Chapter 1: So We Meet Again

A dark brunette haired, emerald green eyed, pale faced, tall girl walked down the hallway. She was thin, and you could tell she had her own sense of style. You could also tell a little bit about her, like she didn't care what others thought of her, and that she liked sports. She held her books to her chest and walked down the hall, heading towards her first class, after getting lost a few times, she finally found her classroom and walked inside.

"You're late." her teacher said.

"I'm sorry. I got lost."

"Name please." he said, not really caring what she had just said.

"Charlie Thompson. I just transfered." she said as the teacher looked through his list of students.

"Okay, take a seat." he said, as he went back to his lecture. Charlie found a seat at the back of the class and she put her book bag down beside her. She took out her notebook and started to listen to the teacher. It was the first day of school, and she was already dreading it, she wondered how she was going to make it through the year, especially as the new kid from New York, and with no friends.

Finally, after what seemed like five hours, when really in reality it was only an hour and a half, she got up, putting her books back into her bag and headed out of the classroom.

As she walked down the hallway, she found her locker ahd opened it up, when somebody walked beside her and opened up his locker. She took two glances at him, one after another, trying to figure out who he was.

She finally figured it out when a guy walked up to him, "hey Martin!"

"Hey Mac." he replied. Charlie knew that she had seen him before, hopefully it was the guy she was thinking of. Martin Brewer, her best friend, before his dad was sent back to Iraq and he was sent to Glen Oak to live with his Aunt. She was still mad at him for the fact of leaving without saying good-bye to her, just leaving a note. But, he had phoned her a couple of times, but then all of a sudden they just stopped talking. She turned to him and decided to say something.

"You aren't by any chance Martin Brewer are you?" she asked, hoping, praying, that he remembered her.

"Yeah." Martin said, he knew this girl from somewhere. He glanced at her for a few more seconds and then a name popped into his head, "Charlie? Charlie Thompson? What are you doing here?"

Charlie laughed, "Thank god, he remembered me." she thought, and then said, "Well I moved in with my sister."

"Your dad was sent out?" he asked. He remembered that Charlie's dad was also in the Marines, and her mom was a drunk so she couldn't take care of her. But he felt sorry for her, because now that his dad's back home, he knows what she's missing.

"Yeah." Charlie sighed sadly, "but hey, at least there's a good thing to always moving to different places."

"What's that?" Martin asked, she always had an optimistic point to everything, it was just the way she was.

"Nobody knows all the stupid things I've done, and you better not spread anything around." she smiled as she closed her locker.

"We'll see about that." Martin teased, "so, you going to come out for the girls baseball team?"

"I don't know." she shrugged, "might just go out for volleyball this year."

"Oh come on, you're probably the best player here, other than me of course." Martin smiled, and the bell rang.

"Maybe. I'll think about it."

"Well tryouts are after school today, better see you out there." he said before he walked off, totally forgetting that Mac was behind him.

"You just might. You just might." Charlie said softly, before she walked off to find her next class.

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"Dude, what was that all about?" Mac asked, as they were walking down the hall and into their class.

"What?"

"You have a girlfriend, you know." Mac replied, talking about Meredith, "and you totally forgot I was there."

"I do remember Meredtih you know. And she's just an old friend, sorry if I forgot you were there and I wanted to catch up." he said.

"Old girlfriend by any chance?" Mac asked. Martin stayed silent, "I knew it!"

"It didn't work out, we were friends for too long. So, we just stayed best of friends." he explained.

"Uh huh, it sure looked that way." Mac said sarcastically, "you were looking at her like she was your first love."

Martin shrugged, "whatever. But like you said, I have a girlfriend. And she's just a friend."

"So then you wouldn't mind if I ask her out?" he asked, Martin didn't answer for a few seconds.

"Yeah, of course. Go ahead." he finally answered as the teacher walked into the classroom.

Author's Note: Okay, so it may sound kind of lame, but oh well lol. Hopefully it will get better ;) Please R&R! This is basically to introduce Charlie.