The next morning I woke up ready and refreshed. I took my regular shower and towel dried myself as well as my hair. Today my hair fell into its original soft curls so I hadn't touched it at all. I looked through my still packed luggage and found the perfect outfit, a pale pink fitted shirt with long sleeves and soft blue skinny jeans. I wore my regular converses, grabbed my jacket, and headed downstairs.

Rose was already in the kitchen frying eggs and the TV was on showing the recent news. "Several bodies were found last night showing slashes at the wrist with the hearts missing. These animal attacks may be rare, but they're happening-" The newswoman began as I gave a lifted brow to my Aunt.

"You're not the only one that has seen strange Kathy," she said shaking off my look. "I guess not, what time is it?" I asked impatient. Today I am re-making myself, I need to show people the new happy me not the sad girl that was moping around in September.

"Its 7:20am go get your stuff Danielle will be here soon." she said over the frying pan. I hurried upstairs and grabbed my book bag, as I grabbed it I thought I saw a flicker of activity by my window. I looked again and it was gone. My imagination must be getting desperate.

As I reached downstairs I looked at the front door and saw a girl. She wore a light white jacket and a black t-shirt underneath. She had reddish-brown hair and had denim jeans on with black combat boots.

"Hi Katherine, I'm Danielle but you can call me Dani," she said with an over anxious smile. I smiled back and gave Rose a hug then was out the door. Our walk would take about fifteen minutes and Danielle was determined to fill it with mindless chatter. "Is that your real hair color? It's been bugging me this whole time, "she said catching my attention.

"Yeah, I get it from my mom, "I replied. I could already tell by her question that my pale blond hair would be rare here. Down the road was a high school and a bulletin board that read, "Mason Valley High presents Spooktober! Go Ravens!" Great I'm going to a school that says stuff like Spooktober.

I saw many students as we continued to the school and also saw that it was just off the highway. The parking lot was huge and had the best cars from Volvo to Porsche. I didn't speak car but by the shiny interior I could tell that these cars didn't come cheap. As we walked through the parking lot I could already here murmurs around me and felt eyes all over me. As if I wasn't self conscious enough, some people were right out staring at me. As I look at Danielle I could tell that she was fidgeting too by the way she messed with her perfectly straight hair. It's not like I hated being the center of attention, it's just that it never happened to me before. Then again in a small town like this, a new face couldn't just pass by. We walked straight into the school passing many boys that eyed me with perverted eyes. The school smelt like books and had white walls and long stairs. We climbed up the stairs together and entered the office. The first thing I sensed was a minty masculine scent. It was heavenly.

"That's the principle Mrs. Doss in her office. That's Mrs. Jennings, the lady at the front desk with the-"she broke off as the man/boy turned around. He had dark brown curly hair and had to have been at least six feet. "He's perfect." I thought.

He caught my eyes immediately as if he knew me and grinned. My mouth went slack as his shiny honey brown eyes pierced into mine. He had to have been the best looking boy I had ever seen. He was wearing all black with a white long-sleeved shirt. His black leather jacket set off his attitude perfectly.

"Next," Mrs. Jennings called looking at me. "Oh, sorry," I mumbled flustered. The boy smiled at me showing perfectly white teeth and breezed out the office door. Danielle came out of her daze and said, "I'll catch you later Kathy," with that she turned and left as well.

"What do you need dear?" Mrs. Jennings asked. "My schedule, I'm Katherine Goldsworthy," I said letting the words pour out of me as if I had memorized them. She handed me my schedule and began to tell me the school rules and the dress code. I wasn't paying attention because all I could think of was his light brown eyes, almost gold, and how he looked at me. When she released me I grabbed a school map of the wall and headed out with my head down bumping into someone.

"I'm so sorry!" I said totally embarrassed at how flustered one look had supposedly made me. I had bumped into a boy who had gold hair and pretty blue eyes; he had a pretty baby face and a nice smile.

"It's okay I'll be fine. I'm Lucas," he said showing off his dazzling smile again. "I'm Katherine or Kathy. I'm new so can you help me find English 11?"I asked showing off my own smile and batting my eyelashes.

He seemed to like my attitude, "Sure follow me." He led me through the hallway to the main stairwell and lead me up the stairs.

As we walked into the class more eyes followed me and there were murmurs all around. I saw Danielle smiling and waving at me sitting in one of the desks in the middle of the room. Two seats down from her was the boy with the light brown eyes and he was staring at me now with curiosity in his gaze.

"Who are you," the young man at the desk asked. "She's new," said Lucas as if to quiet the murmurs. "Thanks for stating the obvious, "said the man with a sarcastic tone.

He turned to me and asked, "What is your name so we can begin?"

"Katherine Goldsworthy," I replied looking around at my classmates. Some of the girls had looks filled with jealousy and rage, the boys just kept staring.

"I'm surprised to say that we have two new students joining us today Fonso and Katherine," he said gesturing to the boy with the light brown eyes. As he pointed to him Fonso gave a small wave and all of the girls basically swooned including Danielle, who could blame them? He was hot.

"I'm Mr. Tanner I will be your English teacher for the rest of the year so If you have any objections get them out now or forever hold your peace," Mr. Tanner continued. Everyone was silent and Mr. Tanner pointed to the seat between Danielle and Fonso. I eagerly walked down the class to take my seat. As I sat down and got myself set up Fonso was already looking at me and I fearlessly looked back questioning him. After a while he smiled and looked ahead so I did the same. Mr. Tanner wrote down pairs of names on the board for the new project.

Apparently to get into the holiday spirit we were assigned a horror essay that had to be based on the murders that happened last night. "I know it's a picky subject but I just had this brilliant idea in the morning, "he continued.

"This is gross Tanner and sick,"said a girl sitting in the front. She could have been a model with beautiful auburn hair and a dazzling smile. I could tell that she knew she looked good by the way she flipped her hair and how she communicated with the people around her. She was beautiful enough to make your knees weak whether you were a boy or a girl.

"Do you think its sick class?" Mr. Tanner asked. I don't know why but I felt the need to speak up,

"It's not sick, it's just a way to find out what's really going on in your own community by doing the research." Everyone turned around to stare at me and the girls eyes seemed to have been blazing with green fire.

"Well no one asked for advice from Barbie, or am I wrong?"She fired sending shivers into my skin and making me go red everywhere. Everybody laughed except Danielle and Fonso who just looked at her as if she were an errant child.

"Hello there handsome," she winked at him and sent more of the class laughing. She was pretty damn funny, I'd give her that.

"That's enough Rachel obviously not everyone can agree with you,"said Mr. Tanner shaking his head.

"It's okay, I've never liked Barbie dolls anyway they're too plastic," she continued. "Enough!" he said as the whole class roared.

I glanced over at Danielle as she mouthed don't worry. When I looked at Fonso he seemed to have been smiling too or trying to conceal his laughter.

I felt my whole body go rigid, it was my first day and I was already being made fun of. When the bell rang Fonso had been the first one out of the class, he was fast. Danielle had helped me pack up and grab my stuff when she spotted Rachel and her little friends by the door.

"Just follow me," Danielle whispered. Danielle and I headed for the door as Rachel smirked at me and had one of her friends block the way.

"Isn't this immature Gina?"Said Danielle looking furiously at the girl blocking the door way.

"So is bringing a Barbie doll to school, but I'm not pressing charges. Just keep Barbie here away from me and make sure that she isn't in my way at all. If she ever talks back to me again, then we'll really start to play," Rachel said efficiently as if she had a right to. I looked at her in honest disgust.

At that moment Lucas came to our class. "Hey babe," Rachel said kissing him on the cheek and hugging him with a flirtatious grin.

Lucas looked at me and began, "Hey Kathy, I hope you made it out fine." Rachel snarled and dragged him down the hall with her friends following her lead. I realized that I didn't even have a chance to answer.

Danielle looked at me and began, "Do you want social suicide! You can't just talk to Rachel Peirce anyhow. You need to be smart Kathy. And don't mess with Lucas, he and Rachel are the school's power couple." she finished. I just shook my head and glanced at my schedule. Gratefully she had known where my history class was and I wasn't even late. Ms.Ciprano taught history and the class flew by with the same routine. Introduction, Stares, and then I sit down. Up until lunch everything flew by like that and I kept thinking about Fonso.

Today, he had laughed at me and it was because of Rachel and I could've hated her just for that. Lunch was very busy but I knew that I would be sitting by Dani so I tried to have hope.

Rachel sat at a table with Gina and some other pretty girls. Lucas also sat there, when he saw me he looked up and waved. Rachel seemed to flare at me with rage and give me a snare. The lunch line moved particularly slow for me and when I turned around I noticed that Fonso was standing behind me. He was literally gorgeous and I noticed that some people were staring at us. He smiled at me as I just looked at him speechlessly.

I felt compelled to introduce myself so I did, "Hi, I'm Kathy I sit by you in English," I sounded like a looser but at the moment I could care less.

"I know who you are Barbie," He said with his eyes filled with laughter.

My eyes filled with rage, "Yeah, that was really funny," I shot back sarcastically.

His eyes narrowed, "I didn't mean to make you angry Katherine." The way he said my name made me shiver it was so intimate as if he had enjoyed saying it. Or it was just my imagination. I was finally able to get my lunch and I headed over to Dani. She was sitting at a table with two girls and a guy with geeky glasses. I hadn't realized that Fonso was following me until he sat down by me.

The girls looked up and gawked. Danni seemed to recover first and smiled at me shyly,"Fonso and Kathy this is Damion, Janel, and Christie."

Christie had dark brown hair and Janel's hair was a shade darker than mine. Damion had big glasses and a handsome face that never seemed to leave his phone. We all ate in silence while Janel and Christie tried to talk about almost anything. Everyone seemed to normalize while Fonso only stared at me. I gave him a raised eyebrow and took a bite of my apple. His lips slowly lifted into a smirk. I guess staring is just our thing.