I step outside the town car and a big restaurant is faced in front of me. There is a huge gold and black awning and underneath it says 'Golden Walk'.

What type of restaurant is named-

"C'mon lets go. It's 6:58 and you know how mom is about punctuality." Zoe says and strides into the restaurant and i follow behind her. The restaurant is completely empty, except for one table that looks like it has about 15 people and among them is my mother. There are 2 empty seats next to her, so from the looks of it, we are the last ones. We walk over to the table and mother spots us and a gracious smile comes to her face and she stands up.

"Smile" Zoe whispers to me.

Men from the table look back at us wondering who my mom is looking at. We walk up to our mom and she embraces us and tells us where to sit. Once we take our seats, our mother says, "Everyone these are my two daughters: Zoe and Bay." Everyone's eyes are on us and for the occasion, Zoe and I give polite smiles to everyone and we greet them cordially as well. I look around the table and my eyes stop on 2 people who are sitting 2 seats down across from me: Issac Evans and Armani Clarke.

They just keep popping up like ants.

My chocolate brown eyes meet Issac's calm stormy eyes and a smile comes to his face. His hair is swept back neatly and he has on a suit with a maroon colored tie. Armani next to him has a full blown maroon suit with a black tie.

He mouths 'You look beautiful'

I mouth back to him, 'You don't'

He quietly chuckles and shoots me a smile before shaking his head and talking to Armani who is sending glances to Zoe and I. I look back over to Zoe and she is looking at me with wide eyes.

"Did- did you just-" she gestures to me and Issac. I shrug my shoulders and my eyes train on the waiters walking over to us with plates of food.

"This is the main appetizer. It's a beef tenderloin crostini. It has whipped goat cheese and pesto on it. Salads are coming as well." A guy with a rich Italian accent says. The plate is placed in front of me and one thing is running through my mind.

What the absolute fuck is goat cheese?

I didn't even know I was making a face until Zoe kicked me underneath the table. I hiss in pain and shoot her a glare and a smug grin is placed on her face. She gestures her head in a direction and I look over to see Issac looking at me with humor filled eyes.

'Yum' he mouths. I shoot him one last glare before I return and look down at my food.

Godspeed

I look around the table to see everyone using a knife and fork to cut into the tenderloin so I do the same. A million bursts of flavor explode in my mouth when I take a bite of the tenderloin and my eyebrows scrunch together as I try to figure out the taste.

It doesn't taste too bad.

Once I'm done with the crostini, the salads are already being put in our faces. It's a small salad and doesn't take much for me to finish off. There are 4 woman at the table and I have learned that they are managers of certain departments in the business like my mom. The others are men.

"So Andrew what does your son want to go into? The business I am hoping." A man with a gruff voice says and lightly chuckles. My head turns over to Issac and Armani who are listening in on the conversation.

Is Andrew Issac or Armani's father?

"Armani wants to be CEO of course." Andrew says and I see Armani is looking down at his salad and playing with it avoiding any and everyone's glances at him.

"And what about you Isaiah, what does Issac want to do?" Everyone including me looks over to Issac, but despite the other 14 stares that Issac is receiving, his eyes are trained on mine.

But why?

"CEO as well. He wants to run it like me."

"I can't wait to see Issac run the business." someone else says and other men agree. Few stay quiet though.

Issac flashes everyone his signature charming smile that will definitely come in his favor when he does run the business and then he continues eating his salad.

The actual food comes and the rich scented food floats through the air around us and people begin to put napkins on their laps or tuck them in their collars. Someone places a plate in front of me and I look down to see roasted red potatoes and grilled chicken. Asparagus and lemons are cleverly placed on a section on the plate.

This would be the perfect time to take a picture.

Right as I am about to dig in, someone speaks up and says, "So Mia what do your daughters want to do?" I nearly choke on my spit and I can feel Zoe's tense up beside me. We look to meet everyone's expecting stare and our mom's urgent stare.

I clear my throat and try to speak without stuttering. "I want to be a doctor."

"I want to be a lawyer." Zoe says beside me. Everyone nods their heads and then resumes eating their food.

I start eating my food and after 15 minutes I finish eating. After everyone finishes eating, they all start talking and my mom is deep into a conversation with the other women.

" I have never eaten a meal so... uhh healthy and fancy before." Zoe murmurs.

"Yeah, it taste like shit." I whisper making sure no one heard me. Zoe and I quietly laugh and continue eating. I take a sip out of my apple cider and I glance over at Issac and he does this weird quirky face where his eyes look cross eyed and he does something weird with his mouth. I nearly choke on my apple cider and i put the glass down and wipe my mouth. A few of the people at the table look at me weirdly.

I look back over to Issac and he is laughing and he high fived Armani who is laughing too. Armani is a very good looking guy. He is pretty slim, but it works out for him. He is kind of an asshole sometimes when he opens his mouth and says things, but i guess he is....decent.

Actually no. He is dating Cartier Johansson.

About 30 minutes later, the dinner finishes and Zoe and I wait outside for our mom to come out. Issac and Armani came outside a few minutes ago and we have been talking ever since. Armani is actually not that bad of a guy. He just speaks without tact and awareness that he is looking like a dumb fuck, but he is a pretty funny guy.

"You know this entire time, I have seen you smile so much. I think you lit up the room." Issac says with a charming smile etched on his face

"Save your charm for the business rooms Issac Evans." I say and look away toward Armani getting in a car and the car driving away. Zoe and my mom are waiting in the car while I wrap up talking to Issac.

"I have an idea." Issac says with a smirk on his face.

"You are going to tell me whether I want to hear it or not so might as well just tell me."

"Let's be friends." He has a genuine smile on his face as he awaits my answer.

I snort in laughter and cover my mouth. His eyebrows pull together in confusion and I quickly stop laughing.

"Me...you. Issac Evans and Bay Stewart become friends? Is this a prank?"

"What's so weird about us being friends? Two people wanting to be friends." His face is contorted in confusion and to be honest, it looks kind of cute.

"Ok what does us being friends entail?"

"Uhhh talking outside of school, going out for ice cream, me trying to get you to smile, you know stuff that friends do.."

A car horn beeps and I look to see my mom's car beeping at me to hurry up. I nod my head and look back at Issac.

"How about I give you an answer tomorrow before classes?"

"Seems fair."

I nod my head and cross my arms over my chest.

His eyes quickly glance down and then back up at me. He clears his throat and says, "Well have a good night Bay Stewart, soon-to-be- friend."

"Don't count on it Issac Evans." I say and walk away and toward my mom's car. I hop in and 2 sets of eyes are trained on me.

"Well drive already!" I exclaim and turn toward the window.

Despite my efforts to push it to the back of my head, Issac's words keep ringing through my head.

Should I actually take the chance and be friends with him?

I don't want drama, but he is a nice guy.

I'm screwed.

....

"Whatever it is I got it don't know what to call it, there's no way to hide it yeah i got it too! Whatever it is I got it don't know what to call it, there's no way to hide it yeah I got it too,woahhh yeah I got it too woahh" I sing along to the song playing on the tv.

Yes I know I am a 17 year old watching Austin and Ally reruns and singing the songs I may or may not have memorized.

So fricking what!

"BAYYY SHUT UP!!" Zoe yells from her room beside mine and bangs on the wall.

Bitch...

"Just because you are mad that Asher hasn't noticed you yet doesn't mean you have to be a party pooper Zo!" I yell and continue dancing.

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The door busts open and slams against the wall. Zoe comes barreling into the room hot with anger.

"I don't like him so stop bringing him up Bay!" She yells and her nose flares and turns red.

I bring my hands up in surrender Not

"Then how come the day I bumped into Issac you couldn't keep your eyes off Asher or you got angry and rigid when he disgustingly winked at me or you got mad when I told you he will be banging Talia. Hmm... it because you looooveee Asher Stevens."

A loud growl comes from Zoe and before I know it she charges after me and she is running after me like a lion hot on my tail. I run around my room jumping over my bed, tables, and chairs. I run down the stairs nearly tripping when she almost grabbed me by my shirt collar. I run up behind Leo who is walking from the kitchen with some juice in his cup.

"Bay stop using me as your damn human shield. Get your hands off me." Leo says and elbows me in the gut and walks away from me and gives Zoe a high five and walks to the living room.

He has always sided with her. I will make sure to cut some holes in his school shirts tonight.

Zoe's angry eyes are locked on mine and I say, "No need to be violent here Zo zo."

"I. am. going. to. kill. you." she says and I take this opportunity to run for the hills called my room. I reached to my room just in time to slam it shut and lock it before Zoe comes barreling in and OFF WITH MY HEAD

I'm serious. Zoe is not innocent at all. She is a little evil shit.

I hear a menacing growl on the other side of the door and banging.

Then there is complete silence.

I am telling you Zoe is batshit crazy.

You will only believe me when it is too late.

....

"Hair don't mess up" I mutter to myself as I stand in the rain waiting for the bus with Zoe.

My mom took the only umbrella we have in the house. , so Zoe and I are left to go to and from school in the rain. I slicked my hair back and i put it into a braid.

I have my purple sweatshirt on with its hoodie to cover me. I was smart to wear jeans today and boots. Zoe over here wants to look cute and she wore a skirt and now she is freezing her ass off.

"I-I-I'm cold." she says through her chattering teeth. The bus pulls up and we hop on and are enveloped my nice warm heat and I can hear Zoe praying and thanking God.

We reach to school and Zoe and I sprint into the school building. After school, I'm going to have to go to the shops to buy an umbrella.

Our shoes squeak on the tiled floor and the squeaky sound annoys me every time I hear it.

Mariana and Zara pass by us and glance at us and start laughing.

"Too broke to buy an umbrella." Mariana says and busts out laughing. Zoe turns around getting ready to give them a piece of her mind, but I hold her back already knowing that this isn't a battle we should fight. She walks to her locker and I walk to mine. Issac is already at his locker and I walk over to him. I tap his shoulder and he turns around and a bright smile spreads out on his face.

"Awww see you could smile bright enough for the both of us friend" I say emphasizing friend. His eyes widen and if it possible his smile gets bigger and his grey eyes lighten a few shades and it twinkles. Before I am able to run or dodge him, he has engulfed me in a hug and has picked me up off the ground and is spinning me around like a fricking roller coaster.

"PUT ME DOWN ISSAC!!" I yell but it's like it went through one ear and out the next. He completely ignored me and just continues to hug me. I can't hold back the laughs that come out my mouth. He slowly puts me back down on the ground and I glare back up at him. I feel my skin prickle and I quickly glance around to see everyone in the hallway literally staring us.

That includes TMZ and the "it" girls. And by "it" girls i mean VICTORIA. Issac's ex. To say she is glaring at me is an understatement. She is practically using her eyes as daggers and stabbing at my skin.

I look at Issac and his gray eyes twinkle with laughter. "Who the hell gave you candy? If you haven't realized I'm quite small. Who knew you would get this excited over something so small?" I open up my locker and I pull the sweatshirt over my head and hang it in my locker. Now I am in my light blue jeans, my red Harvard University shirt, and black boots.

"You don't even know how major this is. The girl who never smiles, the bold and beautiful Bay Stewart has made the voluntary decision to be my friend." He says and leans against his locker with his books.

"Have you shit your pants yet?"

"Let me check." He says and puts his books down on the floor and puts his hand on his pants and readies himself to pull down the pants, but I quickly slap his hands and he bust out laughing.

"Stupid." I mutter and close my locker with my books in hand. I check the clock to see that it is 3 minutes left until the warning bell sounds off.

Loud squeaking of shoes and chaos sounds from the hallways near the door. It sounds like someone is running and Asher emerges from the crowd running to his locker. He fumbles to open his locker and he throws in his bag, take off his coat, and struggles to find his books among all his crap in there.

"Dude you're almost late. What happened?"

"Sienna happened. We thought we had extra time this morning and we got kind of carried away and we left my house like 15 minutes ago. And we sped here."

"Where is she?" Issac asks. Asher shrugs but soon a fast clinking of heels is heard and we watch Sienna run to her locker and basically do the same thing as Asher.

"Dude I thought you didn't like her. Why do you keep banging her if you don't like her like that."

"The sex is good." He says and shrugs. Right as he closes his locker shut, the bell rings.

Asher looks over to me and says, "Hi Bay."

I wave my hand and say bye to Issac and then walk away and to math class. When i reach to my math class, I sit down and ready myself for the most difficult and boring class my mind will be forced to endure so early in the morning. Ms. Lewards sits down at her desk and prepares the lesson. The bell is about to ring, but a clinking of heels walks into the room and I look up and Victoria, Cartier, and Talia walk into the room.

None of them are in this math class. This is the accelerated math class.

"Hi Ms. Lewards" Cartier charms and placing two apple on Ms. Lewards desk. A real eatable apple and then a completely golden apple. "Us three, Victoria, Talia, and I are in this math class now. We don't mean to interrupt or disrupt your lesson course."

Ms. Lewards gullibly falls for the act and practically welcomes them into her class with open arms. When she tells them to go and take their seats, they all walk away from her desk and all 3 of them stand there and glare at me, but Victoria's glare is more deadly and promising then the rest.

What did I get myself into?