"Now, class. I want you to welcome your new classmate, Alexander Gaskarth." Mrs. Keane clapped her hands. This boy was gorgeous. Brown shaggy hair, blonde highlights. He looked like an angel. He was wearing a Blink 182 T-shirt and skinny jeans. "Oh, he's a cute!" Whispered Sarah, so only I could hear. "Call me Alex." Was all the teenage boy muttered, while staring at the carpet. He looked up and caught my eye. I blushed, looking down at my lap. "Alexander," said Mrs. Keane, completely ignoring him. "I have to voice test you in order to know what section to put you in. Just come over to the piano, and I'll give you an example of what to sing." He nodded and followed her to the piano, while every girl in the room's eyes followed him. Every girl except for Janet, who was a lesbian. She just sat there looking at today's agenda on the board. "Okay, all I need you do is sing 'Ah' up the scale. Go as high as you can." Mrs. Keane smiled at him, trying to look friendly, but really, she just looked plain creepy. Alex started to sing along with the piano. He was obviously nervous, because he started out quietly, but built up. He had the voice of an angel. It was brilliant. I felt like I was on a cloud. His voice was more perfect than anyone's in the class. "Alright. Wonderful!" Mrs. Keane clapped her hands again, like she always does. "Now, for our last exercise, just sing 'no no no no no' down the scale, okay?" She sang an example. Alex nodded and started singing. My heart thumped. I squeezed Sarah's hand, grinning. She was looking at me, shaking her head and chuckling. "Excellent! I'm going to put you in the alto section." Mrs. Keane clapped her hands again, after Alex finished singing. "Where do I sit?" Alex asked her, quietly. Mrs. Keane scanned the whole class. Finally, she said, "You can sit right there, next to the lovely young lady, Megan." She pointed at me. "You can slide a chair right in between her and Penny." She pointed at Penny, who awkwardly waved. My heart was pumping and I was trying to keep my cool. Sarah elbowed me and grinned. I started tugging on chunks of my hair, which is my obvious nervous habit. Penny looked very relaxed and bored. I probably looked like a total ecstatic freak. Joy. "Hi. I'm Alex." Alex put his right hand in my direction and smiled. I smiled back, hoping it didn't look creepy. I shook his hand, hoping he wouldn't notice how much I was shaking. I heard Sarah stifle a laugh. "I'm Megan." I said to him. "Hi, Megan. I just came here from England." "Oh, how come you moved here?" He lowered his voice. "Well, I don't really like to talk about it, but I'll tell you. There's something about you…we just met like five minutes ago, but still. I just have this feeling." I stared into his eyes, and he could tell I was thinking the same thing. "Well," he started, breaking the tension. His voice grew quiet. "My older brother, Tom, recently…um…took his own life, and uh, well…we just kind of wanted a fresh start here. You know?" I could see his eyes starting to water, even though he was trying to smile. I gave him a hug. "It's alright. I feel you. My friend who I'd known since elementary school recently committed suicide." I could feel the pain he was feeling in my heart. I drew in a breath. "I just wanted to tell you that you have the voice of an angel." He chuckled, obviously letting go of some of his pain. I think having him know that someone else was sort of in his shoes made him feel better. "Thanks. I can't wait to hear yours." He winked. "Hey," I said, coming up with an idea. "since you don't really know anyone here, would you maybe wanna come hang out with me and my friends at nutrition and lunch?" "I'd love to! When is nutrition?" "After this bell. Our school has a really weird schedule. It's that blocked kind. You have your schedule sheet, right?" He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and unfolded it. "Yep. So…all classes on mondays, odd periods on Tuesdays, even on Wednesday, and so on? Jeez, at my old school we had six classes per day, and school started at the same time and ended at the same time every day." "You'll get used to it. I mean, I already am. And I'm only a freshman, and I learned my way around and all that stuff pretty quickly. Also, we have a pretty small campus." I brushed my hair behind my right ear. "Woah! You're a freshman?" he said. "I'm a junior! You look like you could be a senior or something! And that's not a bad thing, so don't worry." He grinned. "Yep. I'm a freshie. Sucks, huh? Everyone hates freshman. I can't blame 'em." "I don't hate them, I-" Mrs. Keane smacked the ruler against the white board, making me and Alex snap to attention. "Alright, alright. The bell for nutrition rings in twenty minutes! And we're doing solos today, so we have to get through all 33…" She looked at Alex. "I mean 34 people. Alright? Kelly, you start! And Alex, since you don't know the song, you can sit this one out, okay?" Alex nodded as Kelly started singing along to the piano. I sat there, nervous that I wouldn't sound good in front of Alex. My heart thumped and thumped while I tugged on my hair and sat there for about ten minutes, until it was my turn. "Alright, Megan. It's your turn. Start singing at measure 80." said Mrs. Keane. She then pointed at her assistant, who started playing the piano. I took a deep breath and started singing."Let beauty wake, for beauty's sake. Let beauty awake to sing." I sang. I could feel Alex's eyes on me, so I closed my eyes and continued singing. "And at the dusk, when sleeps the golden day." When I was finished, everyone clapped, but Alex clapped the loudest. I sat back down, and Alex turned to me. "Now you have the voice of an angel, Miss Megan." He whispered.