It's what Chase had been dealing with all his life. And he was determined to end it this year. His freshman year of High school. But walking in killed any hopes he had.
" Troy, hey!"
" Hey troy!"
" Troy! What's up?" Chase rolled his eyes at each hello. He was ignored, as usual. Chase was not a basketball star, he didn't look like his brother, and he wasn't all that talkative.
Put it all together and you get a loser.
" Hey Chase, see you after school okay?" Troy said, patting his brother on the back and walking off to where Chad, Gabriella and Taylor stood. Chase rolled his eyes, yet again and went to where the paper said his locker was. He finally got it open and was getting his stuff situated when the bell rang he slammed his locker closed and ran to his homeroom, Drama, with Troy.
For some unknown reason, East high put all the classes together in Homeroom, a senior could end up in the same room as a freshman, a junior in the same room as a sophomore and so on. Chase walked in and sat down.
" You're late Mr.…"
" Bolton." Chase said.
" When you lie about who you are it's best to make sure it's someone the teacher wouldn't know." The teacher said.
" No seriously, Chase Bolton." Chase nodded.
" Yeah Mrs. Darbus, that's my brother." Troy said.
" Oh joy." Darbus said sarcastically before going on to call role.
" Cross, Jason."
" Here." And so on and so on. Chase didn't pay attention. As she was nearing the end the door opened.
" Perry, Emma." She read off the door closed and everyone turned to look.
" Actually its Perry, Emma Jade, but I forgive you," the girl said.
" Ms. Perry, you are late… no, later than late." Darbus said.
" I have a note." Emma Jade said handing a folded piece of notebook paper to Darbus.
" Oh… well. Sit down." Darbus waved a hand. Anyone that wasn't a freshman looked shocked. Darbus rarely accepted notes. As Darbus began talking everyone began to Whisper, wondering what the note had said.
LAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHB
Chase slammed his locker door and hurried toward his next class, his arms were full of books and papers. He didn't want to be late, again, so running was his only choice, and it seemed to be a good one, until he ran into someone and both hit the ground, papers flying. Chase sat up.
" I'm sorry." He said.
" No it's my fault, I was in lala land." The other person, a girl said. As the to fixed themselves Chase could see it was the girl from homeroom.
" I'm Emma Jade." She smiled.
" Chase." They began to gather their papers and books as the bell rang.
" And I'm late to another class." Emma Jade rolled her eyes.
" I know the feeling." Chase laughed as they gathered up the last of the stuff and started off in their opposite directions.
" See you later!" Emma Jade said.
" See ya." Chase nodded.
At lunch Chase sat hunched over his table, alone. He'd gotten chewed out for being late. Then when he got to lunch he realized he had no one to sit with. So he had sat at the first empty table he saw. The chatter was all over, but then music started playing and slowly people started to quiet down then looked over at another table, where Emma Jade sat with a couple people and a guitar.
" They all judge, but don't know her name, that is the ballad, of Scarlett Jane." She sang as she played. Some people rolled their eyes other smiled before going back to talking.
She changed tunes and began to sing,
"I've packed a cooler and a change of clothes Let's jump and see how far it goes You got my heart and your daddy's boat We got all night to make it float We could sit on the shore, we could just be friends Or we could jump in
Whole world could change in a minute Just one kiss could stop this spinning We could think it through But I don't want to, if you don't want to We could keep things just the same Leave here the way we came, with nothing to lose But I don't want to, if you don't want to
I got your ring around my neck And a couple of nights I don't regret You got a dream of a degree And a shirt that smells like me Yeah we both got dreams, we could chase alone Or we could make our own
Whole world could change in a minute Just one kiss could stop this spinning We could think it through But I don't want to, if you don't want to We could keep things just the same Leave here the way we came, with nothing to lose But I don't want to, if you don't want to
Never waste another day Wonderin' what you threw away Holdin me, holdin you I don't want to, if you don't want to
We could keep things just the same Leave here the way we came, with nothing to lose But I don't want to, but you don't want to
But I want you" When she finished she looked up and Chase quickly looked down so it wouldn't look like he was staring. He looked up again to see her walking over.
" Here." She said, dropping a book on the table. " I took your history book by mistake." She smiled and sat down.
" So you play guitar?" Chase asked.
" No, I'm just really good at faking it." Emma Jade said, her eyes gleaming mischievously. Chase felt himself blush as Emma Jade laughed. " Actually I'm really a dancer, my brother taught me guitar when I was seven and broke my leg."
" Dancer?" Chase asked.
" Yeah, Ballroom, Jazz, Hip hop, Ballet. That's what got me out of trouble with Darbus, I'm training for a big competition." Emma Jade said.
" Oh." Chase nodded.
" But this is my first year in New Mexico, so I'm getting used to a new partner, it's big pain." Chase nodded, he could imagine it would be. Then the bell rang, indicating the end of lunch. " And now I have to go, no need to be late for three classes." Emma Jade said, picking up her stuff and running out of the cafeteria, leaving Chase there.
A/N Okay I picked a story to write Yay! Well, I really have nothing to say so… off to spell check!
