I published this one like one minute after I published my first chapter. I'll publish, maybe two more, in about two days. And guys if you don't like anything about my story so far, please review and tell me! I can always make it better.

Illiana :

I walked out of math half-asleep. I mean, seriously. Volume, exponents, and scientific notation. How does the math teacher not fall asleep teaching all this stuff? And it's not like we use it in real life!

*Applying to work at an aquarium*

What was the college you attended?

Experience working in an aquarium?

Who did you work for previously?

If a cone has a radius of 4.5cm and a height of 12.54cm, what is its volume? Explain your answer and show work.

NO. That does NOT happen. Nonetheless, I get A's in the painful subject known as math.

While I was busy ranting to myself in my head, I remembered that lunch was next, but I went to the bathroom first. I came out of the stall and washed my hands. Just as I was walking out, I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the mirror.

I glanced at my long, dark curls that fell until right below my chest. My light brown skin got more and more sunburnt each day, but that didn't bother me. It was basically winter, in late November, and my color would come back soon enough without the burning sun. (Just a note: She is not African American!)

My small nose and lips made me appear younger than I actually was. Well, I was pretty young, the youngest in 8th grade. My extremely dark brown eyes were kind and filled with curiosity. At least, that's what I've been told. I've seen my face every day so I've never noticed anything unique about my eyes before.

I walked outside and shivered just a little. There was a light, but cold breeze outside. My middle school had a bunch of classrooms that connected to the library and the office, but those indoors hallways were supposed to be used only by teachers and staff. The rest of the classrooms didn't connect to any indoor hallways, and some were just portables, so students had to walk outside to get to classrooms or other places in school.

As I started to walk towards the lunch tables, I felt the cool breeze again. I always got easily cold, but somehow the wind could relax me. I was thinking about that when I suddenly bumped into someone and felt a hand grip my arm to keep me from falling.

"So sorry. I didn't - " I stopped short when I looked up. A beautiful pair of icy blue eyes looked down into mine. He smiled. It was gorgeous.

"It was my fault. You ok?" I just stared. Then I quickly blushed when I realized that and smiled back.

"I'm fine. Thanks though. I was just… daydreaming." I looked into his eyes again. They were so…. well, actually there were no words for it. They were definitely unique, I would have remembered seeing eyes like that. I understand now, how eyes can look kind. His hair was like mine, just that it was very dark brown and only the slightest bit curly. He was about my height, maybe an inch taller, and he looked a little rebellious, like he was mischievous, a troublemaker.

"You were, huh. You looked pretty lost in thought."

"I guess I do that a lot," I noted. "Anyways, I have to get to lunch. See you around?"

He smiled again. I blushed slightly, but he didn't seem to notice. "You got it." He gave me a silly little salute and I laughed. I walked the rest of the way to lunch with a happy grin, this time with a different daydream.

"Um, hello? Ily I've said your name like three times now." An annoyed voice jolted me back to reality. I looked at my friend Lexi and gave her a weak smile.

Lacie, Lexi's twin, smirked at me. "She looks better than ok to me."

"What do you mean?" I asked after I quickly realized I must have been smiling dreamily or something.

"Oh come on Ily" she poked me. "Something happened in those 7 minutes you were gone at the beginning of lunch." I blushed, and she gave a satisfied smile. "I'm right aren't I."

"Ummm"

"Did you meet someone."

"I never said that!"

"You implied it."

"How exactly?"

"I heard it in your voice and saw it on your face. You should know by now, that I can read people extremely can't lie to me."

I sighed in defeat.

"Also I saw you talking to someone right before you came over here," she added.

I glared at her.

"So?" She looked very interested. Too interested.

I smirked. I could get something out of this from her. Actually, from all of them, I realized as I looked around at the rest of my friend's expectant faces.

"Hmmm…" I made them wait.

"Yea?" my friend Adrianna asked impatiently.

"Well, I'm not sure-"

"Get to the point Ily you're torturing us!" Cali whined. I'd always loved Cali's name. Her real name was Callisto, named after one of Jupiter's moons.

"Well you see, this information is kinda private, but I guess if you really want to know…"

"Ugh, of course we do spill it already!" she said. I smirked again. They looked on the verge of breaking. This would be easy.

" Then I want something in return" I looked at each of them.

"WHAT?!" they screamed. I smiled inwardly. On the outside, I gave hem a completely innocent look. I'm a horrible person.

"Guess you don't need to know…"

"Aw come on! Anything, I swear" begged Lexi.

"Anything?" I asked again.

"Uhh, yes?" she decided skeptically.

"Who's your crush?" she gaped at me.

Suddenly, all my friends were interested. We all knew she had one, we just didn't know who it was. She'd been hiding it for almost two years already, so I doubted that she would give up her secret for this. I was just about to give up and tell her anyways when her own curiosity got the best of her.

"Fine." Lexi sighed.

"Wait, really?" I marveled.

"Don't make me change my mind!" she snapped. She was clearly annoyed at us, but I almost laughed at the fear in her eyes.

" Lex, we're your best friends, you think we're gonna tell him or something?" I joked.

She sighed again. "I guess you're right. Um… his name is…"

We all tensed and leaned forward in our seats. "Yea?" Lacie coaxed.

"His name is Jax," she whispered, and look carefully into each one of our eyes. We all just stopped and stared, speechless.

Then Adrianna spoke up. "Umm, like nerdy, loud, smelly Jax?" she wondered. I could tell she didn't want to hurt Lexi's feelings, but she was clearly appalled. I guess I was too, everyone hated Jax.

"Ew no!" Lexi shrieked. Everyone, especially Lacie, looked relieved. She glared at us. "Max, the one in PE with us?"

"Ooo, he's cute" Cali piped up. Lexi gave her a look. "Uh, what? That came out wrong. I mean, not for me of course. He's cute and totally perfect, but only for you." she finished and smiled at herself. Lexi beamed.

Nice save, I thought, smirking at them. "Now, all of you." They almost cried.

Long story short, Lacie likes Carson, and Cali likes Blake. Adrianna almost burst with happiness when she remembered she already told us her crush, whose name is Jett, but then I burst her bubble and told her she needed to tell us something else. She argued that she already went through the pain of telling us last year so it counted, and everyone was convinced once they realized lunch was almost over and I still had to tell them my story.

So of course, I told them everything, from what I was thinking before I bumped into him, to what I was feeling after. Honestly, I have the biggest mouth in the universe, meaning only that I went into every detail of something I explained. I would never break someone's trust or tell a secret.

But then they asked me what his name was, and everyone was shocked (including myself) when I recalled that I hadn't even asked for it, and neither did he. Actually, I didn't even think I've seen him before in school.

I had history next, which was actually pretty interesting, and I walked with Adrianna who had it with me.

"That was a fun game of truth or dare." she quipped sarcastically.

"More like truth or truth" I replied. We both giggled quietly as we walked into the already almost full classroom.

"Hey," a voice laughed. "Long time no see!"

( AGAIN : )

I published this one like one minute after I published my first chapter. I'll publish, maybe two more, in about two days. And guys if you don't like anything about my story so far, please review and tell me! I can always make it better.