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The Moment I Saw You Cry

Disclaimer: I don't own QAF. However I do own my original characters and I will do as I please.

Notes: This story is partly inspired from A Walk To Remember and the TV show Degrassi: TNG. I read one story about Gus that I really liked but I didn't think he should've ended up gay. I don't have a problem with it, but I wanted to write a story which didn't focus on how he felt about his family and being gay, which I felt a lot of writers did. I highly doubt the children of gay parents are likely to have the same sexual orientation of their family. This won't be a cheap remake of A Walk To Remember, so don't expect anything too tragic or sappy.

Chapter One: About a Girl

I knew I was late for class again. I knew I had only three minutes before the bell rang, but I often was too busy daydreaming or talking to my friends or new boyfriend Johnny to notice. This time though, I was late and it was only my fault. I knocked on the door to Homeroom, but my teacher Ms. Dayid, a tall, no-nonsense(or as I prefer to say no bullshit), African women pointed her finger to the office where I had to get a tardy pass.

I sighed and immediately walked to the office where the dean of discipline Mr. Wilson shook his head and gave me a yellow tardy pass with my name sloppily written on it.

I knocked on the door and Ms.Dayid opened it, and silently accepted the tardy pass I had given her. I sat next to my friends who by now were used to me being late. My friends were unusually diverse and didn't fit into a ''clique.'' There was my best friend Luka, the leader and sometimes ''bad boy'' of the group. He wasn't really a bad kid, he was just reckless and could be impulsive. Then there was Lena, the quiet Emo girl who didn't care what other people. Last but not least was my friend turned boyfriend Johnny. We had been going out since last summer, and needless to say when my dads heard the news, they were thrilled I had inherited their taste in men. After ten minutes in homeroom, Ms.Dayid said she had an announcement to make. ''A few students from 11A will be transferred to 11B. So we must make them feel as comfortable as possible in their new classroom.'' She said in her deep, grand voice. I didn't get what was so special about kids being transferred to our class, it wasn't a big deal. Suddenly I heard a knock on the door and two girls came in the classroom, no doubt from 11A. There was no need to introduce them., because we knew who those girls were immediately. The girl with the straight black hair, mango-colored skin and smile so sweet it gave me nausea was Blanca Castilla, one of the most popular girls in school. The girl next to her with long curly black hair and brown eyes was Shiri Zelikovich, one of her best friends.

''Where should we sit, Ms.Dayid?'' Blanca asked politely. Johnny laughed and quietly mimicked her in a very high-pitched, girly voice. I shoved him half-playfully, half-seriously while Shiri gave us both a dirty look. We got the hint and sat quietly in our desks before Ms. Dayid noticed. ''Blanca, you can sit next to Gus and Shiri, you'll sit next to Johnny.'' The two girls smiled at us in a slightly mischievous way as Johnny unhappily got out of Blanca's seat and I got out of mine so Shiri could sit next to Johnny. He and I made a silent vow not to put up with two girls separating us, but when Blanca smiled kindly at me and said ''I'm glad we'll be sitting next to each other.'' I didn't mind not sitting next to Johnny so much.