X-factor of a teenage drama queen - Part one

Ana-Lucia Cortez run out of the house with her bag flying behind her and her untouched bread still in her hand. She run out of the street and flew to her left at the t-junction. Then she turned to her left again at a street corner and could see the bus standing at the other end of the street. Luckily, the bus driver had seen her coming, so he waited for her to arrive at the bus. In not even a minute, Ana arrived and hopped into the bus.

'Hello Ana-Lucia, don't forget to set your alarm tomorrow,' the bus driver said to her smiling.

'Thanks John, I'll try to remember.'

Ana walked past all her fellow students, until she had spotted the black hair of her best friend Seth. Seth was a skinny boy, who was a gothic. He had been Ana's best friend for over three years now and just like today, he had saved the place next to him for Ana-Lucia.

'Hey Seth.'

'Hey Ana, when will you learn how to work with an alarm clock?' Seth asked her grinning.

'It's not my fault, my mum told me she'd wake me, but she was suddenly gone again. Probably a murder or something,' Ana replied.

Seth just raised his shoulders and still with a grin put in his earphones. Ana looked at her reflection in the bus window, looking back was girl with a pale face and dark-brown hair that hang down messy down her head. Ana sighed and quickly did her hair in a small ponytail. Seth hadn't heard Ana's sigh, because his rock music could even be heard in the seats behind them. Ten minutes later, they arrived at Seattle Junior High School. Seth was already halfway on his way to the exit, when Ana-Lucia was pushed back hard in her seat.

'Sorry, but I'm in a hurry, because you came too late and now I don't have enough time to do my make-up again. Therefore, you wait,' said a girl with long blond hair, who pushed her.

'Yes sure, and good morning to you too, Shannon,' Ana said angrily.

'Whatever,' Shannon replied and quickly went out of the bus.

Finally, Ana had place to walk out of the bus, where Seth stood still waiting at her.

'Sorry that it took so long, but was held up by some blond git,' Ana-Lucia told him smirking.

Seth nodded in agreement and then the two of them walked into the school, which was already buzzing with students. Their lockers were luckily quite near each other, so the walked the same way.

'Do you know what the x-factor of Shannon is?' Seth suddenly asked.

Ana turned around at once to look straight into his eyes. This action however, caused her to bump into another person, who was walking the other way.

'Watch out will you,' Ana snapped at once, before realising who stood in front of her now. 'Oh, James … uh I didn't see it was you, sorry,' Ana now said blushing.

'Never mind, see later,' James replied and walked away again.

Once he was gone, Ana's cheeks became white yet again. 'I definitely know what his x-factor is,' Ana said shying and opened her locker.

'If you are allowed to like him, then why am I not allowed like Shannon?' Seth asked her with his face behind the door of his locker.

'Because she is a git, she hates me, I hate her and you are supposed to be my best friend,' Ana answered simply.

'Dear sweet Ana-Lucia Cortez, please for once forget the hating bit. She doesn't hate you and you don't hate her,' Seth said now looking in her eyes.

Once Seth started to use Ana's full name, she knew he was getting serious. Ana however, already didn't have a good mood this morning and replied anyway.

'Do hate her after everything she's done to me.'

'During a period of your life, you were friends and that is a thing that'll last forever. Forgive and forget is what you should do in your life sometimes Ana-Lucia, forgive and forget.' With this words, Seth walked away leaving a confused Ana behind.