It's Thursday today and here I am, sitting in English. I am unfortunately sitting between Selena and Stefan. Ryan was sitting beside Selena. I was trying to concentrate on English. But you don't have a chance when you have idiots like these sitting beside you. Selena and Ryan were talking non stop. And Stefan was commenting on every single word the professor was saying. 

"His lips look like he is going to kiss someone when he says that." 

"He smiles like a penguin." 

"It feels like he is giving a death sentence to someone." And he went on and on.

The period was finally over. And his stupid talking too. Now I had Gym class with Abby, Claire, Melvin and Stefan. I took my sport bag from my locker and headed towards the girls room to change.

 I entered and saw Sarah and her chipmunks already changed in their regular short (very short) cheer leading outfits. I walked past them and went into another room to change. I changed into my black crop top and my high waist yoga pant.

Yep. Unlike some other girls, I like wearing black.

I went out to see Joe standing there. Oh no. This means bad news. Joe was the Basketball coach. And since he is here, that means we are playing Basketball today. Oh Great! Fact- I suck at Basketball. I am as bad in Basketball as I am good in Soccer. 

"Okay class. I want 3 rounds of the gym and then everyone has to pick up a ball and start dribbling." Joe announced. We all started running. I saw Abby and Claire and I ran up to them. 

"Hey guys!" 

"Hey Vanessa! Ready to play Basketball?" Abby smirked. She knew I sucked at Basketball. I just glare at her. 

"Seriously!?!" I glared at her.

"But at least you can play Soccer. I can't play either of them." Claire whined. We all just chuckle and keep jogging. 

"Hey Princess! Ready to play Basketball?" Stefan comes out of nowhere. When did he come? 

"Aren't you supposed be on the ground for Soccer practice?" I asked him, totally ignoring his stupid question. 

"You know Josh. He doesn't like us missing classes for practice." He rolled his eyes. 

"And you're obeying his orders?" I raised my eyebrows.  

"How can I miss the classes that I share with you, Princess?" He smirked. I just glared at him and turned to face the girls which was a very very wrong decision. They were smirking at me too. I knew that look a little too well.

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After an hour of horribly playing Basketball, I was in the girls room, changing back into my normal clothes. After changing, I headed towards the locker, dumped my sport bag in it and took out my Geography books. I started walking towards class. I find my place and sit down. After sometime, an Idiot comes and sits beside me. 

"Hey Princess!" 

"Why are you early today? I thought you liked making grand entrances and being late." I glared at him. 

"Is there a problem Princess? Or do you happen to like my Grand Entrances?" He smirked making me roll my eyes.

We were thankfully interrupted by the Professor as he entered the class. 

"Okay class. I expect all of you have completed your assignments and they are ready to be submitted." He announced.

We were supposed to write about any two countries we liked. I wrote about Switzerland and Australia. I loved Australia as it was my home town. And I have never visited Switzerland. I am actually not allowed to visit Switzerland. It's the area of the Kings, another very strong gang. We have a deal that they don't enter Australia and we don't enter Switzerland.

I have visited almost all other countries. I took out my assignment and saw Stefan doing the same thing. 

"Wow! You completed your assignment? I thought it hurt your 'Bad Boy' reputation or whatever that is?" I commented.

"Unfortunately Princess, I don't want to fail and I want to get out of this hell-hole as soon as possible. So I have to submit at least four assignments in the whole year." He shrugged.

"And you did this assignment by yourself?" I raised my eyebrows. I still can't believe he has an assignment that he can submit. 

"Yep." He said, popping the 'p'.

"So which countries did you choose?" I asked.

"Australia and India." He answered.

"Nice. Any specific reason you have chosen these countries?" 

"I like the diversity in the Indian culture very much." He shrugged.

"I didn't think you were the 'philosophical' type of person." I said, still surprised that he actually completed the assignment. 

"You don't know many things about me Princess." He smirked.

"And why did you choose Australia?" 

"Why so sudden interest in me Princess?" He asked making me glare at him. But you did not deny it. You do have interest in him. Shut up brain. 

"To answer your question, I have not visited Australia. So I just happen to like that country."

"What!?! You haven't visited Australia!?! Oh my God! That means you haven't seen the Great Barrier Reef, the Opera House, the Palm Cove Beach, the Wave Rock, the Beautiful Beaches in Melbourne, the Manning Gorge Waterfall, the Tarragon Zoo, the Valley of the Winds in Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park, Barossa, Menz factory, the Big Banana, the Big Rocking Horse and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. I can't believe you haven't seen the Sunset over Cairns Esplanade Lagoon." I rambled.

(A/N...I just picked up any random sight seeing stuff in Australia from the Internet. If anyone has any other suggestions, I would love to add it...)

"Miss Thompson and Miss Macbeth, anything you would like to share with the class?" The Professor suddenly asked.

"No sir." I said and paid attention to what the Professor was teaching.

"You happen to know everything in Australia. Now that makes me jealous." He whispered.

"Obviously I know everything in Australia. It's my home country. Now shut up, and pay attention." I whisper-shouted at him.

"Wow! So you can be my tour guide when I visit Australia." He suggested, totally ignoring the second part.

"No thanks." I glared at him.

"Miss Macbeth and Mr. Thompson, you will have detention today, after school." The professor scolded, making me shut my mouth.

"But I have practice today!" Stefan whined. 

"I don't care." He glared at him. 

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The rest of the day went in a blur. The lunch was spent in talking about tomorrow's game. Tessa and I decided to wear our jerseys for tomorrow. Now the school is over. And I was sitting in the classroom for detention with Stefan, who surprisingly didn't miss it, and three other kids. Just as we were sitting, the classroom door is thrown open revealing Josh. 

"What the hell are you doing here Thompson!?!" He shouted. Stefan just nodded towards Mr. Williams, the Geography Professor. 

"Come on! You don't expect him to sit here when he has a game to play tomorrow?" Josh asked Mr. Williams. 

"Yes, I do. I don't care about your silly soccer games." Mr. Williams commented.

"Hey! They are not silly!" I and Stefan chorus. Then we look at each other and smirk. 

"Thompson, I want you on the field in the next ten minutes." Josh announced. Stefan smirked. He knew this was going to happen.

Stefan stands up, glares at Mr. Williams and moves towards the door. Then he stopped, turned around and came back. 

"You're not coming, Princess?" He asked.

"You got exempted, I didn't. So I am stuck here." I sarcastically smile at him. He holds my arm and pulls me up. Then drags me outside the classroom. 

"I am taking her also." Stefan said to the Professor and dragged me outside the classroom without waiting for a response. 

Only when we reached my locker did he leave my hand. I immediately missed his hand's warmth around my skin. Wait a minute. Did I just say that!?! Oh..Yes you did. Shut up.

"A penny for your thoughts, Princess?" Stefan raised his eyebrows.

"Nothing. You need to go for practice. Bye, Stefan." I said too quickly. 

"Aren't you coming?" 

"And why would I come? I don't have practice. Unlike you. Now go. You have only five minutes until Josh comes and kills you." I chuckled. 

"Um...I thought you would come to watch us practice."He suggested. You should go. He personally invited you. I don't need suggestions brain. 

"I need to get home." I replied.

"Oh. Okay." He scratched the back of his neck. Why the hell is he nervous? He is nervous because I denied his request? 

"Okay. Bye, Princess!" He smirked, coming back to his cocky self.

"Bye Stefie!" I shout back and hear him groan. Satisfaction!

**********

I reach home to see Ethan playing Titanfall 2 on Xbox with someone. Must be one of his friends. I walk towards them and stand behind Ethan. I cover his eyes, not allowing him to play. 

"Oh! Come on Nessa! I want to play." Ethan whined. 

"You are playing Titanfall without me. You are not allowed to do that." I loved playing Xbox games, even if I always lost. 

"Hey Cupcake!" I heard a familiar voice. I remove my hands from Ethan's eyes and turn towards the other person playing with him. And I immediately recognize the face. 

"Ash!" I go and hug him. He hugged me back. They seemed to have paused their game. 

"What the hell are you doing here!?!" I asked, still shocked to see him here. 

"You don't seem to be happy to see me, Cupcake?" He raised his eyebrows. I hit him on his shoulder.

Asher Davis

"Obviously I am happy to see you, Ashy. When did you come? And why was I not informed that you were coming? And for how many days are you staying?" 

"Woah! Calm down, Cupcake. I came around two hours back. I wanted to surprise you. And I am staying here for the rest of the school year." He said, making me smile like I had just received the nest Christmas gift ever. "I also got enrolled in your school."

 "Wow! That's great news. I'll show you around tomorrow. And tomorrow you'll also get to see the homecoming game." I grinned.

"Are you playing?" He asked me.

"Actually, I am not playing-" Before I could explain any further, Ash cut me off. 

"What? Why? Tell me who kicked a wonderful player like you out from the team. I'll kick his butt right now." He glared at no one specific.

"Listen Ash. It's not just me who is not playing. The whole team is not playing. We don't have an opponent. The other school's team dropped out." I shrugged. 

"Losers." He said and hugs me again. 

"Plus, the chances of me getting kicked out of the team are pretty less. I am the captain, you now." I smirked.

"That you are." He chuckled.

"It's really good to see you, Ashy. And we have a lot of things to catch up on. We can go out, somewhere to eat... I'll just go and change. Ethan, even you get ready." I said to both of them and they nodded.

"Still the foodie person, I see." Ash smirked. I just glared at him and made my way upstairs, into my room.

Before you make any assumptions of Ash being my boyfriend, let me clarify. He is not my boyfriend. He is my best friend from Australia. My family, Selena's family and his family are pretty close. We know everything about each other as we practically grew up together. You would always find our mini gang, consisting of me, Selena, Ash, Ethan and Shirley together whenever and wherever before my and Selena's family shifted here.

Me, Selena and Ash are a group with no secrets. And Ash does know about the gang. Actually we didn't want him to get involved in it. But one day, he found me and Selena in the park, badly hurt. He took us to the hospital and we had to tell him about the gang. He promised us he won't tell anybody. So yeah. Me and Ash are pretty close. He always called me 'Cupcake' when we were small because I used to eat a lot of cupcakes.

I take a quick shower and change into a nice white sweatshirt and a comfy black leggings.

I open my door to move out when my phone starts ringing. I see the name. Josh? Why the hell is he calling me?

"Hey Josh! How's the practice going?" 

"Um...Actually not that great. That's why I have called you. We have a problem. We won't be able to play tomorrow..." What!?!

A/N:

Hey guys!

Hope you like this chapter!

What do you think about Ash?

And Stefan's team is not playing huh?

If you guys have not yet noticed, I update a new chapter every Friday. So I'll be continuing this and I'll also update sometimes on some special days. 

And also tell me what you think about the book till now in the comments... I would love your suggestions...

See you soon...