*Chapter 1
What a wonderful way to start a morning, I thought sarcastically as I picked myself up off the floor.
“Is it just me, or do you need to work on your balance?” I turned around to find my best friend Kenzie laughing at me.
“Hey, you know me; I like to get familiar with the floor before I walk on it. Make sure it’s stable and whatnot.”
She giggled. “Uh huh. Sure.”
I shrugged, holding back a smile. “I’m not kidding.”
She rolled her eyes. “Somehow, I don’t believe that.”
“Are you calling me a liar?!” I asked, looking as offended as possible.
“Maybe…”
I rolled my eyes and opened my mouth to give a witty response, but a concerned voice made me completely forget what I was going to say.
“Hey, are you okay? I saw you fall, and I wasn’t sure what happened. Do you need to go to the nurse?” A guy with auburn hair and sparkling sapphire eyes frowned, eyeing my knee. When I looked down to find out what he was staring at, I discovered that there was a trail of blood running down my left calf and onto my pink flip-flops. Great. At least it didn’t get on my new denim shorts.
I turned to open my locker. “I’ll be fine. I’m just a major klutz. What’s your name? I haven’t seen you before.”
“Kale,” he said, reaching out to grab the math book that tumbled out of my locker as I opened it. “I lived here when I was little, but my parents divorced when I was eight, and we moved down to South Padre Island. And now, my mom has a new boyfriend, and he wanted her to move in with him. So she did. And I’m back in San Antonio.”
“Wow. Sorry about your parents. And the moving. But San Antonio is pretty cool.” I bent down to put a band-aid over my knee. “I’m Lauren, by the way. And this is Kenzie.”
“Finally, some recognition!”
“You can sit with us at lunch if you want. Who do you have first period?”
He glanced at his schedule. “Gorgodi.”
“Oh! Social Studies. Mr. Gorgodi is pretty cool. I’ve got Health with Ms. Saunders. Let me see your schedule.” He handed it to me willingly, obviously glad to have a friend. “We have 2nd and 4th period together, and lunch. That’s English and Science. I’ll save you a spot.”
“Thanks. I better go. Don’t want to be late on the first day.” He handed me my math book back.
“Okay, cool. Gorgodi is down that hallway, third on the left. See you next period.”
“Thanks for your help. See ya!”
I slammed my locker and turned back to Kenzie, only to find that she was gone. I looked down at my watch and realized that I had about thirty seconds before class. Kenzie flew toward me out of nowhere, and pulled me into the health classroom.
“Do you have any idea who was watching you?” she whispered urgently.
“No,” I said cluelessly. “Who?”
“Max!”
“You’re kidding! Did he see me fall?!” My cheeks warmed, and I knew they were slowly turning an unappealing shade of pink.
“I think so. Sorry. But still, he was watching you the whole time you were talking to Kale, and he looked jealous!”
“No way! You think he likes me?”
“Maybe,” she smiled.
“Girls!” We both looked up to see Ms. Saunders scowling at us.
“Sorry Ms. Saunders.” I mumbled, my excitement lost for the moment.
She continued her lesson, but I heard about 3 words before she turned around and Kenzie tossed a note onto my desk.
So who was that guy?
I checked to make sure that Ms. Saunders still wasn’t paying attention. Then I scribbled my response.
Kale. Just moved her frm Padre. Needs a friend. Kinda cute.
She grinned, and I knew her response would be something interesting. She was about to give me the note when Ms. Saunders called out, “Lauren, what’s the largest organ of the human body?”
I glanced at the board. There was a person drawn on it with labels on each of the organs. I was about to say the heart, but then I remembered. “Skin?”
She frowned. “Yes, that is correct.”
The second she turned back around and continued writing, the note appeared on my desk.
U like him? He’s definitely cute. All those freckles are annoying though…
I rolled my eyes. No. I like Max. You know that.
It went on like that for the rest of the class. Ms. Saunders almost caught us once, but we’re experienced note-passers, so we got away with it. When the bell rang, I dashed off to English. Not only was I more than happy to get away from Kenzie’s interrogations and Ms. Saunders’ dirty looks, but for some strange reason, I couldn’t wait to see Kale.
Anyway, love the story. The only thing I'm going to say, as an advice, is that take it easy on the story and don't try to rush it (Don't info-dump)enjoy it and like I say leave us wanting more. Be mean 
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