[Natasha]
I looked out of the car window watching trees after trees passing by in a blur. Sigh, I thought to myself. Why in the world are we moving to California? What's so good there? I loved staying back at my old place! Kansas was great! My school was great. Friends were great. Life was.. Just great. It's a small town but it was enough for me.
"Are you alright, dear?" Sheamus, my Dad, asked feeling concerned.
"Yeah, yeah.." I mumbled and rolled over in my seat watching my little sister, Ashley, fall asleep. She looks like an angel. Ashley and I are not the closest sisters that anyone could find, but we held a special bond. She's my baby sister and I loved her a lot. She's only 7 so I had to pamper her a lot at times. I didn't have anyone else in my family except for Ashley and my Dad. My parents divorced a few years ago so Sheamus had to take up both roles of being a Mum and a Dad. He's the sweetest Dad ever. He tries his best to make his two little girls happy. So when he's being offered a major job in California, I tried to make him happy back by agreeing that we should move to Cali. Deep down, I was very upset. But I had to do it for Sheamus. After all that he's sacrificed for the family, I should do the same.
I sighed and turned on my Ipod and the first song that played was, "My life would suck without you." Yeah, my life would sick without you, Kansas. IT WOULD REALLY SUCK.
[Heath]
Urghhhhhhhh. What the hell is that sound?.. What time is it now? What, 2pm already?.. Jeez!..
I shouldn't have gone partying last night. The boys dragged me to go. I wasn't into partying but they were. And they party like there's no tomorrow! There were lots of drinking and lots of girls.. But man, this headache isn't doing me any good. Shouldn't have drank so much..
I rubbed my eyes and looked out the window. There was a black van parking in next to the Slater's house. Whoa, this must be the new neighbours. I better check them out.
I ran down the stairs and almost crashed into Evan, my nerdy little brother.
"Get out of the way, punk!" I shoved Evan aside and headed out the door.
The black van just parked nicely in the driveway and the new neighbours were stepping out of the car. It was a family of three. A tall, extremely fair man (wow, how come his skin is pasty white?), a young red-haired girl no older than the age of 8 and finally.. The most beautiful girl I've ever seen.
[Natasha]
I stepped out of the car and surveyed my new house. Wow, this house is amazing! It looks so much bigger than my previous house. And I haven't even stepped inside! I'm actually impressed. Sheamus looked at me closely.
"Sooooo.. I'm guessing you like it, honey? I tried my best to find the perfect house for our family."
"It's `ayte," I shrugged. But it's more than `ayte. It's whoaaaaaaaaaa.
I surveyed around and look at my neighbour's house. Their house is pretty nice too. Then I saw someone standing outside the door staring right at me.. Wait, why is he staring at me?
Dad saw where I was looking at and went over to the neighbors' house.
"Oh, hi there! We're the Sanders! We just moved in.. And yeah, we just wanted to say hello. Where are your parents, boy?" Sheamus smiled at Heath introducing himself.
Heath nodded. "Uh okay.. Hold on.. Mom? Moooooooooom!.. Here she is."
"Why, hello! You must be the new neighbours. How nice to meet all of you!" Heath's mom came out with Evan and beamed at all of us. "We're the Slaters. I am Andrea, this is my son Heath and his younger brother, Evan. My husband is working but I'm sure he'd love to meet you!"
Sheamus grinned back. "I'm Sheamus, and here are my daughters, Ashley and Natasha." He said pointing to each of us.
[Heath]
Natasha. So that's her name. That's a very pretty name. She was wearing a black skirt with a cute pink top. Her long black her glistened in the sun and she had amazing brown eyes. Wow.. Am I actually falling for this girl? She looks so pretty and I look like.. OH CRAP! I LOOK LIKE I JUST GOT UP FROM BED!
I quickly tried to flatten my hair and Natasha caught me doing it. She raised her eyebrows at me and I quickly looked away.
"… Hahah of course! Do come for dinner anytime! Nice meeting all of you again!" Mom ended the conversation and all of us went inside to our houses.
Mom looked at me from head to toe and shaked her head, "Can you shower and tidy up yourself? You look like a mess. And where were you last night? Why did you come home late? Why can't you be more like Evan! He's responsible and…."
I quickly trudged up the stairs as fast as possible to my bedroom and shut the door to drown my Mom's noise. God, can I have a little peace in this house? I walked up to my mirror and stared at myself. Well, Mom is right though, I thought to myself. I'm a mess. And my breath smells of alchohol. Urgh, okay time to wash up.
[Natasha]
"Here we are, Mackinley High School! Ready for school?" Sheamus asked me.
I groaned. How can I be ready? I dread the thought of making new friends again. What if no one liked me? I couldn't sleep last night thinking about it. Sheamus sensed the look of concern on my face.
" Aww sweetie, don't worry. You're going to have a terrific first day of school. You'll make friends in no time.. But if they're boys, stay away from them!" Sheamus said with a chuckle.
"Daddy!" I laughed. I hugged him tightly and gave him a peck on the cheek. I got out of the car and watched Sheamus drove away.
I took a deep breath. Okay I can do this, I mumbled to myself. I started walking up the hallway and talked softly to myself. Come on, it's only high school right? Making friends wouldn't be that hard right? It's not as if I'm going to wrestle a bunch of huge wrestlers or anything.. It's just high school. Normal teenagers like me. I can do this. I can SO do this. I can definitely -
OWWWWWW MY FOOT! OWWWWWWWWWW!
A very tall, muscular boy who's almost 6 foot tall just ran straight into me and knocked me down. I yelled in pain while he yelled in anger.
"BLOODY HELL, ARE YOU BLIND? WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU FREAK!" He bellowed at me.
"How dare you! You ran straight into me and bam! Look what you've done!" I pointed to my ankle and clutched it. Wow, it's really painful..
"That's what you get for being a clumsy freak. I hope it hurts a lot!" He snickered and walked away.
[Natasha]
"Hey, are you okay?" A soft voice spoke to me.
I looked up. A girl with long hair held her hand out to help me stand up. "I'm pretty sure all the bones in my body are broken now thanks to that douche bag." I said with a smile.
She giggled. "You must be the new girl. That douche bag is Wade Barrett. The most popular guy in school.. And the most obnoxious one too! A total jerk, parties a lot, drinks a lot, always hang out with the stupid Nexus." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I'm Rosalie. Just call me Rose." She smiled kindly and extended her hand.
"Cool, I'm Natasha. Nat for short." I shook her hand.
"Hey look, the bell's gonna ring any time soon. I gotta go to Chemistry class or else Mr Randy Orton is gonna kill me. It's like the third time that I'm late."
Mr Randy Orton, why did that name sound so familiar? I rummaged my backpack and took out my timetable. Oh that's right, he's my Chem teacher. Wait.. This means.. Yes! I'm in the same class as Rose!
"Omg! Me too! Look, I'm in the same class as you!" I excitedly shoved the timetable into Rose's hand. I watched as her eyes gleamed with excitement. We both high-fived and laughed. Rose is really cool, I thought in my head and chuckled as she gushed on about how cute and hunky Mr Orton was. "You have to see him! You will melt! He's like the hottest teacher alive! Oh Mr Orton.. I wish WE had Chemistry!"
As we head to class, I finally saw the Mr Orton that Rose described. She's not joking. Mr Randy is very attractive. I looked to my left to see Rose looking at him with lovey dovey eyes. I couldn't help but laugh. This day is not so bad after all. Even though that douche bag Wade practically embarrassed me in the hallway, it was still thanks to him that I met Rose. But of course, it's only 2pm.. Anything can happen later on.
[Heath]
"Dude, check out Vanessa.. Is she smoking hot today or what?' Justin nudged and whispered to me.
"Huh.. What? .. Oh yea yea.." I barely looked at Ashley. My eyes were closing. I had to summon every ounce of effort I have to keep my eyelids from closing. But.. I'm just too.. Yawn.. Algebra is.. Bo.. Booooring.. Zzzzzz..
"Heath? HEATH!"
"Wh-what?" My eyes snapped open. Shit, I was drooling! I took my sleeve and wipe the side of my mouth. The whole class burst into laughter. Oh great, I'm the joker of the day. I didn't even know that my teacher called me. Damn! I should really start sleeping early these days! And why must Algebra be so boring? I looked at the clock. Just five more minutes until recess. Argh! Time, move faster! Three more minutes.. One more minute.. KRRRIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!
YES! FINALLY! The bell rang! I quickly packed my bag and rushed out of the class and went over to the cafeteria. I leaned at the door and folded my arms, trying to look cool while waiting for my bros. Soon after, the five members of Nexus came and we all went inside to the cafeteria.
"Hmm.. I smell pizza today! Alright! Cmon man, I'm starving!" I dragged all the members of the Nexus to the queuing line.
"Heath you idiot, why are we even queuing? We're the Nexus. We don't queue! We cut the queue!" Wade pushed me aside and walked to the front of the line.
"Hey! Get back in line and be fair!" A familiar voice said loudly.
I walked up to the front of the line and gasped. It's her.. It's Natasha!
[Natasha]
Argh, it's that douche bag. And.. Isn't that my neighbor? What was his name again? Cliff? Teeth?.. Oh that's right! Heath! I didn't know he goes to school here. But hmm, his hair sure looks better today. Finally he combs it.
"Oh it's you again! The clumsy freak. Aw did you just make a new friend?" He said pointing to Rose. "Is she a freak like you too? "
"Shut up!" Rose said fiercely. Wade just laughed in amusement.
"So freak, how's your ankle? Still hurts, no? Want me to hurt it for you even more?" Wade said, curling his mouth into a sly grin.
"Back off man, Nat didn't do anything." Heath pushed Wade by the chest lightly. "We'll just get in line and leave the girls alone."
Wade, Rose and I had the same expression on – In utter shock. Did Heath just try to protect me? And how did he even know Wade? Are they good friends or something?
"What? Are you telling me to back off? And why are you defending her? Do you even know this freak?"
Wade demanded the answer out of Heath. "Urgh. Forget it. Cmon Nexus! Let's get out of here!" And with that, Nexus stormed off. But as they almost reached the door, Heath turned around and looked at me. Our eyes met for a second. I blushed and look away and Heath walked off.
Hold on.. Did I just blush?