Get up Ally! You're going to get late!" I heard someone shout but I made no plan to get up.

"Oh God! Get your lazy butt off your bed" I heard someone groan.

Irritated, I pulled the covers over my head and nuzzled into the pillow.

Why did mornings even exist? I mean I could be perfectly fine with only afternoons and evenings. But then that would mean that the afternoons will be mornings.

Well, that just gets us nowhere.

"Okay! Fine. You asked for it" the person huffed and then I was met with silence.

Finally,I thought.

And just when I was about to be consumed by unconscious glory, I felt cold liquid tickle my exposed skin. And when I said cold, I meant buried-in-Antarctica's-ice kind of cold. Get the drift?

And that's when I jerked up. My eyes went wide as I discovered myself soaking wet and tiny ice pieces clinging to my skin, making me shiver uncontrollably.

"What the hell, Kinz?" I yelled getting off my bed.

I stared incredulously at my blonde haired friend who stood there holding a bucket with a smug smile plastered on her face.

"I didn't have any other way to get you to get ready for school. And...you have exactly 17 minutes to do that if you don't want to get late," Kinsy said tapping her watch.

"Seventeen minutes?," I groaned. Now I was wide awake. Thanks to Kinsy, I think I didn't need a shower too.

I quickly got into the washroom. I took a quick peek at my reflection.

I stood horrified as I observed the person in the mirror. I looked like a person who just came from a Halloween party.

Why couldn't I be one of those people who looked like Victoria's Secret models even with bed hair?

With me, it looked more like a bed...nest.

My light brown hair were damp and my white tank top was clinging to my body. It was almost see-through. My eyes had these dark bags underneath and I looked like a total mess.

At least now I won't have to look for a Halloween costume when I can perfectly wake up like this and go.

After recovering from the pity party I was throwing for myself, I took a quick shower (which basically meant hopping in and out since I really didn't have time) and changed into black skinny jeans and a loose sweatshirt. I covered up my dark circles with some concealer and put some lip gloss to add life to the pale lips. I outlined my deep grey eyes with some eye liner.

I wasn't going to say that I didn't wear makeup at all because I loved highlighting my eyes. But I usually stuck to only an eyeliner and a lip gloss.

I let my waist-length hair fall freely and let the bangs cover my forehead. I quickly grabbed my bag and jogged towards the living room, where I met an annoyed Kinsy.

"What took you so long? The school starts in barely 5 minutes. Hurry up" she got up and grabbed her bag.

"But what about my breakfast?" I whined. I love food a lot and who doesn't?

"Seriously? Food?" She asked incredulously.

I nodded vigorously and my stomach accompanied my demand for food by giving out a dying whale sound.

Kinsy huffed and came over to me.

"Open your mouth"

"Wha-"My sentence was cut short as Kinsy stuffed a granola bar into my mouth. She then grabbed my hand and dragged my out of the door.

"Bye mum! Bye Dad!" I shouted with the ingredients of the bar still in my mouth. Honestly, I think it came out more like 'Bah muhb! Bah Dah!'

Mom waved me goodbye and I heard dad saying bye too. With one last wave, I hopped into Kinsy's car.

Taylor Swift's 'Begin Again' was playing and I started humming the tune. I never realized that I was fiddling with my bracelet until Kinsy interrupted,"I've never seen you remove that bracelet. Whats so special about it?"

An involuntary smile crept up my cheeks as I looked at it. It was a silver chained bracelet with delicate flowers attached to it and a cute little heart in the centre. it was true, I never removed that bracelet. It was a sort of promise bracelet.

"Earth to Ally," Kinsy waved her hand in front of my, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Huh?"

"Oh God! You do that quite often now. Come on and get your butt of of my car now."

"Huh, but why?" I mean I get it that I zone out sometimes but throwing me out of the car? That's idiotic.

She groaned. "Look out and unless you want a detention for being late, I suggest you get your ass out of my car."

Well, she could've been nicer about it. I rolled my eyes and got my 'ass' out of the car.

We got off the car and went towards the main doors. A sudden screeching sound made us stop. I didn't have to turn around to know who was there. That was pretty easy to guess since almost all the female population of Gradient High, including the nerds, ran out to catch a glimpse of the 'IT' couple.

Aaron Pelt and Shelly Montez.

Aaron Pelt, the most popular guy in the school. Most guys wanted to be like him and the girls drooled at his sight. He was the captain of the soccer team and had looks that could kill. I swear, with his signature smirk and a wink, half of the female population of GH would go down in an instant!

Shelly Montez, the ultimate snob and a witch. She was the queen bee of GH. No one dared to stand up against her or God Bless that person! She did horrible things to the people who got into her way. Things that I'd rather not name. According to her, if she wore clothes that went past her mid-thigh, it degraded her personality.

Ha! As if she even had one. I swear, even an ostrich has bigger brains than her.

Gradient High wasn't your typical school. It was religiously divided into two groups.

Populars and Nerds.

Popular people were those who were rich and were the biggest snobs on this planet and the nerds? Well, they were the social pariahs. People who were obliged to do the work of the popular group, that is, if they wanted to survive high school.

I, along with Kinsy, fell in the category of the "Nerds". It's not because I wasn't rich or something. It was because I chose to be a nerd for some simple reasons.

a) I HATE attention. Like Totally hate it!

b) I preferred reading my lovely novels than getting drunk every weekend.

c) I didn't want my life to become a topic of gossip which if you were a popular, would happen if you wanted or not.

So, coming back to now, I adjusted my black rimmed glasses. I didn't have weak eye-sight if that's what you're thinking. We were supposed to wear these glasses to be aware of what category we fell in.

Lame? Yes. But I did need to get out of high school peacefully so I didn't object.

Yeah, so I adjusted my glasses and was about to enter through the main doors when a hand caught my arm and hauled me back. I turned around to see a very nervous looking Kinsy. She was looking past me. I followed her gaze to see the 'IT' couple standing there along with more than half of the GH female population standing in deadly silence.

I looked at Shelly who stood there with a raised eyebrow and folded arms along with Aaron, who had an arm draped around her waist and carried an amused expression on his face.

"What do you think you're doing by entering the school, nerd?" Shelly scowled.

"Uh, Going to the class? I think that is where we go after entering the school building" I replied. I swear she asked the most stupid questions, sometimes.

Scratch that, it's all the time.

"Trying to be smart, Nerd?" She took a threatening step towards me.

"Nope. Just simply stating the facts," I replied unfazed by her threat.

She was really high-headed.

"You nerds can go hell, anyways. I have better things to do than attending one day of hell," She said eyeing Aaron seductively,"Right honey?"

Gag me!

"Ofcourse you would say that. Anyway even a ostrich's brain is bigger than yours," I muttered under my breath.

Apparently, she heard that.

"What?!," She shrieked grabbing the attention of every single student entering the school.

Tiny jitters started swarming my body as I felt all the students burn holes in me through their eyes.

Not attention. Anything but attention, please.

"You little peice of...."

"Hey. Relax Shellz. Its not worth it!" Aaron interjected (thankfully) and distracted her by pulling her close.

I would have gagged if I wasn't trying to calm myself.

"Bye Nerdy!" Aaron addressed me, giving me a small smirk and pulling his girlfriend into the school.

Nerdy? And I thought people were more creative than that.

I was about to reply when Kinsy grabbed my arm and pulled me into the school building. She dragged me to the nearest washroom and shrieked. I rubbed my poor ears that had been subjected to the wrath of sound waves.

"Ease up woman!" I said holding my ears.

Thankfully I'd been able to calm down. I honestly hated what attention did to me. I tried to control it but it still got the better of me.

Ignoring my comment, she started," First of all, ARE YOU CRAZY?! What were you thinking arguing with Shelly like that? You now this could get half of the female population against you?"

I inwardly snorted. Like I care. Okay maybe I do because the glares these women are capable of giving you are just deadly sometimes.

"And secondly, eeeeeeeeeep! Aaron, THE Aaron, just gave you a pet name!" She shrieked again.

I rubbed my ears as she kept on babbling. I think she just hampered my hearing ability.

Wait, that would mean that I won't be able to hear the lectures and talk to anyone on my phone. And what about my singing? How will I be able to tell if the tune was right or no-

"Alyssa Bent?! You spaced out gain!"

Did I just hear that? Thank God.

"Sorry" I replied sheepishly.

"Oh how I wish I was as lucky as you! I wish Aaron would have given me that nickname"

"Oh Come on Kinz, he just added 'y' to the word 'nerd' and that was just slip of tongue" I rolled my eyes.

"Slip of tongue? SLIP OF TONGUE?! That was a freaking awesome slip of tongue."

I rolled my eyes. I could never win this battle. It was kind of getting annoying too.

Did I mention that Kinsy had the biggest crush on Aaron? Well, even if I forgot, you might have noticed that much!

And with that, I dragged Kinsy to our first class. I hope the day went normally, which I doubt but still...

I hope!

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