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Chapter One: First Day, First Showdown

"Andrea!"

I looked in the direction of the familiar voice in the airport. A big smile spread on my face seeing a tall brown haired, brown-eyed boy, who happened to be my brother, waving at me from the terminal baggage claim area along with my parents who were smiling ear to ear as well seeing me.

"Mom! Dad! Mark!" I ran to them, feeling as ecstatic as ever.

"We missed you so much Sweety! Its great to have you back with us here in New York." my mum said, enclosing me in a bear hug.

"Me too! Was feeling very homesick." I said, giving her a squeeze.

"How is my super girl?" my dad asked with a broad smile.

"Doing great like my super dad!" I grinned, hugging him after mum.

"Wassup bro?" I asked Mark as we shared a sibling hug.

"Since my little sister is turning out to be beautiful, I have to babysit her by keeping boys at bay in school." he chuckled, stressing at the word 'little'.

"I don't know how to break this to you but we are just a year apart & that difference is considered to be negligible. We're in the same grade anyway" I taunted back. Ha Ha!

He opened his mouth to say something but dad interrupted,

"Okay kiddos! Lets get your luggage Andy."

I nodded. After getting my baggage, we exited the airport & headed towards our car.

"Lets get home quickly! I've made your favourite doughnuts Andy!" my mother said as she sat on the passenger seat next to dad while my brother & I occupied the back seat of the car.

Yummy Doughnuts! Yippiee!

"Dad, We might have to buy a bus since someone might turn fatter than a balloon by gulping desserts & not fit into this car." Mark said, giving me a teasing look.

I raised my brow at that, "How about I gift you a sharpener to sharpen you brains?"

I smirked when he frowned at me. He teased me further & I made sure to give it back to him again. And that's how we started bickering....as Usual! I saw our parents shaking their heads at our childishness. But Mark & I love it this way! And I gather majority of the sibling population in the world would nod their heads to this.

Well, before we move on, lets begin from the Beginning.

My name is Andrea Wilson. I am called 'Andy' by my closed ones. Even you can call me that! I'm seventeen years old while Mark is eighteen. But we are in the same grade anyway! Dad is a Financial Analyst while Mom runs a boutique. My family shifted to New York from Los Angeles last year but I went to Florida for a year to do my internship in a media company under the supervision of my Aunt Mary. Now that it is over, I am here to stay with my family & attend high school with Mark.

"Here we are!" mom said as we pulled up in front of our house.

Mark offered to carry my baggage to which I politely accepted & we all walked in through the front door into the living room. It was a three bedroom house with a lawn at the backside. There were two rooms on the upper floor, one for my parents & the other for me while the room downstairs was filled in by my brother.

I walked upstairs to my room. Opening the first door, I entered a simple yet elegant room with cream coloured walls. There was a bed, a bedside lamp on the nightstand, dresser, study desk & a closet with the window overlooking the lawn.

I took a quick shower, wore a blue pajama and a top, then began to unpack. It was dinner time by the time I was done arranging my clothes in the closet & setting everything up in the room.

After a dinner of meat balls & rice, I headed to the lawn & sat on the swing. The moon shone brightly above with a pleasant breeze swirling around. School begins at 8 the next morning & my stomach felt over filled with nervousness & excitement.

"Hey, What's up?"

I heard Mark's voice from behind. He came & sat with me on the swing.

"I'm joining school a bit late so, you know, was wandering what sort of stares & whispers are in store for me tomorrow." I nervously voiced my thoughts to him.

"Don't worry, Did I tell you that I was lying about your being beautiful? No one will realize you're existing in school & even if you're noticed, you will just have to deal with a dozen of embarrassing pranks & nothing else." he shrugged.

"Thanks Mark, That's the best help I have got in this decade." I retorted sarcastically.

He grinned, "You will be fine. Chill! After all you are MY sister."

He boasted, thumping his chest.

I raised my eyebrow, "Are you really that popular in school?"

"Ermm....Not really." He confessed, glancing sideways.

I smirked, "Then in that case, when you go about introducing me to everyone, they will have to figure out who you are on the first place!"

He opened his mouth but couldn't think of anything smart to answer me back. I giggled as he closed his mouth.

"Good Night brother!" I stood up & began walking indoors.

"Good night." I heard him mutter in defeat!

I woke up on time next morning, even though sleep was tempting me enough to forget the world & lie down under the covers on the bed again.

Yawing & rubbing my eyes, I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth. After bath, I got dressed in blue skinny jeans & white tank top. I combed my messy brown hair & used bobby pins to fix the curls. Slinging my bag over my shoulders, I raced downstairs for breakfast.

Mark & I simultaneously arrived at the breakfast table from our respective rooms. We wished good mornings to our parents & took our seats around the table. After we were done with sandwiches & strawberry milkshakes, it was time to leave for school.

"Have a great day you two!" dad called out on my brother & me.

"Drive well Mark & both of you don't start bickering in the car." mum added.

Mark & I grinned. We left from home soon after.

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Mark sat behind the steering wheel while I hopped on the passenger seat next to him, buckling the seatbelt.

"Are you ready for school?" he asked with his eyes on the road ahead as the countryside began to pass by the windows.

"Yeah kind of." I replied.

"If you stay away from both good and bad boys and do my share of homework, you will easily be able to survive high school in here." shrugged Mark.

I rolled my eyes at that, "Why don't you have a girlfriend?"

"Well, I haven't really come across impressive boobs till now!" he said unabashedly.

"Gross!" I remarked.

He smirked. In another few minutes, we pulled up in the school's parking lot. Mark got out of the car after parking it. With a deep nervous breath, I opened the car door & got out as well, falling into step with my brother.

"Who is she?"

"Mark's sister I guess. He couldn't have a girlfriend so brought his sister."

"Yeah! They look a bit similar."

"Wonder what Drake has to say in this."

"Yep! Do you think even she, like every other girl, will try to get Drake on the bed with her?"

The whispers & gossips continued to come from the crowd that was watching us as we kept walking. We headed to the office to get my class schedule.

"Who is this Drake fellow?" I asked him when finally there were no more staring eyes on us, "It seems he is a nerd who is actually popular in school. Strange."

"Ah! Apart from that both of us are best friends as well." Mark said.

My eyes shot wide open, "Your best friend is a Nerd?I mean...I can't imagine you being friends with a bookworm as you fall asleep over every book that comes under your nose."

He returned my incredulous look with a nod & a casual shrug.

"Oh, O....kay? I seriously don't know what to say." I admitted my speechlessness.

"Hey Mark!"

We heard someone calling from the opposite corridor as we walked out of the office after collecting my schedule.

"Yes Peter?" my brother answered the black haired guy.

"Mr Jones wants you to meet him on the football field."

"Alright! I will be there." Mark answered. The other guy nodded & walked away.

My brother notified me that Mr Jones was the P.E teacher & football coach.

"I will take you to the room where we have our first class together so that you don't lose your way around." he spoke in a babysitting kind of tone.

I rolled my eyes, "Mark! I am not a new born kid! I will figure out the room on my own."

"Newborns don't go to high school." He raised his brow.

"Whatever."

"Okay then, if you insist. I will see you in class." he said & prepared to leave but stopped after walking a few steps. I saw him opening his bag & take out a folder which had lots of loose sheets.

"Listen, incase I'm late for class, please submit this assignment on my behalf."

Mark handed over the folder to me. Whoa! Someone seems to have been working really hard!

"Okay." I agreed.

After he left, I had a look at my time table. I had Maths & Journalism before lunch and Science & English after lunch. I read the room number of the first period.....well...ah! its shouldn't be difficult to locate the class. I looked at my wrist watch. There was still time for the first class. I would probably ask someone later for the directions to the classroom.

I walked all over the place, looking around me to admire the school infrastructure. There were also beautiful paintings hung along the passages that led to the hall. There might have been some art exhibition by the Fine Art students. I was very much engrossed gazing at the wall hangings when suddenly, I felt myself colliding hard with someone--who seemed equivalent to a moving wall because I was almost knocked down by the force. I grew wide eyed as the folder tossed out of my hand & all the loose papers in it came out & flew in the air before settling on the floor in a scattered manner! Oh No!

"If you can't walk properly with your two legs, then carry a walking stick," I heard someone snap rudely at me as I bent down to gather all the papers.

"Why can't you see & walk? After all, talking on the phone doesn't turn people blind altogether." I retorted once I stood up, figuring out he had been speaking on his mobile.

It was just a split-second later I realized that the guy in front of me was very much hot & good looking. He was tall, had blonde hair-some fringes of which fell over his forehead, alluring sea blue eyes and not to forget the sexy texture of his voice. The swag shirt that he wore fitted tightly around his arms to accentuate his tempting biceps.

It was only after a few seconds later I realized that I had been gawking at him & he was glaring back at me. I also felt many pairs of eyes on us. A crowd had gathered around.

"Its obvious that you purposely bumped into me so stop your lousy pretending. " he sneered.

"I would rather prefer bumping into zombies as they are much better looking than you." I shot back, feeling the anger in me.

"Nobody speaks to me like that. Apologize right now." he gritted his teeth in anger, stepping dangerously close to me. I could hear female gasps & shrieks around us.

"The word 'Sorry' doesn't exist in my dictionary for you." I countered.

"Then upgrade your stupid dictionary and also upgrade that thing inside your skull." he snapped in return.

"You are such an a---" I stopped mid-sentence, realizing that the crowd which had been watching us with so much interest suddenly began to scurry away.

"You two!!How about a detention now?"

How about what?

My throat ran dry in shock as we turned to face a short & stout man glaring coldly at us.

Erm....is it perfectly ordinary to land in detention instead of classes on your very first day of the year at school?

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