Ok! So new chapter! And thank you to one of my amazing best friends for giving me name ideas! Love ya foxhawthorne hehe. So here is the new chapter! It's kind of just a filler with more information and back story to everything. It may be boring, but it's needed! Ahh! Btw Prim is alive! No she didn't die. Just to point that out now before any confusion, but there still was the whole rebellion and everything else happened. Haha ok so here ya go (:
Ryder must have realized the nervous look on my face, one that I didn't even know I put on, so he changes the subject, "C'mon, we gotta go to school, Sentra, Snare, Eva, and Oray are probably already there."
Sentra Cartwright, Snare Vaino, Evanthea Hawthorne, and Oray Hashot are our best friends and I guess you could say the 'group' we hang out with. Sentra is 15 and she is my absolute best friend, daughter of Delly Cartwright. She is so nice and friendly, just like Delly. Snare is 16 and he started being in the group ever since he started dating Sentra, 6 months ago. He is so hilarious, kind, and Sentra's perfect match. He fit right in with our group. Eva is 14 and the daughter of Rory and my aunt Prim, cousin to Ryder. She may be a little younger, but she fits in just fine with our small group and is as sweet as her aunt Prim. Oray is 15 and is like a brother to me. I have known him, just like Ryder, ever since I was young. He is so fun to be around and teases me like a sibling.
I slide off Ryder's lap and he stands up. He grabs my hand and pulls me up. We make our way back to district twelve hand in hand, but in a comfortable silence. Halfway through the woods, he breaks the silence, "Keeg, don't tell anyone about anything I told you today with the revenge and capital citizens, promise?"
I, of course agree and we continue to make our way back in silence. By the time we make it back to the school it is 8:30, half an hour early although half the grade is here.
"Hey Keeg!" Sentra greets me and our whole group follows suit. Although, there seems to be an extra member in the group. Oray seemed to have noticed my confused expression, and explains. Dang! I am horrible at hiding emotions today!
"This is Garret Quin. He's new here from district 7." Oray explains. I nod. Garret is medium height, has light brown hair, and stunning light brown eyes.
"Hey Garret, I'm Keegan and this is Ryder." I say.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you." He says, seeming relieved to find friends on the first day. Ryder just nods his head at him, never being the friendly type. It takes him a long time to accept people.
As if on cue, the bell rings signaling homeroom. Ryder gives me a kiss on the cheek before we part ways, and he casually whispers for me to remember not to tell anyone. I just smile and nod my head before walking to homeroom with Oray; we are the only ones from our group in the same homeroom.
We take our seats in the back of the class, ignoring everyone else; it's not like they cared enough to talk to us anyway. It's like this everyday, we always separate into groups at our school.
Then, the new guy Garret walks in. Of course, our teacher being the embarrassing type introduces Garret in front of the whole class. Poor kid!
"Hello class! It seems we have a new student here today! What's your name sweetie?" She says a little too excitedly.
"Uhm, I'm Garret Quin." He says shyly.
"Ooh! Where are you from?" She continues. How embarrassing!
"District seven," He says casually.
"Cool! I used to live there too! Haha! Ok take a seat wherever you like!" She finishes. He looks lost for a second until Oray calls him over to sit with us. As he makes his way over, he gets many glances from girls in our class. I mean he's not bad looking, muscular and good looking, but do they have to be drooling over him! Ew. That's probably why I don't fit in with them. Wait, am I staring at him? No! I love Ryder! I don't need this guy. He can have one of the millions of girls staring at him, as if he would even be interested in me anyway.
"Hi Garret," Oray says and they get into this big conversation about district 7 and 12, that I just tune out. Soon enough, our teacher, Mrs. Parker tells the class to quiet down while she plays the daily message from the principal on the smartboard. I try to pay attention as he drones on and on about announcements, when out of the corner of my eye, I catch Garret staring at me. Maybe I'm just imagining this, but my suspicions are proven correct when I turn my head to look at him. There is no doubt he was staring at me, but as soon as I turned towards him, he looked at the board. Oh well, probably just nothing. I flip my long, brunette hair over my shoulders as I stand for the flag salute.
The rest of the day goes by like usual, me being in all the same classes as Oray, two with Snare, Eva, and Sentra, and one with Ryder at the end of the day, the one class I look forward to because of him. It turns out Garret is in none of my classes, well theres still the chance he is in my last one, social studies. I make my way to social studies, and immediately take my seat between Oray and Ryder. Then, Garret walks in. Oh great, I think to myself.
The teacher, Ms. Grant introduces Garret and tells him to take a seat, all the girls gawk at him. I wonder if his whole day has been filled with embarrassing teachers and drooling girls.
Of course, he takes a seat next to Oray, and we all chat before class starts. Too soon, Ms. Grant starts droning on and on about a test on Thursday and how we should study and what not. I tune out, as always when teachers speak. Then, I catch Garret staring at me again. I guess Ryder notices too because when I look over at Ryder, he is giving a cold glance at Garret, who doesn't seem to notice, but yet just turns his head casually. I could tell this annoyed Ryder to no end.
By the time class was over, I was practically asleep! Me and Ryder grab our books from our lockers and then start the walk back home. Then, we meet up with Eva and Sentra, who also live in Victors Village. We make our way back like we always do, just us four cracking jokes along the way. It's really cold outside, as it snowed the day before, and I start shivering. Im such an idiot! I left my jacket at home today. Ryder wraps his arm around my shoulder, warming me up.
"Awh!" Sentra hollers. Which earns her a punch in the arm from me.
"Hey! It's not like you and Snare don't ever do romantic stuff!" I say. Now it's my turn to grin and hers to scowl. All the while, Eva and Ryder are just laughing at us. Eventually, we make our way into Victors Village. I wave goodbye to Eva and Sentra, their houses coming up first. Then, I kiss Ryder goodbye as he makes his way to his house. When I finally make my way back to my house, despite the cold weather and wanting nothing more than to get inside, I stop short. Why is there a moving truck at the house beside mine?
Okay! Done! Hehe. So was it good? Sorry these are kinda fillers to the good chapters, yet very needed! Just to clarify, if you weren't sure that Snare and Sentra are a couple and Ryder and Keegan are a couple. (: Please review! It means the world to me!