Kaden drove him and Jackson to school the next morning. Jackson headed to class while Kaden went to get his schedule and locker assignment. He walked to his locker after getting his textbooks. He put his Math and History book in there and left his Computer Science and English book in his backpack.

"New here?" said Kaden's locker neighbor.

"Yeah. I'm Kaden Stewart."

"Darius Carmichael. So what's your first period?" Darius asked.

"Uh, Computer Science."

"Cool. I've got English."

"That's my second period." Kaden said. The bell rang.

"Meet me here at break, Kaden. Right after second period. I'll show you where I hang out." Darius said.

"Alright."

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"Hey man. Enjoy class?" Darius asked.

"Of course. What's not to enjoy? The brutally long lessons, the homework, the teachers." Kaden said sarcastically as he put in his English and Chemistry book. Darius laughed.

"Alright. Whatever. Did you see any girls you think you might be interested in?"

"Yeah. This girl in my Chemistry class. I didn't catch her name though."

"I didn't know she threw it." Darius said.

"Ha ha. Very funny." Kaden said.

"Hey Darius!" a voice called from behind Kaden. He turned.

"Hey Sam. What's up?" Darius said.

"We're meeting up at the same spot as usual right?" Sam said.

"Yeah. I'll be there in a few minutes."

"Alright cool." She walked away and turned a corner. Kaden watched after her.

"What? What's wrong?"

"That's the girl from my chemistry class." Kaden said.

"Wait. You like Sam? Sam Venturi?" Darius laughed.

"What's so funny Darius?" asked a guy who had just walked up.

"Promise to keep it a secret Bryan?" Darius laughed as he said it.

"Yeah. What?"

"This guy has a crush on Sam Venturi." Darius snickered.

"No way. You don't want to get near her. She may be kinda girly, but she's tough." Bryan said.

"Way tough. But still not as tough as her dad." Darius said as the three of them walked down the hall.

"Dr. No!" Bryan and Darius said simultaneously.

"So, Dr. No's her father?"

"Yep. And we call him that because every guy who asks her out has to go through him and he always says no."

"Well he won't say no to me, 'cause I'm not gonna ask." Kaden closed his locker and the three of them began to walk. The walked across the street from the school. No security guards tried to stop them. "Where are we going?"

"There's a skate park across the street that we hang out at." Bryan said.

"Now I know to bring a skateboard." They walked over to the bowl to see ten other kids. The three boys walked down into the bowl. Kaden sat down next to a boy with long blonde hair.

"I'm Jimmy." the boy said.

"I'm Kaden."

"New kid?"

"Yep. Where are you from again?" Darius said.

"Uh, I just moved here from Tennessee." Kaden said. He was half lying. Yeah, he had lived in Tennessee, but he'd been on his world tour, so it felt like he had lived there.

"Tennessee? You're a country boy?" Sam asked.
"Sorta. Shouldn't we be getting back to school soon?"

"No. What's your next class?"

"Art."

"Then, you stay here. For a few weeks, we're going to have class out here. The owner of the place is letting us decorate."

"Cool. So we can just express ourselves on the equipment."

"Basically." Bryan said.

"Hey dad." Kaden said as he walked in the door.
"Hey Kaden. Jackson. Who's this?"

"This is my friend, Darius. We're gonna go up to my room." Kaden and Darius ran up to the room.

"Whoa. This place is huge."
"Yup. And I've got it all to myself."

"Cool guitar!"

"Thanks. Me and my sisters like to sing together."

"Can I hear?"

"Sure." Kaden picked up his guitar and plugged it into his amp. He began to play the chorus of one of his and Miley's songs.

Who said, who said I can't be worldwide
I say, I say time is all I got
Who said, who said I can't be ten feet tall
I say, I say that I can have it all
Who said, who said I can't be superman
I say, I say that I know I can
Who said, who said I won't be president
I say, I say you ain't seen nothin' yet you ain't seen nothing yet

"Whoa. You sound just like Matthew Montana. It's creepy."

"Why? You don't like Matthew Montana?"

"No. He's cool. It's just girls would go crazy if they knew."

"Really. Come check this out." Kaden said.

"What does this door lead to?" Darius asked.

"My closet." Kaden opened it. He walked in and disappeared behind the clothes. Darius followed him.

"Why do you have a door in your closet?"

"Look. My sister told her friend our biggest secret, so now I'm gonna tell you."

"What? Are you a mass murderer?"

"No! That's insane." They walked through the door where more clothes were hidden.

"Whoa. Look at all these clothes. How much do you need?" Darryl walked over to a rack of clothes.

"With my job, a lot." Kaden murmured.

"They all have M.M. on them. That stands for Matthew Montana. Are you obsessed with him or something?"

"No. I'm Matthew Montana."