My apologies; it's extremely short . I'm not going to give any nonsense excuses about schoolwork. I can keep up, and as long as I can, I'll keep updating. However, it is required for my English class to do NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), basically, you try to write a novel in a month. It will inevitably take up a lot of my time. Of course, I'll always update at least once a month, and if you guys reach 150 reviews by my birthday (11/12), it'll be five updates in one day ;) Anyhow, the next chapter should be longer.

Lena Sorin

Lena Sorin had blonde hair and blue eyes. She leaned back against the lockers.

She giggled. All the girls in the hallway with her did too. He was just soo hot. Standing by his locker was the pale figure of Nico di Angelo.

Sure, di Angelo wasn't very tall, and was a little too pale for the human body, but he was VERY HOT. He had long, messy spangles of hair that hung over his brown eyes. He wore black clothing and a skull ring, and didn't talk much.

Hot, cute, and mysterious. All in one. Who wouldn't fall for him?

Lena saw several girls go over to Nico, probably asking to go on a date. She could see that red roses suddenly bloomed on the pale boy's cheeks. He was blushing! Aww, so cute.

But Nico quietly dismissed the love-sick girls and went back to getting things out of his locker.

The bell ringed just then, bringing Lena out of her thoughts. She hurried to algebra. By the time Lena got there, she had an idea. She would ask Nico di Angelo out at lunch. Sure, she was shy and nervous, who wouldn't? But Lena imagined herself locking up her fear and nervousness in a box, and hiding the key.

She could do this. Asking someone out shouldn't be the most awkward/embarrassing thing she's ever done. And if he rejects her... Don't even go there, Lena! She thought, mentally slapping herself. Of course he wouldn't reject her. She had above average looks, straight As, was nice. Why would Nico di Angelo EVER reject her? Of course, she just had to be wrong.

Lena tried to keep her legs from shaking as she walked from table two to six. Her friends had offered reserved encouragement, they had asked Nico out as well, but had been rejected. Too soon, she could see a messy mop of hair, which could only belong to Nico.

"Hi, Nico," Lena managed, before letting out an imaginary breath. "So, I was thinking, a date? With, um,-" Lena cut off. A bigger than average, fat poodle, with (most likely) dyed black fur ran into the cafeteria. Nico grimaced, rubbing and twisting his skull ring.

"Sorry, I have some, uh, family issues. And I, uh, don't exactly enjoy, a girl's company?" Nico turned the last part into a question and whispered it. He ran off with the poodle before Lena could respond. It took a while for the words to actually sink in.

Like I said, longer chapter for the next one. Thanks to all for sticking with me :)

And if I'm in a good mood... I JUST might share my novel idea...

SeaSpree