Jade West had just gotten a letter, two days ago, that she had made it into Hollywood Arts. She was so excited, she had run around the house the whole day singing and being happy, until her dad came home from work and told her to be quiet.

Today was the day when the entire freshman grade gathered at Hollywood Arts for a tour around the school and an orientation program. They also decide their schedules today. Everything happens today. For Jade, this is the best day of her life. So far.

Beck Oliver was more excited than every freshman that got into Hollywood Arts that year. Since the age of three he had always wanted to be an actor. He auditioned, and always got, for a part in every play/musical that his school held. He had written scripts at the age of 9, and had kept doing it through the years.

Since he could not make it to the auditions in California he had sent a tape. He had waited three weeks for a response, and when he finally got the letter in the mail that said yes, he had gone completely nuts on the inside, but on the outside he was still the cool, new 15 year old, Beck Oliver.

"Everyone please take a seat!" Jade hurried back to her seat next to her mom. She had been exploring the school. She had already found her favorite place in the school, the janitor's closet.

She eventually saw her mom in the crowd of people sitting down in a place called the Asphalt Café. It was set up with loads of chairs facing this stage that was about 20 – 30 feet in the air. She rushed over to her mom and sat down. And with her luck an incredibly bubbly red head sat next to her.

"HI! My name is Cat! What's yours?" The synthetic red head asked.

"Jade." Jade answered bluntly. She wasn't very fond of super nice people. She was rude and dark. It was her style, she could be nice if she wanted to but that was one rare occasion.

"That's such a pretty name! What are you here for? Singing? Dancing?" Cat looked up at Jade with wide brown eyes.

"Acting. Singing. Script Writing." Jade was pretty sure this short red head would get on her nerves fast.

"That's nice! I'm here for singing! I do act to though! My favorite animal is a giraffe! And I like candy! What about you?"

Cat smiled, while Jade smirked. This red head actually was pretty funny to be around. She was so oblivious to how evil the world could be.

"I like scissors." Jade stated. She always had loved scissors.

"Scissors?" Cat asked confused.

"I like cutting things up." Jade gave an evil grin. Cat looked confused for a moment, and then went back to being giggly and oblivious again.

"I'm so excited for this! Eek! Not Math though… I hate math. Do you know anyone here? And-" Jade silently watched the girl ramble on and on. She was actually kind of a relief to be around compared to the rest of her family, who were boring.

"Do you know who Beck Oliver is?" Cat asked.

"No." Jade said flatly. She really didn't care who this guy was.

"Oh. I met him today. He's really nice! He came here for acting! But you can never talk to him because a bunch of girls crowd around him. I wonder why…?"

Jade rolled her eyes. This boy was obviously a hot player dude. Jade already knew she wouldn't like him. He'd probably be as big as a douche bag as every other guy she'd seen so far.

"Hey, Do you know when the meeting will start?" Jade and Cat turned around to see a black boy staring at them with his brown eyes.

"NO." She replied rudely and turned back around.

"Sorry, I don't know either." Cat replied. "What's your name?"

"Andre. I came here for music. Music is my passion. What's yours?" Jade noticed this guy, Andre, wasn't like the regular guys who were rude and jerks. Maybe she would be nice to him, but not too nice.

"Cat! And this is my friend Jade!" Cat motioned towards the streaked brown hair of Jade.

"I'm not your friend." Jade exclaimed.

Cat looked like she was about to cry. Jade's eyes widened as she quickly corrected herself.

"I'm just kidding! I'm your friend!" Cat immediately went back to being bubbly and happy again. Jade rolled her eyes.

"So what are you two here for?" Jade looked at Cat because she already knew the redhead would answer for her.

"I sing! And act! Jade sings, acts, and writes scripts! She's so talented!" Cat nudged her new best friend in the side. Jade glared at her but a small smirk appeared at the corner of her mouth opposite from her new "friend".

Andre smirked as well.

"Do you guys play any instruments?" Andre wondered.

"I play piano." Jade said. Andre smiled.

"I don't play anything. Do you like giraffes?" Cat asked Andre. Jade laughed at the wild look on Andre's face.

"Sure?" Andre replied. Then something caught Andre's eye and he yelled out.

"Hey! Over here!" Jade looked over at some guy, he looked about 5ft 10in and he was tan. The exact opposite of Jade. Dark skin. Dark eyes. Smiley guy.

The guy smiled, waved at Andre and started heading towards them. Jade carefully watched him come over.

"Who's he?" Jade asked. She couldn't stop watching the guy, and she didn't know why.

"Beck Oliver." Cat piped. Jade groaned, she didn't feel like dealing with another player today.

"What?" Andre asked, clearly confused.

"Great. Cat told me about him. Stupid player." Jade muttered.

"Jade. Beck's actually really nice. He isn't a player." Andre tried to defend his friend.

"Uh huh." Jade grunted and looked up at the boy approaching. She would never admit it, but he was really hot.

"Hi Beck!" shouted the ditzy redhead. Beck smirked and said,

"Hello Cat."

"This is Jade!" Jade frowned and swore she would rip off that girls head.

"Hi. I'm Beck." Beck smiled and put out his hand. Jade rolled her eyes and turned around in her seat towards the seat. Beck raised an eyebrow but didn't look mad. He actually was pretty intrigued by the girl. He sat down next to Andre and watched the girl. She sat incredibly still in her chair and stared at the stage as if it was about to start talking.

"Beck. Beck? Beck!"

"What?!" Beck turned around to Andre.

"Well?" Andre asked.

Beck looked confused.

"You're here for acting and acting only right?"

"Yeah, I love acting. And I write scripts." Beck said calmly. Jade blinked but didn't move. Beck noticed Jade's hair was chestnut brown, and it curled at the bottom. She had one purple streak on the right side of her head and had a piece of her hair clipped back. She was beautiful.

"Okay students! Let's get started! Welcome to Hollywood Arts…" Jade listened with one ear and listened to Beck and Andre's conversation with the other.

"You like her?" Andre said with a hint of confusedness in his voice.

"She intrigues me." Beck said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Why?"

"She's beautiful." Jade rolled her eyes, he liked her just because she was pretty.

Then he finished his sentence.

"Inside and out. She's not who she seems on the outside."

"Are you sure?" Andre said.

"I'm 100% confident." Jade smirked, but there was no way someone liked her. All the boys run away in time, they always have and she didn't expect it to stop.

"She's scary." Andre stated.

"I'm not scared of her, and never will be." Jade raised her eyebrow at that statement.

"Now all students make 5 lines at that white table and you will receive your username and password for and you can set up your schedule there. We will try to do our best to get the classes you want. Your previous grade level will decide your core classes. Now chop chop students!"

"Let's go Jade!" Cat grabbed Jade's hand and dragged her towards the white table. Jade groaned and sneaked a peek back towards Beck. Beck caught her eye and smiled. Jade quickly back around and blushed. Jade West didn't blush, not over a stupid guy.

And that was the first time they met.