Chapter 1

It was just and average day in May, nothing particularly special about it. Accept that this day was going to change my life forever. So I suppose the day wasn't average after all. I was sitting in history class, listening to my history teacher drone on and on about turn of the century politics in France, when all of the sudden he interjected with:

"Okay kids in order for you to gain a better understanding of the early 20th century I want you to choose an event that occurred from 1900-1930 and do a presentation about it, but I don't just want you to cover the event, I want you to cover how it made people feel. I want you to get to the depth of peoples thoughts and feelings. You will be partnered up and I will choose the pairs. Listen up! Cory and Matthew, Taylor and Connor, Elizabeth and Sean…" Sean. Seriously?. Sean's probably the least motivated most self-centered person on the entire planet. He's also good looking which doesn't help. He's got this straight messy blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes, which the other girls swoon over, but I just imagine him rolling them at me and they become less attractive instantly. Man this sucks! "Also Elizabeth and Sean you two will be presenting first on Friday the twentieth. Get with your partners and start deciding what you want to do, keeping in mind you can't all do the same event so choose quickly." Sean saunters over to me like he has all the time in the world. Did I mention that he thinks he's a god? Well he does, another rather annoying quality.

"So I was thinking…" he purred.

"Well that's surprising" I interrupt.

"I was thinking." Says Sean completely unfazed by my last comment.

"That we should do the Titanic. Its pretty easy since James Cameron made a movie about it so we can probably just watch it and get most of the information from there. I'm gonna go tell Mr. Baker."

"Wait! Sean I didn't agree…. To…. That." I fade off. He doesn't hear me, however, and goes to tell Mr. Baker anyway. I've always liked Titanic and I was going to suggest it myself, but it really bugged me that he didn't even listen to my response before he went to Mr. Baker. That just proves how selfish he is.

"Hey Earth to Liz."

"What!" I yell mostly out of irritation but also surprise that he remembered to call me Liz. Only people who know me remember to do that and he barely knows me.

"Can you work after school today? I've got baseball practice the rest of the week and I'd like to get this done as quickly as possible."

I wanted to tell him that yes, I do have plans after school today, and no, I don't want to work on the project, ever, but instead I say:

"Sure, fine, in the library, after school, until we finish okay?"

"Sounds good to me. The sooner I can get away from you the better."

"You don't have to be such a jerk you know. I've been nothing but nice to you and all you do is say things like that."

"Actually yea I do."

"I hate to interrupt this fascinating, and I'm sure very relevant, conversation but I'm afraid the bell has wrung." Says Mr. Baker.

"Shit! I'm gonna be late to Chem." I yell. You see what he does to me. I never swear, but five minutes into a conversation with him and I'm swearing like a Somali Sailor.

"See you after school." Says Sean as he saunters out of the classroom.

"Yea sure." I mutter. On my way out of history I spot my best friend Sam Rooney. He's waiting for me, and his whole face lights up as I smile and join him.

"So how was history." Says my brown haired blue-eyed best friend.

"Fascinating, how was French?"

"Tres Magnifique. Are you okay? You sound a little irritated."

"That's because I am. Mr. Baker paired me up with Sean Fentress for a project."

"Oh, I'm sorry, that's terrible."

"Yea it is. Oh and by the way I can't hang out after school. He practically forced me to meet up with him for the project and if I don't show he'll hate me even more than he already does."

"But Liz you promised! I've been waiting for weeks to see the Hunger Games movie with you and now your cancelling again."

"I'm sorry, believe me if it was my choice I'd be going with you, but I need to get this done. Sean and I both agreed it would be better to finish sooner so we don't have to spend too much time together. Besides, it'll give you the chance to ask that guy out you've been talking about so much lately." I assert. Sam just recently came out to me and I've been encouraging him to ask out this guy he likes that he met at GSA. He hasn't been able to tell his parents yet, but I'm hoping that if everything works out with this guy he might be able to tell them.

"Well, in that case, I suppose I can let you go. But don't stay too late. You practically live at that library when you're working on something and I need someone to gush to later."

I laugh. "Understood, I'll call you when I'm finished. If I'm still alive afterwards." If only I knew how ironic that statement was then. I round the last corner before I'm inside the chemistry lab and leave Sam possibly for the last time.