The Jock And The Geek

Author's Note: It's surprising that so many people actually wanna read this story. I couldn't help but give you another chapter. Sorry for the late update. And sorry for not having a good chapter like the first one.

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns the host, that is all.

Chapter One- First Day

Melanie woke up at exactly six o'clock, preparing everyone's breakfast and lunch for school or work. Uncle Jeb wasn't a very skilled cook so he left the cooking to Wanda and Melanie. Wanda woke up after her early bird cousin. As she let the water dribble down her body, she hugged herself. Everything was going to change for her now. New school, new friends; if she even had the effort to making friends that is. She wanted to be alone for the whole school year. She wouldn't mind being called the new girl. But she knew Melanie would stick to her promise. She would stay close to Wanda, to protect her from harm's way.

As Jeb and Jamie went on their way to school and work, Melanie and Wanda were left in the house. They had at least a half an hour left until they had to go to school. Melanie took this time to talk to her cousin. Preparing her for the worst in highschool.

Melanie held Wanda's hand. "No matter what you do, don't trust anyone that I don't believe can be trusted." was the first thing Melanie said.

Wanda furrowed her eyebrows. "How come?" she asked.

Melanie sighed. "Because they might turn your back on you. If you make friends with the wrong crowd... let's just say it's not going to work out. This isn't Arizona anymore, Wanda. No one will be nice to you. Not even those who smile and say hi. They'll use you. Being the new kid, they'll do anything to embarrass you, just to show you that they are the superior ones."

Wanda let Melanie's words sink in. She had a theory on why her cousin was saying these things. "They did it to you, didn't they? A few years ago."

Melanie nodded, blinking back tears. "After my parents died, they didn't know my back story of why I moved. Lacey and Trudy, these snotty cheerleaders, they befriended me, the first day. And everything was fine, the first week. But when I spilled to them what happened to my parents, they turned their backs on me and told everyone that I was an orphan. That my parents killed themselves just so that they didn't have to live up to my crap anymore." Melanie shook her head. "I don't want that to ever happen to you, Wanda. I'm gonna do whatever it takes for you not feel the way I did."

Wanda gave her cousin a hug. "Mel, I'm so sorry about what happened to you." she cried.

Melanie smiled. "It's the past. Trudy and Lacey don't cross paths with me anymore. I proved them wrong." Melanie smirked, evilly.

Wanda creased her forehead, frowning as they went to Melanie's car. "What did you do?" she asked, knowing Melanie didn't give up without a little pay back.

Melanie's smirk grew wider as she started the engine, throwing her bag at the back seat. Wanda let her bag sit on her lap. "I blackmailed them." she shrugged and Wanda chuckled at her cousin, shaking her head.

When they arrived in school, Wanda crinkled her nose at the place. The environment around the school and the school itself lacked tidiness. There were rubbish around the parking lot and dead tree plants all over the place. Melanie saw her cousin's distressed face and sighed. "I know this isn't a school you normally go to so do your favorite cousin a favour and accept it as it is." Melanie said, draping an arm around Wanda's shoulders. Wanda sighed and nodded her head. They entered the school corridors where the lockers were and Melanie showed her the locker they were going to share since Wanda didn't reserve the locker at the start of the year. It was the middle of the year and every locker was occupied.

"Wanda, I just need to check something from the notice board, just go straight until you find locker 152. You know the combination code, right?" Melanie asked and Wanda nodded.

"See you in a bit?" she questioned and Melanie rolled her eyes.

"Give me two minutes, okay?" Melanie walked off to another corridor and Wanda sighed as she walked and looked through the numbers to the lockers. 149...150...151...152!

She walked in front of it and unlocked the locker by knowing Melanie's combination code. She put all her books in there except the ones she needed for her first two classes. She sighed as she saw the state of her cousin's messy locker. She shakes her head and tidies the small locker. Putting her pencils and stationary at the top shelf while putting her books in a neat pile next to hers.

"Hey!" an unfamiliar voice said as a tall blond jock had slammed into the locker next to Wanda. "You must be the new chick. Hi, my name's Jared." Wanda looked up at the jock and held her breath. He was the first ever guy who had been this close to her since her lab partner raped her. She gulped.

The other jock next to Jared spoke next. "Easy, Jared. Sorry about him. He's a weirdo. I'm Kyle." the dark haired, sapphire blue eyed jock introduced as he held out his hand to Wanda.

"I'm Wanda." she said, shyly as she took in his features. He was very good looking. She bit her lip even thinking of him like that.

"Get away from her!" Melanie said as she angrily pushed Jared and Kyle out of her way to her cousin.

Kyle smirked. "Woah, Melanie, easy! You might hurt someone."

Melanie sent daggers at Kyle and Jared. "Leave her alone, O'Shea." Melanie shielded Wanda. Wanda didn't know what was going on. Kyle raised his arms up and Jared chuckled.

"Come on, baby, don't be like this." Kyle said, sweetly. Melanie's face turned sour.

"Why don't you scram!" Wanda frowned at her cousin. She wasn't usually like this but she knew Melanie had a temper.

Jared scowled and leaned Melanie into the lockers and hovered her. "Now, Melanie, we were just being nice to your little friend. Come on, we don't wanna be the bullies here this year." Melanie smiled and Jared got the idea wrong that she was retreating. "That's a good girl."

Melanie frowned at him then she put her hands at the side of his head. Jared took this action as Melanie trying to kiss him and Melanie could see his smirk forming. Hah, you wish! She lunges her head to his in a head butt effect sort of way, making him groan as he stumbled backwards to the ground. Kyle helps him up as he stumbles and Melanie closes the locker before dragging Wanda to her first class.

Wanda didn't know what to think. Why had Melanie just head butted one of the guys that had been nice to her? "Mel, what was that for?" she asked, confused.

"Trust me when I say this, they are not good guys." Melanie said as she rounded a corner and led Wanda to a private room. "Did they hurt you?" she asked as she searches for any signs of hurt from Wanda.

"I'm fine. What was that all about Melanie? They were being nice." I told her and she scoffed and shook her head.

"No, they weren't. They were trying to get you in bed." Melanie said, looking angry. Wanda could see that she was in near tears.

"What?" Wanda asked and Melanie shook her head.

"Never mind." she said.

Wanda held onto her cousin. "Mel, who were they anyway?" she asked.

"Kyle O'Shea and Jared Howe." she said, her eyes sad. "Jared's the school's football quarter back while Kyle's the half back. They're jocks. Not to mention popular."

"So?" Wanda asked, still confused.

"All they care about is getting laid. I realized when me and Kyle dated that, that was his own intention." Melanie folded her arms, disappointed at herself.

Wanda's jaw dropped. "You guys dated?"

Melanie rolled her eyes. "I was being used, Wanda. So no, we didn't date. I was just a freaking rebound girl." she said, angrily.

"How about that Jared guy?" Wanda asked. Melanie bit her lip as she smiled slightly. Wanda gasped. "Oh my god! You like him!" Melanie nodded. "Mel... how? when? Why didn't you tell me."

"Okay, first, I've liked him since I moved here. That's all I'm gonna say." Melanie said, her smile getting the best of her. Wanda saw this as a bit suspicious. This is more than a crush, maybe... she's in love. The bell rang and students outside the private room were rushing to classes. "Let's go, we'll talk about this at home." Wanda nodded, following her cousin.

Wanda's POV

Unfortunately, we didn't have any classes together so I was on my own until lunch time. I had English first. My favourite subject. I walked to the classroom, as I saw the destructive chaos of my English room and classmates. I handed the slip to my new English teacher. My teacher introduced herself as Mrs. Leighton. She directed me to a seat next to a boy wearing crimson shirt and jeans. His head was down and he looked like he was sleeping. I made my way to my seat and didn't as much glance at the boy next to me. I unpacked my things and pulled out my english book. Someone tapped me on the shoulder and I looked at the boy who had been sitting next to me.

"Hi." He said and my eyes widened as he smiled at me. He was the boy that Melanie had dated. The boy that used her because she was the new girl. I gulped and shifted my seat away from him. He furrowed his eyebrows and I opened my English book and started copying what Mrs. Leighton had put on the board. I was so scared of him now. I heard him sigh as he started to copy down the notes too. I felt really cautious around him now. I wanted the class to end soon but we had only started classes.

I was starting to like Mrs. Leighton but she had assigned group work and I was forced to have Kyle for my partner. He seemed happy about it. We had to make a magazine out of anything in particular. Since I was into music, I suggested we do a music magazine and he only made his smile wider.

We got on just fine but didn't talk to each other. It was a very loud silence. An I knew he was wanting to talk to him so bad. He sighed. "Look, I don't know what's your problem but at least a hello back would be nice."

I glared at him darkly. "You used my cousin, Melanie, as your rebound girl. Do you actually think I'd be nice to you?" I asked, surprised that there was venom in my voice. Kyle looked taken aback but chuckled to himself, which made me really angry. I hate being angry. "What? What's so funny?"

"I never used Melanie as my rebound girl. Why would I need a rebound girl if I didn't have an ex-girl friend? Besides, I'm not that kind of guy. My brother is, though, he used Melanie. His name's Kyle." My eyes widened the second time.

"What?" I asked.

The boy that wasn't Kyle smirked. "I'm his little brother, Ian O'Shea, nice to meet you." he said as we shook hands.

"I'm so sorry. This is just embarrassing." I said, clutching my head and shook my head.

"No, it's fine. We get it all the time. Kyle's girlfriend, Jodi, used to think I was Kyle." Ian smiled.

"I'm Wanda Stryder." I introduced.

Ian nodded. "You're new. I've never seen you around before." I nodded. "Cool."

The bell rang and we were off to our next class. By lunch time, I had two classes with Ian; English and Chemistry. I had Biology and Maths with Kyle. But Ian was really great to be around. We talked about almost everything. What we liked to do and what we wanted to do after school. He was a football player but he was only put there because his brother was co-captain, meaning he didn't have to go to tryouts when they were looking for newbies. He wanted to be a famous musician. Something his brother didn't know because he was afraid of his brother and his friends calling him a wimp. He played guitar and he had already started with making a cd. I found him very interesting. He was nothing like his brother. I told him about being a journalist was my dream since I was a kid. I didn't like any sports but I used to play table tennis when I was younger. I ignored his question when he asked why I had moved here. It was all too much. We only met today but I wasn't ready to tell him my whole life story.

Then there was Kyle. He was the class clown in my Physics and Biology class. We were lab partners. And he had a thing for dissecting almost anything. He wasn't really the guy Melanie said he was. He was sweet and caring. He held my books for me on our way to Physics and he was really good at conversation. He mentioned that he was really sorry that he had used Melanie like that. He said she was a great girl and I agreed. She was. She was the best friend I ever had. I didn't know why I told him me and Melanie were just child hood best friends. We were cousins. Although I had to admit, me and Melanie were childhood best friends. I had told him that I had a job as a baby sitter and he asked if I could come by his place to look after his little sister sometimes and I agreed.

Me and Ian separated after Chemistry and I was on my way to me and Melanie's locker where she was waiting. She smiled at me. I smiled back but I was so hung up. I was crushing on both O'Shea brothers.

"How was your first few classes?" she asked.

"They were okay." I shrugged. I didn't want to tell her about Ian or Kyle yet because she might forbid me to even speak to them since she was over-protective of me. "It's very different from my old school. I mean, why are so many people rude to their teachers? And why do they misbehave so much? We were punished if we said one bad thing. Like if you stuck your tongue at a student then you were given a month of detention."

Melanie rolled her eyes. "This isn't Arizona, Wanda. All the teachers don't do that."

I shrugged. "It will take a lot of getting used to. And why is it that there are more cute boys in this school?" I asked and Melanie rolled her eyes again. "What?"

"What's his name?" she asked. I gulped.

"Uh..." I said, unsure if I should tell her about Ian or Kyle. "Kyle."

Melanie frowned. "Wanda, you stay the hell away from him."

I looked at her, pleadingly. "Please, Mel, just this once. I told you to look up to me but please." I asked.

Melanie sighed. "Fine. If he touches you then tell me, okay?"

I nodded and gave her a hug. "Thanks, Mel. Anyway, he asked me to come over his place so I can baby sit his little sister."

Melanie shook her head. "Just please be careful. I know him, Wanda. He'll hurt you." I nodded and we went to the lunch room to have something to eat.

My last class was Maths and Melanie's crush, Jared Howe was in my class. I sat at the back of the room, away from him but my teacher Mr. Wilson made him sit next to me. I cursed quietly. Jared had a huge smile on his face.

"Hey, there, Wanda." he greeted as he sat next to me.

I looked at him. "What do you want, Howe?" I asked, venom in my voice.

He was taken aback. "Woah, you sound a whole lot like Melanie." He said as he took out his books.

I shook my head and ignored him. "Hey, Wanda, is he bothering you?" someone asked. I looked up to see Ian. I nodded my head at him. Ian looked at Jared. "Jared, how many times do I have to tell you to back off a girl?"

Jared scoffed. "What, are you Melanie and Wanda's prince charming now, O'Shea." Jared said, sneering.

"Well, if I have to be, I will be." Ian said as he sat at my other side.

I furrowed my eyes. "Prince Charming?" I asked.

Ian shrugged. "Howe was bothering Melanie. I told him to back off."

I nodded. "Thank you." I told him and smiled.

"No problem." he said as he returned the gesture.

I guess first day of school wasn't that bad as Melanie said it was.