It was a bright sunny morning and the air was filled with the aroma of blooming flowers in the gardens nearby. And here i was fastening my pace to reach my class in time. "Carly! Carly! Wait!" I swiftly turned around and saw my best friend Lorraine West running up to catch up with me. She was one of the most amazing person I've met. Her warm brown eyes glinted in her angular face. Her smile was worthy enough to reach in the Time Magazine and her tall and perfect body always made her look amazing in any kind of clothes. She loved everything that came with fashion and trend. Not to mention her cherry red volkswagen parked far away in the parking lot. She also had a long list of guys who wanted to go out with her, but she rejected them face first. Summing it up, she was a total knockout and i am pretty sure she will be my bridesmaid someday. Her long straight brown hair was flying away as she squeezed her way in through the crowd towards me.

      I crossed my arms and looked up at her. She smiled awkwardly at me and pulled her backpack straps. "Where were you? I waited for you for almost 30 minutes! " i said not removing my gaze from her.

   "Oh." She said blankly

   "Oh?" I scoffed

   "Okay look.. ummm i was stuck in the traffic... okay? And then.. i ended up coming late" she said looking outside trying to avoid my stare.

   "Really Lorraine? Do you really wanna do this right now?" I tilted my head sideways and sighed loudly and started walking away.

    She walked next to me and put her hand blocking my way. I looked at her. She put her hands up as if she was surrendering up to me. "Okay okay! Sherlock Holmes, you got me! Well... i kinda... you know slept late.. and woke up late" she laughed awkwardly "obviously, and then i got into traffic."

    She gave me one of her best smiles and then i lost. I smiled back "couldnt you have just given me a call? I was there standing for like, forever..." we started walking again.

   "I know , i know, i should've called you, i just forg-  oww!!! " She yelled and held her right knee. She bent down and winced.

   I watched her and patted her back "you okay?"

   "dont let the pretty colors and sparkly lights fool you again Carly" said a raspy voice. I looked up at the owner of the voice. Derrick Dales. I mentally facepalmed myself for meeting him today.

   "Derrick please, just stay out of this" i said and helped Lorraine up.
   Lorraine saw him and she gave him a disgusted look. she smirked evily "well, well, look its the Satan's son" he grunted and coiled his fingers into a fist. He exhaled and smiled            
   "Carly, its so nice to meet you. Are you perhaphs free this Wednesday?" I dont even know whats wrong with this guy. I had already told him that im not interested in him. But he just doesnt seem to give up. And as far as i can remember, Lorraine and Derrick were never on good terms. Far before i met Lorraine i was called a 'nerd'. My very existence was found to be removed from the student records. I wasnt bullied very much, and i didnt get much attention from other people which meant i could mind my own business and i was thankful for that. But later when i met Lorraine, my life changed and she became my first best friend. Her soul was what i admired the most. But being with Lorraine meant, i HAD to change my dressing sense. Not that she hated me for that, but she always complained of all the rumors that were spread of her just using me to make her look better and that, hurted her the most. That was when i decided there's nothing wrong in trying new styles. But then came all the unwanted attention and B-O-Y-S. Starting from Louis to all the way to Derrick. Lorraine hated Derrick as much as any person could hate broccoli. Its just another long story where Lorraine ended up ruining his reputation.

     "I hate to interrupt, but you see... Carly's not free on wednesday" she gritted her teeth and said sternly.

     He suddenly held my wrist. I tried yanking it away but it was if no use. He looked at Lorraine, "I wasnt even talking to you, you psychic bitc-" before he could complete it Adam came and stopped him "leave the girls alone". He held onto Derrick's shoulder and pressed it. I saw Derrick wince in pain as Adam's nerves popped up against his skin. Derrick let go of my hand and walked away muttering curses under his breath. He certainly didnt want to pick up a fight with Adam. He walked in and stood infront of us

     "Hi!" he whispered softly. I smiled at him and Lorraine calmed down.

     "Hey!" I said and looked up at him. He held our hands and pulled us away from there

     "You guys okay?" He asked us letting our hands go and putting his hands in his pockets.                 

   "Hmmm, yeah. Thanks " Lorraine mumbled, looking at the floor.

     "Dont mention it" He said smiling.

     "Just stay away from him, to be on the brighter side. You know i wont always be around to watch over you kid." He said ruffling my hair up. I tried stopping him and yanked his hands down.
     "Stop" i scowled.

     "Okay okay..." he laughed brightly.
Adam Turner was my friend. We had gone to the same church since kids and we had known each other for all our lives. Adam was really calm minded with a great personality. He was great at both the academics as well as sports, soccer to be exact. His golden-brown hair, dark eyebrows and a great physique with his ocean blue eyes was completely a masterpiece. He was more like a brother to me,  a 'guardian angel' is what he calls himself. But his silent features were not to be fooled with. His anger and strength could rip a person into halves. Because, if once angered it wouldnt be easy to calm him down. ( ive heard rumors... its highschool, what do you expect?). The girls in this school drooled over him because of 2 things: him and him being single. He never asked any girl out and he always politely returned all the gifts given to him by the girls who fangirled over him. And his patience for tolerating things.... that is the most amazing. One could talk to him throwing stones at him at the same time and he wouldnt do anything to you (it depends on who is throwing them), especially if youre Lorraine. he always had a thing for Lorraine, And everyone knew that. They both secretly admired each other but said nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if they married each other one day. "Okay, im leaving... gotta go! See you back at class!! " he said and walked away glancing once at Lorraine and smiling at her. Her cheeks turned to tinted red and she bit her lip to hide her smile.

      "Lovebirds!" I muttered and nodded my head.

       Lorraine looked back at me and put up her bitch-face back on. "What?" She asked frowning.

      " nothing " i smiled and walked in for our first class.

                                                                           ****

I came and sat down at my desk. Lorraine followed me and sat on my right.  All students were still roaming around in the class and talking stuff. I saw the door open and she walked in. Ashley Hills, the another reason for my existence. I waved at her and she made her way towards me and sat on my left. "Hey Carly!" She said smiling widely, her eyes beaming over her spectacles. She was my other best friend. She had black eyes like me and long blonde hair that stopped a little above her waist. She was naturally shorter than me and had freckles on her cheeks. She was the topper of our class from ever since she came here. She flew to here from Australia to visit one of her aunt's. Me and Lorraine bumped into her one day and we became friends right there. Then she decided she wanted to stay here with her aunt attending the same school as ours while her parents went back. She was straight-forward and bold just like Lorraine. The difference? Lorraine never gave another thought before acting up, but whereas Ashley always looked up for the consequences and acted up. She was always smart and i always loved her. We three were always called 'the golden trio' , 'the misfits' and many more by the teachers.

   I smiled, " hey Ash!"

   She looked at Lorraine and smiled "hey Lorraine "

   Lorraine gave a wide smile and wiggled her eyebrows "hey"

   "Guess what happened?" I asked smiling and resting my chin on my palms "what?" Ashley chirped.

   "We met Adam today... and someone" i glanced over to Lorraine " someone.. blushed a lot" Ashley started laughing.

    Lorraine frowned and looked at me "Carly,  you gotta stop. We're just friends"

    "stop friend-zoning him... he will never ask you out then." Ashley said nodding her head and sighed loudly.

    "You guys are looking over the horizon where there is nothing" Lorraine said tiredly.   

"There is something fishy out here..." Ashley said opening her book "i already see your future with him... so there's no point in arguing back..." Ashley said holding back her laugh.

    "Do you see my fist lying in your face anywhere in that future you're referring to?"  Lorraine asked giving us both a death-glare.

    I decided to take it from here since i could see where this conversation was clearly leading to. I cleared my throat, "did you guys hear about the new transfer student?"

    Ashley stood up to pick her pencil up that had fallen down, she looked up at me, "yeah.. i heard the other girls talking about him..."

    "him?" I asked her.

     She stood still, " yeah, you didnt know that the transfer student was a boy?"

     "I dont really talk to any other human beings... you know?" I smiled awkwardly.

     Ashley smiled "anyways, i heard that he is super hot and he is totall-"

    "settle down class. Sit down Ms. Hills." Ashley scurried back to her seat. Mr Robertson our physics teacher walked around the class to make everything come back to normal.

"Switch off your phones and tuck it away. If i hear any beeps you will be spending your rest of the evening in the detention." Most of them switched off their phones and kept it in their backpack. "Okay class, we begin with new chapter. Open to page 145" i opened my book and sighed.

  To be honest, i hated physics infact we all three did. We three werent the favourite students and we often fell into trouble. I looked over to my right only to see Lorraine dozing off . I nodded my head and turned to left. Ashley was taking down notes, at least thats what i thought. I tapped my fingers on my desk and she turned to see me. I asked her what she was writing down through gestures. I had no idea what Mr. Robertson was teaching. Ashley smiled at me and showed me her book. I peeped into it and i lost all my hopes. I saw some weird-strangly drawings that looked like some human-alien mutation... more like zombies and the worse part was she named one of them 'Mr. Robertson'. I tried to stifle my laugh. It reminded me of the 'walking dead' series. She continued drawing. Ashley was really a smart brainiac. She can even sleep through the whole year and still get the most highest marks in the class, but art wasnt her cup of tea. And as of for me, sitting in between of two girls where one of them always lived in her dreamland and the other who drew weird zombies naming them as your teachers didnt help a 'not-so-interested-girl-in-physics' in any ways at all. But i had to survive, i had to get my schoalrship to get into college. And even my dad expected so much from me. I couldnt let him down. He was my everything and i loved him unconditionally.

    They were only few minutes left. I sighed and just then i felt someone staring at me from the right corner of the room. My instincts made me turn around and i saw a boy looking at me. I blinked my eyes not believing of what i was seeing. The dark black hair and the dark eyebrows. His perfectly angular face with his large black doe eyes sparkling brightly. I felt the time slow down around me and i heard my heartbeat unusually a bit louder. His broad shoulders and his wide smile- WAIT WHAT!? hes smiling at me? I snapped out of my dreamworld and lied down on my desk. My stupid instincts!. I slowly peeped through my shoulders and saw him talking to one of the guys sitting beside him. He pointed in my direction and asked something. Then he rubbed his nape and smiled at me... again. I shut my eyes and bit my lips. I opened them after a minute or so only to find Lorraine lying on the desk, looking at me and smirking. O-k-a-a-a-y..... now im officially screwed up. I hoped she didnt watch all that drama back there. She smirked even more at me and opened her mouth to say something. Just then the bell rang, i grabbed my stuff and ran out of the class. Still feeling his gaze on me as i disappeared in the halls.