Together Again

A New Begining

First Day of Cedar Ridge 7:23am (Antonio's POV)

"HURRY UR TOMATO ASS UP!" I yelled. Teagan and I were throwing rocks at Ambrose's window. We had gathered a bunch of pebbles earlier this morning at the creek down the street. We were planning on walking to school together like we've always done all our lives but Ambrose woke up late and was taking forever to change. Ambrose opened the window just as I threw another rock.

"CALM UR FUCKING TI- OW! WTF?! BITCH! WANNA GO?!" Ambrose popped his head out of the window seemingly trying to grab his gun.

"Oh Shi-" I started pushing Teagan out of the way, trying to run for my life. "Go,go,go,gooo"

We scrambled across the lawn throwing rocks blindly behind us while laughing maniacally.

"Hey, what does tomato even mean?" Teagan laughed out. Me being my smart asian self,

"It is a term used to describe someone who is denial of his homosexuality, for example, because even though you think a tomato is a vegetable, it's really a "fruit."

"HA, so he's "fruity." Teagan laughed.

First Day of Cedar Ridge High school 8:00am (Antonio's POV)

Teagan, Ambrose, and I were walking down the hallway and getting our shit together for class. Rabea, Tammy, and Jaeda are seen fangirling near a crowd. As we get closer Saleem and Yrael seem to be the center of attention, looking "badass" with their fake leather jackets and cheap gelled up hair.

"Oh, my gawd, they're so fucking hot, I stole a wad of Saleem's hair and crocheted it into a mounted dildo last summer. I still have it." One of the girls in the crowd squealed.

"You're such a fucking slut, Rabea," Tammy flipped her too long weave over her shoulder and sighed hopelessly.

"I don't know why you guys like them so much, they're not even that cute." Jaeda rolled her eyes, walking away from the crowd. She sees us, her face alighting, and starts doing an awkward jog towards us.

"Hey guys!" She jumped onto me for a hug.

 "Jaeda!" I hugged her back, twirled her around clumsily and let go, though, she held on for a little longer than necessary. Jaeda notices, unwrapping quickly and turning around to give Ambrose and Teagan a shy wave.

"Hey guys," she turns around to give me a dorky smile, "you're sitting with me for lunch, no choice, just letting you know." She turns and runs away. Teagan and Ambrose give her retreating back a dirty look.

"She's weird, I don't like her." Teagan sasses, crossing her arms.

"Ditto." Ambrose agrees.

The bell suddenly rings, signaling that we were late to class. We all groan simultaneously and I quickly compare our schedules to see which classes I have with them.

First day of Cedar Ridge 8:30 Am (Teagan's POV)

"Good Morning Class!" Mr.Yamasaki exclaimed.

Honestly, I wasn't really paying much attention, I was talking to Ambrose about the guy I had met before class. Before class, we had split up because I was hungry for some cookies. I was walking over to the vending machine and a guy bumped into me. I dropped my books, and so I tried to pick them up but failed and tripped over one. Everyone laughed except a guy. I noted that he was pretty cute. He helped me up and he was all,

"Are you okay?"

I nodded and walked off embarrassed. Our class was almost over so I got up and started getting my stuff together to leave.