Monday, August 20th 2012. The first day of the school year at King High School located in Los Angeles, California.
It was a sunny, mild morning in Los Angeles, California. At 8:20 am students were filing into the modern school building all abuzz about their summer vacations. Some bragged about summer conquests, others were chatty about overpriced family vacations, but those who dared gossiped about the hottest new football star at King High.
"I heard the player is a troubled orphan from London," one girl said.
"Well, I heard he's a farm boy from Minnesota," another one commented.
A blonde teen who wasn't part of the morning madness shook her head as she made her way through the gregarious crowds and cliques that took up the main hallways at King.
Spencer Carlin was not your typical King High student. True, she had spent three years previously at the school and was finally senior status, but she had been immune to the stuck up sickness that infiltrated the ranks. The blonde haired, blue-eyed beauty was book smart and on the fast track to jump starting her career early.
What is her pre-chosen field of study? Well, I guess you'll just have to keep reading to find out.
"Hey Spencer!" a brown haired, 6'2 jock called out, jogging to catch up to her as she walked towards her first class.
"Aiden, hey what's up?" she asked, smiling at her friend who she hadn't seen for some time.
"Long time, no see. How have you been?" he asked, smiling with genuine interest.
"Pretty good, I can't really complain. How about yourself?" she asked, continuing her trek down the hallway.
"Same," he offered. "I haven't seen you in so long, forever it feels like. How was your summer?"
"It was great, I stayed busy. I spent some time with family, did some college visits and I spent the rest of the time at camp basically," Spencer replied nonchalantly.
"Wait, camp?" the brown haired boy repeated, stopping in his tracks as if his feet had breaks. "As in summer camp? What we did we were tweens?"
Spencer laughed. "Camp, as in an exclusive camp for the top 20 high school journalists in all of California."
"Whoa, well excuse me," Aiden said with a chuckle, throwing up his hands as if he was a robber who had been caught red-handed as Spencer punched him in the arm.
"Have you heard King has a new addition to the football team?" he asked, changing the subject while he rubbed his arm.
Before she could reply their conversation was interrupted.
"Yo, Aiden!" some random jock yelled from down the hall, waving his hand high in the air to signal his friend.
Aiden turned to face his friend, then returned his gaze to the blonde.
"I've got to get to class but you should check it out. Who knows, might be a big story for Ms. Top 20," he said, smiling as he backed away from the journalist.
"Smart ass!" the blonde called after him, smiling as she turned and continued to walk to her first class.
Who was this new football player everyone was talking about? Why was this such big news?
This wasn't the typical type of story King High's best journalist would go after but she had to admit, the school's population seemed to be very interested...furthermore so was she.