New Town. New School. New Classmates.

Shelby pulled into the parking lot of John Hersey High school. It was her first day. She looked around the parking lot at all the kids who already knew each other excited to see their friends and be back from summer vacation.

Shelby found a parking spot. She pulled in and got out of her blue Dodge Charger. Her long brown hair blowing a bit in the wind. She closed the car door and made her way up to the school. She didn't pay any attention to the people looking whispering asking who she was. She had grown use to this. Her parents moved her to new town every year due to her dads job.

Shelby made my way to the front office to pick up her class schedule. A sweet lady was standing behind the counter. She had a name tag on that read Ms. Willow.

"Can I help you dear?"

"Hi. My names Shelby Jensen. I was told to come to the office to pick up my schedule."

"Oh right yes. I have it just over here." She walked over to a table that sat to the left and behind her. She grabbed a piece of paper and handed it to me. "Here you go dear."

"Thank You Ms. Willow."

"Oh call me Tracy. Have a good first day." She gave Shelby a little wave as she walked back out into the crowded halls of the high school. She looked at her schedule and saw she needed to get up to the third floor for her homeroom.

She found the stairs and made her way up. Trying not to bump into anyone along the way. She walked down the hallway reading room numbers till She located room 343. She walked in and found most of the seats were already filled.

She made her way to the back of the room to the only desk that looked open. She took a seat and put her bag down just as the bell rang. The teacher then entered the room.

"Alright settle down." He was a middle aged man nothing to special. His name was Mr. Allen. "Alright so welcome to your homeroom. Here we will meet everyday before you head to class to allow you to ask questions, listen to the announcements and work on some last minute homework."

Shelby could tell this teacher was respected because everyone was paying attention and was not raising hell.

"Alright let's everyone go around and introduce yourselves. We are going to be together all year so best if we know who everyone is."

He started at the front of the room and had everyone introduce themselves. There were these three guys sitting close to one another. It was their turn to introduce themselves.

"I'm Matt Casey." He was a tall blond and slight built.

"I'm Andy Darden." Another slight built with brown hair and a big goofy grin.

"I'm Kelly Severide." They must all work out together because he was also built, black hair, and the most amazing blue eyes she had ever seen. Shelby shook her head because the last thing she needed was to start having a crush on someone.

The rest of the room continued and then it was her turn. "Hey, I'm Shelby Jensen." Everyone was looking at her curiously. No one knew who she was.

Andy was the first to ask the question everyone wanted to ask. "You're new here right?"

"Yeah. I just moved here." Shelby caught Kelly looking at her and they locked eyes. God he was hot. But she was not here to get in a relationship. She probably only be here for the school year and then on to a new city.

Andy continued the conversation. "What brought you to the windy city of Chicago?"

"My fathers job. He's instructed at Fire academy's all across the US. He gets brought in when a City needs there program revamped and updated."

Kelly became curious when she mentioned the fire academy. "So your dads a firefighter?"

"Yeah he was. Now he just teaches the next generation." The bell sounded to signal for everyone to make there way to their next class.

Mr. Allen addressed the class. "Alright everyone. I'll see you tomorrow." Everyone got up and made their wall out of the room. Shelby headed towards her next class. Which was just down the hall.

She entered the classroom, the desk were set up in groups of four. She took a seat that had her name on the desk. Great this teacher assigns seats. Shelby looked at her schedule to see she was in Algebra 3 with Mr. Stewart.

All the other students started to file in. Kelly and Casey were also in this class. They were sitting at a group of desk on the other side of the classroom. Shelby was joined by 2 females and 1 male student.

The bell sounded and their teacher made his way into the classroom. He passed out his syllabus and started to go over it. Towards then end they were instructed to get to know their group since they would be sitting with them for this quarter.

"Hi my names Ashley." She had golden hair with green eyes. She looked to be a cheerleader

"Hi my names Scott." This kid is skinny. Dark black hair and blue eyes.

"Hi my names Angie." She had blonde colored hair. Her hair also had bits of blue through out and was in a pixie cut style.

"Hi My names Shelby." They were sizing her up. Trying to decide how she would fit in around the school.

The rest of class they just kind of sat and talked. First days were always slow.

Matt and Kelly were talking amongst themselves. "I wonder if her dad works with yours?"

"No clue. Benny never talks to me about that kind of stuff." Kelly was watching Shelby from across the room.

"Dude you better be careful. Ashley is watching you." Kelly just rolled his eyes and dismissed Matt's comment.

The bell rang and everyone headed to their next class.

It was finally the end of the school day. Shelby made her way outside and over to her car but then she heard her name.

"Shelby."

Shelby stopped and turned around to find that it was Kelly. "Uh Hi Kelly." She was so confused as to what he could want. They hadn't said two words to each since homeroom.

Kelly shoved his hands into his pockets. "Hey at the end of this week. We are having a bonfire to welcome in the new school year. It's usually a lot of fun and someone always brings some beers. You should join us."

"uh maybe. I'll have to check my schedule."

"Yeah totally understand. Just let me know and I'll get you the address." Kelly walked off to join Matt and Andy.

Shelby climbed into her car and started the engine and drove home. She made her way inside to be greeted by her teacup yorkie Max. "Max!" She picked up her dog and gave him snuggles.

She carried him into the kitchen where her father and mother were making dinner.

"Hey dear. How was your first day?"

"It was good mom." Shelby sat down on one of the barstools.

"Make any friends?"

"No not yet but it's only the first day." Her mom nodded and went back to making dinner. "Hey dad do we have any plans for Friday night?"

"Um no I don't think so. Why?"

"I got invited to a bonfire to celebrate the start of the school year."

"Sounds fun honey. Enjoy yourself."

"Thanks Daddy. I'm gonna go clean up before dinner." Shelby took off upstairs.

Next day

Shelby was walking into her math class. She put her stuff down and made her way over to Kelly.

"Hey Kelly."

Kelly looked up from his phone to see who had said his name. "Hey Shelby."

"So it looks like I'm free Friday."

"Awesome. Here put your number in and I'll text you the address." Shelby smiled and grabbed Kelly's phone and put her number in. She then handed it back to him.

"Thanks." Shelby smiled at him a little and then made her way back over to her desk. She sat down and caught the looks of her group. "What?"

Ashley rolled her eyes. "Typical Kelly."

Shelby raised her eyebrows "What do you mean?"

"He always goes after the new girls. He's a bit of a player so be careful."

Angie couldn't stand Ashley. "Oh shut up Ashley. Your just jealous because he broke up with you at the end of last school year." Ashley shot Angie the death glare. Angie smirked to herself and went back to reading.

The bell rang and their teacher made his way into the classroom to begin class.