Chapter 1
Flashback 1- My First Day
First day at a new school. Ugh… so not in the mood for this again. At least I'll have Mallory. See I used to go here throughout elementary school up until 7th grade. Let's say I had a bit of a discrepancy with a certain girl. Well that ended up getting me suspended, (even though that bitch was totally up in my face first so she deserved what she got), and then my mom made me go live with my dad up in northern California so I wouldn't get into any more trouble. I absolutely hated my new school and made more enemies than friends. All in all, I promised my mom I would stay out of trouble here and she very reluctantly transferred me back.
I'm planning on sticking to that promise because it's second semester of Junior
year and I absolutely do not want to move again. But if I see her and she pisses me off again I can't be held responsible for my actions.
"C'mon Chelsea, we're gonna be late!" Mallory screamed at her older sister from her front door. Her sister has so graciously decided to give us rides in the mornings until I get my license in April. Well I wouldn't say graciously but Mallory convinced her to by saying we would be her go-to-girls whenever she had random but intense Starbucks cravings and her boyfriend couldn't come with her.
"Chill I'm coming…where's Jordan?" Chelsea asked while coming down the stairs to the front door.
"I think she's in the kitchen. Jordan get your ass over here!" Mallory said while walking towards the kitchen.
"Alright I'm just trying to get my shit together." I replied swinging my purse over my shoulder.
"Okay I'll be in the car with Chelsea." Mallory said walking away.
Here we go again…
This morning actually wasn't too bad. I'd had two classes with Mallory and her friend Tom who I'd remembered from before I moved. I think they both secretly liked each other but didn't tell one another yet. Maybe I would help them out and give them a little push in the right direction.
My next two classes were alright but of I course I was looking forward to lunch. I've never met anyone who said that lunch wasn't their favorite class. Plus I would have Mallory and Tom to sit with so I wouldn't look like the pitiful outcast.
Walking in through the doors I quickly spotted Mallory and Tom sitting at a table filled with guys. Very hot guys to be precise. I walked over adjusting my purse and shirt so that I looked alright and waved to Mallory trying to get her attention.
"Oh, hey Jordan I saved a seat for you." Mallory motioned to the chair on her right. Tom was sitting at the end of the table on her left and waved at me.
"Thanks Mal" I said as I sat down as gracefully as I could.
"Hey Jordan, I'm Matt," A guy with really cute dimples and a huge smile said as I pulled my lunch out of my purse.
"And that's Brian, (the guy sitting on my right) Jimmy, (the guy sitting next to Brian) Johnny, (the guy sitting next to Matt across the table on his left) and this is Zacky, (who was sitting next to Johnny). Yeah, have fun trying to remember all of our names." He said laughing with Mallory.
I hardly heard him though, as I was very aware of a pair of green eyes on me as I took a drink of my water. Well I won't have trouble with your name now, Zacky.
We all chatted very easily throughout lunch. It wasn't hard to fit into this group as they were all hilarious and very friendly.
"And so, for the first two days, the dog would sit and stare into the ocean for six hours straight. I'm not joking it was so sad we thought she would never snap out of it." Matt said as the other boys all laughed.
"We were like 'Bella, Bella' and she would just stare out. Then yesterday we decided to finally take her to the hospital." The boys kept chuckling away.
"What happened?" I asked having no clue on the situation.
"Well, you see, we made these "special" brownies the other day and my dog Bella accidentally ate some of them." Matt explained still smiling.
"Oh wow. Is she ok?" I asked.
"Yeah, but they had to put this cone around her head and she keeps running into the wall" Zacky replied flashing a cute grin.
"Aw poor thing" I started laughing myself a little at the image.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late but my stupid cunt of a teacher decided I was someone who really wanted to help set up this stupid display in the hallway." A girl with long dark brown hair said as she sat down across from me next to Matt. He put his arm around her and kissed her head.
"Don't worry about it. Have you met Jordan yet?" He asked gesturing with his other arm to me.
"No, but she's in my algebra II class. I'm Kayleigh by the way." She said with a kind smile.
"Nice to meet you" I said with a returning smile. I thought she looked semi-familiar.
"So where did you move here from?" Brian asked curiously.
"Umm, northern California. Up by Big Bear" I replied taking a bite of my sandwich.
"Oh that's cool. I have a cabin up there" Matt said after stealing some food from Johnny's bag.
"Mallory said you lived here before, what made you move back?" Zacky asked leaning a little bit more forward. I swallowed before answering trying to keep my eyes away from his.
"Well, to be honest living up there wasn't really working so I convinced my mom to let me move back." I replied looking to Mallory for support but of course she and Tom were talking about something. I heard a few words here and there but all I could make out was something about Ghostbusters. Yeah Tom was a bit…magoo. But Mallory liked him a lot so I decided to be nice until I got to know him better.
"What made you move there in the first place?" Zacky asked again looking even hotter when the light hit his eyes like that.
I snapped out of my staring contest with him and replied, "Ha, why don't you ask the bitch I messed up?"
"Oh really, do tell" Jimmy said after throwing his trash over Johnny's head into the garbage can.
"Well, this girl doesn't go here anymore apparently (Mallory told me this morning on the way to school) but she started talking a lot of shit about me. Really irritating crap but then she did some shady stuff to my cousin Ben when they were going out. So, one day I just went up to her and asked 'who the hell do you think you are,' 'you don't know me so don't talk shit about me' kind of stuff. Then the argument got even more heated somehow and that bitch slapped me in the face! I wasn't going to take that from anyone so I punched her. Then she filed a report against me and I got suspended. Long story short, I moved shortly after. Remember Mallory?"
"Yeah, that was crazy. Tom and I were watching at the other end of the hall when it happened." Tom nodded his head in remembrance.
"Ha, I bet I could take you though. I loves my guns." Brian said holding his bicep up. Matt was no doubt the most jacked out of any of them, but Brian's was still impressive.
"I'd like to see you try." I replied elbowing him in the ribs and raising my eyebrows. I smiled slyly at him and replied he with a mock-surprise expression.
"Yeah I'm betting on Jordan. Sorry Brian." Tom replied laughing with Johnny.
"Whatever Tom-arse. You can barely lift the equipment without the Berry's help" Brian retorted.
"What equipment?" I asked aloud.
"Music equipment like amps and stuff. We're all in a band called Avenged Sevenfold." Zacky stated very proudly.
"Oh yeah, I remember Mallory telling me about you guys. Apparently you're really good." I said looking at Zacky longer than what was necessary.
"Oh we try, we try." Matt said and the rest of guys laughed to themselves.
"Why don't you come and check us out on Friday. We have practice at Matt's house around 8." Zacky said nonchalantly still trying to catch my eye.
"We'll all come." Kayleigh said and Mallory and Tom both nodded their heads in agreement.
"It's a date then." Zacky said with a glint in his eyes.
"It's a date." I replied looking back at all of them after a few seconds.
On the way out of the cafeteria I stopped because my shoes came untied. I hated bending over in public (I don't know why I just do) and made Mallory do it instead. I then overheard Zacky and Jimmy walking past me talking.
"Dude, I call dibs." Zacky said.
"Alright you said that like five times already, I get it. You have dibs." Jimmy replied looking at me as he passed.
Hmmm… this could get interesting I thought as I walked out with Mallory and Kayleigh into the hallway.