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I stared at myself in the mirror. It was time to go back to school because even though that weekend was probably the most memorable… all things good have an ending. "GABI, WE HAVE TO HIT THE ROAD!" I heard Troy scream from downstairs in the kitchen.

"COMING!" I screamed back, as I grabbed my book bag and headed down the stairs to see Troy waiting for me right by the front door, "What, no breakfast?" I huffed, feeling my stomach growling.

"No. We're late." Troy said, "But…I did grab you a little breakfast bar." Troy smiled, holding out a little bar in his right hand and opening up the front door.

"Have fun at school…" Kayla said from the kitchen. She was eating waffles. That lucky girl…

"Thanks for reminding me K." I rolled my eyes and took the bar from Troy and gave him a soft peck on the cheek.

"That's more like it." Troy smiled, winking at me flirtatiously, "And I promise, today I will be good." Troy said, sounding believable for once.

"Alright, let's go!" I said, grabbing Troy's arm and pulling him out the door.

I felt Troy's rough hands grasp me tighter as we walked down the hallway with way too many eyes staring at us. "So far, so good…right?" Troy whispered into my ear, as we made our way to homeroom without being totally killed by death glares.

"Right…" I said, leaning against him for support.

"Is it me or am I feeling like I'm going to melt by the glares?" Zak came up onto my left and I couldn't help smile at his stupid comment. Even if the moment was tense, Zak was always able to make some comment that could lift everyone's mood.

"No. It's them." Troy said, as he sat down at his desk, and I just sat on his desk for the moment being.

As I continued to watch everyone walk into the classroom, I noticed the girl that Troy had been talking to before had just walked in. The girl who gets the honor to sit next to Troy… That girl was walking right up to us. "Hey Troy…" she gave a cheeky smile at Troy.

I glanced at Troy, who just stared at me and winked at me. "Oh hey Chloe." He said and continued to look at me to prove to me that maybe he really could show me that he cared for me.

"Hey Zak!" she said and glanced at Zak.

In response, Zak just scoffed and rolled his eyes. I love that boy. "Well then…you two must be in a bad mood. I blame that little-"

"Why don't you just keep that big mouth of yours shut for the next hour and then we'll all be happy?" Zak said, his voice was harsh and tense. This girl so reminds me of Jessica.

"Why don't you shut up Greene." She hissed back at Zak. "Unless you want Jessica to totally ruin your life."

Ah. Now I see where this is all going. Apparently, little ole' Chloe was very close to Jessica. "Is that a promise?" Zak said, scoffing.

"Why don't you just shut your-"

"CLASS HAS BEGUN! EVERYONE TAKE YOUR SEATS!" Mrs. Darbus screamed, while clapping her hands loudly.

I gave a smile to Zak, letting him know that I was thankful for the fact that he stood up for me. And surprisingly, I wasn't totally upset about the fact that it was Zak who defended me and not Troy. I took one last glanced at Troy. He was smiling and watching me as I walked over to the other side of the room with Zak.

I gathered all my stuff into my book bag and looking around the room as the bell began to ring. I smiled at Troy who was waiting for me, but I decided that I didn't want him to be too late.

"Don't wait up." I smiled and he raised his eyebrows.

"Are you sure?"

"Totally. I'll see you at lunch." He shrugged and with that, he just walked out the door.

"Ms. Montez?" Mrs. Darbus's voice called me from the front of the room.

I looked up and she gave me a light smile, "Can you come here for a moment?" she asked. I nodded, wondering what she needed.

"What is it, Mrs. Darbus?" I asked, as I finally reached her and gave a smile.

"I was wondering, since you seem to be our top student here at East High, if you wouldn't shadowing a new student. He's quite bright and he just transferred here from…well New York." She smiled at me.

"Well…uh…Mrs. Darbus I'd love to, but wouldn't it be weird for a new student to shadow another new student? I still practically need to use a map to get around the school and-"

"Nonsense!" she laughed like what I had just was the funnies thing she ever said, "Besides, you are the only person in this class who seems to have the smarts do this. We've made sure you two have the same schedule and everything! It's perfect!" she said, "And speaking of which…here he comes right now."

I looked up to see a young man with golden brown eyes, almost hazel. He had a very…confident stance and he was staring at me curiously. He had dirty blond hair and a smile that was to die for. He was five-foot-eleven, give or take an inch. He was wearing a blue and white, vertically striped, dress shirt with some old jeans and some converse. "Gabriella, this is Luke. Luke, this is Gabriella." Mrs. Darbus smiled.

"Hi Luke, it's nice to meet you." I said, my manners kicking in as I held out my hand.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Gabriella." He said, his voice quite low and it was almost ominous. "I hear you come from New York; what part?"

"New York City of course." I said, staring at him.

"Ah. I'm from Brooklyn." He said, "Anyways, shouldn't we uh…get to our first-uh…second class?" he asked, staring at me and then looking at Mrs. Darbus, as if he was asking for permission.

"Um, yeah. Bye Mrs. Darbus." I said, almost wanting to scream. She didn't even give me a chance to decide! She just threw him on me like he was my responsibility!

"Let's go…uh…" I paused, almost forgetting his name, "Luke." I said, walking out of the classroom, not eager to learn anything about this guy. Or see what Troy's reaction was going to be when he finds out that I'm shadowing the new kid on the block.

"So, where to?" Luke asked, obviously trying to make conversation.

"Well if you have my schedule then…AP calc." I said, walking a little faster, trying not to snuggle up to the new guy. If I just told Troy that he couldn't flirt, then I can't either. And especially not with the new guy. Even if he was really cute…

We made our way to class and I saw Carter and he smiled at me, but that smile slowly faded. He looked at me and then to Luke as if he thought I was with him. As in, with him, with him. "Hey Carter, " I smiled at him, setting down my stuff on the desk next to him, "Hold on." I said, going over to Mrs. Bax's desk.

"Hi, um, this is Luke…" I said, as Luke just stood there.

"Ah, Lucas Taylor. It's an honor to have you here. I hear you are quite gifted. Now, go ahead and take a seat right next to Gabriella and we'll just have to catch you up." Mrs. Bax smiled, "You will help him, won't you Gabi?"

"I don't think I have a choice…" I mumbled beneath my breath.

"Sorry?" Mrs. Bax said, raising her eyebrows.

"Of course I will." I smiled sweetly, and then gesturing Luke to go sit down in the desk next to mine.

"Nice save." Luke mumbled to me, as he walked past me and dropped his stuff on the floor and sat down. Crap. That means he heard what I said…

"Who's this guy?" Carter whispered to me, as I sat down.

"Class! We have a new student here with us! I hope you all will give him a warm welcome and introduce yourselves! Luke, why don't you introduce yourself?" Mrs. Bax said, gesturing towards Luke.

"Uh…" Luke said, "I'm Luke. It's nice to meet you all. Yeah…" he said, waving his hand, as if he didn't really care at all. He wasn't even looking at anybody. He just stared at his desk.

"Alright class…let's begin!"

Finally…LUNCH! I couldn't wait to go and eat. I was starving. No matter how horrible the food is here, I would do anything to shove a sandwich down my throat. "Gabriella!" I heard behind me.

I turned to see Troy running towards me. I smiled, noticing that he looked very happy to see me. "Who's that?" Luke whispered. Crap…he was still here.

Troy finally reached…us and pulled me into a tight hug. "Finally. The great thing about school has finally come!"

I smiled. "Lunch!" he said.

I rolled my eyes and lightly smacked him the stomach. "I'm kidding! I get to see you!" he laughed, "You really need to work on that violence stuff though. You could kill me one day and you'll regret it." He laughed, kissing my head.

"Ahem…"

I almost groaned, but I stopped myself. "Can I help you?" Troy asked, staring at Luke, as if he was trying to decide whether Luke was a guy he should watch out for or not.

"Um…"

"I'm shadowing him. Luke…this is my boyfriend, Troy. Troy…this is Luke." I said trying to smile a little bit.

"Oh…okay. Nice to meet you man. Welcome to East High."

I practically screamed in relief. Thank goodness that Troy decided to be the good guy and decide that Luke wasn't a threat. "Um, thanks bro. It's good to be here."

"So where ya from?" Troy said, as he took my hand and we began walking towards the cafeteria.

"New York."

"Really? Gabi here is-"

"I know." He said and I couldn't help but notice that Troy was beginning to tense. I stared up at him, but all he had was this smile on his face. He's such a liar.

"Oh, well what part of New York are you from?" Troy asked, trying to act as if he really cared.

"Brooklyn." He shrugged, as we finally made our way to the table.

"I don't like him." Troy stated in a monotonous tone.

School was finally over, and Luke was practically clung to me the whole entire day. Well…not really. It was more like he had to be with me every single second because he was going to get lost, and…it seemed like Mrs. Darbus was around every corner and she would totally flip if she found out that I had ditched the new student.

"I'm sorry…?" I said, trying to laugh and lighten the mood.

"It's not funny Gabs. I just don't like him. Can you please try and just stay away from-"

"GABI!"

I turned to see Luke running towards me. "Hey Luke…what's up?" I said, staring at him.

"I uh...you dropped this. Or…well it fell off your wrist, I guess." He said, holding my bracelet that Troy had given to me from like…the middle of the summer.

"Oh my gosh!" I grabbed my bracelet and stared at Troy who looked at me.

"Thank you so much!" I said, putting the bracelet back on.

"Yeah…thanks." Troy said, "It means a lot to her…" he grumbled and I practically elbowed lightly so he would shut up.

"No problem. Hey, thanks for giving me the whole tour of the school. I know, nobody likes the new kid." He shrugged, "I'm used to it."

"Used to it?"

"Yeah… I move around a lot." He shrugged, "Thanks. I gotta go!" he said, waving and walking off.

"See…he's not so bad." I said, "I feel bad for him actually…"

"Don't fall for it." Troy said, almost raging with jealousy, "And I still don't like him."

"Well…I kinda like him. He's nice." I said, smiling.

OOOH! What do you guys think of Luke? He's kind of that sexy, mysterious, and ominous guy that every girl kind of wants in her life…right? Hm…interesting. Give me feedback and review!

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