*Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I'm going to make the chapters really short but update often. Comment what you think about that.*

DeAndre POV-

Today wasn't so bad. I meet a lot of people. They were mostly Ryan's friends. Turns out that I have 3 classes with Lily, History, English and Chemistry. Ryan is only in History. I guess I'm pretty lucky. Since I was feeling really confident I decided to talk to Lily.

After 9th period History, I decided to introduce myself. I walked over to her desk right before she left. I assumed she didn't have a lot or any friends on the class since no one waited for her. That's what girls do right? Not to be sexist.

"Hi." I said acting as cool as possible.

"Hi." She said.

She had the sweetest voice. It sounded like the chirp of a hummingbird. "I'm DeAndre." "I'm Lily and I have to go now but we can talk later. Cool?" She asked. "Yeah" I replied. She rushed out the door. She was carrying a lot of books. They looked like they were all about to drop from her hands. I wanted to help her but she seemed in a rush.

So I just walked out of History feeling like a million bucks. Apparently Ryan was waiting for me at my locker with Bryan and Andrew. They were two guys I had meet before. Andrew and I sat together at lunch so we were cool. I hadn't really talked to Bryan yet. I sometimes wondered if they felt uncomfortable with me. Since I was the new kid. Also because most of them were also white. I was black.

My mother had bad experiences with racism and she told me to look out for them. They didn't seem racist at all or offended by my skin colour. I wasn't surprised. I knew the kids mum would talk about were ignorant bigots. These people were smart enough not to agree with racism.

Or at least I thought they were.

Anyway when I was done at my locker I told them about my encounter with Lily. They seemed proud of me.

"Way to go Andre. Can I call you that?"

"Yeah!" I chuckled.

I saw that Ryan was reading a piece of paper.

"What is that I said?"

"It's just a flyer. I was thinking of joining the schools football team."

They had a football team in my old school as well. One year I was MVP.

"Why don't we try out together." I told him.

"Sure!" He said.

After chatting about dumb stuff we walked together to the buses.

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2:55

I was finally home. I knew my parents weren't going to be home for a while so I decided to treat myself. Many people would say I'm just getting fat but that's not true. My family has really high metabolism so we're pretty skinny. We do have some meat on our bones. Since I was on a few sports teams last year, I developed some muscle.

Not a six-pack but muscle. I grabbed a small chocolate bar and sat on my couch. I turned on the TV and started watching football. I started thinking about Lily. I mean, I really like her. If I didn't I probably wouldn't think about her so much. She seemed different. Like a weird different. A different I was going to figure out.

A/N- I totally screwed up the short chapter thing. For me this is a pretty normal size. Sorry guys. I'll try my best to keep it updated frequently. Bye!! Read, Vote and Comment.