HI! Sorry that its been 5months. I had huge writers block for this story - not even joking. I read over it twenty times and couldn't come up with anything. That's the reason why their are lots of POV changes in this chapter - I had no idea what I was doing. Once again, I am really sorry!

Aellai was alone for her first class, Ericka and Nessie being over the other side of the school. She sat nervously at the back of the classroom, taping her pen against the table. Her eyes scanned everyone who entered the room, trying to decide if they were nice enough to talk to. She saw a few people who looked friendly, but being shy, she didn't have the guts to strike up a conversation. She gave up on her search, turning her attention to doodling on her notepad.

"Hi" a perky voice said, taking a seat next to her.

"Morning" Aellai replied, not looking up.

"Your new here" she stated. "I'm Terri."

Nessie's POV

"So why did you move over here?" I ask, looking at my new friend.

"Nessie!" Jake hissed, slapping my arm lightly.

"Its okay. Aellai and her father were moving to America for a fresh start, her mother died. I was invited along, I agreed. I could stay with my best-friend and get a better education" Ericka explained.

"What about your parents? Don't you miss them?" I question, why would someone leave their mama and dad?

"A little but I wasn't close with any of them" she shrugs. "Aellai's family is more like my family. I was always around their house; hardly ever at home."

"Oh" I mumble, nodding slightly. "Jakey lives with us. Dad said he could live with us because he's so cute and he's like a puppy; always following me around."

"Shut up" he moans, shaking his head. "I know I shouldn't have taken any classes with you."

"This isn't even your class Jake, you should go" I tell him.

"What? What do yo- oh! Yeah, sorry!" he quickly kisses me. "Love you, bye!"

"Love you too!" I shout after him as he runs from the room, people staring at both of us.

I smile at Ericka, she's shaking her head but is smiling also. I ignore her, instead looking towards the board where the teacher stands. The teacher has an eyebrow raised as she looks at Ericka and I, seemingly annoyed with the pair of us. I raise my eyebrows back at him, somewhat challenging her to say something.

"Pack it in Nessie" Mattie whispers, taking her seat next to me.

"Mat! This is Ericka, she's new. Ericka, this is Mattie" I introduce, pointing slightly at Ericka who sits at the desk in front of us.

"Welcome" Mattie smiles, putting her books onto the desk.

"Thanks, its nice to meet you" Erika smiles back.

Lunch, Maths room

Aellai stands awkwardly in the middle of the maths classroom, her arms folded across her chest. She didn't really want to be there but Terri had pulled her along. She wanted to be with her best friend, Ericka was probably sitting with Nessie... The weird girl. There was something strange about that girl, something that made her different from any other girl Aellai had met before.

"What are we doing here Terri?" Aellai asks with a huff.

"Give it a rest Aellai, its not like you know anyone else at this school" the other girl rolls her eyes, pushing herself up to sit on a table.

"I do, my friend Ericka goes here" Aellai disagrees, narrowing her eyes. "And I know Jacob, and Nessie."

"You know Jacob? Are you friends with him, do you talk quite a bit?" Terri's eyebrows are raised as she slides off the table and goes to stand in front of her.

"Well, we haven't spoken all that much. We met this morning, he nice; so is Nessie" Aellai explains with a small shrug.

"Well, go find them, have a chat. You can tell me all about it later" Terri orders. The other girl looks at her, eyebrows raised in confusion. "Go Aellai."

With a roll of her eyes, Aellai picked up her bag and left the maths classroom. There was something seriously up with Terri, why did she want Aellai there one minute and gone the next? Jacob, something changed in Terri's eye when Aellai mentioned Jacob. What was it about him? Did Terri have a crush on him, was that it?

On the way to the canteen, she saw Nessie on the field with the other cheerleaders and Ericka sitting to the side with their bags with Jacob. Aellai jogged over to them, gave her best-friend a hug and sat down besides her. Ericka raised an eyebrow, silently asking what was the cause of the frown on her face but Aellai just shook her head, making it clear she didn't want to talk about it.

Nessie's POV

"I swear Nes, I hate you" Tessie breathed heavily, wiping a hand across her sweaty forehead.

"Oh give over" I roll my eyes. "A little exercise won't kill ya."

"A little won't but jogging around the field twice?! I think I'm just about dead" she squeals.

"Oh well" I shrugs. "Come on, their about to show us the routine."

Lunch, Maths room, Terri's POV

"Where's the other girl?" Jess asks, entering the room a few minutes after Aellai left.

"She's gone to do a little job for me, don't worry about her" I replied. "Did you get my lunch?"

"Yep, a salad with no cheese" she nods, getting the food from her shoulder-bag. She hands it over and I take it.

I pull the lid off of the container, prodding my fork into the contents. "Jess, there are bell peppers in here! You know I don't like bell peppers! Are you trying to poison me?"

"What? No, I didn't know" she says, backing away from me.

"Your so useless Jessica, you can't even get the right salad" I throw the food towards the bin before grabbing my bag and storming from the room.

I walk down the pathway besides the field. Ugh, stupid cow. She knows I'm dieting, she knows I want to be thinner for when Cheer-leading picks up soon. Actually, I need to talk to Ms Honder about when the try outs are, I'm going for captain this year.

I glance up, only to have the breath knocked out of me. The cheer-leading team stand on the field, performing a routine that they will have to perform at the next game. Are you kidding me?! Are you actually serious right now?! I storm around the metal fencing, walking up to Ms Honder who stands watching the cheerleaders.

"Ms Honder, you didn't tell me that practice was today?" I say, standing in front of the teacher.

"Why would I? Your not on the team" she shrugs, leaning around me. "Tessie and Nessie are on the team instead, their quick learners.

"What?" I gasp, my eyes widening in disbelief. "No, not them. I was on the team last year, I was good. I was going to try out for captain this year!"

"Well, you should have been in gym last lesson yesterday instead of skipping class... again" Ms Honder says, finally looking at me.

"What? Try outs were in gym class?! Ms Honder, that's not fair!" I say, stomping my foot a little. "You know how good I am on the team anyway, just kick Nessie off."

"No can do, you know the rules; you should have been at try outs" Ms Honder shakes her head. "besides, she's picking up the routine better then you did."

Nessie's POV

The rest of the cheerleaders and I stand with our arms folded as Terri storms of the field. She throws me a glare over her shoulder, her eyes burning with pure hatred. I don't understand what I've done wrong though, I only performed the routine and just so happened to be picked for the team.

"Alright ladies, back to work" Ms Honder orders, turning back to us. "One, two, three and four. That's it, Tazmin, just like that. No, Jemima, its the left hand. Nes, can you get you leg a little higher? Yeah, that's it, perfect. That's great Tessie, keep it up."

"I hate you" Tessie growls at me over the music, a look of annoyance on her face.

"I love you too" I chuckle.

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