Chapter 1- carley



I was awake. I was just lying in bed. I didn’t want to get up. I didn’t want to get up to another
day of dread that made me sad. By the way my name is carley. Carleycolor:#CC0000"">
turner. I was one of those girls who wasn’t
popular at school. I usually sat by
myself at lunchtimes and just listened to music or
read a book. My life was
boring…I was boring.





So I finally gotup, I couldn’t avoid it anymore, and got my bag and lunch packed ready for school.
I said bye to my dad and chris and mum Tanya. There never usually here. Mum is
always busy at work and dad goes up the coast to design surfboards. This left
me with a lot of time by myself. Which I liked !





I walked out the door , locked it and climbed into my old , tiny bit rusty, yucky red car. I

drove slowly to the high school I attended. It wasn’t much, just a crappy old place with old buildings . I drove into the car lot and parked my car in my
usual spot was at the far end. I sat in the seat for a minute or two…then as I
thought I couldn’t delay going in any longer, I climbed out , locked my car
oand turned around.





“hey carley” a familiar voice said.





It was jack. He always followed me around even though I insisted I was fine by myself, and he
was always talking to me. It got annoying. And I couldn’t avoid him now.





“hey jack” I said, trying to manage a smile..





“ I was wondering if youd like to help me on the school newsletter or..” he was interrupted by
the bell. Thank god.



“ ummm no im kind of busy, ive got to get to class.bye…” I said and then I walked off.





I walked through the cars, trying not to slip on the wet cement, climbed up the stairs, through
the big undercover hall and to my first class. I walked in and sat in my usual
seat. Which was by myself. I got out my laptop and began to work. I usually
used it to watch a movie on silent when I was bored in class..but today was
different.



A new cute guy walked in through the door.



I stared in awe. And I think a lot of other girls did to. He was so……..so beautiful. His skin was
pale white, he had pretty blue eyes with blond hair.





“hello,” he said , as he walked over to the teacher. I saw him hand Mr stevens a note.





“oh yes, class, this is justin o,conner. Just take a
seat.” Mr stevens said





He walked down my isle and for a second there I thought he was going to sit next to me but he sat
in the empty table in front of me.





“ok everyone today we wil be doing an studying meteors so please open to the astronomy/space
section in you textbooks and write out the first three pages for notes to be
completed this lesson, if not its homework!!”





I heard people grumble. And with that Mr stevens went and sat down at his desk to do some
paperwork.





I began to open up my textbook. I was planning to try and get this done so I would have no
homework..to bad we couldn’t use out laptops..i was a fast typer but writing by
hand…..i was very slow… just as I got out my pen and began to settle down and
write but I was interrupted by the most beautifull voice I had ever heard.





“hello, do you have a spare pen I can borrow for this class..? he asked.





I was completely stunned by who beautifull his voice was. It stuned be very greatly. When I didn’t
respond he added





“ ill return it”





“oh yeah sure” I reached into my pencil case and grabbed him a spare pen I had “ here you go”





I reached over to hand it over to him.





“thanx”



And with that he turned around and began work. I had trouble breathing for the rest of that
class. I was so…wowed by him. It was unbeleiveable. This caused me not to get
my work done which meant homework. Great…not..



I began to pack up





“wait, heres your pen” he handed it to me.





“thanx” I smiled…





The bell rang. He was off out the door so quikly I though he was still infront of me so I ended up
talking to myself. I stood there for a few seconds…then began to walk out the
door and to my next class…



The next couple of classes of the day flew by,and I just wanted to get home. At lunch time I sat
under a tree, typing away todays diary( I kept a diary). I wrote about how
amazing he looked and how I wished to see him again…but I knew it was just a
phase I would get over soon enough!!





I saved it and gave up in frustration. I sat back, plugged my headphones in and settled down to
pick a movie I had on my laptop. There was a horror film. Nah I thought. It took
me several minutes, saying no to such movie as action films and documentrys, to
settle down and watch a romantic film.





I looked up as I heard the bell rang and looked at the time. I was surprised at how fast lunch had
went. I quikly logged of and stood up and looked at my timetable.



I had art.





“gggrrrr” I mumbled.





I hated art and the worser part was that it was all the way across the school.which meant more
walking than usual. I began my walk. I began to think on the way there. When I reached
class I looked around and found the teacher was already there.





“carley, why are you late? I hope you have a good explanation..” she said





“er…no I was just slow walking…





“”hmm yes. As always…, take a seat please, so as I was saying”





And then she blabbled on about what we would be doing. We were doing free art painting. That
was good.



I grabbed some paints and began to paint what came to my head. It wasn’t much. Just a colourful mix
of colours. Pinks and purples and blues. They were my favourite colours..





“alright pack up, wash the brushed and clean the paint off please, the bell is going to ring
shortly”. The teacher said.





And sure enough it did. I hurried to pack up everything, wrote my name on the back of my painting,
placed it in the shelf to dry and hurried out the door to my last class of the
day. Thank goodness for that!





I looked at my timetable again. English. Good. Today we ad a reading class.perfect. I would
sit at the back of class and go on my laptop! This pleased me deeply.



I hurried to English and took a seat at the back of class. And just as I expected the teacher came
in and said.



“books out , todays a reading lesson, read in silence please, begin!!” he said



He was straight down to it today. Normally he would have a talk for 10 minutes but I didn’t care.





I put my bag up on my desk and hid my laptop in front of it, plugged in the head phones and
continued watching the movie I started earlier that day. This time I only had
one ear plug in, in case the teacher wanted us for something.



Yet again, this class flew by. I didn’t know what it was but I was glad. I checked my watch. The
bell would ring in less than one-minute. I started to pack up and sure enough
the bell rang.





I walked out and went into the huge undercover hall area. I saw jack and dodged him and hurridly
jumped into my car to avoid him. I sat there for a bit.



It was a good day I thought to myself..arrgh



Jack saw me. He came over.i wond down my window



“ im sorry jack I have to go ill talk to you tomorrow” and with that I took off and left him standing
there.





I felt bad and thought about going back there but I didn’t say id talk to him tomorrow so I guese
that was good enough. I put in a cd while driving and began humming to my
favourite tunes. This song never got old and I loved it so much.!!



I pulled up the road and drove up the drive-way.



Another day over.



Yes, I thought !