Hey guys! I have some bad news... For some reason 3 of my stories were deleted. D: Luck of the Irish?, Southern Belle, and Senior Rush... I don't know what happened, or why, but their gone. And I don't exactly have them saved on my laptop... I'm really sorry... :/


3 weeks later I was sitting on the curb, waiting for my mom to come and pick me up from school. Let's just say, today totally sucked. My mom told me just to be myself, and I would make friends. So, for the first time in a month, I listened to her. It resulted in me getting drenched in milk, skim and chocolate. People laughed at my name, where I was from, and everyone's a pretty much a jerk. I felt my phone buzz in my pocket.

*1 new message from Mom

Sorry sweetie, got caught up at work. Chris will be there in 20!

My eyes widened, and I quickly typed back.

No it's fine, I'll walk.

I put my phone back and got up from the curb, and started walking, when I heard someone behind me.

"August?" I turned around to find Kendall, standing there with a backpack and a gym bag.

"Hey, what are you still doing here?" I walked up to him and he smiled.

"Hockey." He held up the gym bag.

"Okay, I know I'm not from around here, but isn't hockey a winter sport?" He chuckled.

"Yeah, but we gotta practice. Or else by next season, we'll suck." I nodded. "So, your eye's getting better." He smiled at me. I nodded.

"Yeah, Carlos can stop feeling bad now." I smiled back.

"So, where were you planning on walking?" He smirked.

"Home." I replied, and he laughed. "What?"

"We live that way…" He pointed in the opposite direction of where I was walking. I looked where I was walking, and then back.

"Wait.. We do…?" He chuckled and smiled.

"C'mon." He said.

"What?" I asked, confused.

"Well, I was going to let you walk by yourself, but now I'm scared you're gonna take a wrong turn and end up in like, Wisconsin or something." He smiled and laughed. I sighed and just followed him, eventually catching up to him.

"Would that be so bad, I mean, how different are Minnesota and Wisconsin really?"

"Not much, but you know, me and the guys aren't there. And there are a suspicious amount of cows…" He made a weird face when he said the cow thing that was kinda cute… And made me laugh. "What, it's true…"

"I'm sure it is." I smiled.

"So what was it like in New York?" I sighed.

"Busier. Louder. I have not been able to sleep at all the past few nights." I replied.

"Why not?"

"It's too quiet." I shrugged. He laughed.

"really? It's too quiet? At night?" I nodded, and he laughed again. "That's the strangest thing I've ever heard someone say about sleeping."

"Okay, 15 years sleeping to the noise, or 1 month sleeping in the quiet…" He shook his head, still chuckling.

"Okay, I see your point. I still think it's weird."

"Well, if your ever in the city, you're gonna be a confused kid."

"Good to know, good to know." He smiled. "Hey, do you have any homework tonight?" I nodded, and looked at him. "Um… Can you come over and maybe help me with mine? I'm really bad at science…" I raised an eyebrow, and he looked really nervous.

"Um… Sure." I smiled. He looked a little relived.

"Okay." He smiled. "Logan will be there too." I nodded.

"Great. When should I come over?"

"Um… 5:30?" I nodded.

"Okay. I'll see you then." I smiled, and then realized I was in front of my house. I waved and walked to the door, and turned around to see Kendall, smiling as he walked away. I walked up to the door and it opened before I touched it. Chris was standing there with keys in his hand.

"Oh! August, I was just coming to get you." He smiled. I didn't.

"Well, now, you don't have to." I walked past him and walked to the kitchen and grabbed an orange.

"Okay…" He muttered. "So, looks like it's just gonna be you and me tonight kiddo." Kiddo? Really?

"Actually I have to go to a friend's house to help them with homework." I quickly said. He nodded.

"Do you know when you'll be back?"

"Nope." I got up and walked upstairs to my room. Whenever my mom would come and visit Chris in Minnesota, she apparently painted my room. The room I didn't even know existed until a month ago. It was now a rather bright pink with black and white furniture. I loved the room, I just hated where it was, and never admitted I loved it. I plopped on my bed and sighed. It's been a long day. I looked at the clock and saw it was 4:30. I still had another hour. I grabbed my keyboard from the corner and started playing random keys on it, but couldn't make anything out of the notes. I put it back and grabbed my laptop. I watched an episode of Family Guy, and then pulled on a sweatshirt, since my other one still smelled like milk. I pulled my hair into a ponytail, and headed out the door.

"I'm leaving." I yelled, and Chris nodded, as he was reading some article. I walked down the street until I saw Kendall and Logan sitting in front of a house, Logan pointing at a book and Kendall looking totally lost.

"No you see, Kendall, if you add this to this side, you can't add it to this side." Logan said. Kendall wasn't any more aware of what he was doing.

"And how am I supposed to remember this?" Kendall asked.

"We learned it last year." Logan looked at him.

"Exactly why this is a problem." Kendall looked at him. Logan shook his head and looked up, saw me, and waved. Kendall looked at him, and then looked in my direction. I waved back and walked up to the porch.

"Dude, why are you in a sweatshirt?" Did he just call me dude? Huh. That's new.

"I'm cold." I shrugged.

"Doesn't it snow is New York?" Logan looked at me.

"Yes, but that has nothing to do with me being warm or cold." I looked at him and smiled. He nodded and turned back to Kendall.

"So you really don't get it?" Kendall shook his head.

"Get what?" I asked and Logan turned the book so I could see it.

2 hours later, we were all laying in the driveway, not wanting to do anything else. Mrs. Knight (I learned that was Kendall's last name.) Came out to get Kendall and saw us sitting there.

"Logan, are you staying for dinner?" Logan gave a thumbs up. "Are you staying too dear?" I sat up.

"Sure. That would be great." I smiled and she nodded.

"Okay, be in in ten minutes then." She said and went back inside. I turned to them.

"Well that was productive." Logan looked at me.

"It took us an hour to get Kendall to understand this one equation. Super productive." Kendall sat up, at the end of the driveway.

"At least I get it now!" He shouted to Logan, who was by the garage, while I was in the middle. Logan and I laughed at that, and he stuck his tongue out at me. I hate to admit this, believe me I really do, but I was actually having a good time. A girl came out and crossed her arms.

"It's time for dinner." She said and walked back inside. We all got up and walked inside, and I followed them to the kitchen. They sat down at the counter and I took a seat next to Kendall, and Mrs. Knight put a plate in front of all of us. I looked at it.

"Dinosaur chicken nuggets?" Kendall smiled. Mrs. Knight nodded, and the guys started to eat. I did too, and even though it felt a little weird to be eating dino chicken, it was kinda fun. In a weird way. After I was about to leave when the girl came up to me.

"Who are you again?"

"August."

"And you're Kendall and Logan's new friend?" I nodded. Crap, I made friends. "Huh. I have a feeling I'll be seeing you more often. I'm Katie." She smiled. I smiled at here.

"Nice to meet you." She smirked and walked down the hall. I walked out the door and down the street to my house. I'm glad to say that this was only the beginning of a strange, strange friendship.