Chapter 1

Rishaw's POV

My senior year started out like other years but I had this feeling that things were going to be different.

Getting to school on Monday morning, I felt a new wave of freshness wash over me. I never thought I'd feel this way about school but I guess the just concluded 5_week holiday without my friends did that to me.

Stepping into the 12th grade wing , I immediately sighted my friends. They're the most awesome set of people in the world and they always have my back no matter what.

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Charlotte:

17, nice, smart, sometimes talkative & fun to be with.

Stiles:

Cool, kind of quiet ( only sometimes). Loves horror movies and has a great personality.

Drake:

My best friend. Always says what he thinks, really playful, smart, really handsome and always there for me.

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Charlotte was the first to see me and she screamed my name. "Rishaw, it's so good to see you again!" At this, she hugged me really tight and I swear I could have choked if she hadn't let go.

"You can't begin to imagine how happy I am to see you." I said to her. "Honestly, I thought spending my holiday away from home would be good for me. Actually, it was great at first, but then I started to miss you guys but I couldn't back out anymore so I had no choice. I'm so glad to be back." I said. All this while, I had been holding Charlotte's hands and hadn't turned to look at either Drake or Stiles.

"I guess I don't get a hug" I heard Drake say. "Oh, come on, why not? You have no idea his much I've missed you." I said, wrapping him in a fierce hug. "Looks like someone's been taking her vitamins." Stiles put in and I turned to look at him. He gave me a hug and ruffled my hair though he knew how much i disliked that. "With my aunt, you always have to or else...." I said and we all laughed.

"I'm sure y'all had a lot of fun without me." I said as we proceeded to class. "We did, but not that much fun though, we were also thinking about you." Charlotte said. "Yeah, you were on my mind everyday, that's why I kept texting, calling and sending messages." Drake added as he put his arm around my shoulders and hugged me to his side. "Those letters were what kept me going when the boredom was becoming unbearable and I'm super grateful for that." I said.

By now, we were already in our English class which was the only class the four of us had together. I had Economics with Drake, Literature with Charlotte and Government with Stiles. They also had some classes with each other too.

Mrs Pratt, our English teacher had a very strict no-talking-in-class rule so we all shushed as we entered the class.

She came in and though it was just the first day of school after a long break, there were still some groans from some people who probably wished Mrs Pratt was home with the flu or something. 'Sorry people', I thought to myself, this woman has got one pretty strong immune system. She did the traditional roll_call and the class started.

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Later that day, as we were about to leave the school premises, because we always left school together and then parted.ways when each person got to their house, a guy I recognized from my French class call my name and asked me to wait up. Charlotte and stiles kept on walking but I noticed that Drake stayed put.

"Hey, I'm Jack" he said extending a hand which I took. "Okay, I'm Rish....." I started but he cut me short. "Yeah, I know who you are." he said. "Oh, we have French together right?" I asked, to which he replied affirmative. "So, um...uh... I was wondering if I could have your number and um.. if we could, you know, hang out and get to know each other better." He looked kind if nervous as he said this which got me thinking 'what had thus guy got in mind?' Jack was tall, but not as tall as Drake (wait a minute, why am I comparing then?) Anyway, he was kinda cute and when he spoke, his mouth curved in an attractive manner but still....

I was thinking of saying no but then I thought 'what the hell?' I had been asked out by 2 or 3 guys before and it never really worked out so I had decided to put off dating but thinking about it now, I said to myself 'what's the worst that could happen?' With this in mind, I gave him my number. "Thanks, I'll call you." He said and left but not before winking at me.

"Ok, spill." Charlotte said, grabbing my hand when Drake and I caught up with them. There's nothing to spill Char, a guy asks for my number and you've already started picking designs for a wedding dress in your head." I tell her, shaking my head and we both laughed. "Don't worry, I think what you mean is that there's nothing to spill yet." She said. "With that imagination of yours, you'd make a very good scriptwriter." I told her. After that, we chatted about different stuff like all the events we were having this term like the spring dance, the annual swimming contest and last but not the least, the prom. Stiles put in a word or two along the line but I noticed that Drake remained oddly quiet.

After Char and Stiles had branched off to their respective houses, it was just me and Drake because our houses were further down the street, I noticed he was still quiet so I asked "cat got your tongue?" He didn't reply immediately but when he did, he didn't look exactly happy. "That Jack guy you gave your number to, were you guys friends before?"

[Well, I forgot to mention it earlier but Drake can really be over protective at times, take for example, right now.]

No, we're not but I don't see why we can't be." I replied. I saw something like anger or was it jealousy flicker in his eyes but it was gone so quickly that I thought I imagined it.

"Drake, what's wrong?" I asked when I saw he was looking down. "It's nothing, just........." he trailed off. "Look," I started "he's just some guy who asked for my number ok? He didn't ask me out." I said. "Not yet" he said looking up at me. "It's ok, I can take care of myself, and just in case you were getting a teeny bit jealous, no one is ever gonna take your place. You're my best friend ever." I said and hugged him. "Jealous? Me? I don't know what you're talking about." He said, now smiling.

By now, we had gotten to my house. He kissed my hand (something he did everyday when he dropped me off at home). "Bye." I said. "See you." He replied and left.

That night, as I switched on my phone after completing my homework, I saw a message from an unknown number.

Unknown: Hey

Me: Hey, who's this?

Unknown: it's Jack

Me: Oh

Unknown: Just wanted to say g'night. Sweet dreams (Dream about me)

Me: G'night.

Dream about him? This was going to be one interesting term.

Hey guys! I'm Ope, a girl with big dreams. This is my first chapter so it might not be all you expected but it gets better trust me.

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Yours truly,

Ope.