pletely

him. His best friend saunters past me, the same swaggering walk as Dane, with a wink as he heads his way and

types who pair up young and have this bromance where they do everything in

and athletic with green eyes, and the other is dark-haired and stockier with grey eyes. Stereotypical bad behaviors

all the lesser beings among us. As seniors, we are meant to be above all that, but his gang st

sucks to be the sister of the school's popular bad boy when all I want to do is get through this with the best grades and acceptance to my chosen

ds me. My lithe and graceful beauty. She has the lovesick look of a teen girl who is smitten with an unattainable man. He

and the two stop to talk, aware of their coven ogling them. This is their morning routine of standing in the walkway as everyone ar

ndergarten and still doesn't know your name? Tyler is as much of a loser as Dane."

ver needed to use it." She always tries to make the same

.. one that sees you. You deserve better." I chastise her, pulling on the maternal frowny face that's a replica of my mother scolding me, and Elisa sags

these years. No one is as perfect as Tyler. One day, he will speak to me

ron with low self-esteem and could pull any guy she wanted if she stopped hiding in

lashes for a redhead. She is a tall and slender creature with a delicate bone structure. She has the most symmetrical face I have ever seen; if she stopped staring at her feet,

ully shy and stutters when anyone who is not me talks to her, which is why no one does. She has glasses and braces, which don't take away from her beauty, but s

strong-willed for that BS, and being class president means no one looks at me the wrong way either. My dad donates so much money to thi

class. It's presentation day." I smile to myself, confident in my work and research for this subject, sure I will get top marks like I always do. I spent the last week cramming like a maniac, dou

inevi

ing she knows I will do anyway. The girl is sometimes overly anxious and uptight

and help." I already have it all planned out. And if that idiot brother of mine is implying he joined our group, he can stand at the side and do what he does best ... far aw

eze and rests her head on my shoulder so her hair shield falls

he best-smelling stuff. She smells like coconuts and mango today, and I turn an

s and my dream of becoming an animal doctor. Her mission in life is to create animal cr

its higher in the sky, making us squint until the automatic tinted windows kick in and blur out some of it. We head to the science department on the ground floor to offload our bags. A perk of attendi

o combat this Florida sun." Elisa lets go of me as we stop outside the automatic doors of the science rooms, brightened with

. let's get to work and kn