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002.

Something about you is so addictive.

Jesse and his gang were kind of weird; I say weird, but I don't actually mean weird. Weird, right? In my school, there were cliques - heck, there's cliques in almost every school. So, Jesse and his little 'crew' were weird in the sense that they didn't belong to a clique. To be honest, they made their own clique: There was Taylor - he was the jock out of them all; there was André - he was the Spanish foreign exchange student; there was Guy - he was the artist of the bunch; there was Parker - he was like the 'indie' guy of the group who smoked pot and skipped class.

And there was Jesse. Jesse de Silva was a mixture of all the aforementioned guys. He was muscular, but he wasn't all brawn. He was smart, but he wasn't a nerd. He was a rebel, but he wasn't into skipping class. He was an enigma. Damn, did Susannah Simon like enigmas, or what? Well, I did if they went by the name of Jesse de Silva.

"Suze!" Brad pounded on my door. "Wake up, or else we're going to be late!" I jumped at the sound of Brad's fist connecting with the door.

"I'm up!" I yelled back. I had been up; just awake and thinking of Jesse. I sighed inwardly, it was a lost cause liking Jesse. I'd be more than surprised if he even knew who I was. I was in his P.E class and A.P Chemistry - like I mentioned before, the boy was smart - but I could bet that he didn't even know that I was in his school, let alone his classes.

Today was A.P Chemistry, and even though I sat in the second row and Jesse sat at the back, I was going to dress to impress today. I pulled open my wardrobe doors and stood in my underwear, pondering over what to wear. I looked through my clothes, deciding that they're weren't good enough for today. I then spied an ASOS bag - my mom had picked me up a few things from the store that day and I had forgotten all about it. I pulled out a grey sweater dress that had tight sleeves and a short hemline. I slipped it over my head, and put black tights on along with it. My grey ankle boots completed the look.

Susannah Simon was ready.

*****

"Ready?" Brad asked me. We both shared the same homeroom, and surprisingly I didn't mind. Brad was actually one of my best friends. We walked to homeroom and took our usual seats. I hung out with Brad and his friends in homeroom. His friends were real sweet, despite them being the jocks of our year. Andrew was my favourite jock out of them all, and he was also a good friend of mine.

"Suze, you look ravishing today." I took my seat that was between Brad and Andrew. Andrew draped his arm around my shoulder. I smiled at him, and thanked him. I was itching to get to A.P Chemistry - for once, I might add.

Andrew was also in my A.P Chemistry, so I said bye to my brother and the rest of the boys before walking with Andrew. The two of us were very close with each other, and many had mistaken us as a couple which I had scoffed at - he was sweet but I was deeply in lust with Jesse.

"Hurry up, hurry up." Mr Moran shooed the both of us into class. We quickly dropped into our seats, before turning to Mr Moran who had something to tell us. "Now, I realise that this is Chemistry but as requested by our head teacher, you are required to do a special project. It is irrelevant to Chemistry," At this, Mr Moran pursed his lips. "But, it is required so . . ." He trailed off, leaving us all in suspense,

"Any time today would be nice." Parker muttered from the back of class. Parker was rarely in class, so I was surprised that he was in. More surprised than I had been at the start of this year when I had found out that he was in our class.

"Something to say, Mr Spragg?" Mr Moran asked to Parker, before continuing. "Every junior is getting the same project as you."

"Which is?" Parker muttered, once again.

"I was getting to that," Mr Moran glared at him before continuing. "Now, starting from tomorrow, the rest of the week - and next week - is Friendship Fortnight. Friendship Fortnight is pretty self-explanatory, but for any of you who don't have a clue as to what it could be, here is a brief summary: You are to be partnered with anyone from your year. For the fortnight, you are to 'hang out' and 'chill' with your partner." I snickered at Mr Moran's use of 'teenage' phrases. "For one week, both of you will 'go chill' with one half's group and the other week, vice versa." I looked at Andrew, and cringed. I so hoped that I didn't get anyone to do with Cee's group.

"Please pull a name out of the hat." Mr Moran called our names in alphabetical order. "Susannah Simon."

I walked to the front, knowing full well that everyone was watching me - that included Jesse. I reached into the hat and pulled out a slip of paper.

Parker Spragg.

Looks like I'd be hanging out with Jesse and his friends for a week. Cue girlish squeals.

I'm so jealous of Suze, haha. Let me know what you think (: It only takes a minute - if that - to review!