The second chapter...enjoy.

Chapter 2

~Noah's Point-Of-View~

Science is one of those class where I could just lay back and relax. I would always stand on a ninety-eight or higher on the tri-weekly reports and report cards. And I wouldn't even have to try.

So, today, I decided to just listen to the teacher drone on about how to balance an equation when preforming an chemical reaction. Easy. However, I comply with her instructions and write the correct answers on the worksheet she passed out earlier this period.

Soon I was done, so I decided to catch up on reading. I pulled out the novella Anthem and began reading. To my disdain, I was interrupted by idiotic, nonstop chatter from of one my classmates. I turned around to locate the sound of my disruption.

It was a girl with curly red hair. Her name eluded me, but I do believe it was Izzy McClerkin. She was in conversation with the new girl; her name was Sierra, I think.

"Excuse me," I interrupt them, trying to remain tactful. "But could you please be quiet?"

I swear I saw Izzy glare at me for a millisecond. Another millisecond later, she smiled and responded.

"Oh, I'm sorry Noah!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah, we didn't mean to be so loud." her friend added.

I almost roll my eyes at them.

"Yeah, okay." is all I tell them, then I resume reading.

Several minutes later, I can hear them gushing and speaking effusively over my friend Cody.

I assume that he can hear them as well, because he looks over at them, turns to me, smiles awkwardly, and then shrug. I raise an eyebrow and shrug back.

I have a slight pause in my reading to think about my friend. For some odd reason I felt jealous of Cody. I knew that I've been class president for three years straight in high school, part of the debate team, and also did tennis last year, but Cody had something I didn't.

Hard to believe, I know, but Cody had way more girlfriends so far in high school than I've had in my life.

It was like he had some sort of swagger or charisma that only he had – Despite him trying to come off as a ladies man.

Currently his fangirl is Sierra; the same girl sitting and chatting away near me with Izzy. The girl follows Cody around, buys him food, etc. Generally I would scoff at her infatuation with my friend; however, he would often see right through the facade.

"Don't worry Noah," he would tell me. "You'll have some cute girl obsessing over you soon."

I would just roll my eyes and secretly long for the class vice president, Courtney Millard.

She was many boys' fantasies, for she possessed many great qualities: Hot, smart, played-hard-to-get...just to name a few.

She was currently available because she had just broke up with her then-boyfriend of one-and-a-half-years: Duncan Kennedy. He was said to have been in a secret relationship with this Goth girl named Gwen Anderson.

Yeah, that's high school for you.

It would probably be easy to get Courtney. We're both part of student government, debate team, and we've known each other since sixth grade. We have similar attributes, too.

Yeah, we would be prefect together.

I smiled at the thought.

A few minutes after the long and tedious thought precess, someone kicked my seat. I turned directly around to see one of my classmates deep in thought on one of the questions in the book. I turned to the left to see Izzy grinning wildly at me. I shook my head, and paid her no attention.

Boy was she annoying.

She kicked my seat again; this time with a irritated look on her face.

"Izzy was trying to get your attention, and you ignored her." she told me.

Wait, was she Izzy? People don't talk about themselves in third person.

"Wait," I asked her. "Aren't you Izzy?"

"Well, duh Noah! Of course Izzy's Izzy!"

"Sorry, she's having one of her moments." Sierra told me.

"Yeah, well, tell her to bug off."

"Izzy heard that!" she exclaimed.

"And so did that jungle of red hair." I replied.

"Noah did not just insult Izzy's hair!" she replied.

"And, yet, I did." I told her.

"Evil. You are a evil little person!"

"And we're on this now..."

And then the bell rang. Izzy jumped out of her seat, and then began packing her backpack – forgetting almost entirely about me.

I sighed, rolled my eyes, and followed suit. Hopefully I would have to repeat this tomorrow in class...

Augh, I know that the chapters have been short, but honestly, I think it's better to have a short view of what they're thinking...

So, as we can tell so far in the story: Izzy love-hates Noah, Noah isn't really interested in Izzy; he views her as an annoying classmate, and he likes Courtney better.

High school is hard. The quarter is almost over and I think I have a low B in AP World History.

I was so going for an A.

R&R both this story and my last four.

Thanks!