"Ally? Have you seen my keys anywhere?" Dad yelled. Dad's always late for work, and each time is for different reasons. I smile to myself, grab his keys from behind the fish bowl, and jingle it in the air.

"Why is it behind the fish tank, Dad?"

"No idea" he yelled from his room. "Where the hell did my other sock go? I just had it a second ago!"

I look at the clock and roll my eyes. "7:50!"

"Okay okay, I'm coming! 2 more minutes!" there was a loud thump sound "Ow"

"Dad, don't kill yourself, I'll just drive myself to school, I'm gonna be late" I grab my keys and throw Pride & Prejudice & Zombies into my book bag. "Your coffee and breakfast burrito is on the counter! Don't skip breakfast! Love you!" I yell from the front door.

"Love you too Al!"

It's the first day of my senior year in high school, also the hottest time of the year. I'm already sweating and I've only been out of the house for 2 minutes. I blast the AC as soon as the car starts.

I pull out of the driveway and almost hit Ms. Millers mailbox. I've only been driving for a week and a half now, and I think I'm getting worse at it.

I pull up next to Carrie's mailbox and honk the horn. I pull out my book since I KNOW Carrie's going to take another 10 minutes. I play my favorite Pink Floyd CD and open the book where I left off when the passenger door swings open.

It startles me and I let out a yelp. I pout at her, "Why are you so fast today?"

She pulls down the mirror and applies her signature red lipstick. "Picked out my clothes last night." She kicks up her foot on the dashboard and flashes me with her perfectly polished toenails and her new black platform heels.

"Whatcha think?" She smiles at me with her perfect white teeth. Everything about Carrie is perfect. Her hair is a glowing blond with perfect waves, even when she doesn't curl them. She also has Leighton Meester's wardrobe and Paris Hilton's makeup collection.

"You don't even need my opinion. You know your perfect" I close my book and shift to drive. "And get your feet off my dashboard, I just wiped it two days ago." I dust off some dirt she left on it with my hand.

She rolls her eyes, "Because that's so necessary, and I do not think I am perfect" She punches my arm on "perfect".

After a 10 minute drive, we get to school at 8:14. Carrie and I walk to the front office to pick up our schedules. I look over at Carrie's schedule and she looks over at mine.

She pumps her fist in the air, "Hell yeah! We have Calculus together."

"And we all know what that means" I smirk at her, she giggles and links arms with me.

"You know you love me" She takes my schedule and scans through it. "Ew, AP English Literature AND Fiction Writing? Why two English classes?"

"Because I love English classes" I snatch my schedule back. "We have lunch together too, so I'll see you then. I'll text you later" I start walking down the hallway.

"Whats with the hurry?"

I pretend not to hear her and take out my phone. And look at the text from Gavin.

-Where are you?-

-Going to meet up with you-

10 seconds later

-Same place?-

-Always-

-:)-

I walk a little faster, and I realize that I'm smiling like an idiot.

When I get to our favorite spot in the school I sit on the bench. Gavin and I have been friends since freshman year of high school, I sat on this same bench crying when my parents were going through a divorce.

I asked Ms. Harrison if I could sit outside for a while since I felt like I was going to have some sort of breakdown. I guess Gavin saw me crying to myself and he came to sit next to me. I didn't even know him then so I felt weirded out. But then he handed me a tissue and said, "I don't know why your crying, but just know that your not alone"

I didn't respond so he continued.

"My parents are getting a divorce." I finally looked at him, mostly with shock.

He smiled at me and said "You too?"

I looked down at the tissue in my hands and nodded. We stayed silent for a while, but weirdly it wasn't an awkward silence. He touched my hand and when we met eyes, he smiled and said "I think we were meant to meet eachother like this"

And at that moment, I laughed since of how ridiculous it sounded. At that moment, we became friends. At that moment, I fell deeply in love with him.