Sitting at her desk, Lindsay is stared outside the window, lost in her own world, when Mr. Armstrong suddenly grabbed her attention by gently rapping her wooden desk.
"Lindsay, are you paying attention?" he asked in a stern voice.
"Yes, I am Mr. Armstrong," Lindsay murmured lazily, while still keeping her attention towards the scenery.
"Then what is the answers to question 16?" he questioned, pointing towards the blackboard.
"The answer to 52 by 12 is 624, Mr. Armstrong," she replied.
"That is correct," Mr. Armstrong sighed and continued teaching the class until the bell rang.
When the lunch bell rang, Lindsay stood, methodically put her stuff away, and left the classroom. She was walking down the hallway when she passed the gym room and heard music playing. Lindsay noticed four guys on stage playing instruments, and one of them was singing. Just then, an unknown, blonde haired girl stepped into the gym.
"Listening to them practice?" asked the girl, with a slightly pompous tone.
"Uh... Oh, yeah. They sound good," answered Lindsay, warily.
"They'll be performing at my house tonight," the girl continued on to say.
"Oh! That's awesome!" Lindsay answered, with faked enthusiasm.
"I'm having a party at my house tonight. If you want to come, you're invited," the girl mentioned casually with a lazy smirk.
"I might be there." Lindsay gave her a careful nod.
"Hope you can make it!" she exclaimed. "My name's Ashley Kerwin," she introduced herself, holding out her hand.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Lindsay Martin," Lindsay replied, shaking her offered hand.
"Well, it's great to see a new face at this school!" she said, letting go. "Catch ya later!" And with that, Ashley walked out of the gym.
Lindsay then left as well, and went down the hallway towards the exit. Walking down the steps of the school, she noticed an empty bench and plopped down on it. Taking out her MP3 Player, she turned it on and listened to the music, slightly bouncing her head to the tunes coming out of her earphones.
While listening to a song, she thought back to her life in California.
Flashback
Elizabeth was in California, hanging out with her friends, enjoying herself, and having a great time at the beach.
"I can't believe summer time is over already!" moaned Elizabeth.
"I wish I didn't have to go back to school next week," Alyssa complained further, heaving a sigh.
"I know someone who should be happy to be back in school," Rose piped up, a bit saucily.
"Who?" asked Elizabeth, with an excited and curious tone of voice.
"Oh! You know who," suggested Alyssa, winking in Elizabeth's direction.
"Me?" Elizabeth questioned, and when she received affirmative nods from the others, she continued to ask, "Why should I be happy about school next week?"
"Oh, come on Elizabeth! Really?!"Amy asked in an exasperated tone.
"You really don't remember telling Brian Matthews that you like him?" Alyssa prodded.
"Oh yeah! I remember that!" Elizabeth exclaimed, smiling reminiscently.
"So if anybody should be happy about going to school next week, it should be you Elizabeth," Rose decided.
Elizabeth then turned around, and laying on her back, she lazily stared up at the sky with her sunglasses on.
"This is going to be a great year of school for me. I can feel it," Elizabeth said certainly, and gave a goofy smile.
End of Flashback
Lindsay blinked her eyes open, even though she couldn't recall closing them, and pulled out her earphones. She noticed with a start, a guy sitting next to her on the bench and casually eating his food.
"Where did you come from?" she asked suspiciously.
"I just sat down here a minute ago to eat my lunch 'cause there is nowhere else to eat," he replied after a moment of swallowing down his food. "I thought I could eat here since you were busy sleeping," he reasoned out.
"I wasn't sleeping. I was listening to music and thinking," she responded in a slightly grumpy tone.
"Looked more like you were asleep to me," he disagreed.
"How would you know if I were asleep?" asked Lindsay, on the verge of getting pissed off.
"Because you were drooling, and only people who sleep drool," he replied dryly, like he was stating the obvious.
Lindsay brushed her fingers against the corners of her lips and found it to be slightly damp and sticky.
'Yup! I was drooling... SHIT!' cursed Lindsay in her head.
She dived into her bag and taking out a napkin, cleaned her face.
"So… Maybe I was sleeping, but what's so wrong with that?" Lindsay huffed, putting the napkin and MP3 Player back in her bag.
"Nothing's wrong with it," he simply shrugged.
Lindsay observed the guy and noticed that he had on a leather jacket and a rock band t-shirt, along with blue jeans and gym shoes.
"The way you're dressed, you look like the kind of guy that would have a lot of friends," Lindsay said, a shadow of gloominess in her voice.
"But I do have a lot of friends," he stated.
"Oh, really? Then where are they at?" she asked.
"My friends are in the gym room still practicing for the party tonight at Ashley Kerwin's house," he explained.
"Wait! Are you one of the guys in that band?" Lindsay questioned with an incredulous tone of voice.
The guy finished eating his food and then he turned around, looking at Lindsay.
"If you want to know, then come to the party tonight and find out," he smirked at her.
The guy got up from the bench, tossed his tray in the trashcan, and walked away.
At around 2:15 P.M., the last bell rang, signaling that classes and school were over and everybody quickly left. Lindsay, sitting on the steps of the school, waited for her mother to pick her up, when Sean unexpectedly came out of the school.
"Waiting for someone?" he asked.
Lindsay glanced up and saw the guy from the principal's office looking down at her.
"Yeah, I'm waiting for my mother to pick me up," she explained.
"I understand how that feels. Sometimes, I have to wait for my brother to come too," Sean mentioned. "Sucks when your parents or family are late coming to get you," he continued and took a seat next to Lindsay on the steps.
"Yeah, it sucks big time," she agreed.
"You're a new student here, aren't you?" he suddenly asked.
"Yeah... It's my second day here," Lindsay nodded.
"How do you like it so far?" Sean questioned.
"It's alright," she said.
"Come on! You don't like it much?" he asked, surprised.
"Not really," Lindsay shrugged.
Sean started smiling.
"Don't worry. Pretty soon you'll start to love it here. Just wait and watch!" Sean grinned.
Just then, a car pulled up in front of the school.
"Well, that's my Mom," Lindsay said. "It was nice talking to you."
"Call me Sean," he offered, holding out his hand.
"Sean, nice to meet you," Lindsay nodded, shaking his hand. "You can call me Lindsay. Well... Talk to you later."
Lindsay, getting up from the steps, quickly made her way over to the car.
Lindsay opened the door to their house and made her way in, along with her mom.
"How was your second day at school?" asked her mother, switching on the lights.
"It was alright, but I still miss my old school," Lindsay sighed.
"How were things at your new job, Mom?" Lindsay finally asked.
"About as good as being a cashier at a store can get," her mother simply shrugged.
"Mom, I know you miss your job as a judge in California," Lindsay pointed out.
"Yes, I do miss it, but I care more about you then some stupid job," she replied sternly.
Kissing Lindsay on the cheek, her mother went into the kitchen to start cooking dinner.
In another part of town, the mob boss and his gang's men were still looking for Lindsay.
"Tell me, have you found her?" questioned the mob boss.
"Sir, we're trying, but we haven't found anything," the gangster replied.
"Trying is not what I want!" the boss replied harshly. "I want her found!"
"We will keep looking until we find her sir," said the other gangsters.
"You better find her, because if you don't, you two will both end up dead," the mob boss demanded."You understand!?"
"Yes, Boss!" said the two gangsters.
The two gangsters left the room while the mob boss sat there with anger and rage written all over him.
Back in Toronto, Lindsay was upstairs in her bedroom, putting on a red dresses that showed off her toned legs and curves, pairing it with a pair of golden high heels. She went over to the vanity, and opening up her makeup kit, she took out some red lipstick and applied it, along with a little bit of eye liner and blush.
For a final touch up, she added a diamond pendant shaped like a key around her neck and donned a red, leather jacket. Just before leaving, Lindsay quickly brushed her hair out until it was nice and long.
Her mom was watching television, when she glanced up to see Lindsay coming down the stairs all dressed up.
"What are you all dressed up for?" she asked curiously.
"A party I was invited to," Lindsay replied.
"I hope you have fun, Elizabeth!" her mother said encouragingly.
"Don't worry Mom, I will," she reassured her.
Opening the door, Lindsay stepped out of the house and strolled down the street towards Ashley Kerwin's house.
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