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Selena's POV

Time passed after that day. The summer was coming to an end and eventually the time came to begin at my new school. I've almost forgotten that day in the Waverly Substation a few weeks ago. I've moved on. The day after I met Alex I received a phone call from Demi. She was crying. She told me that she couldn't take it anymore. She hated the fact that she could never see me; I did live on the other side of the country after all. She told me that if we couldn't be together in every way, then she couldn't bear to be together at all.

I fought with her, trying to get her to reconsider, to convince her that our love meant more than that. That it was strong enough to overcome distance, but apparently she didn't think so. I understood her reasoning, and didn't love her any less for it. I don't think I could ever love her any less. I would always love Demi; she was my closest childhood friend and my first love. She meant more to me than anyone else in this world and I couldn't imagine that ever changing. She was Demi, the most amazing and talented girl this world has ever produced. She was going places and I had always known it would only be a matter of time before I was left behind. I guess that time had come.

It was the morning of my first day at my new school, Tribeca Prep. Usually I would be nervous and excited about my first day at a new school, but New York had a sobering effect on me. I wasn't as easily worked up as I used to be. I was able to take a step back and think about what I was doing in any situation. I found myself analysing things around me, becoming more interested in the details. I liked the new me, it was like I had turned over a new page in my life. I was a better person for it. Everything seemed easier for me now. My past was behind me and I was changing into someone better.

I was packed and ready to go to school on time for once in my life. I even had time to sit around and watch TV before going to catch the bus. There were no other people at the bus stop so I waited patiently for the bus to arrive by myself. When it arrived I climbed aboard, greeted the driver and looked around for a seat. I found one, near the back of the bus by a guy with curly, nearly red hair, glasses and clothes that seemed too small for him. As I sat down beside him he turned to me and offered his hand. "Hi there, I'm Hugh, Hugh Normous, I've just moved to New York, how are you?" he asked me, looking eager and genuinely interested.

I smiled at him, he seemed nice and I wasn't one to judge people by their appearances so I reached out and took his hand. "Hey there," I said, continuing to smile, "I'm Selena Gomez, I've just moved to New York too, so it's great to meet some new people." He looked relieved that I had accepted his offer of a hand shake. I suspected that he'd had a tough time in the past and he seemed surprised that someone was equally as eager to meet him as he was to meet them.

After shaking my hand he perked up a bit and continued the conversation. "So, what brings you to New York?" he inquired. I was grateful that I had someone I could talk to. I hated awkward bus rides. "Well, my Dad works for this burger company called Barney's Burgers and he used to own a restaurant back in LA, but a few weeks ago he got a promotion and we moved here. He's now in charge of four different Barney's Restaurants in the New York area, so basically we're getting four times the money we were before." I told him. "What about you?"

He looked down into his lap nervously and I noticed that he was fiddling with what looked like a stick in his hands. It was odd but I decided to ignore it. He lifted his head back up and looked at me again. "I had to move because I was being bullied in my old school in Boston, things got pretty bad and this one guy even set fire to me, so we packed our bags and moved here. My parents work from home so we can live anywhere." He said, looking at me to judge my reaction. I was surprised that he was being this open with me, and I felt sorry for him. I wanted to make him feel better.

I gave him a big smile and a nudge. "Let's hope New York can be a new start for you. I hate bullies. Why don't we new kids stick together eh?" I said with a grin on my face.

"Sure that'll be great!" he replied, clearly overjoyed. I felt good, I was going to a new school and I'd already made a new friend. Things were going well.

School was everything I expected it to be. Kids were crowding the corridors, hanging out in their different social groups and moving from class to class, just like any other high school. The only major difference here was the principal, Mr. Laritate. He walked the corridors dressed like a cowboy, yelling at people in his Wild West lingo. He seemed pretty cool, better than my old principal at any rate.

Hugh and I found that we had most of our classes together, except for P.E, Chemistry and English. The day went by, relatively uneventfully, until lunchtime came. I was at my locker getting my books for Chemistry, Math and P.E when I heard a strange noise behind me. I stopped what I was doing and I turned around. There was no one there, so I turned back to my locker. Just as I was about to reach for my Math book I heard a very distinctive. "Psst, hey!" behind me. I turned around again but like before I could see nothing.

"Yo, over here!" I heard. The sound was coming from my left so I turned. What I saw nearly made me jump out of my skin, there was a boy in the bin beside me, a boy with wavy brown hair, and he looked like he was about thirteen. As I watched he climbed out of the bin and walked over to me. He put his hand over his mouth and whispered in a low voice, "Alex, I need your help. I went out on the magic carpet last night and I crashed it into the Hudson River, just like that plane remember I lost the carpet so I need your help, Dad'll kill me if he finds out."

I looked at the kid like he was insane, which he most probably was. "Umm, I have no idea what you're talking about kid, and who's Alex?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

Now it was his turn to look at me like I was the insane one. "Don't be stupid Alex, you know exactly what I'm talking about, I crashed the carpet into the river and now I need your help to get it back." He told me matter-of-factly.

"YOU WHAT?" I heard from behind me. I turned around and saw another guy behind me, he looked a little older than me and he looked vaguely familiar to me as well. He rushed over to the smaller kid and grabbed him by the shoulders. "Are you kidding me!" he exclaimed. "Dad is going to kill you… no… he's going to kill me… I taught you to fly it… can you believe this Alex?" he looked at me expectantly.

"Look… I have no idea what you…" I began before I realised something. I had seen this person before, a few weeks back, in that sandwich shop, "you! Oh my god, I remember you! You threw dust on me!" I finished.

He looked at me like I was crazy for a few seconds before I saw something click in his head. His eyes grew wide and he stood up straight. "Oh…erm…yeah," he said before looking down at his apparent brother, "uhm…yeah we don't know you, forget what this guy said, he's crazy." He turned rather stiffly and dragged the younger boy in the opposite direction and around the corner. Oh great, just when I thought this day was going well.

I shrugged off the events that had just occurred and headed for my next class, Chemistry. When I arrived I realised that I was quite early so I took a seat and waited as the other students slowly trickled in. Once the class seemed full the teacher, Mr McKay, started the class,

Soon after the class began Mr. McKay asked us to get into pairs. When I tried to ask some people to pair up with me they avoided me like the plague. They acted like they didn't trust me, like I was dangerous or something. I was now the only person in class without a partner.

"Sorry I'm late Mr. McKay." A voice said from the doorway. I looked up, hoping for a partner only to see a face that was only too familiar. I saw everyone in the class look confusedly between the girl in the doorway and me; she did look exactly like me after all.

Mr. McKay was stunned. He blinked as he looked down at his register and back at Alex. "Erm…uhh…Miss…Miss Russo?" He asked incredulously.

"Yeah, that's me." Alex said from the doorway, glaring at me with a smirk now.

"Wh-who are you then?" Mr. McKay asked, turning his attention on me.

I found this quite humorous, and I'm sure it showed on my face. "I'm Selena Gomez, the new girl." I replied.

"Oh, I see. Well, are you related to Alex? You look like twins…?" he asked.

This time Alex spoke up. "We have no idea; we met for the first time about two weeks ago. Can I uh, sit down now?"

"Of course, of course."

Alex made her way through a tide of stares until she reached the seat beside me. She sat down. "Looks like we're partners then." I said when she pulled her chair in.

She seemed to adopt a relaxed carefree manner before speaking. "Sure, just as long as you do all the work…please say you're smart?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

I laughed at this. "Sure, whatever… so… are we gonna talk about this whole identical…ness thing? Last time we met you're brother threw a jar of dust in my face."

She looked kind of embarrassed by this. "Sorry about that, let's start again? Hey, I'm Alex Russo."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Selena Gomez." I said giggling.

We passed the time in Chemistry giggling and talking when we were supposed to be working on our project. I can say right now that Alex is a pretty awesome person. She has a strange personality. She's more outgoing than I am, and far less serious. She's cracking jokes all the time and she's incredibly sarcastic. I'm sure that this would probably annoy the hell out of most people but for me it's just refreshing.

I tell Alex about my Dad and our move here, leaving out the part about Demi. Alex tells me about her family business; the Subshop. She tells me how her family have been running it since before she was born and now she works there quite often. She tells me that I should come around again sometime and try the food, I tell her I will.

Chemistry was soon over and Alex and I made our way to Math. I have Math with Hugh and as we approached the door to the classroom I spotted him waiting for me outside. Hugh of course was just as surprised as everyone else who'd seen Alex and me together that day. When I introduced the two of them they seemed to get on well with one another. Math went by much the same as Chemistry and I just couldn't believe Alex's attitude to work. She neglected everything yet somehow she managed to get away with it all. I couldn't understand how she hadn't been kicked out yet.

After Math came P.E, the final class of the day. It was in P.E that Alex and I discovered something new. As we were getting changed we couldn't help but steal glances at one another, comparing our features. It was when I turned around with my back to her that I heard "Wow! Awesome!" I looked around at Alex to find her staring at my back, "What is it?" I asked, not understanding why she was acting this way.

"Your back! You have the same birth mark as me!"

"The heart?" I asked.

"Yeah! Look!" she squeaked before turning around and showing me her back. Sure enough there it was. On her lower back just above her left hip was a small heart shaped mark. I had one exactly the same. It was amazing. And whilst I stared I couldn't help but notice something else. Alex had one heck of an ass… or should I say I had a heck of an ass… I shivered, realising how strange those thoughts were.

When I looked up at Alex she was giving me an odd look. I was about to say something to her when I realised that all the other girls in the changing room had stopped changing and were staring at us curiously, With an awkward cough I turned back to my locker and continued changing. Alex did the same, and I could see a blush creeping up to her cheeks.

Today had been a strange day.

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-L.