Note: All characters are owned by Meg Cabot.

Yes, I am starting from the first book but I might skip book 2 and 3, it'd be great if you tell me whether I should skip Ninth Key and Reunion though, just in case. Thanks for the awesome reviews, by the way! Oh and for those of you who are Paul Slater fans…well, I still don't know. The reason why I made this fanfic was because of Jesse and I wanted it to be unique and stuff…but I might make a chapter for a PaulSuze ending. So yeah, because all of you people are so kind, I'm here updating.

"You didn't have to stand up for me you know, just because I'm an albino, I can handle Debbie Mancuso on my own," the albino girl said to me while I was gathering my things. You could so tell that she's not one of those snobby girls and that she's just putting on an act, you know the ones that are like 'You're-new-so-don't-you-dare-mess-with-me' kind of act. Junipero Serra Mission Academy don't have those bell system thing since it was built around the late 1800s, they just let us out once the big ol' hand hits 12.

"I was just doing my job, and besides, I wasn't standing up for you, I was doing it for me. And besides, Debbie is a troll," I said.

"Well, you didn't have to; besides, I can totally take Debbie on my own," she said.

"Whatever you say, Carmel," I replied. And by then, she couldn't help but smile, showing her braces. I was about to walk out when she took out her hand and said, "CeeCee"

And all I said was, "Huh, what's that?"

"My name, CeeCee, CeeCee Webb," CeeCee replied.

So, I took her hand and shook it and introduced myself, "I'm Suze Simon, nice to meet ya."

Look, I wasn't planning on making friends really. I was just planning on getting high school done and over with so I could go back and fly to New York to live there. I have Gina back in Brooklyn, and besides, I thought I'd never fit in….since ya know, from my past experiences with my own peers, ahem. But yet, I did. Mr. Walden let us out at 10:00 and had only 5 minutes to go to our lockers to get whatever we needed for our next class, and by 10:03, CeeCee has introduced me to, oh I don't know, at least 20 people! The only thing I could say really is that these people she introduced me to, well, I know for a fact that they are not acquainted with the pretty tanned girl. And now, I know what CeeCee meant by not needing my defending for her, because as far as I could tell, she's got a whole lot of people by her side. Oh yeah, and did I tell you that she works for the newspaper that runs in our school? She told me that it was more of like a smaller version of the stories that's on the regular newspaper in Carmel.

During lunch, it was amazing to see where my stepbrothers eat. Just as I expected, Doc is sitting with the smart people, trying to balance their laptops while eating lunch, Dopey is sitting with the jocks, the pretty tanned girl, who later I found out her name is Kelly Prescott, and Debbie, who's forcing herself on him. Talk about EW!I think I'm the only sophomore who's immuned to uh, my stepbrothers' charms. I think they're what Gina would call a hottie. Because once, I showed her my mom and Andy's wedding pictures and Sleepy and Dopey were in it, and she was all, "Damn, Suze! Your stepbrothers are hot, well uh, except for the dude right there," pointing at Doc. "I know he's only 12 but he might grow up as hot as them someday ya know."

Anyways, I found Sleepy's circle of friends quite interesting. My stepbrother was on the bench with this other guy, resting, and this guy was what you'd normally call a hottie. You know how I know? Well, a couple of girls passed by and said hi to him, he was just looking at the sun and it seemed as if he was lost in his thoughts, well when he finally noticed the girls, he flashed them a smile that'd make any girl's, even mine, knees go turn to jelly.

And that was when I realized that I was looking at Bryce Martinson, I didn't even realize it was him until CeeCee looked at me and said, "Having a crush on Bryce Martinson?"

"That's Bryce Martinson?" I asked, surprised.

"Uh huh…why are you surprised?"

"I met him, when I was on the plane on the way here. He's, um, very nice…he told me his girlfriend died?"

"Yeah, shot her head in front of Bryce's parents...well more like his mom," Only this time, it didn't come from CeeCee, it came from Adam, who just walked over to us and grabbed one of CeeCee's carrot sticks. "They were having a New Year's Eve party, but Bryce wasn't there because they sent him to Antigua to clear his thoughts, you know, college and his applications. When he came back all relaxed, his parents told him about what happened. Heather, yeah that's her name, well, they said that she came to their house with her father's gun asking for Bryce and Bryce's mom told her that Bryce wasn't there, she just shot her head. People say that Bryce is coping with it, but he still blames himself for her death because the reason why she did it was when they were Chrismas shopping together, Heather pointed at this ring, and said 'I want that'. Bryce, suddenly realizing it was an engagement ring, decided to break up with her right on the spot."

Right then, I happened to notice the thing on top of Bryce starting to shake…and it's going to kill him.

So I did whatever a person might've done if he or she were in this kind of situation, I jumped on him and put him out of harm's way. I mean, that thing could've killed him! I guess he noticed how big the timber was because he said, "Oh my freaking gosh." Only he didn't say freaking, it's amazing how kids these days get influenced by our grammar.

Short chapter I know and not one of the best either, but I promise next time it'd be longer and more detailed.

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