your first crush is the hardest one to shake off *

[cassandra ♥]

*quick message here! this thread is only between the following characters : katrina arrow & nicholas stones. characters that are not listed do NOT post here! thanks! *

"Can you hurry up Nicholas, you're going to be late on the first day of school!" mom yelled in a furious voice. I didn't want to get out of bed, it's cozy, and it's my territory. Annoyed, I got out of my luscious bed and headed to my large oak wood dresser and picked out a simple, yet cool outfit. First impression was everything. Although I was in grade eight and I already knew everyone that was returning, I still wanted to look good. Plus, there's a chance of new comers!
Dang. I did it again. I thought. I always end up talking my self into liking the first day of school, and getting all excited about it. But I was total opposite. I hated school, and I was totally NOT excited about it. Slowly, I shut the door to my room, knowing mom was gonna be snooping around in it after, and went down the stairs two steps at a time. Mom was dressed up and ready to go out. "Mom, what're doing?" I said in a confused tone. "What do you think I'm doing hunny, I'm driving you to school." "No, no no no no no. I'm walking. Okay, okay, Yeah, bye, bye , yeah okay, bye." Yeah right. My moms funny. The last time I let her drive me to school, I got teased for a year. I'm not letting that happen again.

Put in my iPod, put on a song, and walked. It passes by so fast when you're not paying attention. It' like you're there in a blink of and eye. Walking on the same pavement that I haven't walked on in like three months, actually felt good. DAMN I thought again. I did it AGAIN. I met up with some old friends, you know, caught up. But didn't see any new faces. Oh well.

I got into my class room, I got the worst teacher ever. She gave too much homework, and smelt like onions. The dirty, old desks were set up in pairs throughout the whole classroom. Since I wasn't with any of my friends, I decided to sit by my self in the back left of the room. The class filled up within the next few minutes, and the seat beside me was still vacant. But then, just when I looked up, I saw a goddess. Her beauty radiated across the classroom, and gave it life all over again. She was like nothing I've ever seen before. Just gorgeous.

I looked to my right and realized that the seat next to me was still vacant. A shot of excitement went through my head. As lame as you could ever imagine, I crossed my fingers hoping, and praying that she would sit beside me.
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[katrinaarrow]

*BRING BRING BRING!* What, it's already 7:30? Great time to wake up. I got up out of my bed just before Mom could come in the room and tell me every morning "Hun, it's 7:30 wake up! You're going to be late!" but instead she saw me and said "Oh, you're already up. Don't take too long, you have to go to your new school." She shut the door behind her. Crap! I forgot, i was going to a new school. Just saying that word was.. UGH! I moved here because my parents got a divorce. Mom got me and the dog, Dad got Alissa (my sister) and the house. I was brushing my hair for about five minutes and was thinking about what Dad and Alissa would be doing right now. Until I finally realized only one section of my head was brushed. I heated up my curler and while it was heating i did my make-up. It takes about ten minutes for my curler to heat up and ten minutes for me to do my make-up. After all that was done, i starred blankly in my mirror for a good five minutes. During those minutes I was thinking, who am I? Man have i changed since fourth grade. Will everyone hate me at school? I reached out for my curler and curled my hair. Half an hour later i was done. I opened my drawers and grabbed my favourite outfit. I went in my closet and got my bag. I stuffed my iPod Touch in it along with my LG Rumor 2 cell-phone. I went downstairs at 8:30 and ate my breakfast. "Katrina, do you need a ride?" my mom asked. "Uh... No I'm okay. Bye, love you." I answered shoving the last piece of my pancake down my throat and closing the door.

As I was walking to school I noticed some kids that looked about the same age as me. I didn't really know where the school was so i followed them. Thankfully, they didn't notice. I reached the school, it was pretty big. Bigger then my old school. *BZZZ...BZZ..BZZZ!* I grabbed my phone out of my bag. I was getting a text from my sister. Hey, how r u doin? havin fun yet? ppl here miss u. so do i love u. msg me l8er, goin in class now. BYE" I teared up alittle. I haven't seen her in three months. I saw the principal coming out of his car so i shoved my phone back in my bag. "Katrina? He shouted from the parking lot. Everyone looked at me. I turned around and he was infront of me. "Hi, Sir." I said puzzled. "Come with me I will show you you're--" *DING DING DING!* He was interrupted by the bell, what a coincidence. He grabbed me by the arm and led me to my new class. Then he just left. Every seat had been taken except this one spot next to this guy. I remembered following him to school. Now getting a better look at him, he was kinda cute. Our eyes met. It was awkward. I smelt onions. The teacher walked in the room. Now I know where the onions come from "NOW, NOW! SIT, SIT!" She announced to the class. I stumbled to the back of the room where the cute kid sat. I put my bag on the desk and sat down.

[nicholasstones]

My heart was pacing faster now and I could feel the swear running down my hot, red cheeks. The teacher snapped and told her to take a seat. I could see he tremble for a moment and then make her way towards the empty seat beside me. My heart was pounding even faster now, through my chest. She placed her bag on the top of the dirty desk, and sat down.
I was watching her from the corner of my eye. I didn't want to, it was just initiative. The way she looked, the way she sat there in complete silence was just amusing to me. I didn't want to stare, just wanted to peek here and there, see what's happening.
She didn't do much, fix her hair, her shirt. She didn't seem like a bitch, or look like one at the least. She looked sweet and innocent but through experience, you never know. She could be a bitch... like Kayla. Kayla was my ex-girlfriend. Grade six. I was at my first school before I moved here, and when I got there, there was this girl Kayla, she was so beautiful. We started hanging out and chatting, getting pretty close. I asked her to be my girlfriend, she accepted. We started going out, rumours went around, and someone told her that I wasn't a virgin, and I had lost my virginity to someone that went to that school. She turned bitchy on me and just cussed me out. I tried and tried to explain things to her, but it's like she was disgusted and didn't even want to see my face. Somehow, that rumour got to the principle, and he called my parents. That's why I'm in this shit-hold called a school in the first place. I'm not sure if I'm ready for another relationship after that, people change.
I was getting nervous, and my hands were getting clammy. My next move could affect me in the long run, but I was willing to take that chance and get to know her. I didn't want to jump to conclusions anyways, that's just rude. I thought about what I was going to say in my head first, and then I said it. No, I don't usually do that. I opened my mouth for the first time, but nothing came out. Then, I gave it a push and it came out all crackly and high pitched.
"M-m-y name is uh Nicholas, uh what's yours?" phewwwww That took alot of these shoulders!

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[katrinaarrow]

After I put my bag down on my desk, I sat down and began to take my items out to put on my new desk. I noticed the cutie beside me sweating and looking very red. Not that I was staring at him or anything. He looked amazing, even the little glimpses of him I got. When I would go to fix my hair in my seat, I'd purposely lean back alittle just to look at him. His eyes sparkled, they shimmered. His hair was brown and swayed to one side. All I was thinking was, so adorable, so adorable, so DAMN adorable!

[/i] I got side-tracked and was only focused on him instead of the lesson, which is not like me.
I'm an A+ student in all subjects. Yes, yes I know WHAT A NERD! But I'm actually not. Teacher do love me, but I don't occasionally answer questions like a loser nerd. All I can say is that I am smart, but no nerd. I think the teacher saw that i dozed off staring blankly at the ceiling. Oh well, back to the cutie beside me. I hope he asks me something. I want a conversation. Should I say something or just let -- I was thinking to myself just as he cut me off with "M-m-y name is uh Nicholas, uh what's yours?" I was relieved he asked me something. I turned to face Nicholas he looked relieved, too. "Hi Nicholas, I'm Katrina. Nice to meet you. I'm new. You seem to have been here for awhile tell me about it." I blabbed out in a whisper. NO DUH I'M NEW! THAT SOUNDED SO CHEESY! Kill me.[/center]

[nicholasstones]

She answered pretty quickly, not stumbling or stuttering. I felt kind of nerd and lame knowing that I stuttered beyond belief. I didn't want to blabber about nonsense that wasn't necessary . I had to think about it for a while. What would a girl want to know about a school? I had to play it cool.

Since I'm not a girl, -clearly- this was harder for me. All I know that girls talk about is gossip, boys, their "problems" and relationship. How the fuck am I supposed to tell her those things if I'm not a girl and know NOTHING about those things. I'm just gonna wing it.

"Well, the guys here are pretty good looking if that's what you want to know. Not that I look at men in that way. Cause I'm totally not that kind of person. Not saying that being that kind of person is bad. Just, I heard that the guys that go this school are cute..."I'M A TOTAL FUCKING IDIOT!

[/b] I put my hand in my palm hoping that she doesn't think that I'm some kind of loser freaky kid ... I HOPE![/center]

[katrinaarrow]

I could tell Nicholas was thinking of what to say. He was nervous, I could tell. But what he said was.... weird."Well, the guys here are pretty good looking if that's what you want to know. Not that I look at men in that way. Cause I'm totally not that kind of person. Not saying that being that kind of person is bad. Just, I heard that the guys that go this school are cute..." Is this kid straight!? Was all I could think of. I'm sure he knew he sounded like a complete fucked up retard. I knew my expression read, "Hey Nicholas, are you homo or bisexual? YOU CREEP ME OUT!" He looked embarrassed. It was kind of funny. "Uh... Cool? That's very interesting" was all I could say.
We both laughed because we both knew how stupid we sounded. It seemed pretty cute, in someone else's perspective. I stared deep into his eyes and smiled. There was a story behind him that I just wanted to know. He looked so interesting. I didn't want to blurt out something stupid. First impressions count. By the looks of him he seems: Nice, sweet, friendly, weird and like a great friend. I like all of those things. Nicholas is a person I feel I can tell anything to and he can be one-hundred percent honest with me. But I don't want a relationship. Not this soon. It's too early and I hardly know anyone. Only Nicholas, so far. I didn't want to seem like a hoe.
I was wondering what to say next. "What's the story behind you? I don't really want to know about school, I am already an A+ student so screw school." Wow. Just thinking that sounded STUPID! "Well, forget school, for now. Let's hear about you." That's pretty much all I thought of. Our laugh wasn't too quiet. The teacher aswell as the rest of the class heard it. "Katrina, Nicholas. PLEASE, stop talking. If you have something to say, announce it to the class or take it up at recess." The teacher said with a huge gust of onions. She turned back to her lesson.

[nicholasstones]

The smell burnt the back of my nose, it hurt.. The pain went to tingling, then I could feel a sneeze coming along. ohhh nooo. this is going to be un-attractive. Then suddenly, ACHOO! The sneeze echoed throughout the class, setting the all students into laughter, except for me. I know I don't need to get into details for you to know that it went ALL over my desk. Yeah, smooth. "Ah shit." I said in a quiet voice, but loud enough that Katrina heard. She smirked, and giggled a little. I looked at her, and couldn't help to giggle myself. Our giggles shortly turned into a small laugh, then a large laugh. Soon enough we were both grasping our stomachs and begging for the pain to stop. I don't know why we were laughing so hard, nothing seriously funny had happened. But I liked it. It felt good.

I wanted this moment to last forever. "KATRINA AND NICHOLAS! I AM GOING TO REMOVE YOU FROM THE SEATS IF YOU DON'T BE QUITE AND LISTEN TO THE LESSON!" So much for that. " Yeah okay, miss, continue." I said with a lot of attitude. I don't give a shit what teachers had to think, or say to me. I'm me and as a teacher they have to respect that!

It seems as if I had been trying to avoid the question she had asked me in the first place and I was. I really didn't know what to tell her, but I had to tell her something so here it goes. " Me, well. There's not much, and it's not very entertaining. But I recently moved to from Buffalo to here, Toronto in grade 6. It was a big difference from where I was back home. The people, environment, food, culture, everything. People are actually nicer here then in Buffalo. I moved from 3 schools in just Toronto, and 2 in Buffalo. That's 5 in total. The only reason is because my mom is a business women. Always moving from city to city, house to house, whatever. So, she thinks moving to a house closer to where she is currently working saves money. I don't even know how that works, but anyways. I'm basically moving houses and schools my whole life. So if I leave you'll know why. I'm the only child, hmm lucky me? Not really. It gets really rough at home, just me and my computer, not always fun. But sometimes I wish I could just get my dad back..... My dad.. he passed away last summer in a plane crash. You see he used to live in Italy with his parents because his mother was suffering from breast cancer, her wanted to keep her company, and be there while he could. But she didn't live as long as her expected, as the doctor expected. Then, my dads father passed away not too long ago form being lonely. He then decided he couldn't take much after that, and he got on the plane, and their was a malfunction with the planes engine and it crashed, leaving no survivors. Ever since then, my life was different. My mom to this day doesn't wear anything till black. We all try to convince her to wear colors again but it agonizes her. My eyes were getting teary, and my sight was going blurry. I had to stop, I just had to. This was eating me alive. I decided it was enough and demanded that she has a turn to speak." Enough about me and my family, how's yours?" I guess that went pretty well. At least I held myself together,

[katrinaarrow]

Nicholas' face looked weird. Something was wrong. Out of nowhere, he sneezed. It was quite funny. I tried not to laugh but i was snickering. It got the whole class laughing. I think I even saw the teacher laughing alittle. I then looked at Nicholas. We started to giggle but then it became a loud laugh. It was ridiculous, but i loved every moment. "KATRINA AND NICHOLAS! I AM GOING TO REMOVE YOU FROM THE SEATS IF YOU DON'T BE QUITE AND LISTEN TO THE LESSON!" Who would've thunk it? Nicholas replied with attitude as if he didn't care. I'm sure he didn't.
I completely forgot my question so then he brought it up. I was getting teary. His life is so sad. I even saw him starting to cry. But he held himself together. Wow, strong kid. Then it came to a question I hated, "Enough about me and my family, how's yours?" He could tell by my expression I didn't like that question.
"Well, I don't know where to start. When I was born, I wasn't meant to. So I guess you can call me an accident. My mom knew she was pregnant with me but she wasn't supposed to be. She was unprotected and she didn't want to have an abortion. Living with that guilt would kill her. She also has this huge lift on her shoulders. My brother or.... sister, I'm not sure but whatever. My mom was pregnant and had a miscarriage at 6 months. She was crushed. I don't like bringing it up with her. She always cries. Skipping that now. One year later after I was born my little sister Alissa was born. But she won't be attending this school. I've been at three schools during my life. From kindergarten to grade two I was in California. I moved there so I could be close to my.... father. He was on a business trip, similar to your mothers job. I've always been a straight A+ student. I know, i know. What a nerd! But I'm actually not your typical nerd. I just read and know answers. Back to the subject. Then from grade three to the end of grade seven I was in New York, NY. It was a thrill ride. I had many, many friends. But I had to leave them all to come here. Toronto. I came here because my parents had a divorce. I still don't know what for. But It's been three months since I've seen my dad. I don't like calling him that. My mom got me and my da-- that guy got my sister Alissa. I haven't seen them in three months. I miss my sister so much. When we were a family together, we had a dog. Sophia. But my parents split. My sister wanted the dog but they got the house. So Alissa didn't have to move schools. I'm planning on texting my sister later." I told him. Wow I was amazed by how much I could talk. "Speaking of --" *DING DING DING!* The bell cut me off, figures. In a rush I asked "Hey Nicholas, want to hang out at recess?" My face was red as an apple.

[nicholasstones]

Our lives were so similar. It's like I could totally relate with her. The bell totally cut her off. I was just getting interested. It's like we're long lost brother and sisters. We basically shared a life. Anyways, she asked me to spend recess with her, how could I say no. It's a win-win situation. I'm hot, she's hot. I giggled out loud. People were looking at me like I was a qweirdo or something. Whatever, let 'em talk. I gestured Katrina through the hallways, and telling her which doors led to were and what not. We got outside and started to walk side by side. It was awkward, quiet for a moment. Let's break this silence.

[/b] I thought. I bit my lip and in a loud, playful voice, I touched her and yelled "YOU'RE IT!!!" Laughing, and giggling I ran away, hoping she would chase after me.

Sure, I know I'm being flirty and what not, but who cares. It's my personality. Chicks dig it. Kay, maybe not, but I like to think they do. or hope. Running wasn't a normal thing for me. I have asthma, and can't run for too long too far. I have a puffer in the school office, but I still try to avoid running. It's not my best talent anyways.[/center]

[katrinaarrow]

I waited for him to answer. Instead he giggled. I wasn't sure if he was giggling at my question or at someone else or... or at a thought. But right at that second I got embarrassed and turned red. Thankfully no one noticed. People started staring at him. Not that he cared. Nicholas seemed bad-ass and didn't care what others thought. I thought that was pretty cute. Nicholas said he'd hang out with me at recess. A huge burst of happiness rushed through me.
As we were walking down the halls he was showing me what's what. Really nice. I swear, every time he said something I smiled. I hope he didn't think I liked him. He's really nice and extremely cute, but it's too early to like someone. Maybe when I get to know him more I will. For now I just want to be friends. Randomly, he shouted in a playful sweet voice "YOU'RE IT!" He started to run. I started chasing after him. I reached out and touched him. "Aha! No I'm not, YOU ARE! We're such kids." I shouted when I touched him. I said "We're such kids." In a playful joking way. Wow, I didn't know in only one hour people can become so close. A great way to start off my new year.

[nicholasstones]

I'm not that good at running, sadly, so she caught me instantly! "shit !! I yelled out loud, joking, and being angry at the same time. She's a girl, don't you know that I'm supposed to be winning not her? Crap. I need to step up my game. I sprinted after her as she ran away, claiming that we're such kids. It's true, but you can't help it right? The kid inside needs to come out some times, right?. I said it with a smirk, just repeating that in my head.

It's funny how spending not even an hour with each other could make such a big difference. The nerves I had before just simmered away. It seemed as if I've known her for at least a year. I'm talking with her like she's one of my regular, everyday friends. But, then I remember that she's not. I JUST met her.

I decided that, who cares if I just met her. I can still act like I've known her for so long. It's just that she seems like the girl you could open up to. But you never know, that could change. So maybe I shouldn't act like I've known her for a long time. Maybe I should slow down? I'm just not sure. Let's let her decide first!

[katrinaarrow]

I was running a steady pace from Nicholas. He started to sprint after me, but I was still faster than him jogging. Haha. It was probably have way through recess by now. I saw the door to inside open so i ran in there with Nicholas following. I ran down the hallway and up the stairs. Until a teacher caught us. Crap I thought to myself. "What're you two children doing inside? You should be outside! Nicholas you know better, you've been here for a while and you should be setting a good example for the new student." The teacher told Nicholas. He didn't know what do say, he just stood there not caring and cracking his knuckles. Nicholas was about to tell her off, I could tell by his facial expression but the bell cut him off before he could speak. Well I'm ready for a show.

[nicholasstones]

As I ran after Katrina, we some how ended up in the hallways. A teacher stopped us and just started to blabble. I wasn't even listening. I was tuned out. In a daze basically. Until she started to repeat my name over and over. "Nicholas. Nicholas, are you there? Nicholas." I got really annoyed and snapped at her " I heard you the first time, stop saying my God damn name!" It felt kinda good to say all the, looking so tough in front of Katrina. I gave a quick smirk to Katrina, and then quickly got back into my "serious" mode. She looked pissed man. But I didn't give a shit. She then strictly pointed her finger towards the office, and I walked there with pleasure. They basically had a chair with my name on it.

[katrinaarrow]

The teacher repeated Nicholas' name a couple of times until he told her off. He gave me a smirk and then looked back at her. She pointed her finger to the office directing Nicholas to go there. He walked as if nothing happened. The teacher told me to go back to class and I did so. I didn't want to get in trouble and look like a bad student. When I got in class I waited 30 minutes for him to return. Nicholas didn't come back so I raised my hand and asked the teacher as politely as I could if I could go to the bathroom. She simply said yes and I sped walk out the class. I ditched the washroom and snuck to the office where Nicholas was sitting on a chair. "What happened? Is everything okay?" I asked him.