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Chapter One

"Luke, can you show our new student around the school, please?"

Luke looks up from his desk, his eyes settling on the new girl. He was so busy throwing wadded up spitballs at hist best friend, Nick, that he hadn't even been paying attention to anything Miss Vigil was saying or doing. Not that he ever regularly paid attention to the teacher.

The new girl is about five-four, with tanned skin, and super wavy, almost curly, dark brown hair, tied into two low pigtails. Her eyes are big and amber-colored. She isn't extraordinarily beautiful, but she was kind of cute.

"Sure. What's her name?" Luke answers, his tone noncommittal.

"Clementine." The new girl answers. She isn't shy like most new kids are, her voice is strong and unwavering.

Luke gets up from his seat and heads out the door, not waiting for Clementine to follow suit. He didn't really want to show her around, but anything was better than being stuck in homeroom for any longer than he needed to be. Nick whistled at they left the room, to which Miss Vigil responds with a "Don't be jealous, Nick. They shouldn't be gone for too long."

"So, do you know where your locker is?" Luke asks her.

Clementine shakes her head, "They said my guide would tell me where it is." She pulls out a small scrap of paper and hands it to Luke. He grabs it, noting that her hands aren't as soft as most girls.

"286? Oh, that's really close to mine. Follow me."

Clementine rolls her eyes. "Well, duh. What the hell else am I supposed to do?"

He ignores her comment and leads her down to the end of the hallway. His was locker 282, all the even numbered lockers were on the same side of the wall. He read the combination scribbled underneath her locker number and opened the locker for her. "This is where you keep your books and stuff."

She nods slowly, "Yes, I know. I had a locker at my old school. Your school isn't the only one with high-tech storage options, you know."

Luke was sure she didn't mean to sound snotty, but she was kind of being a brat. He tried not to let it get to him. He held out his hand. "Gimme your schedule, I'll show you where your classes are."

Clementine swings her purple back around, pulling a piece of paper out, and hands it to Luke. He was confused.

"Why do you have Miss Vigil as your homeroom and math teacher, but all of your other classes are junior classes?"

She gives him a funny look, "Her fourth period is the only time she teaches calculus and our homeroom class is the same as our fourth period. Didn't you know that?"

"Of course I knew that," he rolls his eyes, "What I don't get is why the rest of your classes are junior classes. Were you held back?"

Clementine's amber eyes widen, like he just punched her in her stomach. Or her ego. "No, I was not held back! I am a junior, you nub! I'm just really good at math, so they put me in senior calculus." She scoffs, "Held back, my ass."

Oh, duh. He was embarrassed, but refused to let her see. "Ah, well. Lucky you, I had all these classes last year, so I can show you where they all are."

"Are you sure? I'm kinda worried that maybe you were the one that was held back a grade or two. Maybe three." Again her words are mean, but when Luke turns to her to tell her off, he can't help but notice the small, friendly smile on her face. She was definitely more than kind of cute. But she was a junior, a junior that was quite possibly smarter than him. He just shrugged her comment off.

He began to lead her to her first actual class of the day. "So, what do you do, Clementine? Like, in your spare time? Are you gonna join any clubs or sports or anything?"

Clementine shakes her head. "No, I don't think I'll join any clubs. I'm not a club-type girl and I'm not really into sports." She pauses, "After school work is done and stuff, my foster dad takes me to the shooting range. I'm an amazing shot, if you can believe it. I wanna be a police officer. Maybe in the K-9 unit or something." She can't help but realize how uncool she sounds, talking about her dreams and stuff, so she turns the question around. "What about you? Do they let people who were held back into clubs and sports?"

"I wasn't held back!" Luke huffs, "But yeah, I play football and live off video games, when I'm at home."

Clementine snickers, "Of course. Let me guess, star quarterback? Varsity, of course."

Luke laughs, "Close. I'm the star running back on the varsity team. I'll have you know, Clementine, that I'm not actually a walking cliche."

"Hm. A tall, handsome, popular senior, running back on the varsity team, held back because he plays too many video games instead of doing his homework? I guess you're right."

He looks at her, his eyebrows high. "You think I'm handsome?"

He expects her to look away and blush, like most girls would. Instead she stares at him, not even batting an eye. "I said so, didn't I?"

"Well, I mean- you know... I just..." Why is he acting like he should be embarrassed by what she said? Be cool, dude, be cool. "I'm just not used to girls being so blunt, I guess."

Clementine shrugs her small shoulders, "It's not like I just asked you to have sex with me or anything. I'm just saying, in a general sense, you are pretty good-looking."

Luke grins at her. "You're really-"

"Abrasive?"

"Honest. You don't beat around the bush."

"Yeah, well, I think it's stupid, pretending to be coy and demure. It causes a lot of unnecessary miscommunication." She pauses, crinkling her nose, "That sounded so... adult-y."

"You definitely weren't held back."

She shakes her head, "No, but if you don't hurry up and show me where my classes are, I just might be."

Luke looks at her one more time, before taking his duties as a tour guide seriously. He had always felt so cool. Like Clementine had said, he was tall, popular, and good-looking. He was on the varsity football team, he had so many friends, he didn't always remember all of their names.

But there was no doubt in his mind that Clementine was infinitely cooler than he was.

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