Chapter two, coming up!

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The sound of buzzing student chat came from behind the door of 'Room 117', Mrs Ainsbury's English class. It was the first day back at school, and a lot had happened over the summer break. Despite Ainsbury's best efforts, there was a gossip to catch up on, and it would have to come before the Shakespeare lesson she had planned.

"This is our English classroom." Tiffany told Eve. Eve had quickly been given a tour guide in the form of Tiffany Terryl, the beautiful, blonde A+ student. "Some of them are total slackers, but they're okay really."

Despite Tiffany's beauty, Eve got the vibe that she was an overachiever, and possibly shunned from any kind of 'cool' social circle.

So this was Beverly Hills High, Eve thought to herself. She was wondering how Kofi was doing, as the pair had been separated in Principal Kerrigan's office. She'd only been there for a couple of minutes, but Eve could tell it was a lot bigger than her old school, but hopefully they'd soon learn to find her way around.

Eve put this to the back of her mind, as she smoothed out her outfit – which she'd spent hours debating over what to wear; a red-orange ruffled skirt, a black vest top and a pair of black ballet flats. Everyone was so glamorous; it was as if they spent hours getting ready in the morning. Eve loved clothes and shopping just as much as the next girl, but she could already tell these girls took fashion very seriously.

"Are you ready to go inside?" Tiffany asked cautiously, to which Eve nodded in response. She opened the door, and around thirty pairs of eyes swivelled her way. They looked at Eve as if she were some rare breed of bird or something. There were some whispers, but it was impossible for Eve to hear what they were saying.

"You must be our new student." Mrs Ainsbury took Eve's transfer slip, and eyed it up and down. "I'm your English teacher, Mrs Ainsbury. Why don't you take a seat?" She signalled at the empty desk behind Tiffany.

Eve was glad the walk of shame was a short one, as she took a seat at the empty desk. She dug down into the bottom of her black handbag and pulled out a pen, waiting for Mrs Ainsbury to take some kind of control of the class.

When she didn't, a laugh came from the desk behind Eve. "You won't be needing that."

The brunette turned around, and thought she was seeing double. She blinked a couple of times, and realised that her eyes weren't deceiving her. They were twins; attractive, slim, dark-haired twins in cheerleading outfits.

"Twins, right?" Eve laughed slightly at her dumb comment.

"Well done." One of them said sarcastically. "I'm Brie," She jerked her thumb at the other twin. "And this is Nikki."

"And you guys are cheerleaders." Eve laughed again, stating the obvious once again. She received some questioning looks from the twins. "I'm sorry, it's just- I used to cheerlead at my old school."

"Well that's not a surprise." Nikki rolled her eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Eve asked defensively.

"Duh, you're like, totally hot." Nikki giggled, before lowering her voice. "How'd you get stuck with Tiffany?" She signalled over at the blonde, who was scribbling into one of her textbooks.

Eve did her best to sound as neutral as possible, not wanting to aggravate either camp. "Principal Kerrigan assigned her to 'look after' me."

"Lucky you." Brie muttered. "You should come along for cheerleading tryouts. We're holding them tomorrow lunchtime, and I think you'd make a great candidate for the team."

"Are you the captain?" Eve asked, hoping to get an advantage over any other possible candidates.

"Well, no-"

"Maryse is the captain." Nikki filled in. "You'll meet her at tryouts tomorrow."

"I'm excited already." Eve smiled; things were looking good so far.

Break had rolled around, and Kofi had managed to escape his geeky tour guide, and get some time to himself. He sat down underneath a large oak tree on campus, and leaned against the trunk as he took in the people around him. It was so different to his old school; everyone was so busy, so driven – probably from too many Starbucks', but that wasn't the point. It was so regimented, compared to the relaxed attitudes of his old friends, who just took each day as it came.

Kofi took his cell phone out of his pocket and just looked at his background; a photo of him and Danielle. She was beautiful; milky skin, soft brown hair and big brown eyes. What he wouldn't give to just be near her again, to smell her perfume, to talk to her, maybe to kiss her-

"Heads up!"

A basketball began travelling towards Kofi at what seemed like the speed of light, and out of pure instinct, Kofi reached out and caught the ball in his right hand. The group of guys on the nearby basketball court stood open-mouthed.

"Dude! That was a sweet catch." A tall, well-built blonde boy began walking towards Kofi, impressed.

"Thanks." Kofi got up and dribbled the ball over to the court, and shot a basket with ease. "I played on the basketball team at my school back in Denver."

"You new?" The blonde inquired.

"It's my first day." Kofi replied. "I'm Kofi Kingston."

"Jack Swagger." The blonde replied. "I'm the captain of the basketball team."

Jack made introductions for the other present members of the team; Zack Ryder, Montel Vontavious Porter (or just MVP), Dolph Ziggler and TJ Kidd, before entering into an impromptu game of basketball.

"You should come along to practise tomorrow, we've got a space available." Jack suggested.

"That'd be awesome." Kofi replied. "Thanks man."

"Hey, we're your boys now." Jack responded, shrugging nonchalantly. "We've got your back."

"-and this is the cafeteria, where most people eat lunch." Tiffany told Eve, who rolled her eyes in response to the painfully obvious. She may have been new, but this wasn't her first experience at a high school.

"No way." Eve muttered quietly, looking around for Brie and Nikki; however she couldn't see either of them. Instead, she caught the eye of Kofi, who was at a table of guys, who appeared to be laughing at one of his jokes. Kofi caught Eve's eye, said something to the guys and began walking towards her.

"Hey, I'm just gonna go see my brother, I'll be right back." Eve told Tiffany, and made her way over to Kofi. "I've been looking for you all lunch."

"How's it going?" Kofi asked, still smiling from the 'basketball table' joke.

"Not bad." Eve responded, still looking for Brie and Nikki. "Tiffany's sweet, but I met some cheerleaders in my first class and I can't find them. They said I could come along to tryouts tomorrow."

"Snap!" Kofi exclaimed. "Well, I'm not going to cheerleading tryouts, but I'm going to basketball tryouts." He signalled over to his table. "That's the team."

"I told you it wouldn't be that bad." Eve nudged her brother. "Well, I'll let you get back to your Alpha-Male table. Enjoy yourself." Eve took a deep breath, before walking back towards Tiffany.

Kofi shook his head, feeling sorry for his sister, and made his way back over to his table. "Who's that?" Jack asked, nodding over in Eve's direction, his eyes scanning the pretty brunette.

"That's my sister, Eve." Kofi replied.

"Sister?"

"Well, step-sister." Kofi shrugged; he and Eve were pretty close, so she may as well have been his sister. "Why?"

"She's hot." Jack grinned, examining Eve's long tanned legs and impressive cleavage. Kofi shot Jack a look of pure evil "What? I'm a guy; I have needs!"

Montel raised an eyebrow. "Jack, aren't you dating-"

Jack held up a hand, stopping Montel mid-sentence. "So Kofi, what basketball team do you follow?"

So how will tryouts go?
Will Eve make friends with the cheerleaders?
Has Eve caught the eye of Jack?
Will Kofi ever get over Danielle?

Perhaps some of these questions will be answered in the next update...
Hope you enjoyed, and please review :)