A summer breeze drifted lightly through the open window of the classroom, ruffling the hair of a certain brunette. To most that breeze would be welcome, however for Jaden it only reminds him that summer has come earlier this year and he is still stuck in the stuffy classroom. Jaden could already tell he was in for an uneventful day, or so he thought.

Sat daydreaming whilst staring out the window during his history class Jaden barely noticed the door opening, only pulling himself out of his daydream once he heard an unfamiliar voice, "is this room D24?" Jaden turned and saw a boy stood in front of his teacher -Mr. Mullis- he couldn't see the new kids face, but his hair was what drew his attention, it was teal. Distracted by the boy's unusual hair colour Jaden barely noticed that he had turned around, but once he did see the new boy's face Jaden would never forget it, he was handsome and dignified and yet he wore such a mischeivous grin, it was fair to say that Jaden was captivated by this new boy.

The teal haired beauty stood at the front of the class as Mr. Mullis spoke "Class, this is Jesse Anderson." He said gesturing to the boy next to him, "he's new to the school, but i trust you will include him." It was one of those classic teacher speeches that were so unbeleivably scripted but always embarrassed the subject, in this case Jesse. Who at this time was blushing so much so, that he was turning slightly to hide his face, Jaden couldn't help but think how cute it made him look.

The only empty seats in the class were next to Chazz and Jaden. Chazz was an obnoxious brat who thought that because he was from a rich family he could do what he wanted. It didn't help that whenever a hot guy walked past he would suddenly change his personality completely, he would become a sweet and charming young man to get the one thing his money can't buy him. Jaden prayed that Mr. Mullis would sit Jesse next to him, eagerly awaiting his descision Jaden sat supporting his head in one hand staring blissfully at the new student out of the corner of his eye. Mr. Mullis spoke up again, "Right then Jesse, you can go sit next to Chazz," he said pointing across the room, it was fair to say that Jaden was upset, his face immediately fell in to a scowl before he turned and stared out the window again.

The action was missed by almost everyone except Jaden's friend, Lucas. Lucas had known Jaden since they were little kids, and now at 16 they were best friends and knew eachother inside and out. "So," he thought, "looks like Jaden has a little crush." The thought caused a smirk to spread across the teenagers face. Lucas turned and looked over at Jesse, unsurprisingly Chazz was flirting with him, the dark haired youth was leaning in really close and laughing lightly at things the new student would say. "This isn't going to be nice once Jaden sees." He thought to himself, Lucas made it his own little project to get these two teenagers together.

Much to Lucas' delight Jaden had continued to stare out of the window for the remainder of the lesson, so he didn't have any idea about Chazz's actions, of course that meant that Lucas would be the lucky one to tell him. So at the end of the lesson Lucas walked up to Jaden as he was leaving and pulled him to the side, "C'mon Jaden, i need to talk to you about something." Lucas gave his best friend a warm smile as he lightly tugged on Jadens arm. Once everyone had left Lucas finally spoke up, "Ok Jaden, i know you won't want to hear this but," the brunette looked worried as Lucas stumbled over his words "well...um...i...i..." Quickly cutting in Jaden firmly said "Look, Lucas just tell me already," hardening himself Lucas just came out with it, "Jaden i know you like Jesse, and Chazz is doing it again." Jadens face gave it away, the warm smile he had been giving Lucas to encourage him was now replaced by a frown with tears slowly creeping into his eyes. Before Lucas could say anything else Jaden had bolted, Lucas knew better than to go and talk to him at the moment, he always got angry after Chazz started hitting on guys, none of his friends knew why though. Pondering this as he left the classroom, Lucas decided to meet up with the rest of his and Jaden's friends.

Wandering out on to the field he saw them sat under an old oak tree, "hey guys," Lucas greeted them weakly. In front of him were Alexis, a blond haired girl with a surprisingly short fuse given her warm personality. Next to her was Syrus, he was less than confident in his abilities. Next to him was Lucas' twin sister, Sara. Sara was Alexis' roommate, she had long black hair, similar in colour to Lucas, that was currently tied into a ponytail at the back of her head. She wore a simple white tank top with a red jacket and denim skinny jeans. Her style reflected her personality, she was understated but caring, very much like a mother figure.

Sara spoke up, looking warmly at her brother, "What's wrong Luc?" Lucas settled himself on the grass next to Alexis and told them what had happened. After they had question Lucas and getting all the details they just sat there in silence contemplating the situation. Until Chazz walked past, still shamelessly flirting with Jesse, unnoticed to the two teenagers Lucas was currently being held back by his friends, all he could think about was how satisfying it would be to knock a few teeth out of that smug mouth of his. A desire which he openly shared with his friends. They all knew they wouldn't see Jaden for the rest of the day, he usually ran straight home and hid in his room. His parents were always out during the day so he could get away with this as long as he made sure to get the phone when school phoned to check where he was.

The four friends walked around the field talking in hushed tones about how they could cheer up Jaden, eventually they settled on ambushing Jaden tonight at his house and taking him out for a meal. Food always cheered him up, and they knew the perfect place. Their planning was interrupted when a football rolled towards them closely followed by a third year student with long brown hair, Atticus Rhodes. He was Alexis' brother, but Lucas had a massive crush on him. A crush which caused massive embarrassment on his part whenever the older student was around. "Hey guys," the brunette greeted as he arrived at them picking up the ball, he looked at Lucas and smiled, this caused Lucas to blush a deep scarlet colour a turn away giggling lightly. It was clear that Atticus knew exactly how Lucas felt and being the slightly vain person he is, he enjoyed the attention. "Hey bro," Alexis piped up, being almost as embarrassed by Lucas' crush as he was, quckly thinking of a topic "What time are Mum and Dad picking us up on Friday?" Duel Prep was a highly prestigious school which people from everywhere in the country wanted to attend. To accomodate this it added a boarding option, one which Alexis and Atticus' parents use. They were full time boarders but as the summer holiday approached they were going home, "around 6 i think... Sissy." He knew that Alexis hated the nickname, he turned to Lucas and winked as he turned and ran from the oncoming storm that was his sister, who quickly sprinted after him.

Lucas, Sara and Syrus now stood in shock. However a red hue still made its way on to Lucas' cheeks as he tried to comprehend what had just happened. Atticus Rhodes had winked at him, he was still stood in shock as he realsed that Sara and Syrus had stupid grins on their faces as they looked at him, "i think he likes you you know?" Syrus said with a slight grin still on his face, "no he doesn't Syrus, he's a third year. He would never be interested in me." Lucas said timidly, "whatever you say bro, but i think he does aswell." Now his sister was thinking it too? Lucas quickly turned and walked away to hide his blush and avoid the goofy grins on his friends faces.

Lucas closed the door to his dorm, he was another boarder along with Sara. In his room sat his roommate Bastion Misawa. "Why hello there Luc," then his roommate noticed Lucas' face catching on quickly he slid off the top bunk, "so you've been talking with Atticus i see?" It always shocked Lucas how easily Bastion could read peoples body language, "sort of," he replied quietly "he winked at me." Then before Bastion could respond Lucas hid under his covers to hide the blush which immediatly hijacked his face. Chuckling lightly Bastion climbed back onto his bed and continued reading.

Jaden was running as fast as he could back to is house, tears now streaming from his eyes, he opened the door and rushed upstairs where he collapsed on his bed letting out weak sobs, not for the first time. Jaden couldn't help being upset, but he didn't understand it at all. Jesse had only been at school for a day, they hadn't even spoken. But he was all the young brunette could think about. Then there was Chazz, all because of that one stupid day Chazz had gone out of his way to make Jaden's life hell. It wasn't as if Jaden meant to hurt him that badly, but Chazz would never understand. He wouldn't even talk to Jaden anymore unless he was insulting him.

Whilst Jaden lay on his bed sobbing quietly into a pillow the phone began to ring. This was the part of skipping school Jaden really hated. He picked up the phone and was asked why he wasn't at school, Jaden lied and said that he had been throwing up all day and decided to go home. When asked why he hadn't signed out he just said he had forgotten. With this explanation seeming to satisfy the old woman who worked behind reception he hung up and entered the kitchen. His parents would be home soon and he didn't want them to worry, filling the sink with water he plunged his head into the basin. Pulling out of the water quickly after he walked upstairs to dry his face and change.

As he walked down the stairs feeling fresher in his new set of clothes, consisting of a red polo and jeans he heard the doorbell ring. Presuming his parents had just forgotten their house key he meandered to the door but stopped dead at seeing a shape with teal hair through the frosted glass of the door.

A/N

Hey guys, ok so this is my first fanfiction. Im kinda using this chapter as a tester so if you follow or pm or review or pretty much anything that shows you are enjoying this story. To be honest im pretty pleased with how it turned out, but i have to warn you about my spelling as it may be a bit off as im being forced to use my tablet, which is not easy to type on. So please R&R