"I didn't want to fall in love, not at all but at some point you smiled and holy shit I blew it."

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September, 6th

"I'm certain that this new school year will be amazing,  even better than the last one and trust me last year was sick."Phil almost chocked at the sound of these words. There was nothing more embarrassing than a middle age man, who had already started losing plenty of his hair, desperately trying to become one with young people's culture. If he was also to seem his new headmaster wearing a black hat with the word SWAG on it, Phil would jump out of the window.

"So tell me, Phil"Mr  Coulson continued and put his hand on Phil's shoulder"where are you from?"

"Manchester, sir."

"Oh don't call me sir! We aren't that many years apart."only they were. They were quite some years apart and frankly, Phil had never felt more uncomfortable in his life."And how do you find our school?"

"It seems nice, though I haven't even star--"

"Excellent!"The man replied ignoring him as they returned to the principal's office. Phil made eye contact with the secretary, who he learned was there for only a brief amount of time as the previous woman working there had gotten pregnant and was now eight months in the pregnancy, and almost shout for help. He didn't doubt that principal Coulson meant well but the boy had already a lot in his mind. He just wanted to go to his classes and get over with it. But for his own bad luck, he would have to wait.

"Ah, another newcomer. Two more to come."Mr Coulson stated with excitement and walked towards another boy sitting on one of the chairs outside. Phil remembered him from yesterday, the two of them had bumped on each other in  his way to the office."And who are you?"

Phil studied the boy-since he hadn't the chance to do it yesterday. He wore a plain blue t-shirt, black jeans, a bracelet in his left hand and a backpack was hanging from his shoulder. Phil sensed something odd about him but couldn't understand what that was exactly, so he smiled and kept his mouth shut."Matteusz--"

"--Andrzejewski, I should have realized it sooner."Mr Coulson leaned closer to the desk in front of him and grabbed two files"Your schedules. Let me just--"

"We have a big problem."a red haired woman shout as she sprinted inside"Last piece of pie. May and Quill. Hell can't even describe what is happening. Teacher's office now!"

Phil and the other boy, Matteusz, exchanged confused glances and watched their headmaster starting to panic. The red head teacher left when shouting echoed from down the hall and Mr Coulson brought both teens outside from his office. He then quickly looked around, his eyes scanning every student that made their way to their classes. Something that Phil also ought to be doing at that moment."Ward!"

Another boy, who they would assume was Ward, turned around slightly regretting his decision."Yes?"

"Can you get the new kids to class?"

"What? Oh no I can't. I need to run for practice, coach Garret--"

"Great! Thank you, Grant."

"That guy never listens, does he?"Phil whispered to himself. Matteusz shrugged and turned his attention to Ward. Grant was shorter than Matteusz, about the same height as Phil, but way more muscular than both of them. He also wore a red jacket with the school's mascot which Phil assumed was due to him playing football. Exactly what Phil needed on his first day...an athlete.

"Let me take a look at those,"he stated and grabbed the two files with their schedules. After a while, he closed them abruptly and grabbed both boys by their backpacks"better move fast."

The trio continued moving for quite sometime until they finally reached a class. From what Phil had seen, his first subject for today was Physics-which he loved. Yet when they approached the class, they found it empty. Grant groaned and spun both them and himself around. After what seemed an eternity of cursing, his eyes lighted up.

"Zoe! My favorite girl!"Grant exclaimed and rushed to the side of a thin girl with curly brown hair. The girl closed her locker and turned towards Grant clearly not amused.

"I have a boyfriend."

"So? I have a girlfriend too."

"True, let me rephrase this,"she corrected as Grant crossed his arms"I have a boyfriend who I love."

"I love Kara!"Grant replied in defense. He was ready to say something else when a girl passed them in a hurry-Phil thought she saw her yesterday at some point-making Grant completely lose his track of thought.

"You were staring at Mary Sue a second ago."Zoe shot back.

"Was not! And what kind of name is Mary Sue?"

"Her name isn't Mary Sue, we just call her that because her real name is weird."

"Good to know. Anyways, you have Math next period, right?"

"Unfortunately."

"Okay then, this is Phil"he said practically throwing Phil in her arms"he has Physics-but I think miss Quill isn't coming-so help him get to Math class when the bell rings."and with that, Grant grabbed Matteusz and ran like the wind.

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Matteusz just wanted to go to his class.

Why was this so hard? After what seemed like a century of running, the two boys finally got in a classroom."Jemma, hi,has Mr Banner arrived yet?"

"April."

"What?"

"My name is April, we share most of our classes. I even came to your birthday party."the brown haired girl explained"But no, he hasn't. I heard there's something going on in the teacher's room so many classes will be delayed."

"Perfect."Grant answered happily not bothering to apologize to April. He friendly hit Matteusz's chest twice and went on his way. With a small sigh escaping his lips, Matteusz took a seat next to April and took his stuff out of his bag. At least he could finally get rid of that heavy backpack filled-thanks to his mother-with plenty unnecessary stuff. What did he need the three extra shirts and two towels anyways?

"So you're new, right? I'm April by the way."

"Matteusz. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too."

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"I swear I didn't know, class has started. It won't happen again."Phil explained. He rally didn't since no one considered a good idea to tell Phil about the Physics teacher coming normally to her class-after only a small delay. Which left Phil to deal with a very moody teacher who wasn't going to go easy on him on his first day.

"You should have asked."

"I know, it's just my first day and I--"

"Oh, it's your first day! Why didn't you say so? I would have at east bought a red carpet, your majesty."

"This wasn't what I m--"

"I'll see you in detention, Lester."

With less than half a day passing, Phil had not only gotten detention was was also probably in miss Quill's bad list. All very wonderful accomplishment for a new student. Phil sighed in defeat and exited the classroom."Don't worry about it, Quill doesn't like anyone. Not even herself. Well, maybe kitties."

But for some reason, Zoe's comments didn't make him feel better.

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"And off we go to the worst place in our school,"April stated as Matteusz looked around. Most kids he met in class seemed nice but none of them was too keen in making friendships. Therefore, Matteusz-after April encouraged him to do so-befriended April. After all, she was very helpful and seemed genuine."the cafeteria."

"It doesn't seem that bad."

"You're saying that because you're innocent."April chuckled and made her way towards a table in which a black girl was already sitting, her eyes glued on a book which Matteusz assumed wasn't for school."Matteusz, this is Tanya."

"Hell--"

"Shush!"the girl, Tanya, shout and slightly hit his arm. April sent him an apologetic look before snatching the book from Tanya's hand"Hey! I was reading this."

April raised an eyebrow and looked at the book"The miseducation of Cameron Post?"

"I relate."she explained and grabbed the book before turning to Matteusz"I'm Tanya."after having introduced themselves, April shook her head laughing and sat down. Matteusz followed her lead and sat across Tanya.

"How come your boyfriend isn't joining us today?"Tanya shot April a look filled of disgust."I'm kidding."

"Never joke about that!"Tanya replied, shivering at the thought"Plus Ram is in love with y--"

"Guess who aced the pop quiz in Math class."another boy exclaimed full of excitement. He sat next to Tanya and went on to explain what exactly had happened earlier on. After a minute or so of talking about math he became aware of Matteusz's existence."Who is that?"

"Matteusz."April introduced.

"Should that answer my question?"the boy asked.

"Ram this is Matteusz, he's new."April repeated, this time with obvious annoyance. Tanya grinned and whispered something to Ram but neither April nor Matteusz were able to hear it. From what Matteusz could tell Ram and April didn't really get along-or they were just showing affection towards each other that way-he wasn't sure."Oh my God, look at him."

"Not again."Ram sighed as the group subtly looked behind Tanya to the entrance. Matteusz watched a blonde boy with a green shirt and red pants-Matteusz was certain that his cousin had the same pair, but who was he to judge-looking around uncomfortably.  But after following April's gaze, he realized that they were in fact staring the boy next to the one he had noticed. He was about the same height with the other boy, still shorter than Matteusz though, was dressed casually and had a big smile on his face. The only word with which Matteusz could describe him was beautiful.

"You're just jealous."April said while looking at the boy"Charlie is an amazing guy."

"I agree, I like Charlie."Tanya added making Ram frown"But if I hear one more time about how perfect and dreamy he is, I will throw up."

"That's because you're ace."

"And gay."Ram added.

"Shush! Do you want everyone finding out?"

"Who is Charlie?"Matteusz asked not being able to hide the interest in his voice. Luckily, none of the others seemed to mind-though they did mind April's excitement at the question.

"Charlie Smith, miss Quill's nephew. You'll meet her soon, she's our physic teacher."

"I still don't think they are related."Tanya cut in"Charlie is very quiet and closed to himself, whereas miss Quill is--"

"Satan."Ram explained.

"Anyway, Charlie is one of the best guys I have ever met. He's brilliant, handsome, caring and of course--"

"Very gay."Ram finished"But April is too blind to see it."

April and Ram continued having a small fight and Matteusz turned his attention to the wall. His mind drifting to Charlie, Matteusz had had other crushes before and was not a person who would fall in love exclusively with one's appearance but he had to admit that Charlie was beautiful. And maybe, just maybe, the sight of him sent shivers down his spine-but in a good way.

Then suddenly a big splash was heard and everyone turned their attention to just a few tables behind. Matteusz watched the horrified expressions on his newly found friends and tried to understand what was going on. After a while, he finally had a clear image; Charlie was standing in front of another boy soaking wet with an expression as if he was regretting his life choices.

"Remind me, why do we sell slushies in the school?"Tanya questioned. Everyone ignored her and continued looking at what was happening.

"Hey, Jolly Green Giant!"another brown haired girl quipped"Pick on someone your own size."

The other guy, who was obviously much taller than her, laughed."And I suppose that's you."

"Nope!"the girl replied and quickly bent down letting a guy behind her throw a slushy at the boy. The girl smiled proudly and sat back to her place while the guy who had helped her laughed.

"Why you,"the boy grunted and grabbed the other guy by his shirt"oh how I will enjoy this, Howell."he slowly raised his hand ready to punched him when a bunch of teachers came inside. Much yelling followed, but Matteusz couldn't see what was going on. Besides hearing a big loud 'Detention' aimed towards the Howell boy.

Then, the boy used a chair and jumped on top of the table where his friends-at least Matteusz assumed they were his friend-were sitting."Attention, Coal Hill. I know you're all a bunch of bloody cowards"he yelled"but if one of you could help my mate, Charlie, with this sticky accident, I'd be grateful."he finished and got down.

Matteusz remembered that his mother had given him some extra clothes-although Matteusz found them unnecessary-and since no one else seemed to being eager to help, he grabbed his backpack and walked towards Charlie.  "You don't have to."Charlie told him, trying to fix his shirt, even his voice seemed to capture Matteusz.

"No, no I want to."he replied"Plus I had come over-prepared."

The Howell guy smiled and went to climb on the table once more"Also, important note! Over there, next to Skye, is a bag of Maltesers. When I come back, they shall still be there. I do not care if they are very cheap and easy to find, this is my bag. Got it?"