I open my locker and look at my old family photo.  It was taken the day before my parents died in a fire.  My sister and I use to be best friends, she doesn’t even talk with me anymore.  I don’t even know where Ally is now.  But what do I care?  Wherever she is now, I hope it’s far away from here. 

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              I grab my  books and set down my backpack on the top shelf of my locker.  I close it in time to see Tasha and her friends right next to my locker.  Close enough so I can hear what they’re saying. 

              “Who thought she would come back?  Definitely not me.” Tasha turns towards me.  “This is going to be your worst year of high school.  I’ll make sure of it.”  She whips her long hair in my face as she turns around.  I was thinking of punching her but that would be wrong.  She

was gone before I could rethink my idea.  Darn.

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                                Chapter 2

                             Schedules

                    The weirdness has begun. It all starts during first period.  Just like last year, Mr. Miller keeps going on and on about his social life, almost like he thinks we care.  That’s when something catches my eye.  It’s him, the guy I say this morning.  Mr. Miller introduced Jake. I get a better look at him.  He is kind of cute.  I snap back to reality (after daydreaming about Jake) when Mr. Miller repeatedly asked me if Jake could sit in the empty seat next to mine.  I look at Tasha, she shakes her head for me to say no. I ignore that and say, “Yes”.