LEIA'S POV:
I had the strangest dream last night after dinner at John's. We were on earth and that new kid Rich tried to kill Stanley but killed Cole instead. Then Marina took Riches eye out with her ice legacy. I woke up crying. It was so weird. I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. Oh well, I've got bigger problems right now then weird dreams. Like how I'm going to avoid John all day at school and at Cole's party. I contemplate faking a cold, but my granddad will be able to see through it. I pull on my school uniform and head out the door. I grab breakfast at the cafeteria and eat it on my way to homeroom. Bryce is waiting outside of the classroom. I try to walk past him but he puts his arm out to stop me.
"We need to talk," He says, "I don't know what happened to us. I don't. The whole thing with Kim was a mistake. I don't love her. I love you. Please give me another chance."
I don't want to say yes. I want to say that I don't care about him, that I never really did. But then I think about John and how he ran away and is avoiding me. At least Bryce is trying to fix what happened to us.
"Ok," I say, "we can try again."
He grins and kisses me on the cheek, then heads to his class. I hate myself for getting back together, but at least he cares about me, unlike John.
BRYCE'ES POV:
Leia's an idiot. I give I small speech about me messing up and missing her (not true at all) and she comes back into my hand. I didn't think it would be this easy. Fire boy must have made her really mad. It's clear as day that she loves him. Now she hates him and he hates himself. I wouldn't be surprised if his grades started to slip, which would put me in first place. I'm sick of being second in everything to that stupid, love sick, idiot. I'm even second to him in my girlfriend's eyes. I thought that beating I gave him last year would convince him to back of my girl but he was too blind to get the message. I guess I'll have to teach him another lesson tonight.
JOHNS POV:
I'm sitting in earth history class and I can't focuses on anything. Earth history is my favorite class and all I can't think about is Leia. I need to get over her. After class I head outside instead of meeting Stanley, Cole, Marina, and Ella for lunch. I just can't deal with people right now. I need some time to clear my head. I start heading over to the track. Maybe a run will help get Leia out of my head. I see two people making out be the track. I'm about to yell at them to get off the track, but then I realize who it is. It's Bryce and Leia. My heart falls. I guess I missed the memo that they were back together. I turn around and run to the gym. I slam the down to the legacies room. I light my hands up and start throwing huge fire balls at the walls. Once I've calmed down I go in to the locker room and put on my extra uniform. Burnt cloths are not a good look.
On my way to chemistry I see Stanley talking with Ella. She's laughing at something he said.
Good for him, I think. If I can't have a happy relationship, at least he can. I sit down next to Marian. She looks at me for a long time then she says,
"Do you hate Leia?"
I stare blankly at her. What should I say? Should I lie and say yes? Or should I act like I don't know what she's talking about? Either way, she'll be able to see through me. Sometimes I think she can read minds.
"Well? Do you?"
"No," I say, "it's complicated." Because it's true, I don't hate her at all, quite the opposite actually, but I do need to avoid her for the time being. I wish I could talk to Marina about Bryce. She always seems to have an answer to everything. But then she would make me tell someone, or worse, she'd tell Leia. I can't let that happen.
She doesn't look satisfied with my answer, but she can tell that I'm not going to say anything so she opens up her notebook and starts reviewing her notes.
After school I go home and sleep until the party. Around 7:30 I get up and shower. Gram and Gramps are out tonight so it's just me in the house. I put on some jeans and a faded, dark purple tee shirt. Its 8:00 when I head out the door. I drive over to Coles and I can hear the party from a block away. He lives in a pretty secluded area, so no neighbors will complain of noise so we had a lot of parties at his house. This one is celebrating us winning the hockey season finale.
I see Rich standing outside of the house. I forgot that I had to deal with him tonight as well as avoiding Leia. I get out of my truck and walk over to Rich.
"What's up man?" I say, "You don't look too thrilled to be here."
"I don't usually go to things like this." He mumbles.
"You'll have fun, I promise."
"I highly doubt that I'll have fun tonight. I don't consider it fun to have people laughing at me behind my back." Wow. This guy is just a bundle of fun. I wonder why he never gets invited to many parties.
We go inside and the party is already in full swing. I see Cole and Stanley talking with some freshmen girls. They seem to be in awe of the boys. I walk over to them, making sure Rich is behind me.
"Hey guys, how's it going?" I say to Stanley and Cole.
"Nothing much man." Cole says.
The girls are staring at me. I smile at them and they giggle to each other and hurry away. Weird. I see Bryce and Leia enter the room. Leia looks at me and frowns. She pulls Bryce over to where Marina and Ella are sitting with a few other people. Bryce glances at me and winks. I feel my hands heat up and I clench them into fists. I hate him with every bone in my body. Someday, I'm going to show him how much I hate him.