Disclaimer: I don't own Miley or the Jonas Brothers, or Selena, but how awesome would that be if I did?
a/n: So, I am new to this whole fanfiction deal. Basically, I like to write. So let me know what you think.
I walked through the cafeteria and took my normal seat in the back table, surrounded by my group of friends, same as I did everyday at lunch time. The group of my friends, which made up a good portion of the junior class here, all smiled their warming welcome at me, the same as they did every day. Selena smiled widely when she saw me, and patted the seat next to her. "Hey Nicky!" she said a little too loudly, just like she did every day. I could only offer a returning smile and then open my bottle of water, before Selena and her friends, Tanya and Leah launched themselves into the gossip they had uncovered during the first half of the school day. The whole process had become entirely monotonous.
I sighed, taking a drink of my water, and idly playing with the cap to the bottle while tuning out the rather annoying hushed voices of the girls that the rest of the table was paying intent attention to. How much drama could ensue in just a couple hours in a town this small anyways?
Everything about this town bored me, and I knew what the place really needed, a little change, and a little excitement. They needed someone to come in and shake things up a bit. The thought had no sooner crossed my mind, than a hush fell over the entire cafeteria. My eyes darted up from the lid idly twirling between my fingers to see a slender brunette girl walking into the room. She was alone, and entirely unrecognizable. The girl stood, dressed differently than anyone that lived anywhere around the small town. She was in a pair of dark wash skinny jeans, and neon colored converse, the display of dark and bright color contrasted greatly with her plain white t-shirt, but through all of that distraction, her green eyes were still the most noticeable. I knew I was staring, but I couldn't help myself, besides, it wasn't like I was the only one, not by a long shot. Then for the first time the whole lunch period, Selena's hushed words to her friends actually registered., "That's her, the new girl. I have her in two of my classes. Total weirdo from LA." Then, to my immense surprise, Selena stood up and waved her arms in an overdramatic and quite ridiculous fashion. "Miley! Over here!" She practically bellowed in the silent cafeteria.
All eyes were on this ridiculous display, and then quickly shifted to the new girl, Miley, to see what her reaction would be. I eyed her, seeing her cheeks turn a deep shade of pink, before she quickly looked down and walked quickly over to Selena who was still standing. There was no doubt in my mind that Selena had put on the display so that everyone in the whole school could see that she was friends with the new girl. She was a social climber, even though she was pretty much already queen of the school. Selena would add being friends with the new girl to her list of accomplishments. She already had the most popular group of friends, influential parents, straight A's, the yearbook title of best hair, best smile, best fashion, most likely to succeed, and most likely to take over the world, and on top of all of that, she had the most popular guy in school as her arm candy, which just so happened to be me.
Miley quickly flashed a nervous smile at Selena when she got to the table, and then stood their awkwardly, as if she was waiting for some sort of invitation. Selena remained standing, and once again talking much too loudly, she began introducing Miley to everyone. "Alright, well this is Tanya and Leah, they are my total BFF's, I am sure you will love them," she said with a gesture toward her friends who were practically mini-Selena's in personality and fashion. The strawberry blonde, and very petite Tanya offered her a smile that seemed more wicked than inviting, and the bleach blonde, who was deeply tanned and stood as the tallest girl in the school at 5'8 simply nodded with no emotion, not even -bothering to look up at the girl they were being introduced to. Selena went on to introduce everyone in the group, Kyle, Tyler, Darrel, Ricky, Phil, Jenny, Blaire, and Abby. Then finally, a smug look rose into her eyes and she pulled me up from where I was sitting gazing at the new girl, trying to figure out what it was about her that was so different. "And this is Nick," she announced before planting an overdramatic kiss onto my surprised lips, then she shoved me back down to my seat, and I just ducked my head down, trying to hide behind the curls of my hair embarrassed.
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Lunch was finally over, and buy the time the bell rang, I was so sick of hearing the endless questions pressed on the new girl that I was beginning to regret my assessment that the town had needed something new to spice up life a bit. I would gladly go back to my monotonous existence rather than listen to anyone talk to this new girl in a voice that was meant to sound curious but only ended up sounding condescending and judgmental. It was clear already that people didn't think Miley belonged here, but I knew them all too well. They would make a joke out of her feelings, pretend to be friends with her while laughing at her every move when she wasn't looking their way. I was sick of the same old game that it always seemed to be with the people in this town.
Slowly, I picked my way through the dwindling crowd of teenagers who had their timing down pat so that they wouldn't have to leave for class one second earlier than necessary. After lunch was acting class and the teacher was the only teacher in this school who seemed to appreciate me for something more than my endless ability to pass classes with straight A's. Truly, I know I was looking forward to a class that required some sort of active effort to do good in, something that I could really take some small amount of pleasure from.
The unfortunate part about my thoughts drifting to the class period in front of me, was that my eyes tended to get lost with those thoughts. I was paying no attention to where I was walking, when I collided with something… or someone. Both of our binders fell with a loud crack to the ground, along with my cell phone. I quickly bent to pick up the fallen objects, not seeing who I had hit. As I looked up to apologize, I found myself staring into those captivating green eyes again. Strange, I had never seen eyes with such depth.
"Sorry about that," I said smoothly, though my heart was beating faster than a race horse. "I should really pay more attention to where I am going. Are you okay?"