"Jenny!"

I shut my locker and spun around to face my best friend Kim.

"Hey Kimmy, what's up?" I asked starting to walk with her down the hall of La Push High School.

She started talking about the math homework from last night then cut off suddenly as her longtime crush Jared Thail walked by. I elbowed her and hissed "Kim, stop staring"

"sorry" she shook her head getting rid of the daydreams, "okay, anyway did you figure out how to do number 23 for the calc homework? I got the first part but then…"

I stopped listening, thinking about what groceries I should get after school that night. With my mom never around, I took care of my younger brother Brady and sister Maggie. While trying to decide between apples and pears, I suddenly ran into a wall. Well a muscle wall. Paul Walker. Paul was the "bad boy" of the school with a hot temper, longer shaggy hair, a leather jacket, and a beautiful motorcycle. Along with the hot temper was a hot body; and he knew it. He was the man-whore of the school, going from one girl to the next while the former girl was still falling all over herself to get his attention again.

He looked me up and down, "sorry babe, maybe I could make it up to you? What do you say to a movie?" he asked winking at me. Of course I would run into him on laundry day when all my jeans were sitting in the washer at home and I was stuck wearing a skirt.

"No thanks" I said turning away without a backward glance.

She looked at me, "Why'd you turn him down Jen? I mean he's no Jared, but he's pretty hot. You could use a good lay" she said nudging me and giggling to herself.

"Are you serious? Kim, no! I'm not going to go on a "date" with Paul Walker just so he can try to get in my pants then never talk to me again. And you know I don't do that stuff on the first date which is all he'd be getting anyway."

"Well maybe he'd change for you." she said dreamily

"Are you crazy?"

She huffed, "You always take the fun out of dreaming."

"You mean fantasizing?" I asked raising my eyebrows teasingly.

She huffed and grabbed my arm pulling me into class while I laughed.

We walked into our calc class and sat down. This was my best class and it always managed to take my mind off of whatever I was thinking. Kim of course spent the entire class staring at Jared and copied my notes during break while I ate my breakfast.

"You know Kimmy you should really pay better attention. Or talk to him." I said, my mouth full of cereal. She gasped, "I can't do that! What would I say? What would he say? No, no, no. I would just turn red and freeze."

I shrugged, "he's just a person, and he should be thanking God that you even bothered to look at him." She was of course was gorgeously exotic as a Native American with long dark brown hair and big dark brown eyes, with high cheek bones. I unfortunately took after the white half of my parents with green and hazel eyes and lighter skin, and dark curly hair.

I finished my cereal while Kim scribbled furiously trying to finish taking down the notes from today so she could go back to dreaming about Jared and naming their kids. I snorted laughing at my joke, and drank the rest of my milk. I pulled out my schedule to check what I had next and double check that I had finished all my homework when I was suddenly pushed sideways into Kim and off my stool.

I looked up, of course there stood Paul laughing and starting to throw a football that he was apparently trying to catch when he so rudely pushed me over.

"Excuse me!" I said standing up and dusting myself off.

He through the football and when I yelled the second time finally turned, "Damn baby, you're cute." He said looking me up and down. He reached out towards me, "I'm sorry sweet thing, how about I take you out tonight and make it up to you" he winked.

I furrowed my brow, "um, did you think that I would say yes if you kept pestering? Because guess what buddy, it's still a no!"

"Wait, I already asked you out?"

I gasped, he seriously didn't even remember me from less than three hours ago?

I glared at him and turned grabbing my bag and Kimmy's arm, "come on" I grumbled.

When we had turned the corner I finally went off, "That Paul! He is so full of himself and thinks he can get any girl and he doesn't even remember their name let alone what they look like. How much of a piece of shit do you have to be to not even remember asking someone out three hours before you ask them again?! Not even three hours! I can't believe-"

"Jen stop! If I didn't know better I'd say you are attracted to him" Kim said interrupting my tirade.

"No I'm not! I'm –"

"Shhh, it's okay Jenny, I won't tell anyone"

I rolled my eyes, "you're insufferable".

She shrugged as the bell rang telling us to go to our next and final period of the day. Kim waved and turned down a different hallway as we didn't have this period together.