So, I had this story floating around, and figured, there was no harm in attempting it, right? Last day of Spring Break and all... figured why not give it a go?

I hope ya'll find as interesting as I hope it will be.

NO, I DO NOT OWN EITHER MBAV OR BTR. Just a fan :)

Enjoy.

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Ethan sat in his room, blowing out a long breath.

"Ethan? Come on honey, you don't want to be late," his mom called, making him look up. "Ethan? Everything okay?"

"Yeah," he said, getting up, "I'll be down in a minute."

"Okay." He heard his mom walk away and he held his head in his hands. He didn't want to go to school today; today he would be starting his Junior year of school, and along with that came a very special class.

They called it the Mating Class. [He'd almost rather be taking Gym – he'd have to give it up to take this stupid class.]

When a child is born, they have a certain mark across their skin; it can come in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes, on any part of the body. This mark identifies them with their soul mate – the one person they are destined to spend eternity with. When they find the person with the matching mark, they will then be united at the school, in the Mating Class, where they will grow to know each other, fall in love [supposedly], and then, once they feel like they are ready and, of course, above the age of 18, they can go on with their lives and eventually get married. [Although, he didn't get this – if no one was supposed to see his mark, then how would he find his mate?]

And Ethan thought this was stupid.

He wanted to fall in love, not be told who he had to marry by a stupid mark on his skin.

But that choice wasn't his.

He frowned as he looked at his wrist; dark blue lines twisted and turned around, covering the pale skin and forming almost a bracelet-like vice around it. Pulling on his wristband-like watch, it covered it completely.

That was the most important part of all of this; no one except your soul-mate can see your mark. Moving as slowly as possible, he grabbed his backpack and made his way downstairs, still moving at a snail's pace.

"Ethan at this rate you're going to be late!" Ethan just huffed and grabbed a piece of toast, slowly munching on it. "Ethan!" He rolled his eyes at his mom's nagging and slowly sipped his orange juice. "Ethan Dean Morgan I will personally drive you to school if you don't hurry up right now!"

Okay, so there was one thing worse than having fate decide who you should marry – and that was having your mom drive you to school on the first day of Mating Class.

"You win! I'm going! Sheesh, I can't wait to get my license," he grumbled as he made his way outside. As he trudged up the sidewalk, he heard an amused laugh.

"Look like someone killed your cat E."

"I don't have a cat," he muttered to the voice, not looking up as he continued to walk; he saw a pair of feet & legs fall in sync with him, but he didn't look up.

"What's wrong E?" Ethan finally looked up and met the light green eyes of his best friend Benny. "Come on, cheer up. It's the first day of Junior year! One more till we're out and free!"

"We're never free B," Ethan muttered as the two friends continued to walk.

"Whatcha mean?" Ethan groaned and looked at him, face blank of all emotion.

"Mating Class."

"Ahh… yeah… that is kinda ridiculous, isn't it?" Benny said, a tad uncomfortable now. Ethan nodded, aggravated. "But who knows, maybe it won't be so bad."

"Yeah right." Benny just stared at Ethan as the two continued the trek to school. They were silent until they got there.

"What class do you have first?" Benny finally asked, making Ethan dig out his schedule.

"Uhh…" he said, reading it, "Algebra II with… Mrs. Marc," he said, seeing a huge grin split his friend's face. "You too?" Benny nodded and the two turned down the hallway.

Before they could get too far down the hallway, Ethan was bumped into from behind while someone cried out behind him. "Logan wait up! Sorry!" he called back to Ethan, who was rubbing his sore shoulder. He looked at the tall figure who was sprinting down the hall, but quickly turned back. He caught a flash of blonde hair and green eyes as well as an apologetic smile before the tall kid was gone. Ethan rolled his eyes and turned to Benny to speak when two voices called out, whining.

"Kendall, Logan, wait for us!"

Benny and Ethan were pushed apart as two more teens rushed between them; one a tall brunette and another a short tan-skinned kid. They both whined out the names "Kendall, Logan!" again before the followed the path of destruction the tall blonde had left in his wake. Ethan rolled his eyes and looked at his best friend, who looked amused.

"Let the First Day Antics begin!" he exclaimed loudly, making Ethan laugh as the two made their way to class. As they entered the room, they saw the group of kids that had run into them clustered around a shorter brunette guy who sat in the first row. Ethan caught another apologetic smile from the tall blonde before he made his way to the back to sit between Benny and their friend Rory, an energetic blonde boy who fell more on the annoying side of their friendship.

"You guys ready?" Rory asked, energy practically shaking his voice.

"For what?" Ethan muttered to the hyperactive teen, who smiled widely.

"Mating Class! I'm finally going to get a girlfriend!" Ethan groaned and placed his head on his desk. He could hear people around him talking about the class they would all be herded in. Propping his chin on his hands so he could watch the teacher try to teach the rowdy kids, he caught Benny staring at him.

"What?"

"Nothing." Ethan rolled his eyes and looked at the teacher again, trying to focus.

Until he felt green eyes looking at him.

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"You made me run into some poor kid," Kendall said as he entered the classroom. Logan looked up at him and shrugged.

"Sorry. You know I like to get to class early."

"That's cuz you're such a nerd," Kendall said, a smile on his face that made his eyes light up a bright green. Logan just rolled his dark brown eyes and turned to peek over his friend's shoulder as their other two friends joined them, taking the seats behind them.

"Whew, you are fast," James said as he leaned back in his seat.

"It's because he's so small," Carlos said, making Logan frown.

"You're the same height as me!" The four broke out in laughter as Kendall caught sight of the guy he had bumped into to follow Logan.

"That's the guy you made me hit," he muttered, shooting the guy an apologetic smile again. He just stared at him for a second before he moved to take a seat between two guys.

"That's Ethan Morgan," Logan said, turning to see Kendall looking at him.

"How the hell do you know that?" James asked, making Logan roll his eyes.

"Because I remember things. I had a class with him last year."

"Oh." Logan just laughed and turned to the front. Kendall turned around briefly one more time to see the boy talking to his friend. Turning quickly before the brunette could see him staring.

"So, you guys ready for the MC?" Carlos asked, getting blank looks from two of his three friends. "Mating Class?" Logan mentally face-palmed as the other two both got looks of understanding.

"I'm ready," James said, rolling his shoulders. "It's hard to be this attractive and not date anyone." The other's laughed as Logan turned to Kendall.

"I have to admit, having the universe giving us our soul mate is a lot easier than making us look for them."

"Pssh, as long as mine is a hottie, I don't care," James said, making his friends shake their heads.

They were all ready for the Mating Class it seemed.

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So… whatcha think?

Thanks for reading & reviews are love!

-JustMe133