I rushed inside and didn't wait for Dally to come chase after me. Its almost a daily routine now. he just does that for the pleasure. I rushed inside and almost bumped into a new . He looked like Dally a little bit but with golden brown hair , blue eyes that weren't as cold as Dally's, and a big buffer body. "oh, I'm sorry," I said, quickly rushing off to the girl's bathroom where I usually met Marcia. "no problem," he said. I entered and saw Marcia fixing her hair by the mirror. "hey Marcia, did you see the new boy?" I asked. "yeah, a cutie aint he?" she answered, putting the finishing touches on her high ponytail," he's a hunk from California. A pure gentleman. Just met him a few minutes ago." "c'mon. lets go, before Mr. Syme scolds us for being late," I mimicked what he usually said," your on time when your five minutes early and your late when your on time."

*****later at lunch*****

"so are you ready for the Science test?" Marcia asked as we walked to the cafeteria. "WE HAVE A SCIENCE TEST?"I asked stopping. "yeah! She told us last week. Its on chapter 9." She said, giving me the you-should-have-known look. "ack! Lemme get my books, I could study during lunch," I said, rushing to my locker. As soon as I got back with a heavy science book in hand, I decided to sit in the quietest spot there. I sat alone in the corner table.

I was reading, leaning that I almost fell into the book as my hair covered my face. I felt someone heavy sit down next to me and pull my hair behind my ear. I figured it was Janice since she was a little bit overweight and loved to fiddle with my hair. " you look better without your hair in your face," I heard a boy whisper in my ear. I jumped up and turned to his face, our lips touched and I turned away. I felt myself turn red. " hi, I'm Jason. You could call me Jay though," he said, his face turning mild pink. " hi, I'm Sherri. My friends call me Cherry because of my hair," I said. "I'm sorry for the way I just.... Did that," he said, giving me semi- puppy eyes. I was pulled into its blueness. Its blue tides just washing over me. " do you forgive me?" he asked, smiling. I couldn't resist his smile," of course." I said. " hey cherry! Didn't you see me wave you a seat? I just kept waving and – oh hi!" Marcia said, coming and not noticing I was hypnotized.