Paradise had walked to school today, usually her mom drives her, but she got drunk again last night and hasn't been home since.Sometimes its so hard to love her...  She thought. When she got there, she quickly ran to her locker, none of her friends were their yet. She looked around, nonchalauntly, and noticed noone she knew were here yet. So she got her writing notebook out, and sat on the floor, and continued her story.

Joshua, backpack slung on his shoulder, strode into the school and took a sweeping look around. He frowned, seeing nobody, and glanced back down at the paper in his hand. "Locker 345," he mumbled to himself, searching it out. 

When he finally found his locker, he noticed the girl sitting on the floor next to it, writing something down. He shrugged, ignoring her, and yanked it open. He shoved his backpack in and glanced at the paper to figure out what his first clas s was. 

"Atta girl," he mumbled, pulling out his science books. "Well," he said as the bell clanged overhead. "I gotta get to my first clas s. Science." He started to walk away, looking at his paper. "See you around. Or not."

( Are they both going to have science? Or is she in a different clas s :P ) 

(( I'll have her take science too :P ))

Paradise's eyes became wide when she heard that they had the same cl*censored*. Her face turned redder, as she quickly got her books, and procrasinated to get to cl*censored*.

(( If you dunno what i mean by Procrasinated, say it like i spelled it, cuz i have no idea how its really spelled hehe :PPP ))

When she got to cl*censored*, she saw some of her friends sitting in the front, but there wasn't enough room. (( they didn't have *censored*igned seats...)) So she sat in the back, with another one of her friends, that wasn't as talkitive. "hey Eddie.." He said . "hi" And they started talking about different subjects...

Josh sauntered in, scanning the room for any available seats. Just then the teacher happened to walk in, and clapped him on the back. he grimaced, but stayed silent. "Students!" he called. "Josh here just moved to our school and I expect you to welcome him."

A few of the girls looked him over with appreciative eyes, but Josh ignored everyone and plunked into the only seat left, which was next to Paradise. He sighed, trying to ignore the hustle and bustle around him, and all the eyes watching him. 

Josh had his arms folded on his desk the entire clas s, and his head set ontop of them. He tried to pay attention to the teacher, but he kept catching Paradise look at him subtly. Sighing, he pulled out a sheet of paper, grabbed a pen, and scribbled down a message on it. He shoved it onto her desk, and looked away quickly. It read:

"Am I really that attractive, that you keep looking at me? ;)" 

She looked at the note, then rolled her eyes.

Your not very attractive on the inside, i can see that by the way you treat people.

She didn't even give him eye contact, as she threw it back on his desk.

Josh raised his eyebrows as he read it over a few times, smiling a little on the inside. She hadn't denied that he was attractive on the outside.

"I treat people the way I've been treated. Wouldn't you want to shove your pain and misery onto someone else?" 

She still kept frowning as she replyed.

So your saying, since i mostly live by myself because my mom is never home, and my dad's dead, that i should treat everyone else as if im miserable and lonely, because i really am? NO...

Josh only shook his head, and wrote down six words.

"At least you had a family." 

She looked at the note for a long time.
Don't treat me like im nothing, and then expect sympathy....

After she p*censored*ed the note to him, she felt guilty. She looked away, so he couldn't notice.

Josh chuckled under his breath when he read her words, not feeling anything bitter. Rather, he felt a little bit warmer on the inside; finally someone who dared tell him what they really think, and could look past the pretty outershell.

He pas sed her the note in silence.

"I never said I wanted any sympathy. I just tell it as it is. And I'm curious, how did your mom die? You said your name was Paradise, right? Pretty." 

She smiled. Alot of people actually say her name was pretty, but for some reason if made her feel good coming from him. But she couldn't figure out why.

It was my dad that died...My mom's alive, but sometimes it feel's like she's dead because she's never around. Anyways, I usually don't tell people how he died, i can't trust anyone these days :P

Josh chuckled, scribbling his answer with a new found enthusiasm. It was a wonder how they didn't get caught.

I'll tell you my secret if you tell me your's? ;P