Okay so this is a new story I'm working on. I really like it so far. Tell me what you think!(:

Chapter 1

It was the first day of junior year. I was so nervous. I had just moved to California from Arizona. Why did I move you? My dad and wife number three wanted to "see what else was out there.", as they so nicely put it. My real mom died when I was six years old, and since then I've had two other step moms. It's been…interesting. They usually never last more than a year or so. But the real reason we moved was because wife number three wants to peruse her dream of making it as a big time actress in Hollywood. She had been talking about since the day I met her. So here I am. Good old California.

I didn't know what to expect at my new school. I walked down the hall with no clue as to where I was going. I wondered around for at least ten minutes before I found where my locker was. I knew it was a good idea to have my dad drop me off at school early. I opened the locker and started putting my things in it.

That's when he hit me.

"I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" the boy asked holding his hand out for me to take.

I ignored it and got up.

"As okay as I can be. Just watch where you're running. This is a school hallway."

"What are you the safety monitor?" he asked flashing me a charming smile.

"No. I'd just rather not get knocked over again."

I turned back to my locker expecting him to walk away. He didn't.

"I'm Joe ."

He leaned against the locker next to mine.

"Well Joe , thank you for knocking me over. But now I need to go find my first class."

I turned to walk away but he walked with me.

"Where's your first class?"

I looked down at my schedule and was about to answer but he grabbed it from my hands and looked at it.

He smiled again and handed it back to me.

"Looks like we have first period together."

"Great." I said sarcastically.

"Come on, I'll show you where it is."

He held out his hand again for me to hold onto.

I was hesitant at first but took it anyways and let him take me through the hall and to the classroom.

"And here we are."

He still had hold of my hand.

I looked down at our hands and he let go.

"Sorry."

He blushed a little.

"Well thank you for helping me find the class."

"It's the least I can do for knocking you over."

I couldn't help but smile a little.

"Well thanks."

"Hey Joe . Looking good." A girl said walking by him and winking.

I turned and took a seat in the back.

"So I don't remember seeing you around here last year. Are you new?"

Joe took the seat next to me.

"Yeah."

"Where are you from?"

"Arizona."

"Oh cool. What brings you here to California?"

"My dad and his new wife."

"Does she live her or something?"

"No, she's just been complaining about it since she met my dad and he finally caved and moved us here."

"Oh. Well you'll love it here."

"We'll see."

By lunch I was ready to just drop out of school. I wanted nothing more than to be back in Arizona with my friends. I found an open table with nobody sitting at it. I was content being alone. It didn't last long though.

"Hi." A perky girl said standing in front of the table.

"Um hi." I said shyly.

"Do you mind if I sit here?"

"No not at all."

"Thanks. I'm Demi. "

"I'm Miley."

"Nice to meet you."

Demi ended up being really cool. She and I talked the whole lunch period.

"We should hang out again tomorrow." Demi said as we walked to our next class, which we had together.

"We should. It was fun hanging out today."

Things seemed to be looking up. So the first day wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I was at my locker after school when Joe showed up again. Turns out the locker he was leaning against this morning was his.

"So how was the first day?" he asked.

"It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."

"See? Now it only goes up from here."

"I hope so."

I closed my locker and started to walk away.

"Hey wait up."

I turned and faced him.

That's when I saw his sparkling hazel eyes for the first time. I couldn't help but stare. They were beautiful. I quickly snapped out of it.

"Yeah?"

"Sorry again about knocking you over this morning. Not exactly the smoothest first impression."

"It's okay." I said as we walked.

"I'm sure it wasn't exactly the best way to start off your day."

"Really, it was nothing. Plus you took me to my first class which was a huge help because I would have been wondering around for a while. I've had worse days."

"At least I could do something right."

I laughed and we kept walking.

"So I guess I'll see you tomorrow." I said about to start walking home.

"Hey wait, let me walk with you." He said catching up.

"It's okay, you don't have too."

"I was heading in this direction anyways."

"Fine if you insist." I said laughing a little.

We walked in silence for a while. But the silence was soon interrupted by a car full of people stopped next to us. I assumed they were friends of Joe s since they were calling his name. I just kept walking. I figured he got in the car with his friends because he didn't catch up or anything. I didn't care though. I just took my iPod out and listened to music the rest of the way home.

No one was home when I got there. I looked around and saw all the boxes that haven't been unpacked yet. I moved past them and went into the kitchen, where I found a note from Linda, my new step mom.

It read:

Miley,

Went to an audition. Be home late. Your dad called too and said he was going to be late as well. I left money for you to order a pizza.

Love Linda

I sighed and pushed the note aside. I went up to my room and continued to unpack. I didn't bother doing any homework. Not that I really had any since it was only the first day, and plus all it was all papers that needed to be signed by my dad.

At 5:30 p.m. I ordered pizza and it was there by 6:00 p.m. I heard the doorbell ring and quickly came down the stairs to let the pizza person in.

"Okay, I've got a large cheese-" but the guy stopped midsentence. "Miley?"

I looked up and met eyes with Joe .

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