LPOV Back home, I never cared what I wore to school. But this morning was different. I was sick of fading into the crowd, and in order to get noticed, I would have to look the part. Nothing too over the top. I don't want to get a reputation on my first day either. After 45 minutes of staring at my closet, and various outfit changes, I decided on a pair of denim jeans, a figure-hugging purple sweater, my black boots and a grey beanie. I didn't do much with my hair. I was pretty lucky to have natural wavy hair that fell down to my boobs. I applied a light coat of powder, mascara and lipgloss, nothing too fancy. Finally happy with my appearance, I headed downstairs. "Hey mom" I smiled, grabbing an apple. "You look nice. Took you long enough though. You're going to be late if you don't get a move on" My mom informed me. "But I thought the school was like a 10-minute drive?" "But I told you I can't drive you there. I have to be at the other side of town in 20 minutes, it takes too long for me" I groaned, remembering that she had mentioned that, but I had my earphones on and just nodded in agreement. "Well...you know, if you got me my own car, I wouldn't need you to drive me places" I said suggestively, walking towards the table to where she was seated. "Lea, we've been through this. I want to honey, but we just don't have the money to swing a new car at the moment" I bit my lip and looked towards the ground, but didn't make a fuss. I nodded understandingly. My mom looked up at me and sighed. "Come on, I'll take you for your first day. But we have to leave now. I can't be late for my first day either!" At School I strolled towards my locker and deposited my books into it. The school wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. It was a little boring, but it would do. I was still having trouble making out my schedule. It was really different to my old one in LA. So by the time I had figured out what class I had, figuring out the room was another story. I trailed around for a good 5 minutes trying to distinguish the maths room. When I eventually spotted it I was elated. I headed straight for it, hoping that the teacher wasn't in yet, only to slam into someone. Praying it wasn't the teacher, I opened one eye, only to be met with a familiar face. "Hey, Pea-Girl" Cole chuckled. "Ugh, can we please not make that a nickname" I groaned, stepping around him into the classroom. "You know, you should really start to watch where you're going. You'll take someone's eye out soon enough. Or worse, you might take your own pretty eyes out" he winked. I couldn't help but blush at his comments. I took a seat in the 3rd row and waited for the rest of the students to fill the classroom. Just before the final bell rang, a girl with striking red hair came up to me. "Hey, um...do you mind if I sit here?" she asked, pointing to the seat beside me. "No, not at all. Go for it" I smiled back. She seemed relieved as she sat down, fixing her books into a neat pile. "I'm Keira" "Lea" "Are you new? I haven't seen you around before. I mean..not that that means you're new. Sure, I can't say that I've seen everyone that's in this school before. But I mean, it would be weird considering you're in my class and everything so I should have seen you before, but then again you might have transferred from another class, or maybe you used to go to this school and just recently came back in which case you're not technically new as such----" she rambled. "Um....yeah, yeah I'm new" I interrupted her, laughing. "Oh right...sorry. I tend to go off on a tangent. Just stop me whenever" she chuckled. "Will do. I just moved here from LA" "Oh my gosh! LA? That's so...American. Is it really like you see in all those tv shows, you know the American ones? Well, I mean, of course they're American, and you would know since you've lived them but like maybe you haven't which is why I was asking in the first place, but just in case the answer----" This time she was interrupted by our teacher entering the classroom. To be honest, I was a little relieved. Keira seemed lovely, I just had to get used to talking to her. "Morning everyone. We're going to start this beautiful Autumn morning with trigonometry. Everyone take out your calculators and log books" There was a shuffle in the room. I was looking down at my paper when I heard someone else come in. "Ah, Mr.Styles. How nice of you to join us this morning" "You know you can't keep me away Ms.G" A familiar boy winked at her. It was the same curly-haired boy that had almost caused an accident yesterday. I rolled my eyes at the sight of him. "You know one more late and I'll be forced to give you detention" Ms.Gardiner said. "Well like I said last time miss, it won't happen again" the boy joked, heading down the aisle to his seat, earning some sniggers in the classroom. I looked around to notice that a few of the guys were laughing at him and most of the girls were smirking or staring at him. There were a few that didn't react. Keira seemed less than impressed, focusing on her papers. Cole, on the other hand, seemed different....almost..mad? He glared as the boy walked towards his seat. His seat which just so happened to be behind my own. He caught my eye as he walked past. He stopped in his tracks for a millisecond, recognizing me, and then winked. I rolled my eyes once more and turned back to my calculator. At Lunch "And then two door down you'll find the biology room. Simple as" Keira smiled, setting her tray onto the table beside me. "Um...thanks Keira, but I actually just asked what they serve here for lunch everyday" I laughed. "Oh...my mistake. Well at least now you'll never get lost here" She shrugged. I was about to respond when I saw a group of guys in the middle of the cafeteria. The curly-haired guy was sitting in the middle, talking to a pretty girl with dark blonde hair. Also seated at the table were the four friends he was with yesterday, a few other guys, a few cheerleaders, a pretty brunette, a gorgeous tanned girl with curly hair and another pretty blonde. They were all laughing obnoxiously and making a lot of noise. "Who are they?" I asked Keira, nodding towards their table. She swiveled around to look and then turned back, with a slightly apprehensive look on her. "Oh..they're the popular kids. Our school is really bad for cliques. They kind of run the school. Let me talk you through it." "The populars basically come down to 5 guys and their girlfriends. The others are just cheerleaders and guys on the football team that are friends with them, but they're not really part of the group." "That blonde guy with the braces, that's Niall Horan. He's Irish. He's the football's team goalie, and a really good one at that. And he's obviously really gorgeous too" I could have sworn I almost saw her blush, but she covered up well. "That one with the brown hair, that's Liam Payne. Even though he's mega popular, he's probably one of the nicest in it. Super sweet. That girl he's with is Danielle. She's the captain of the cheerleading team and is also on her way to becoming a professional dancer too. Don't let that fool you though, she's actually really nice aswell." "The tanned one is Zayn Malik. I don't know too much about him if I'm honest. No one really does. He plays defense and let's just say, no one really wants to cross him. He's dating Perrie. I think she's pretty musical, loves to sing. Never talked to her too much." "That boy trying to catch carrots in his mouth is Louis Tomlinson, aka, the class clown. He's extremely hilarious, but can get pretty snappy, or so I've heard. His girlfriend is Eleanor, who is obviously really pretty, but I don't know much about her personality. She's always just kind of referred to as 'Louis' girl'. You see, Louis is very popular. He's kind of the second hand man" "Well then, who's the first?" I asked, already knowing the answer. Keira sighed, but kept talking. "That would be Harry Styles. He's kind of hard to miss. Harry and attention kind of come hand in hand. He's been the most popular guy at school since....well since forever I guess. He just has some kind of a charm. Every guy wants to be him. Every girl wants him. Hell, even the teachers let him off with murder. He's the captain of the football team, no surprise there. He's liked, and he knows it. He keeps everything in this school just as he likes it. He's also a huge player. Countless girls have told stories about nights spent with the infamous Harry Styles" "So is that his girlfriend then?" I asked, nodding towards the blonde sitting in his lap. Keira snorted in response. "Hell no, although she might say differently. That, is Kaley Jennings. Every school has a Kaley. She's the.....how to put this delicately....bitchy slut hoebag of the school. She's wanted to be with Harry forever, and they always seem to have something going on. But that hasn't stopped either of them from hooking up with the entire school...so I'm guessing they're not exclusive. To people like Kaley, popularity is everything. She's already a cheerleader, but I guess she's so insecure that she feels the only way that she'll stay on top is by.....well....staying on top of Harry." I watched as Kaley rubbed her hand on Harry's thigh, who seemed more preoccupied with something Niall was saying. My attention was then directed to another table. "What about him?" I asked, nodding towards where my eyes were leering. "Oh, that's Cole Davis. He's also extremely popular, but he and Harry do not get on. He's the second in command of the football team, and is also liked, just not quite as much as Harry. And I get the feeling that Harry is determined to keep it that way" "Wow...why don't they get on?" I asked, curious. "No one really knows" Keira shrugged. "I guess it's just one of those high school things" We spent the rest of lunch discussing other cliques and rules at the school. I was really starting to like Keira. She was funny, and I was getting used to her rambling. I did wonder if she had any other friends, and if so, where they were, but I didn't want to make an awkward situation if she didn't. And hey, I wasn't complaining. Making a friend on my first day was the ideal outcome. At the end of lunch, I walked up to the counter to put my tray back. Of course, me being me, I seemed to not notice the edge of a table and almost went flying. I was relieved when I felt someone's grip on my arm. "Woah there pea-girl, don't go flying" Cole laughed at me. "Oh God, what did I say about that nickname?" I fake-frowned at him, placing my tray down. "Well hey, a thank you would have been nice. You sure seem to fall a lot" "Ya...I have been known to take a tumble or two. It's pretty embarrassing" I blushed. "Well don't worry, I think it's cute" He winked, causing me to blush harder. "Woah, slow down there Davis. She's not even in the school a day and you're already hitting on her, pretty sleazy, don't you think?" A voice came from behind us. "Well you'd know all about sleazy, eh Styles?" Cole gritted his teeth. Harry turned his gaze towards me and smirked. "Hey, it's ball-girl" God dammit, what is with these nicknames??? "It's Lea actually" I rolled me eyes, waving to Cole, and walking away. "Well wait, slow down. You know, you didn't even let me introduce myself. Harry Styles, nice to meet you" He winked. "Right..well...uh...see ya later" I mumbled, walking away. "Oh yes you will" I heard Harry mutter under his breath, though I'm not so sure I was supposed to hear him.
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