Chapter One. Meet Nick
"PSSST…PSSSST… hey, heeey, Nick" Aster whispered. He couldn't believe Nick couldn't hear him,they were practically sitting next to each other.
He rolled his eyes. He and Nick had been best friends since freshman year when Nick stood up for him when he was being picked on at school for his thick Australian accent. That was almost four years, so he knew how deaf Nick could be sometimes. It wasn't like he was actually deaf. Nick was a distracted guy.
However,Nick's younger brother on the other hand was actually a mute. That didn't stop him from making friends and being involved in sports and what not. Aster started trailing off as well.
He started thinking about things he wanted to do once he and his best bud graduated. There were good and there were bad things. He thought about his swim team. He was varsity swim team spirit that meant that he helped the younger novice teams improve and advance.
They all pretty much looked up to him, all but that one kid.
Ugh,the thought of him just made him mad. It didn't matter he was just a stupid junior.
Thinking of juniors,his stomach churned at the thought of leaving his girlfriend behind. They had dated all through high school. He quickly turned his thought to something else. He looked down at his paper and saw how empty it was.
"S***." he mumbled
"Did you say something,Aster?"Mrs. Ward asked looking up from her reading glasses
"I uhh… no. No,I didn't."
"Well,you have less than 7 minutes to finish your test" she replied in her monotone voice.
At that, the whole class moaned and groaned.
"S***. S***. S***. S***." he cursed to himself.
" … Nick, you gotta help me out here,mate."
Nick finally turned. Nick was a tall guy about 5'9. However,Aster was still slightly taller. He had big blue eyes, long lashes, a small nose and rosy cheeks. A good looking kid to say the least. He had a thicker built than Aster's lean body, it worked well for him being in the football team and all. He kept his brown hair short, almost at a buzz and his five o'clock shadow didn't make him look scruffy like it did to most people. He usually dressed in his comfy ripped jeans, a black T, big black boots and he almost never took off his big red letterman jacket. It was only during classes that he would take off his jacket exposing his tattooed left and right forearm. His right arm being something about 'evil' and his left arm about 'good'. It was something to do with good vs evil.
Nick reached his right arm over to Aster handing him his own paper and Aster gave him his in return. They filled out each other's questions that the other wasn't able to answer before returning their papers back to each other. That took care of 85% of the test and with that he guessed the rest of the test. They turned in their papers just as the bell rung.
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