I'm twelve minutes late for class so I have to go by the office at the back of the brick school and make up some stupid excuse as to why I'm late. I decide to go with my dad had a flat tire. I press the buzzer multiple times to the office but there's nobody around. I wait for about 5 minutes before a kid who looks to be about my age sees me and let's me in just as the office lady walks in.

"What are you doing, why did you let her in?" the office lady asked with an attitude.

"Because she was standing out there pressing the buzzer and nobody was letting her in," the kid said confused.

"What's your names?" She asked in a frustrated voice.

"My name's Adilynne," I said impatiently.

"And why do you happen to be late?"

"Flat tire."

"My name's Austin," the kid said as if we forgot about him. Austin has flawless tan skin, with brown curly hair, and green eyes. He's a little taller than me probably 5" 7.

"Take this late note and get to class both of you, and don't open the door for anyone anymore," the office lady said.

I followed Austin out of the office and through a glass door that lead to a big hallway filled with blue lockers and flights of stairs in the corner.

"Are you a freshman?" I asked to kill the silence as we climbed the stairs to get to the third floor.

"Yeah, are you?" he asked attempting to make eye contact.

"Yeah," I said looking into his big green eyes. His eyes seem so calm and peaceful. I wonder what he sees in mine. 

"So do you mind if I look at your schedule?"

I take my schedule out my back pocket of my jeans and unfold it to give him, he replaced it with his nicely kept schedule. I glance over his schedule and see that we have every single class together. At least I'll know someone, I think to myself.

He must have realized it too because a second later he said, "We should sit beside each other in our classes, I'm new here and I don't know anyone besides you as of now," he looks at me questionable, with a hopeful expression on his face.

"That would be nice," I replied giving him a small smile then immediately regretting it. The bruise on my cheek hurts when I talk but it hurts even more to smile. I don't react to the pain for both of our sakes.

We climb the stairs to the third floor, well a step away from the third floor, before he stops to turn and look at me. His face is turning a bright red, while he looks me in the eyes.

"Adilynne can I have your," he starts but stops and looks up at me with a worried expression.

"Adilynne, your bleeding," he says in panic

I look down to see what he is talking about and realize that in fact my period decided to start right now. Of course it did, we're talking about me. Austin takes of his hoodie, and hands it to me to wrap around my waist. I look at him to make sure he's okay with it and in response he nods his head. In a hurry I wrap it around my waist. Leaving him in a T-shirt.

I start to run to the bathroom and for some reason he follows me. They put the bathroom down the long brightly lit white hallway. I go to the girls side of the bathroom only to be met with really dim lights and green walls. They had 5 stalls so I just picked one.

I search my backpack for a pad of tampon, but there's nothing. Zipping my blue backpack up I unlock the stall hoping Austin isn't around the corner. I peak my head out to check and he is standing 4 feet away from me.

"You should go to class," I told him walking towards him.

"No I'm fine," he said

"I have to go back to the office."

"Why? " he asked confused.

Then after a couple of seconds he says, "oh, I can go for you since your still bleeding."

"Your going to go to the office and asks for a tampon, " I said confused.

"Yep, " he said while starting to run to the stairs.

I go back in the bathroom hoping classes aren't about to switch. Somehow I'm just now realizing that I need a change of clothes, but I know I can't go home yet. If my dad sees I'm home early he will throw a fit, unless he's still asleep. I don't want to risk another bruise, so I guess I'll go to a clothing store, somewhere.

"Adilynne?" Someone whispers.

I walk out the bathroom to find Austin holding a pack of tampons. I'm confused on why he got a whole pack but decide not to question it. I take the tampons and whisper thanks to him.

When I finish cleaning myself up I come out the stall to wash my hands, and find Austin standing in the mirror flipping his hair different ways, trying to decide which is better.

"The first way," I say to him awkwardly as I wash my hands.

He puts his hair so it's flat on his head and has no part.

"I think so too," he says looking at me.

I walk out the bathroom and again he follows me like a little puppy. I mean he is kinda cute like one I guess, so it kinda makes sense.

"Where are we going?" he says putting an emphasis on 'we.'

"Home."

"You should come to my house, my parents are away for 3 more weeks on a business trip."

I don't want to go to my house and in all honesty I have nowhere else to go. So I agree on going to his house, hoping I'm making a good choice.