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Anyway. Here's chapter 2.

-jo.

Chapter 2

I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. I threw it against the wall; it finally stopped beeping. Ugh! It just disrupted my dream, I was dreaming of the guy at the bookstore yesterday. I know, weird. 5 more minutes, I told myself. I fell asleep again.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Rose? It's been 5 minutes now get up before I wake you up like I did yesterday." Liss said threateningly. "And do you need a new alarm clock again? I don't even know why you need one, you just ignore it anyway and wait for me to come get you up."

I scrambled to my feet. "I'm up! I'm up!" Yesterday morning wasn't good. I ignored my alarm clock, again, and when Liss told me to get up, I didn't. She came into my room and poured a glass of cold water on my face; with ice! She chuckled outside my door, knowing how I hate waking up early in the morning let alone for school.

I took a quick shower and applied my signature make-up (black smokey-eye with silver shimmer, mascara that makes my eyelashes pop, liquid eyeliner and red lipgloss). I put on a pair of skinny jeans, a black shirt with spaghetti straps and I then put a white loose shirt on top of my black one. I put on my black, leather, knee-high boots. I brushed my hair, leaving it with enough volume so that's it's wavy but not messy, I applied a leave-on conditioner to make it look nice and shiny through-out the day. I then picked up my shoulder bag, tossed in my wallet and my cell phone inside the headed to the kitchen where breakfast will be waiting courtesy of Victor. Lissa was already there, eating toast.

"Good morning, sunshine!" Victor said as Lissa said, "Hey Rose."

"Morning, Vic. Hey Liss." I replied in my glum mood. I immediately cheered up as I helped myself to some pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries and bananas on the side. "Where's Natalie?" Natalie was Victor's daughter.

"She's not going to school today; she's sick." Victor answered.

"Oh, I hope she feels better soon." Victor's reply was a smile. Although I didn't like Natalie; she's always a third wheel between Lissa and I. But I liked how she was so innocent and sweet, almost child-like. And she was only a year younger than me, when I was her age no one dared call me innocent.

"Rose, we don't have second period today." Liss said.

"We don't? Why not?" I asked, my mouth full of pancakes.

"Rose, don't you ever listen in school?" I rolled my eyes, of course I don't. "Well, we have a senior's assembly. Something about how senior's year is very important and how to make the best of it."

"Sounds boring." My phone rand just then. It was Adrian.

"Hey babe. The guys and I are picking you and Lissa. We'll be there in a bit." He said.

"Okay." I shut the phone. Before I even explained what was going on to Lissa, a car honked in front of our house. I rolled my eyes, call me to pick us up when they were 30 seconds away.

We said our goodbyes to Victor as we exited the house and was greeted by Adrian's BMW convertible with the top down. Adrian was driving, Mason was sitting shot gun while Eddie sat at the back.

I pouted at Adrian, "You gonna make me sit at the back?"

"Of course not, my love." Adrian said, patting Mason on the back, "Move to the back, dude."

Mason feinted hurt, "What? Bros before Hos!"

"No, Rose before Bros." Adrian simply stated. Mase stepped out of the car and let me take his place.

"Cousin (Lissa), sit between Mase and Ed. That way both guys will protect you from whomever from the outside." Adrian said, sweetly.

Lissa rolled her eyes, "Geez, calm down Adrian. I'm not a princess or anything. Besides, it's Rose guys want." Lissa said. Now, I had to roll my eyes on that.

"Don't worry, cousin. My lady is safe with me." Said Adrian as he rested his arm on my shoulder.

We made little talk on the way to school, seeing as how we spent last night together. Within 10 minutes we were pulling up to the school's parking. Adrian, the gentleman that he was, opened my door for me while Eddie did the same to Lissa.

We went to our usual spot, under the tree in front of the school, while we waited for the bell, marking the first period, to go.

"So, Rose. Still thinking about that guy from the bookstore?" Lissa asked. The boys became curious.

"What guy?" All 3 boys asked.

"It's nobody. I saw a guy at the bookstore as we were leaving the mall yesterday and I thought he was cute." I answered nonchalantly.

"Oh, Rose. You break my heart." Adrian said, putting a hand over his heart. "No need to look for guys, I'm already here."

"So am I." Mase said.

"And I'm here to beat the crap out of the guys who'll hurt you." Eddie said, being protective like a brother like he always have.

I smiled, "Thanks, guys. It's really nothing. I mean, it's not like I'll see him again, anyway."

"You might," Lissa smiled, teasingly.

"Oh hush." I said, playfully.

The bell went and Lissa and I have math first thing. "Yay Math!" I said, sarcasm dripping in my words.

"Oh, it's not that bad. Besides, everybody tells you the answer anyway so you don't have to do anything." Mason said.

"True. Now come on, we'll walk you to class." Adrian said. He put his arm on my shoulder again and I let it stay there like I do everyday. Everybody knew Adrian and I acted like a couple and we look like a hot one in that case. We were both like the most-envied couples (not that we are, but just the way we acted). Every girl wants to be with Adrian, and every guy wants to be with me.

As we entered the hall way to our math class, I was greeted with a lot of "Hello, Rose." And "Good morning, Rose." I just smiled at them, not even knowing half of them. As we passed the principal's office, I thought I saw a guy with the same build and hair as the guy I saw last night. I might be imagining it though; we passed the office pretty quickly so my mind might be playing tricks on me. I shook the thought out of my head. Damn you, hot guy! Why are you on my mind?

Adrian, Mason and Eddie hugged Lissa and I as we parted ways. I sat down on my seat at the back of the class with Lissa seating by my right. I saw Ned trying to catch my eye.

"What's up?" I said.

He handed me 2 sheets or papers. I looked at them and saw that it was the assignment I asked him to do for Lissa and I and it was due today. I looked at him, smiled and mouthed, "thank you." He smiled back.

"Good morning, class. To start off, will you please pass the assignments to the person in front of you." Mr. Fletcher said.

I handed mine off and everyone did the same. He continued onto his lecture as I zoned out.

I kept thinking about the guy from the bookstore. I wonder what's his name is, it must be something special and complicated. Was he the same age as me? I doubt it, he was so tall! And I thought I was a guy with him. I guy with black hair and blue eyes, but I didn't pay that much attention to him. He wasn't my type; more like Lissa's. I couldn't get the tall guy out of my mind though, he was just so attractive. Gee, focus Rose! I scolded myself. I never let myself get worked up over some guy.

"Now, remember. This is due in 4 weeks. This is worth 30% so I suggest you work on it right away." Mr. Fletcher said.

The bell rang and Lissa and I stood up. We went our way to the gym where all the year assemblies are held. I saw 2 seats at the middle, we didn't want to sit out front because that way we couldn't talk, but the teachers won't allow us to sit out back so we usually sit in the middle. I sat beside with Adrian to my left, and Mason to the left of Adrian. Lissa sat on my right with Eddie on her right. I was in the middle, like usual.

The Principal Kirova stood out front, facing us. She started to talk.

"Welcome, year 12's. It is you senior year. The last of year of high school." She started,

"No shit, Sherlock." I muttered. The student around me chuckled. Kirova glared at me as she continued her speech.

"This is your last chance to make it right, and as for some people," She looked pointedly my way, "This is your last chance to change your attitude and pay more attention to your studies." I pfft at her.

"Through-out this year, there will be important events that you would have to attend. One of them is you ball. This will be held in about 4 months and it is you chance to loosen up and have fun. I just hope it's not too much fun." Students laughed. "There is also the inter-school gathering, where all the year 12's all over the state come together at a party to socialize. And lastly, there's graduation. This year will go by really quickly and before you know it, you will be given your diploma or not. But of course, before it all ends. There will be the final examinations. This examination is the hardest of them all and this will be the one that counts. There are tutors available so if you would like help, come see me whenever you want. Okay, okay. I'm done scaring you. Oh, and one more thing. We have 2 new students joining us this year. They are from Russia and I trust that you would welcome them and make them feel at home. Dimitri Belikov and Christian Ozera, would you please stand up?"

Two guys sitting at the front stood up and I gasped. Adrian, Mason, Eddie and Lissa turned to me while I kept my eyes locked at the guy in front. It was him. The tall guy, the guy from the book store. It was him. He's going to this school. They both turned around to face the student and his eyes landed on me. I looked away and turned to Lissa as they sat down.

"Alright. Now, you can go to first break." Kirova dismissed us. I, along with the gang, remained seated. And so did Dimitri and Christian.

"Rose? What's wrong?" Lissa asked me. All of their eyes filled with concerned.

"It's him." I said, "The guy from the bookstore, it's him." I jerked my head to Dimitri's way.

"Oh." Lissa said, with realization. "He is hot!" She giggled.

"Alright. If we're just going to talk about a guy that Rose finds hot, we're out. I have to go before I bash his head in." Adrian said.

"Oh come on, Adrian. Chill." I hugged him, "You're my number 1." I winked at him.

He wrapped his arms around me as we turned to leave. Dimitri and I, once again locked eyes. He eyed Adrian's arms around me and he looked away, shaking his head before saying something to Christian. Christian then looked at me then saw Lissa and his eyes widened. Yeah, him and Lissa would be great friends.

So, the guy I found cute at the bookstore, Dimitri, now goes to our school; my turf. This should be interesting.

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-jo.