Chase • ed

Mysterious.

(This book will most often be Ethan's POV.)

Ethan's POV-

It was a normal day at school. I was sitting in my secound period english. We were taking notes. Taking notes boreds me. I was laying my head on my arm, slightly dozing off, then our classroom door opened. I lifted my head back up. Siting up properly, but still slouching in my desk. A girl walked in. I have never seen her before, must be a newbie. She was average height with blonde hair that was ombre-ish. I started off a light brown, then blonde. She was wearing jeans with a black under shirt and red flannel. I couldn't make out exactly what the black shirt had written on it. She was still infrount of the class room.

"May I help you?" Says our teacher Mrs. Cohen.

"Hi I'm new, and this class is on my schedule for secound period." She said moving her hair out her face. Mrs. Cohen grabbed her schedule to check.

"Yup, you're right. Welcome to English class Aspen. You can have a seat next to Mr. Dolan in the middle there." she said. She pointed to me in the middle, kind of, back of the classroom.

I noded my head 'sup' to let her know I was who she was talking about. She walked passed me and sat in the chair to the left of me. A few minutes later, Mrs. Cohen stepped out the room. The once quiet room, filled with chatter. I turned to the left of me and tapped on Aspen's shoulder.

"Hi. Aspen isn't it? I'm Ethan." I say.

"Yea its Aspen." She says. She ruffles through her book bag and pulls out a composition notebook.

"So your new?" I ask.

"No, I have been here forever. Where have you been?"

"Sarcastic remarks. I like it." I say laughing a bit. She shakes her head giving a pity kind of laugh. She begins to doodle in her notebook.

"So your an artist." I say.

"I guess you can put it that way." She still scribbles into that notebook of hers.

What is she drawing?

"So Picasso, can I see your artwork?" I ask.

"Maybe..." she replies.

"Maybe as in..." I say hoping she would say sure or yes.

"Maybe as in one day maybe you will see." She says looking at me.

"Awwwww c'mon." I say begging.

Mrs. Cohen walks back into the room. She apologizes and we go back to taking notes. Not to long after the bell rings. Yes, its lunch time. I walk out the door, but I wait for Aspen. She was the last to leave.

"So, do you have this obsession with me now or something Ethan?" She retorts holding her notebook tightly in her grasp.

"No" I say laughing,"I figured you would like someone to walk with you to lunch."

"I'm perfectly fine with walking by myself, but thanks for the offer." She says.

"I wasn't exactly asking you if I could, just thought you would like someone."

"Wow a smart ass, if only you were as smart in English." She says laughing.

"I'll take that as a compliment." There was silence for a moment. "So," I say breaking it, "what brings you to our little New Jersey town Aspen?"

"Me and my parents moved here a about a week ago." She says. I didn't realize, but we were already in the downstairs main building. Aspen reached a locker and stopped.

"Why did you move here?" I asked.

She ruffled books into her locker. "Family problems and things." She says as she shoves a couple folders in her bookbag, but she keeps her notebook tucked under her arm. Then the locker slams shut.

"So do you like it here?"

"I have only been here for one day, not even more like one class and your already asking if I like it here, but its okay for school I guess." She says. We started heading toward the cafeteria.

"Where do you live?" I ask.

"On Kent street. Why?" She replies.

"Maybe we can hang sometime. I live on the street next to you, uuhh, James street." I say.

She laughs. "You had to think about what street you live on."

"Hey, I don't tell many people where I live." I say brushing it off.

"Hey Ethan!" My brother calls from across the cafeteria.

"That's my bro, I gotta go. But hey, maybe I'll see you later." I say

"Maybe..." She says and we part ways.

I walk over to the table where I see my brother Grayson sitting and a couple of our friends.

"Looks like good ole Ethan is back at the flirting game." John says. I laughed.

"Yea I guess you can say that."

"So whose the lucky gal?" My brother Grayson asked.

"Some girl named Aspen." I say.

"Aspen- what?" Gray asked. Ahhg typical Grayson always getting curious and sticking his nose in my business.

"I don't know yet she's new, I'm just getting to know her." I say poking at my lunch.

"So what do you like about her?" Asks Nick.

"I don't know..." I say trailing off.

"She's quiet a mysterious girl. Definitely not like other girls here."