Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't done anything in a while.. I've had major writer's block, plus, this chapter was bugging me, so I re-did it. Hope you like it!

Chapter 1: Weird looks

I stood next to the window, watching the scenery I had memorized long ago. Tree after tree after tree with various animals running in between. The rolling hills with fog creeping up and the dark clouds heavy with rain blocking the sun as one by one drops fell faster and faster until it seemed like the sky was angry with us wanted to flush us out like we were dead fish down a toilet.

"EVE! WE'RE GONNA BE LATE, AGAIN!" Jack calling me jerked me out of my thoughts. "Coming!" I yelled as I grabbed my blue backpack and phone and ran down the wooden stairs to meet my friends.

"Uh, Eve, you got a little something in your hair," remarked Luke and I grabbed a piece of my black hair unconsciously. "Idiot, she colored her hair, duh," said Jack and hit the back of his head.

"You died your hair?" Luke asked and I scrambled to shush him, "Shut up! Mom doesn't know yet."

I quickly pushed the hood of my sweatshirt over my head as I head my mom walking toward us. "I thought I heard voices," she smiled, "Eve sweetie, do you want me to drive you and your friends to school?"

"Yes-"

"Nope, bye mom" I cut off Luke and went out the door with my friends in tow.

"Luke you dimwit! You almost got me in trouble!" I practically yelled at him.

"Sorry, geez Eve, its not such a big deal, you always sneak out anyways."

"At least we're not Teletubbies," Jack mumbled.

"What now?" I ask, and I can't help a smile as he stutters, "D-Did I say that out loud?"

"Man, you got problems," Luke remarks and just like that we're all friends again.

We arrived at school, late as usual, and we parted ways to get to our classes. I worked my way through the grey buildings till I found my class, AP Calculus. I'd like to say that I got to Calculus as a freshman because I am fantabulous at math, but that's not true, I was 'gifted' with an amazing pictographic memory (along with some not so amazing side effects) so here I am.

I pushed open the blue door to reveal a completely average class and its teacher standing at the head. "Glad to finally see you Eve," My teacher remarked and a put on an all-too-obvious fake smile and said, "You too Steve," too which he sighed and closed his eyes for a moment before replying, "For the last time, call me Mr. Terrell, Eve."

I raised a finger and corrected him, "Uh uh, its Miss. Summers to you."

He glowered, "Fine, please take your seat Miss. Summers," to which I grinned and said, "Gladly.'

I made my way to my seat next to a girl named Sarah. As I sat down I noticed Collin, who sits across the aisle, was back from his 2-week 'vacation'. I glanced over at him as I sat down and couldn't believe it was him. He had the same dark hair but it was longer and more shaggy, his face was the same, but it seemed harder somehow, no longer boyish. He was obviously taller, and more muscled too. Then I saw the tattoo, and my suspicions were confirmed. He was with Sam. Now, I don't listen to gossip, but I don't believe that they 'have a good gene pool', an obvious lie.

Then he turned and started staring at me, not even a nice stare, but like a 'Holy crap, Santa isn't real? You just ruined my entire childhood even though Im a junior' type of stares. Sorry, that made no sense whatsoever, but you get the gist of it.

"Miss. Summers, would you care to tell the class what you got for number 13?" Mr. Terrell asked. I turned to look at him, without even opening my notebook, I replied, "The square root of x times the quantity of two and seventeen," and smirked at his astonished expression.

"Right, well, moving on. For number fourteen, you should have justified the proposed equation with a proof."

The rest of class dragged on rather dully. Trying to ignore Collin staring at me like someone who just discovered the female population, I thought back to when I met Jack and Luke.

It was the first day of kindergarten, and five-year-old me was not too happy. The teacher was trying to get me to have nap time but I absolutely refused to sleep anywhere other than my own bed. "Fine," she sighed exasperated, "why don't you just lie down for a little while?" She led me over to a little cot thing and I sat down.

"It's ok, I don't like her either," the little boy with blond remarked, "I'm Luke." I smiled; glad to find someone who agreed, "I'm Eve." "That's my friend, Jack," he pointed to the boy on the other side of me who was snoring louder than should be possible and drooling a good deal. He snorted and pawed around before turning over and continuing to snore. I giggled, "He's funny." "Do you like trains?" Luke asked and I nodded my head, he smiled and said, "Good, then you can play with us."

Oddly enough, our friendship was built strongly on a foundation of snoring and trains.

The bell rang and it jolted me out of my memory. I grabbed my unopened notebook and shoved it in my backpack before heading to PE, joy. I walked through the crowded halls until I reached the gym.

In PE our teacher decided we play Ultimate Frisbee. Who the heck came up with Ultimate Frisbee? Its just Frisbee, but now you get points, exciting right? Not. This is how I ended up standing in the middle of the field, arms crossed, as a Frisbee landed at my feet. I looked up to see Jacob, one of Sam's people, jog up with a smirk on his face and say, "Hey, mind actually participating and throw it back?" Stupid senior.

I picked up the Frisbee and threw it, hard. It hit Jacob in the nose with a satisfying smack. "Oops, I am so sorry," I said, keeping my face blank and voice as monotone as possible. "EVE!" I heard my PE teacher, Mr. Ketty, yell, "PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE!"

"Bye Jacob," I said, then dropped to a whisper, "Good luck getting any girls now squid ward," and jogged back to the main building.

"So Eve, what happened? This time," Mr. Wayward, the principal, asked me.

"I was participating in Frisbee like Mr. Ketty told me to, and Jacob just so happened to be in the path of the Frisbee," I said as innocently as possible and he sighed, "How bout you promise not to do it again and I let you go."

"Cant," I replied.

"Why not?" He asked, annoyed.

"It's against my religion."

"You know what Eve, just go," he sent me off and I got out of his office before he could change his mind.

"So Eve what happened with Rhoudolph over there? He's staring at you," Jack asked me as I sat down at our usual lunch table. I look over and sure enough it's Jacob with his nose all swollen and red.

I sighed and walked over to their table. Collin seemed to be the only one pleased by this. "Look Jacob," I say loudly when I reach their table, "Just because you have a nightlight doesn't mean you should be embarrassed."

"What- but – I – don't- nightlight," he stumbles over his words in shock while the rest of his table tries snickers and tries to keep from laughing. "Look," Jacob starts but I quickly interrupt, "Whoa, look at the time, gotta go!"

As I walk away I hear someone laugh and then a smack and an "Ow," and I smile. But one thing has been nagging me all morning, why was Collin staring at me?