CHAPTER 1

The red number on the clock revealed 8am, and the bell started to ring in an annoying noise. Derek let his hand out of the cover and roughly let it fall on the sneeze button.

"Stupid thing." he groaned, keeping his eyes closed.

His room's door suddenly opened and his younger sister entered, running, before to jump in his bed and wake him up.

"Derek! Derek! Derek!" she screamed before to let out a light laugh.

"Marti, stop this." he complained, putting his pillow over his head.

His sister lied next to him and moved the pillow slowly, trying to take a look at her brother. Derek smiled and quickly took Marti in his arms, putting her kindly on the other side of his bed, and started to tickle her.

"Derek! Derek! Stop!" she laughed, trying to escape from his grip.

"You just woke up the big monster, and he's not going to let you go!" Derek said, taking a low voice as Marti laughed even more.

"You guys are so cute!"

Derek turned around and his eyes met his sister Casey's. He frowned in disgust and rolled his eyes.

"Will you? I'm having a family moment, here." he said, moving his hands in the air.

The message couldn't be clearer and Casey crossed her arms.

"Well I'm sorry to interupt, but we're going to be late for school.

Derek got up from his bed and took his sister in his arms to help her up, before to bend to her level.

"Smarti, I'll see you downstairs, okay?"

Marti grinned and nodded as Derek sent her a wink. She quickly left his room and he closed the door behind her, looking at his room with a sigh. It was such a weird morning, and he wondered if the rest of the day would be different.

After dressing up, he got down stairs and took the only toast left in his brother Edwin's plate and brought it to his mouth.

"Hey, bitch! That was mine!" Edwin frowned, yelling at Derek, but didn't move.

"Cry Meh Ah, Riva." Derek tried to pronouce, his mouth full, while putting on his coat.

"Don't worry, Edwin. You can have mine. I'm not hungry anymore." Casey proposed, pushing her plate in his direction.

Derek rolled his eyes at the kindness Casey was trying to show.

"Why do you always have to start everyone's day in a bad way?" Casey asked, her hands on her waist.

"You're making my day a bad one, you know that?"

Casey moved her arms and crossed them on her chest.

"But Derek..." she started.

"Bye." he simply said in a mean way before to close the door roughly. Casey took a big breath and sighed as loud as possible.

"He's driving me insane!" she yelled loud enough for everyone left in the house to hear, getting up the stairs quickly to get her stuff.

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Derek stepped foot in the school and took off his sunglasses with a smile. Ths was a place where he felt totally great. A place where he was appreciated. Actually, Derek Venturi was, by far, the most popular and conveited guy of the whole school, and he loved it.

He walked until his locker and turned to his best friend, grinning.

"Hey Sam, what's up?"

The light haired head turned to him with a shy smile. Sam was probably the complete opposite of Derek. Even though he had the look to be checked out by the girls, he was far from having the attitude. Only Derek could make all the girls go crazy.

"Have you heard?" Sam asked, closing his locker. "There's a new girl at school. And she already grabbed everyone's attention."

"You mean, the guys'. She grabbed the guys' attention." Derek frowned, rectifying his friend.

"No, I really do mean everyone."

The bell rang and Sam quickly left, leaving a surprised Derek behind him.

After a while, Derek shrugged.

"It can't be that bad." he thought.

He just had no idea.