Chapter 1

The music blaring, smoke all in the air, and the room smelt of beer. Next thing I know everything has changed. How could eight of the smartest, most innocent kids go to all this all because of one kid?

--flashback--

It's September 21st and we are all quietly studying,when the new kid, Branson, walked in. His shaggy blond hair tucked under a sideways baseball cap. I look around and saw all the girls fall in love with the new boy almost instantly.

"Look at those eyes..." Porsche said to her twin sister Mercedes.

"Never mind his eyes, look at his abs...mm damn." Mercedes replied.

The new kid smirked, he was fresh out of juvie and everywhere he went he got the same response from the ladies. He was walking to the only empty seat, behind Nikki. He taps her shoulder and winks at her as he takes his seat. Nikki completely shocked at this, has an automatic reaction with her cheeks turning a light rosy pink.

Now I have had my eye on Nikki since first semester last year. It was just the way she said my name, Alton, with a little bit extra on the L. The way she gets a little wrinkle on her nose when her and her best friend, Richelle, laugh over something stupid. Nikki was just all around likable, except her occasionally flaky behavior.

Richelle jotted something down on a piece of paper, then whipped it at the back of Nikki's head. Nikki jerked her head back to her friend, then she uncrumpled the paper and made an unusually loud "uh" type noise. Richelle couldn't do anything but laugh.

The bell rang and everyone ran out the door except for Branson, and two of our friends, Candie and Arleigh. Now, how to describe those two, H mm. Well to be brutally honest Candie is the school doorknob,everyone has had a turn. Arleigh is just as bad if not worse, she is the school tease but she doesn't hook up with every guy she teases like her friend.

Me and my buddies,Jake and Travis, were walking down the hall with Nikki and Richelle. They were talking and giggling about how cut the new boy was. I could see the jealousy in Jake's eyes.

See Jake is always describing himself as just a 15 year old skating wiccan from Waterbury, Connecticut. But he is more like a 15 year old kid who is in love with Richelle but doesn't know how to tell her and if anyone even looks at her the wrong way he gets angry.

"Oh my god. Nikki. How can that Branson kid like you and not one of us?" Candie questioned. Up until that I didn't even notice Candie and Arliegh were walking with us.

"Hm, lets see, maybe he doesn't like sluts?" Travis always had his input when it came to those girls. He was the smart ass of the group.

"Shh." Nikki turned around of slapping him.

Later on we were all at Jake's jamming out to tunes. Trey was there now. Trey is the football star, student body representative that you would think was a jerk but he was actually quiet cool, except for him being extremely cocky.

He sat down next to Arliegh. "hey sorry that new kid is blind."

"Huh?" She said looking a bit shocked, Trey has never paid all that much attention to her.

"Well he turned you down didn't he?" Trey got this cocky smile on his face that the ladies seemed to like. "And I was wonderin', now that your single, wanna be my girl?" That was Trey for ya, out in the open without a care.

"Mhmm" Arliegh replied, happy she was off the market again.

He gave her a light kiss on the cheek and then looked at Jake,"See, it's that easy." With that he gave Arliegh another kiss.

"Shut up!" Jake snapped and threw a pillow at Trey. Jake looked to Richelle smiled then looked away. He bit his tonge cursing to himself.

Richelle looked up from her book that she was writing in."oh my..." She rolled her eyes at Trey and Arliegh 'getting to know each other a bit better', "get a room you slu..." she was cut off by her cell.

Once her call ended she got up "I gotta jet. Jake walk me home." She sort of said too eagerly, but of course he didn't decline.