Hmm, it's a nice day out. Maybe I'll go skating with Haley and Jenna later. I said to myself. Haley and Jenna are my best friends, I've known them since we were all about five months old. Now we're thirteen. My name is Samantha Angela Manson. Call me Sam. Please. Don't call me Samantha. I'll kill you if you do.

It was Monday afternoon, the three of us are walking to school, talking about random things, and we see a moving van pulled up next to the old Johnson's place. There's a heavy man and a tiny woman carrying boxes into the house. There's also an older girl with red hair jabbering on her cell phone next to the house. And then we spot a kid, about our age, sitting on the front steps. He has raven-black hair, like mine, and lake-blue eyes. He was gorgeous. I was reluctant at first, but we go over to say hi.

"Hey. You must be new around here. I'm Jennifer," Jenna says to the boy.

He stands up. "I'm Danny. Nice to meet you Jennifer." the boy replies

"Please, call me Jenna."

"Alright." He shrugs.

"Oh! I'm Haley. And this is Sam." She points to me. I waves nervously.

"Nice to meet you all."

"So, where are y'all from?" Jenna says in her southern accent. She lived in Texas for about a year.

"We're from New York."

"Wow. How'd you end up here in Colorado?" I ask

"My mom got transferred."

"Ah." I reply.

"What school are you going to, Danny?" Haley says, in her flirty voice. She only uses it to hit on cute boys.

"Um, I think it's called Jefferson Middle School?" he says, stuttering.

"Oh! We go there!" I announce.

"Really? Wow, then I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow."

"We'll see you there. Bye!" Jenna says to him.

We walk away, talking about how cute Danny was.

After the bell rings right before lunch, our teacher, Mrs. Gray tells us that we have a new student joining our class. Daniel Fenton was his name. It couldn't be the same guy. Well, it could be. I grabbed my messenger bag and my books. When I got into the hallway, I saw Danny again. I waved. He waved back. I ran over to him.

"Hey!"

"Hey, Sam."

"What are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming until tomorrow."

"I decided to check out the school."

"Oh, cool. You staying for lunch?"

"Sure, I guess."

"Great! I'll save you a seat."

And like that I'm off to my locker. I quickly unlock it, throw my things in and run to the cafeteria, where Jenna and Haley are sitting at our table. They wave to me. When I sit down, I tell them that Danny is here and he's gonna be eating lunch with us. Their mouths are open in awe. They couldn't believe he was here.

When I saw Danny, I motioned to him to sit next to me. He walked over with his tray and sat down.

"Hey, guys."

"Hey, Danny." We said in unison

He started picking at his salad.

"S-so, how do you like the school so far?" Haley asks

"It's alright."

"Oh, cool."

None of us had anything else to say. So, we ate our lunches in silence. I expected more talking out of Danny. He seemed like that kind of guy.