Shit! Cursed Claire loudly looking at her alarm. She only had 15 minutes left before school started. Late on the first day of my new high school. How effing perfect, she thought. She yanked whatever clothes she could find while roughly brushing her blonde hair. She surveyed her reflection in the mirror trying to assess herself.
She saw a slender girl wearing dark skinny jeans, an orange sleeveless top with a cropped short grey jacket, white blonde hair, shoulder length, blue eyes and an average face. For the millionth time, she wished she could be drop-dead gorgeous. Just once. Like all the people she was constantly surrounded by.
She checked her iPhone for messages and saw that her best friend Shelley had sent her a text. Good Luck! Kick ass out there, miss you loads. Love, S. Claire grinned, her nervousness momentarily vanishing. Hurriedly she grabbed the keys to her BMW and practically raced out of her stately mansion.
As she maneuvered her car outside in the parking lot of Briarwood Octavian Country Day School, Claire was oblivious to the stares and whispers surrounding her. Everyone was talking about the "new girl"; particularly four people, that is Massie Block, Dylan Marvil Alicia Rivera and Kristen Scott. These four were the IT girls of BOCD and they were currently surreptitiously trying to check her out. "Ehmagawd is that the new Ralph Lauren she's wearing?" gasped Alicia, looking at Claire's grey jacket. "That's it, I have got to get to know this chick".
Dylan rolled her eyes at Alicia," She does look pretty though, and sophisticated too. Eh Massie?"
"Hmm yeah, she is kinda pretty and obviously rich too, plus she has GREAT sense of style, I mean have you seen that Marc Jacobs bag she's toting around? Let's go, come on, we're talking to her. "
As Claire got out of her car, she could see four girls, four extremely beautiful girls walking purposefully towards her. Uh-oh, what have I done now? I'm barely two seconds old in this school! She thought nervously. The pretty brunette in the center, who obviously seemed their leader, stepped forward.
"Hi, I'm Massie, Massie block. You're new right? Welcome to BOCD."
Claire sighed in relief. "Yeah, I'm Claire Lyons. I just moved here from Orlando last week."
"OK great, now that we all know each other, let's get down to business. Where did you get that yummy Ralph Lauren jacket from?I know every single piece of clothing the man has ever made and I have never seen this!" squealed Alicia.
"Oh, it's a preview from his upcoming collection. My mom saw it at his show in Paris, so she decided to pre-order it," replied Claire shyly.
"Ehmagawd is your mom like a celeb or something? That show was like invitation only", asked Dylan curiously.
"Uh, umm, she owns this modeling agency Panache-"Wait a second... Your mother is Esmeralda Lyons?
Beautiful, elegant, extremely chic and the CEO of panache?" interrupted Alicia slowly saying each word her eyes growing wider by the second. Claire blushed and quickly nodded. This was exactly the kind of conversation she wanted to avoid. People always treated her differently after they found out who she was, or rather who her MOTHER was. She sighed resignedly ready for another round of questioning.
Massie noticed this and grabbed Claire's hand reassuringly and said," Chill, were like totally used to celebs. I mean Dylan's mother is Merri-Lee Marvil, ya know the talk show host? And Alicia's mom is like this HUGE supermodel. Famous huge, not fat huge", she added quickly. Kristen rolled her eyes and snickered. Claire giggled too, already liking them.
"Come on, let's go in. Well show you the rest of this concentration camp", said Massie, grabbing her arm.
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While the girls had been talking, the entire conversation was being very very closely observed by four guys: Derrick Harrington, Josh Hotz, Chris Plovert and Kemp Hurley. The fifth one Cameron Fisher was busy scoping girls and trying to remember whether he had slept with them before or not. While the other guys were checking out their girlfriends, Cam was busy checking out the rest of the female population of BOCD. "Dude, that new girl is really hot", he heard Kemp say. "What? Where?" he dragged his eyes away from Alicia, Josh's girlfriend. But she was so freakin hot that Cam was already fantasizing about all the things he'd do to her. He looked where Kemp had pointed. Hmm, not bad. She was kinda hot in a schoolgirl way."Oh great, fresh meat for Cam to bang," groaned Derrick while the others snickered. Cam's reputation as a bad-boy was known to everyone. He never dated. And his interest in girls was purely physical. Everyone knew that, but Cam was so hot that the girls never minded anyway. "Why? Sounds like you're not getting any with Massie", he retorted.
"Dude trust me, that's never gonna be a problem, "replied Derrick and winked.
"I bet she wouldn't fall for you. She seems kinda goody-goody", said Josh.
"What do you wanna bet?" asked Cam, smirking slightly.
"I'll get you box seats for every Yankees game this season."
Josh's dad was part owner of the Yankees, so getting tickets was a piece of cake. "Oh dude, it is sooo on!" replied cam. He smirked. Getting girls was never a problem. Not for Cameron Fisher. He would score with Claire whatever- her- name- was.
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"Ugh, I'm so dying for a frappacino!" whined Dylan, as they walked down the long corridors.
"Don't worry, she gets all whiny when she doesn't get her daily dose of caffeine", whispered Alicia to Claire.
"Hey! I heard that", snapped Dylan." But yeah, I do".
"Why were you so late anyways today morning?" asked Kristen fiddling with her hair.
"Umm, me and Chris kinda stayed up late", answered Dylan trying to fight a blush as she looked away.
"Oh god, forget that I asked", Kristen groaned while rolling her eyes as they rest of them laughed.
Just then, all the guys entered. Dylan's face brightened."Hey! I was just thinking about you", she murmured as a tall guy with dirty blonde hair hugged her. "Were you? Well then I guess it's a good thing I came", he said planting a kiss on her forehead. Dylan blushed.
Suddenly Claire felt awkward staring at them so she turned around to talk to Massie, only to find her nuzzling some guy who looked like he just stepped out of an Abercrombie & Fitch fashion show. Alicia was smiling and talking in a low voice to a good looking guy who had his arm wrapped around her waist and was gently stroking her hand. Christ were all guys this hot around here? Thought Claire.
"Love birds" muttered Kristen. Claire smiled back. Kristen clapped her hands to get everyone's attention. "Ok you guys, this is Claire Lyons-"
Just then, another guy entered the group. Claire caught her breath when she saw his face. He was hot. Really hot. He had messy black hair that just fell over his eyes, which were really unusual. One blue and One green. His gaze flickered over everyone and finally landed on her and stayed there with a little half smile playing on his gorgeous lips. She felt herself reddening and quickly looked away.
"So yeah, she's from Orlando and she's gonna go to BOCD with us,"finished Kristen.
"Hi, I'm Chris."
"Hey, I'm Josh, Welcome to BOCD".
"Hey, derrick, Welcome".
"S'up? I'm Kemp"
The guys all finished their introductions except for Cam. He slowly walked towards her, took her hand and kissed it.
"I'm Cameron Fisher.", he said smirking slightly. Claire blushed as she heard his husky voice and her hand burned where he had kissed her. Her hand dropped limply.
"H-Hi" she stuttered. All sane thoughts seemed to have left her mind the moment she heard his beautiful voice. What is wrong with me? Thought Claire.
The bell rang, shaking Claire out of her thoughts. Everyone scattered, promising to meet up for lunch. That is, everyone except for Cam. "What do you have first period"? he asked.
"Um, AP Calculus", she said checking the paper she had been given.
"Great, so do I, let's go, "he lied easily. This is almost too easy he thought. He had noticed how she had blushed when he'd kissed her hand.
The AP Calc teacher, Ms. Kaufman would have no problem with Cam sitting in a class he didn't belong to. Cam already knew her from their meetings in the janitor's closet. Josh has no idea how fast he was gonna lose the bet.
They were the first people to enter the class. Claire walked ahead and dropped her bag on a seat in the first row.
"Nuh-uh. You're not sitting in the first row, are you?" he mocked wagging his hands.
He grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the last bench. Clair could feel her wrist tingling where his hand was and she silently groaned. How could she be like this after meeting a guy five minutes ago?
"After you", gestured Cam grandly, as she got in the seat. Cam sat down next to her just as the teacher came on.
"Is there a Ms Claire Lyons here?" she asked looking at a clipboard.
"Uh yeah, that's me.", Claire replied, raising her hand.
"Welcome dear, I'm Ms. Kaufman. I hope you enjoy yourself in our school", she said, smiling warmly. Her face turned into a frown when she saw Cam sitting next to her.
"Mr. Fisher, what are you doing in my class?"
"Well, I have just developed a sudden interest in Calculus Ms. Kaufman", he replied lazily and winked at her.
She suddenly looked flustered and hastily muttered,"very well".
Huh? What the hell? Wondered Claire."What are you doing here if you're not in this class?" she whispered.
"Let's just say I had my reasons for staying here", he replied gazing at her with smoldering eyes.
Claire felt her cheeks redden slightly and quickly looked away. Cam smirked to himself. This is going better than I thought, he thought gleefully. He peeked a sideways glance at her and saw that she looked nervous and fidgety.
Time for some fun. He edged closer to her until he was almost pressing into her hips. Claire's heart was beating as fast as a hummingbird. She could feel her whole body tingling. She snuck a glance at Cam but he appeared perfectly composed. He was even texting on his phone. She tried to move away but that's when she realized she was literally stuck between the wall and Cam's body.
"Uh Cam, would you mind shifting a bit?" she whispered.
He glanced up at her quickly. "Huh? No thanks I'm fine" and went back to his phone.
"Cam I'm kinda sandwiched here. Would you please just move?" she whispered a little annoyed.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" he said feigning shock. "Yeah sure", and immediately moved away. Claire sighed in relief.
A few minutes later she felt something touch her leg. She glanced down and saw Cam's Nike clad foot. Claire quickly pulled her legs back, thinking it was an accident when the same thing happened a few moments later.
She sighed. There was no way she was going to be able to focus on Calculus now.
It continued like that the whole period. Cam kept finding reasons to touch her and pretended to be shocked when she asked him to move.
Finally, the bell rang. The sound seemed to be the sweetest thing she had heard all day. She hurriedly grabbed her belongings and practically ran out the door. Behind her, Cam quietly chuckled. This was too much fun.
"Hey wait up!" Claire froze as she heard Cam calling her.
"See you later babe", saying this he gently kissed her cheek and sauntered off leaving Claire blushing breathless and totally confused.