Prologue
I turned around slowly, thinking Oliver was kidding, but I found out he wasn't.
There was my best friend and boyfriend. Both of them. Kissing. And it wasn't just a light kiss. It wasn't just a peck. It was an actual, loving kiss.
Lilly slowly slid her hand through Jake's hair and he put his hands around her waist, letting me go.
I clenched my fists as tight as I could and closed my eyes, not only to fight back the tears, but to wake up from this nightmare. I opened them to find then same but with blurrier vision.
I sprinted from the beach, from Malibu, I just ran and ran to get them out of my mind.
I needed to get away from Malibu and everything that even related to Jake and Lilly.
I pulled up to the old stone building that towered over most of the trees.
"Are you positively sure you want to do this bud? We still have time to go home." My dad said, worried like every normal dad would be.
"Yeah." I half-gulped and tried to smile. I wasn't the best with starting at new schools.
"Alright. You want be to go with you to the front desk miles?" He comforted.
"Nah, it's fine. I'll go by myself." I said. I didn't want to get in there and my dad would embarrass me not even two seconds in that school.
"Okay. I'll miss you bud. Good luck." He smiled, hiding back his sorrow.
"I'll miss you too dad. Love you." I said slowly. Did I really want to do this? Was I actually ready?
I grabbed my bags and pulled them out of the car with me. I'm actually at East Pacific Academy. It was wonderful to see this for the first time. Its stone walls and gorgeous architecture were so much better than the brochure and website made them look.
I turned back and waved to my dad, who waved back and gradually drove to the exit.
The front sign said "WELCOME FRESHMEN!" with East Pacific Academy above it. I hoped it wasn't like my old, crappy public school. And it wasn't.
Inside was beautiful. It had a lounge, warmed by a fireplace and a TV broadcasting a channel displaying the school and activities. Its front desk had an old but sweet looking lady who was busy with her papers instead of flirting with your science teacher. Trust me. It happens.
I walked up to the desk, taking a deep breath.
"Hi, I'm Miley Stewart." I smiled kindly.
She spun around in her chair, looking me up and down and rolled her eyes.
"Yes?" She snapped frankly.
"Um, I'm new." I slightly whispered.
"Oh! Hello!" She suddenly changed her attitude and smiled graciously, "Let me check, Miley Stewart, right?" That's more like it I wanted to say.
"Yes." I said nervously.
She shuffled through some papers and handed me a schedule.
"Here you go. Now, if you would like some more information, please see your homeroom teacher that meets in..," She looked at her watch, "Thirty minutes. Here is your dorm key. Any questions?" She shoved in.
"Thank you." I said, smiling. I turned around and rolled my eyes. So far, this school wasn't really for me.
I was walking fast to finally get to my dorm. I suddenly hit something and dropped my books and bags.
I was going to pick everything up until I fell into the eyes of the person I ran into.
He had curly brown hair and dark brown eyes. His smile was gorgeous and he was watching me in the same way.
"Uh- I –uhm- sorry." I giggled nervously and smiled.
"It's all good. New?" He smiled.
"Yeah." I said, blushing. Was it really that obvious?
"I thought so. I haven't seen you around here. I'm Nick." He said, extending his hand.
I was too dumbstruck until I finally grabbed his hand and said, "I'm Miley." I didn't let go until I realized I was there for too long a flung my arm backwards.
"So, are you a sophomore?" He asked, picking up my books.
"Yeah, are you?" I replied, helping.
"Yep." He said giving me the last handful of books.
"Cool!" I near shouted and blushed slightly.
"Oh, you have Truman for chemistry too?" He said looking at my schedule.
"Oh uh yeah." I said. I really haven't looked at it yet.
"Well, I guess I'll see you then, Miley. Later." He smiled, walking past me.
"Bye!" I said, happily.
Maybe this isn't such a bad school after all.