A teenage girl walks towards the doors of a high school building: Brooklyn high school, feeling despondent. She was doing great in her old school but her father just had to get a transfer. Now she had to make new friends, gain a new identity and strive to be popular again which was almost everything in high school. She opens the doors with a sigh and enters the bubbling hallway. Who was she to ask help from? A boy having a heated make out, a girl ransacking her locker and looking very frustrated, or a girl walking out of a class and typing furiously on phone. She decides to go for the girl ransacking her locker. "Hey", she began and the girl flipped her pretty pair of marble-grey eyes in her direction. "I'm a new student", she adds and the girl frowns. "How can I help you?" "I'm trying to find the principal's office, can you show me what direction it is?" "Okay", she replies and begins stuffing her belongings back into the locker. "Let me take you there", she sighs w
Will walks to his locker after the class and meets his other friends: Kenneth, Dave, Robert and Harrison waiting for him by his locker. Will and the four of them were popularly called 'Le Cinq' meaning the five. They were one of the most popular male students and major players in the school. "Look who is approaching; it's Will, king of the jungle. All the girls are at his feet", Kenneth hails. "Stop messing with me Ken", Will replies. "I just met the hottest girl ever". "It's been a while since you said such, who's she?", Harrison asks. "A newbie in my anatomy class" "Wait you were amongst those in the anatomy class today?", Dave exclaims. "I heard a hot newbie attended class with you guys today. Tell us about her" "She's pitching tent with Rick and Genny"&nbs
Genny and Annie are walking home after school and Annie is deep in thought. "Annie?" "Yes" "What's wrong?" "Huh?", She mutters now perked up. "What's wrong with you? You've been quiet since we left the gym". "Oh… well… I think I may have been the cause of the fight between Will and his friends". "Oh don't bother yourself with that. It's something they do all the time to assert supremacy". "No, this is not that". "Why do you think so?" "When you and Will went to class before gym, Bob and Dave came to talk to me. We had
Carrie and Annie enter a class and seat down.u "I'm Annie, Hannah" "How's that a shorter version?" "Genny seems to think it is" "Well Hannah does seem like a handful, so old-fashioned" "Probably Genny's point" "Ah… you're hanging with Genny. Will is really going to be on your neck" "How?" "She's his best friend's girl, legitimate excuse to hang around you", she says and Annie laughs. "My full name is actually Carrielyn. Carrie came in around middle School and since Will and I attended the same middle School, he brought it here. Being as popular and hot as he is, everybody began to follow suit". "Oh I see, you guys must be
The bell rings and noise immediately erupts in the classroom. The teacher scoffs and continues her announcement ignoring the students who had began to walk out. She walks out when she is through talking and the rest of the class who had remained seated begin walking out also.Will remains in his seat as usual waiting for most of his classmates to leave before attempting to walk out. He still felt debilitated from watching Annie and Jake interact in the cafeteria. Why did she act so different with him? Two hands land noisily on Will's table and he is jolted from his thoughts. He looks up to see Jake staring at him with concern. Damn his silly look, Will curses internally and wishes he could punch that concern out of his eyes, but he knew Jake hadn't done anything wrong to him, yet. "You have something bothering you, don't you?", Jake asks but Will keeps quiet though resisting the urge to tell Jake that he was the reason for his mu
The bell rings and all the students in a class find their way out. It was now time for extracurricular activities. Annie and Genny come out too and walk to their lockers. Their lockers were adjacently opposite. Annie is keeping her books when Carrie walks up to her. "Hey Annie" "Carrie, what's up?" "I'm okay. So I told my sister about you..." "Really?" "She said she wants to see you first". "Oh well here I am", Annie says and shuts her locker. She walks to meet Genny. "Genny, seems like I may be joining the cheerleading squad. Carrie's sister wants to see me". "Oh…. that's nice. So what are you waiting for? You should be on your way" "Oh I wanted to tell you first" "Okay thanks, see you later", she says shutting her locker also. Carrie and Annie l
Annie recovers from her shock and realizes Will was dragging her out of the cafeteria. She immediately tries to resist his pull. "Will, where are you taking me?", she yells. "I don't even know", he says in a surprisingly soft tone and lets go of her hand. She realizes they were in the hallway. "I just want you away from that guy"."What is wrong with you? I don't remember ever agreeing with you or anyone that I couldn't talk to other guys except you" "How can you be laughing with that guy? You were even going to let him touch you!" "And so what? He's my friend" "What of me? Am I not your friend? Why don't you laugh with me? You don't even smile unless you can't contain it anymore",he complains and she stills. "You don't even want to have lunch with me. Did I do something to you?" "No. Get lost", she says and walks away. She returns to the
Annie and Genny walk inside the cafeteria after taking their orders, heading to Will's table. On nearing to Will's table, Bob sights them first."Hey Annie, come sit beside me", Bob invites."Come sit beside me instead", Dave offers."I'll just sit over here", Annie replies heading to the space between Kenneth and Harrison."Hey I'm the one who invited you to this table, shouldn't you sit beside me?", Will says."Umm… okay", she answers and finally sits beside Will while Genny sits in the space she intended to sit. Annie cringes as she sits beside Will. She hated the way she felt around him, all fluttery and befuddled. She just hoped she got through lunchtime without embarrassing herself. She later had no reason to worry as once they began talking, she quickly forgot about her discomfort. They had a great time together and l
Will finally realizes Bianca's intent as Annie puts up her hand. She wanted to make Annie angry with him. Why was she such a sneaky bitch, he complains internally. "Annie, I really didn't", he tries to explain but she puts a finger to his lips. "I told you to shut up, didn't I? I know what she did. I saw her jump on you immediately we came out. She is trying to make me jealous, I know" "So you don't have a problem with that?" "I would if we were dating, but not with you, with her actually. But since we aren't dating…..", she trails off and shrugs. "So you're okay with it because you know that I won't cheat on you?", he asks. "If you mess around with Bianca, it doesn't mean you're cheating on me. We're not dating", she replies and his countenance sinks. "What can I do to make you trust me?" "It'll take a lot of time Will", she replies and he exhales. "Hey Carrie", Will says after a brief silence. "So you finally notice me now huh?", she replies. "Well it
The cheerleaders are standing in the field two days later to vote for their new head-cheerleader. The previous day's nominations had declared Annie, Bianca, Carrie and a grade ten student named Brittany the final candidates. While Bianca viewed the election as a competition and had been walking around all day asking people to vote for her, Annie and Carrie felt totally unbothered. "Okay I want Annie, Bianca, Carrie and Brittany to stand in a straight horizontal line", their coach orders and they act accordingly. "Now all those voting for them should just stand behind them", she commands and everyone starts choosing places. When they are done, Maddie and other grade twelve students who were on the team count the number of people who stood behind each contestant. Grade twelve students were not allowed to vote, they could only participate in nomination. "Okay. At the end of this voting exercise,I am pleased to announce the results. Brittany has 39, Carrie has 41, Annie has 50 an
Will is turning about in his bed at night. He previously didn't think he would be so affected if Annie rejected his love but now that she did….. he couldn't sleep, he couldn't even pick up his phone without wanting to re-read the message she sent to him just to check if it was real. All his music suddenly seemed annoying to him but he was bored as hell. "Argh…. why did I fall in love in the first place?", he complains and curses. He had already drank three bottles of beer but suddenly lost interest in getting drunk and stopped. He was trying to keep in how hurt he felt but it was consuming him on the inside. He is still tossing about in his bed when his phone rings. He picks it and it was Annie. He tries to ignore it like he did the previous night but she seemed to be more persistent today. He switches off his phone and tosses his pillow away exasperatedly. He groans and continues tossing around in his bed. He is finally about to sleep off when he hears the doorbell. He frowns
Annie walks into school hurriedly with Brenda and Carrie. Annie had woken up late making them late and now they only had a few minutes left till their class would begin. They all rush to their lockers and grab their books before heading to class. Fortunately, they get in just before the teacher enters. "Good morning students", the teacher greets and the students reply half-heartedly while some do not reply at all. Only a few students replied eagerly which was usually Annie's clique but not today. Upon entering the class, she had looked around for Will and found him bowing his head on his desk. Maybe he was really sick like she had previously assumed. She turns to look at him again and catches him staring. She smiles on catching him and he turns away. She felt her countenance sink as he turned away. Will didn't usually turn away when she caught him staring even before he confessed his feelings. He would always wink at her or chuckle and after confessing his feelings, he could ev
The ABC girls walk out of school together heading to the school bus. The cheerleaders were having their final competition in Boston. They enter the bus and head to the backseat together. "Hannah, come sit here with Bianca", their coach orders and Annie frowns. "I'm serious", she adds on seeing she was reluctant. Annie joins Bianca in her seat which was almost at the front of the bus. "Get in, I don't want to seat by the window", Bianca snarls and Annie rolls her eyes. She had already wanted to seat by the window so was glad Bianca didn't like that spot. She sits by the window and sets down her bag. The bus had just started the journey when Annie's phone beeps. She checks it and sees it was a message on WeChat from Will. "Just saw the bus leaving, good luck with the competition", he texted. "Shouldn't you be in class?", she texts back. "I'm in class", he replies. "And you're texting me?" "I miss you already", he texts and she smiles. Bianca peers into her phone and see
Will and Annie sit beside each other inside the dark cupboard. "Why didn't you agree with me? We could have skipped this", Annie complains. "I wanted a few minutes with you, it's been almost a week since we talked", he replies and she is quiet. "I don't know what it'll take to make you accept my feelings" "It's not my fault that I don't trust you" "So you actually believe that I love you?" "I don't know", she admits just as he draws closer to her. "Hey we're already tight enough, why are you drawing even closer?" "Can't you tell?" "Tell that?" "I'm about to kiss you" "No way I'm letting you show off my underwear for a stupid game", she says but he was already straddling her before she finished. "Will, stop", she stutters. "Just let me Annie, for tonight, I won't talk of it after tonight", he pleads then kisses her. She refuses to open up so he sucks on her bottom lip begging for entrance. He breaks the kiss when she doesn't still kiss him back and is
"Football meeting at the locker room, right now", Kenneth tells Will and Rick as they enter school, making them begin heading to the locker room. As they open the door, they are glitter bombed and the football guys laugh at Will's shocked expression. "Time to showcase our newest trophy", someone yells and Will grins. He walks to the center of the gathering where the trophy they earned the previous night stood. He lifts the trophy and they begin to cheer as he takes it to the transparent glass cabinet where they stored their trophies. He keeps it inside and the cheers heighten. He shuts the cabinet and turns around. "Who just won the championship?", Will yells. "The Brooklyn Giants!!!", everyone yells in reply. "I said who just won the championship?", he yells again and they give the same reply in a louder tone. "Damn guys, I'm so happy. I don't even know what to say" "Say you'll attend the party at my house", a grade twelve student, Travis says walking towards Will. "N
Will trudges into his home and collapses into a cushion, shutting his eyes for some seconds before standing up. He walks towards the refrigerator in the dinning area to bring out a beer. He sits on one of the dinning chairs and opens the beer, taking several sips before putting the beer down.He still couldn't believe what happened, it was all a spur of the moment. He really thought that he was still yet to accept that he was truly in love with Annie, but he found himself telling her he loved her in the next moment.He hated the idea of being in love because he felt it was no fun, full of responsibilities and getting hurt was inevitable once you were in love but he had slowly come to realize that love could be fun after Annie had already stolen his heart.He was right about the hurt though, the rejection hurt like hell. He couldn't remember when last he wanted to get drunk but now he found himself wanting to get drunk because
"What is going on with you and Will?", Annie hears as she is keeping her books in her locker and turns. It was Jake. "I don't believe we are close enough for you to ask me such question", she replies and he forces her locker shut to get her attention. "Maybe I messed up. I shouldn't have worked with Bianca, maybe I shouldn't want you back after what I did. But, it happened already", he says with a shrug. "I'm not saying what I did was right, but what I'm saying is that I'm sorry. We can just be friends. I still love you though but I like being your friend better than this position we're in" "Jake please, I don't have the energy for this" "I know you don't, I can see that your disagreement with Will is draining your energy, and Will's too" "Don't get me started with Will, I already feel guilty enough" "What happened?" "We kissed. I've been