Chapter 1

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Diannes POV

I walked through the school halls, my half broken backpack on one shoulder, my dance clothes in a small bag in my other hand. I walked over to my locker and pulled out my key from my blazer pocket, struggling to get it in but soon unlocking it, putting in my dance kit before closing it. I turn round and jumped, seeing Oli standing right there.
"Hey Di!" He said in a cheery voice, seeming oddly happy on a monday morning.
"Hi." I said, looking up and rolling my eyes. "Oh no, incoming kendolls." I huffed. Oli laughed a little. "Come on, theyre not thay bad." He said. Oli was friends with everyone. He got invited to every party yet decided hed hang out with the australian exchange kid. The group walked past, Caspar pushing me into the lockers as he walked past. I frowned, tearing up a little as I had hit my head. I watched them leave, sighing as I saw Joe laughing.

Joe was the most popular of their group. He was the richest, and personally the best looking. However each day his friends taunt me, along with him. I heard the bell ring, signalling for us to go to tutor.
"Come on." Oli joking linked arms with me and dragged me to the classroom where our register would be taken. Some of the kendolls were in my tutor, but they werent too mean unless they were with the others. It was Mikey and Conor. Me and Oli sat down, the two sitting opposite us. The three boys talked, i just looked down at my lap, waiting for the teacher to show up and sign us all in. Thankfully they didnt speak to me the tutor, which saved me the tourment. The bell rang 10 minutes later, and i rushed to get out the classroom. It was the beginning of the year, and our english classes had changed around, so i didnt know who was in my class. Yet i did know Oli wasnt.

When i made it to the english block, i stood at the back of the classroom, waiting for the seating plan to be read out and then id know where to sit. I looked towards the door and gulped.
"Sugg, Pieters, youre late." The teacher hissed, josh rolling his eyes. "Yeah whatever." He scoffed and leant against the wall, laughing with joe about something hed said.

The teacher began to call out our names. There was a square table at the back with three seats.
"Dianne, Josh, Joe. Sit on the back table." She said. I glanced down at my feet as i walked over and sat down, ignoring the two and I took my reading book out my bag. I was reading IT. I had yet to see the film however i loved the book.
"You look like pennywise with that red hair." Josh laughed, joe sniggering. I sniffed, not saying anything because i knew id get it worse. I continued to read, the two boys throwing insults every so often then went back to talking to each other.

Once the lesson properly began, Miss Truelove annouced wed have to do group work.
"This project will be due in a month, you'll be required to work on it in class as well as after school." She said, everyone beginning to talk to each other about partners.
" Before you get over excited, ive already picked your partners for you, as i know this way work will be done." She soon read through the list, my hands shaking since i didnt know who id get partnered up with.
"Dianne, i want you to work with Joe." She said. I looked up at the boy, he looked back with a smirk. Josh got partnered with someone else, meaning he had to go to the other side of the class as we began to plan.

Joe moved to sit next to me, pulling my hair to get my attention. I whined a little and looked at him, the teacher walking over with our poem and paper. In our pairs we all got given and unseen poem, having to create a poster with annotations all around to use as class revision for exams. I read through the poem quickly, joe soon snatching it out my hand. "You can come to mine later." He said. "Meet me outside the gate after school and dont be late." He snapped, packing up and leaving when the bell went.

Joes POV

I met up with Josh outside the classroom, the taller male laughing at me. "Aww you got stuck with pennywise the clown. That girl belongs in a circus." He said, i rolled my eyes at his comment. "Shes gonna do all the work anyway. Shes coming over to mine, ill make sure she does it." I laughed, walking to my locker ans grabbing my PE kit before heading to the sports hall with Josh. We caught up with Jack and Caspar, all four of us laughing as we got in line in our classes. I had Caspar and Jack in my class, josh walking off to his group. We didnt pay attention, only knowing once we got dressed to go into the gym which was attached to the side of the sports hall. We walked into the changing rooms, they had same smell as the year before. Mud and sweat. It was disgusting, they never cleaned the changing rooms I swear. We all got change, all of us laughing and messing around until the teachers kicked us out to get to ours lessons. We walked into the gym, only a few other guys being our class, the rest being girls. I didnt notice the firey red head stretching in the corner of the room.
"Oh god, were doing dance." The south african groaned, jack laughing.
"Youre going to be waving your lanky limbs around Casp." He said, making me laugh. The teacher walked in, having us all sit down. She took our register. I heard diannes name and smirked, hoping shed mess up.
"Right, since im not a dance expert, Ill let......Dianne teach the warm up." The teacher smiled at her, asking what song shed like. The quite girl asked for 'I just got paid' which i knew. We all stood behind her, dianne standing at the front of the room. I could tell she was nervous, and i felt a little bad. Wait what? Joe you never feel bad for people. I shook my head hearing the music play. It started off okay.
"Come on, i thought you were a dance student." Jack smirked, but instantly regretted it.

Diannes POV

"Come on, i thought you were a dance student." I heard jack say. I smirked a little to myself. You want dance, ill give you dance. I gradually started making it harder. Until i could see the three boys struggling in the reflection of the large mirror we did our warm up in front of. The song soon ended, and i hadnt broke a swear, whereas the class was already exhausted. The teacher called us all back over to sit down. I smirked at Jack, but the look he gave me showed i was in for it, causing me to look away.

The lesson went on, and it was a breeze for me. However i knew id have to hide at break unless i planned to die. Then i remembered. I go to joes after school.

*Time Skip To After School*

I ran out, a little late after getting a folder from my locker.
"Youre late." Joe huffed.
"Im sorry." I looked down. "I had to grab my folder."
"Well dont be late again." He said before walking off quickly, and i couldnt keep up with him. He noticed this and smiled a little and walked faster, causing me to jog. "This isnt fair!" I frowned. He laughed a little and began to run back to his, my small legs struggling to go as fast as him. We got to his, joe laughing, causing me to giggle, maybe he wasnt too bad when he wasnt with his friends.

Joes POV

I heard Dianne giggle, and dont tell anyone but it was a little cute. I unlocked the door, realising no one was home.
"We can work in my room." I said before walking to the bathroom, leaving her just searching my house to find my room. She had been waiting at the top of my stairs.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"I couldnt find your room." She said, looking down. I could tell she expected me to make a snarky joke but i didnt.
"Follow me." I said softly, dianne grabbing her bags and following me. I opened the door, letting her in before closing it.
"Its not very special." I shrugged, dianne smiling.
"I like it." She said

Diannes POV

I knew i said i had to like it. I liked it but if i didnt joe wouldve insulted me right? I sighed and sat on the floor, joe laughing.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"I-i didnt know where y-you wanted me to sit." I frowned, joe sititng down next to me as i got the stuff out my folder.
"So, i suggest we start underlining things before we get to annotating it." I said, handing Joe one of my pencils.
"Aww theyre named, how adorable." He teased before beginning to actually woke. I thought i heard him tell josh id do all the work? That didnt matter i guess.

We worked for a couple hours before my aunt called me, asking for me to come home.
"I need to go." I said, packing up my stuff. "You can come to mine to work on the project tomorrow." I offered as joe walked me downstairs. He nodded.
"Works for me." He said before saying goodbye. I smiled and walked down the road.

Maybe Joe Sugg isnt all that bad.

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