Chapter 1

Rose POV

I could feel him watching me again. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up while I slowly turned around. My emerald eyes met with sapphire eyes. "Why is he staring at me?" I thought to myself.

"Rose...Rose! Can you read the next paragraph?"

"Sorry Mr. Lucien" I mumbled. "Ummm..."

Ding ding ding. Saved by the bell!

"Miss Canto, I suggest you follow along with the rest of the class next time."

My cheeks burned while my classmates snickered around me. I hurriedly packed my notebooks and laptop into my backpack and shot up and out of the classroom before I could embarrass myself further.

Oooof! I was met with a hot and solid wall right outside the door.

"Hey, you're Rose, right?" The boy with the sapphire eyes inquired in the deepest melodious voice I have ever heard.

"Um yes, Rose Canto. Who are you?"

"I'm Damien Jones."

"Well, it's nice to meet you but I really need to get to my next class." I started to walk off when I felt a large hand on my elbow.

"I'll walk you. It must suck being new and not knowing where any of the classrooms are."

I looked up into those hypnotic eyes and could see my reflection in them.

"Hey Rose? You, ok?" Damien asked.

"Oh yes. I am sorry I was daydreaming. Sure, if you could walk me to my next class I would appreciate it. I'm in the Westmore building for theatre next."

"Of course I would be happy to. So...how did you end up in Mill City, Oregon? We don't get a lot of new people in this school so it is nice to see a new face."

"I just moved from Texas. I spent most of my childhood there and recently my grandfather and grandmother both passed away and left our family their house, so we decided to move in. So now I'm in my senior year in a new school, in a new state and in a new house." Damn now I'm venting. This dude is going to think I'm dramatic.

"Well, that sucks but at least you have one new friend." Damien shoots me a wink and my cheeks heat up again. Be cool Rose. He probably winks at every girl. I mean look at him. With his dark brown chocolate hair, eyes bluer than the deepest part of the ocean, a good 6 inches taller than me, bulging tan arms, probably from football, and a voice that would make an angel weep, he can literally have any girl he wants.

"Thank you." I whispered

"Alright Rose we are here. I have to get to my class but I hope to see you soon." Damien shoots me a perfect smile with sexy dimples. Keep it in your pants Rose.

Damien POV

I watch Rose as she walked away. My eyes followed the sway of her hips as her silhouette became smaller.

"Damien!" Shit not her.

I start sprinting away to escape the annoying high pitched voice of Layla.

"Sorry I'm running behind for class!" I start running even faster to make sure she can't catch up. I reached my algebra class and darted inside and onto my chair next to my brother.

"Hey dude where the hell have you been? You're never running late. You find someone to make out with on the way to class?" My twin brother Brent snickered.

"Shut the hell up dude." I whispered.

"Boys do you mind sharing with the class what's more important than algebra?" Mrs. Meyers asked with an arched brow.

"We were just talking about how beautiful you look today Mrs. Meyers. You're absolutely glowing and-"

"Mr. Brent Jones enough of your flattery. Just keep quiet so I can teach my class."

Brent shot Mrs. Meyers his mega watt smile and motioned his that his lips were zipped shut. When the teacher turned back to the white board to write something my brother tapped on my shoulder and motioned towards his phone. "Check your messages." He whispered.

I looked down to our bro chat and saw him asking about Rose aka the hot new girl.

Brent: I heard we got a new chick and she's hot as effin hell! I haven't seen her yet but I have a feeling I'll run into her soon ;)

Me: Yes she's totally hot but I already called dibs

Brent: What the hell man you can't call dibs before I've even seen her

Me: I just did

I ignored Brent for the rest of the class until the bell rang and it was time for lunch. I packed up my backpack quickly so I could try and run into Rose on the way to lunch from the theatre building. After sprinting for a few minutes I could see her long legs and long wavy red hair walking towards the cafeteria. I took a second to catch my breath and then sauntered my way next to her and threw an arm around her shoulders to stake my claim.

"Hey Rose how was theatre? I wanted to see if you want to sit with me at lunch."

"Hi Damien, theatre was interesting, I made another friend, maybe she can also sit with us?"

"Sure the more the merrier." I showed her my biggest smile so she'd feel more comfortable. Hopefully I don't look like a predator staring at his prey.

"Ok! Oh look there she is. Hey Sophie come sit with us!"

I watched as Sophie Star strutted towards us and engulfed Rose in a bear hug.

"Hey girl! My brother's class was boring as hell, right?" Sophie said.

Rose looked confused as she answered back "Your brother?"

"Yes he's the theatre teacher. He's only 22 so a lot of the bitches in this school keep drooling over him, which ew."

Rose giggled and I took the opportunity of her distraction to stand even closer to her. I could smell her hair which smelled of strawberries, my favorite. We walked to the cafeteria together, ordered our food and sat down in the middle table which had my football buddies. Their eyes raked her body up and down, I could feel the heat on the back of my neck. I could barely contain my growl and stared daggers at all of them. The only one who wouldn't take the hint was Brent who slid next to the other side of Rose and introduced himself.

"Hi gorgeous I'm Brent, may I ask who you are?"

"I'm Rosalie but please call me Rose."

"Ah what a beautiful name. It's a huge pleasure to meet you. I hope I see you in some of my classes later on."

Rose nodded politely and then turned her body forward to look at Sophie and they continued to chat about whatever girls talk about.

Brent: damn bro, the rumors don't do her justice, she's absolutely gorgeous!

Me: stop being so obvious and staring at my girl

Brent: she isn't your girl so I still have a chance. May the best bro win, which is me lol

Me: you're lucky I don't kick your ass

Brent: don't worry, I'll take real good care of her.

I'm seriously gonna kill the son of a bitch.

Brent POV

I kept staring at the goddess sitting next to me and damn she smells heavenly.

"So Rose what class do you have next?" I asked so I could try and see if we have any classes together.

"Next I have biology with Mr. Slate, followed by Ms. Black for gym and then I have study hall for my last class in the library."

Hell yea. I share all my other classes with her. Unfortunately, so does my bro. I really wish he would loosen up about her. If he wants to be in competition, then so be it.

"I'll be happy to walk with you to your remaining classes since they're the same as mine." I offered hoping she'll say yes.

"Oh, thank you that's so kind."

Damien chimed in on the other side of her "I'll help you get to your classes also; we have the same schedule for the rest of the day."

Star chimed in "boys stop fighting over her, as her new bestie I will be walking her to her classes."

Rose looked embarrassed as she blushed a pretty pink on her cheeks. "Thanks everyone, I guess we can all walk together."

I reached around and squeezed her tiny waist and smirked at her, watching her blush deepen even further. I can't wait to have fun with this one.