Everyone has that one person in their lives that come in and change everything in a whirlwind. Whether it's the person they fell in love with or just an amazing friend. No matter what, everyone has that person. Me? I'm going to tell you about the boy who stole my heart. I'll never forget anything about him and I'll love him until the day I die.

I was never a particularly pretty girl. I was never skinny and I doubt ever will be, but I'm confortable with the way I look though so it never really mattered to me. I had nice features I guess, I just never bothered to make myself up. I'd always left my thick wavy hair the way it fell when I got out of bed in the morning, threw on some sweats and a t shirt and went to school.

But today was different. It was my first day at a new school. I wasn't going to see everyone I grew up with for the past seventeen years. Every one of them knew me as Vicky, the bubbly, loud, fun girl that didn't care what anyone thought. The girl who had a million tattoos and didn't really fit in anywhere specific and was just friends with everyone. That was all over now. My parents decided that it was a good idea to move from New Jersey to San Diego, California. So, I'll tell you how this all started.

I fell backwards onto my bed in my new room and looked around. My bed was against the south wall and my dresser directly opposite of it. I had a pink chair in the corner next to the window and a closet on the wall across from that. Everywhere else was boxes. Tears started flowing into my eyes as I began to realize that this was home now. I wouldn't see my friends for a long time, not until I was eighteen and moved back to New Jersey. I got up and went over to a box and started unpacking little things that belonged ontop of my dresser. I pulled out a picture frame of my best friend Dany and I. I was sitting on his lap on a park bench, smiling and laughing wildly as he kissed my cheek. I placed the picture on my dresser and wiped the tears away from my eyes. I examined myself in the mirror. My hair was curly, big, and all pushed to one side except for a small curl by my right ear. Dany had given me his favorite Slipknot t shirt before I left and I had cut it so it didn't have sleeves and the back was woven together. It just made me miss him even more though. I grabbed my blackberry, keys, money, and cigarettes off my bed and shoved them in the back pocket of my cut off jean shorts while leaving my room and walked down the stairs heading towards the kitchen.

"I'm going to get some air before I leave." I announced to my father before I left the kitchen.

I knew he wasn't going to stop me. When I went for walks or outside for air he knew better. I do it when I need to calm down. It was the only thing that helped my anxiety, which was getting really bad as I began thinking about leaving all my friends and the place where I grew up behind. There was a big tree in the front yard of our new house that I climbed up and layed down on a big branch. I looked up at the rising sun through a million branches. They were gorgeous, the leaves were already turned fiery shades of orange and red. Mechanically, I pulled a cigarette out of the pack in my back pocket and lit it with closed eyes.

"Smoking kills you know"

"Yeah, So does scaring the crap out of people and making them fall from trees" I snapped climbing down, burning my arm in the process.

"Sorry, you looked kinda cute up there though" The boy laughed winking at me.

"Oh you're creepy" I smiled back at him sarcastically.

"No my name is Mike" He stated grinning.

"Well I'm Victoria" I finally looked up at him after dusting myself off. He was tall, really tall. Everyone was tall to me though since I'm only five feet even. He had a full sleeve of tattoos already finished on his right arm. Mike had a labret on his top lip.

"Michael Christopher Fuentes you get in that car and go to school! You're not being late today!" A woman screamed from the door of the house next to mine.

"Okay mom I'm going! I was just saying hi to the new neighbor!"

"Oh! They moved in last night huh? Why don't you offer to drive her to school! She's awfully cute Michael!"

"Mom!"

"Alright, Alright! I get it you wanna be alone! But go to school Michael or else!" She screamed disappearing into the house.

"Awww she's cute" I giggled " But you've got to go to school mister!"

"Do you need a ride?" he laughed fixing his beanie

"No thank you I've got my car" I pointed to the tiny Mazda in the driveway.

"You sure? parking is killer "

"Yeah I'm fine really" I smiled

"What are you, a senior?"

"Yessir"

"Good, we're going to get lunch together today"

"Okay, see you at lunch Mike" I laughed as I started to walk away. I was halfway to my car
when I came across a small issue. "Mike?" I shouted to him

"Yeah?" He answered turning around immediately. I bit my lip and played with my keys in my hand.

"How do I get to school?"

"Just drive with me you'll be fine I won't kill you" he laughed motioning towards himself.

"Are you sure? you look pretty sketchy..."

"Oh shut up and come on we're gonna be late!" He said getting into his car.

I followed him and sat in the passenger seat after taking my stuff out of my pockets. He accidentally knocked a pack of cigarettes from the cupholder onto the floor.

"Smoking kills Mike" I grinned

"Oh hush" he said lighting one as he started to drive "you can smoke in here if you want, I mean, clearly "

"I'm okay" I laughed. "What's school like?"

"Uhm, I dunno really. School?"

"Do you think people will like me? I mean I don't exactly come off as friendly"

"Oh you'll be fine! Just stick with me. And if you see a blonde girl staring at you like she wants to kill you, ignore it" he said turning into the parking lot of the school.

"What!" Horror spread across my face

"Yeah my ex girlfriend. She's crazy" He made circular motions next to his head. "Hey" he said noticing the panicked look on my face "you'll be fine I promise. She's all talk she wont touch you"

"No it's not that. It's just, you met me like an hour ago and you drove me to school. Don't you think people are gonna find that weird?"

"Nope. I'll just tell the you didn't want to get lost on the way here and it's all taken care of. Now wait in here I wanna open the door for you so I can show you off"

He wiggled his eyebrows and got out of the car, running to the other side to let me out. The door opened and I stepped out onto the parking lot, and saw a head of blonde curls bouncing our way.

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