moving back to sliver falls was not ideal. i haven’t lived here since i was six years old and occasionally coming back to visit family. my life was in los angeles. that was until six weeks ago when my parents thought it would be a great idea to leave the city life behind and move to the ever so charming, small town in colorado. i was not interested on moving back.
“ cheer up, kenny, this move is a great idea ” my mother, the ever so beautiful and always dressed up in channel, had kissed my cheek. i tried my best to smile. we’d been here a few days and tomorrow is my first day at silver falls high. it would be interesting to see everyone again. i haven’t seen them in 4 years. last time i came to visit was middle school and we stayed for 3 weeks in summer before heading back. “ yeah, maybe, a boy will finally want to kiss you here ” caleb, my younger brother teased.
i rolled my eyes and punched his shoulder. “ ow, that hurt ” he whined, rubbing the spot i had punched him. “ caleb, stop teasing your sister ” simon jacobs, my father called from the head of the table. i picked at the grilled broccoli that my mother had cooked for dinner. it sucked leaving my life behind, my friends. i had a life in los angeles and i now i have to make new friends, attend new classes. my mother noticed my disappointment. “ it will be great, meeting new people is always interesting and fun ” she smiled.
sighing, i looked up from my plate. i wasn’t really hungry anymore. “ may i be excused? ” i asked, glancing at my mother and father. both of them nodded and i carried my plate to the kitchen, setting it down before heading up stairs. the only good thing about moving back was seeing my old friends who are attending silver falls high. liberty, evelyn, aliyah, and i have been friends since kindergarten. even after moving away, i still kept in touch with them.
not to mention, i’d spent over at their houses plenty of times when i’d visit during the summer. them being around makes this move a little less suckish. i climbed up the winding stair case and headed to my bedroom in the back corner of the second floor. technically, its an attic, but i willing picked being in the attic. it has more privacy away from my parents and younger siblings. i opened the wooden door and climbed up the steps to my loft bedroom. the stairs creaking with each step.
i flopped onto my bed, my face hitting my pink and white comforter. a couple of dings from my phone interrupted my peace. i knew it was my friends. all of them were excited about me starting school with them and even more excited for me to join the cheer squad with them. the coach was more than happy to have a jacobs on the squad. she mentioned “ it was an honor to have me ”. my memory shifted to the look of erin collins. she was pretty pissed.
erin did not like me. it was mainly because of cole walter. cole does not do relationships or so everyone thinks. i was the very rare girl that cole wanted to have a relationship with. i’m only a year younger than him so everyone expected us to get together. however, i was the very rare girl that didn’t fall for “ the cole affect ” or any walter charm. i had no interest in them or dating them. although, most girls would kill to be in the same position as me.
i will kill not to be in the same position. all of the girls in school could fight over the walter boys. my friends included, aliyah has had the biggest crush on lee garcia for years. she’s attracted to the whole skater boy look. “ kenny, honey, may i come in ” my mother knocked on my bedroom door. i sighed and called for her to come in. i could hear the wooden door open and shut. her designer shoes hitting the floor boards as she walked up the stairs.
“ look, your father and i will be leaving next week for paris. my clothing line is launching ” she came and sat at the edge of my bed. this was normal news for me. my parents leaving and coming back weeks later. “ for how long? ” i lifted my head and glanced at her. her look was uneasy, which meant it would be for weeks. “ four weeks, you’ll have money to get groceries and take out. not to mention we can have katherine walter check in on you ” she continued.
my mother and katherine walter become friends during high school. although, my mother moved away, they still remained friends. i nodded, it was the only thing i could do. my parents were going to go anyways, there is no point in fighting them. “ okay ” i gave her a small smile. she kissed my forehead and lifted off my bed. flashing a quick smile before heading back downstairs. i sighed, before deciding it was time to wash up and head to bed.
first day of school, yay ! i was sure the entire school knows i’m back into town. it was evident by the stares i got when driving into the parking lot. i sat in my car for a few minutes before finally getting out of my car. my friends had been waiting at the entrance of the school. “ holy shit, that’s kennedy jacobs ” someone mumbled as i passed by them.
all of the stares were starting. i reached the entrance of the school, a smile appeared on my face as i saw my friends waiting for me. “ ahh, there she is, kennedy jacobs ” liberty smiled. oh, how i missed these girls. i was glad i had a few friendly faces here. “ girls, major news, we have a new kid starting today ” evelyn looked up from her phone.
“ we know, its kenny ” aliyah commented. evelyn rolled her eyes and shook her head. “ no, someone else. her name is jackie howard and she came from new york ” she continued. that name seemed so familiar and then i realized who she was. “ howard? her mom is angelica howard, the famous designer who died in a car crash with her eldest daughter and husband ” i mentioned. i remember my mom attending their funeral, the entire fashion community morned her death.
she was a huge name in fashion, my mother respected her a lot. “ damn, that’s fucking sad ” libby had said what we’re all thinking. evelyn’s phone started to ding again, she checked the message and gasped. “ holy shit, jackie is living with the walters. apparently, katherine and her mom were best friends and had in her will that katherine becomes jackie’s guardian ” evelyn looked up from her phone.
“ well, you know what that means ” aliyah rolled her eyes. “ cole and alex are going to fight over her, like usual ” i commented. cole and alex were always competing with each other. it was nothing new and it certainly won’t be the last time. “ hey, don’t look now, the walter boys are coming ” libby whispered. i rolled my eyes at the sight of cole’s arm drapped over erin’s shoulder. issac, lee, and alex were walking behind them. it was odd that nathan and danny weren’t around.
i just knew the walter boys had to know i was moving back. “ kennedy, what a surprise to see you back here ” erin’s grip on cole was tighter than usual. “ well, i’m just so excited to be here ” i put on my best fake smile and voice. my eyes shifting towards cole, who was very obviously checking me out. “ cole, looking good still ” i smiled at him. i did not have any interest in cole, but sometimes it was fun to flirt a little. “ kenny, looking beautiful as always ” he smirked at me.
my attention shifted towards alex, lee, and issac. issac has been yearning for me since middle school. i sent him a wink before walking past them. aliyah flipping her hair at lee as we passed by. “ damn, she’s pretty ” i could hear issac mention to his brother. i did have to admit, issac is pretty cute. however, he was too much of a flirt for my liking. “ are you ever going to give that poor boy a pity date? ” libby laughed, obviously hearing his comment.
“ yeah, he’s been yearning for you since middle school. give the poor boy some attention ” evelyn giggled. i smiled at their comments. i wasn’t going to lie, i did yearn for issac garica at one point. however, i saw he took after his older cousin a little bit too much. “ issac is pretty cute, but we all know he’s a play boy, i don’t have time for that ” i commented.
aliyah rolled her eyes playfully and linked her arm with mine. “ yeah, but one date with him won’t hurt. he’s cute and seems like he’ll do anything for you ” she winked at me. it was pretty cute of issac willing to try anything to get my attention. issac never tried hard getting a girl’s attention. the quesion was, is he trying so hard because i’m playing hard to get and once i give him what he wants, he’ll stop trying or does he actually like me?
