Chapter Two-

Walking into the classroom, I noticed a boy sitting in one of the desks by the windows, my favorite location, staring at me. Smiling slightly, I thought to myself; Don't have girls like me at Quincy High, huh?

When he saw that I caught him staring, he started to move, as if he was going to offer me his seat. Smiling I walked towards the kid. Maybe he's just a new student, not one of those Quincy High idiots.

As soon as I took a step towards him, a group of guys walked into the room yelling, "Hey! Aladdin! What's crackin' man?"

Glancing behind me to see who was yelling, I noticed that they were Quincy High idiots. Not the jock idiots, nor the kids that thought that they were just as good as Mason Prep students, no these idiots had to be the gang bangers. The ones that were seen doing drugs right outside of their campus, the ones that didn't know where to wear their pants at, walked with their hands holding their crotch, and walking like a fool. I looked back at the kid, wondering if he recognized them, and of course he did. I quickly walked past the idiot that I thought was a new student to a desk in the back of the classroom.


Seeing the girl notice him, Aladdin instantly starting getting up to offer her his chair. Of course as soon as she smiled and started walking towards him, his buds had to come into the room. The girl seemed to recognize the guys, and suddenly she had a disgusted look upon her face and walked straight past him to a desk in the back. Looking back to his friends Aladdin called, "Hey guys."

"Al! What's crackin'? Why are you here? Don't you know don't have school today?"

Aladdin sighed. "Yes I do, Mike. I'm in AP classes, remember? I still have school."

"No you don't." The one standing behind Mike's right shoulder said. "You don't have to be here fool. Just cause they say you need to be here doesn't mean you have to. Come on dude, let's burn some rubber and get out of here."

"Sorry guys, I can't." Aladdin said, noticing the girl was pretending to not pay attention, pretending to read her text book. "Look, Toby, if you wanna go fine, go. But I won't be going with you."

"School over the boys Al?" Mike asked menacingly. Aladdin stood his ground, "Yes Mike. Seeing as how I want to go to college and actually have a career that I can be proud of, I am going to put my education before hanging out with you guys, ok?"

The boys stood there staring dumbly at him. Sighing Aladdin said, "Look at it this way guys, when I have a good job with a good amount of money I can post your bail."

"Oh, that's a very good way to look at it Al." Mike said smiling sickly. "You better do good in school Al."

"I always do Mike." Aladdin said sitting back down in his chair. "I'll catch up with you guys later ok?"

"Bye Al! Have fun in school!" Toby said, walking out with the guys.


I had heard the guys' exchange, and was considering the possibility of giving the one called Aladdin a second chance. However, once I heard that he was going to use the money he earned from his job to post their bail, that possibility was gone. I didn't look at him again while his "friends" left. I could not comprehend why he would want to be friends with such idiots. Suddenly some on sat in the desk next to me. "I could not help but notice that you headed straight for the desk I was sitting in when you entered class. If that is your normal seat, I am sorry, I did not know. Please feel free to sit there if you like. I have no intentions of disrupting your education in any way."

I looked over at the boy. "What?"

"Oh I'm sorry, I forgot my manners. My name is Aladdin. As you probably heard, my friends like to call me Al. However, if you do end up speaking to me, please call me Aladdin. I really do like that name better than Al." he told me. Continuing to look at the boy, I asked in shock, "Ok Aladdin," putting emphasis on the name, "If you like Aladdin better why do you let them call you Al?"

"Well, I really don't have a choice. They call me what they like. They were really my brother's friends. Once he died they just suddenly became my friends." He said honestly. "Well, if you want the seat back go ahead and take it. I promise I won't sit there anymore. You have been eyeing since I've been sitting here."

I was shocked that he had noticed me eyeing the chair he had recently vacated. Eyeing Aladdin warily, I said, "No, but thanks, I'll sit here today. You intrigue me a little bit. You're not like Quincy High students."

Aladdin laughed. "Haha, oh no I am not like most of my classmates."

Aladdin smiled when he got the girl to say that he had intrigued her. Alt


hough he did not know her name, Aladdin was not about to press her for information, she would tell him when she was ready. Happy with the small accomplishment, Aladdin was prepared for the class to start.

A/N: THANK YOU so much for the reviews. They are greatly appreciated. Again I updated this so the flow of pov is easier to understand. I will be posting the next chapter by the end of the week. And I will try to post one every week. Again, the key word is try.