My alarm clock blasted out the 95 tripple X morning show, I rolled off of my bed and hit the floor hard. Realizing what today was I jumped up. "Sophomore year" I smile to myself.
Luckily I took a shower the night before so I have more time to get ready this morning. I had spent the summer in Fiji and I must say, I look so different. Perfect.
I used to have very straight red hair but now it's wavy with a hint of curl, a little longer than shoulder length, and golden blonde. I used to wear glasses but now I wear contacts, for once you could see my bright emerald eyes and long eyelashes.
I curled my hair just to add some wave and got dressed. I pick out a pair of faded skinny jeans tucked into a pair of purple and white Reebok hightops, a purple tank top and a white vest that has two buttons in the front.
I look at myself in the mirror and smile. "Come on Shamrock" I call my golden retriever, he jumps up and follows me downstairs.
In the kitchen my thirteen year old brother Roy is sitting at the counter next to my dad "Morning" I smile. My dad doesn't even look up from his newspaper but just mumbles "Morning". I turn my attention to Roy who's just sitting there "Roy, did you have breakfast?" I ask "No" Roy replies blandly "I'll make you something" I state.
I make two pieces of toast and plop them on a plate infront of Roy, then walk over to the fridge and grab an apple. "Roy catch" I toss it and he catches it "Thanks" he smiles "No prob, don't be late for school" I mess up his hair and he swats my hand away.
"See you later Roy!" I yell before walking out the front door "Bye Briley!" he yells back. I smile as I pull on my coat and sling my book bag over my shoulder.
I was looking down at the ground until I heard someone yell "Briley?" I turn and see my best friend Emery standing on the sidewalk. "Em!" I smile and walk up to her "Oh my gosh! Bri you look hot!" she squeals. I laugh and hug her "Wait until the guys see you!" she smiles, her shoulder shoulder length brown curls bouncing with excitement.
I hadn't thought about that, about what the guys would say or how they would react. The Briley Rose Anderson they know is a red headed freckle faced girl with glasses and not enough comfidence to talk louder than a whisper. Logan Carlos Kendall and James have been my best friends since we were three years old. Who knew what they will say?
"Em what are they gonna say?" I ask, I stop walking and turn to Emery. Realizing that I stopped Emery stopped too and looked me in the eyes "They're going to say you look amazing because you do" she smiles reassuringly and starts to walk again.
I run to catch up with her again "What if they don't like it? What if they think I look weird?" I ask "Briley, you look amazing. They're not going to say that, they are our best friends and they're going to say you look amazing." she replies "Okay, you're right! I've known them for twelve years they have to expect me to change my appearance sometime or another" I smile "That's the attitude I like!" Emery stomps her foot on the sidewalk and smiles. All at once we burst out laughing.
Before we know, we walk into the parking lot of the school. My phone vibrates in my pocket and I pull it out "Who is it?" Emery asks "It's Logan" I reply.
I flip open my phone and read the txt out loud "Hey Bri! Where are you? We've been waiting in front of the school for like ten minutes. U OK?" I smile at how easily Logan gets worried. "I just got here, look around" I say as I type it. Emery smiles at me "Here comes the big moment! The moment when the guys see you!" she squeals "Em you need to calm down, it's not like they're meeting me for the first time" I tell her "No but this is the first time they're meeting the new you" she points out. I roll my eyes and walk closer to the school.
I look around and notice some people staring at me "They're looking at you cause your hot" Emery whispers in my ear, I lean away and smack her on the arm "No they aren't!" I say.
Finally I see Logan, standing next to him is Carlos but I don't see James or Kendall. "Can we at least play a little trick?" Emery whispers, I think for a minute. It would be fun to mess around with Logan and Carlos' heads. I nod "A little one" I reply "Yes!" she jumps up.
"If we're gonna pull it off you can't be with me. They'd know as soon as they see you" I tell her "Okay" she nods. Emery walks away from me but I can tell she's still pretty close.
I walk over to Logan and send him a flirty smile "Hi" I twirl a strand of hair around my finger. Logan's eyes widen as he looks at me "Uh-uh-uh h-hi" he smiles. "I'm Carlos!" Carlos jumps out from behind Logan and smiles "And I'm Logan" Logan smiles sheepishly. I giggle and Logan looks confused "What's your name?" he asks "Oh you don't need to know" I send another flirty smile at him. "What?" Logan asks, I put my hand on Logan's shoulder and bring my face about an inch away from his.
I can suddenly feel Logan's breath against my face and my stomach turns upside down. What the hell just happened? I ask myself.
"Briley" I whisper, Logan looks at me for a long time. Our faces an inch apart and my hand on his shoulder. I have a smile on my face and Logan's face is full of concentration. Finally Logan smiles and hugs me "You look amazing!" he whispers in my ear. Logan tightens his grip on me and spins me around in the air. I laugh and when he puts me down he hugs me again.
"I missed you so much over the summer! How was Fiji?" Logan asks "I missed you too and Fiji was amazing I wish I could have brought you guys with me!" I reply.
I turn to Carlos and smile "It's me Carlos, it's Briley" I hold out my arms for a hug "Briley!" Carlos yells. He runs full speed and hugs me "You don't even look like you!" he says "That's the effect of Fiji" I tell him.
"So you guys, where's Kendall and pretty boy?" I ask when Carlos releases me from the hug. "They saw some pretty girls and went chasing after them" Logan tells me "Typical" I roll my eyes.
"Briley, I gotta go I'll catch you later" Emery yells "Okay Em!" I yell back. I turn back to Logan and Carlos and smile "Guess it's just us" I shrug "Sounds good to me" Carlos shrugs.
Logan and Carlos put their arms around my shoulders and the three of us walk into the school. Walking through the hallways I could feel the stares of alot of people.
"Hey babe, what are you doing hanging around these losers?" someone says, I turn and see Zach Mason. The biggest jerk in the entire school, behind him is Max Ryan and Connor Elliot his two 'best friends'. "Don't even talk to me Zach" I glare at him.
"Come on you guys" I turn back to Logan and Carlos "Hey wait! Come back!" Zach yells but I ignore him.
When we get to my locker Carlos takes his arm away but Logan keeps his around my shoulders. "I hate him" I mumble "Same here Bri" Logan says. "But no matter what, nothing is going to ruin this year" I smile "That's the way to think!" Logan smiles at me.
I open up my locker and throw a few books in "Let me see your schedule" Logan holds out his hand and I give him my schedule.
"So Carlos what did you do over the summer?" I ask "Nothing" Carlos frowns "There wasn't anything to do" he shrugs. I nod and turn back to Logan "So do we have anything together?" I ask "Yup! We have everything together" Logan smiles "Are you serious?" I ask "Yeah" he replies "That's awesome!" I smile and take back my schedule.
"Carlos do we have anything together?" I hand my schedule to Carlos "We have Spanish with , lunch, and math with Mr. Erins" Carlos smiles as he hands back my schedule "Great!" I smile.
Logan leans back on my locker and I put my head on his shoulder "I am so tired!" I whine "Same here" Carlos says.
Kendall James and Emery walk up to us, Emery winks at me and I laugh "Hey guys" I smile. Kendall and James stare at me "Is that?" James asks "It can't be" Kendall states "Briley?" James looks more carefully at me.
"Who else would hang out with you losers" I tease, Kendall makes a pouty face and I laugh "I'm just kidding" I smile.
"You look great" Kendall smiles "You look hot" James sends a flirty smile "What did you say pretty boy?" I put my hand on my hip and take a step closer to him "Nothing!" James hides behind Kendall.
The bell rings and I sigh "Here we go" I roll my eyes "Another year of crappy things to learn" Emery adds "Come on Logan we better get to biology" I grab Logan's hand and the two of us start walking. "See you guys later" Logan yells back.
Logan and I were about a quarter way to bio when I realized that I was still holding Logan's hand. I was about to pull my hand away but when I looked down, Logan was holding my hand too. Our fingers were in twined, and anybody who saw us would think we were dating. I smiled at our hands and then looked back up at Logan who was looking at our hands. He was smiling too.
When Logan realized I was looking at him he looked at me and smiled. "Wow" I whisper "What?" Logan asks "This is going to be an interesting year" I state "You have no idea" Logan whispers.
I smile a little and we keep walking, still holding hands and every once in a while we would look at each other.
To most people it would seem akward but with Logan and I, it wasn't. When you know someone for long enough, anything they do just seems normal. When we were kids Logan and I were together 24/7. Of course we were friends with Emery Kendall Carlos and James but Logan and I were always closest.
When I was ten my parents were in the process of getting a divorce and were always either fighting or too busy with lawyers and everything to care about Roy or I. Kendall's mom would come over and pick up Roy and he would go over to Kendall's house and play with Katie. While I would walk over to Logan's house and stay there for a few days.
My parents had been fighting for almost three hours and it was starting to get physical. They were fighting in the living room and they didn't know I was sitting on the stairs watching. I ran up to my room crying and started packing my clothes into a duffle bag. When I had what I thought was enough I crept down the stairs quietly and slipped out the back door. The cold winter night wind whipped at my face and I pulled up my hood. Luckily Roy was at a sleepover so I didn't have to worry about taking care of him. I ran to Logan's house and walked in the back door. The Mitchell's never locked their back door so I slipped in. I had been in the house so many times before it seemed like my second home. I made my way up to Logan's room and quietly knocked on his door. "Come in" he yelled, I opened the door and stood there. Logan looked up and ran over to me, wrapping me into a hug and pulling me into his room. "What's wrong?" he asked "My parents are fighting" I replied. That was all I had to say, I sat down on his bed and Logan sat down next to me. I took a deep breath and once again Logan hugged me. I started to cry and Logan just held me there, letting me cry into his shoulder. That night I slept at Logan's house, his parents were fine with it considering they knew about how my parents fought all the time. I layed down in Logan's bed next to him and smiled "Thank you" I hugged him "For what?" he asked "For being the greatest friend ever" I tell him. Logan just smiled and hugged me back.