Alex had prepared her school books and stationery in her room for her final year of high school. She didn't want to ruin her nerdy persona by admitting she was actually happy it was her final year. For the past decade and more of attending school she had to go through it alone. None of the other people in her grade understood her. They didn't care for the nerdy teacher's pet girl.

"Alex!" her mother yelled from downstairs "We have to go to school!"

Alex sighed and grabbed her bag full of books. She thought of her 'classmates' who probably weren't even bothering to bring any books to school on the first day. Alex walked down in the stairs and she didn't try and hide that she wasn't excited to be going back to school. She met her mother and her brother downstairs.

"Why do you look so down?" her mother asked.

"Does it matter?" Alex said condescendingly.

"Well I think you should be excited for your first day of your final year." Alex's mother responded "You can make long-lasting friendships."

"The friendships she has made is with teachers." Luke casually added "and even then…."

"That's enough Luke!" Mrs. Dunphy warned.

"Let's stop discussing my feelings and get to the car." Alex said as she rushed out the door towards the car.

When Luke and Alex were dropped off at school Luke ran off with Manny and some of his other friends which left Alex by herself. Whilst waiting for the school bell to ring she sat down on a bench and began to read a book. A group of juniors with long perfect hair and faces painted with make-up sat on the bench next to her.

"I heard there are some new students who are not freshman this year." One of them said.

"Oh My God Stacey why should I care?" said the girl who seemed to be the leader of this group.

"Well you know Thorpe Arthurs?"

"The dreamy actor from those movies about the people?" the leader asked.

The group sighed in unison. Alex couldn't help laugh at the comment about the movies about the people but when the group gave her a weird glance she pretended it was something she read.

"Well I hear his son is going to be joining the senior class this year."

"OMG I had no idea he had a son." The leader said "I thought he was young."

"He is 39." Stacey said "And he doesn't let his son do red carpets and stuff so the info on him on Google was limited."

"I bet he is cute." One of the others in the group said. The rest of the group agreed unanimously.

Alex rolled her eyes at this group just as the bell rang. She put her book in her bag and walked quickly to class. "Son of a movie star" she said to herself "Not someone who would care about me."

Alex sat in the front row like she always did. As the rest of the class walked in they sat from the back of the class first so the only empty seats left in the class were in the front row, next to Alex. Alex sighed but kept a straight face afterwards like she didn't care. The teacher walked into the class with a register in her hand.

"Good morning class. Firstly I shall mark off the register….." she started to say but then the school principal walked in with a student.

"Excuse me Ms. but we have a new a student in this class." He said "His name is Jason Arthurs and I would like you to make him feel welcome."

'This couldn't be him' was what Alex thought when she saw him. He was short, scrawny, clothing from last season and had slightly above average facial features. She imagined the son of a movie star would look a bit different. The only similarity to his father was his bright blonde hair – but not the brightness like it had been dyed.

Jason didn't smile at the class or wave or say hello. He just raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Thank you." The teacher said and the principal left. "Take a seat." She gestured towards one of the ones next to Alex. He sat down like it wasn't even odd to sit next to her.

Jason sat at a lunch table by himself at first because he knew nobody but for some reason random girls started to come up to him and attempt conversations.

"It must be sooooooo awesome to be the son of a movie star."

"It has certain perks." Jason responded.

"Is your father single?"

Jason raised his eyebrows and said "Are you serious right now?'

"Of course I am." She said. She put her hand on Jason's arm which made him flinch.

"Please don't touch me." Jason warned "And just so you now my father is married to my mother."

"Stacey!" a girl said approaching the table "Please don't make a bad impression."

"Oh whatever Veronica I just want to get to know him."

"And my father apparently." Jason stated.

"Well you look like…" Veronica began but then she looked at him and began again "Well your hair looks like his." Jason didn't respond.

"You are weird." Stacy then blurted out.

"That is not a nice thing to say!" Veronica told her. "I thought we were getting to know him!"

"Okay then." Jason said smartly "I really like to play Pokemon. You like that?"

"No."

"Books?"

"No."

"Science and technology."

"What? Aren't you an actor?"

"I never said I was an actor." Jason said "But I can act like I am not annoyed at this conversation right now." Jason smiled at this comment.

Alex walked into the cafeteria with the lunch she packed from home. She didn't trust the goo they made there. She looked around the cafeteria for options for seating. "Table is full, table is full, table is full" she usually said in her mind during lunch as she looked around the cafeteria until she said 'table is free.' But on this day she never said that and instead said 'girls hitting on actor kid with empty seats, table is full, table is full.' Alex saw no free tables and just had to sit with the new kid. Alex knew what would happen though – She would creep him out with her nerdy stories and they would never speak again- as if it already happened more than once it can surely happen again. She slowly walked towards the table and sat opposite to Jason.

"But I can act like I am not annoyed at this conversation right now." Alex saw him say to the girls. He smiled slightly.

"OMG you need to just tone down the attitude." One of the girls said "Or the fact that you are Thropey's son will just be forgotten and we won't hang with you."

"Who says I want to hang with you?" Jason said to her. Alex was shocked someone would say that to the popularity squad.

"The fact that he is Thorpey's son should make no difference to you 'hanging' with him." Alex then made herself present in the conversation, imitating the girls voices when she used the words they did. "Would you 'hang' with me if I were 'Thorpey's daughter?"

"These people are such craziness, let's just go before our minds melt." Veronica said and she and Stacy walked away.

"Is it crazy how she has no idea how to use English despite the education she has had for the past decade?" Alex said to herself

"I totally agree." Jason responded thinking she was talking to him "And thanks for getting them away."

"No problems." Alex smiled. Jason didn't smile back and wasn't even paying attention to Alex. Instead he was reading. Alex thought about how rude that was but then she realised that is what she did to everyone else.

"Maybe this won't be so bad." Alex said to herself.

"I'm trying to read!" Jason said from across the table. "I already have the accompanying noise of the other cafeteria tables to contend with."

Alex smiled and said in her head "Well I said maybe."

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