Chapter one

Fern met the head teacher and was given all the books she needed. She lugged them to her new locker, the number and set pin on a small piece of paper. She was carrying the books with her right arm to avoid over using her left before ht shearling process was finished. Her locker 2181 was right next door to the locker that the boy she had seen earlier was getting books from. She widened her eyes slightly but didn't say anything, instead she just bit her lip as she struggled to open the locker with her weaker hand.

"Let me help" a blonde boy said as he approached. He was athletic with cropped blonde hair and blue eyes. He was wearing jeans and a polo shirt with a backpack on his shoulders. She couldn't help but think he looked familiar.

"Thanks" she said quickly as he took the books from her. She opened the locker and then piled the books in his ands one by one.

When his hands were free he extended his right to her. "John Watson" he introduced himself.

"I'm sorry" she said quickly looking at his hand. "I dislocated my shoulder about ten weeks ago so I'm not meant to use it to much."

John smiled and switched hands with a smile. She extended her right hand and shook his. "You look familiar." He commented. "But your obviously new."

"What gave me away?" She joked. "I'm Fern. Well my real names Emily but I prefer Fern."

"Fern it is" his eyes went to the black haired boy who was no lent against his locker staring at them. "This is Sherlock Holmes" he introduced.

"Hi" she said to him, giving a small wave.

"Why have you changed schools?" He asked coldly. Obviously not one for small talk. His eyebrow raised slightly.

Fern gave a content sigh. "Well I had an incident with another pupil which ended in my dislocating my left shoulder. My dad thought it would be better if i switched schools and its also closer."

"That's also about the time you dyed your hair as well, judging from the regrowth." He observed, pointing at her brightly coloured hair.

John looked annoyed and Fern guessed that Sherlock must do this kind of thing a lot. "I needed a change." She explained.

"Is pink your favourite colour?" John asked quickly, attempting to get back into small talk.

Fern shook her head but smiled at him. "Actually no, purple is my favourite colour." She picked up a clump of the purple hair to gesture with. "I just needed wanted two colours and pink seemed the vest idea at the time."

"Fern" a voice asked from behind John in a surprised tone. She moved to look around John and was faced with Lilly's twin brother Trent. She had completely forgotten that he went to this school. And she had to admit that he looked good. He unlike his sister had brown hair and green eyes. He was wearing dark jeans and a black top.

"Trent I completely forgot that you go here." Fern said happily as he embraced her.

"You guys know each other" John commented as they pulled apart.

"Yeah we go way back" Trent replied, his eyes fixed on her. "She's best friends with my twin sister Lilly, practically grew up together. She has the greatest voice, you should really hear her sing."

Fern nudged him gently. "At least I have one Furches with me this year." She mocked.

"I haven't seen you in months. Lilly filled me in on you and Shane, told me the bastard dislocated your shoulder." He said with a pained expression.

Fern sighed. She should have known it would have one out eventually, only she hoped it would have been later. Shane, her ex-boyfriend (previous noted at scumbag) was the reason for her dislocated shoulder. They had dated for a month when she discovered that he was sleeping with someone else, although he had told her that he would wait till she was ready to have sex. When she confronted him about it (in school) he claimed that she was to blame for being frigid, she swung for him, he blocked. Hello dislocated shoulder.

"Although it pains me to admit it he didn't mean to. I went to punch him and he blocked, my shoulder kind of went pop." She replied with a sombre tone.

Trent gave a small 'unbelievable' sigh. "It was his loss anyway, you're a total hottie with so much to offer."

John looked fairly shocked and amused behind them. He raised his hands and spoke in disbelief. "Wait, why did you go to punch your boyfriend?"

Fern gave a small laugh, it was one hell of a story to tell if you told the whole thing. "He was cheating on me, we'd only been going out a month and we didn't even have sex. We had a right about it and he told everyone that I was frigid, so I attempted to punch him. I spent the ten weeks of recovery in isolation until my dad switch my schools."

"Wow" John exclaimed.

"Yeah, no biggie." She giggled.

"What have you got first?" Trent asked.

Fern pushed the side fringe out of her face and behind her ear. "I have journalism, French, Latin, maths and PE which I am not allowed to participate in for another two weeks."

"I'll show you to class" Trent announced.

"It was nice to meet you, John, Sherlock." She said before following Trent down the corridor.

By break time Fern had learnt a few things. The girls for whatever reason didn't like she, mainly because she's new but mostly because she is attractive and colourful. The boys seem to like her. She's met a boy called Daniel with light blonde hair and brown eyes, they get on alright. They had journalism together. She also knows that the popular girls of the school are Clair, Rose and Sophie. Claire is a blonde girl with long straight hair and dressed in a short skirt. Apparently she was the leader but had was a right bitch when she wanted to be and also very manipulative. Rose had dark blonde hair that was cut to shoulder length, she was wearing jeans, a top and converse. She was the nicest and most distant of the three girls (meaning that she had a lot of friends in a lot of social groups whereas Claire stuck to the popular crowds. Sophie was a girl with plain brown hair and modest clothing, she followed the other two around mainly.

Fern spent break on her own by her locker. She called her dad to tell him about school so far because he insisted that she do so. It was on,y because he didn't want her to get hurt again, emotionally or physically. They talked about her classes and the people she had met so far, he mentioned that Jan was going to be making roasters for dinner because he knew how much she liked it.

After that she had Latin and Maths. At lunch time she headed towards the cafeteria. Trent waved for her to sit with them, she sat next to him and John and started eating her lunch.

They introduced her to the three girls that she had seen and been to,d about earlier. Claire sat opposite her and gave a huge fake smile. "I'm Claire" she introduced. "I love your hair."

"It's really cool, I wish I was allowed to dye my hair like that" Rose added.

"Thanks" Fern managed.

"Have you got a boyfriend?" Claire questioned, her eyes widening slightly.

"No-"

Clair cut her off by speaking loudly. "But you are so pretty, I can't believe that you don't have a boyfriend."

"Tell that to my ex" she joked.

Trent gave a small laugh besides her. "If I see him I'll break his nose."

Fern swatted his arm playfully. She could tell her was joking but with Trent you couldn't always tell. "Tried that once remember." She joked, gesturing to her let arm. Trent couldn't stop himself from laughing at the statement, John and Fern then began laughing at the infectious sound of Trent. After a moment they composed theirselves.

"What's so funny?" Claire demanded to know, brushing her blonde hair off her shoulders and onto her back.

"It's nothing" Fern insisted. She had finished eating her lunch, she stood up. "I've got to go do some work or I'm going to fail maths." She explained before leaving.

I know this chapter is pretty boring, I am sorry. I'm just trying to get the introductory part of it done and it is a very boring process for me. I just want them to get together already but it's gonna take time, which is just as bad for me as you guys.