Mitchie

My first day at an all new school. I'm so horrified. As I walk up the steps to enter a perpetual hell, I catch people staring. They know I'm new. They know I'm not going to be a cool new kid either. I'm a loser.

I pass by a pretty brunette with an oddly familiar voice. She's standing with a dirty-blonde-haired girl and a dark-haired guy (who I have to admit, was kinda cute). She smiles at me. I smile back, then decide to do something brave. I turn to her. She smiles again, a slightly confused look on her face.

"Hi," I manage to stutter. I hold out my hand awkwardly. "I'm Mitchie Torres."

"Hi." she responds in that friendly, familiar voice. She shakes my hand. "Miley Stewart. This is Lilly and Oliver." Her friends wave. "You're new, I'm guessing."

"That obvious?" I say. She smiles yet again.

"Well, I've just never seen you before. Do you have a schedule?" I nod and hand her the folded up piece of paper. "That's weird." She shrugs. "You have the same classes as me." She hands me back my schedule. "Just follow me and my friends around all day."

"Cuz that's not weird." I joke. She just looks at me for a second and then bursts into laughter. Lilly and Oliver laugh too.

"You're all right, Torres." Oliver says. I smile and blush.

"Thanks." I shyly say.

"Girl, puh-leeze don't tell me Oliver just made you blush." Miley points at Oliver and raises her eyebrows.

"I'm just…not used to compliments. I only had one friend at my last school." I confided. "and when I went to summer camp, the only way I could make friends was to lie." I didn't know what compelled me to tell these three strangers this story, but they didn't look disgusted. Lilly had a sad face on.

"Well guess what? You just made three new friends." she said and pulled her blonde hair into a ponytail. "C'mon, let's go to homeroom. I heard Troy looks especially hot after winter break."

"Troy?" I ask.

"Troy." Miley and Lilly say in unison. Oliver rolls his eyes.

"Troy is the…hottest guy ever." Miley says. She links her arm around mine and we begin to walk. "He plays basketball and sings like an angel."

"He's dating this smart girl named Gabriella, but…Miley did you hear?" I notice Lilly's now linked herself around my other arm. I'm in the middle of what looks like an important conversation. Oliver walks behind us and pretends not to know what's going on. "Gabriella took some nudie pictures and sent them to Erin's ex-boyfriend!" Miley gasped so loud some turn and stare.

"What?!" she almost yells. We've stopped walking now. "Does Troy know?"

"I have no idea. But the rest of the school does." Lilly says.

"So where shall I find this pictures?" Oliver asks jokingly. Miley turns and smacks his shoulder. We're walking again.

"So wait…that must mean…" Miley starts, but she can't quite finish her sentence.

"That Louis Stevens is single again? Yes, that's exactly what it means." Lilly replies.

"Wait. What?" I ask.

"Louis was Erin's boyfriend. But they broke up over the break because of his drinking." I'm here for ten minutes and I'm already getting the E! True Hollywood Story about people I haven't even seen yet.

We enter a classroom, which is already full of students. They're gorgeous. There is one student specifically that catches my eye. She's got long blonde hair, the color of sunshine and a smile that could light up any room. She's sitting next to another gorgeous blonde, and they're laughing and looking over at another girl. She's got long black hair and bangs. She's pretty, but she looks mean. She looks at the two blonde girls and gives them a dirty look. They roll their eyes and turn back to their conversation.

A gorgeous, tanned, light brown-haired guy stood up and high-fived another gorgeous, lighter-tanned black-haired guy. They laughed and sat at their desks. The gorgeous blonde who I first noticed turned and looked at the two guys, but turned away when they both returned the glance. The light haired one whispered something in the other guy's ear, and a worried expression came over his face.

I was glad I had Miley and Lilly to tell me what was going on at this school. Because I sure as hell couldn't figure it out.