"Here you are…Cayden" the woman behind the desk wrinkled her nose slightly before handing over a crisp piece of paper to the small brunette. "Maybe next year you can try to be on time on the first day of school, same goes for you Mr. Aries."
"and why exactly would we want to do that?" the young man remarked putting his arm around his girlfriend of nearly a year.
"Well I see the summer hasn't changed you one bit" Austin smirked at the office secretary, "most would consider that a good thing." Cayden let a crooked smile sneak through, laughing at her boyfriends sharp wit.
"Get to class, you two" the pair made their way out of the office. "This year's all about me and you, Cay" she smiled and kissed him before they went their separate ways, each going to their first class of the day.
Madison Rayne applied one last coat of lip gloss in the bathroom mirror as she stood alongside her best friends.
"It's almost depressing each year when all the hot upperclassmen graduate and a swamp of slimy little babies come into the freshmen class." Lacey Von Erich giggled "maybe Kelly has the right idea, dating a college guy and all, plus, Chris is beyond cute."
Madison and Velvet both rolled their eyes at the mention of Kelly' s name, to them she was just a wannabe sophomore, but maybe Lacey had a point, dating an older guy would be great for their image.
"Lets go girls" Madison snapped as she closed her purse and exited the ladies room, closely followed by Lacey and Velvet.
"Ladies" Alex Shelley nodded to the trio exiting the bathroom, the three scoffed in unison looking the other direction. "Give it up man, they're way outta your league." Alex's best friend and band mate, Chris Sabin spoke.
"I don't see you with any girls" he remarked, glaring at his friend for the comment. A small smile crept across Chris' face as he thought about his secret crush.
"Well…" Alex waited for a reply, slightly smirking at his friends discomfort, "Listen man," Chris started but couldn't think of the words to get out of this one, he didn't want to confess to Alex that he thought he had actual feelings for a girl. He and Alex spent all summer partying together and hooking up with girls, why ruin it just because he suddenly has a little crush.
"I'm just looking for the perfect girl" was the best he could come up with. "Sure dude" Alex rolled his eyes a little bit before spotting the sight in front of him, "hey, check it out." He leaned his friend in the direction of a bent over Becky Bayless. "Talk about your perfect girl" Chris' heart sunk when he heard Alex ogling over the object of his affection. The pair met the young sophomore when she was only in 8th grade dating one of their best friends, Jimmy Jacobs, but my, had she grown since the 8th grade.
"Looking good Becky" Chris rolled his eyes hearing Alex hit on the younger girl. She looked up and smiled, practically making Chris' stomach flutter just by showing her teeth, her lovely teeth.
"Hey boys, I haven't seen you since the concert." Over the summer the boys had attended a 311 show with Becky and Jimmy as his last try to get back together with his former partner. The night didn't go as planned for Jimmy, but Chris did realize that night that Becky couldn't be any more perfect for him.
"Yeah well, we've been busy with the band" Alex said coolly, clearly trying to impress the girl in front of them. Chris saw it has his chance to get some time with Becky, even though it meant Alex and the rest of the boys would be there too, "We practice every Thursday after school, come by sometime if you want"
"Sounds cool" Becky replied before the bell rang, "Well, I gotta go, I'll see you guys around"
"Don't tease me" Alex licked his lips as she walked away from the duo, Chris listened to her heels click loudly down the hall, "Oh, the things I would do to that girl" Alex licked him lips before speaking up again, "nice pick up man, we make a good team y'know"
Stuck here another year, Adam sighed. He should have graduated last year with all of his friends but instead he's trapped in this wretched place, yet again. At least he wasn't a total loser though, after all, he was captain of the hockey team, a position he couldn't get last year due to his best friend, Christian earning the spot.
"What's up, Adam?" two voices said simultaneously. The tall blonde looked up from his desk to see two of his teammates walking in to the art class. "AJ, my man" Adam fist pounded the younger boy, "Frankie" he smiled acknowledging the second man. The two boys were a force to be reckoned with on the ice, each of them earning their own nickname from the former captain. AJ being called "The Phenomenal One" due to his speed and accuracy in the game, and Frankie earned the nickname "Suicide" by constantly taking dives on the ice.
The three seniors talked about their favorite sport until the bell rang and the rest of the class filed in and took their seats, including a very cute blonde in a very short skirt. He glanced over at her and saw her sending him a flirty smile. Maybe this year wouldn't be so bad after all.
A loud beep was heard threw the classroom during the middle of class. "A cell phone? In my class?" Ms. McCool slowly turned around from the whiteboard.
Cayden turned in her seat, knowing it was defiantly her cell phone. She looked outside the classroom door, only to spot Austin signaling her to come out into the hallway. She sighed before facing the strict teacher, still waiting for an answer.
"It was mine, ." Cayden stood up, grabbing her purse. As she swung the bag over her shoulder she pulled the small phone out of the pocket, opening it quickly.
Feel like ditching? – Aus, "Yup" Cayden gave an apologetic stare to the young teacher, "Don't forget to pick your brother up from school. Love, Mom" Cayden pretended to read the message out loud apologizing to . "I'll just go bring this down to the office, sorry for the interruption."
"I think that will be for the best" Cayden wasted no time going for the door, rolling her eyes when she heard the teacher say "not a good way to start off the year" right before the door closed.
Austin spun Cayden in the air, kissing her firmly. "Picking your brother up from school? You don't even have a brother. Not to mention your mother hasn't spoken to you since we moved in together."
"Ugh, don't remind me of how dysfunctional my so called family is." Austin sent her a smirk, "fuck 'em, you got me."
Cayden smiled at her boyfriend, he always knew exactly what to say. The pair decided to call it a day, skipping the rest of their classes, going back to their small one bedroom apartment they shared together.
"What do you think of the Hardy's?" Lacey asked her two friends at their lunch table located in the center of the café. She was returned with two blank stares. "Lacey!" Madison growled under her breath "What are you thinking?"
"What? They're older" Lacey pleaded putting emphasis on the word older, wasn't it just this morning her friend was talking about getting an older boyfriend?
Madison started to explain why her friend was totally wrong, but something caught her eye walking into the cafeteria, something…blonde. "Oh my god! Didn't he graduate?" Madison asked, keeping her eyes locked on the hockey player.
"Who?" Velvet scanned the café finally focusing her eyes on the same man Madison was fixated on. "Adam? Nope, he's repeating senior year."
A light bulb went off in Madison's head, he's perfect, she thought, older, cute cool, athletic, plus he's a student, so she could flaunt him around school, that would totally one up Kelly.
"Girls, I think we just started to like hockey." Velvet scoffed, "Adam's cute for you, but what about us?" She demanded, practically shooting daggers at Madison for yet again thinking only about herself. "AJ and Frankie" Madison looked smug as Velvet pondered the thought, "they're not older than us, we're all seniors."
"Who cares?" Madison practically yelled, "listen…" she said a bit softer, pulling Lacey into the conversation, "they're cute, popular and on the hockey team, sounds perfect for you two. I'm going for Adam, I don't care what you girls do."
With that Madison got up leaving her two friends speechless at their lunch table. Velvet sighed , "Dibs on AJ" she said unenthusiastically feeling 2nd fiddle to Madison, a feeling she was starting to get used to.
"Fine by me" Lacey smiled, "Traci said Frankie has a HUGE" "LACEY!" Velvet hollered, "Control yourself – Let's go."
Adam watched as Madison Rayne strut out of the school at the final bell much like he had when she made her exit from the cafeteria earlier that day. That girl commanded attention and right now she was holding his at gun point as she slid in to the driver's side of a shiny black Lexus. Much to his surprise she acknowledged him watching her, blowing him a kiss then sending him a flirty wink.
"Perks of bein' captain, eh?" "What?" Adam was caught off guard hearing a voice directly behind him, turning only to find his friend, Frankie Kazarian behind him.
"Madison" he nodded toward the female, "What about her?" Adam asked puzzled. "She's cute" Frankie checked out the blonde as she drove away, waiting for his friends reply. "Yeah, well, I don't know if she's my type."
"I didn't know hot girls were a turn off for you man, somethin' you need to tell me?" the smaller man joked. When Adam confessed to Frankie that he had his eyes on the cute blonde from art class, Frankie was quick to dish on Adams latest interest.
"Her name's Tiffany, she's defiantly a cutie, a real baby though, she's only a sophomore." "So? I'm a senior, and besides, Chris dates a sophomore." Frankie laughed slightly at his friend, "Chris is 18, Kelly's 16, You, Adam, are 19, little Tiff is only 15, big difference." Adam just shrugged, clearly annoyed at his friends ability to prove him wrong, especially bringing numbers into it, after all, math was never his strong subject.