F•A•S•T//r.s.l.❣

1.1

"That was quite the struggle; did you bring your whole closet or something?" Casey fell on her bed panting.

"Part of it" I smiled, fixing my hair. "So-"

"Do you want to go walk around? I could show you around and then we could go and grab lunch?" Her energy topped up in seconds.

"Sure" that may help with my mission, meet more people. She grabbed me by the wrist and lead me out and down the corridor.

This school was fancy. It had a pool, an ice rink, massive field and apparently even an archery club I could look into joining. Everybody here looked like a million bucks, which made me uncomfortable.

"Why does everybody here look so damn good?" I crossed my arms.

"Dude wise? Because if so I agree, but if you mean girls then you need to be quiet because you, miss, are hot stuff" Casey replied.

I bumped her with my hip gently. "So are you-"

"Hey PYT" a greasy-looking acne bag of a guy approached me. "You look-"

"Say another word and I will cut your balls and feed them to you for Thanksgiving- I mean...bye" I pulled Casey away quickly, pushing my glasses higher up my nose bridge as she died laughing.

"You are something else! Now come on, I'm starving" she smiled, nodding in the direction of what I believe was the canteen.

It was buzzing with eating, studying or just talking students, a totally different vibe of anywhere I had ever
been- a sense of community almost. I'm glad it wasn't a cliché boarding school with the mean slutty girls, the jocks, stoners, outcasts.

And it smelt lovely- food wise.

"As you can see, there are hella people- what"

She silenced after the tiny squeal I produced, tears instantly rushing to my face at the same speed my hands covered my mouth. I blinked repeatedly, thinking it was a trick of my brain, but that haphazard mess could be spotted all the way in Canada (ironically).

Strangely, at this sight, my heartaches. All of the tears I cried, the sleepless nights basically led to this, and it hurt more than I could put into words.

He stood in perfect school uniform, two boys by his side and three other girls. All the power he previously carried previously was still there, put to show. He looked identical, only a little older, and his hair longer.

Only then I realised Casey shaking me. "What is up with you?!"

"N-Nothing" I tore my eyes away from Ross and looked at the guys beside him, one of them resembling his long lost twin. "Who are those?"

"Lynch boys" she said and her eyes fluttered with a smirk. "3 Sex Gods that are blessing St Mary's. They're great- there's Ross, Riker and Rocky. Rocky is a musical guy, Riker is a brainiac and Ross is really sporty and what's really cool is that they excel in each other's areas also...and...ready- they are all single as hell; although Ross has a thing with Sierra"

"Cool" I collected a baguette and a water from the canteen. All of a sudden, the moment I stepped out, all eyes (including the ones of the three boys) seemed to have turned to me. I shuffled away awkwardly until-

"Hey!" Ross called, and I whipped my head around. "You're cute"

"Thanks" I replied a little bit too quickly and turned around back to Casey's table.

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It was a Sunday evening so I didn't have any classes, and like any other student, I changed into my normal clothes which consisted of a pastel pink shirt, ripped jeans and converse with a zip-up cardigan.

Like usual, I plugged my earphones in and walked around campus as the sun set. Often people walked past me, referring to me as 'new girl' which seems like my new pseudonym in this school.

I was distracted with the thought of a brain transplant (do not ask), when I collided with something- or someone. "Sorry-"

"It's fine, my fault" The boy that was standing with Ross appeared in front of me, smiling. "Hey! I've seen you before?"

"You have?"

"In the canteen; you're new, right?" He pointed out and I nodded. "I'm Rocky"

I shook his hand, smiling. "Athena"

"That's a really nice name" he commented and I grinned as a thank you. "So, Athena, would you like to accompany me to get some hot chocolate from the ice rink? Because you seem like an interesting girl, and I'd love to get to know you"

"That sounds nice" I nodded. "Let's get going"

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