'English, erg' Kate thought to herself as she saw Madi take the seat next to her new love interest instead of sitting next to her.

"I guess I will just sit by myself again Madi" she said and gave her best friend sarcastic thumbs up.

They were in year 12 and Madi still couldn't get her 'guy' life together. Neither of them had good reputations at this school but at least Kate was trying to change that after the incident. She had to admit to herself that she was almost eighteen and she needed to smarten up.

Although English wasn't her most academically sound class, she did enjoy some of what the curriculum had to offer. She thoroughly enjoyed reading and sometimes could write a pretty decent chapter but tended to steer clear of that. She had always been an A grade student but she had always tried her hardest no matter what problems got in her way, and Madi was definitely one of them.

Her teacher was Mr Eurgwood and happened to be one the one that Kate preferred over all of the rest. They happened to be talking about Shakespeare today, and happened to be one of Kate's favourites. Hamlet had always interested her for some reason. Everyone else seemed bored but she was strangely intrigued.

The class was abruptly interrupted by their principal barging through the door with young man that looked to be about the same age as them. He was tall and had dark hair. He had impeccable blue eyes and was quite possibly the hottest guy she'd ever seen walk through that door.

"Hello class. Sorry to interrupt Mr Eurgwood."

"Not that I could avoid it" Mr Eurgwood mumbled under his breath.

"Anyway….. Class this is Richard Rodgers your new classmate" he sighed. He clearly didn't want to be here. "Why don't you go take a seat next to Kate over there." He pointed towards her and he more than happily obliged and sat down.

Rick kinda just stared at her for a while. The air between them was beyond awkward and Kate knew she needed to break the tension by saying something. Her words were stuck in the back of her throat because of his gorgeous blue eyes staring into hers and made her feel light headed.

"Um" she mumbled trying to get actual words out. "What brings you to New York?"

"Needed scenery change" he answered.

"Oh cool. Where were you from before?"

"New York. I just went to an all boy's school, I kinda didn't like their ethics and I needed a scenery change."

"So you got kicked out and you needed to go to a school where girls are involved?" she laughed.

"They're a vital part of my education" he winked at her.

Kate knew they were going to get along just fine. She didn't mind if he even took over Madi's position as Best Friend. She really wouldn't mind staring at his hotness while just hanging out.

The bell rang and the students all got up to exit the classroom.

"What class are you taking now?" Kate said

"Chem. You?"

"Bio. Your class is near mine. I'll show you where it is."

They both got up and exited the classroom.

New school, new friends, new teachers and new enemies. He didn't need any of this. He was glad though that there were girls here and some of their skirts left nothing to the imagination. He didn't want someone like that though; he'd been through his 'bad boy' stage and now he wanted to straighten out his life. He wanted to get ready to be the next big hit. He wanted more than anything to be an author, and nothing that his mother or his friends could say could discourage him.

He thought this would be a good start. He was sitting outside the principal's study waiting for him to exit his office and escort him off to his class. He had English first which happened to be his favourite class, not that he told anyone else that.

Finally after over an hour of waiting the principal Mr Harfen exited his office, collected Rick like he was lost goods, and showed him to his English class.

"So Richard," he had a boring slow voice that easily brought forward his desire to not be there. "I hear you come from an all boys' school. How was that for you?"

"Sorry sir I don't mean to be rude but we don't need to do this. We don't need to keep up the unimportant small talk until we get to the classroom. I am fine with silence."

"That's fine." He mumbled under his breath.

They soon found the classroom and Rick was shocked when the principal didn't even knock, he just barged in. He followed suit, he wasn't about to wait outside for him to be summand.

Rick walked into the classroom and stood next to the teacher. He looked out to the class that he would be spending some of his final year with. They didn't look too bad. He was looking from left to right across the room. A pretty blonde girl sat next to a guy that looked so stuck up that he should be on a flag pole, a nice one there, another good looking one there, oh good lord.

She was unlike anything that he'd ever seen before. Her beautiful long brown hair flowed down around her shoulders and her eyes a mixture of hazel and green that were absolutely stunning. She was wearing little to no makeup and her natural beauty shone through. She was so beautiful and Rick knew that he needed to know this girl.

He wasn't listening to the principal now, even when he introduced him as Richard. All he noticed was when he said "take a seat next to Kate" and then he magically pointed towards the vacant seat that just happened to be next to prettiest girl in the room. 'Was it fate?' he thought to himself.

He eagerly walked over and sat next to… Kate? He was pretty sure her name was Kate.

They just sat there and he couldn't take his eyes off her. To him this wasn't awkward at all, but from her facial expressions she looked kind of confused and awkward.

"Why'd you come to New York?" she asked and displayed a cute little smile that made his heart melt.

"Scenery change" he said weakly, not thinking about what was coming out of his mouth

"Cool. Where were you from before?" She said with more confidence this time. Her smile grew and it made her ten times more attractive to him.

"New York. I just went to an all boy's school, I kinda didn't like their ethics and I needed a scenery change." What he said wasn't completely true but it wasn't a lie either. He wasn't about to spill his guts to this girl about his troublesome past.

"So you got kicked out and you needed to go to a school where girls are involved?" She laughed and her smile grew more if that was even possible. So she was smart and pretty. Her eyes looked even better up close.

"They're a vital part of my education" he winked at her trying to get the 'I really like you' message across. He didn't think it worked.

Suddenly the bell rang and everyone got out of their seats to leave. He couldn't believe that class was over already. He hoped that she would be in his next class.

"What class are you taking now?" Kate said to Rick's astonishment. It's like she could read his mind.

"Chem. You?" He answered. He was hoping for a "Wow, me too" in a reply but unfortunately he wasn't that lucky.

"Bio. Your class is near mine. I'll show you where it is." He didn't really mind. Well he did. But she was willingly showing him to his class even though he knew where it was already. He wasn't going to argue with someone who was willing to help him. Especially when that person was as pretty as Kate.

okay guys what do you think? This is only a short chapter but I will try to make the others longer. Please leave a review on what you think about the idea of them meeting in their senior year. I hope you all enjoyed reading it. If you have any suggestions or comments feel free to leave a review or PM me.

thank you

-Ainsley