Peyton Powers had been attending Grant High School for two weeks now. She was happy and radiant. Some people just want to be near her because they hoped her radiance would rub off on them.
Peyton was overjoyed. She had found a good friend in Amy, who had kept her secret so far. And Grace was really nice too. Jack had taken to sitting beside her in homeroom and chat her up, so that they could now call each other friends. And Ricky, well she had been avoiding him like the plague, a very charming plague, but the plague nonetheless.
She was walking along the deserted hall on her way back to class when she suddenly wanted to turn the other way. There was Ricky, leaning on a locker. Before Peyton could make a break for it, he looked over at her.
"Hey!" Ricky said.
"Hi," Peyton replied kindly, she couldn't help but to be nice. He was just so cute. Too bad he was a no good player, who happened to be her friend's baby's daddy!
"You been avoiding me or something?" He laughed as he approached her.
"No, why would you say that?" She said nervously. Ricky smiled at down at her, though he didn't have to look very far as she was almost as tall as he was.
"I'm not stupid. I know you've been avoiding me." He laughed.
"Well, you are a bit self-absorbed. I mean, why would you think I'd waste energy avoiding you?" Peyton said grinning. She was flirting. Why was she flirting? Because he's cute!
"I'm sure." Ricky said, being daring he tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear.
"Do you mind?" Peyton asked, "I kind of like my personal space, thanks."
"You liked it. Don't lie." Ricky said, as Peyton started to walk away. He grabbed her arm, and she turned around to flash him her warm smile that made his heart melt.
"Keep dreaming." Peyton said, and stalked off to her classroom.
Amy arrived at her the Pizza King for her third shift ever. She loved working at the Pizza King, and she made double the amount that she had made at the Church Daycare.
"Hey employee," smiled the hunky manager and son of the boss, Carson.
"Hey," Amy smiled flirtatiously. She couldn't help it, and she didn't care if he was Peyton's brother. Carson was the hottest guy she had ever seen. And to boot, he was nice and had given her a job too.
As the night wore on, Carson asked Amy to bus a few tables as the bus boy had gone home sick. She became really nervous but was determined to complete the task without error so that she could impress him.
"Amy," someone whispered, as she was cleaning up a table. She twirled around and saw Madison and Lauren sitting in a booth together.
"Guys? What are you doing here?" She asked.
"We came to see you on the job!" Madison said happily.
"It was her idea..." Lauren said, seeing the look on Amy's face.
"Guys, I can't stay and chat. I've got to get ba-" Amy was cutoff.
"Amy? Can I talk to you in the back room?" Amy heard Carson ask her.
"Oh my, who is that? He is smoking hot!" Madison said excitedly.
"I'll be right there!" Amy said loudly, "Thanks guys..."
Amy walked into the cold backroom to see Carson sitting on a desk looking fidgety as though he was about to do something he was dreading. Amy inhaled. She was going to get fired for talking to her friends, she just knew it.
"Look Carson, I'm sorry about my friends... I told them not to-" she started.
"What?" Carson ran his hand through his hair, confused.
"You mean I'm that bad of a hostess?" Amy said glumly.
"Oh go no! Who said that?" Carson said getting up from the desk.
"Then why am I getting fired!" Amy said fiercely.
"Who said anything about being fired?" Carson asked.
"I... well... I... why'd you call me back here?" Amy asked, now seriously confused.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go out sometime?" Carson asked with a hopeful look in his eyes.
Hey guys! I know this one is really short, but I wrote it on my Blackberry out of boredom. It would have been part of a greater chapter. But, I figured… what the hell? So, I'll probably update again today. I'm just having a lot of fun writing this! Thanks for reading! Please review!