Ok so here is a new Nick-Centric story. Hope you guys like it! Again, like in disconnected I have created a character of my own- complete opposite of Amanda. Hope you guys like it!

I do not own The Secret Circle.

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Skylar Greene was enjoying her drive up the New England coast, the wind whipping through her dark brown hair and she stepped on the accelerator of her silver Mustang convertible. She wasn't enjoying the fact that she was leaving New York behind her but she would be a senior so she only had to stay for one year then she could go back to New York and be back with her friends. As she got off the highway she sighed. It's too green here she thought as she headed east on the tree lined road. She was used to the hustle and bustle of the city. She was used to tall buildings, dirty water hot dogs and going for jogs through Central Park. As she went over the bridge she looked at the small coastal town that would be her home-temporally anyway and couldn't help but think how beautiful it was. She slowed down as she hit the main street. Who has a speed limit of 20 mph? she thought to herself. She was careful not go over as she had heard horror stories of cops in these small towns. People watched her as she crawled through the town and she thought great I'm not even here 5 minutes and I don't fit in. Skylar, born and raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan never wanted for anything. She was up on the latest trends and if it had a brand name on it she had to have it. She eyed the shops that lined the street and did not see one up=scale boutique. She grimaced and thought I'll be spending my weekends in Boston.

She drove past a creepy old cemetery, up the bluff, onto Crowhaven Road and turned right onto Marsh. She pulled into the driveway of number two and was in awe. My father grew up here? She thought as she stared at the beautiful gray Victorian with a white wrap porch and white shutters, the ocean sprawled out behind it. Ok so maybe I can handle being here for a year she smiled. She popped her trunk, took off her oversized sunglasses and put them in her Gucci bag and closed her convertible roof. She got of the car still admiring the house and as she walked around to the trunk of her car she heard voices. She looked and saw two big goofy looking blond haired boys who were being followed by a tall dark haired boy who was smoking a cigarette. The one blonde boy said to the dark hair boy "who is she?" there was no response. He turned to look at me with an expressionless look on his face and shrugged "probably just some outsider moving into the old Greene home" he kept walking as the blonde boys continued to stare at her "an outsider on Crowhaven Road?" he said his glare intense. She shuddered at the look in his blue green eyes. "Technically it's Marsh" the dark haired boy said blankly and started walking ahead of the 2 blonde boys. She couldn't help but notice the curiosity that was in his mahogany colored eyes. So at least there is one good looking guy here she thought as she got her luggage from her trunk and headed up to the house.

She couldn't shake the feeling that something was strange about this place and for the life of her could not get the image of that dark haired boy off of her mind. "Hey mom" she called as she opened the door. She stepped into the doorway and gasped. The inside was just as she imagined. Everything was mahogany, the old secretary that sat in corner of the dining room, the tables and cabinets. "You like it?" her mother smiled. "Yes! It's no Manhattan but it is beautiful!" she smiled hugging her mother. "The movers got here yesterday I had them put all of your boxes in your room and I had the cable guy set your computer up for you in there" her mother smiled. "Where is my room?" Skylar asked with wide eyes. "Right this way" her mother teased as she took one of Skylar's bags from her as she started to climb the steps. They ended up on the third floor. As Skylar climbed the last step she peeked over the railing and smiled "I have the entire third floor?" she squealed. "Your own little penthouse" her mother teased. Skylar looked around the room. The walls were sage and the ceiling was almost cathedral -like and they were much higher than she imagined. The back wall was lined with 2 huge windows. She looked out and the view was amazing. She looked down and saw the beach and said to her mom "Thanks mom this room makes this a little easier". Her mom just smiled as she headed back down the stairs.

Skylar sighed as she lay back on the huge sleigh bed that was now hers. So not too bad. At least if I hate the people here I have a cool room to hang out in she thought to herself, she sat up and slipped off the light hoodie she had on and headed downstairs and out the backdoor. She saw a path that led down the bluff and to the beach . She headed down the path and as her feet hit the sand she kicked of her flips flops and ran to the shoreline. She let the cool water of the Atlantic tickle her toes and giggled out load at the feel of it. The sun was about to set so she decided she would sit down and watch it anything that would keep her mind off of starting school the next day.

She loathed the fact that she had to do her senior year of high school in an unfamiliar school with strangers. She had plenty of friends back in New York and as far as she was concerned she didn't need any new ones. Her plan was just to go to school study hard, stay on the high honor roll, graduate and go to F.I.T. to study public relations and journalism. She already had the grades and PSAT scores were amongst the top in her class so all she had to do was keep her grades up. She could socialize on long weekends and holidays which she planned on spending every single one in New York with her friends. She sighed as she got up to head back to the house.

The next morning she woke up with a feeling of dread. She was not looking forward to the first day of school. To walking through strange hallways and getting the stares from people who would automatically judge her without even getting to know her. She jumped in the shower, got dressed in a denim skirt and short sleeved top and her favorite Monolo Blanik silver flip flops . She looked at herself in the bathroom mirror ash she ran a flat iron through her chestnut hair and put some mascara on that made her jade eyes pop. Once she was satisfied with how she looked, she grabbed her purse and her backpack and headed downstairs where she was greeted by her mother. "Nervous?" her mother asked. Skylar just shrugged "I wish I was back at Preston with my friends" she admitted. Her mother gave her a hug "you will make new friends in no time. The people around here are very nice. Strange to say the least, but nice nonetheless". Skylar understood what her mother meant without really knowing what she was talking about. After her encounter with the boys the night before, she knew this place was far from normal and that had even more on edge.

Skylar took the short drive to New Salem High School and parked in front of the two story brick building. There were some trees out front and a hill with a path that led down to the road. There were a few students standing in front of the building chatting and all of a sudden her nerves got the best of her and a lump started to rise to her throat. This is going to be harder than I thought she said to herself as she got out of her car. Most of the students were in jeans or pants with modest tops on and she felt way over dressed. She reached into her car and grabbed a terry hoodie that was laying on the back seat and put it on over her cap sleeved shirt, grateful that it matched. She grabbed her bags, closed her door and when she pushed the button on the key fob for her alarm, the three short peeps could have well just have been a fog horn they sounded so loud to her. She turned to head up the path to the front of the school, and all eyes were on her. She smiled and shrugged and scurried in the double doors and into the first door on the left marked "office".

In the office there was a plump woman with silver curls behind the counter. "May I help you?" she smiled. "Yes. I am Skylar Greene I am supposed to pick up my schedule and stuff" she said. "Oh yes Ms. Greene. Welcome to New Salem. I am Mrs. Collins the secretary here" she smiled. "Nice to meet you" Skylar said softly. Mrs. Collins turned her back to get Skylar her papers and she started to feel even more out of place when someone came over the counter and stood next to her. She looked at the girl and gasped. She was tall and beautiful with long cascading hair the color of a moon beam. The girl looked down at Skylar and smiled. Skylar smiled back, too shy to say anything.

"Ok Skylar, here is your locker assignment and your schedule. You have Chemistry first period and that is on the second floor" Mrs. Collins said "Have a good first day". Skylar just smiled and said thank you as Mrs. Collins turned to the girl next to her "Ms. Meade how may I help you?" she said in an almost frightened way which was odd to Skylar and the girl did not seem frightening at all. "I just wanted to make an appointment with Mr. Humphrey's to talk about senior government" the girl said. "Ok come back after your last class, he will be available then. Oh and Mrs. Meade, would you be so kind as to show Ms. Greene where her locker is, she is new here" Mrs. Collins asked nervously. The blonde girl smiled and turned to Skylar. "Sure I would be glad to. I am Diana. Diana Meade" the tall girl said "Skylar. Skylar Greene" . Diana took the paper from Skylar and headed out the office door. Skylar followed behind and observed as Diana said hello to everyone that passed by. It took them a while to get up to the second floor because it seemed everyone in the school wanted to talk to Diana. She was pretty and popular from what Skylar observed and she felt like she was looking in a mirror because that was how it was for here back at her school and she really started to miss it tremendously.

When they started climbing the steps Diana has asked Skylar where she was from and where she lived "My mom and I just moved from New York to my father's childhood home on Marsh" Skylar replied. "Oh so you are related to Todd Greene" Diana realized out loud. Skylar nodded. She did not want anyone to know who her father was. Not because she was ashamed, but because he was a well-known race car driver who passed away in a wreck during a race a year earlier, so people were either way too eager to talk about the crash or too eager to be her friend because of her social status. "did I say something wrong?" Diana asked as concern covered her face. Skylar lied "No it's ok". It really wasn't OK but she was not going to explain herself to a complete stranger. They stopped in front of a row of lockers "this one is yours and your class is right there" Diana said pointing to a room across the hall. "thank you" Skylar said "Anytime. If you need anything, let me know, after all we are practically neighbors" Diana beamed "You live on Marsh too?" Skylar asked. Diana shook her head "No I am the yellow Victorian across from Marsh on Crowhaven Road". Skylar smiled as the bell rang "See you around then neighbor" she giggled. She felt drawn to Diana and wished that Diana was in the same class. Diana was a little on the odd side with the way she was like a people magnet but she seemed friendly and genuine. Ok no not too bad Skylar thought to herself but little did she know that was all going to change the minute she stepped through that classroom door.

She walked through the door of the Chemistry room and took a deep breath as she scanned the room for an empty seat. There was one lab table that was completely empty so she walked over, put her bags down and sat down. She glanced around the room and saw the other kids chatting with each other and she started to feel sad again. She took a note book from her backpack and started doodling nervously. The bell rang for a second time and everyone around her scurried to find their seats. The seat next to her remained empty and that made her feel relieved and alone at the same time. She wanted someone to talk to but at the same point she didn't want anyone to know who she really was. She turned to blank page of her note book as the teacher started speaking "Welcome to Advanced Chemistry. Most of you know me already but for those who don't" the short mustached man looked directly at Skylar which made her sink down in her chair "I am Mr. Murphy. Here are your lab books and text books" he said passing the books out. Just then the door opened and Skylar's eyes widened when she saw the strange, dark haired boy she had seen the day before saunter in late to the class. "Ah Mr. Armstrong. Nice of you to join us. Will you be gracing us with your presence every day or is this just a special appearance?" Mr. Murphy said sounding displeased. A mischievous smile flashed across the handsome boys face as he shrugged. "Take a seat" Mr. Murphy said gesturing to the only open seat in the class. The one next to Skylar. Skylar's shoulders tensed as the dark haired boy sat down next to her with a cool expression on his face. He looked at her with the same curious look in his mahogany eyes as she had seen the day before. He stared at her for a moment and then turned around to the short girl with light brown hair sitting behind him. Her blue eyes looked just as curious as his did and she shrugged back at him as to give him a silent I don't know as an answer to a silent question.

Mr. Murphy started speaking again and the dark haired boy turned his attention away from the short girl and onto the teacher. "Ok folks. Eighty percent of your grade in this class is going to be on labs, which basically means the person next to you is responsible for the grade you are going to get. It's called teamwork kids. So get to know your lab partners because this is who you will be working closely with for the entire year. So switching partners" Mr. Murphy said.

The class started chattering with each other and Skylar started to doodle again in her notebook. Not wanted to look at the boy sitting next to her but desperately wanting to all at the same time. She was intrigued and intimidated by him all at the same time. She gave into the temptation and looked over at him. He was leaning over the back of his chair whispering with the girl behind him and her partner, a red headed boy with grayish eyes. She couldn't make out what they were saying but suddenly she had a feeling they were talking about her and she felt that it wasn't in the way people used to. It wasn't in an envious way more of a fearful and curious way. She so desperately wanted to jump out of her seat and run out of the room or switch partners anything but have to be subjected to this scrutiny.

She was to afraid to look at him. Too afraid to say anything to him. Great there goes your average you got a slacker for a partner whose name you don't even know she said to herself. Then the strangest thing happened her turned to her and smiled and said "I'm Nick. Nick Armstrong and despite what you may here, I am a pretty good student". Skylar couldn't stop her mouth from gaping. Did this strange boy just read her mind? She shook her head and smiled softly. "Skylar Greene and no worried I can hold my own" she sounded more confident than scared which was a good thing. "we will see about that. You have no idea where you moved to" Nick said in a cryptic way that send a shiver of fear down her spine and her thoughts of earlier were right. This was a very strange place with very strange people and she knew in that moment that her life as she knew it was about to change forever.