Monday Morning

"Lara! Get up or you'll be late." Lilly Knight yelled.

"I am up Mum!" 13 year old Lara Knight yelled back.

"Well hurry up, and get your butt downstairs." she called back, as her daughter came running down the stairs backpack on.

"Thanks Mum. Bye Mum." she said, grabbing her lunch off her mother and kissing her on the cheek.

At Chatswood High School

"Morning guys."Lara said, walking up to Heidi and Jordan.

"Morning. We have a new guy today."Heidi said, jumping up and down.

"Well I'm gonna go meet the guy. See you two at lunch or sometime during class." he said, walking off towards the office.

"Well we have English first." Heidi said, as they walked off towards their classroom.

"Great." Lara replied, as they took their seats in the back row.

"Good morning everyone. I would like you too meet Dean Gallagher. He is new to Chatswood High."Mr Murphy said, introducing him.

"Hey." everyone called back.

"Can I get you to take seat next to Lara. The only blonde girl in the class."Mr Murphy said, pushing him towards the seat.

"Gee thanks Sir." she replied, turning back around to talk to Heidi.

"Hey. Do you know where Jordan went?" she asked quietly.

"Don't know. Probably skipping again." Heidi replied, opening her book.

" have point."Lara replied, laughing and turning back around to face the board.

At Lunch

"Hey guys. Sorry I didn't see you during English." Jordan said, as they girls walked over to the group table.

"It's fine Jordan. We all know where you were." Izzie said, coming to sit down.

"You were wagging again." Lara said, sitting next to Heidi.

"Well. Here comes the new guy. I hope you girls don't mind, but I think that this group needs another boy."Jordan said, pulling Dean into the seat next to him.

"Hi. I'm Dean." he introduced himself.

"Hey. I'm Lara. This is Heidi, Izzie and Jordan."Lara said, pointing to all of them as she said their names.

"So. I was out behind the music room, when this teacher popped his head out the window. I knew I was busted. So he came outside and I bolted, he chased me for about like 5 minutes then he stopped. So now he has gone to the principals office and right about now I will be asked to come to the principals office."Jordan said.

The others cracked up with laughter because they all knew how Jordan could be when it came to go to the principals office.

"I'll see you guys later. I'm off to get my butt kicked by Mrs West."Jordan said, fist bumping with all the girls before walking off.

After School

"See ya Heidi. Bye Izzie."Lara said, as she started walking down the street.

"Hey." Dean called, catching up to her.

"Hey. Are you heading this way too?" she asked, walking in step with him.

"Yeah."he replied, as they walked into their street.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Lara said, as she walked up the stairs to her front porch.

"Yeah. Would you like to walk to school with me tomorrow?" he asked, walking out of her gate.

"Sure. Which house number?" she asked.

"The one next to yours. See you tomorrow." he called, before walking inside.

"See ya. Mum!Dad! I'm home." she called, walking into the house.

"Hey."they called from the dining room.