Littleton Colorado, August 8th 2005

Monday, 7:15 a.m.

Iris's P.O.V

Well, today was the first day of high school. It was kind of sad that I couldn't be with Rydel, Rocky, or Ross. But at least I had Riker. I got up extra early and put on a nice outfit that consisted of jeans, converse, and a white blouse with a blue sweater over it. I curled my hair and pinned some of it back and put very light, eye make up on. Might as well dress up for the first day, because after this week, I probably won't be putting much effort into my appearance. I met up with Rydel, Riker, Rocky, Ross and now Ryland at their mailbox and we walked to their school together. The high school was only a couple blocks from the middle school. Ryland was jumping up and down in excitement and Rydel was sporting a new tutu and Hello Kitty shirt, everything was right with the world. Before Riker and I walked to the high school, Rydel took Ryland to the office to get his fourth grade schedule.

I gave Ross and Rocky a quick hug and they went off to get their schedules too.

Riker and I started walking over too the high school, ad I had to admit that I was a bit nervous. The high school seemed pretty large but I remembered that there were people from three different middle schools, including ours, starting as freshman. Riker and I walked through the different booths set up outside the office to get our schedules and locker combinations. I said hello to the secretary, named Nancy and she handed me my new schedule. I looked it over and noticed I would have History, Science, Gym, Math, Lunch, then Band Class and Social Studies.

I walked to locker and Riker caught up with me. They gave us and extra ten minutes the first day of school to get situated, so I started putting up some new photos that we took of everyone over the summer. There was a really cool picture Mark took of us on stage, Rocky and I were back to back playing guitar and Rydel was dancing with the mike in the middle of the stage. I put that one up in the middle, and just as I was getting ready to put another one of me and Riker up, a hand stuck one up of... Rodrick and his band?

I turned around and saw Rodrick leaning against the locker next to mine, smirking. Geez, I thought once I started high school, I would be able to get away from him.

"Hope you like it. I took it especially for you." He winked and walked away, leaving me speechless, in a grossed out kind of way...

I turned back to my locker, and saw Riker staring a death glare at the picture. If eyes could set fire to anything, my locker would have burst into flames by now. I frowned and carefully plucked the picture of my locker, violently ripped it up, and carefully stuck it in the garbage can. Riker smirked at my actions and flung an arm around my shoulder mumbling, "That's my girl."

I laughed as Mckenzie, Brittany, and Ashley walked by. We can't get away from anyone! Mckenzie glared at Riker and me together, and as she walked past us, knocked some poor new girl to the ground, and her books flew everywhere. I frowned and walked over, picking her books up along the way. She looked up as I handed her, her books. She had dark brown hair but light brown bangs, and green eyes. I helped her up and stuck her books back in her bag before giving it to her.

"Thanks." She said, "I'm Lora."

She stuck her hand out, which I promptly shook and said, "Iris. Don't worry about Mckenzie and the others, just lay low and they won't bother you anymore."

She smiled and said, "Okay, thanks Iris." And headed off to class.

Riker's P.O.V.

Well, Rodrick was getting even more on my nerves right now. It's not like I have a right to fight for Iris, we're not even dating! So, I'm just going to have to trust her, and step back, let her make her own decisions. Whatever, or whoever, she decides on I'll just have to live with. It did make me a bit happy though when she ripped up that picture, just a bit though...

"Hey! Let me see your schedule! Maybe we have some classes together!" Iris said excitedly as she reached into my binder for my schedule.

She grabbed it and compared the two. "Well, we have lunch together, and Math, and History, and Gym."

She sounded kind of disappointed at the end and I frowned saying, "So, that means we have Science, Social Studies and Band Class apart. That's not so bad."

We still had four minutes before class, so we went and sat in the library. It was smaller than the one at the middle school, but still comfortable nonetheless. We sat down on the desk chairs and, well, just talked about stuff.

"Do you think they'll give us homework?" Iris asked me.

"Probably not. They never give us homework on the first day of school." I answered, "But we should do something afterwards. Something fun and crazy!" I exclaimed.

Iris nodded eagerly and the bell rang. Iris and I walked to our first class together. Mine was Science, and hers was Social Studies.

"We'll talk about it at lunch okay?" She asked as we parted ways to go to our classes. I nodded and headed into my first class.

I walked in and was greeted by a middle-aged lady that had blonde hair in a high ponytail, hazel eyes, and she was tall. She had on a light brown turtleneck and a purple flower pattern skirt that reached her knees and caramel brown boots that had a slight heel and came to her half calf. She smiled and looked at her clipboard saying, "You're Mr. Lynch, if I'm correct? I'm Mrs. Lovett."

I smiled and nodded and she said, "Take a seat anywhere."

I nodded and looked around the classroom. Oh crap, well, Mckenzie and her gossip gang was in there, and the only seat left was right in front of her. I swallowed and quickly walked over to the seat and set my stuff down. Before I knew it, annoying little girl giggles filled my ears along with hushed whispers. I rolled my eyes and slouched down in my seat, rubbing my temples. God, I wish Iris were here right now.

We were in the middle of a lecture about something I wasn't really paying attention too, science wasn't my best subject, when a carefully folded up note landed on my desk. It had glittery hearts all over it and it had my name on the front. I rolled my eyes and opened it.

Hey cutie! So, I was thinking, maybe you could take me out this weekend for a date! -Mckenzie

I rolled my eyes and crumpled the note up, not even bothering to answer. I heard a few small gasps behind me and smiled. Before I knew it science was over and I went on to my next subject, gym. Well, I had it with Iris, so I guess that's good! I met her in the hallway and he walked there together. We entered the gym and everyone had to get new uniforms. The guys were black basketball shorts and blue muscle shirts, while the girls where blue shorts that went above their knees and a black tank top. We all got the correct sizes and went into the bathroom to change. We got out after five minutes and the coach blew her whistle saying, "Alright! Everybody pair up! Boys with Boys and Girls with Girls! We're gonna do a little volleyball practice before a game!"

I got paired up with a guy who's name I remembered to be Josh, and Iris got paired up with ... oh no. I saw Mckenzie force her to be partners while Ashley and Brittany paired up close by. Things were going to get interesting...

Iris's P.O.V.

Shoot! Abort! Abort mission! There I was, in gym class, minding my own business, looking for a partner for volleyball and what not, when Mckenzie ambushed me into being her partner. I looked over to Riker real quick and we sent the same telepathical message saying, "Oh Crap." and "Prepare for anything." We started off when Mckenzie served the ball to me and I knocked it back. After about five times of that she caught the ball and got up in my face.

"Look, I like Riker. I want Riker. Stay away from Riker!" She shrieked in my face.

I got right back into her face and said, "Oh forget you, Mckenzie. Riker is my best friend and does not like you! Why don't you just leave him alone?"

She smirked and stepped back when the coach blew her whistle. As we were lining up for teams, she walked past me and said, "Girl, if I left what I wanted alone, I wouldn't be this popular would I?"

The coach picked Josh and Ashley for team captains. I turned to McKenzie and said, "You can't have everything you want McKenzie!"

She smirked as Ashley picked her and said, as she was passing me, "Watch me."

That's it, game on! I got my game face on as Josh picked me and Ashley picked ... Riker? I gulped and we looked at each other. Riker noticed my game face and secretly smirked. The coach blew her whistle and put some music on, "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne. Perfect. We all high fived and lined up.

Hey! Hey! You! You! I don't like your Girlfriend!
No Way! No Way! I think you need a new one!
Hey! Hey! You! You! I could be your Girlfriend!

Josh threw the ball in the air and served it right to Brittany, who squealed and ran for her life. Everyone on my team silently snickered as the ball got tossed back to Josh and he served again. I was in the front row with Mckenzie on the other side of the net.

Hey! Hey! You You!
I know that you like me!
No way, no way!
You know it's not a secret!
Hey! Hey! You! You!
I want to be your Girlfriend!

The ball volleyed on the other side a few times before it got to Mckenzie and she spiked it on me. If I hadn't ducked, she would have hit me. Alright. That's it! I am mad now! Riker served the ball to me from the other side and I hit it back to a girl on my side. She set Josh up and he scored over the net. We rotated and it was my turn to serve. Mckenzie smirked and ran over, giving Riker a high five, which he just barely returned. Steam felt like it was pouring out of my ears now. I waited until everyone was ready, excluding McKenzie because she just kept oogling at Riker, and hit the ball, aiming directly at McKenzie.

Bam! The ball bounced off her face and she fell to the floor, clutching a bloody nose.

"My nose! She broke my nose!" She kept squealing as everyone gathered around her and the coach ran over to help her up. "Now, McKenzie accidents happen! There's no need to blame Iris!" The coach scolded.

McKenzie was crying now, but of course all she wanted was sympathy. Ashley and Brittany took her to the nurse and the coach called game over. We headed to the locker rooms and as soon as I entered everyone cheered. Everyone patted me on the back. Everyone basically... partied.

We all changed and walked out. Mckenzie came out of the office with a big white bandage on her nose and under her eyes were all bruised. She looked terrible. Booyah! Riker and I smirked at each other and went off to lunch. Riker saved me a seat and when we sat down the topic was obviously McKenzie.

"I heard she's going to sue."

"Really? Did you see how bad she looked?"

"Iris, you didn't mean to hit her right?"

I looked up to the girl who asked, and said, "No. Of course not!"

Wow, I was great at masking my sarcasm! Riker nudged me under the table and we kept nudging each other until lunch was over and we had to go back to class

Iris's P.O.V.

After lunch, Riker and I had to go our seperate ways again. I had science, which meant he had social studies. I walked in and was greeted by a nice looking mid-aged woman, who had blonde hair, lighter than Riker's dirty blonde, and was in a high ponytail with hazel eyes.
"Hello! I'm Mrs. Lovett. I'll be your new teacher this year for science. And your name is?"

I shook her hand gently and said, "Iris. Iris Acker."

She smiled and motioned me to take a seat anywhere. I was walking towards the back when I noticed a piece of paper crumbled up on a desk.

I set my stuff down in the little basket underneath the desk and un-crumbled the paper. It had Mckenzie's glittery pink pen ink on the front and said, "To:Riker." So, Riker was sitting here? My curiosity got the best of me and I read the note.

Bad idea. I instantly saw red and ripped it up, jogging up to the front to throw it away, before our classes started. Mrs. Lovett started the assignments and it was all incredibly easy. I was so ahead already in science that I was drifting in and out of consciousness. My mind kept wandering off to why Riker hadn't answered Mckenzie, as far as I know. He could have told her "yes" instead of passing notes, or he could have passed a new note that said, "yes." I felt the jealousy boil up into my stomach and make its way to my heart, creating burning flames that felt like heartburn.

Science flew by in a blur and I was off onto my next subject, history with Riker. We lined up outside the doorway and waited for the current class to end. We had a few minutes to talk, so I decided to ask him about the note.

"Riker? Why did Mckenzie ask you out?"

His eyes bugged out of his head and he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "I didn't answer her, I figured she would know by now it was an obvious no."

I smiled a little and said, "Well, I found the note she sent you in Science. I was just curious I guess."

He smirked and nudged my arm saying, "Curious or jealous?" I nudged him in the stomach with my elbow and said, "Don't get so full of yourself, Lynch." He chuckled behind me and the bell rang for us to go into history.

Riker's P.O.V.

After History, Iris and I left to different classes again. I had band class, and she had English. I walked in and was greeted by our teacher last year, Mr. Douglas.

"Hey!" He said greeting me with a high five. "If it isn't the rock star from last year!"

I laughed as I remembered when Iris and I sang Green Day. "Hey Mr. Douglas! Aren't you supposed to be at the middle school?"

He smiled. "Actually, I got transferred over to the high school this year. Another teacher took my place."

I nodded and took a seat. About half of the class was mainly for introductions to music and stuff, and then he showed us a video of my siblings, Iris, and me at the summer festival. Apparently he was there and thought we were really good.

I watched the tape whisfully as Iris sang and danced around onstage. I laughed a little at her and Rocky play fighting onstage. Then when my part came up, almost every girl in the room did a not-so-silent gasp. I chuckled a little and blushed, maybe I was really good! I could've sworn I heard a couple girls' say, "Dang, he looks really hot!"

After the video Mr. Douglas said, "And that was Littleton's own Flashback! I'm sure you already know who's in the band though." He threw a discreet wink at me and the rest of the class went by excrutiatingly slow.

Iris's P.O.V.

English was extremely easy. The teacher was this really old lady, like no joke, at least in her eighties. She gave us an assignment, which all we had to do was read the book, "Tom Sawyer" and analyze it. Most kids just copied the summary on the back of the book. But I actually enjoy reading, so I was totally engrossed in the book. The bell rang and we headed to our final subject. Mine was math with Riker.

"Hey!" He greeted me while we stood in line outside the classroom.

"Hey, how was band class?" I asked, as the line started moving into the classroom.

"Slow, yet fun. They showed our video from the festival." My eyes bugged out of my head and he smiled bright. I was about to respond when we were silenced by the most, mean teacher in the whole school.

"Alright, everyone quiet down! I will assign seats by order of last names." She yelled. Her name was Mrs. Oliver. She was middle aged, maybe closer to her fifties. She was small and had black hair that was tied onto a tight bun on the top of her head. She had piercing green eyes and I swore I saw fire in them.

I looked over at Riker and noticed he was nervous. My last name started with "A" and his started to "L". Oh yeah, we'd be seperated. By the time she was done seating us, I was in the first seat in the first row, and he was in the last seat if the last row. We were diagonal from each other. I couldn't even look back at him without the teacher writing me up. I kept my eyes firmly on the front of the classroom the whole time.

Riker's P.O.V.

Mrs. Oliver had us working non-stop the whole class. The end of my pencil lead literally started smoking and my hand was getting severe cramps. The bell rang signaling the end of the day and I could've sworn I heard a collective sigh of relief from everyone in the classroom. Everyone packed up and Iris basically ran out of the classroom. I tried to catch up with her but she ended up beating me to our lockers. When I caught up to her she was struggling to get her locker open.

"Why so rushed? Did you not enjoy watching Mrs. Oliver glare at everyone with fire coming out of her eyes all class period?" I joked as I slapped her hands away and expertly opened her locker.

"It's not funny Riker! I was so bored! She was literally watching every move I made!" She let out a frustrated grunt, and I laughed and pulled her into a squeezing hug. Unfortunately Mckenzie walked by right then and I smirked and hugged here even tighter.

Iris's P.O.V.

School was finally over and we walked over to the middle school for the rest of the kids to meet up with us. After Rydel, Rocky, and Ross and Ryland did, we walked home.

"What do you want to do today? We didn't get any homework." I said, walking up the sidewalk.

Rydel shrugged and said, "I don't know. But you have to listen to this new song Jenny showed me today!"

Riker and I nodded and said, "Alright, what is it?" We were walking into their house by now and Rydel made a B-line for the computer. She got on it and immediately went to YouTube.

"It's called SexyBack by Justin Timberlake."

I nodded and Riker and Rocky freaked out screaming, "I love that song!"

I chuckled at their silliness and listened to the song.

That was when I figured out what we could do.

So I think we've all seen the Scorpio Rocker's version of Sexy Back, for any who haven't look it up. It's basically Riker and Rocky dancing and lip-syncing to the song. Not to mention that they're like the same ages they are in here. Maybe a year or two older. But it's awesome:) How you guys liking the story?!

My character, Lora :P, makes an appearance and Rodrick and Mckenzie are still causing trouble. I forgot to mention that Rodrick is indeed based off of Rodrick in Diary of A Wimpy Kid. So just think of a younger Devon Bostick.

Also in the original drafts that Lizzie sent, Iris and Riker were in eighth grade but in 2005 they would've actually been freshman, so I changed it around and sorry if it seems like they're still in middle school because they were originally. And SexyBack was released in 2006 but for the sake of the story, lets just pretend it was just released.

By the way Mackenzie, if I could I would trade places with you because a first R5 concert is something to remember:) They're going to London and Paris but apparently both are already sold out o.O

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They're exactly the same, I know hahaXD

Lots of love!

-Lora & Lizzie