My alarm went off and I awoke confused at my surroundings. I then realised that I didn’t dream last night and quickly got up and dressed for school. I chose to wear a Blink 182 top and red skinny jeans with my black converse. I walked upstairs and saw that my mum was the only other person up in the house. I said good morning and grabbed my usual bowl and some cornflakes and milk. I sat at the dining room table and ate it thinking about how today was going to happen. I was very tired i had practically no sleep last night and it was killing me already.

It was quarter to eight and my mum told me that we had to leave. I didn’t have a drivers licence in America yet, so i couldn’t drive to school but at least i got to learn the route so that when i got my licence tomorrow i could get to school easily. We got to school at five to eight and i could see people waiting outside the school just talking to their friends. This school was big but only because it was spread out across about nine acres of land. I got out and slung my bag over my shoulder and said bye to my mum. As she drove off it suddenly hit me that i knew no one here. I slowly walked into the reception to get my timetable. The receptionist was really nice I just smiled awkwardly at her as she passed me my timetable. I looked down at it and saw that I had Maths first. Joy. The receptionist pointed me in the right direction and i walked off to class.

When I got to the door i saw that i was one of the last people in the room so i just stood at the door not knowing where to sit. Loads of people just looked at me. Luckily the teacher walked in so everyone just sat down and looked at her. She looked at me and then turned to the class and said, “Good morning, as you can tell this is a new student at our school. Her name is Charlie, she used to live in England but is now living here. I hope you all are nice to her!” she turned to me then she handed me a workbook and pointed to a guy at the back of the class, “Go and take a seat next to Mr Gaskarth please” I looked at her and nodded. I then looked at ‘Mr Gaskarth’. He had scruffy looking dark brown hair that stopped just above his shoulders. As i walked over to him i noticed he was wearing a plain red t-shirt and black skinny jeans. We both awkwardly smiled at each other as I sat down. He was the first one to talk,

“Hey, I’m Alex by the way not ‘Mr Gaskarth’ as she said” I just chuckled and replied,

“Hiya Alex, you already know my names Charlie” He laughed and stared at me for a bit until i said, “What?”
“Oh nothing your accent is kinda cute” I just laughed. Everyone turned round to stare at me so i just looked at the table.

“I didn’t realise I had an accent to be honest” We both laughed then.

“Where abouts in England did ya used to live then?”

“Umm in the south-east of Kent”

“Really!?”

“Yeah why?”

“Because I used to live in Essex when i was younger!”

“Awesome”

For the rest of the lesson we just talked for a bit and did our work. Once the lesson was over i got out my
timetable and he looked at it over my shoulder. “You have English next, awh I don’t sorry”

“Don’t be sorry i’m sure i’ll cope” Alex then chuckled and walked off to his next class as i walked to mine.
For the rest of the day I got introduced to the class in the same way and put at the back of the class but it was never next to anyone who wanted to talk they just gave me a dodgy look as if i was an alien and got on with their work. At the end of school I called my mum up and told her to come and collect me. She said she’d be a while since there was some things she was sorting out at home. I decided to go and sit down on a little brick wall and wait. After about two minutes i heard someone shout ‘Charlie’ at the top of their lungs. I turned around to see Alex standing with another guy staring at me and becoming me to go over to them. Reluctantly i got up and stated walking over and he just laughed.

“Hey Alex” I said awkwardly

“Hey Charlie! This is Jack and Jack this is Charlie the new English Child.” Alex introduced us as I laughed

“Hiya Say something. Something in an English accent that’ll be funny!” Jack asked
“Errm, I don’t really know what to say Jack” I laughed it off. Alex then turned to me and said,

“So why were you sitting on the wall by yourself?”

“Because I have no friends and I was waiting for my mum”

“Oh right well Jack and I will be your friends, wont we Jack?” Jack nodded “When’s your mum gunna be picking you up?”

“I dunno. She said she’ll be a while because she’s busy sorting out stuff at home” I looked at the ground “I live only about a ten minute drive away but I don’t know how long it’ll take me to walk and to be honest I can’t be bothered” They both started laughing

“Well I drop Jack off at his house which is about five minutes away so I could drop you off afterwards if you’d like?”

“Umm...Sure! That’d be brilliant, thank you!” I must have made myself look ridiculous because they both started laughing again.

“Might wanna get in the car you guys. Don’t want to be at school forever.”

“You got that right” Both Jack and I said at the same time. We looked at each other before laughing and getting in the car. Jack got in the front next to Alex and I got in and sat in the middle at the back of the car.
Alex’s car was a small, red, five seater. It had a few empty beer cans on the floor at the back. All in all it wasn’t that untidy. My car back home was way worse than this. It looked like it was about five years old because of the scuffs and the wear and tear of the fabric on the seats. It smelled like pine trees so i looked at the mirror and saw the traditional green tree hanging from it. You could tell from the condition that it was in that Alex hadn’t had the car very long and was treating it as his own son. While we were driving I saw Jack go into the glove box he got out a disk, put it in and pressed play. Automatically both Jack and Alex were singing (or shouting) loudly along to ‘What’s My Age Again?’ By Blink 182. I sat in the back singing along quietly.

We arrived at Jacks pretty quickly and when he got out Alex told me to sit in the front next to him. I got out the car and Jack gave me an awkward hug goodbye. I then got into the car next to Alex. We both looked out the window and waved at Jack who was just going into his house. Then Alex turned to me, “So where we going now?”

“Umm...” I thought for a moment trying to remember what my Mum had said the night before. Once i remembered I told Alex.

“Oh right yeah I know that place it’s only about a ten minute drive to my house from there. How come you don’t have a car then?” He asked as he drove off.

“I’m getting it tomorrow since i only just moved here basically this morning I’m getting my licence checked out and I’m buying a car tomorrow too!”

“Awesome, I’ll see it at school then!” I laughed

“Yeah you will. See what heap of trash I buy” We both laughed then “nahh i’m not that bad when it comes to cars. I’m tempted to get a licence for a motorbike but I’ll stick with a car for now”

“Yeah, might be the best idea” he chuckled nervously

“True that!” We both laughed as he stopped the car in front of my house.

“Here we are!” Alex exclaimed.

“Yep” I smiled at him “Thank you by the way I know you didn’t have to”

“That’s cool as I said i don’t live to far away so its fine!”

“Did you want to come in for a coffee or whatever?” I asked politely

“Umm yeah sure if you’re offering” He laughed as he turned off the engine.

“C’mon then!” I said as we got out the car. Once i had got my bag out the car and had shut the door Alex pressed a button to make the car lock. We both walked up the driveway to my house then i knocked on the door. My mum answered and exclaimed,

“Hey Charlie, Who’s this?”

“Mum this is Alex, Alex this is my mum, Liz” I said pointing to them. “Alex was the first person to talk to me today and he drove me home so to return the favour i thought he could come in for a coffee or something”

“That’s fine! Thank you for driving her home Alex” My mum said to Alex.

“That’s okay Liz” Alex said awkwardly. My mum then just walked off into the front room and started talking to some guy about internet. Alex and I walked into the kitchen and I put on the kettle and started getting the drinks ready as Alex started to look around. “It seems quite homely already and you haven’t been here twenty four hours yet, impressive!” He said as he glanced into the front room.

“Yeah it’s all coming together pretty quickly” I said as i passed him his coffee “C’mon, you don’t want to listen to my mum talking about internet for the rest of the time you’re here” I laughed as i walked off towards the stairs. As I started to walk down the stairs Alex stopped and looked at me weirdly,

“Why are you going down the stairs?”

“Because that’s where my room-”

“No that’s where the basement is”

“This one is converted, calm down” We both laughed as we continued to walk down the stairs. When we got to the bottom I walked over to the middle of my room and sat down cross legged. Alex just laughed and then sat down with me. Then something caught his eye and he said,

“You play guitar?”

“Yeah kinda, I’ve just started learning so i’m a bit iffy. I’m guessing you do then?”

“Awesome, yeah I do I’m in a little band actually”

“Really? That’s pretty cool, what’s your name?”

“All Time Low, it’s taken from a lyric in a New Found Glory song, Head On Collision”

“Right so you’re in a band and you like new found glory, you’re awesome!” Alex laughed at that

“Thanks, you’re pretty awesome too”

“Oh yeah? Why’s that?” I smiled a bit then he just looked at me.

“You have an accent that is amazing, you kinda know how to play the guitar, you like Blink 182 and New Found Glory so you have a good taste in music, you’re pretty cute and you make an amazing coffee!” I just looked at him not knowing what to say. He looked back. Then he slowly put down his coffee, still looking into my eyes, and he leaned in to kiss me. As he did one of his hands went behind my head. He was so gentle and an amazing kisser. Words cannot describe how it felt. I wanted it to last forever.

Then I heard my mum clear her throat. Alex started to smile so out kiss was now over, thanks mum. I turned around to see my mum with her arms folded across her chest staring at me. Alex was the first one to speak, “I guess I better be off, my mum will be expecting me.”

“Yeah, okay. I’ll see you at school?” I replied

“Yeah” He laughed as he got up. I started to get up when he said, “It’s cool I’ll show myself out.”

“Okay, See ya” Both me and my mum watched as he made his way up the stairs. Not a word was said until we heard the front door close. “Hello mother, how nice of you to drop by” I said sarcastically.

“Hello Charlie” She took a deep breath as she tried to think of what to say. “Why were you kissing that boy?” I picked up both of the coffee mugs from the floor and replied

“His name is Alex and I don’t know, it just happened.”

“Charlie, you’ve known him for a day and you’re already doing that? I expected more from you” I took one final mouthful of coffee and nearly choked on it.

“You expected more from me?” I walked past her and headed up the stairs. She then followed me, “I’m not talking about this with you”

“I just wanted to tell you that you shouldn’t rush into things-”

“No you wanted to but in and moan at me. I can look after myself. I’m seventeen years old!” I put the mugs on the side and ran downstairs. Then I shouted up the stairs, “And we need a door for the bottom of these stairs!”

I went and sat on my bed and got my guitar out of its case and just sat there with it on my lap. Even though I didn’t want her to be I couldn’t help thinking that my mum was right. To be honest it was just an accident, he’s probably already got a girlfriend and this kiss was my entire fault. I sat there for about 20 minutes thinking then I heard my mum slowly coming down the stairs. When she got to the bottom of the stairs I saw that she had a small box in her hand. I was instantly intrigued and got up and walked over to her, “What ya got?” I asked my mum

“I got you a phone today since your one is no longer able to be used, I thought I’d give it to you now to cheer you up and say sorry about before”

“A phone? Awesome, thank you mum! And its fine you were just being overly motherly, as usual” We both laughed as she handed me the box.

“Hope you like it. By the way dinner is ready” I looked down at the box in my hand. A white IPhone. Yeah I guess I could forgive my mum now.