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whining until I hit the top of the street.
    Following the direction my mother gave me I went around the short side of the lake and down a few streets. I was there in twenty minutes, spot on time for an assembly of the entire school population. Which, in comparison to my old high school wasn’t that many, but considering out of the three or four hundred students I knew only one, it was still daunting.
    I stood at the back hoping to just blend in, although being out of uniform I knew I would stand out. I was happy hiding until the Principal decided to introduce the new year eleven student. Me! Apparently a new student was a bit of a novelty to Primfield High School.
    I couldn’t control the blush that swept across my face as I walked to the front of the entire school. I felt the same colour as my hair. After the usual ‘please make her feel welcome’ speech I was free to slink back to the last row.
    On the way I spotted Mikayla standing with a few of her friends. One particular boy caught my eye, he was wearing black jeans and a black Bonds t-shirt which showed off his body. He arms were lusciously toned, something I definitely noticed and appreciated on guys, but not too over the top. He put some of the other boys standing near him who hadn’t reached the same level of physical maturity to shame though. It was only then that I noticed that his eyes were the same colour as Mikayla’s, that entrancing emerald green. They almost glowed, and seemed to be calling to me. I found myself standing in front of them before I realised I was even walking.
    “Hey Ruby”, Mikayla moved slightly to allow me into their circle. “Welcome to hell.”
    “Yeah, it’s nice to see a familiar face,” I smiled slightly at the green eyed boy before looking at Mikayla again. “Does your Principal always point out the new kid?”
    “It’s a small town, they like to make sure everyone’s looked after.” She looked at me for a second longer than I felt necessary before continuing. “This is Scott, my brother. He repeated a year so he’s in the same year as me now.”
    “Hey Ruby, nice to meet you”, he smiled and a sole dimple stared at me from his left cheek. I was definitely a sucker for a boy with dimples! “Mikayla said you were cute.”
    Oh, no shame then. I wasn’t used to being spoken to so forwardly, unable to help myself I blushed scarlet. Jake popped into my mind for a second, but his memory was beginning to fade. Any hold he had on me emotionally was waning. I closed my eyes for a second, appreciating the fact that I hadn’t slept with Jake, and trying to gain some composure.
    “Leave her alone Scott, you’re making her blush.” Mikayla’s words sounded harsher than they needed to be but Scott instantly apologised, a smaller smile still playing on his lips as we headed inside.
    The day went by in a blur of new teachers, assignment dates and topics, new names to memorise and a lot of Mikayla. She was in nearly all of my classes except two for the first semester, and Scott was in one of those. I blushed whenever he smiled at me, it was instant, I simply couldn’t control it.
    I headed home alone at the end of the day, it was nice to be able to unwind and I was looking forward to going for a run later. As I walked around the lake I saw a girl from school sitting on a bench, she saw me coming and stood up abruptly.
    “Are you Ruby? The new girl?” She looked really uncomfortable, her bag hanging off one shoulder as she bounced from one foot to the other.
    “Um, yes. Are you in my classes? Sorry if I didn’t see you, it’s been a pretty full on day”. I watched as something flickered across her face, and it was gone as soon as I saw it.
    “I wanted to warn you. Um, about your new friends .” She almost spat the words out. The venom clear in her voice.
    “I don’t really have any friends yet, I only met Mikayla yesterday while I was walking my dog and Scott this morning.” I began to walk around the blonde girl.