to class in a comfortable silence, only smiling politely when we come across people we know. We finally get to physics at 1:54, thank the heavens, and sit by each other in the back, waiting for class to start.

Mr. Teague makes a rather boring introduction about himself and the class. Honestly, I can't really say if it were boring or not because my mind was stuck on the person next to me. She's looking straight ahead quite attentively and is even taking notes about taking notes. She's just adorable. I must have really been in another world because I don't even notice Mr. Teague calling my name. Emily had to tap my shoulder to get my attention.

"Are you okay miss? You seem rather distracted?" Mr. Teague says with a slight slither of irritation. I can already tell that I won't like him because he's one of those teachers that needs EVERY eye on them.

"Yes, sir, I'm fine. I was just lost in thought." The truth is was that I WASNT fine. My shoulder still tingled with heat form when Emily had touched it.

"Well then get found and pay attention." Mr. Teague says rudely. Great, egotistic and a smart ass, just my luck. I spend the rest of class fawning attentiveness and intrigue. Waiting, patiently might I add, for the bell to ring. The bell finally goes ding-dong and I'm bothered to say that I'm kind of disappointed. Not because I actually like to be in that class but because that's the last class of the day and the last time I'll see Emily until tomorrow.

I feel foolish because I just met her literally 2 hours ago but still, a girl can dream dammit. I walk out of the school and I see Pru waiting by my car. I have a black Jeep Cherokee with white detailing that I got for my 16th birthday. Although it's a nice car, I'm not rich and I don't want anyone to think that.

"It's about time Paige, I've been waiting for 40 min." Pru says impatiently.

"School just let out 5 minutes ago, dumb ass. Stop exaggerating."

"Blah blah blah, hey I promised Emily a ride. I know you wont mind since you were practically drooling over the girl."

"Pru, I was not drooling. And how are you going to offer her a ride when you need a ride yourself?"

"Paige, I'm trying to help you. Drop me off first so you can stop staring at her like you're window shopping and actually TALK to her."

I sat back in the seat and thought it over. I mean, it's just one ride. It can't be that bad.

"Fine, but only because she needs a ride and I actually would like to talk to her rather than stare." I say. We sit back in the car waiting for Emily. She text Pru and told her that she had to get her books from her locker and she'll be right out. She comes out of the school about 2 minutes later and looks for the car. I realize she doesn't know which car it is so I stick my head out and call out her name. She smiles and starts to walk toward the car. She gets in and I drive off.

I drop Pru off first, now I'm nervous. Emily moves to sit in the front of the car. I'm so preoccupied with trying to process the sudden closeness I don't even here Pru yelling a goodbye.

"Bye..." I say half heartedly. I make sure she closes the door of her house before I drive off.

"Are you okay? You seemed sort of distant?" Emily asks her voice emitting signs of worry and curiosity. I have a total brain fart when I say,

"You're face is just distracting is all." My eyes widen with the revelation of what I just said. God, I need to work on this whole 'talking to emily' thing.

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" She asks. Somehow I feel sad because she should never think that anything I say to her would be negative.

"WHAT?! No, you're face is distracting in a good way. A very good way. It's perfect."

"Well you're not so bad yourself. Make a right up here."

"Wow, you live 4 doors down from me. I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other."

I say more to myself than to her.

"Well yeah, we do go to the same school. But yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing your face more than 5 times a week." Emily flirted. OMG EMILY IS FLIRTING WITH ME! Okay Paige, calm down, say something cool.

"Yep, you wanna go out with me?" I practically blurt out. This girl makes me have the worst diarrhea of the mouth.

"I thought you'd never ask. Movies? Friday? You can pick me up at 7, we can walk there, if you'd like." Emily asks while batting her beautiful long lashes. At that moment I knew that as long as she was in the mix Id do anything she liked.

"Yeah, yeah that's cool." I say. We're just sitting in front of her house and I realize that must be creepy so I, much to my own reluctance, say "Um, so I'll see you tomorrow. Do you need a ride to school?"

"No, I don't need one but since it's from you Id like one." She says while smiling. I, Paige McCullers, am in love.

"Ohh, um, okay. Bye, Em. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye Paige."

I watch and wait until she gets into her house before I pull off. Even then my mind is on a different planet. Just thinking of Emily even being the slightest bit interested in me is a beautiful thought. Apparently I decided to get distracted at a red light because at least 5 cars are honking at me.

That's when I realize that this girl would be my biggest distraction...