CHAPTER ONE: THE FIRST QUEEN

Sigh…

Adam ran a lazy hand through his hair while trying to remember what class he had next. He was a bit too lazy right now to dig through his pockets for his schedule. So far the day had been horrible with a capital H.

His head had been throbbing ever since Holly J had left him this morning, and he still hadn't gotten a chance at finding his pills in his bag. His mom had said she put them in there in case he had one of his "moments" during school.

During his Chemistry class this morning, his vision had begun going in and out of focus at a rapid force. Then in English, his head had begun throbbing uncontrollably.

Adam suddenly caught a glimpse of dark brown ringlets further down the hall. His heartbeat raced, and a sort of happiness could be seen glowing around him.

But the light quickly dimmed when the girl turned around. It was just Sadie Rowland wearing her hair in ringlets for a change. Adam's heart literally sank into the pits of his stomach. He hadn't seen a single glimpse of Fiona or Bianca all day.

Or maybe both of them had seen him and had decided to avoid him. He wouldn't blame them if they were. He could imagine that they'd both been pretty disappointed when Adam had started a fight with that innocent computer geek. To tell the truth, he wasn't all that proud of the actions he'd chosen either.

Adam felt his legs give out from under him and sank down the wall of lockers. The warning bell rang, but Adam didn't move a muscle. His heartbeat was picking up again, his vision was horribly unfocused, and his head felt like it was about to crack open.

He tucked his knees against his chest and cradled his head in his hands. With his mouth forming a thin line on his pale face, he squeezed his eyes shut, trying to immobilize the pain.

Why is this happening? Why isn't Holly J experiencing any of this? Are Fiona and Bianca having any of these symptoms too?

Adam kept asking questions that he knew he'd probably never have the answers to. So he tried his best to silence his senses with his eyes open now.

A couple of girls passed by while looking at him oddly. They both whispered to each other, knowing that they were both in clear view of Adam.

"What are you looking at?" Adam growled angrily. His hands were still tugging at his hair. Both girls quickly glanced away and began walking faster with their long ponytails swishing from side to side.

He let out a satisfied laugh when a female voice caught him in his satisfaction.

"Well you sure are friendly, aren't you?" the girl asked.

Adam glanced over, and with his luck, his vision went all blurry again. It reminded him of when he used to take eye drops for his allergies in the spring. He couldn't really see the girl who was leaning over him, but she had a familiar scent to her.

It was kind of spicy. If someone could actually smell sexy, it would definitely be this girl. She was leaning over him with an expectant facial expression as if she was waiting for him to make a response to her sarcastic comment.

"Adam," the girl repeated while waving her hand in front of his face. He watched it blankly while she said, "Hello, Earth to Adam. We need you to come back down, sir."

Adam could only stare with his mouth gaping open in apathy. Who was this girl and why did she smell and sound so familiar? He felt like he knew her very well. Though he couldn't really see who the girl was thanks to his horrible vision at the moment.

Suddenly, as if on cue, his vision became as great as it had ever been. There she stood; looking almost the same besides the almost unnoticeable trim she'd gotten on her curly locks. But her eyes were still big and brown, and her skin was still flawless.

"Bianca…," he let out in one single breath.

Her smile became wider and brighter. "It's so good to see you, Torres!" Bianca hugged her arms around his neck while he awkwardly tried to stand up in front of her so that it sort of looked like she was leaning over him.

And that would be the second hug Adam had ever experienced with Bianca. Butterflies formed in his stomach when his arms fit around those curves, and his hands slightly brushed the curve of her breasts.

Adam hoped that she hadn't noticed that subtle movement.

The hug was tighter than most and Adam could've sworn that Bianca had her eyes shut. She eventually pulled away, but her manicured hands still rested on his shoulders.

"When did you get back?" she asked. She was still grinning.

"Just today," he confessed. "I'm afraid I already had my run-in with Holly J this morning. Sorry you couldn't be the first."

Her smile became slightly crooked before it shrank down to a thin smile on her lips. "I'm happy that you're finally back either way. How was jail time?"

Adam turned around and began walking down the hall with Bianca in tow. He silently wished that they shared their third period class.

"It definitely changed me. I still feel horrible for putting that kid in a coma though. What was his name again?" Adam felt even more horrible that he couldn't even remember the kid's name.

"Wesley Betenkamp," Bianca informed. Adam felt even sicker to his stomach because there had been a time during his sophomore year when he would've called Wesley his friend. He wasn't so sure if Wesley would even want to be within forty feet of him anymore.

Bianca's hand lightly brushed against Adam's. "He hasn't been back in school yet. He was released from the hospital, like, two months ago though. I guess cracking your head open causes some emotional trauma too."

Adam tried to ignore Bianca's careless comments. As if he didn't already feel bad enough, but now he might've caused emotional trauma for Wesley too?

Well hell…

Bianca noticed the look on Adam's face and quickly added, "I'm sure it's just his mom getting all overprotective though! Nothing too serious…"

Bianca was probably just trying to cheer him up, but Adam gave her an unwilling smile. Even though his head was still hurting, and his vision was continuing to go blurry every few seconds.

"What class do you have right now?" Bianca asked, trying to change the subject.

"Keyboarding with Ms. Oh," he announced. Adam didn't sound all that happy about it.

Bianca made a pouting face and told him, "Ouch, sorry, buddy. I've got photography. Do you have lunch next period?"

Adam actually brightened some when Bianca told him that she had lunch next period. "Well then it looks like I've found my lunch partner. I'll see you later."

Bianca flashed him a crooked smile before prancing off to the photography classroom, wherever that was. Adam didn't even know that there was a photography class.

A/N: I'm putting a guest character in this story. His initials are BB, and no one likes him. Anyone wanna take a guess?