*James*

James opened his eyes lazily, getting up out of his bed and trudged over to his bathroom mirror. He looked in the mirror to see his eyes looking groggy and sleep deprived – what time had he gotten in last night. His head throbbed as he realised pretty quickly he probably had a late night because he had the world's worst hangover. He got an asprin out of his cupboard and swallowed it with a glass of water. His phone started to play his favourite song at the moment "Techno Fan" indicating that it was 7 o'clock and he needed to get ready for school. He put on a black V-neck tee shirt with dark wash denim skinny jeans and red Vans. His headache had thankfully gone away but he wished he could just go back to sleep. As he walked down the stairs he noticed no one was home and his mum and dad had already left for work and as usual he didn't bother eating breakfast because he was already late. He got his skateboard out from around the back of the house, locked the door and started skating to school.

James thought to himself while riding to school, he wondered if his parents even cared about what he did or where he was last night. He was pretty sure they didn't care, they are too worried about their life and their jobs to think about their son. His mother worked in the cosmetic business, he wasn't quite sure what she did because she liked to keep her job separate from her family. His father was an accountant and like his mother, didn't like to talk to James about his job – even though that's all he would do 24/7.

He arrived outside school and saw two of his best friends Carlos Garcia and Logan Mitchell sitting under a tree near the entrance to the school. He got off his skateboard and walked over to them with a bit of an awkward smile on his face.
"Hey buddy, big night last night?" Carlos jeered with a sneaky smile. Carlos was what some would call a "misfit" he was an adreneline junky and he loved any activity where he could use his trademark hockey helmet. He was around 6 foot with jet black, short hair and had dark latino skin.
"Yeah I guess, I don't remember when I came home so it must have been good." Logan laughed uncomfortably Logan was the smartest one out of all his friends, he got girls and good grades – and they were all secretly jealous of him. He was a bit taller than Carlos and had dark brown hair and pretty fit because of the amount of time he spends at the gym. "Ahh…not sure how to tell you this man but you were pretty drunk last night. You passed out next to the pool and Kendall and I drove you home." Ohhhhh yeah that's what he had done last night, Jacob had a huge party…he didn't remember passing out though.
"Speak of the devil" Logan said nodding his head to signal that Kendall was coming up behind me. James turned around to see Kendall and his girlfriend of 3 months, Rose Sullivan. Kendall Knight was the closest out of his 3 friends and they shared everything together. He was much taller than Logan and Carlos but still not as tall as James, he had dirty blonde hair and had an athletic body because of his fierce dedication to ice hockey. Rose was gorgeous and James had a crush on her a while back but backed off when Kendall and her got together. She had long, dark brown hair with hazel eyes, she was tall for a girl but was still short enough to have Kendall's arm around her shoulder, she had a great body and even though he hated to admit it, he was very jealous of Kendall.

"What's happening bro's?" Kendall said a bit more peppy than usual giving them all "the bro handshake".
"Well look who's conscious, good morning sunshine did you have a good sleep" Kendall said clearly having a go at how drunk James was last night. "I have to talk to you about that later because I can't remember what happened" Kendall laughed even though he knew James wasn't joking.
"I've gotta go guys but I'll see you at lunch." Rose said and gave Kendall a peck on the lips and went off.
"What do you mean you can't remember what happened last night James? We went to Jacob's party and you had one too many to drink and went off with a girl. I have no idea who she was but she sure was hot."
James' eyes widened, "what do you mean I went off with some random girl? I can't remember who she was. Hold on, Logan said you found me passed out next to the pool, how the fuck did I get there?"
"Well if you would let me finish my story Mr. Cranky." James sighed and nodded to let Kendall continue "well you went off with mystery girl and about 10 minutes later we saw you next to the pool and drove you home. Oh and you were shirtless." James groaned at what he was hearing, he wondered about who the hell this girl was. The bell rang and they all moved off to class.

James had his first class with Logan and it was the class he hated the most…Science. He hated it only because he was horrible at it but he didn't really care, it wasn't like he wanted to be a doctor like Logan. Halfway through the lesson James stopped daydreaming and had an idea. He pulled out his phone and looked through his contacts and found just what he was looking for, Jessica Adams. He had never heard of her before but he was pretty sure she was the so called "mystery girl" Kendall had been talking about. He opened the contact and sent a text to her. Hey. it's james can u meet me on the front steps after 2nd period He sent the message and slipped his phone back into his pocket. He wanted to find out who this girl was and what they had done at the party. There was part of him that was anxious about finding out about this Jessica girl. He waited eagerly for the bell ending period 2, with his books already packed up and sitting, watching the relief teacher flick through a trashy magazine . The bell finally rang and James bolted out the door leaving Carlos to walk by himself but he knew he would understand. He got to the front steps and leaned on the banister, waiting for Jessica.

He was there for about 5 minutes until a soft, but surly voice came up behind him and spoke "Hey James, long time no see". OH MY GOD. This girl standing in front of him was BEAUTIFUL. She was short (around 5"6) with the most gorgeous brown wavy hair he had ever seen. She had olive skin and faded freckles on her nose, with bright blue eyes and full pink lips. Her body was great, she had a pretty good size chest and quite thin.
"James? Hello?" James was taken out of the trance he was in and quickly came back to reality.
"Yeah. Hi you're Jessica right? I know this sounds bad but my friends thought they saw me with you last night and I was a bit drunk so I can't really remember what happened. Do you think you could fill me in?"
She laughed sweetly "a bit drunk? You could barely walk! Come get some lunch with me and we'll talk. He nodded and they walked over to the cafeteria. They got their food and sat down at a table in the corner away from the noise.
"So about last night" James prompted.
"Yeah so if you were wondering we didn't sleep together" she said taking a bite of her sandwich.
James sighed half relieved. "Ok so if we didn't sleep together then why did we go off together?"
She brushed her hair off her face as she began to speak. "Well you came and sat with me at the party and we talked for a while. You told me that you were tired so I took you inside to lie on the couch. I'm not sure how sober James is going to react to this next part but…we made out for a while on the couch it didn't go too far but we lay there for a while and we both fell asleep. When I woke up I saw that Jett had carried you outside and was going to throw you in the pool. He stopped when he heard the police were coming and the party got shut down. I didn't see you after that because I left"
James didn't know what to think. Part of him was glad that he got with Jessica because she was so beautiful, but then again part of him worried and he was also thinking about how drunk he must have been to not feel Jett carry him outside.
He sat there thinking for a minute then cleared his throat "So we got together last night?" She blushed slightly "Yeah but its ok, I know you get with way prettier and popular girls than me so I think we should forget about it." She said looking down at her food awkwardly
"But your prettier than all those girls, there's something different about you" Fuck he thought to himself, why did he say that? She instantly turned 3 shades redder and looked down shyly. Damn he knew he had screwed this up now.
"Really? You think that about me? You. James Diamond?" she said astounded.
"Yeah I think you're gorgeous". She quickly got up, squeezing in a "I'll talk to you later" before scurrying off into the corridor. He wanted to know what she was thinking. Had he come on too strong? Did she not think the same about him? No matter what she thought he knew there was always part of drunk James that had some commonsense and this time, drunk James had actually found the perfect girl.