I woke up an hour earlier than I had set my alarm for, around 5:45. I usually didn't mind waking up early, but when I had to go to school, it was annoying, especially when I hadn't anticipated the sleep I would be losing.

I could tell by 6:00 that it was going to be an insanely hot day, the temperature was already climbing to 70°. So, dressing according to weather, I wore a pair of waist high acid wash jean shorts and a tucked-in pale yellow tank top. As for my shoes, I kept it simple with my flat black canvas Vans. I did my makeup simple too, yellow eye shadow and black eyeliner.

I ended up with a lot of extra time, so I decided to turn on my laptop, pulled up iTunes, and shuffled the library, (the first song that played was 'You Should've Killed Me When You Had The Chance' by A Day To Remember). After that, I to checked my email to see if Sara had responded. She had.

well if u arent comin home will u evr visit me? btw, did matt evr go on trips w/o his family? his car has been gone for 2 or 3 days now. jus wondering. i havent see him for a couple days either. and its his car thats been gone, not his parents car.

Matt is one of my best friends from Alabama, and he lived basically right across the street from me. He hated that town about as much as Alex and I had, but his mom was a single parent, and she worked all the time, so he had his little brother to take care of whenever she wasn't home. I told him I could pay for his fee to come to the school with us if he couldn't get the money with his job, but he said that wasn't the problem. If it was, though, he probably wouldn't have accepted the money anyway... Still, I wish he would've come with us...

I might visit. Definitely not soon though. And Matt and his family used to go visit his grandmother a few towns over all the time, remember? He's probably up there, needed some chill time or something. I know I'm being one-tracked, but please make sure Mom has no clue that I'm talking to you. That would kind of be disastrous.

I hit send and checked the clock. 6:44. Now what was I supposed to do? It was still way to early to leave for school, by about 30 minutes. Knowing Alex, she was probably just waking up, last minute, as always. I probably wouldn't see much of her today anyway.

It was then that my guitar popped into my head. I'd completey forgotten I'd brought it! I jumped up from my desk chair and grabbed my guitar from under my bed, where I'd put it my first day here. It was still safely stowed away in its hard case that was covered in stickers. I unlatched the case and pulled out the guitar.

It wasn't fancy, it was from a brand called Avalon, not really huge. The sides of the body and the neck we're a red colour, actually more red than brown, and the front of the body was light tan, the fret board was the only dark part, just brown. I'd only had to take it to a shop once, because I didn't like how far the strings were from the fretboard. (that's called the action, for those who don't know.)

I sat back up on my bed and put the guitar in my lap, about to play, but I paused to see if the dorm building was still quiet. Lucky for me, it sounded like everyone was up, so I grabbed my capo from the case, clamped it on to the second fret, and started playing Remembering Sunday by All Time Low.

I won't say I'm the best guitarist in the world, but I knew my stuff. I had a large repitore of songs I could play off the top of my head, and was getting pretty good at being able to play songs by ear, though sometimes I had trouble figurig out certain chords. I'd been playing for about a year and a half, mostly because I'd been focused on my voice and piano. But the instant I decided I wanted to play guitar, I spent $60 on this one at a swap meet. I didn't fix the action right away, I thought it was just somethig I'd have to deal with, but after I told a few people about it, they explained what was up and helped direct me to a good shop.

When I finished Remembering Sunday, I went on to play Oasis by Wonderwall, Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls, Straightjacket Feeling, by the All American Rejects, and a few other songs that I knew until Kelsey knocked on my door.

"Haylie, you ready?" She yelled.

"Yeah, one sec. You can come in ya know," I laughed, getting up.

She opened the door and caught sight of my guitar. "Ooo, you play?" Addy and Illia walked up behind her, and I caught sight of Phoebe and Leena running over, as well. I guess I had a whole group of people to walk with now!

"Naw, I just brought it so I can look at it. Yes, I play." I said, poking my tounge out.

Illia jumped in. "What songs do you know?"

I put the guitar in the case and relatched it. "I dunno, lot's of stuff." I shoved the case back under my bed.

"Can you play Stop and Stare?" Addy asked. (that's by OneRepublic)

"Mmm, yeah." I picked up my backpack and faced them again. "We gonna go? Y'all can quiz on the way there if you want."

They took me up on that offer, asking if I knew this song, or that, how long I'd been playing, if I'd bring it out after school to play it. I said I would, but hoped they'd forget. It's not like I'd been playing for years, after all.

I realized that I was in a great mood today when I walked into class with Illia, Addy, and Kelsey. Warm weather did that to me, as did music. And somehow, I managed to coax the girls into meeting Gerard, and I convinced them that he wasn't 'weird,' at least not in the weird they expected, before the bell rang. I barely even noticed when Alex and Rachel walked in, and was able to ignore her when she caught sight of me and started laughing like Alex had said the funniest thing ever.

About 15 minutes into class, in the middle of the teacher's lecture that I was trying my hardest to take notes on, a folded up piece of paper landed on my desk. I looked up and saw Alex turned around when the teacher was facing the board, pointing at the note, then to herself, telling me that I was from her. I nodded and unfolded the little square until I found the writing. It read:

Sorry, I didn't walk to school with you today. Ya know, Rachel. I'll try and find you at lunch today, hopefully Rachel-less. :)

Somehow, as small as this gesture was, it made me feel a little better, told me that Alex didn't want to be dragged around by Rachel, and that she wasn't going to ditch me because Rachel wanted her to. I looked up and gave Alex the thumbs up, which she returned with a smile before facing the teacher again.

The rest of class went by thankfully quick after I returned my attention to my notes. When the bell rang, Rachel jumped up (she'd packed her things 5 minutes ago and sat there like she was about to start a race) and hurried over to Alex, pushing her out of the room. I shrugged this off. When things got this childish, I let them slide. I mean, that was a little pathetic, albeit hilarious.

"Haylie, let's gooo!" Addy came bouncing up to me.

I laughed and packed the last of my things. "Alright, alright." This is why I liked being around other energetic people.

Even if I was already happy, energetic people put me in impossibly better moods.

The next to classes went by easily, I had Addy, Mikey, Demitra and Phoebe all with me in second period, and Kelsey and Leena in third. Then lunch came around, and as I was walking to the cafeteria, I started wondering if Alex was going to evade Rachel.

I'd ruled this possibility out when I reached the entrance, but when I touched the handle, I heard my name being called, and turned.

"Haylie!" Alex was running in my direction, holding random papers and her textbook, barely keeping them in her arms.

I started laughing. "Oh my god, Alex! Is this really what you have to do to get away?" When she reached me, I took the textbook from her so she could organized the papers. "Damn, she must be harder to shake than I thought." I unzipped her backpack ad put the textbook in.

Alex brushed a few strands of hair out of her face. "Yeah, haha, now let's go before she finds me."

"Good plan." I nodded, and we entered the cafeteria and got in line for food. "You alright? You look a little flustered."

She put the last of her papers in her bag. "Yeah, I'm just not the best runner."

I chuckled. "I guess I know that."

She stuck her tounge out at me and put her hair into a ponytail.

We got our food and started heading to the table. Alex looked a little nervous, but I told her to perk up. It's not like she'd never met people before, and she already knew Gerard, Frank and Mikey. So, as predicted, she made it through meeting the others, and they welcomed her easily, just as they had with me.

I was surprised though, when, a few minutes into lunch, Leena came walking up to the table, like it wasn't even a thing wrong.

"Hey Haylie!" She greeted. "Um, I don't know anyone else that has this lunch... Is it okay if I sit here?"

I looked at they guys, and they said they didn't mind, so I turned to Leena. "Of course! You can sit wherever."

She set her tray on the opposite side of the table from me, and started introducing herself to anyone. That was a lot easier than Alex had been.

"So, Haylie," Leena started, picking up a french fry from her tray, "you still up to playing your guitar after school?" She wiggled her eyebrows at me.

Uggghhh... I tried to shush her, but all eyes were already on me.

Frank spoke first. "You play guitar?"

"Yeeeah..." I tried to sound like it was nothing, but everyone acted like it was something.

"You any good?" Ray joked.

I shrugged. "I guess. I've been playing for a year and a half, so I'd hope so!" I laughed.

Alex glared at me playfully. "You didn't tell me you were playing for everyone."

I scoffed. "Sorry, this is the first time I've gotten to talk to you today."

"What else can you play?" Mikey chipped in, taking a drink of his water bottle.

"Uh, well..." I didn't like this. I was totally put on the spot, and I didn't want to just start spewing the names of instruments that I could play...

Alex rolled her eyes and turned to Mikey. "Let's see, she plays guitar, she's amazing at piano, a little bass guitar, ukulele, drums... And of course, she's amazing at singing." She counted them off on her fingers.

Oh Alex, you always know what to say to make me feel like a total asshole.

The table went silent, all eyes on me once again, and I glared at Alex, who answered it with a smug grin.

Frank aparently had a special gift for breaking awkward silences. "So, uh... You brought your guitar then?"

I nodded. "It's an acoustic. I sold my electirc before I came here."

Leena popped in then. "And you're playing it for us after school." It wasn't a question.

"I guess I am." I sighed, and Leena's face lit up.

"Yay!" She threw a fry at my face.

"Wha-... What was that for?" I couldn't help but laugh though.

"I dunno." She went on eating.

I picked the fry up out of my lap and ate it, happy for the subject of my "musical prowess" to be over. At least for me. Everyone else was talking about being there to hear me play. I kept out of the conversation so finished my lunch, dreading the last bell, only looming a few hours away.

HAY GUISE! Sorry, I'm hyper. So, what'd you guys think? I love to hear from y'all, if there's even anyone reading. TYPOS! Please let me know about any typos that I could fix, and grammar. I'm usually REALLY good about grammar, but I have my moments. So review, and tell me about typos... Maybe some storyline suggestions? I have a lot of details chipped out, but ideas are always nice. :)