went to the office to pick up my schedule and found my locker, then I went to my first class.

'Class,' said Mr. Doherty, 'we have a new student here in our class today. Her name is Rebecca.'

'I bet she looks like a man,' sniggered George to Foduck.

'George!' cried Emily.

'Oh, babe,' said George, 'I was joking.'

'Come on in, Rebecca,' said Mr. Doherty.

I walked in the door. The class gasped in awe.

I shook my blond hair out so that it was hanging in perfect curtains.

'Here is your textbook,' said Mr. Doherty, 'you may sit next to Foduck.'

I took my seat next to Foduck.

See, Foduck is one of the boys in the class. He's tall and muscular with blond hair and blue eyes.

'Hello,' I said as I sat down, 'I'm Rebecca.'

'George,' said the other muscle-bound blond boy.

'Emily,' said the skinny blond girl.

Foduck didn't say a word.

'This is Foduck,' said Emily, 'he looks smitten.'

I laughed.

'You should join us for lunch today,' said George, 'meet our other friends.'

'I'd love to,' I said.

'It's a date!' said Emily.

After class, it was time for English then lunch. Emily was in my class so she walked to the cafeteria with me. And, the other blond boy, George, met us outside the gym.

'Hey, cutie!' said George as Emily hugged him.

I was confused.

'Oh!' laughed Emily when she saw my face, 'you met George, but I forgot to tell you he's my boyfriend.'

'Ah,' I said, surprised.

George boomed with laughter.

'She found me hard to resist,' he said, ruffling Emily's hair, 'love at first sight.'

'Stop reminding me,' laughed Emily, fixing her hair.

George laughed.

'Let's go,' said Emily, taking George's hand, 'I'm starving.'

We walked over to the cafeteria. George and Emily talked to me.

'Foduck is normally serious,' said Emily, 'see, he's in training to be a fireman, so he's serious about safety.'

'You don't say,' I said.

'She says,' said George, 'he's never had a girlfriend. You might be his first by the way he was looking at you in English class.'

'Really?' I said, 'huh.'

We walked in and got our food and drinks. We sat down at a big table.

There were two other blond boys and two blond girls. The one had blue eyes and the other had green.

I sat down next to Foduck.

'Who's this?' asked the one girl.

'This is Rebecca,' said Emily, 'she's new here.'

'Oh,' said the one girl, 'I'm Carla. This is my boyfriend, Hank.'

The blue-eyed boy smiled at me.

'I'm Sigrid,' said the other girl, 'this is my boyfriend, Theodore.'

The other boy waved at me.

'So, Rebecca,' said Emily as George tried feeding her fries, 'what brings you here?'

'My dad's a doctor,' I said, 'he got a job offer here so we moved here. We lived in Calgary, and my family's German.'

'Explains your rack,' said George.

Emily smacked George on the chest.

'George and Emily get into arguments,' said Carla, 'but they always make up. Never serious arguments.'

'Even though,' said George, 'we have hot makeup sex after.'

'George!' said Emily.

'Sorry, babe,' said George, holding her close.

I laughed.

Foduck finally spoke. He had a very deep voice.

'I apologize for earlier,' he said, 'I'm Foduck.'

'Rebecca,' I said, smiling.

'That is such a pretty name,' said Sigrid as Theodore stroked her hair.

'I love my full name,' I said, 'Rebecca Jane Monaghan.'

'Jane,' said Hank, 'that's my Grandma's name.'

I laughed.

'Do you have any siblings, Rebecca?' asked Carla.

'A twin sister named Sara,' I said, 'and an older brother named Thomas.'

'That's cool,' said Carla.

'I love them,' I said, 'I always will.'

'We may as well say our full names,' said Emily, 'I think that would be cool.'

'Go for it,' I said, laughing.

'Emily Lisa Marie Ouellet,' said Emily.

'George David James Urban,' said George.

'Sigrid Isabella Hennigan,' said Sigrid.

'Theodore James Monaghan,' said Theodore.

'Carleigh Marie McKellen,' said Carla.

'Foduck James McKellen,' said Foduck.

'Hank Jesse Davies,' said Hank.

'Carla's Foduck's sister,' said Emily, 'we forgot to mention that.'

Foduck laughed a beautiful bass laugh.

I felt awkward at a table full of couples so I sat on Foduck's lap.

'This is new,' said George laughing.

'She probably felt awkward, George,' said Emily.

I felt Foduck wrap his arms around me. My stomach burst with butterflies.

The bell rang, it was time for gym class.

'Let's get going,' said Carla, 'looks like us girls have gym together.'

I got up and grabbed my bag.

'Here,' I said, handing Foduck a piece of paper, 'this is my house and cell number. Text me.'

Foduck smiled a brilliant smile.

'I shall,' he said.