"Honey, it'll be fine. There'll be people there to help you around," my mom said, as she backed out of the house.

"Ughh, but still! People will think it's weird for me to come in during the fourth week of school!" I complained.

"Cathy, it's not like you're going to die. You'll be fine, they'll understand. Plus, I talked to the principal and he said that someone was going to show you around. It won't be too bad,"

"Mom, how would you know if it's going to be bad or not? You're not the one who's gonna be stared at for 2 weeks!"

My mother gave me a look with her bright blue eyes. I wish I had eyes like hers, instead I got a mixture of blue and grey.

"You need to stop looking at negative things and start looking at the positives," she lectured me, while turning into the school parking lot, "Look at the bright side, you get to have your own car in two weeks,"

"Only reason I got it was because you dragged me here and you felt sorry,"

She sighed and parked the car, "Cathy, please. You know we moved because the jobs over here offered more money,"

"Yeah yeah yeah, you told me millions of times," I sighed while opening the door, "I'll see you later, love you,"

She gave me a small smile, "Love you and be good,"

I climbed out and watched as she drove away.

Great, I thought, time for torture. I entered to find a crowd of people blocking the hallway. I tried squeezing my way through only traveling five steps until I was stuck again. I groaned.

"Hi!" I heard a voice on my left say.

A girl about my height with brunette hair was standing next to me, grinning.

"You must be the new girl. Cathy, right?" she asked.

"Umm yeah," I said hesitantly. If she knows that I'm new here, does that mean everyone else knows I'm new? Perfect.

"I'm May and -"

She was interrupted by a girl shouting.

"He's here! He's here!"

Everyone moved towards the walls of the hallway, making a small path in the middle, and May pulled me along with her.

"What's happening?" I whisper to her.

"Wes," she whispered back, standing up on her tiptoes trying to see over the crowd.

"Who's Wes?" I ask.

I hear gasps and heads turned towards me. I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned around.

A very attractive guy with amazing multi-colored eyes was standing in front of me.

I blushed, "Yes?

He pointed at himself and I gave him a confused look, "Excuse me?"

He chuckled, "I'm Wes, nerd," and he walked away with his friends.

Wait, what? Did he just call me a nerd? He doesn't even know who I am and he starts calling me names?

"Last time I checked, my name was Cathy," I called out to him.

He stopped walking and one of his friends almost tripped over him. He turned around and I smirked.

"Okay, Cathy," he said gave a small smile but then disappeared quickly, "I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. Someones a little hot headed. I would have stayed quiet if I were you,"

"First of all, I am not hot headed and second what are you gonna do to me now? Kill me just because I responded to your comment? I have the right to speak, if you didn't know that. Which I assume you didn't since you're so busy with trying to make sure you look good," I fire back.

He raised his eyebrows, "Not hot headed, you said? I think you should rethink that, people don't like hypocrites,"

The bell rang and everyone quietly walked towards their rooms while I stood there glaring at the back of his head.

Wonderful. First day of school and I already have people that hate me. I sighed.

"He's right, you should have stayed quiet. Plus he's actually really smart," May whispered to me while people passed us giving me mean looks.

"Anyway, I have to go to class an you probably need to go to the office right?"

I nod and she pointed down the hallway, "Straight down and to the right, good luck!" she gave me an encouraging smile and scurried off.

Good luck? With what?

I walked down to the office and asked for my class schedule. I was about to leave when the office lady told me that someone was going to show me around. Right when she said that, I heard the office door open.

"Hey, I'm Wes and you must be..." he said happily but when he saw my face his voice dropped it, "New here,"

Fantastic. Great. Maybe this was why May told me good luck.

"Hello Wes," the office lady said, "Why don't you show Cathy around the school, make sure to tell all those cool stories too," she winked at me and smiled, which left me looking confused.

"Don't worry, I will. After you Cathy," he smiled, which I knew was fake.

He opened the door for me and I walked through.

"I don't want to waste your time so lets hurry through this,"

He snorted, "Waste my time? I'm fine with that, I hate my History teacher. He's so monotone. Mr. Grimm. Do you have him?"

I check my schedule, "Yup, first hour,"

"Great, same class as me. That'll be fun," he smirks.

I roll my eyes, "Just show me around,"

He showed me where my classes were and took me outside.

"Are we allowed out here?" I asked looking around.

He stared at me, "Did you really just ask me that question? They totally didn't make a walkway into a garden and picnic tables where you can eat just for show,"

He led me through the garden and took me to a baseball field,

"Anyway, this school is really old. Built in the 1980's? Sometime around there," he shrugs, "There's a lot of stories about it being haunted, but nothing strange has happened for years."

"I see, but why'd you bring me to this field?" I ask.

"The office lady, Ms. Smith, was talking about the story about the baseball field,"

"Mmhhmmm," I say as I move the sand around with my foot, not interested and trying not to pay attention to Wes's good looks.

"There's a legend or something about how there is a symbol somewhere on this field and if you find it with your lover or something, you'll be together forever," he explains turning back towards the school, "But no one has found it, and I think its fake,"

"That's a strange story, someone probably made that one up," I say as I see something carved on the ground. I gasp as I see a symbol.

"No way!" I exclaim.

"What?" Wes turned around to look at me.

I clear my throat and look at him, "Ummm nothing, let's just go back,"

He looks at me oddly and then nods, "Whatever you say," 

I quickly put the sand back over the symbol. That couldn't be the symbol he was talking about right? It's such in an easy place to spot. Right on the edge of the field. How could you miss it?

"Cathy? Were you even listening to me?" Wes asks.

"Uhh yeah? I mean no, sorry," I say still not fully back.

"That's okay, my good looks are a distraction," he says brushing his hair and smirking.

My heart skips a beat. He really needs to stop doing that, I swear.

"Pfft ha, yeah right," I say sarcastically, "Any other interesting stories?"

Wes ponders for a bit, "Hmmmm, I don't think so but if I remember one, I'll be sure to tell you,"

I nod, "I think you showed me everything, when does second period start?"

He checks his watch and then opens the door for me, "Five more minutes, after you Madame,"

I stare at him, "What?"

"After you," he says gesturing towards the door.

I smile and walk through the door, "Thank you peasant,"

"Did you just call me a peasant, Missy?" 

"Why yes, I did. Do you have a problem with that? You called me a nerd before, so I guess you can say we're even,"

"You're still mad at me for that? I called you that cause I've never seen you before, which puts you in the nerd category," he explains.

I stop walking and stare at him, "Really? You categorize people? I knew that you were a typical jock,"

"Me a jock?" he snorts, "Please, I may play football, but I know that I'm not a jock,"

I raise my eyebrow, "Whatever, could you show me where my locker is?"

"I could if I wanted to, but since you just criticized me...I don't want to,"

"Fine, I'll just ask Ms. Smith in the office. She's totally not going to ask why you didn't show me and I'm totally not going to tell her that you didn't want to, so buh bye!"

I turned around and started walking towards the office, but I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Fine, follow me," Wes sighed.

We walked down the hall and stopped in front of my locker, "Do you know how to open it?"

I nod, "I'm not that stupid,"

"Okay, then open it," he challenged.

I squinted my eyes at him, "Did you rig my locker or something?"

He shook his head, "Just open it,"

I stare at him, still suspicious.

"Geez, do you not trust me or something?" he asks.

I raise my eyebrow and turn back to my locker to open it. I put the combo in and tried opening it but it didn't work.

He smirked, "So you don't know how to open it?"

"You totally rigged it!" I exclaimed, "Cheater,"

Wes snorted, "You have to lift the latch and then pull it, smarts,"

"I did and it didn't work!!" I defended.

"Mmhmmm, sure you did. Here let me try it," he suggested.

I shoved my combo towards him and watched him. He had nice muscles that showed through his shirt and his eyes - Wait, what am I thinking? Snap out of it Cathy!!!

He magically opened it and gave me back my combo information, "So what's your second period?"

I pulled out my schedule, "Science with Mr. Hall,"

The bell rang, "See you in science!" he said and walked away.

Ugh, great. Two classes with him so far, that'll go fantastic.

I put my belongings into my locker, grabbed my stuff, and walked off to science.

"Hey, Cathy!" I heard someone yell out to me.

I turned around and found May shuffling her way over to me.

"Where are you headed?" she asked.

"Science with Mr. Hall,"

She jumped, "Oh my gosh, me too! How was your tour with Wes?"

"It was alright," I say, trying to keep the subject of him minimal.

"Just alright? Every girl in the whole school would be dying to spend time alone with him," she gushes.

I snorted, "Why? He's a jock,"

May gave me a look, "Please, he may be a jock but the sweetest and hottest one. Trust me. Although he breaks up with girls all the time and finds a new one, repeating the process,"

"Who would ever want to date him? He is such a jerk,"

May smiled, "You'll see,"

We walked into class and Mr. Hall smiled at me.

"You must be Cathy, I'm Mr. Hall. Nice to meet you," he offers his hand and I shake it, "I guess you'll be sitting in the front in that empty seat,"

"Okay class sit down! There's a new student here, and I want the introductions done before the bell rings,"

Everyone takes a seat and Mr. Hall introduces me and people take turns saying their name. I spot the seat next to May and found that Wes sits right behind me. I sigh. Great. Once we finish the introductions, I take my seat.

"Cathy Rose Collins," I hear Wes say from behind.

I turn around, irritated that I had to sit in front of him, "How do you know my middle name?"

He smirks, "I looked at your schedule, remember?"

"Just leave me alone, Wesley," I say turning back towards the front of the room.

"I'm afraid I can't do that," I hear him whisper back.