Chapter 3:

Styles High

On the morning Todd was going to a "regular" high school, one of the maids came in and woke him up earlier than he would have liked to be woken up and was commanded to get dressed. He didn't appreciate that; he didn't like commands unless he was the one giving them.

He went downstairs for breakfast and ordered Adele around again and she grudgingly obeyed. The only reason he was doing this was to lift his bad mood but it didn't do much. He didn't really want constant refills on his orange juice or for her to change the radio stations, or the China closet moved around the room.

Yolanda came into the room. "Joseph is taking you to school, he's outside. Hurry up or you'll be late."

Todd just rolled his eyes. He'd hardly spoken to his parents since they told him the news. They must have thought of this well in advance because only a few days ago a load of textbooks, school supplies, and even a new backpack had appeared in his bedroom (which he'd promptly stuffed in the closet until last night).

He got his things and left the house and slammed the front door without a word to anyone. The world was out to get him; no one deserved a kind word from him although it wasn't like they ever got one in the first place. Joseph was outside and he opened Todd's door for him.

"Good morning Mr. Ryan," Joseph said carefully noticing the angry look on his face.

Todd glared at him. "It's not a good morning, Joe. Any day I'm being forced to go to a damn high school is not a good morning." He got in the backseat of the limo and Joseph closed the door. "There had better be hot chicks at this place," he mumbled to himself.

Styles High was a big high school in California. It was the first day of school for the year. New freshman were entering, and others were catching up with old friends. But everyone was talking about something new this year. Word had gotten out that Todd Ryan was going to be attending their school and an excited buzz had fallen over the school.

Fianna was standing outside talking to her best friend Sharidan.

"I live the highlights girl," Sharidan said examining the blonde highlights in Fianna's light brown hair.

"Thanks girl," Fianna said. "I just got them yesterday."

Their other best friend Megan came over to them. She was wearing blue heels and a short skirt which made her legs look long, and her wavy reddish brown hair was in a messy up-do that looked gorgeous on her.

"Guess what you guys!" she exclaimed.

"What?" Sharidan asked.

"Todd Ryan is coming to our school!"

Sharidan's eyes got wide. "The Todd Ryan? From McRyan High?"

Megan nodded. "Yes."

"Why is he coming here?" Fianna asked.

"He's going to be a student here. Isn't it great? Seeing Todd Ryan everyday, sitting in class with him, walking on the same floor as him and breathing the same air as him," Megan said happily.

Sharidan fluffed her thick black hair. "Why didn't you tell me this earlier Cloe? I so don't look good enough to meet a celebrity." She pulled a mirror out of her purse. "By the end of the week he's gonna ask me to be his girlfriend."

Megan scoffed. "Are you kidding me? He's going to ask me! I totally have celebrity girlfriend potential. He'll take me to all these fancy parties and introduce me to all his famous friends. He knows Ashton Kutcher doesn't he?"

"I'm sure he knows everyone. Beyonce, Chris Brown, Brad Pitt, he'll introduce me to everyone," Sharidan said. They both noticed Fianna wasn't saying anything. "Why are you so quiet Fianna?"

"Yeah, aren't you excited about meeting Todd Ryan?" Megan asked.

Fianna shook her head and her friends gasped. "And why should I be? He's a human being just like the rest of us the only difference is he's got his own show and he's been in a few movies."

"But…but Fianna, this is Todd Ryan," Megan said not understanding why Fianna wasn't excited.

Fianna shrugged. "I'm just not that interested in Todd Ryan." She never did obsess over celebrities. She'd met celebrities before; she'd met Jesse McCartney and Weird Al. It was cool but she wasn't all star struck or anything. She saw them as regular people and she would not stoop so low to get down on the ground and kiss Todd's feet and beg him to go out with her like all of these other girls seemed ready to do.

A black limousine pulled up to the school and everyone stopped what they were doing to watch him get out. Todd looked out the window. He definitely wasn't looking forward to this. "Joseph, get my door," he commanded. He'd been mentally preparing himself for this hell he was about to face all morning and now the time was here. The put on his expensive sunglasses and Joseph came around to open his door.

When he got out he felt like he was at the Grammy's again stepping onto the red carpet. People started talking, some cheered, some girls fainted. He examined the girls to see if he'd be satisfied around here. There was Yasmin standing over by her friends, the gorgeous Puerto Rican beauty who had been dubbed the prettiest girl in the school. Next to her was Jade, the pretty Asian girl with blue streaks in her hair, six earring holes, and strikingly hot clothes. The twins Tess and Nona were not far from him checking him out. They both had brown hair (Nona's swooped over her right eye) and their perfectly glossed mouths moved as they talked about him.

He smirked to himself. At least he got one thing right, this school did not disappoint when it came to beautiful girls.

Suddenly he was swarmed by people.

"Omg Todd Ryan!"

"So you're going to this school for real?"

"Can I have your autograph?"

"Will you go out with me?"

He smirked. He loved being surrounded by adoring fans. It made him feel more important than everyone else. He'd known he would immediately be the most popular guy in school but he had downplayed it convincing himself that this would be the worst day of his life. His spirits were lifted a little bit. If this is how people would react to him all day he might actually enjoy himself.

After fighting his way through ravenous fans and signing autographs, he went to his homeroom in room 207. The bell had rung already but he took his sweet time getting there, what was the rush?

When he went inside everyone stared as the door opened. "'Sup teach," he said to the teacher, Mr. West.

"Mr. Ryan, you're late."

Todd looked at him for a moment then shrugged. "Okay, so? Your point?"

"Be here before the bell rings," Mr. West said.

Todd put his hands in his pockets. "Alright Mr. um…"

"West," Ethan whispered to him.

Todd nodded. "Right, Mr. West, it's not my fault alright? Some of us are famous and get stopped often, and what's the rush anyway? I can listen to the announcements on the way here. What are you gonna do about it?"

Everyone looked at Mr. West waiting to see what he'd do. He was a pretty strict teacher; he was a bit nicer to his homeroom but not much. "You'll have a detention that's what I'll do about it."

Todd chuckled. "You can't give me a detention."

"I can and I will," Mr. West said frustrated with Todd's attitude.

Todd shrugged. "Whatever. Since you're so hung up about it, I'll go sit down. Good enough for you? Cool." He went over to Mr. West's desk, pulled out a pen with "McRyan High" and his picture on it and signed a random sheet of paper (which happened to be the attendance sheet). He slid it over to Mr. West. "Enjoy." Then he took an empty seat next to Ethan who gave him a nod of approval and admiration. He noticed many other students looking at him in admiration as well.

His first class of the day was English. He went upstairs and was once again stopped by many people (not that he minded). He ended up there on time but the class wasn't very far away from his homeroom.

When he got inside he took a seat and student's crowded around him.

"So Todd, how long are you going to be coming here?" Tess asked.

"Hopefully not long, I still have a show to do," he replied. He pulled a pack of his favorite mint gum out of his pocket and popped it into his mouth. He chewed the stuff all the time. A few times he'd even gotten away with chewing it on the set. How else can a guy have breath as fresh as his?

"Can I have some?" Dylan asked. Having breath that smelled like Todd Ryan's might be the key to getting more girls.

Todd handed him a piece and passed the rest of it out. Those who didn't get any gave him pouty looks. "First come, first serve," he said.

"So Todd, where do you live?" Sasha asked.

Todd raised his eyebrow. "If I told you, would you use that information to stalk me?" That got a laugh from everyone but to be honest he was serious.

"What's it like being an actor?"

"I have millions of fans that adore me, people to wait on me hand and foot…"

"You're rich," Cade threw in.

Todd held up his hand. "Don't interrupt me while I'm talking." He chewed his gum for a moment. "Anyway, I'm rich, and I get whatever damn thing I want."

The teacher came in and told everyone to sit down. She introduced the class and told them to take out a clean sheet of paper and take notes. Todd took out a pencil but it had no tip. "Ms. U, sharpen my pencil for me."

The teacher glared at him. "You can sharpen it yourself."

"I don't feel like it, sharpen it for me."

Before the teacher could react, Megan stood up. "I'll sharpen it for you Todd!" She went over and took his pencil feeling like she'd explode because she was touching something that belonged to Todd Ryan. When she took it back to him he flashed a pearly white smile.

"Thanks," he said.

She had touched his hand when she'd given it back and she felt her legs get weak. "Um…you're w-welcome." She went back to her seat ignoring either the snicker's or looks of jealousy she got.

The rest of the day passed slowly. It was a lot different than he expected. McRyan High was set in a high school boarding school, but the scenes he did rarely took place in an actual classroom and when they did they were short and weren't really meant to be realistic. People had swarmed him all day asking for autographs, random questions, and a kiss (and he'd given a few of those out). He loved being the center of attention and in the limelight of everything. He enjoyed every second of it.

He was in the cafeteria now surrounded by people who were still adoring him.

"Dude, that was cool this morning when you told Mr. West off," Ethan said giving him a high five.

"Yeah, anyone else would have gotten detention for a week," Dylan said. "Trust me, I've tried."

"Well I have experience. I've gotten away with pretty much everything my whole life," Todd bragged. "I once stole fifty bucks out of my father's wallet and never got busted for it."

"Fifty dollars?" Jade said in disbelief.

"Oh yeah," he said with a smirk. "But looking back I guess I could have gone for more."

"So, how do you like this school Todd?" Megan asked leaning into him.

Todd shrugged. "It's okay. But there's a bunch of hot girls here, so that makes up for it," he said looking directly at her. She blushed and giggled when he said it.

Fianna came into the cafeteria and found a crowd of people at one table. They were all surrounding Todd Ryan of course. Even her best friends were over there swooning over him. She hadn't spoken to him all day and she didn't plan to. She had homeroom with him and English and saw what he'd done. That was all she needed to see. Everyone else may have seen a hot celebrity, practically a God, who can do no wrong but she saw a stuck up jerk that didn't care about anyone but himself and she couldn't respect someone like that.

Even her best friends were obsessing over Todd at that table.

"So what are you doing after school Todd?" Sharidan asked batting her eyelashes.

"I'm getting my teeth bleached," he replied.

"You bleach your teeth?" Nona asked.

He nodded as if it were obvious. "Duh. Colgate and Orbit White gum can't make teeth this white. Did you know there are fifty shades of white? The 49th is my favorite."

"I'm going to start bleaching my teeth," Cameron said to Dylan. He nodded in agreement.

Sharidan saw Fianna standing over there watching the situation. "Hey Fianna! Come sit over here!"

Fianna shook her head. "No, I…I've got somewhere to be," she replied. She left the cafeteria having no intention of basking in the glory of the great Todd Ryan. She just spent her lunch period in the cafeteria.

When Todd got home that day he felt surprisingly satisfied. There was hardly any school work that day, he'd gotten a bunch of phone number's (from new friends and potential girlfriends), and more importantly people were worshipping him.

He went into the house and his schnauzer Astro ran over to him. Todd dumped his backpack at the door and picked him up. "Hey buddy." He walked down the hallway. "ADELE!" he shouted.

She came over to him. "Yes Todd, what can I get you?"

"Pizza," he replied promptly. "With pepperoni and pineapples, make sure the pineapples are cut exactly 1/2 inch long. And…a coke filled halfway with ice. And don't bring it to me unless it's filled exactly halfway."

Adele nodded. "Yes sir…"

"Wait." Adele paused. "Get Astro some beef and ravioli. Make sure it's fresh and warm not hot."

Adele nodded again. "Yes sir." She went into the kitchen.

Yolanda came downstairs. "Hi sweetie. How was school?"

"Terrible," Todd said. He couldn't let her know he actually enjoyed himself and have her thinking her and Jordan's idea wasn't bad.

She came over to him and patted Astro's head. "Well maybe you'll have more fun tomorrow."

"You know, everyone I've known who has gone to school says it's not fun at all."

Yolanda kissed his cheek which he quickly wiped away. "I'm sure you'll have fun once you get used to it."