Sorry about the wait, guys. I lost power in my house for six days. :( but here is the next chapter :)

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Three

"Dude, I'm so pumped for the football game tonight! Season Opener!" said Boone, a pail skinned boy with striking blue eyes and semi-long brown hair.

"I know, I'm just so nervous. You know how hard the coach is on me."

"Hey man, he's only hard on you cause your the best quarterback this school has had since...well...EVER!" Michael, another boy, pointed out.

"But..."-

"Jack!" Boone yelled. "Admit it, your the star football player here at BLHS. ADMIT IT!"

"Ugh, but that doesn't mean I'm not nervous anymore." Jack said, exasperated from arguing with his friends.

The bell rang for homeroom and all of the students took their seats, as Mrs. McManus walked in and sat behind the large desk at the front of the room. The students continued their small side conversations quietly until Mrs. McManus spoke.

"Attention students!" Mrs. McManus yelled, grabbing every ones attention. "Today, we have a new student in out class. It is a girl and her name is - "

As Mrs. McManus spoke, the door opened and Kate walked into the room. She looked pretty nervous, as she held her books close to her chest and let her shoulders slump forward a little bit.

"Kate Austen." Mrs. McManus finished, and the rest of the class looked at Kate. "Welcome to Benjamin Lynch High School Miss Austen. My name is Mrs. McManus. If you have any questions, just let me know." Mrs. McManus spoke directly to Kate, and then to the class. "Kate here is from Iowa."

"Iowa. More like No-wheres-ville..." Boone said under his breath, but everyone heard him.

"BOONE!" the teacher scalded him. "Anyways, Kate you can take the empty seat in the back next to Jack."

"Thank you." Kate spoke quietly, and then quickly moved to the last seat in the row, and sat down.

While Mrs. McManus was giving the 'Welcome Kate Speech' for the past five minutes, Jack just stared at Kate. 'She's really pretty.' Jack thought. 'She probably has a boyfriend back home.' he thought again. As he continued to stare mesmerized at her, he heard Mrs. McManus say his name, and then saw Kate walking towards him. He gulped. 'Maybe I should introduce myself.' he though. 'No stupid, she'll think your a stalker.' 'No she won't.' 'Yeah, she will.'

"Hi, I'm Jack." Jack whispered towards Kate, as she sat timidly in here chair.

'Nice one Jack, nice one.' he thought to himself. 'Could you sound any dumber? Now she thinks your a stalker AND your an idiot.'

"Hi Jack. I'm Kate...but you probably already know that." Kate whispered back while giggling.

'Man she has a cute giggle.' Jack thought again. 'Jeez, what is wrong with me. I haven't known this girl for more than 3 minutes and I already can't stop thinking about her...I need help.'

"So, ummmm, I'll see you around then?" Jack said, mentally kicking himself for sounding so dumb.

"Hopefully." Kate smiled, and the bell rang.

Kate stood up, gathered her books, and took one last glance at Jack, flashed him a warm smile, and walked off to her next class.

Jack just stood there, a mixture of shock and happiness registered in his body.

'Hopefully' Jack thought. He liked the sound of that.

He liked it a lot.