Endra
I took a deep breath as I walked through the front doors of Sweet Amoris High School. My dad had recently transferred jobs and I had been forced to move in with my Aunt Beatrice. She hated the name Beatrice and so insisted I call her Auntie. Auntie was a flamboyant and maybe even telepathic woman who always knew how to seize the day. Unless you were like her and would shout it out obnoxiously in Latin; Carpe Diem! Auntie lived across state which meant I had to start my sophomore year out alone in a new place with no friends. That wasn't a big deal because I only had one friend at my old school and he happened to be my boyfriend, Ken. We were trying to make long distance work. However, I worried about losing him when the only way he could see me was on a computer screen. My life had been flipped upside down and I was not sure it was for the better. I wished Ken had come with me to give me a little extra strength, but he was back at Clifford High and I was here, walking through the shiny blue doors, trying not to let fear and nausea overcome me.

I dashed around a corner in an attempt to find the principal before the first bell rang, but my horrible luck took that moment to spite me. I crashed into a vibrantly red-haired boy with a leather jacket on. My books flew everywhere as the bell rang out, leaving me alone in the hall lying on top of this stranger. I laughed awkwardly and found myself looking into his dark brown eyes. They were so deep I might have mistaken them for being black if I hadn't been so close to him. As I continued to stare, I giggled again because I still hadn't gotten up. To hopefully end the awkwardness, I said the first thing I could think of,
"Hi. I'm new." He smirked and it sent my heart pounding. Then he spoke, his husky voice spilling sarcasm over me.
"And this matters to me, why?" Propping myself up a little, I responded, hoping my face wasn't as red as his hair.
"Well, I'm lying on top of you; I thought I should introduce myself."
Suddenly, he rolled over pinning me to the ground. Then he got real close to me. Lips barely an inch away from my ear, he whispered,
"Hi New, I'm Castiel." His breath tickled, giving me chills. And just as suddenly he pushed himself up and sauntered away. Still sitting on the floor, I desperately shouted after him,
"Actually my name is Endra!", but he was gone.

So I was left alone to pick up my books. As fast as I could, I piled them into my hands and ran to the front office. Panting, I apologized to the secretary for my lateness. She smiled and escorted me into the principal's office. The principal was a kind-looking old woman with gray hair tied up in a tight bun. She informed me that I had to complete my registration before I could start my classes. She told me to go to the student council room and see the student body president. I thanked the principal for her time and went on my way in search of room 115.
I took my time getting to my next destination now that everyone was in class. I continued down the hall at a simple pace. I saw some posters advertising room on the basketball team and in the gardening club. Maybe I should join one I thought, if only to meet some fresh faces. I was sure Castiel and I wouldn't be good friends after how our first meeting had gone over.

As I passed room 105, Castiel appeared at the end of the hall. He was strutting towards me with a big grin. I only had time to think, what is he scheming, before his hands had grabbed my books and dropped them to the floor. Castiel stopped smiling then and asked with innocent eyes,
"Sup, Endra?" Flabbergasted, I just stared. He laughed and glided passed me. I just watched him go. I was shocked by the strange turn of events, but soon enough I was on the ground, picking up my books, again. Castiel had shown me that we definitely were not going to be close. Instead I would be his new play thing.

I went to grab for my Agatha Christie novel, And Then There Were None, when strong yet delicate fingers touched mine. I looked up, shocked that Castiel could be so gentle, but my eyes were met by a shining deep blue. It sent a jolt through my body. This boy was very attractive. His short cropped hair was blonde and he had the most perfect smile. Those teeth practically glistened. While Castiel had been dressed in a punk rock ensemble, this boy was wearing khakis, a dress shirt, and a basic blue tie. Very classy, I thought not the least bit sarcastically. I just stared at him for a minute until I stammered,
"Th… Thank you for… for helping me. I'm…I'm…E…Endra." I stuck out my hand hoping he would shake it. And he did. His fingers gentle, yet firm as they held my hand. He introduced himself and I smiled. Nathaniel, what a great name for this boy.

We continued to pick up my books, making idle chat.
"I didn't know the freshmen were required to read And Then There Were None." He said.
"Oh! I'm a Soph. I just happen to love mystery novels. Actually, I'm a new student. Today, is my first day."
"Well you have great taste in books, Miss Endra and I hope you enjoy Sweet Amoris."
With that beautiful smile, Nathaniel walked away. So charming, I knew he would make a great friend. After straightening out the last of my books I made my way to room 115.

Nathaniel
 She was beautiful. Her black hair was cut in a bob framing the delicate bone structure of her face. She had her bangs pulled back by a black and white polka-dot bow. I knew that if I spend more time with her I would only find her more appealing. Though, recent studies did show that the hormones released during infatuation produce the strongest of emotions. However, science could not disprove the fact that she was unique.
Being the student body president, I knew she would have to come see me soon enough. Much to my chagrin, I quickly realized that once she finished registration she would not be coming back. As I entered room 115, I moved hastily to my desk. I needed to find her forms fast, so she wouldn't walk in on me in the act. When I found her registration form, I slipped it into Violet's file. This should buy me some time with her, I thought, just as she walked through the door. She had a charismatic smile on her face as she spoke.
"Hi. I'm looking for the student body pres…. Oh! Hi, Nathaniel, are you?..."
"Yep! I'm the student body president. I should have told you in the hall. Then we could have walked together." As I said that, I gave her my most charming smile. She giggled and then spoke, quite seriously,
"I am supposed to complete my registration with you. What do I need?" She was focused. I liked that.
"Well, Endra," I said, while feigning to look for her form. "You will need a photo for your school ID and twenty-five dollars."
"Okay!" She responded confidently. Before she walked out I stopped her with a gentle grab of the arm.
"Wait," I said, "I can't seem to find your registration form, are you sure your turned it in?" I was lying through my teeth, hoping she couldn't tell. I had never been a very good liar. She looked concerned and I almost caved, telling her what I had done, but before I said anything, she spoke.
"Are you sure? I checked everything myself last week." Her eyes lacked the amber glow I saw before. I wanted to comfort her, so I said the next best thing,
"Maybe there was a filing error. I will continue looking. Meanwhile, why don't you go to the dollar store a few blocks away and get that beautiful picture taken."
Fortunately, she smiled. I wanted to make her stay, but we said our goodbyes and she skipped out the door. All I could think was why did I let her go?

Endra
It was lunch time. I had finally collected my money and had my picture taken. The guy who took my picture was kind-of creepy, but the picture was cheap so I didn't complain. I considered going home for lunch, but instead went in search of the nearest fast food restaurant. McDonalds caught my eye and I quickly rushed in, getting in line behind a small girl with purple hair. As I stood I debated with myself whether the color was a lavender or fuchsia. After the girl ordered I noticed the sad look on her face. So I introduced myself.
"Hey, I'm Endra. I happen to be new in town. What's your name?" She looked frightened when I first spoke, but then with a small squeak said,
"Violet." With that she grabbed her food and ran out the door.

I sighed and began to order when a hand touched my shoulder.
"Let me buy for you." Nathaniel said. I turned and smiled at him, but insisted on paying myself. However, he still persisted.
"How about I buy today, and you can buy the next time? It is the least I can do because I still haven't found your registration form." His blue eyes, which usually had a shine, dimmed and he looked troubled. I gave in and let him order my milkshake and fries, as I looked for a seat somewhere quiet. Luckily, there was a nice seat in the corner, so I sat there and waited for Nathaniel to arrive with our food.
Nathaniel and I spent lunch talking about anything and everything. I spoke of my old home and the horror that was Clifford High School. When we got to the topic of my old friends, I quickly deflected. Nathaniel was a nice distraction from Ken, so I didn't want to have to remind myself what I was missing. Instead I had him talk about how a sophomore becomes student body president. Nathaniel explained that the school was small and no one else wanted the position, so the principal promoted him. The rest of lunch went by fast. When I threw out my trash, Nathaniel followed.

As I turned around from dumping my tray I came face to face with him. We were inches apart and I heard him exhale nervously. To hopefully calm him down I gave him a big smile and said,
"Time flies when you are having fun! Lunch went by so fast and now we have to go back to school." Then I gave a fake pout. He laughed, but became tense again. I looked him up and down. With a sigh, I grabbed his hand and dragged him out the door saying,
"I hope you don't mind, but I am forcing you to walk me back to school!"

He loosened up a bit as we jogged along. When we got closer to the school I slowed down. Nathaniel was a joy to have in my life and every moment was precious. Ken had been snatched from me, but this friend I was not going to waste.
I looked down as we continued walking and I realized I was still holding Nathaniel's hand. He must have noticed too because when I looked back at his face he was blushing deeply. I quickly pulled my hand away. I felt guilty. I had only been separate from Ken for a week, but in one day I had gotten so close to this boy. This blonde beauty. Nathaniel interrupted my thoughts as he pushed the front door of the school open.
"Ladies first," he spoke shyly.
"Thank you!" I said as cheerfully as possible, though I really missed Ken at that point. Nathaniel seemed convinced enough because he responded quite confidently.
"So I have to go to Chemistry, but meet me in the student council room at the end of the day and I will get you all sorted out and ready to go. You still can't go to class, but I am sure you can sit in the library or the court yard for the next few hours."

I stared blankly at him. I had forgotten that I still wasn't registered. After a few seconds I smiled. Then he reached over and hugged me. I fell into his arms. It was a great hug. One of those hugs which seemed only a mother could give when you are crying on the couch stuffing your face full of ice cream. I never had any memories of hugs like that, but it was what I had heard. So when Nathaniel hugged me I melted. I was in love with every second and I didn't want him to let go. However, I felt him tense up and after a while he practically had to pry my body off of his. Even though it was kind-of awkward, he still gave me one of those heart throbbing smiles, but he walked away very quickly. I hoped it wasn't because of me.

Oh well! I thought as I walked back outside. It was worth it. I was upset to have been left alone, but the isolation was relaxing. I ended up day dreaming about how my day would have been if I was back at Clifford. It would have been boring and uneventful. However, at the end of the day Ken would have held me and everything would have felt perfect. I sighed; I can't have any peaceful moments without missing Ken. I got annoyed with myself and slammed a fist on the bench, but instead of hitting wood my hand hit the metal spine of a notebook. Ow! I picked it up and looked at the inside cover. There wasn't a name, so I put it back down. I would take it to Nathaniel at the end of the day if no one else claimed it before then.
As the final bell rang I got up from my seat and grabbed the notebook. Immediately a boy in strangely styled clothing ran outside. He began looking around. I tapped him on the shoulder when he knelt down and began looking underneath the bench.
"Excuse me… sir?" He looked up with hopeful eyes. That wasn't all the eyes were. They were just as interesting as his clothing. His eyes were two different colors. One was yellow and the other was a beautiful turquois. I couldn't speak; I was transfixed to those eyes, so I did the most I could and held out the notebook. His face stayed blank, but he took it.
"Thank you. This is what I was looking for… Did you look through it?" I finally was able to speak and I blurted out without thinking,
"Yeah, but only to see if there was a name in the front cover…" He smiled at me and I relaxed inwardly.
"At least you are honest about it. Thank you again for all your help."

I nodded and finally noticed another oddity of this boy. His hair was void of any color. It was a bright white. Suddenly, red hair contrasted with the white. It appeared behind the stranger. Embarrassed from the earlier meetings, I looked towards the ground and quickly headed in to see Nathaniel. I had already made him wait and I didn't want to hear any jokes about how much Castiel made me blush. As I walked down the hall I wondered who the stranger was. Maybe I would see him later this week. I would love to know what was in that journal. But the guy was mysterious. At least he wasn't creepy. The mystery of that boy was more alluring than anything else.

When I was right outside of Room 115 gentle hands wrapped around my waist, pulling me in towards the stranger. I began to struggle, but I said quite calmly,
"Let go of me now or I will scream." The person sighed in my ear and said,
"That's a rude way to treat your boyfriend."
I twisted around and came face to face with shaggy brown hair and bottle cap glasses.
"Ken!" I exclaimed, throwing my arms around his neck. "Why? How? OhMyGosh! Did I miss you!" He chuckled. Then he blushed as he spoke. It was so nice to hear his voice.
"I just… I missed you so much. I guess it is lame, but I couldn't handle being apart from you."
"No! It's not lame at all! Come with me. I have to finished registration, but then we can spend the rest of the afternoon together. I spent ALL day missing you!" I grabbed his hands and dragged him to room 115.

Nathaniel
 Finally, it was the end of the day. So far I had had a wonderful time with Endra. I spent my Chemistry class thinking of how wonderful we could be. Her beauty was what got my attention at first, but eating lunch with her showed me how charming and intellectual she could be. She also wasn't anything like my sister, Amber. Amber was self-centered, but Endra took interest in the people around her. She made me feel special and she was different from the other girls around here. I decided then and there that this afternoon I would ask to give her a tour around the school. It wasn't much, but it was a start.
I grabbed her forms from the place where I hid them and scolded myself. I shouldn't have hidden her stuff, everything worked out without my meddling. After a few minutes of nervous pacing, done by me, she walked in, but she wasn't alone. Endra was followed by a boy not much taller than herself. He had messy hair and huge glasses. Along with that he was wearing an ugly oversized green sweater. I stared at him and began to get annoyed. I couldn't ask her anything in front of this boy. However, Endra smiled at me and I couldn't help but relax.
"Hi, Nathaniel," she said. Her just speaking my name caused my heart to skip a beat. "This is my boyfriend, Ken."
BOYFRIEND! I resisted the urge to let my jaw drop to the floor. I was in disbelief. I hoped it was a sick joke. That tiny, weak boy couldn't possibly be… but he was. The way they looked at each other. How they held hands. There was no denying it. That was the first moment my heart broke. I cleared my voice and spoke as sweetly as I could,
"Oh, yes. Kentin, I believe we met earlier today." I shook his hand and smiled at Endra.
"Here you go," she said as she handed me the registration fee and photograph. I took them from her and handed her a class schedule. We didn't talk after that, so I politely said goodbye. Endra waved, but I barely noticed. I was looking at her ID picture. She was so beautiful and again I thought why did I let her go?

Ken
 My first day at school sucked. At Clifford High I had never been bullied so much. There was this group of girls at Sweet Amoris who took my things and shoved me whenever they had the chance. The girl with blonde curly hair was their leader and she was the cruelest. When the girls weren't hitting me, they snickering as I sat on the floor in pain. There was also this guy. He was big and his black eyes seemed to give me a death threat every time they saw me. I was scared. The fear that consumed my day only left when I found Endra. She always grounded me. She made me into the strong man I knew I was. I could be confident and brave with her by my side. Though, my test was probably when that blonde boy was leering at her. I did nothing which left me feeling weak and pathetic until she grabbed my hand again. I was so lucky to have her and I would make sure to survive the bullying to be with her. I would not let my dad send me to military school. He said I needed to become a man and since he had learned in military school that was obviously the place for me. But Endra and I couldn't stand to be apart for a week, so I knew we wouldn't be able to manage when we had no communication at all.
I walked her slowly back to Auntie's apartment. I had met Auntie once before and that lady freaked me out. For starters, she wore a fairy costume at all times and her personality was just so…. There wasn't a word in the English language to describe her yet, so I guess she was Auntie. I shared my cookies with Endra as we always did. Endra's hair blew in the wind. I couldn't help, but stare at her beauty. The small things like her polka-dot bow were my favorites. I only wished that I could kiss her. It had been over a year and I still had not made the move. I tried all the time, but the coward in me wimped out. I loved her and she loved me. It should have been simple. So when we came to her apartment, I tried to man up, but failed again. Instead we hugged and then she kissed me on my cheek and ran up the stairs. I watched her go, then sighed and continued to my small apartment down the street. I truly did love her.