First off, thank you for giving this fanfiction a chance. I was inspired by Pikacheek's story entitled Teenage Dream, so this story won't involve any walkers but there will be some references to the game itself! I live in Singapore where our education system is different. Secondary school is somewhat like elementary school, and junior college/polytechnic is like high school, and then there's university! In this story, everyone is in Secondary 3, which makes them 15 years old. We have prom in Secondary 4 before we take our national exams, so there will be a prom chapter in the later part! I hope you have a rough idea of the education system because in this story, I won't be using America's system, instead I will refer to my country's system as it will be simpler for me! However, they live in America still. Once this reaches 5 reviews, I'll update a chapter 2! :) Oh, and in Singapore, we have 4 breaks throughout the year, summing up to a total of 3 months.
"Luke, look," Nick gestured to his best friend, Luke. He pointed to a cute yet somewhat fierce-looking girl standing by the school's entrance. She looked lost as to where to go. Groups of teenagers walked past her, giggling at the way she dressed. She was wearing a baseball cap, a long-sleeved purple shirt and jeans. It was rather casual compared to the other girls in Middleton Secondary School. Normally, a girl would dress in a knee-length (or shorter) skirt and a cute top to go with. Instead, the new girl, or at least Luke thought she was, had a look of a tomboy's, and somehow Luke thought she looked cool. He wanted to walk up to her and spark a conversation, but he knew everyone would make a fuss out of it since he was the most popular football player in the school and rejected every single admirer and barely talked to girls. Not only was he unbelievably hot, he was so handsome that guys even got jealous of not having his looks.
"Luke!" Nick nudged him. Luke snapped back to reality.
"Oh, yeah, well, let's get to class. We're gonna be late if we don't start moving our asses." Luke trudged to the school's entrance, leaving Nick behind. Nick quickly caught up with him, who was walking really fast now. Luke suddenly didn't want to get anywhere near the new girl, so he and Nick increased speed and zoomed past her. She forced a smile at them and tried to put on a brave front on her first day of school, but even though Luke noticed, he shut his eyes and headed to class, and resisted himself from talking to her though he really wanted to.
"Good morning, class." Mr Omid greeted, and the class greeted him back. "Welcome back to school! How was your June holidays break? I hoped you all haven't gotten yourselves into trouble. I have some exciting news for you."
"What? That we have a Science project to kick start the week? Amazing." Nick muttered.
"No, Nick. But I'll consider that." The class groaned. "Anyone else wanna make a guess?"
"I hope there's some new hot girls coming in." Nate whispered to Russell.
Mr Omid overheard him and announced to the class, "Nate wishes for new hot students. Well, he's not exactly wrong." Nate perks up, his eyes lighting up. The class noticed his reaction and started to tease him. Mr Omid signaled for them to keep quiet. "We have a new student in class, she just moved in here from Macon. She's supposed to be here soon, but I guess she got lost..."
Luke, who was previously chewing his fingernails, looked up. His eyes scanned for the girl he saw earlier, and when he didn't spot her, he was relieved. He didn't know why, but he just didn't want to be friends with her. Yes, he did thought she was cute and cool, but he didn't want to communicate with girls. He felt weird around girls and didn't really know how to express himself. He would stumble over his words and say things he didn't mean. That was the top reason he didn't want a girlfriend, he was afraid of making a mess of himself all the time.
Luke was drowned in his thoughts when he heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." Mr Omid said, opening the door. "Ah, there she is! Meet Clementine!"
Clementine walked in, with her hands behind her back. She wore a grin on her face, and she seemed happier than before. When she saw Luke, her eyes lit up, and she smiled even wider.
Luke didn't really know what to feel then.