"Nobody's perfect, you live and you learn it!" Carly sings at the top of her lungs, as we turn into the school's parking a lot.
"Carly, shut up nobody wants to hear Hannah Montana!" I yell at her.
"You're just jealous because I sound like her." She says parking the car.
"Oh yes, I am so very jealous of my best friend that sounds just like Hannah Montana aka Miley Cyrus." I say in a flat tone while getting out of the car.
"Oh shut up Melanie." She says rolling her eyes. "So who do you think is going to be your English partner for that 50 point assignment?" Carly asks me.
"Oh my unicorn horn, I hope it's you! I don't want to make friends with anymore people. Or have to do all the stupid work." I say to Carly as we walk through the door to school.
Ahh school where dreams come to die, and virginity is lost faster then bobby pins.
"Yeah, at least we could get it done in a week then have movie marathons." Carly says happily as we walk to her locker. Carly has been my best friend since kindergarten. She is the same height as me, 5'8, and she has brown hair. Mine is a blonde ombré but my natural color is a dirty blonde.
"Yes and watch the Bride War over and over." I say happily with a clap.
"We better get paired together!" Carly says as she shuts her locker.
We begin walking when Leigh aka girl the that doesn't know how to get her legs to shut, walks past us sending a death glare our way. She hates all wallflowers and nerds, me especially. Considering I 'Accidentally' poured milk on her head in 8th grade. That was a great day.
I lean over to Carly once Leigh passes by us. "Twinkle twinkle little whore close your legs there not a door." Carly burst out laughing and I giggle along with her.
We turned the corner and everybody was pressed against the walls trying there best to stay out of the way. Well the boys were. The girls were drooling and basically stripping down and throwing there clothes at three guys.
3 alarm hot tamales ranking hot, hotter, and hottest.
Hot. Reece Speed, he gives the girl manager dirty thoughts just with one wink. Making them wave there books in front of their face trying to cool down.
Hotter. Troy O'Neil, the girls throw their underwear at him and that smirk makes the girls hold onto the locker for dear life.
Hottest. Jace McQueen, he's got the looks, the smirk, and the wink. I've also heard besides his fighting, smoking, and drinking. He can be a really good guy. Which brings me too, girls literally trying to jump him. When he walks through the halls they are on the floor because there legs gave out.
The bad boys. Every school as them.
"Here comes trouble." Carly mumbles to me.
"Ain't that the truth." I whisper with a roll of my eyes.
They walk by us but, after Reece sends me a wink. Carly got a smirk from Troy. Jace just looked at us while sending the slightest smirk our way. Carly and I looked at eachother and rolled our eyes.
Men.
We started walking to our English class again. We walked into the class and sat in the middle of the room. We sit down and lean into talk to eachother.
"Can you believe Leigh and Jace are dating again? Like the last time they broke up, there was so much drama it could have put Days Of Our Lives off the air." Carly says with roll of her eyes.
I roll my eyes as well. "Yeah, Leigh literally went after every girl that tried to talk to him." I say remembering the poor girls running home crying with a Leigh behind them smirking.
"Remember when she walked into the lockers?" Carly asks with a giggle and I join in.
"She blamed that on Jace and they got into a huge fight. Causing break up number 3." I say laughing harder.
"That was a good day." Carly says sobering up from the laughs.
"It really was." I say. I turn back in my seat to look towards the front as the bell rings.
"Well students I hope you remembered that you are getting partnered up today." The whole class moans.
"Did I mention you can choose your partners?" Miss Richard says with a smile.
"Really?" Everyone asks. I look at Carly with a happy smile.
"Well of course not! teenagers, you're so gullible. I have your partners picked out." Miss Richard everybody, the bitch of the year.
I look at Carly and roll my eyes.
"Now I want Mary and..." Miss Richards was cut off when the door open and the hot tamales walk in.
"Sorry we are late, we were making out with hot girls behind the gym." Reece says with a smirk.
"Yeah, I hope you don't mind your daughter is quite the kisser." Troy chimes in. Miss Richard looked like she was going to stab him with a pencil.
They made it to the back of the room and sat down.
"You may continue with your rant now." Reece motioned. Jace just sat there looking amused.
"Thank you Mr. Speed, for telling me what to do." She replies looking down her nose at him.
"Anytime." He says with a cocky smile.
She rolled her eyes and started naming partners.
"Carly Bloomington and Mason denheart."
I look at Carly with wide eyes. She got paired with my Ex cheating boyfriend. Oh good luck Mason you may not make it out alive.
I started doodling again on my paper. When I heard my name and my partners, I almost fell out of my seat
"Melanie White and Jace McQueen."
Shit.
Looks like I'm going to be doing all the work. I look over to Jace and he just smirked at me. I turn back around with wide eyes. Great not only am I doing all the work, but I'm also going to have to deal with Leigh.
"Now you can sit by your partners and get started this is the only class time I'll give you to work. Now go find your partners." Inside I was screaming my head off.
I grab my things. Carly leans over and whispers. "Good luck." I say back a "You too." Then I move to the back.
I sit down by Jace. "Hi, umm I'm Melanie." I say awkwardly.
"I know who you are, You're the one who poured milk on Leigh's head." He says without me looking at him. A smirk was forming on my lips but I tried my best to hide it.
"Yep, that's me, umm sorry about that." I say looking at him. His smirk was there. Oh god that smirk. Good thing I'm sitting.
"Don't be, you did that the day after I broke up with her. I for one was amused by it." He says to me and he sends me a wink.
What a flirt.
"Good to know, because umm I didn't really mean that sorry. I would do it again." This time with a rock I thought to myself looking at my books and sorting them out.
He laughs and I keep my eyes averted.
"So what part do you want me to do?" He asks which shocked me.
"Umm well you can..." I look through the bullet points we have to meet. "You can do the research and send it to me or give it to me. I'll make the slide show on the computer."
"That's right, aren't you a wizard or something with computers?" He asks leaning forwards towards me I lean back a bit.
"Yes, and aren't you a cocky bastard." I say still without looking at him.
"I like her." Troy says walking by us to his seat and sending me a wink while I roll my eyes at him. He looks back at him with a laugh. I glimpse over to Troy's partner is Mary Jane known as MJ. Like the Spider-Man name for the girl that Peter Parker's got the hots for. MJ looks at Troy like he was a god or something.
Have a back bone woman.
"So what we're we talking about." I ask making Jace turn to look at me.
"Boobs and asses." He says cheekily.
"Boobs and asses? Really? Isn't Leigh lucky to have you." I say sarcastically with a roll of my eyes.
"Oh I know I'm hot and funny. She won the lottery with me." He smirks with his remark.
"Oh cocky bastard, aren't you so modest." I say looking back down at the paper.
"You know for a nerd, you are cocky and confident. Isn't this a twist?" He says and I could tell by his tone he had a smirk bigger then Texas.
"What? I can't be cocky like you?" I ask him. I'm a nice person I really am, but when it comes to guys I can't take there ego.
I live with a brother and his is as big as Asia. Possibly bigger.
He squints at me and leans in closer to me "I like the challenge, reminds me that girls like you love guys like me."
I lean in a little bit closer to him as well. "And what makes you so sure about that? Hm Mr. Trouble?" I ask him.
"All good girls fall for bad boys its in those books you people read." He says leaning back with a smirk playing on his lips.
"Okay you keep thinking that. I am a challenge so, don't think for a minute you have me all figured out." I say with a roll of my eyes.
"Will see." He simply replies. I roll my eyes. Men are annoying, I personally think they should go live under a bowl. Then we can visit when we want. Good idea? I think yes.
"So what does this paper have to be about exactly?" Jace asks me and I pick up the sheet of paper.
"Umm we can choice either Mark Twain or Harper Lee. You choose." I look up at him and he looks at me in thought.
"How about Mark Twain, he seems like he has more to write about." Jace replies, I'm not going to lie he shocked me with that answer.
"Ohh okay sounds good to me." I say and I pull out my laptop. "You can look up the information on my laptop and I'll write it down." I say handing him my laptop. Just as I click my pen into action.
"Melanie can I see you for a minute." Miss Richard says coming up to me.
"Sure." I handed Jace the pen and paper. "Write down some stuff until I get back." I say to him. There better be work down when I get back, or I'll break his hand.
We walk to the front. "Your brother is in the hallway and he wants to see you." She says and walks away from me. Not giving me a chance to ask why. Mentally rolling my eyes at her. I walk out into the hallway to my twin brother Luke.
"Yes Luke?" I ask as I walk to him.
"It's mom." He says with stress laced into his voice.
"What happen."
"I was sitting in class when I got a text from Stacy at the hospital. She cut her hand bad." My mom is roller coaster, one minute she's a good lawyer, then next she's an alcoholic that might get fired.
"Do you want to go to the hospital?" I ask Luke because it's not the first time she's done something like this.
"I don't know anymore." Luke says leaning on a locker. We look at the floor lost in thought.
"Maybe after lunch we can go see her. If anything comes up come get me and we'll leave early." I say and he nods his head. I turn around to walk back into the classroom but before, I do I try to blink back the tears. I turn the knob and walk back inside, everybody looks at me. I walk over to Carly and glare at Mason.
I lean down and whisper in her ear. "Mom S.O.S." She nodded and gave me concern look. I walk back over to Jace, who was reading the computer.
"So, got anything?" I ask him. He gives me the list of information. Good start.
"Care to share why you left me to do all the work?" He asks me as he looks up from the computer.
"My brother had to tell me something." I replied simply.
"Oh yeah, you are Luke's little sister."
"By five minutes! Five minutes that's all!" I exclaim to him. He laugh in amusement, I glare at him.
"I didn't realize you were so, pissy about being the little sister." He says chuckling at me.
"Because everybody refers to me as the little sister! Can't they just say sister or twin?" I drop my head on the table.
"There, there, little sister." Jace says patting my head. I lift my head up and look at him.
"Really?" I say in a flat tone.
"Really little one." He says smirking.
"Oh my god." I say dropping my head onto the table again.
This is going to be the longest two months of my life.
~••~
"So what's the update on your mom." Carly says as we turn the corner to the cafeteria.
I lean over and whisper into her ear. "She cut her hand bad."
"Are you going to leave early?" She ask as we walk into the smelly room.
"Maybe I'm letting Luke decide." I say as we walk to the lunch line.
"I just don't get why she's on this kick again she was doing so good." Carly says as she pays for her food and then waits for me.
"I know." I pay the lunch lady and I walk over to Carly. "I think it's because her boyfriend cheated on her and right now she doesn't need that."
Carly nods as we sit at our table in the back of the lunch room.
"It's going to be okay." Carly says grabbing my arm.
"I don't know Carly, it seems like she's getting better then it turns to the worst." I say taking a bite of my fry. When three bodies sit down at our table.
"I'm sorry I don't believe I order three assholes with my fries." I say to them.
"Oh I think you did babe." Reece says as he sits by Carly. She looks like she's about to push Reece off his seat.
"Arrogant asshole." She grumbles and Reece beams with pride.
Jace sat on my right and Troy sits on my left.
"You people annoy me." I say rolling my eyes.
"Glad we make you happy." I turn my head towards Troy.
"Yeah okay, Prince Charming." I say rolling my eyes. Troy goes to reply but I cut him off. "Don't you dare Answer that, or I'll push you off the bench." He closed his mouth but he was smirking.
I pick up a fry to eat it but someone had another idea instead. Jace took the fry out of my hand and pop into his mouth.
"You just took my food." I say to him.
"Yep." He smirked of course
Cocky bastard
"I don't share food."
"Well you just did."
"You have your own fries."
"Yours taste better." He says to me as he pick one off my tray and eats it.
"How?" I exclaim as I move my fries away from him.
"Hey, gives those back I wasn't done stealing them yet." He says trying to grab one but I wrap my arm around them.
"Fries before guys." I say to him and he furrows his eyesbrows.
"Yeah no, give me the fries." Jace says. I heard laughing coming from the table.
"What are you people laugh about? Help me!" I smack Jace's hand away.
"Ow." He says while rubbing his hand.
"Wuss." Reece says under his breathe.
"Shut up Reece." Jace snaps at him.
"Yeah, shut up Reece's puff." Carly says smacking the back of his head.
"Ow." Says Reece as he rubs his neck.
"Who's the wuss now?" I ask him and Troy lifts his hand in the air to give me a high five. I gladly accept.
"Shut up." He mumbles.
"Jace?!" Leigh comes over fuming with anger.
"Yes." He says turning towards her.
"Why the hell are you sitting over here with them." She says like we are a disease or something. I take a bite of my fry and watch the show that's about to go down. Where's the popcorn when you need it?
"Because it's a free country. Why are you sitting with your friends?" He asked back to her.
"Because those are my friends!" She yells causing attention to come to our table. I look down and put my hand up to cover my face, I don't like all the attention coming this way.
"Well these are mine." He says motioning to us. I almost choke on my fry. I am not his friend. Just so we are clear.
"Even her." She says pointing to me.
"This her has a name." I say to her.
"Oh shut up Melanie." I flip her off which pisses her off. She try's to come at me but Jace stands up causing her to run into him.
"Leave her alone Leigh." He says in a deadly tone which make her retreat.
Did I say we weren't friends? I mean we are best friends and he can break this bitch's heart.
"Fine we will talk about this later." She says in a huff with her arms across her chest.
"No, there's nothing to talk about." He says kissing her lips and sitting back down. She scream's In her mouth and turns around walking way.
"Dude break up with her, she's nuts." Reece's says.
"I agree with Reece's buttercup here." I say pointing my thumb towards him. He gives me a flat look because of the nickname.
"I can't, she won't leave me alone." He says looking at his food.
"I'll do it for you! I would personally love to see her cry. So I'll just be a good friend and do that for you." I say standing up, but Jace grabs my shoulder causing me to sit down.
"No."
"Fine, you're no fun."
"Not to change the subject but I want too. Why are you three sitting here?" Carly asks.
"Our table basically kicked us out because of Jace's lovely girlfriend. She took it over. So we had to sit somewhere else." Troy fills us in.
"So, if I get her out of that table with her minions you people will leave us alone?" I ask them and they nod.
"I'll be back." I say getting up. Ignoring their words trying to get me stop my mission. I walk up to the table.
"Hi Leigh." I say behind her causing her to turn around.
"What hell do you want?" She asks me giving me a glare.
"I wanted to let you know that I'm sorry." I say smirking in my head.
"About what?" She asks annoyingly.
"This." I lift my arm up and poured my milk in her hair.
"You... You bitch!" She says standing up.
"Oh I know, have a nice day." She screamed-this time with her mouth open-then ran out of the cafeteria. I sit in her seat crossing my arms and leaning on them onto the table. looking at her friends.
"You have 30 second to leave this table or I'm dumping green hair coloring on the rest of you blondes." They grab there things and run out like life depended on it.
I get up smacking my hands together like I'm smacking off dust. I walk over to my table to see all three boys with there jaws hanging open.
"I think it's free now." Carly takes bite of her apple not being at least impress of what I did. Because I do all kinds of stuff to get people to move away from me.
"Okay well umm thanks." Jaces says as he picks up his tray and leaves with the other two. Once they sit at the table, girls started filling up the seats to flirt with them.
"Troy's annoying." Carly states.
"He barely said anything."
"I know but he is. I got into a argument with him last year." She says taking bit of her apple.
"Oh yeah I remember that. I had to pull you away from him. Before you punched him in the throat." I say getting up to throw away my trash. I walk back to find Luke is at the table.
"Are we going now?" I ask grabbing my bag.
"Yeah, we need to go see how she's doing."
"You just want to ask out the hot nurses." I state making him smirk.
"Why would you think that? Our mom is at the hospital!" He says but still has a smirk.
"Luke you're a whore." Carly states to him getting up to throw away her tray.
"Does she like me yet?"
I grab his ear.
"Ow ow ow." He says repeatedly.
"Shut up and let's go perv."
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A/N: Yay or Nay?
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