Chapter 2 - Surprise!

“WAKEY WAKEY!!!”

I heard someone shouting again and again from downstairs in a high pitch voice. Mum, definitely mum. Her voice and her footsteps got louder and louder.

“JOANNA PARKER! WAKE UP!!!!!” she slammed the door open. She started clapping which made the noise even worse.

I buried my head under my thick feather pillow.

“Five more minutes,” I moaned.

“JOANNA PARKER I GIVE YOU FIVE SECONDS TO GET UP ON YOUR FEET. ONEEEE. TWOOOOOOO. THREEEEEEE!!!!!” she continued counting.

“Ughh…” I grumbled. Such a pain in the ass. This is why I’m never late for school.

“Breakfast; downstairs in 20 minutes. Wash up; change; and get ready for school.”

Oh well it’s much better to listen to her. Saves a lot of trouble. Trust me. I made my way to the bathroom. My eyes could barely open. The bright sunlight shining into my room was killing my eyes!

Washed up. Now, what to wear? "Gosh, my room is so dirty. It needs a makeover!” My floor was covered with dirty clothes and books. I kicked the dirty clothes away from my path; making my way to the closet.

“What to wear, what to wear…”

I decided to wear a long-sleeved blue shirt; Marks and Spencer and Levi’s jeans. Ok, now breakfast. Mmmm… The good smell of pancakes.

“Ashlynn will be here in 10 minutes.” Mum told me as she served me a plate of pancakes with butter and maple syrup. Ash is my best friend since like when, forever? ;) We met when we were four, in kindergarden. Oh trust me, it was funny.

Well it was like this, there was a group of kiddos were teasing Ash that her hair looked like a lion head. Oh trust me it was so funny even I couldn’t bare not laughing. But as usual, I would butt in and try to be “hero of the day”. I tried to get them to stop teasing her, but I ended getting myself in trouble and we both cried together. Well we have been best friends ever since. ;)

“Yay! There’s so much I need to tell her!” Like duh! Especially what happened last night. Ahh so excited! I started to giggle. Jonathan, my brother, and mum was giving me “the look” where they’re trying to say “are you crazy”.

*Ding dong*

“OOOHHHH I’LL GET IT!” I rushed to the door.

“OH ASHHH THERE’S SOMETHING IMPORTANT I HAVE TO TELL YOU!!” I blurted and started jumping the moment I opened the door.

“WHOAH SLOW DOWN, BABE. I CAN’T HEAR A THING YOU’RE SAYING.” She gave me a bear hug and we were jumping up and down. Haha :D we are just so crappy ;)

“Why are we jumping?” Ashlynn raised an eyebrow. We were still jumping.

“OH, ASH! YOU WON’T IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED! I CAN’T WAIT TO TELL YOU!”

“Oh save it, we have all the time in the car.” She stopped jumping.

“I’ll get my bag.” I finished my pancakes in two whole bites and grabbed my bag.

“Bye mum, bye Jon.” I gave a kiss to my mum on her cheek.

“Let’s go babe.” We walked towards her car. Well, she did. I couldn’t wait to tell her what happened I ran over to her car. The yellow Porsche her parents bought her for her sweet sixteen. Its only 8 days old! Omg.

Okay, let me tell you about my friend, Ashlynn Peters. Her birthday just passed 8 days ago. She’s from a wealthy family, and lives with her parents in a hugeeeeeeeeee house. And I mean HUGE. She’s not spoilt rotten even though her parents give her anything she wants. She’s got two siblings, an older brother and a younger sister. Pfft, they’re like the Cullen’s or something. She’s a pretty blonde, with fair, porcelain smooth skin, rosy cheeks and outstanding green eyes. Nearly every guy in Kingsley Dale’s would be flirting with her or try to peep under her skirt everytime they had a chance. Don’t ask how.

We got into the car and…

“Okay, now u can tell me.”

“I met a guy at the hilltop that I usually go to at midnight. We chatted for hours. Oh gosh, you should have seen him he’s soooo hot. Actually no he’s not that handsome. He’s just cute and so charming! Oh you should have seen him! His eyes were O-M-G! And he’s from Europe. EUROPE!!! YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT COUNTRY. Oh and he has a dimple on his left cheek. It’s sooo cute. And then he walked me home and….” Everything just came out and I couldn’t stop. I was so excited and I just couldn’t let it in any longer. I had to let everything out!!

“Wait wait wait… I can’t hear a single word you’re saying! Slow down, babe! I only heard two words. HOT-GUY! Spill girl, spill! I want to hear everything!” We were laughing so loud and were shouting at each other, even the car next to us made faces at us. BUT WHO CARES?!

“So which school is he going too?” Ashlynn giggled.

“I don’t know. He told me he doesn’t know. Such a lame excuse.”

Ash rolled her eyes.

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We reached school in a few minutes. Ash and I were still giggling.

“Hey Ash, meet you in class okay? I needa get some stuff from the administration office.”

“Sure.”

Me and Ash have hardly any subjects together,how unfortunate, except History and PE. Oh thank God I have someone to kill my boredom during History.

I made my way to the office. Oh well I was there in no time. I opened the door and…
I gasped. Omg omg omg this is not happening.

A tall guy was talking to the secretary. He heard someone came in and turned behind.

“No! Don’t turn behind dammit!”

“Hey! I can’t believe this, can you?” He sounded pretty excited.

I was still standing there dumbfounded.

“Oh say something dammit!”

“Why that face? Missed me?” he walked towards me and grinned cheekily.

“OH MY GOSH!! YOU!!!!” I walked towards him and smacked him.

“Ouch! My first day of school and I’m already facing the school bully?”

“You told me that you- you- you!!!!!” I smacked him again.

“Ouch. Nice to see you too?” he rubbed his shoulder.

“YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW WHICH SCHOOL YOU’RE GOING TO!” I smacked him again.

“Chill girl. I told you I didn’t know what school I was going to.”

I rolled my eyes.

“Yeah right.”

“Hey, I’ve got my schedule already. I’m going to get my locker key. Wait for me here.”

“Sure.”

He was wearing jeans and a dark green t-shirt, along with a black Billabong hooded jacket that was pushed up to the bottom of his elbow.

He was back in seconds.

“Shall we?” he smiled and I giggled.

“Hey lemme take a look at your schedule.” I checked his schedule.

“Hey! We’re almost all our subjects together, except for Physics.”

“Haha really? Cool. What are we having first?”

“History,” I rolled my eyes. I hate history!

“Is it OK if I sat next to you?”

“Erm… sorry. It’s the one of the only subject my best friend and I have together. You could sit behind us?”

“Sure.” We walked towards his locker.

People started whispering and starring at Darren. “Is he a new kid?” or “Who’s that guy with Anna” or whatever. Yuck. I hate people whispering about me. I’m sure he noticed too but he ignored all of them. He just continued walking. We reached the lockers.

“Omg, yours is just next to mine. ARE YOU STALKING ME?!”

“Really?” He stared at me in surprise.

“Ugh.” I showed him my locker key.

“Oh, you’re 14 and I’m 16. Such a coincidence. I thought all the good lockers were taken already.” I rolled my eyes. We walked to room 214, History class. Yucks.

“You must be Darren Andrews, from Europe.” Mr. Robert said as he checked the attendance on his clipboard.

“Yes, sir.”

“You may choose your seat. And you, Miss Parker, its nice to see how friendly you are to the new kid in school.”

“Ehehe….” I didn’t know how else to respond. People in class started to whisper and point at Darren. He still ignored them. Wow he’s really good at all these “ignoring thingys.”

“Hey Ash.” I took my seat next to her and Darren sat at the empty seat behind.

“Who’s that?” she whispered. We turned behind and I introduced them to each other.

“Darren, Ashlynn. Ashlynn, Darren.” I smiled.

“Nice to meet you.” Darren smiled and reached his hand out to shake hands.

“Ehehe…” Ash couldn’t stop giggling. Omg she looked so dumb.

“Everybody please take your seats. Class is going to begin.” Mr. Robert said. Pfft,I hated History.

Ash wrote something on her notebook.

“OMG, is that him?”

“Him who?” Oh yes I was playing stupid.

“Oh shutup, you know exactly who I’m talking about.”

I giggled.

“Is there something you would like to share with the class, Ms. Parker?” Mr. Robert called.

The class laughed silently. Even Darren. Ok yes embarrassing. He continued with his class and I replied Ash.

“If you knew already why are you asking me?-.- ”

“Ooooh he’s cuter than you made him sound. Do you like him? :D”

“Nah. You can have him. ;)”

“Yay! Thank’s babe. This is the only guy that is interesting and you actually don’t want him. Such a waste.”

“I leave the best for my bestest friend ;)”

“Yeah right. Thanks anyway. I owe you!”

History class was a dread. Oh well its finally over.

“See you during recess, Ash.”