[Chapter 1 - New girl]

-Riley-

I grabbed my glove and shoved it in my bag before rushing out the door. I was going to be late, on my first day to a new school.

How much more of a cliche new girl can I be? I swear to god if the teacher makes me explain myself in every class we going to have some issues.

I hopped into my muddy black jeep wrangler and took off down the driveway. Luckily I only lived twenty minutes from the school, but that didn't help when I would be lost in the halls.

The parking lot was jam-packed with students and cars. I took a deep breath before finding a spot to park in the back and making my way into the building. Everyone stared at me, which I expected but didn't realize how uncomfortable it would make me.

I lived in Springfield, Texas most of my life, now I have moved to Oakland Hills, North Carolina and have to attend Oakland Hills High - real creative name right?

I managed to find my AP Chemistry class and find a seat in the back before everyone else poured in. I walked up to the desk, "Hi there, my name is Riley Seager. I'm a new student?" I said the last part as a question hoping the teacher would get the idea to fill me in.

The mid-thirties man with glasses glanced up at me before looking me up and down, ew. He flipped through some things before handing me a few papers, "This is what we are working on. Ask someone for notes and keep up, this is an AP course which means you will receive college credit when and if you pass the class."

I nodded and went back to my seat looking through the papers. Most of this we already covered back in my old school so filling the papers out was easy. As I did so students started to pile into the classroom and give me odd looks, just lovely.

I kept my head down and focused on the papers in front of me. I was brought out of my busy state by a chair scraping beside me. I looked up to see a girl smiling at me, "Hi there, I'm Winsley Conners. Most people call me Whinnie."

The girl talked fast, her bright green eyes held excitement. Her auburn red hair was pulled back in two loose dutch braids. Her lips had a natural dark tint to them showing off her bright teeth even more. She had freckles that bridged her button nose and cheeks.

She seemed nervous so I smiled, "Hi, I'm Riley Seager. I just moved here and today is my first day."

Her face lit up, "Your accent is everything! Where did you  move from?" I smiled thinking about my true home, "Austin, Texas. Lived there most of my life." She nodded and smiled at me before getting her things out. She turned to me before handing me her spiral, "Here you might need to be caught up on...the...notes..." She started trailing off as she saw I had most of the sheets completed.

I blushed and smiled sheepishly, "We already went over this stuff back in Texas."  She nodded before giggling, "I think we are going to be good friends. What classes do you have?"

I pulled out my schedule, "AP Chemistry, AP English, homeroom, Contemporary Math, and Strength Training." I said listing off my classes, "Why do I only have four classes?" I asked.

"Our school does things a bit differently. The first semester you have four classes as well but the second semester they change and you have another four classes. You moved here in the second semester, two months after it started actually." She explained before the final bell rang. She leaned over to whisper to me, "We have English and lunch together!"

I nodded and put my schedule away facing the front. I was happy to have a familiar face in this new place. The people seemed nice so far, just didn't know to keep their prying eyes to themselves. But it's different here than back home.

The teacher started the lesson and I was immediately bored with the lesson. He has such a monotone voice and he doesn't make it fun at all. It's just staring at the powerpoint as he explains things and we are supposed to write notes, supposed to.

I felt myself start to doze out, I was still pretty tired from the move. There was only an hour time difference from Texas and North Carolina but that is a whole hour of sleep I could be gaining. Instead, I'm stuck in a new hell - Oakland Hills High.

I put my morning things in my locker and grabbed my lunch, lightening my load by tenfolds. As I was walking to lunch I bumped into someone, spilling their drink all over them. I turned to say an apology because it was an accident.

"You little bitch." A male voice seethed. I sighed oh great another Travis.

"Yes, that be me. Though sorry for getting in your way, seems like you were super busy standing in the middle of the hallway." I said looking back at him.

He was built that's for sure, and he was good looking - a blind man could see that. His black hair was positioned upwards, you could tell he runs his hands through it to style it that way. He wore all black and had dark brown almost black eyes. Let me guess this is the bad boy.

I noticed him checking me out as well so I beat him to the punch, "I see you like staring well let me give you something to keep in mind. Do you see these boots? They sure as hell ain't afraid to get bloody from kicking your teeth in."

He opened his mouth to say something but I wasn't finished, "So you remember here and now boy, you may scare everyone else but not me. I ain't no bitch of yours, and I sure as hell ain't taking shit from you either. You can kiss my ass if you expect me to."

I heard some 'ooh's' as I walked away leaving him shocked. I found the cafeteria eventually and looked around for Whinnie's red hair. When I found her I walked up to her and she looked at me in shock, "What did you just do?"

I laughed a little, "Has he never been talked back to?" Her eyes wide she quickly shook her head no. I laughed a little more, just like Travis.

"Well little missy, I'm going to give it to you straight. I take nothin' from no one, they want to start shit they best be prepared for it to come flying back in their face." I said pointing my fork at her.

She smiled and so did I, "You're going to be targeted you know." I cocked my head to the side confusion written on my face. "That was the Kayden Walker, bad boy, player, star baseball player."

I perked up at the last part, "Well I guess I will get to hand him his ass at his own game." I whispered more to myself but Whinnie heard.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

I smiled at her, "Can you keep a secret?"

She nodded, I smiled again before looking around to make sure no one was around,

"I'm trying out for the baseball team."

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