• as we were walking to the school office, many students were looking at us with such curiosity. i heard a couple girls laughing and whispering things, but that can be about anyone, right? i looked at his green backpack and noticed a pair of incubus concert tickets almost falling out of the side. "incubus tickets?" i asked stupidly.
    "oh yeah, my mom gave them to me for me and girlfriend to go to." he said.
    "oh." i sighed. he was taken, damn it., i said to myself.
    "haha, the funny thing is, i sort of lied to her about having a girlfriend. so - you know, i have an excuse to get out of the house. i have a band, with my friends, and my mom hates it. we got a gig this Saturday at the Stone Festival."
    "oh nice, what do you play?"
    "i'm lead guitar and singer." he winked. my face turned bright red, as i noticed we were already at the office. i knocked on the door and walked in, seeing the school map on the side table with a note. "your schedule is written behind the school map. sorry couldn't help you with this one. come to the office after 2, and i'll be glad to help." i read the note over and over again, then walked out of the office with a confused look on my face. i didnt see brandon anywhere. "hey" said a voice beside me. i jumped in shock, then looked to see it was him, laughing silently at my scare. "need some help there?" he said politely.
    "yeah. my next class is biology." i said.
    "oh cool, me too! let's go, its rite next to the lunch room." he exclaimed. my eyes flickered, thinking, is this a joke?!
    we walked down the hall in silence, then he took out a notebook labeled 'Songs'. he opened to a page that was titled, 'lonely life' and nudged me saying, "tell me if this good," he pointed and started to sing, "i see only one bright light, in this lonely life. its all i can picture, thats lightening me away." i felt my face burn red, as i read the last line saying, "i think i'm in love with you." i looked up at him and smiled, then he said, "nice huh? my friend made the last line. do you like music?" he asked.
    "uh. . . yeah! in new york me and my friends had a band. it was a cover band, but we wrote songs too." i bragged.
    "oh that's cool. i know it might be sudden, and i know your new at this school but; do you want to see my band play this Saturday?" he looked at me with so much interest. i answered, "yeah! sure, but my mom-"
    "i'll convince her, i promise." he finished excitedly. we passed by a room that was empty, only about three or four students. i looked inside for a minute and he said, "thats the detention room. its packed after school, trust me." i peeked inside and saw a goth girl with green streaks and thick eyeliner. i turned and followed Brandon.
    we went inside the classroom, and took the two last seats in the back. i sat nxt to this brunette girl, with dark blue glasses and hazel eyes. Brandon looked over my shoulder to look at the girl, then said, "hey Jess, this is Elena."
    the girl looked up from her book, glanced at me then looked at Brandon and said, "oh hi, im Jessica. i can see Brandon is excited to introduce me to you." she finished, rolling her eyes at Brandon. "yeah whatever Jess," he said, "do you mind if she comes to see our band on Saturday? she needs a ride." i listened quietly to their conversation, waiting for an answer. "yeah sure, we can bring her along. the van might be packed with Daniel's drums in the back though, is that okay?" she asked. i waited for a second, realizing she was talking to me. "oh yeah its okay." i said shyly. we all sat in silence for a bit, then Brandon put a note on my desk. it said: wats your next class? i looked at him, seeing him point his eyes at the note, telling me to answer it. i looked at the schedule Mrs. Flores gave me. i wrote: gym. i passed him the note, and while he opened it, Jessica passed me a note saying, "he likes you Elena. i never seen him this interested in a girl before." i looked at her, my cheeks burning red. she smiled at me, then looked away. Brandon passed me a note again, it said, "oh, too bad, i got spanish. well, sit with me and Jess at lunch, okay? " i looked at him and nodded in reply. Jessica nudged me to look up at the board, then i saw that the teacher was looking straight at me. she asked, "excuse me hun, but what's your name?"
    i looked up slightly and said, "I'm Elena Yang."