"AHH!"

A girlish shriek rang through apartment 2J, causing the residents of the apartment to groan. Esperanza Garcia angrily stormed out of the room she shared with Jackie Diamond and Katie Knight. "DIAMOND!" she shouted. A brunet with longish hair suddenly appeared in front of her. Esperanza took a step back in shock.

The boy, James, looked…not himself. His usually amazing brown hair was frizzy and greasy. Esperanza blinked, obviously unsure of what to say. James looked like he was about to burst into tears. "I…look…hideous!" he screamed, turning and running into the bathroom.

"What's going on?" Jackie asked, rubbing her eyes as she approached her best friend. "Is my brother having a panic attack about his hair again?"

"Yup," Esperanza replied simply. She approached the bathroom door and picked up the 'Panic Room' sign that was on the counter by the bathroom door. Jackie opened the refrigerator and pulled out a juice pouch as Esperanza placed the sign on the door.

"My brother's so weird," Jackie stated, turning to face Esperanza.

"Try having Carlos as a brother," Esperanza replied. She looked at the time on the microwave. "Great, it's six in the morning. Well, we might as well start getting ready. First day at Hollywood Arts and all."

"Wonderful," Jackie replied sarcastically as they approached their room. "I don't know how we got in, us being the untalented ones of our families."

"You're amazing at writing songs," Esperanza replied, watching as Jackie pulled out a pair of ripped black skinny jeans, a purple tank top, and a grey vest from her closet.

"What do you think?" Jackie asked, holding the clothes in front of her. Esperanza nodded, wishing she had Jackie's beauty. Jackie didn't notice it, of course, but it was there. Jackie had amazingly blue eyes that sparkled like the ocean, dark brown hair that fell in perfect waves to her mid-back, and a deep tan that matched her brother's. She was so skinny, she looked almost anorexic. But she wasn't. She just had a majorly high metabolism. Esperanza sighed. Compared to Jackie, Esperanza felt normal, average. But Esperanza was beautiful in a different way, a more exotic way, rather than the California beach bunny beautiful. Esperanza had beautiful raven hair that reached her hips, amazingly mocha eyes, and a deep natural tan.

"What about this?" Esperanza asked, holding up a pair of short yellow shorts and a blue and white tee shirt.

"You'll look amazing, you always do," Jackie replied, smiling. Smiling was a rare occurrence for the blue eyed brunette. She would usually smirk, but her smile made her that much more beautiful.

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"It's your first day at Hollywood Arts," Katie stated. "I'm gonna miss you guys. Who's gonna help me scam the boys and other kids here?"

"Katie, we're only going to a new school, not Japan," Jackie replied, ruffling Katie's hair.

Katie folded her arms. "Don't do that or I'll do that to your hair," she threatened. Jackie shrieked and placed her hands protectively over her hair. Katie burst out laughing. "You Diamonds are so predictable," she stated.

"We are not! I just…spent a lot of time on my hair this morning, that's all," Jackie replied, moving to the refrigerator to get another juice pouch. She gasped. "Es, we have to get going, like, five minutes ago or we're going to be late!"

"Then what're we standing around for?" Esperanza asked. "Let's go!"

They ran out the door, but Jackie's head popped back in a few seconds later. "Katie, tell your mom we're going, okay?" she asked, but before Katie could reply, Esperanza pulled her away from the door. "BYE, KATIE!" Jackie screamed.

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"Wow, this is amazing!" Jackie said, looking around their new school. People were dancing around everywhere as a Big Time Rush song, Boyfriend, played. Jackie groaned. "Am I the only one who thinks that song is overplayed?"

"Nope," Esperanza replied, sliding closer to Jackie as a kid with a puppet ran by screaming.

"Well, we know this school is weird just by seeing a teenage boy with a puppet," Jackie stated, turning to look after the boy. She wasn't paying attention to where she was walking and bumped into a teenage girl with a cup of hot coffee in her hands.

"Dude, what the hell?" the girl snarled. Jackie raised her eyebrows.

"Oh, sure, I'm fine. Who wouldn't be fine after having an entire cup of hot coffee spilt all over them?" she asked, folding her arms over her chest, trying to hide the coffee stain.

"Just stay out of my way and no one gets hurt," the girl threatened before stalking away.

"Well, isn't she pleasant," Esperanza stated, looking down at the paper in her hands. "Our lockers are right next to each other. Wait, your locker is on top of mine."

"Sweet," Jackie replied, looking at the paper over Esperanza's shoulders. "Locker four twenty seven," she read. She looked around, searching the lockers for those numbers.

"Found it!" Esperanza called, pointing towards the staircase in the middle of the lobby. Jackie's locker was directly next to a locker covered in pieces of food.

"Oh hell no," Jackie stated. "Hell no."

"At least your locker isn't on the bottom!" Esperanza replied.

"But who knows what kind of freak covers their locker in food?" Jackie asked as a tall, frizzy haired boy appeared behind them. Jackie turned around without noticing him and jumped back in surprise, bumping into Esperanza, who dropped her books.

"Shit," she muttered, kneeling down as the weird kid stared Jackie down.

"Okay, look, whoever the hell you are. You'd better tell me who you are before I call someone, and who I call will definitely hurt you," Jackie stated.

"I'm Sinjin Van Cleef," the boy replied.

"I'm Jackie Diamond," the brunette replied warily. "And this is my best friend in the world, Esperanza Garcia," she said, motioning to the girl on the floor, gathering her books.

"Diamond? As in James Diamond?" a girl's voice asked. Jackie groaned and turned around to see a brunette standing there eagerly.

"Yes, he's my brother," Jackie replied. "Before you ask, no, I won't get you a date with him."

The girl made a disappointed noise and stalked away. Esperanza opened her locker and began stuffing books into it. The Sinjin guy stalked away. Jackie shook her head and opened her bag.

"What should I do? My clothes are now covered in coffee!" Jackie asked.

"I have an extra shirt in my bag, just hold on a second," Esperanza replied.

"Did I ever tell you how much I love you?"

"Many times, and only after I saved your butt," Esperanza responded. Jackie smiled as Esperanza handed her a blue tee shirt with purple letters that spelled "I'm me and I always will be".

"Wait," Jackie said, doing a full 180 degree turn. "Where's the bathroom?"

"I…have no idea," Esperanza stated, looking around as more and more people flooded into the school. Jackie groaned and put her head in her hands.

"Great, just great," she muttered.

I hope this was okay. Any guesses as to who the mean coffee girl and the brunette are? XD Review? *hopeful face*