The breaking of sticks and crunching of leaves beneath my feet made me realize I really should've taken off these damn heals when I sprinted into the forest... But there was no way I could stop just to take them off now. I felt my body hit the ground before I knew I tripped and heard him coming up fast behind me. I rolled over on my back and looked up as I saw his shadow approaching me faster. I did not feel scared even though I know I should. I moved backwards, ignoring the pain of sticks digging into my back.

"You just made the biggest mistake of your life you little bitch." I heard him mumble. He was close. Too close. My dress caught on something and ripped. I tried to slide backwards and pulled at it trying to rip it free as he got closer. I pulled off my heal and chucked it with as much force as I had lying there on the ground. I saw it sparkling in the moon light as it hurtled toward him. He caught right out of the air. The hairs on the back of my neck pricked up and I knew my life was basically over. He stood over me holding my shoe in one hand and something bulky in the other. I saw him smiling like he took pleasure in what he was about to do. Which he probably did. He swung the object toward my head, a scream trapped in my throat, and then… total darkness.


My face was bright red. I could feel it. Why the school district thinks it's smart to put a bunch of high school boys and girls in the same sex education class is beyond me. I was standing in the front of the room as our teacher Mr. Louis handed me an unopened condom… and a banana. You have got to be kidding me. I thought to myself. The only reason he's making me do this is because I never participate and text and read in class. I heard him say something to me under his breath.

"Just do this and I won't dock your participation points for the rest of the semester Miss Norrison." I rolled my eyes at this and turned around to face the class and felt my face get a million and three times brighter and hotter than it already was. The class burst into an automatic uproar of laughter. I glanced at Mr. Louis and he had a slight grin of entertainment on his face. I felt so vulnerable standing there… Not to mention awkward. I sucked in a deep breath and tucked the banana under my arm and started opening the little squared package when the door to the classroom opened. Our secretary Ms. Laurie peeked her head in and looked from the banana to my face to Mr. Louis, her face looking a little embarrassed.

"Um…" she cleared her throat, " Mr. Louis could I see you in the hall real quickly?" He frowned, and followed her out into the hall and shut the door behind him. Someone yelled out. "Well hey Kali how bout you try it out on me instead!" the class erupted in loud obnoxious laughter and a few guys high-fived each other. Mr. Louis came back in and I sighed a sigh of relief. I looked up at him and saw that someone followed him inside the class. He closed the door and looked right at me. He was pretty tall… Probably taller than most guys at my school. He was wearing a leather jacket and a beanie that covered his shaggy brownish hair. I felt my face flush again as we held eye contact probably a little longer than needed and shifted my gaze to the condom in my hand which made me blush even more because I knew he saw what I was holding. I don't know why, but it made me even more self conscious that this new boy saw me doing this ridiculous task for a dumb grade.

"Class! Settle down and listen up!" the class fell silent, "we have a new student. His name is Cole Broadman and he has transferred here from Northside. I expect each and every one of you to give him a warm welcome." There were grumbles from around the class. Mr. Louis started up again to my horror, "Alright! So! Where were – ah yes Kali. Please continue." He smiled that creepy smile again as I saw the new boy hike up his backpack and walk down the row of desks to the back and take his seat next to mine. I was so irritated and pissed off. I tore open the package, shoved it on the banana and loudly set it down on Mr. Louis' desk. I turned and heard fake grumbles of pain from the stupidly-immature guys in the class from what I just did to the banana. I rolled my eyes and sat down in my desk and leaned over to get my bag from under my desk. I pulled it up and everything spilled out from it. I kneeled down on the floor as the bell rand and started picking things up as people left the class room. Someone brush against my arm as I saw Cole kneel down and start to help me pick things up. I looked up at him, my eyes locking again with his dark forest green eyes and the corners of his mouth turned up, half smiling at me. I looked back down mumbling a thank you and pushed the hair out of my eyes, gathering the rest of my stuff and stood up with Cole following closely behind. I felt Mr. Louis' eyes on us as we walked out.

"Well Kali, since you and our new student have been getting along so well, I would greatly appreciate it if you showed him the ropes around here. Let him get the hang of things for a while, yes? Have a good rest of the day you two." I could feel his gaze linger on me as we walked out the door.

I didn't know what else to do so I turned towards Cole and my eyes drifted to his. I seriously could not stop looking at them. He spoke up, "well, since you're my personal tour guide, you may need to know where you're taking me." He smiled as he dug his schedule out of his pocket and handed it to me. Was it me or was there a spark between us when he touched my hand? Okay, I thought to myself, I am completely losing it. I unfolded his crumpled schedule and looked over it. We had every class together except PE… which meant he had to be pretty smart because I have all AP honors classes. I laughed to myself and told him all the classes we had together. "We MUST be soul mates then!" he said laughing and I looked up at him blushing and smiling. He winked at me and the fire alarm went blaring. I covered my ears and we walked out side by side toward the door, outside to the parking lot.

It was about two feet from the door when I remembered it was probably below freezing and I instantly started shivering as we walked outside. As the thought of me freezing to death before knowing what would ever happen with Cole and me, I felt a warm soft fabric slide around my shoulders. It was, of course, Cole's jacket. He had to have been as cold as I was, but didn't show it. Honestly after meeting this kid about fifteen minutes ago, I think I was falling a little too hard. I shook the thought of us out of my head and kept walking. Even with the jacket around me, I felt my face getting red from the cold. I felt Cole nudge me. He whispered, "you know," I looked over at him and he was staring at me "you look super adorable when you're cheeks are all red." And winked at me as my face got red hot instead of cold. I heard him chuckle to himself under his breath, and it made me smile.

"KALI! They must be 'effing inSANE girl if they decide to call a fire drill in the MIDDLE OF JANUARY!" Daz shouted out to me as she came running towards Cole and I, her blonde hair blowing around her face. I had to laugh at her. She would be the only person in the world I know that would wear a dress and cowboy boots like it was summer - in the middle of winter. I glanced over at Cole and saw he had taken out his iPod and was scrolling through songs. My eyes wandered down his arms and up to his biceps. He so worked out… A lot from the looks of how ripped he was, and how his body looked under the tight black tee shirt, an image popped into my head of him running down the street shirtless – "GIRL!" Daz hissed at me, interrupting me mid-thought and I turned to her and smiled and laughed to my self. She nodded her head toward Cole and gave me a questioning look. "Tell you later." I said under my breath so only she could hear. She looked around nodding and spotted another group of her many friends. She slapped my shoulder, looked up Cole, winked at me and ran off toward another group of people. Teachers started shouting, telling everyone it was okay to go back inside. I looked over at Cole and he had his ipod put away and was looking at me with his gorgeous eyes. "Alright boss, where we going next?" he said flirtatiously. We spent the rest of the day together until PE when he said he would find me tomorrow. I could feel his gaze linger on me more than needed until I rounded the corner to go into the gym.


This is my first story that I've published to FanFiction... Just a heads up in case you think it's childish!