Jimena hurried off to school, kissing her grandmother quickly, she got into her car and drove off to school. She opened her locker, looking around for Serena. She was usually easy to spot with her big cello case in hand and with the funky clothes that she wore but today Jimena couldn't find her. She glanced at her watch. It was seven-thirty. Just then, a male voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Excuse me?"

Jimena turned around, her long hair hitting the guy in the face.

He brushed the hair away. "I'm new here and I was wondering if you could show me around."

She thought about it, eyeing the guy up and down. He had spiked brown hair with emerald green eyes and he looked nice enough. "Sure," she finally said. "Hold on." She placed her backpack in her locker and grabbed her books. "Where's your locker?"

"That's a problem. I don't know where it is."

Jimena smiled. "Oh, well, where's you schedule?"

"Here," he said, handing it to her.

She took it and read it over. They had three classes together. "Just follow me." He led him over to locker 2-753 and entered in his combination and it opened. "There you go."

"Thanks."

She waited while he emptied his backpack, watching what he took out: paper, pencils, a couple of notebooks, and a picture. "Hey, who's that?"

"Oh, that's my mom. She died a couple of years ago…"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean…" Her voice trailed off.

"It's okay… I like to carry this picture – it's my favorite. By the way, my name's David."

"My name's Jimena, it's nice to meet you too."

"You too." He shut his locker.

"I noticed that we have three classes together and apparently our first class together is language arts and that's starting in a few minutes. Follow me." Jimena began walking.

"Okay."

The two of them passed by Vanessa and Catty who were walking to their lockers, Jimena didn't even seem to notice them.

"Whoa," Vanessa heard Catty whisper. "Who was that with Jimena? She didn't even notice us!"

Vanessa glanced back at Jimena. "I don't know. Maybe he's new."

"Well, he's cute," Catty said, smiling.

She wondered if Catty had already forgotten about Chris, the keeper of the Secret Scroll. She laughed just to amuse Catty. "Hey, c'mon, why don't we go find Serena?"

Catty nodded. "Sure."

The two of them set their books on their desks in class and headed back out to find Serena. She was easily spotted carrying her cello case and a backpack. "Hey!" Vanessa called.

Serena turned around and smiled at them. Vanessa and Catty ran over to her and walked with Serena to her locker.

"You okay?" Catty asked.

Serena nodded. "Yeah, I'm feeling better."

"You sure?"

Serena nodded again. "Positive."

Vanessa smiled. She was glad that Serena was feeling better and she hoped that she stayed that way for awhile. Just then, Tianna came up, rolling around on a skateboard and with Derek beside her. (A/N: Sorry, I don't know if I got Derek's name right. I'm too lazy to look it up. Forgive me.)

"Hey, guys," Tianna said, grinning broadly. "What's up?"

"Oh," Serena turned around, shutting her locker. "I want to apologize."

"For what?" Tianna asked.

"Um…for yesterday… I didn't mean to jump on you like that… I guess it just all feels weird and everything… I'm trying really hard to get used to it."

Tianna smiled. "Yeah…well, I know that you didn't mean it and if I make you upset I'm sorry. I can't be Jimena."

"I'm not asking you to," Serena said.

"Yeah, well… I was just saying."

Vanessa decided to break it before anything bad happened between them. "Hey, why don't we go find Jimena?"

"Yeah," Catty said. "We saw her walking with some boy…he was mighty fine."

Serena giggled. "Catty!"

She smiled. "Just saying… Jimena didn't even notice Vanessa and me. She walked right by us. I bet she was caught up in his good looks too and vice versa."

Vanessa smiled.

"I don't think so," Serena said with a grin. "Jimena wouldn't do anything to hurt Collin. I bet they're just friends."

"I think he's new," Catty said. "He's really cute."

"Hush, Catty, you've said that enough already," Vanessa told her friend.

She smiled. "I know… I'm just trying to make a point."

"Well, you've made it," Tianna said. She looked at her watch. "Gotta go." She kissed Derek quickly on the cheek and rolled off on her skateboard.

Derek waved by to the girls as Serena walked off to orchestra class and Catty and Vanessa walked together to their class.

Jimena showed David around, pointing at the local spots such as the bathrooms, the cafeteria, where the popular people hang out, and some of the classes that they had together later.

"La Brea is really big," David said.

Jimena nodded. "Yeah, it is. You'll get used to it real fast." The first bell rang and she looked at her watch. "Wow, we better get moving. Our first class is still quite a walk from here." She urged David on and he followed quickly behind her. They walked into history class and sat down beside each other. Students began filing in and the bell rang with the teacher following behind.

Mr. K (as everyone liked to call him) sat down at his desk and called attendance. David raised his hand, realizing that he hadn't been called. Mr. K looked up. "Yes, of course. You must be the new student. David, is it?"

He nodded.

The teacher motioned for David to come up to his desk and he did as he was told, coming back seconds later.

"What's up?" Jimena asked.

"He wants a student to show me around school… He was about to pick someone but I told him that you were already helping me and he said that it was okay. I hope that it is okay…"

She nodded. "Of course."

Yeah, I know Jimena is with Collin but hey, one can flirt can't they? Hehe. No, I'm not trying to bash on Jimena and Collin as a couple. Please review!