Author's Note: This one is long.

Disclaimer: I do not own All Time Low, any other band or brand I may mention, or the lyrics.

Chapter 2

"I never cared how I dressed before, but I cared that night. Anticipation ran through my bones and my clothes never fit right. I can't wait till we meet again."-I Don't Wanna Know, New Found Glory.

Hayley's P.O.V.

I woke up to my alarm the next morning at 7:00. School starts at eight and I only needed about 30 minutes to get ready so I was okay on time. I walked to my closet and grabbed a pair of light blue skinny jeans, a tye dye tank top, and a pair of black converse. I put them on before walking into the bathroom to do my make up and brush my hair. (Luckily I never have to straighten my hair.) I scanned my desk drawers for a notebook, finally finding one in the last drawer I looked in. I threw it in my bag along with my keys. I put my ear buds in, put my cell phone in my pocket and made my way downstairs.

"Hey, Mom." I said.

"Good morning." she replied. "I'm taking Abby to school today so are you okay with walking? You remember where Dulaney is, right?" she continued. I nodded as I remembered the conversation with Jack, Alex, and Zack last night. I guess I was smiling because my Mom said "Honey, are you okay?" she laughed at me.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. I was just thinking." I replied.

"Mind if I ask about what?" I shook my head.

"I don't think I'll have to walk alone, that's all. Last night when I was outside I met the neighbor. He goes to the same school." I explained.

"Okay. You better go or you'll be late. Good luck."

"Thanks." I said as I walked to the door. I heard my Mom calling for Abby when I shut the door.

I started to walk to the school. On my way I let my wander so much that I almost walked past the school. Oops. I was on the steps when I heard "Hayyyyllllleeyyyy!" in a very girly voice. I turned around and started laughing when I saw Jack. I walked over to him.

"Do you have some hidden secret I need to know about?" I asked him. He shrugged.

"Probably, but knowing my friends you will find out soon enough." I giggled.

"Where's the office?" I asked.

"Ah, I forgot you were knew. I'll show you." he placed his hand on my back pushing me slightly forward as he led me to the office.

I got my schedule and found out I had three classes with Jack. He led me to my first hour, which was math, before going to his. I walked in and saw that Alex was in this class.

"Hey Hayley." he said with a smile. I took a seat next to him.

"I'm highly confused already so if you could tell me where my second hour is, you would be super wicked awesome." I said. He chuckled.

"Super wicked awesome?" he asked. I nodded.

"Don't judge."

"Whatever." he shook his head. "I have my next hour with you too. I'll walk with you."

"Thank you."

The teacher walked in and wrote "QUADRATICS" on the board. The class groaned.

"I don't want to teach this any more than you want to learn it so it would be easier for me and you if you just cooperated for once. Oh I see our new student Hayley Anderson is hear. Would you please stand up?" the teacher said. I stood up like he said. "Tell us a little about yourself." he continued. I raised an eyebrow and shrugged.

"My name is Hayley Anderson, I'm from Omaha, Nebraska, and I love music. Not really much more to you need to know about me." I sat down.

"Thank you, Hayley. I'm Mr. Cress and I'm your new algebra teacher." I nodded. He went into a lecture and I started doodling. Alex slid a piece of paper next to me. It read,

Do you like Blink-182?

Yes. Do you? I replied.

Of course.

Cool.

You know, I'm in a band.

Really?

Yup. With Jack, Zack, and this other guy Rian.

What do you do in your band?

Sing and play guitar. Zack plays bass. Jack plays guitar too. Rian plays drums. I was just writing a song.

Can I read it?

He slid another piece of paper over to me. It read,

I said I'd never forget your facevaulted away inside my headand memories never seem to fadeyou were the best part of my life: my last regretNow I've walked these lines a thousand times beforeit hurts too much to bearFor youI'd tear out my own heartand write our names togetherYour love is the barrel of a gunso tell me am I on the right end?I could be nothing but a memory to youDon't let this memory fade away.

I slid the paper back to him and took the other piece of paper back.

That's really good! I wrote. I saw him smile.

Thanks. It's not done yet but, yeah. He replied. Then the bell rang.

. . .

The rest of the day was pretty boring. I did find out I had a total of three classes with Alex, one of which Jack was in and I had two with Zack. I had one with Rian, who I had met at lunch.

We were now walking home, talking about random stuff when Jack said, "Hayley, I wanna meet your sister and your Mom!" I raised an eyebrow.

"Jack likes to meet peoples parents. The whole 'I'm obsessed with hot moms' thing works really well with him." said Rian. I chuckled. We walked to the end of my driveway and they stopped as I kept walking forwards. I stopped and turned around.

"Jack, my Mom is a total babe, okay? If you got the whole 'I'm obsessed with hot moms' thing then get over hear." I said with a laugh. He started walking forward, as did everyone else.

"Mom I'm home." I yelled as I threw my bag down. "I have friends with me. So come meet them." I continued.

"Coming!" she yelled from the office upstairs. She came to the end of the stairs.

"Oh, hello." she said.

"Mom, this is Alex, Rian, Zack, and Jack." I pointed to all of them as I said their names. "Guys this is my Mom, Alice." they shook hands.

"It's nice to meet you all." she turned to me. "I'll have dinner ready in about an hour and a half." she turned to the guys. "You can stay if you want." they nodded and Zack said, "We'd love to." she nodded before walking back upstairs and closing the door.

"You're mom is hot!" said Jack. I started laughing. "I tried to tell you."

"So what do we do now?" asked Alex.

"I think this moment requires a trampoline."

"Jack, everything requires a trampoline for you."

"Trampolines are fun, Rian!"

"I agree with Jack. Which reminds me, I have a trampoline in my back yard."

"Then why are we still in here and not jumping on it?" Jack shook his head. "It's not fair."

"Jack, would you like to go outside to my trampoline?" I asked. He nodded so I started walking to the back door, only to find they weren't following me again. So I walked back.

"Guys, make yourselves at home. You don't have to just stand there and wait for me to tell you what to do. Now do you want to go have fun on my super cool trampoline or not?" I said and turned around. This time they were following me.

. . .

My Mother called us to dinner where the guys met my sister. In all honesty, she did not look like a thirteen year old. She could easily pass as a high school senior. So I included her in a lot of things I did, mainly because she never acted like an eight grader either. She fit in with older people.

We started playing Mario Kart on the Nintendo 64. Well, Jack, Rian, Alex, and Zack did. Me and Abby watched.

"Ah!" Jack yelled when he was hit with a turtle shell. "That's not fair!" he paused the game.

"Yeah, it is. That's part of the game." Alex defended himself.

This went on for an hour.

It was 9:00 when they finally left. I basically had to kick them out.

"I'll see you tomorrow!" I called to them. They turned around and waved before they went their separate ways.

"They're hot!" Abby said when I closed the door. I chuckled.

"Um, yes I know." I said. I walked up the stairs and to my room. I changed into pajamas and my Mom came in a few moments later.

"Hayley, can I ask you a question?" she said. I nodded. "Why do you get along better with guys?"

"I think it's because they don't cause as many problems. Like, girls sometimes look for problems to cause and I don't understand why. You know I have terrible luck, so I'm always with the girls that are like that." I explained.

"Oh. Well I guess I should be happy. Especially after everything that happened with Anna." I nodded again.

"I am never letting that happen again." she smiled and said goodnight before she left my room. I turned out my light and went to sleep, excited for school.

Wow, I never thought I would say that.

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