Chapter 1

Cassandra and Christy walked into school with no familiar faces in sight. They had just walked into Long Island Senior High School. Everybody stared as at them as they walked into the main office to get her schedule. Cassandra knew nobody but her sister. Christy was a senior and Cassandra was a junior. One thing that always made people notice Cassandra and Christy was their last name, Tortoni. Tortoni was a name that was popular among organized crime, and even though the name was becoming legit, many people didn't know that. They found the office and got their schedules. As they were walking to class the bell rang.

"Bye Cassandra," Christy said turning the corner.

"Later," Cassandra replied. "Alright room 143, 139, 140, 141, 142, here we are 143." She walked into class and saw no teacher so she just sat down.

"Hey are you new here?" the guy sitting next to her asked.

"Yea," Cassandra said not looking up from her notebook.

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Cassandra." She took her iPod out of her Dolce and Gabana plugged it into her ears not talking for the rest of the period. She had criminology next.

"What's up Jake?" Frankie asked sitting down next to Jake.

"Nothing much man but there this new girl in school."

"Yea I just had her last period," Frankie said, referring to Christy.

"Nah man I just had her," Jake said. The bell rung.

"Hey Frankie," Alyson said sitting down next to him.

"Hey," he replied.

Cassandra opened the door to the class and everybody looked at her.

"Hi," she said to the teacher in a nervous voice. "Sorry I'm late.'

"It's alright. I'm Ms. Smith," Cassandra gave her her schedule, "Class we have a new student joining us."

"Frankie that's the girl," Jake said.

"That is not the girl I had last period," He said looking at Cassandra.

"Class this is Cassandra Tortoni," Ms. Smith said. Unlike her sister, Cassandra didn't care what people thought of her last name, it was her name and she was proud of it.

"That's her sister," Frankie said.

"Cassandra you may sit wherever you'd like," Ms. Smith said.

"Thanks," She sat down across from Frankie. Ms. Smith asked Cassandra a few questions then she just lectured. Cassandra took out her iPod and just listened to music and did her work for the rest of the class. The rest of the day was the same routine teachers welcoming her to the class and listening to her iPod. She didn't talk to anybody. As Cassandra was walking out to the parking lot it started to snow.

"You've got to be kidding me?" she said. Frankie was walking in front of her with his brothers, Carmine and John, which were both seniors. Frankie, like Cassandra, was a junior. Frankie turned around to look at Cassandra. She didn't even notice him. She unlocked her black G-Wagon and got in.

"That's the first G-Wagon that we ever get in this school," Carmine said as Cassandra started her car. "Who is she?" he asked.

"Her names Cassandra, Cassandra Tortoni," Frankie said.

"That means she is that other girls sister?" Carmine asked.

"Yep."

Cassandra waited for a car to pass then sped out of her parking spot. When she turned out of the parking lot she stepped on it and her car was soon out of sight.

"Damn, did you see how fast she was going?" John asked in astonishment.

"That's hot," Carmine said getting into his black 5 Series.

"See you at home girls," John said getting into his pearl white one. Frankie got into his black navigator and they pulled out one after the other.