Alex is a 18 year old senior, living in the crowded streets of New York City. She goes to a private, white school filled with rich, snobby kids. How cliche you may think. Well, her father is an entrepreneur of a famous clothing line, Rosel (Ro-shell). Her mother is also in the business. They are almost never there for Alex, since their clothing line's headquarters are in Vienna, Austria. It was 7:56 AM. Alex walked down the stairs, to find her parents and her brothers sitting on the dining table, chatting.

"When did you guys come back?" "Hello Alex." Her mother smiled. "Come, take a seat." She smiled. Alex did as she was told.

"Sweetheart, we have some great news we would like to share with you." Alex smiled. "And what is that?"

Her father chuckled. "We can't tell you this right now, but we will tell you over dinner with some important guests. I need you to be on your best behavior. Okay?" "Yeah of course." Alex said, getting very curious.

She poured herself a bowl of fruit loops. She would have assumed it was going to be another boring morning, with her brothers whom she has nothing to talk about with but she was happy she got to see her parents after 3 weeks. She was curious at the "great news" her parents were going to share with her. She was swirling her spoon around in her fruit loops, trying to catch all of them.

Max interrupted the silence. "Alex might not be forever alone after all." She looked at him with her eyebrows furrowed together.

"What are you talking about?" Justin smacked him with a newspaper. "Shut up, Max!" He turned to Alex. "You know how Max can be very puerile at times."

Max crossed his arms together. "Don't use big words with me." Justin shook his head and sighed. "It means immature, Max." Max made the 'O' face and got back to eating his omelet.

"Well, if you'll excuse me, i need to head to school." She said, pushing her chair back and grabbing her backpack. "Bye sweetie." Her mother said, kissing her cheek. She nodded and headed out of the house. Max may be dumb, but he always has a point. She thought.

She saw her best friend, Harper who was grinning from ear to ear to see her best friend. "Alex!" She smiled. "Just the person i need. Does my hat go well with my shoes?!"

Alex looked at Harper, bluntly. "Yeah, they look great." She said, not even paying attention to Harper's outfit. Alex was too tired to be thinking. That's what she gets for staying up all night, watching Vampire Diaries.

Once they walked inside the building, they said goodbye and parted their ways to their classes.

Alex went to her English class. She was trying to get her work done, but what happened this morning kept interrupting her thoughts, not allowing to her to complete her work.

Focus, Alex, focus. She thought. It wasn't her fault. Not only did her parents distract her from her work, who honestly cared about Homer and his story. It was so boring, anyways. She sometimes wished she was like her brother, Justin.

He is a perfectionist. He has the perfect grades, the perfect relationship, perfect everything. He is in his second year at Yale. What confuses Alex is how her brother is the complete opposite.

He is dumber than a dog. And Alex? She's a daydreamer, a slacker but still manages to bring in grades higher than a 85. How can her parents complain?

Alex's POV

My thoughts were interrupted by the bell. I quickly gathered my things and headed into my favorite class, History. Only because my best friend is in it. I walked into the class and sat in my seat. I smiled when i saw Harper walk in. "Alex! I need to tell you something!"

Here goes her problems with Zeke. I don't know why she's so nervous around him, he's a complete loser, not to be rude. "I saw Zeke and he winked at me. I was about to say something but i tripped over a book and almost fell!" I chuckled at her fail attempt to talk to her crush. "Zeke is a dork, it's not hard to talk to him." Harper gasped. "He is not." She said, defensively.

"Alright class, open your textbooks to page 86 and begin copying down the 2nd paragraph." Mr. Ralph said. Great, we always have to do work in his class. It sucks because Harper starts zoning out and actually concentrates on her work.

I heard some giggling and rolled my eyes. Once again, Shane Gray was making out with some girl in class. It kind of bothered me because it was distracting me from my work.

"Get a fucking room, please." I spat. Shane pulled away and glared at me. "Do you have a problem, Russo?" "Yeah i do. You're so loud and annoying."

The teacher cleared his throat. "Do we have a problem?" He asked. "No." I muttered. Shane smirked and went back to what he was doing. Meet Shane Gray, everyone. The school's biggest pervert, jerk, heartbreaker, asshole.. the list goes on. He used to be in a band with his brothers but it didn't work out and they decided to take a break for a few years. Every girl in this school has a crush on him, except for me and Harper. The girls who still have some sanity left in them.

I was happy when school was over. My driver waved as he spotted me. I get in the car and tell him to hurry home. It was bothering me. What happy news for me? Why did Max say i won't be forever alone anymore? Are they getting me a cat? I rather be alone than have a furry thing stare at me and remind me how of my future, woman with 12 cats. Whatever. As soon as we reached my mansion. I ran out.

"Miss Russo!" My chauffeur yelled behind me. "You forgot your sunglasses." Screw it. I'll get it later. I rushed into the house.

"Good afternoon, Miss Alex." Darty, my loyal maid smiled at me. "Hey Darty." "Miss Alex, Miss Russo tell me to tell you to meet her in office." She said with her thick, Russian accent. "Alright." I smiled and walked into her office.

"Hello Alexandra." My mom said. Whenever she said my full first name, it meant she was taking business. "I want you to get ready for the dinner tonight." She said, her eyes never leaving the computer. "Oh! Also, dress decent okay? I picked out a dress which is in your room." I raised an eyebrow. Since when did it matter to her how i dressed.

I walked into my room, threw my bag on the floor and saw the dress on the bed. I took off my clothes and slipped on the dress. It was a black sweetheart dress but it had a thick strap going up my shoulder.

At the waist, it tightened and was tied with a big light pink bow. Below the waist was layers of ruffles and it landed at my mid-thigh. It complimented all of my curves. I felt a little awkward since it was a little too short. I put on some black sheer leggings. I put my hair up and left down my side bangs. I was applied two coats of Dior mascara and a pink lipgloss with gold shimmers in it.

The bell rang and I was a little nervous. Why is this concerning me? I walked down the stairs to greet the guests. I saw Mrs. Gray and Mr. Gray talking to my parents.

The Grays and we go way back. When we were little kids, we would all play and be really close. Unfortunately, high school changed us all, except for Jason and my brother Justin. They have been best friends since they were 5 and they still are today. It may sound weird, but me and Shane used to be best friends, till we just became distant. We both changed.

I shook hands with her and she pulled me into a hug. "Alex!" She exclaimed. "Mrs. Gray." I fake smiled. I used to love Mrs. Gray but now when i see her, it's just so awkward and i don't know what to say to her.

"Hey Alex." Jason smiled. "Hey Jason." I replied, hugging him. I see Jason ten times a day. He's like my older brother.

"Hey Nate." I smiled, pulling him into a hug. It was always awkward talking to Nate. Since he was always quiet and shy. Even when we were little kids, he wouldn't talk much. "Hey Alex." He replied.

Then I saw the familiar tall, brown haired figure standing. I wanted to claw my eyes out. I didn't even bother saying hi to him. I rolled my eyes at him. Shane scanned me from head to toe. It made me feel uncomfortable because it felt like his eyes were burning through me. His eyes were ice cold and his face was straight.

He looked at me sternly. He walked right past me, his shoulder bumping into mine. I scoffed. We sat at the table and began eating.

Everyone is laughing and chatting. I don't even see the point of having this dinner. Then my mother tells everyone to quiet down.

"So as well know, Nate, Jason and Shane were in the band, Connect 3. Well, Mr. Gray, their father and manager wanted to bring them back." She smiled.

Ah, yes. Connect 3, the Beatles wanna be band. They kept thinking they're going to get somewhere, but they didn't. Their music is no where near comparable to other bands. Unfortunately, majority of the girls in my school disagree. They love Connect 3.

Mrs. Gray added on. "Unfortunately, Shane seems to be out of line these days." She glared at Shane who was rolling his eyes.

"He needs clean up his act. And remembering the good ol' days, where Alex and Shane were best friends and how Shane was back then. We want that Shane to come back and so we're arranging a marriage between Shane and Alex."

Shane sprayed what he was drinking out of his mouth which made half of the table gasp. Give my slow brain 3 seconds to process what she just said. "MARRIAGE?!" I choked.