Part 1

Chapter 1: The new boy in school.

I snapped my eyes open with an unsteady breathing. My alarm beeped again reminding me I was late for school. I turned to the alarm and shut it off. 

I left the bed and went to the bathroom to shower up. Time spent evolving me pondering weird nightmares.

"Ellie, breakfast is served." A voice interrupts my thoughts. I sighed, moved away from the shower and got into my bathrobe.

I searched through piles of clothes in my closet and finally settled on a pair of ankle length jeans with a graphic tee. I carried my bag pack and exited the bedroom for dinner.

My dad looked at me and smiled. I returned the smile and settled on a chair opposite Julia who didn't spare a glance. I shrugged and took a sip from my coffee.

"Are you alright?" My mom's worried voice asked me. I smiled faintly and nodded, I started picking my food into my mouth.

"Joyce"

Mom calls out to the house help.

In sprint seconds, I noticed a figure standing beside me but I didn't look up.

"Drink the milk, it will help you calm down."

I lifted my head beside me and collected the milk from Joyce. I gulped it down at once,"Thanks, Joyce. It really helped" I thanked her and she left.

"Good morning, Mr. and Mrs Wilson '' My boyfriend,Jake, greeted me from the doorway. I looked up and smiled at him. "The nerd is here, '' Julia whispered, loud enough for me to hear. I glared at her and ignored her. 

Julia had always hated me since I came into their lives. I'm just like an enemy who snatched her parent's attention towards her. I've never flown with her as a sister and I avoided her in any possible way but she finds a way to bully me. 

And for Jake, he always takes me to school since we started dating, we started dating last year and it's pretty cool. I think he loves me and I do like him, I am hoping to return his feelings soon.

And I also have a female and a male friend, Tyson and Molly. They're just great and our friendship has been really good. 

I wiped my mouth and kissed my foster parents goodbye and left with Jake. We walked into the car and off he drove off.

"Are you okay?, babe" I looked at him and gave a smile. "I'm fine, Jake." I replied and turned back to the window. And the rest of the drive was awkwardly quiet, not that I don't like it anyway.

~

I alighted and Jake and I walked into the school building. I walked towards my locker to check my timetable for today. I found I had physics this morning. 

I took out my physics textbook and closed my locker. I turned and gasped when I saw Tyson and Molly other than Jake. 

I looked behind and found Jake leaning by his locker. "I have English this morning. I'll get going then." He walked a few steps to me and kissed my right cheek and left. I turned back to those piercing eyes of Tyson and expected him to say something. 

"That's gross. Not even on the lips." I scoffed. "You know Tyson, i do not like it on the lips"

"Awkward. Is he really your boyfriend?Ellie." Molly asked.

"Don't ask me stupid questions." I pushed them aside and continued my journey to the physics class.

"That's by the way, I heard rumors that we have two new hot guys in school" Molly squealed and I turned. "Really?"

"They are smokingly hot. Shit, you need to see them"

I turned back again. "That's cool. But it isn't my concern right now. I'm fucking busy with something"

"Yeah, right?. Busy doing nothing" I could feel her rolling her eyes right now.

"I'm doing something okay, and besides they won't be that hot compared to Tyson"

"Yes, Ellie. That's why I like you. You're always truthful compared to these ones already blinded by fake guys."

"And you think you're any better, dude you're ugly" 

I knew I stirred up trouble as they bickered at each other behind my back.

I stopped at the door of the class and turned. "Alright fellas. I've reached my destination. You two can continue on your way to your classes." I waved them bye and walked into the class, I found an empty seat beside the window.

Few minutes later, the physics teacher came in and started teaching while I jolted down on my notebook.

"Newton's law of dynamics then indicates that the time derivative of the amount of motion is equal to the sum of the forces acting on the system." She stopped and I looked up. I trace her eyes on a guy at the door. "I'm sorry, teacher. I really had a hard time locating the physics class"

"I'm Mrs Addison. You must be the new student, right?" She asked.

"Yeah. I'm Stefan Brown. A new student"

"Aww. He's so cute, ``a blonde girl said behind me. I cleared my throat and checked him out.

*Cute gray eyes, short curly hair, tall and muscle built like that of a mafia boy, with strong cheekbones and hard looking arms similar to an agent. Well, kinda hot on a white tee shirt on blue ripped jeans.* 

"You sit beside Miss Wilson." Mrs Addison said pointing at me. Our eyes met and I looked away to the empty chair beside me.

"Really, he's sitting beside you. I wish we could exchange seats." I ignored the blonde and looked down at my jolter nervously tapping my pen on it.

"The law of dynamics then indicates that these internal forces do not change the amount of movement of the global system." The teacher began. 

And everything she said afterwards went from the right ear to the other. Fuck!. I was sitting very close to this dude who couldn't take his eyes off me.

"Damn!!. You're staring too much." I finally whispered out. "Was I?. You're beautiful." I can't believe he said that.

Mehn!. My cheeks turned red and I tried really hard to hide my face. Get a hold on yourself. You have a boyfriend.

"Miss Wilson. "

"Yeah?" I looked up immediately. "What?" There were chuckles from my mates.

"Three laws of dynamics?" Damn this woman.

The students looked at me and I straightened up ready to do what I know best. I cleared my throat, "In the first law, we've come to understand that an object will not change its motion unless a force acts on it."

"The second law states that the force on an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration. And, finally, the third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." I answered perfunctorily. 

"That's right. But I'd like it if you paid less attention to Stefan Brown." The class roared into laughter leaving me embarrassed.

***

The bell rang and I heaved a long sigh. The class was really a long one, that I almost slept off, which was all weird to me. I've never lost interest in class, be it any subject, but here I am, dozing off, which was an effect of having a troubled sleep last night.

"Miss Wilson." Mrs Addison calls from the front of the class. I stood up with my textbook and walked towards her, the new guy by her side.

"Yes, Mrs Addison."

"Yup. This is Stefan Brown. You'll take him round the school and update him on how things work over here" I looked at Stefan and he smirked. "This is the most brilliant thing we have in the school. That's why I assigned you to her. If you have any problem, you know where to find me." She said, referring to Stefan. 

"Thanks, Mrs Addison." He thanked her.

She smiled and walked out of the class leaving me and Stefan.

"Uhm. uh will show you around at lunch."

"Okay." He mumbled and I walked past him.

"Uhm..Miss Wilson." His cool voice called me and I stopped and turned.

"Yeah."

"What class do you have now?." I checked my wrist watch. "It's 9:00am. Math"

"Math?. I have that too."

"Well then. I'll have to get my note at my locker. Do you mind waiting?"

"Let's go together." He said, I shrugged and we left.

~

We walked for a while in silence until he finally spoke up. "You live around here?" He asked. I looked amused and gave him a side lip smile. "I should ask you that, you know."

"Y..eah. Kinda. We moved out when I was little, so we're back now, for a while though."

"For a while?."

"My dad would call us back when he wanted to." He replied.

I stopped in front of my locker and turned. "Why are you suddenly back in town?" I asked casually.

"To look for my mom." He looked down when he said that and I felt guilty for ever prying on his private life. I turned back and opened my locker. I grabbed out my math textbook and closed it behind.

"Having fun?" I heard an unusual familiar voice behind me. I turned and found Julia and her friends.

"What're you doing here?. Julia" I breathed out and asked. 

"I see you're out with this handsome dude." She came very close to my ear and whispered. "Does he know you have a boyfriend?" I frowned. 

"Stop fucking with me." I pushed her off me. She landed on her butt and winced. "Holy shit!." I ran over to help her. " I'm sorry, I didn't know I pushed you that hard." I grabbed her arm and she tucked me away.

"Get your filthy hands off me." Her friends helped her up.

"Stop acting like you didn't do that intentionally." One of her friends yelled at me. "Isn't that right?. Bitch." The other added with a sneer.

"Enough, girls. You both saw it happen. She didn't do it on purpose." Stefan told them and walked to help me up from the floor. 

Once on my feet, Julia looked at me disdainfully. "You don't know her. She's terrible, She's hypocrite. She will ruin your life just like she ruined mine." Julia said and walked away with her friends.

"Thank you." I look at Stefan. We were so close that our lips were almost touching, our eyes locked together, and my stomach churned beneath and I felt an unquenchable desire starting to build up. 

It took my senseless mind to come together to know I was almost kissing him, I pushed him lightly and cleared my throat.

"We're late for class."

"15 minutes late. Let's go."

~

My friends were back with their meals and I looked at them. They had this weird look on me that I was trying to ascertain. 

"What?." I finally asked. 

"It's all over the school that you are taking the new boy on a walk." I scoffed. 

The school is funny. I could remember when I walked into the school for the first time, the chemistry teacher asked questions on what isn't on the semester's time table, which I answered correctly and Chloe couldn't, that made me known around the school as the new brain. 

They had to make me represent them in last year international's spelling bee competition, which of course we won. 

I trace everyone's attention to a group of two males and a female walking into the cafe. "Stefan, Aaron, and Wendy," I look at Tyson. "Twin brothers and their friend. I heard about Wendy's Stefan girlfriend." He added. 

I turned to him and a flash of I almost kissed him displayed in my head. I cleared my throat instantly. "Are you okay?" He asked, " Yeah, I'm fine."

"She's pretty and makes a good pair." added Molly.  

They walk past our table, with Stefan looking back at me. They sat at our back and I turned back to my food. "Your boyfriend is here." Molly whispered and I looked up to see Jake with a hockey ball. "Hey, babe." He sits beside me. 

"How was class?." I smiled. "It's great. Any class after lunch?" I asked. "Nah. I have to play after lunch." He looked behind me and turned back again. " I have to go now, stay safe." He draws nearer and kisses me on my forehead before walking away. 

"Jerk." Molly mumbled. "Oh please. He doesn't deserve that much hate toward him." She scoffs. "And who's talking about hating him?" She asked. "Ridiculous. I just did." I roll my eyes at her.

"Hey, Ms Wilson." I turned to see Stefan sitting beside me. "Hey, Stefan Brown." I tease back and Molly and Tyson chuckled. "Oh, okk. You remember our deal in the morning, I think I'm ready." I looked at his gray beautiful eyes and smiled. "After lunch." 

"No sweetheart. I'm playing a game after lunch." The way he said sweetheart made my heart flutter. "Really?. I'm definitely gonna watch that. Scratch that...I'm already your fan." Molly blurts out smiling sheepishly leaving me shaking my head side to side.