A/N- HEY! Thanks a ton for reading my story, and if your reading this right when I drop it well Happy New years ig (4 days later lol).

I plan to do weekly (if not every other week) updates. Sadly, I don't have one ready yet by the time I'm dropping this prologue (unless your reading this in the future, then I prob have a few chapters), however I will give y'all a description the main characters and a little bio on their life leading up to this story! I don't write smut, I plan to focus mainly on the story and add some fluff into it.

Again, thank you guys for reading my story and I hope y'all enjoy!

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Allison (16)

Birthday- July 23

Sophomore

Nickname- Allie

A tall (5'11) brunette

Allison is your typical popular mean girl, the one with good grades, head of her friend groups, and was cold, almost as if she were the ice queen of her school. She has a very big amount of support through her friends and family. Magnolia, in Allison's eyes, is just a lonely nerd. However, she just couldn't keep her eyes off of her, and the feelings that seemed to appear out of nowhere started to make her question everything. Despite the feelings flooding her, she still had a image to hold, which holds her back from perusing what she really wants.

Magnolia (15)

Birthday- December 16

Sophomore

No nickname (yet)

A short (5'5) black haired girl with glasses

She is a introverted, quiet girl. She is very self conscious and shy, and is very timid around people she doesn't know. She is a new student at (Basic High School name), and she doesn't do much outside of school work, she doesn't go out to parties or hang outs. She keeps her friend group small, not because she doesn't want friends, but she was way too shy to meet new people. When she heard she was working with Allison on their first school project, she thought she was over with. She had heard of Allison from her new friends and how she was very cold and mean to people who she wasn't friends with. Because of this, she just wanted to get the project over with as soon as possible and to be as distant from Allison as possible.

The story takes place in a high school (haven't thought of a name yet, bare with me guys), in their first day of sophomore year. The story will start in Allison's POV, and at some point will go into Magnolia's. If there are any other important characters who will stay in for a while, I'll update or make a new character giving a brief of them.

Thank you guys for reading, hope y'all enjoy!

-Addicttosleeping

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Side Characters-

Kimberly (15)

Birthday- February 18

Sophomore

Nickname - Kim

A Short (5'3) Blonde

Kimberly, or Kim for short, is a very outgoing and social girl. She always seems to have to be in a crowd with her friends, never really wanting to be alone. Her best friend, Allison, was someone she trusted and loved deeply. Allison was an only child, however Kim had 3 siblings that she took care of when her single mother would be out for work. Because of this, Allison would regularly come over to hang out and help out Kim with her siblings, and they are basically family.

Layla (16)

Birthday - idk dude, you pick

Sophomore (most [if not all] will be such)

Nickname- can't think of one

A slightly tall (5'7) brunette

Layla was a very calm, composed and quiet girl. She is very favorable with both girls and boys, and has a lot of admirers. However, she has no interest in love from what we know, and has no dating history. The only thing most people know is she always is top 5 in GPA every year, and will definitely go to a great college. Allison's relationship with her is very limited and small, but they both seem to enjoy each other's company, which creates a great amount of trust between the two.

ALLISON POV

"Hello? Earth to Allison?"

I hear Kimberly's voice breaking me from my trance. I look over at her, nodding.

"You alright girl? You've been spacing out all day." She asks, taking a small sip of her water.

"Yeah, just tired I guess." I plainly say back, taking a bite of my sandwich. Truthfully, I didn't sleep much last night. I guess it's what I get for watching TikTok all night.

She nods, continuing her conversation with our group. Kimberly is my best friend, we've known each other since we were little. She knows almost everything about me, and I can say the same about her.

We might as well be sisters

As I finish my sandwich, I dismiss myself from the group and head to the restroom. Lunch was pretty much almost over at this point, so might as well fix my makeup in the bathroom while I still have time.

I walk in, seeing the restroom completely empty. I make my way to the mirrors, taking out my makeup bag and applying it slowly. Don't get me wrong, I love having a lot of friends and being sociable, but sometimes I enjoy these lonely moments, it's almost calming.

Even if the setting is a school bathroom

Despite having many friends, I honestly don't like most of them. I get how that sounds, but what can you expect from me? Most of these girls in this school are fake as hell.

The sound of the bell interrupts my thoughts, so I put my makeup away and put them in my bag, then turn to the door to leave. As I'm leaving though, someone walked in, almost hitting me with the door. I jump back, as I hear a faint gasp coming from in front of me.

"O-Oh my.. sorry.. are you okay..?" I hear the girl say, taking a step closer to me. As I looked at her, I realized I didn't recognize her. Despite this, she was very pretty, even though she looked like an absolute nerd. She had long, black hair that seemed to flow ever so perfectly down. She had dark hazel eyes that were covered up by her glasses, and I could tell she was very timid and almost scared, which almost made me laugh.

"Yeah, just be careful next time." I say flatly, brushing past her out into the hall. I casually walked to my next class, History, and from what Kim said, it's probably going to be the worst class of the year.

As I walk in, I see my teacher standing at the front, a soft smile on his face.

"Ah, hello. I'm Mr. Adams, go ahead and find the desk with your name on it." He said, looking at the paper in his hand. I nodded, but internally scoffed.

Assigned seating? Just great..

After a bit, I find my seat and sit down. Almost perfectly in the middle of the class, could be worse. I'd rather be in the back but at least it's not a front row seat, that'd be a bother. As I'm scrolling through my phone, a few more students make their way into class, though I'm not too interested in looking up. However, I see someone from the corner of my eye taking a seat by mine, so I glance up to them, wanting to introduce myself but... the girl that almost hit me with a door? Just great.

I looked back down at my phone, waiting for class to start, as the girl beside me slowly sat and looked forward. I look around the class, looking for anyone I know, and I see a few familiar faces, but no one I'm friends with. I sigh softly, setting my phone in my pocket as the bell rang.

"Well hello students. I'm Mr. Adams, and I'm your history teacher for this year." He said, looking around the class. "First a few thi..." I slowly zone out, knowing it's going to be the same as every teacher's rules they never follow. 'No phones' and 'assigned seating' always gets broken within a week, and I guarantee he will stop caring.

"Ms. Barnes. Are you going to pay attention to me or that wall?" I hear Mr. Adams say, breaking me out of my thoughts. I feel everyone's gaze fall on me, as I roll my eyes slightly.

"My apologies." I say plainly, focusing on him again. I was never the type to make excuses for things like zoning out, people will turn it into a lecture and just waste my time. "Mhm... anyways..." He continues giving the most bland introduction to a class you could think of.

After a while, the bell finally rang, dismissing us from that hellscape. As I pack my things, I can't help but gaze over at the girl beside me. I don't know what it was about her, maybe her composure or just aura, but something about her just drew me in, wanting to get closer and closer...

I shake my head, facing forward again. 'Stop being stupid, what are you saying' I thought to myself as I hurried out of the class.

The rest of the school day dragged on like that, except the part where I almost got hit by a door. Despite not even sharing more than a few words with her, I just couldn't get that girl out of my head. I mean, first she almost had hit me with a door, then suddenly she had been assigned a seat by me? I mean whoever controls fate has a very interesting sense of humor. Ugh get her out of my head, she's probably just a lonely nerd. One who I can't stop thinking about...

I finally step out of the school after that long, dragging day and I see my dad parked in the line to pick me up. I let out a soft sigh, getting in the car.

"Hey sweetie, how was your day?" He asked, staring at me through the rear view mirror. I loved my dad, even though I'm a jerk a lot of the time and give him a lot of shit, he never thought of me any less than his daughter.

"It.. was okay I guess." I say, buckling up as he began driving. "Very boring, all we did was talk about rules and stuff..." He chuckled softly, nodding. My dad was a nice, calm and talkative person, he's a very tall 6'3, which I get my height from. I tell everyone and myself I'm 6', but I'm actually 5' 11, but it's the same difference.

"You sure that's all? You seem lost in thought." He said, making me sigh softly. He always knew if something was up, which I really didn't love or hate.

"Just... met someone interesting today." I say, staring out the window. I hear a soft hum from him, and I feel his gaze on me.

"Interesting huh...? Like a crush or something?" He said as I jolted my head in his direction. I can feel my cheeks heating up

"NO?!" I say, a bit shocked and embarrassed. He chuckled loudly, shaking his head. "I'm sorry, just trying to figure out what you're thinking so deeply about." He said, focusing on the road again. I tried to get it out of my head but his words seemed to echo in her head. A crush? Impossible. Firstly, I don't even know this girl. Secondly, she's just a nerd who almost hit me with a door. And lastly, I'm not even into girls...

The feeling of the car parking made me realize we were already home. I stepped out, and immediately headed to my room and set my bag down, then got in bed.

"A small nap wouldn't hurt.." I said to myself, feeling myself drifting to sleep.

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Word Count without A/N: 1303

A/N- Hey, thanks a ton for reading! I know it's a bit all over the place, and I'm not the best author ever, but I hope it's good enough.

Oh and I'll make a character page for Kimberly so y'all can get to know her as well.

ALLISON POV

The car ride to school is always quiet, though I never mind it. I enjoy looking out the window in silence.

My dad works a lot, even when he's home and not at the office, he's in his home office a lot to continue working. My dad works for a very high profile company, and his job is to work on sales and advertisements, so I understand that his lack of talking is just him being tired. Lucky for him, his workaholic attitude landed him a pretty high position in the company.

He was always stressed after... She left. But ever since he got that promotion he's been a lot better, and it's made both of our lives easier.

"Sweetie, we're here." My dad said, interrupting me from my thoughts. I nodded slowly, opening the car door. Before I managed to get out though, he grabbed my arm softly. "Have a good day today, yeah? You seem really out of it lately... I'm always here to talk." He said, smiling softly at me.

Normally, I would've brushed it off and seen him off with a joke or remark, but I didn't really know what to say. Yes something was bothering me, but it wasn't that simple to put into words.

Because I'm not even fully sure what's bothering me either.

After a few seconds of silence on my part, I finally managed to answer back. "Of course.. Love you dad.." I say, smiling softly at him before closing the door. He nodded slightly, waving at me before driving off.

Me and him have always been close, ever since I was very little. He just always found a way to make me happy, he always knew if something was bothering me.

I turn towards the school, walking through the doors to find my friends.

Today is Friday, and it's been 3 days since the first day of school, and school hasn't been going the greatest. Firstly, a few of my 'friends' have been gossiping crazily about our group already. Like damn, can we at least wait a week of school before we start some drama? Second, all my teachers suck. They are all so strict and annoying, they act like children when you zone out for even a second. And lastly, that damn nerd is getting on my nerves.

Why, you may ask, she gets in my nerves. Is she talking to me too much? Is she some clumsy person who spills things everywhere? Is she a sleeper who snores in class? No, none of that. She just can't leave my thoughts.

"Allie, over here." I hear Kim call me over to a table, so I head over there and take a seat by her. "There you are, I was starting to believe you just totally skipped today." She said to me, chuckling softly.

"I wish I could, but you know my dad cares about my attendance, so I can't miss many days." I say, sighing softly. While I wish sometimes I could just take a day off, I knew he was doing it out of love, I never get mad at him for parenting me.

"Ah.. aren't all parents like that though?" She said with a slight giggle, scrolling through her phone, probably on Instagram or something. "You miss one day and they act like the world is going to end." She said

I chuckled softly, nodding a bit as I took out a water bottle and sipped it slowly.

"Ugh. I don't know how I'm going to survive a year of this." Emily, one of our friends, said. Emily was a nice, but very gossipy girl. You tell her the smallest bit of drama, and by the end of the day the whole school knows. She was the one who told me about the girls gossiping about us

Chuckling a bit, Kim spoke up after her. "Well maybe if you stopped flirting with the football boys, you could focus on yourself a bit more." She said playfully, earning a pout from Emily.

Before I could say anything, the bell rang. I sighed softly, dismissing myself quickly and walking to my first class. I was never one to linger in the halls or skip class in the bathroom, it never made sense to me. As I was walking, another voice called out behind me.

"Allison, wait up." I turned to face her, seeing it was Layla, another member of our friends group. I had always taken a liking to Layla, and though we didn't talk often, I always enjoyed her company. "Let's walk to class together, yeah? Since they are right next to each other and all." She said, slowing down to my pace once she was beside me.

I gave her a little nod and smile, facing forward as we walked. "Sure, I don't mind." I said plainly, walking slowly down the hall. I tried to shake off the stares as I walked by people, but it was useless at this point. From the moment I walked into this school, people had viewed me as some cold ice queen of the school, so I played along. I don't have 'friends' who follow me 24/7 to make fun of random nerds, but I'm not someone just any random student would ask to help.

As we walked, she turned to me with a soft smile. "This is my class, I'll see you around, 'kay?" she said as I nodded.

"Yeah, see you around." I said a bit more plainly than I intended it. She walked off into her class, leaving me walking to class alone with nothing but stares coming my way.

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TS (Time skip)- Lunch.

"And the worst part, he gave us homework to do over the weekend." Kim said, making me give an eye roll in response.

"Really? Guess I got lucky with Mr. Adams." I said, taking a sip of my water. Lunch was almost over, so I was just killing time with small talk with Kim. We rarely have much to talk about anymore, except when something new happens, our hang outs are like a silent tea party.

"Mm.. well I heard he's introducing a project that we will start next week." She said, rolling her eyes. My eyes widened at the news, being that it was my first time hearing about a project, let alone in the one class where I have no friends to talk to.

"Great, sounds like a ton of fun." I said in mock excitement. I started packing my bag, getting ready for the next class to start. "Have any idea what it's about?" I asked Kim, earning a shrug in response from her. "Not in the slightest." she responded, packing her own bag.

I sighed, standing up as the bell rang. "Guess I'll figure it out now, wish me luck." I said as I headed to class. It was pretty close to the lunchroom, so I didn't have to walk far to reach Mr. Adams class. He stood outside the door as always, talking and lingering with other teachers as they waited for the class to start. I headed into the class, making my way to my seat, noticing Magnolia was already there, early as always. I took my seat, scrolling through my phone as I waited.

I wasn't really looking forward to a class project, but I didn't really mind it. Mr. Adams class was very boring, and there's no way a project given on the second week of school could be hard.

As the bell rang, Mr. Adams made his way into the class and stood at the front. "Hello class, happy friday." He said with a lot of what seemed like fake energy, only to get small grunts and nods in response. He coughed slightly, clearing his throat. "Well today we won't be doing much, except going over a project we will be doing over the course of the next 2 weeks." He said, looking around the room as he continued. "You will be assigned a time period and a location. The project is to come up with a presentation lasting at least 7 or more minutes about it. You will be assigned your partner based on who you are sitting by." He said, making me a bit surprised.

I was hoping we could choose our partners, but nope. Now I have to work with some nerd who almost hit me with a door.

No, I'm not letting that go.

I glance over at her, seeing she is staring at me, her expression unreadable. However, when she saw that I noticed her staring, she grew a bit flustered and stared back at the front of the class. I rolled my eyes, paying attention to Mr. Adams again.

I keep trying to tell myself I hate the idea of working with her, but I honestly can't even lie to myself.

After class ended, Magnolia seemed to hurry out of the class before I could even talk to her. I guess there was no reason to even brainstorm because we haven't even got our subject yet, but I couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed at the fact we couldn't.

As I walk down the hall to my next class, I can't help but think about Magnolia's flustered look. Was she just scared I'd get mad if I saw her staring? What was all of that about... She was kind of cute.

No she wasn't. What am I thinking?

"Allie, are you okay...?" I hear Kim's voice call behind me, walking up beside me.

"I'm alright.. Just lost in thought I guess." I responded, staring forward with a somewhat fake smile.

Chuckling a bit, Kimberly responded "Damn right you're lost in thought, you don't even look like you're here with us." She said, nudging me a bit.

I chuckled and nodded in response, but I couldn't help but capture that thought that swirled in my head. It's not weird to think that right? It's not like I'm attracted to her..

"So.. what's on your mind then?" Kim said, seeing that whatever I was thinking about bothered me.

"I'm... not even fully sure." I responded truthfully, sighing softly. "I'd be easier to explain out of school.. You think I can come over today?" I said, looking over at her. She nodded quickly in response, rolling her eyes.

"Why do you even ask, you could come over unannounced during a family crisis and still be welcome." She said, smiling at me. I sighed a bit in relief, nodding.

"Okay, then I'll see you after school." I said, walking to my next class.

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Word count without A/N- 1753

A/N- Another chapter down, I think I'm getting it a little more. This chapter feels a lot more on track compared to the last one. At least I think so lol. I'm always open to suggestions and criticism, especially from other other writers, so feel free to comment or post on my conversations to talk, ask or suggest anything.

I don't want to post too often with these chapters, but it's a bit tough to write a whole chapter and just keep it in the drafts. But I have an excuse because I was very late on the first chapter, so I guess this will be fine.

Lastly, would y'all prefer I write larger chapters? I'm not a great writer so to me, 1750 words is a lot compared to my last few attempts, so if y'all prefer larger chapters then I can do that. I'm just worried I'll ramble on and get off topic like I tend to do.

And I'll introduce Layla in the Character Profile 2 page so I don't waste another page.

Thanks for reading!