• Chapter 1


    Samuel rested his head agenst the cool plastic buss window as he sat in the back of the bus with his best friend Keith only listening partly of what he had to say to him. "Dude, you know Winter ball is coming up soon right?! Im so excited man, Juile wants me to rent a limo and reserve a hotel room, but I already know her parents wont be down with that" Sam looked over a Keith ever other second making it seem like he was paying attention but in reality he was thinking of what had happened last night. His girlfriend of five months had just broken up with him, infront of half her friends at the movie theater. Sam had seen it coming hearing about all the rumors of her talking about him behind his back and at times he wondered why he stayed with her at all, but he knew the reason, he tried to lie and convince himself that he didnt know but the answer had always been in his head. He didnt want to be alone. He would at most take any kind of love a girl would give him but now adays it seemed harder and harder to even think about love. "Hey man whats up are you ok?" Keith said waving a hand infront of Sam's face. Sam blinked wildly as he returned back to reality,"Huh? What?" he said looking at Keith and shook his head "Sorry man, im kinda out of it today"He mummbled looking at the window as the bus drew closer and closer to the high school. "Did something happen with Ciera?" Keith said with a dark look on his face, Sam sighed and shook his head not wanting to talk about his humiliation, and the fact that his heart would clench when he thought about it "Look I dont want to talk about it ok" He said quickly trying to catch his breathe as his heart started to beat faster at the memory "Sam, Im your best friend dude, just tell me" Sam covered his face with his hands. He swore to himself that he would loose control of himself today, he wanted to show up at school and show Ciera that he didnt need her, but now here he was about to cry on the bus. "Tell me Sam, what happened?! I havent seen you like this since-" "She broke up with me all right" Sam Finally said still covering his face "She broke up with me right infront of everybody Keith! You should have seen the look on her face, It was like she enjoyed seeing me gravel on the ground for her to take me back." Keith turned in his seat and looked at him his face hard with disbelief "Sam you didnt.." He whispered "Of course I did Keith and you know I did" He practiclly yelled causing several students to turn at look at them "I didnt want her to leave me, I didnt care if she talked s**t about me behind my back, If it didnt make me feel this feeling I have now, this heartbroken feeling." He said looking at his best friend his eyes stained red "Then I would have been fine." The bus pulled to a stop, as the kids got up from the bus continuing their converstations some looking down at Sam and Keith as the passed their eyes filled with curiousty as they saw Sam's red eyes. "Comeon, lets go" Keith said grabbing his back pack as he helped Sam up, the two friends where the last to get off the bus as they walked towards the school "Listen Sam..You just got to forget about her, she was a b***h anyways. Ive been waiting to tell you that for the longest time dude, but you can do alot better. And I mean ALOT" Keith said patting Sam on the back. Sam shook his head at his friend's words and sighed "No man, I think Im done with dating. I mean ever since I got into high school ive been through the sam thing over and over again and im sick of it"He said looking at his friend "Maybe adults are right, we dont know anything about love, so why should we put our hearts out on our sleves just to have broken?" he said looking at Keith. Keith stared at Sam with confussion about to answer until his Girfriend Juile ran up and jumped on his back "Hey you two!" she sang kissing Keith's cheek and smiling at Sam "Hey Sam whats wrong with you?" she asked looking at Keith to him "I-" "He's just freaking out about his Cello solo 4. he hasnt practiced at all and you know how he is about music" Keith said cutting Sam off. Juile smiled at Sam and laughed "Dont worry about it Samuel, Youll do fine, you always do"She said as she held onto Keith's hand. The three of them walked into the school and down the halls talking about their weeking and what they had done, well Keith and Juile did, Sam stayed quiet as he desperately searched around the halls for any sign of Ciera. "So did you hear the new!? I heard we are getting our first foreign exchange student ever!"Juile said to the two of them "No kidding? Boy or girl?" Keith asked as they stopped at his locker "I heard its a girl, apperently she came to school in America when she was a little kid but moved to England after middle school and know she is back in America" Sam pulled his eyes away from the halls and looked at Juile teasingly "Seems like youve been in the Office files again, didnt they ban you from going in basment files Juile?"Sam laughed. Juile glared, at sam as she shook her head "For you infromation Samuel, I friended her on Facebook a couple nights ago, she seems really cool. But of course that can change in an instant" She said quickly shaking her head. Keith laughed and kissed the top of her head as he closed his locker "When is she coming babe?" he asked as he slipped his arm around her waist as the trio walked to their classes "Well she told me today, but who knows maybe her parents will make her stay home"She shrugged. Keith looked over a Sam with a wicked grin, but Sam just shook his head already knowing where he was going. "Well Ill see you two later"Juile said kissing Keith's cheek "And dont worry Sam im sure your solo with go great" she said before scurring off to her math class "No, dont even think about it" Sam said once she was gone "Why not!? The girl is new, she wont know Ciera, she wont even know how many girls youve dated! Its perfect Sam!"He said excitedly "What part of Im done dating do you not understand Keith?"Sam demanded as they stopped infront of Sam's chemistry class "You never know, you may end up changing your mind" he laughed punching his shoulder "Ill see you later" Keith said before Sam had time to respond back to him.