Rivals

“Yes, mom. We’re fine, everything’s fine,” I said with a smile as I stared at my two best friends, Dia and Asia, who were having a conversation across the table before my eyes darted to the huge window next to me. It was still pouring outside and it didn’t seem like it was going to let up anytime soon so my decision for us to wait for it to let up before we leave the diner wasn’t a very good one. “Are you sure? I can be on the next flight there if you need me there,” my mom replied and I shook my head sideways like she could see me. “No, no, it’s fine. Really. We have food, money, no adults to supervise us and we’re dropping by the supermarket to grab some whiskey on our way back home. Woo-hoo, woo-hoo!” “No supermarket will sell alcohol to you. You’re eighteen.” “I

The next couple of days passed by in a flurry as Dia, Abigail and I prepared for resumption and finally school had begun. I was both nervous and ecstatic - nervous because I was going to see Tyler again today and ecstatic because I was going to see another one of my best friends, Asia. I haven’t yet told her that Dia, Abigail and I were here and that we were going to attend Foxbourne Hills High because I wanted to surprise her and I couldn’t wait to see her reaction. The reason I came back here was because the university I wanted to attend, Cornell, was here and it was also the same university Asia and Lana wanted to attend. I had met Dia and Abigail in the high school that I attended in London and they had decided to come here to attend Foxbourne Hills High with me because the university they wanted to attend, Columbia, was also here. The both of them didn’t want to attend universities in England because

I was having a shitty day.I had thought getting detention on the first day of school was the worst thing that could happen but I was proven wrong by Mr Tale, the chemistry teacher, when he paired me up with Tyler for the rest of the semester during chemistry class. I had been a bit stunned when the man announced the pairing and I tried to get the man to give me a new partner after the class ended but he didn’t. Tyler had skipped the class so I didn’t get to see his reaction to that but I’m pretty sure it won’t be good.I tightened my hold on my pen and clicked my tongue as I stared at Mr Mason who was sitting in the desk in front of me, grading the test he gave us this morning. I still didn’t want to believe that Asia and I would be getting detention for the rest of the school year but Mr Mason hadn’t seemed like he was joki

“For those of you willing to take AP Calculus,” Mr Mason announced as he walked past desks, handing out the quiz we took yesterday which he had already graded. “I’m the teacher of that subject, if you don’t know, and classes won’t be starting till next week. That’s because I want those of you that have decided to take the subject to think about it for a little while more since I don’t want to be sharing drop forms for students that don’t make the cut a couple of weeks from now.” Dia turned her head around to look at me and I raised my brows at her. “Are you guys going to take AP Calculus?” she asked me and Abigail who was sitting behind me and I nodded in response while Abigail groaned. “I don’t even like Calculus…” she trailed off as I slightly turned my head in her direction, not fully facing her, and she ran her hands through her hair. “I might have to ret

“Mary?” Noah said, slightly raising his brows after opening the door and I pressed my lips together as I gave him a small wave. He was shirtless and my eyes zoomed in on his sculpted chest and abdominals before I cleared my throat, returning my gaze to his face.“Um, hi Noah,” I muttered and when he didn’t reply after a while, I added, “You’re not going to invite me in?”“Right!” he blurted out before shaking his head sideways. “No, that’s- I meant…” He stepped to the side, opening the door wider and flashing me a smile. “Come in, Teach.”“Thanks.” I walked into the house, giving him a tight lipped smile, before he shut the door and the sound seemed to reverberate through the house. “Is your mum home?&r