The familiar ding of Scarlett Phillips cell phone woke her out of sleep.

Skool Time Scar! :)

Wake up, wake up, wake up!

Scarlett smiled down at the text message Anna sent her. Anna was Scar's best friend and has been since the first day of first grade. Scar picked up her phone and replied

Alright I'm up, A. But thx for the wake-up call.

I guess. :)

She stretched out on her bed and started getting ready for another boring day of High School. Once she got her shower and brushed her teeth and hair she slipped into her favorite pair of faded jeans, put on a tank top and her brown jacket over top, with her baseball cap to cover her long brown hair. She never wore any type of make-up and very rarely would you see her in jewelry. On the outside, she was a very plain girl. She never wanted to stand out. She always wanted to blend in to the crowd than to be the one everyone in the crowd is staring at. She would feel uncomfortable with so many eyes on her. Unless it was her friends. Them she could handle. Other people? Not so much. Of course, she had other reasons for being a plain Jane. She never wanted to be the one that the popular kids looked at, liked what they show, then decided to be friends with her just cause of how she looked or dressed. She wanted to make friends because of the fact that they liked her personality. Not her looks. Because in her school, most kids made their friends like that. It got seriously annoying sometimes. But it wasnt like she was an outcast. She had friends, a pretty good amount. But she didn't need or want to be one of those Known-By-Everyone-Because-Of-Who-You-Hang-Out-With popular kids. She never had and she never would.

Once she was ready it was 7:00 am so she went into her mom's room and woke her up. Her mom would be late for work everyday if it wasnt for Scar. Her mom was not a morning person and she never used an alarm clock. So eventually, somehow, Scar became her personal alarm clock every morning.

"Mom," She said while shaking her mothers shoulder gently. "Get up. You have work to get ready for."

Her mother groaned and said "Five more minutes." And covered her head with her pillow.

Scarlett laughed. "Isn't it usually the teenager who says that? Not the parent?"

"No." Her mother said, voice muffled by the pillow. "Not when the mother wants to get some rest and her annoying teenage daughter is torturing her by trying to get her up." Scar could tell her mother was only kidding and she could hear the smile in her voice as she talked.

So, Scarlett lifted up the pillow and hit her mom over the head with it. Her mother laughed at her and said "Okay, Okay. I'm up."

"Good." Scar said with a smile "Because I need to go to school, so I will see you when I get home okay?"

"Okay, sweetie. Love you." Her mom said as Scarlett walked towards the door.

"Love you too," She replied and walked out of the room closing the door behind her.

Ten minutes later, Scar was riding down the street towards Anna's house with her skateboard. She still had not managed to get a car. So, she was stuck with her board. When she came up to Anna's house she saw Anna just coming out of her house with her keys in hand and backpack slung over her shoulder. Scar rode over and flipped up her skateboard and took off her helmet, replacing it with her hat, while she walked towards her friend. Anna was wearing her normal bright clothes: A pink shirt and her bright red skinny jeans with earings on and multicolored shoes. Anna and Scar were different in so many ways but most times, it just made their lives interesting.

"Hey. Hop in." Anna said with as jerk of her head towards her Volkswagen in the driveway. Unlike Scar, Anna had already gotten her car. Her mother had bought it for her the moment she had gotten her licence. Scar thanked Anna and got in. Now that Anna got a car she always gave Scar a ride to school. It was easier to do that then riding her skateboard all the way to school.

"Hey, did you hear? We got a new kid." Anna said as she drove down the street to school.

"Guy or girl?"

"Guy."

"Year?"

"Same as us. He's a Junior."

"Great," Scar sighed. Another Junior guy to become a jerk just like everyone else. "Ten bucks says Brittney gets her paws on him first."

"No way. Definitely Shelby."

"Your on."

Brittney and Shelby were the co captains of the cheer leading squad. Everytime a new kid, boy or girl, came to school, they were the first one's to know about it. No matter who it was, they always tried to get to them before anyone else so they could...change them. Or at least try to.

One time, this guy Mike came to the school and he was a nice guy, a little dorky but nice all the same. He wore glasses and was a good student in school. But that was before Brittney and Shelby got to him. Now, he wears contacts, gets all D's and or F's on every paper he gets, and he's one of the Populars. He picks on kids who used to be like him.

That's why Anna and Scar didn't like The Populars. They thought they ruled the school. So, when they found out a new kids was coming they didn't really pay much attention. Whoever it was, he was going to either be changed or, if he refused, which rarely ever happens, he would be hated by all the Populars, making him just another outcast.

Once they came to school they met up with Brad. A guy that's been their friend for a year. He was one of the only ones to refuse to be changed by anyone. That's why they liked him. Both Scar and Anna knew he wasn't going to leave them for The Populars.

"Hey, guys. Have you met Jesse yet?"

"Jesse? Is he the new kid?" Scar asked as they walked to the building.

"Yeah. And he's pretty cool." Brad said.

"Wait-How have you met him?" Anna asked on the other side of Scar.

"I was walking to school when he offered me a ride. We talked on the way here and he seems like a cool guy. Really nice. Only problem is that when we parked, Shelby came up and dragged him away."

"Ha! Pay up! And I'm not really sure I like the idea of you grabbing a ride with a complete stranger, Brad." Anna said with a smiled stretched across her face. Brad ignored her comment. They all knew he didn't really think things through before he did something.

"Ugh. Fine, here." Scar pulled out a 10 from her wallet and handed it to Anna. Then, seeing the confused look on Brad, she told him about the bet they had made in the car.

"Oh. Well from the look on Jesse's face when he met Shelby, it didn't look like he was to interested." Brad said hopefully.

"Well, I still think he will become a popular. Everyone does. Well... except for you of course." Anna said to Brad.

"We'll see. Anyway I'll see you guys at lunch. I have Mr. Kilby first and he'll give me detention if I'm late again." He waved good-bye to his friends and walked off down the hall.

Anna and Scar were lucky enough to have almost all the same classes together, so they both walked over to their home room. They were still talking about the new kid and Brad when Mr. Paden walked in. Anna turned back around in he chair and Scar took out her notebook while she heard Mr. Paden say "Okay, everyone. I would like to introduce you all to Mr. Carter." Scar looked up from her desk to the boy Mr. Paden was referring to.

Jesse stood with his backpack on one shoulder and a small smile playing along his lips. He looked at everyone in the class and seemed to have a sort of confidence radiate off him. Scar rolled her eyes, and thought Great. He's one of those cocky rich kids, I bet.. If The Populars get to him, they wouldn't be changing him to much. It was when she was thinking this that noticed everyone else in the room was staring at Jesse with a sort of longing and fascination in their eyes. Even Anna, which was even weirder to Scar. Anna was not the gawking type of gal.

She looked back over st Jesse to see if she had missed something that all the other kids had seen right off the bat. But she couldn't find anything that would cause them all to look like they were right now. She cocked her head to the side. Odd. It was as she was looking him over to see what she had missed when she realized Jesse was staring straight at her. Their eyes met and his smile gradually faded away to a look of confusion and shock. Like he was surprised to find out that there was someone who wasn't looking at him like he was some Pop Star coming straight from the heart of Hollywood. She rolled her eyes at him and went back to her notebook, ignoring Jesse. Better then letting him think she was even mildly interested.

When Scar heard Mr. Paden speak again, she looked up at the teacher, avoiding eye contact with Jesse. "Jesse, you may sit next to miss Phillips in the back. Scarlett, Please raise your hand so Jesse knows where to go." Scar inwardly groaned and very slowly raised her hand in the air. Jesse was walking over to her even before she got her hand in the air. He sat next to her and he dropped his back pack on the ground. As he sat in his seat, even though she wasnt looking at him, she could feel his stare on her. It made her feel very uncomfortable. So, in a not so subtle way, she raised her hood above her head so he couldn't see most of her face. But when she could still tell that he was looking at her she turned a asked "What are you staring at?" sharply, irritation lacing her voice.

When he heard her speak though, instead of answering her he looked shocked and just looked away to the front of the room, like she'd verbally slapped him. Good.

She made a mental note to ask Anna why everyone (including her) was acting so weird around the new kid when there really wasn't anything out of the ordinary about him. But for now, she decided not to dwell on it and she focused all of her attention on the Teacher.