CHAPTER 2: First Day of School (Part 2)

The tardy bell wrung and I took my seat in the class, looking around at everyone. I recognized a few people from the previous two year's classes. I had never really talked to them before though. As the teacher walked to the front of the class, someone took a seat next to me.

"Can I sit here?" a male voice asked.

"Sure" I replied in a bored tone. It wasn't his fault, Algebra had just always bored me.

"So what's your name?" the mysterious boy asked. I decided I should look up at him now.

"I'm Demi. Demi Lovato. What about you?" I looked at the boy. He seemed to be a senior. Wait, he looked familiar. Oh my gosh! He's one of

Sterling's friends!

"I'm Taylor Lautner. I'm a senior here." Trust me, I know.

"Oh cool. I'm a junior." This was going to be interesting. Maybe I could find out more about Sterling through him.

"Cool," he said, "So what-"

"Mr. Lautner! I'm sorry. Am I interrupting your flirting time with Miss Lovato there? Or may I continue?" The teacher yelled out, causing me to blush a bright shade of red.

"Sorry sir. Won't happen again." He looked at me at smiled then looked back at the teacher. What was that about? He was not flirting with! Right? Ugh! You know what? No, he wasn't. He was just being nice. Yup, that's what I'm going with.

After a few long, dull minutes of class, the bell finally wrung to free me of my boredom.

"See ya tomorrow Demi."

"Bye Taylor" I replied as I walked out of class with him. I walked to my locker where Miley was staring at me. I walked up to her and gave her a confused face.

"Who was that hottie you were with?"

"That's Taylor Lautner. He's a senior in my class"

"You like him?" Well she got straight to the point, didn't she?

"Na, you can have him."

"Oh, I will." We started laughing and talking about our day so far. She had Piano with me next so we walked to the class at the back of the school together. It was all the way on the opposite side of campus, and on the way we met up with Meaghan and Nick. They also had piano, so we walked the rest of the way, making it in the class just before the tardy bell had wrung.

"Hey Miley, maybe next time we should just talk on the way and not at the lockers" I told her laughing.

"Ya, good idea" she laughed back.

Me and Miley already met the teacher in choir because it was the same teacher. It was also the same curriculum we would be doing, so we just got to talk the whole time. And guess wat she wanted to talk about.

"So that Taylor guy…What's he like?" she inquired. Gee, how did I know he would be the topic of her choice? Note the sarcasm.

"I don't know. We barely talked before the teacher totally flipped out."

"Aw, that sucks…So what did you talk about?"

"Excuse me girls, can you keep it down a little?" the teacher asked.

"Sorry. We will" I apologized.

"Anyways, what did you guys talk about?"

"Our names and grade."

"Seriously? Like, that's it? Nothing else?"

"Nope"

"Not at all?"

"No Milez. That was it. The teacher heard us talkin' and freaked on us. We were quiet the rest of the class."

"Wowww…Well at least I know I have no competition right?" We laughed, but quietly so we wouldn't get yelled at by the teacher. Then the bell wrung for class to be over and lunch to begin.

Miley, Nick, Meaghan, and I all walked out of class towards the cafeteria. "Demi! Nick! Guys over here!" we heard Selena yelling out. We spotted her in the quad with most of our group.

"Hey did you see A.J., Skyler or Aaryn yet?" I asked them.

Grady was the one to answer. "Ya, they were asked to stay after class. Teacher got mad at them for talking the whole class. She never caught me though." He was smirking at his "sneakiness".

"Ooh Demi, looks like you weren't the only trouble-maker today" Miley interjected. We started laughing and she told the girls about Taylor. I zoned out during the conversation and found Sterling.

"DEMI! You're zoning again." A.J. said.

"Oops, sorry. Oh hey you were released out of prison?" I joked with her.

"Haha, ya the prison guard women was a dragon. She had a lot of steam to blow." Everyone started laughing at that joke. I glanced back over to where Sterling and his friends were sitting at.

"Oh my GOSH! Look it's Taylor!" Miley screamed out.

"Uhm…Ya Miley…I've been here the whole time…" Taylor's (our Taylor's) face was priceless. She looked at Miley like she had lost her mind.

"Not you, Taylor. I meant Taylor Lautner. He's a TOTAL hottie!" Miley said while Tay's face went back to normal and she carried on her conversation with Allison. "Oh great." Miley complained.

"What's wrong?" Tiffany asked.

"He's hanging out with Sterling Knight. Ugh."

"See Selena? Miley is totally crushing on that guy and she just lost some interest in him because he's just hanging out with Sterling. How do you think they would react when they find out I like him." I whispered.

"It wouldn't last after their shock" She whispered back.

Everyone mingled the rest of the lunch. Nick and Selena flirted most of the time. You know, the normal. It was the first day and we were already use to the schedule.

The bell wrung for our next class, which for Peggy, Emily, Grady, and me, was Physics. Ugh. That's even worse than Algebra, but hey, at least I had friends this period.

The class passed uneventful. And Next was P.E. Today we would just be getting our uniforms and then sitting in the gym with the rest of the P.E. classes hanging out. I ended up having P.E. with Selena, Ella, Skyler, and Taylor. We had fun sitting in there talking. That is, until I noticed who was in the other P.E. class. Sterling Knight. And Taylor Lautner and Ferguson. Oh. Joy. NOT!

The one class I didn't want with him was P.E. I mean technically he's not in my class, but the two classes do P.E. together, so he kinda is in my class. This is SO not good.

"Selena do you see who's over there?" I asked.

"Oh yeah. HEY FERGUSON! Over here!" She yelled out, turning all their heads, including Sterling's. He looked straight at me, then nodded. I smiled back then looked to Selena, trying (and failing) to play cool. I was blushing. Why? I mean all he did was nod at me. OMG! Sterling Knight nodded at me!

Chill out Demi. Breathe in…and out…in…out…ok.

"Wow, Demi, why are you blushing so much?" Taylor asked. Crap!

"Uhm…I-I…uh" I couldn't speak. I was freaking out. What am I going to tell her?

"Come on, Demz. Tell me. I won't tell anyone, I swear" she pleaded.

"Alright…fine. But please don't get mad at me when I tell you."

"I promise. Now what's up?"

I took a deep breathe. "Okay. I like Sterling. A lot actually." I was so scared of what her reaction would be. I hope she wouldn't freak out and tell everyone. But on the inside I knew that she was a great friend and could be trusted.

"OMG! Really? That's so cool! You should have told me before!"

"Wait, what? Your not mad at all? I thought you guys hated him?"

"First of all, I never personally said anything bad about him. Second,

we didn't really hate him, we just didn't like him that much 'cus he we thought he was a jerk to you. We thought YOU hated him" Taylor explained to me.

"I told you they wouldn't freak out on you Demi" Selena said.

"I'm still scared to tell the others though," I confessed, "what if they take it differently. They might actually hate him." when I said that, Taylor and Selena started whispering to each other. You know that's a bad sign, especially because when they stopped, they were both smirking at me.

"Oh gosh, what now?" I asked, a little freaked out and worried.

"We have decided" began Selena.

"To give you until after school tomorrow" Taylor interjected.

"To tell our friends about Sterling" Selena finished. Or so I thought.

"Oh yeah, and if you don't, we will" Taylor added, flashing me a beaming smile, as did Selena next to her. Tomorrow would not be a good day.

The bell wrung for the next class to start, which was Spanish for me. When I got into the room, I saw Allison, Aaryn, and Ferguson. Ferguson said we should just walk to Spanish together after P.E. Oh crap! What if Ferguson told Sterling I liked him during P.E.? No, Ferguson wouldn't do that…right?

After School, I walked home with Selena; she talked about things her and Nick talked about and did the entire walk home. Before she parted across the street to her house she reminded me,

"Don't forget, you only have until the end of tomorrow to tell them. Bye!"

Darn! I was using every inch of hope I could get that the whole Nick thing would make her forget. Guess not.

I walked inside and trudged up the stairs to my room. My mom was still at work so I was home alone. I signed all the school papers the teachers had given us today and then jumped onto my bed. "Maybe sleeping would calm me down" I thought.

All I know is that tomorrow would sure be one interesting day at school. And it would only be the second day.

What will Demi do? Will she muster up the guts to tell them, or will Selena and Taylor have to tell them? How will her friends react? Will Ferguson tell? And what about Taylor L? Does he like Demi? Does Miley still like him? And where were Kevin and Brandi during school? The answers soon to come in episode three of My High School Life.

Thanks for reading! Plz review and tell me what u think. Any advice? Luv u all!

~Miranda