Love Is Deadly

Chapter One

    I wake up to my alarm clock blaring through my room causing me to scare myself a little. Groaning, I get out of bed rubbing my eyes. I look over to check my phone and then glance at the clock to see that it's 6:30, so I get up and begin to get ready for the day.

    I hopped in the shower and after 10 minutes of singing one direction songs I finally decided that it was time to get out, so I grabbed my towel and dry myself changing into my clothes and then proceeded to do my other morning things such as comb my hair, brush my teeth, etc.

    I put a little Perfume on and grabbed my essentials then headed downstairs. I walk in the kitchen and see my mom and dad sitting at the table drinking coffee and having small conversations.

"morning mom, morning dad".

"Good morning darling". My mom chirps while scrolling through her phone with one hand and drinking coffee with the other.

My dad doesn't say anything he just waves slightly.

"By the way mom Cassidy and I are hanging out after school". I say and then my dad glares at me, clearing his throat.

"No you are not. You are coming straight home. You and Cassidy have been hanging out all month".

My mom shrugs and mouths 'sorry' when my dad isn't looking.

As I'm fixing a cup of coffee I hear a loud thud on the floor causing all our heads to turn around to the living room.

My brother Josh was on the floor and I do the one thing that any other sibling would do. I laugh out loud.

"Thanks for waking me up". He mumbled angrily, getting up and wiping his butt off making his way into the kitchen.

"Well, maybe if you weren't up late and night making edits of Selena Gomez then maybe you would wake up on time".

"Shut up, you know you do the same about Henry Styles or whatever his name is". Josh groaned.

"It's Harry Styles and I do not make edits I just watch videos about him". I shrug.

"That's still creepy if you ask me". Josh shrugs, taking a bite of an apple.

" What's creepy is how you talk to your football friends".

"What do you mean"?

"hey babes how are you guys doing tonight, just know if we win you'll get to eat my ass tonight". I say mocking Josh and our parents gasp.

"Ava"!

"Sorry". I mumble.

I happen to check the time and notice that it's Seven o' clock so I grab my keys, and backpack then throw my hoodie on and make my way out to my car.

I sit in my car letting it heat up because it was 60 degrees outside and wait for Josh to get his slow self back here.

"After what feels like an eternity Josh finally gets in the car and says nothing as I take off to school.

"Andre's picking me up after school today by the way so don't bother waiting for me after school". Josh says as we're halfway to the school.

"Okay fine with me". I shrug as I start to pull into the school parking lot.

"Alright bye loser". I mumble to my brother as he walks out the car. He throws a peace sign up and walks over to his group of friends. I make sure to grab my phone and everything else I need and then I get out of my car and walk into the school.

I head straight over to my lockers and see my best friend Cassidy standing there with a smile upon her face.

"Guess what"! She squeals and I open my locker slightly giggling.

"What".

"Liam asked me to formal". She says jumping up and down.

"Isn't formal for another couple of months"? I question and she shrugs.

"Actually it's in December so it's not that far".

"Cassidy that's three months". I laugh and she shrugs again and we continue on talking about something else until the bell rings.

We both then parted our ways as she headed to math and I headed to English.

This class wasn't my favorite but it was the one class that would help me get into college. I'm planning on going to NYU after high school and getting my bachelor's and master's degree in English. Afterwards I would then get a job as an intern at Greyhouse Publishing.

The teacher I have right now is sort of mean but I'm not in school to like teachers so I just have to bear with her.

As soon as I sit down the teacher walks in saying a low 'good morning' and proceeds to tell us to get out our journal.

While we work on our Journals the door opens and our principal walks in with a boy next to him. The boy appeared to have light brown hair which had a grey beanie on top. His clothes consisted of a black tank top that revealed his tattoos on his arms, black skinny jeans that had so many rips in it that it honestly just looked like a piece of cloth and black vans that were scuffed up. He was attractive, don't get me wrong, but he wasn't my type.

The principal then speaks up and says "Sorry to interrupt but ladies and gent's this is our new student Noah. He just moved here from England, everyone be nice and give him a nice welcome".

Everyone waves to him and the kid throws up a peace sign and stands there looking awkward and as if he doesn't want to be here. I can't blame him.

Our teacher looks at her seating chart and then looks up at the class. She looks to where I am and points to the desk right next to me.

"Why don't you sit next to Ava".

He smirks and walks over to the empty desk and throws his back pack on the floor and sits in the chair looking at me.

I look at him and he just looks at me up and down and I then ignore him turning my attention to my teacher.

Halfway through class I'm working on my journal while listening to music and I then feel a tap on my shoulder and I look up to see the kid staring at me.

"Yes"? I ask and he looks at my paper then back to me.

"Are we supposed to have our phones out"? He asks out loud and I hope no one hears him.

"I'm just using it to listen to music". I shrug and he chuckles. He then proceeds to raise his hand and the teacher calls on him.

"Um Mrs..:. He pauses not knowing her name yet.

"Mrs. Boughen". She fills in his sentence and he nods.

"Are we supposed to be on our phones"?

"No why"? She asks and he looks at me and gives me a smirk.

"Well she said we're allowed to so I wanted to ask before taking out mine".

The teacher shakes her head and walks over to me.

"You know we are not supposed to have our phones out Ava. Give me your phone and I'm giving you detention. You'll get your phone back afterwards". She says holding out her hand for me to give her my phone. I roll my eyes and unplug my earphones from my phone, handing her my phone and she looks towards the new kid and smiles.

"Thank you Noah".

So his name is Noah. He honestly doesn't look like a Noah. He looks like a Chad, or a Jackson.

After the small encounter with my teacher I sit back and do my work catching Noah looking at me again.

"May I help you with something"? I ask him, kind of annoyed at the events that just took place due to him being stupid and arrogant.

"Do you know how to do this"? He asks.

"Yes I do but I'm not going to help you". I say sassily and he furrowed his eyebrows.

"Why"?

"What do you mean why? You just got me in trouble. Why would I help you"? I say and he chuckles.

"What's so funny"?

"Nothing".

"Well obviously there had to be something funny in order for you to laugh". I say and he laughs even more.

Before he can say anything he's interrupted by our teacher telling all of us to be quiet.

"Now, I will be assigning you partners for our next project".

The whole class groans and one of the kids raises his hand.

"Yes Jeremy".

"Can we pick our partners"?

"No. If you listen instead of talking to your friend you would have been able to understand that I said that I would be assigning your partners for you". The teacher tells Jeremy and the whole class stifles a small laugh and he rolls his eyes leaning back in his chair.

"Taylor and Joseph, Gabby and Sophia, Jessica and Charlie". The teacher then begins to say names and I wait for mine to be called.

"Ava and Noah". My heart drops and I look over to Noah who seems to be un bothered by this.

"Mrs. Boughen can I please change my Partner". I ask and she shakes her head continuing to name names.

Mrs. Boughen then starts handing out papers and I skim it through while Noah takes a glance at it and that's it before looking around the classroom.

I start to take notes on what we're working on when a familiar voice next to me says "are you excited"?

"Excited about what"?

"About us being partners". He says shrugging.

"Why would I be excited? I'm being paired with you. You're probably just going to cheat your way through it and I don't have time for that". I say rudely and he laughs.

"Calm down love. Don't want to have a heart attack". He then jokes making me roll my eyes.

"Don't call me that".

He just sits there with no expression and I sigh.

"Look I don't know why you're here and I honestly don't care. This project is strictly for this class. You're not getting a relationship out of this so if that's what you were looking for I could do the project myself". I huff angrily and Noah rolls his eyes.

"Whatever. No one said anything about relationships and if I were to get into a relationship it definitely wouldn't be with you". He arrogantly says.

I ignore him and continue to work on the paper until the teacher speaks up.

"This is due next Wednesday. So make sure you and your partner do it and turn it in on time. If it's late I will mark you both with zero's, have a good rest of your day".

The class then begins to pack up including myself.

"Don't forget about Detention today Ava". Mrs. Boughen says and I roll my eyes.

"Yeah Don't forget Ava". Noah mocks the teachers and I'm moments away from punching him in that sharp jawline of his.

"How do you know my name"?

"The teacher just called your name". He shrugs.

"You have a beautiful name". He then says as I'm packing up my stuff and head to the door.

"Thank you". I mumble quietly and he laughs again.

"What is so funny. Do you ever stop laughing"? I mutter annoyed.

"Nothing is funny except you. You act so tough and I find that funny".

"I'm not tough, it's called being smart enough to know when I'm being played. I'm not in for your sick little games so you can give it up".

He walks in front of me at the door and stops me from walking out.

"Oh, Trust me love. The games have just begun". He whispers in my ear and backs away smirking before walking out to his next class.