A/N: So I wanted to thank lilpeacefreak, salvatoreannabeth, and Goddess Of Night Eternal Faith for reviewing my last chapter! You guys are awesome! So this is the next chapter, sorry it took a couple days. Most people have a certain song that they listen to while writing, I just listen to what plays and end up putting some random song on repeat. They usually have nothing to do with the story though. I don't understand either. This chapter actually has to do with their school lives, and I just wanted to say, I'm in 9th grade and have them in 11th, so if something doesn't make sense or isn't right for an 11th grader I'm sorry. Anyways, onward with the story!

Disclaimer: see chapter 1


Mr. Copeland's 1st period English class..

"Good morning everyone and welcome to English 11 Honors. My name is Mr. Copeland, and I hope
everyone had a splendid summer break! Why don't we go around the room and introduce ourselves and tell what our favorite part of the summer was? Okay, uhh, let's start with you." Mr. Copeland said pointing to a random student.

"Uggh. My name is Nick Nemeth, and my favorite part of the summer was hangin' with my girlfriend." Nick said, getting aww's from most of the girls.

"My name is Justin Gabriel, and my favorite part of the summer was playing baseball." said Justin.

"My name is Aksana, and my favorite part of the summer was working as a lifeguard." Aksana said.

AJ stopped paying attention until her turn, knowing most of the people in class and not caring about the ones she didn't.

"My name is AJ Mendez, and my favorite part of the summer was hanging with all my friends." AJ said.

"My name is Phil Brooks, and my favorite part of the summer was moving here to Chicago." AJ turned her head at that and saw the guy from earlier, now known as Phil. She gasped when she realized it was him. Everyone in class turned to look at her. She ducked her head, not wanting people to see her blushing. Phil just chuckled to himself.

"Alright, I think that was everyone. I have some syllabus' for you to look over and get signed. Here take one and pass them back." Mr. Copeland said trying to steer class away from everyone staring at AJ. "Any questions?" Mr. Copeland asked after everyone had one and read it.

"Yeah, what is your cell phone policy?" John asked.

"I don't want to see them unless given permission. Kapeesh?" Mr. Copeland responded. Everybody nodded their heads in understanding. "Alright, there's the bell. Have a nice day everyone, see you tomorrow." Mr. Copeland said, everybody leaving for their next period.

Phil managed to put all his stuff away before AJ, so he went up to her.

"I don't think we've officially met yet, I'm Phil, Phil Brooks. and you're AJ right?" Phil said. He startled AJ and she jumped.

"H..Hi. Uhh, yeah, it's AJ. You're the new neighbor right?" AJ responded looking up at Phil.

"Yeah, I am. So, what is your next class? I have, uhh, Mr. Del Rio, Spanish II." Phil said looking at his schedule.

"Same here." AJ responded.

"Do you happen to know where the class is? I'm kinda new here in case you hadn't noticed." Phil replied, hoping to get to spend more time with AJ.

"Yeah I do, just follow me." AJ said.

"Okay, thanks. How many minutes do we have between class anyways?" Phil asked, them walking out the door to get to Spanish on time.

"Oh, we have 7 minutes." AJ replied, moving out of someone's way before she ran into them.

"You okay? And wow, at my old school we only had 4." Phil replied happy to have plenty of time.

"I'm fine, but dang! That's not a lot at all! How did you make it to class on time?" AJ asked.

"We didn't have a very big school. It was a very small town in New Jersey." Phil said.

"Oh, gotcha. Well here we are." AJ said. They walked in, greeted the teacher and took seats next to each other. Everybody else filed in and class started. Mr. Del Rio spent the period telling the class about himself and an overview of what they will be doing that school year. The bell rings and they leave. They don't have third period together, AJ having Biology while Phil had Chemistry. They meet up fourth period to head to Trigonometry together.

"Hey!" AJ greets Phil with a warm smile.

"Hey! How was science?" Phil asks, smiling back.

"It was okay. It will be better once we start getting into labs and stuff." AJ replied, 'it would have been better with you there' AJ thought. "How was your science class?"

"Exactly what you said." Phil replied, thinking the same thing as AJ. They head to Ms. Torres's fourth period Trigonometry, and get seats beside each other again. Ms. Torres has them introduce themselves after she introduced herself. The bells rings and AJ and Phil head to their fifth period art class. They have this class with Brie, Nikki, Aria, and Kaitlyn.

"So, we are in this class for an hour and 5 minutes every day because it's the lunch period." AJ tells Phil as they walk into Mr. Hardy's class.

"Really? Wow." Phil says.

"Yeah, and we have this class with all my friends too so that's a plus." AJ replies taking a seat at a table they could all fit at. The Bella's walk in the door and spot AJ sitting with the new kid and share a look. AJ sees them and waves them over.

"Hey guys! Come sit with us. Aria and Kaitlyn should be here soon. Oh, and this is Phil, he's the new neighbor." AJ says pointing at Phil.

"Hi, I'm Nikki and this is my sister Brie." Nikki says to Phil. The shake hands and sit down. Kaitlyn and Aria come in the door. They go and sit with AJ, Phil, and the Bella's.

"Hey guys! Hey Phil!" Kaitlyn says sitting down.

"Hey! How do you know Phil?" AJ asked looking from Phil to Kaitlyn and back to Phil, confused.

"Oh, we have Chemistry together, we met there." Kaitlyn replied earning 'oh's' from her friends. "Yep."

"Good morning everyone! I hope your morning has been good so far. My name is Mr. Hardy, but you can call me Matt if you want. So we're in here for an hour or so, and I like to use the class period up until the seven minute warning bell. After that you can do what you want for those seven minutes until it's time for lunch. If you want we can go ahead and start a little project due let's say, uhh, Thursday." Mr. Hardy said after walking in. Everybody liked the idea. "Okay good. Let's get started." Mr. Hardy said. The rest of the period was spent working on their projects. "Okay, there's the warning bell. Everybody clean up and have a good lunch and last two periods." Mr. Hardy said after the bell rang.

"Alright, you guys ready to head to lunch?" AJ asks after the final bell rings.

"Yeah, I'm ready if y'all are." Aria replies.

"Alright, let's go!" AJ says. They head to lunch and see an empty table. "Hey guys! An empty table!" AJ says when they walk in.

"So, what's for lunch today anyways?" Phil asks after they are seated. Phil is sitting beside AJ who is sitting beside Aria, and the Bella's and Kaitlyn are on the other side. "I'm really hungry!"

"Umm, corn dog I think. I might just get a salad though." AJ replies not liking the idea of a school corn dog.

"Actually, a salad sounds really good right now!" Nikki says getting 'oh yeah's' from the rest of the group.

"Not me. I'm gonna get a corn dog. Meet ya' back here soon." Phil says. He leaves to go get his lunch and AJ watches him walk away.

"AJ." "AJ!" "AJ?! Come on!" Aria says trying to get her attention.

"What? Oh, right, salad." AJ says. She sees all her friends staring at her with the same look on their faces. "What? I didn't do anything."

"Girl, how many times are you gonna stare at him today? Jeez! That's the third time we've had to get your attention back from him." Nikki scolds her.

"I do not stare at him." AJ says in denial that she's probably falling for Phil.

"Yes you are. You have been all morning. You got it that bad already?" Brie asks AJ.

"I don't have anything guys. And even if I did he probably doesn't like me anyway."AJ says still in denial.

"April! The boy is just as infatuated with you as you are him! Get that through your thick skull!" Kaitlyn all but screams at AJ. They don't understand why she is being so hard-headed about this. They know he likes him, and he likes her. Don't they see it too?

"Whatever! Just shut up because here he comes." AJ says back to them. She smiles upon seeing Phil. "Hey!" AJ says earning looks from her friends.

"Hey!" Phil replies with a head nod and a smile of his own. "Did I miss anything?"

"No, you didn't. We were about to head over and get our lunches but wanted to wait until you got back to save the table." AJ says before anyone can tell Phil what they were just talking about.

"Okay, I'll be right here. Don't take too long!" Phil replies with a smile.

"We won't! Be right back!" AJ says. Her, Brie, Nikki, Aria, and Kaitlyn head over to get their lunches. While Phil is sitting at the table he sees a group of guys walk into the cafeteria. One he recognizes from English class as John Cena. The other two he doesn't recognize, one having long two-toned hair kind of like Kaitlyn's but not and the other a guy around the same height as the two-toned man but with shorter dirty-blonde hair. The girls walk over at that moment, and as they are setting their trays down they notice the boys. Kaitlyn, Nikki, and Aria run over to them and have them come sit with them.

"Oh, Phil, this is John Cena, Nikki's boyfriend. We have English with him. This is Seth Rollins, Kaitlyn's boyfriend. And last this is Dean Ambrose, Aria's boyfriend." AJ said pointing to all three men. They all exchanged 'hello's' before AJ spoke up again. "Where are Daniel and Roman?"

"Oh, they had to stay after class, they got in trouble." Seth said. "Guys, wanna get lunch?" Seth asked earning nods from the other two. "Alright, be right back."

"Who are Daniel and Roman?" Phil asked as John, Seth, and Dean walked away.

"Daniel is my boyfriend and Roman is Dean and Seth's best friend." Brie replied. "Actually, here they come now." Phil looked and saw a tall dark-skinned man with long black hair and a nicely trimmed beard walking with a guy who was shorter than him who looked like he hadn't shaved or gotten his hair cut in over a year.

"Hey babe. Who's he?" Daniel asked after he and Roman had gotten their lunches and sat down. At this point Dean, Seth, and John were back and sitting beside their respective girlfriends.

"Hey! This is Phil. He just moved in next door to us." Brie said. Daniel and Phil greeted each other. The rest of lunch they shared small talk. 'He fits in the group so well' AJ thought to herself. She felt so at ease with him. Her home life a distant memory around Phil. After lunch AJ and Phil had World History II together sixth period and marketing seventh.

"Hey AJ, did you want a ride back home?" Phil asked after they school was over.

"Umm, I guess, why not. Just let me go tell Nikki and Brie." AJ said as she ran to go catch the Bella's. "Hey guys, Phil offered me a ride home so you're going to have to walk by yourselves. I'll call you later, alright?" AJ said to Brie and Nikki when she finally caught up with them.

"Yeah, have fun. Oh, and don't forget to use protection!" Nikki teased.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny." AJ said not finding it funny in the least. "I gotta go. Bye."

"Bye." Nikki and Brie said in unison. AJ leaves to go meet back up with Phil. When she gets to his car he smiles upon seeing her.

"Hey again!" Phil says after she walks up to him.

"Hey!" AJ replies a matching smile playing on her featuers.

"Ready to go?' Phil asks unlocking his car.

"Yeah, let's go!" AJ says getting in the passenger seat. "Let's play a game. I'll ask you a question and we'll both answer, that way we can get to know each other better." AJ says once they are in the car and out of the parking lot.

"Alright. Go ahead. Ask away." Phil said liking the idea.

"Okay, first question

To Be Continued...


A/N: And there is chapter 2! Again, sorry about the wait. I'm already working on the next chapter, so hopefully I will be able to get it typed up and uploaded faster than this one.

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