Monday mornings. Blake hated them, mostly because he was still tired from the weekend and wanted an extra few hour's sleep, but his alarm would mock him and wake him up at 7am every morning, making sure he was up in time for school.

Blake groggily walked down the stairs and in the kitchen, his mom and brother already eating breakfast as he sat down at the kitchen table, immediately taking the jug of orange juice from the middle and pouring some into a spare glass.

"You look happy" Miles said, a smirk on his lips. Miles was two years older than Blake and in his second year of college, but was still living at home as he attended Ohio State.

Blake chose to ignore his brother and sipped his orange juice. A few minutes later the front door opened and Charlie walked in, his sister Nellie following behind. Yes, that sister.

"Hey man" Charlie said with a grin as he clapped Blake on the back. "Hope you don't mind if Nell rides with us today, she crashed her car Saturday night" He added as Blake looked up and noticed the irritated look on her face.

"Oh sweetheart! I hope you didn't get hurt!" Blake's mom Lisa spoke up quickly and rushed toward Nellie. Lisa was close friends with Charlie and Nellie's mom and treated them both like a part of the family seeing as their mother worked long hours because neither of their Father's were involved.

Yes, Nellie and Charlie had different Fathers, their mother was married to Charlie's Father for five years when they had Charlie, and then a year later she fell pregnant with another man's baby, she had been having an affair and Charlie's father left her alone with Charlie, he visited on Charlie's birthday and sometimes at Christmas, but that was it. Nellie's Father wasn't involved with Nellie at all; he never had been which was why Charlie was so protective over his sister. He felt like he had to be the man in her life as she didn't have a Father.

"I'm fine Lisa" Nellie replied with a small smile. "Can't say the same for my car though" She added, making Lisa chuckle.

"What happened?" Blake spoke up from the table, making himself noticed.

"She tried to jump a ditch" Charlie said, snorting slightly.

"Shut up!" Nellie exclaimed, hitting her brother on the arm. "I was driving too fast and missed the turn; I ended up in a ditch. But I'm fine" She explained, glaring at Charlie.

Blake couldn't help the smile that played on his lips as he stared at her. He still couldn't get over her beauty, she had always been beautiful of course, but after she cut of her long hair last year it seemed to magnify. He could see her face more and she just radiated beauty.

"Oh thank god" Lisa mumbled as she held her hand to her mouth in shock.

Nellie nodded and smiled at the older woman. Charlie was still smirking at the joke he had made, Miles had gotten bored of the conversation and Blake was mindlessly staring at her.

"Anyway, you kids should get going, it's gone eight" Lisa said, breaking the silence as she ushered the kids out of the house.

The car ride was silent as Charlie tried his best to finish his homework due in for today and Nellie was lining her eyes with mascara and eyeliner. It was the only make up she ever wore and Blake was sure she didn't even need that amount, but he never told her that of course.

As they pulled up to McKinley Blake saw the Football team waiting for him and Charlie next to the space that was reserved for Blake's jeep, he could also see Nellie's small group of friends stood by the parking spot where her car usually parked, a couple down from his which Charlie had reserved, but he didn't have a car. The seniors were the only grade that was able to reserve spots and Nellie had convinced Charlie to reserve one so she could use it.

Blake had hardly stopped his car as the back door swung open and Nellie skipped toward her friends happily, getting a few looks from the football team as she did. Everyone on the team knew who Nellie was, she wasn't only the captain's sister, but she was hot and friends with a lot of the cheerleaders.

"Remind me to tackle Maxfield extra hard today" Blake heard Charlie mumbled as he looked in the direction Charlie was looking and saw Maxfield staring at Nellie who was chatting with her friends not too far away.

"Will do" Blake replied, making a mental note to do the same. Everyone on the football team knew not to flirt with Nellie, well almost all of them, some of the guys that they weren't as close friends with still ignored the rules that Charlie had set up regarding his sister at the beginning of their Junior year when everyone started to really notice Nellie, but most of the guys treated her like their own little sister so it wasn't much of a problem.

The two jumped out of his jeep and headed toward the team, giving them high-fives and pats on the back in greeting. Blake couldn't help himself from gazing at Nellie as he heard her laugh, her laugh was infectious and he felt a small smile appear on his own face.

"Dude, let's go" Michael Weisman, one of Blake and Charlie's close friends commented and nodded toward the school. He had a knowing smirk on his face, but Blake ignored it as they followed the team into the school.

Nellie grinned as she reached her friends. She was immediately greeted with hugs and smiles from all of her friends.

"Why were you riding with Blake and your brother?" Lindsay asked excitedly. Nellie had known Lindsay since freshman year and they had been close ever since, they were complete opposites but it worked for them. Lindsay was extremely talkative and hyperactive, while Nellie was more reserved and kept to herself unless she was spoken too.

"Did she not tell you!?" Shanna exclaimed, eyes wide as she remembered the story her best friend had told her over the weekend. Shanna was Nellie's best friend, though she had many close friends, she and Shanna were always closest as they had known each other since Kindergarten.

"No! What happened!?" Lindsay exclaimed shocked, ignoring her boyfriends arm that wrapped around her.

"She crashed it!" Shanna exclaimed before Nellie could get a word in.

"What'd you do that for?" Lindsay asked confused as she finally took notice of her boyfriends arm and smiled up at him before turning back to Nellie and Shanna.

"I didn't mean too Linds" Nellie said, rolling her eyes at how dense Lindsay could be at times.

"No, she tried to jump the ditch" Damian smirked as he kissed Lindsay's cheek.

Nellie's eyes widened and she glared at her friend. "Stop talking to my brother!" She snapped.

"I didn't" Damian replied in his thick Irish accent. "I heard it from Abraham, who was told by Aylin who your brother obviously told" He explained, smirking as Nellie sent him another glare.

"Shut up Leprechaun" Nellie snapped as they made their way to their first period.