(Your POV)

It sucked when I walked back into class. Mr. Philpot was writing on the board and when I walked in he stared me down all the way to my seat.

     "Have anything you would like to tell the class?" He asks crossing his arms at me. I sigh and nod my head.

     "Actually I do want to say something." I say standing up and walking to the front of the class. Mr. Philpot looks at me shocked but steps to the side to give me some room.

     "How long did it take me? 10 minutes? 5 minutes? 8 minutes? Whatever the actual time was I apparently have to tell the whole class as to why I was late." I say with a forced smile.

     "Actually that's not what I'm asking you at-" I start to laugh, cutting him.

     "So I went to the bathroom as I said and realized I was on my lady days. For guys who don't know what that is that's my period. Anyways I realized I didn't have anything and went to go search for my best friend. Found her after a little bit and got what I needed and went to the bathroom again. Here I am..... 10 minutes later I believe? I still don't know the time that I was gone. Anyways I'm sorry class but that was the reason as to why I was late." I say taking a bow. Probably one of the best lies I have ever told.

     Everyone in the class starts clapping along with laughing and cheering. I glance over at Mr. Philpot who's at a loss of words. I confidently walk back to my seat and sit down.

     "Enjoy this free day." Mr. Philpot finally says while setting down the marker and walking to his desk. I start laughing and take out my phone.

     The bell rung catching me off guard and I realized it was finally time for C lunch. I grabbed my bag and said bye to Mr. Philpot while I walked out the door. He didn't bother saying bye to me.

     I saw Hope at a table by herself on her phone. Well looks like she grabbed our table from last year, which I'm thankful for. I sit down next to her and look down at her phone.

     "Who you texting? You're boyfriend?" I ask, playfully nudging her. Evan sits down across from us and sets down his lunch tray.

     "That's weird, where's you're boyfriend at now?" Evan asks looking around. He stops looking and starts to wave at someone. Hope looks up from her phone to see who Evan is waving at.

     Craig and Brian start walking this way with a guy I haven't seen before walking next to Craig. They walk to our table and sit down around us. Hope and I both stare at the guy next to Craig.

      The guy was around the same height as Craig and Brian. He has pure black hair with an undercut hair style. He looked pretty muscular and was pretty tan. He looked like the guy that every girl dreamed of.

     "Guys this is Cristiano, he's a foreign exchange student from Italy." Craig says. Hope gaps and covers her mouth.

     "Like..... like the soccer player.... Cristiano Ronaldo?" Hope asks. The guys smiles and nods his head.

     "Yes like the futbol player." He says, of course his Italian accent coming in. Hopes jaw drops and looks over at me.

     "Wait a second..... How in the hell do we already have a foreign exchange student on the first fucking day of school?" Evan asks looking at Craig. Craig shrugs his shoulders and looks down at the table.

     "He started school a month before we did and both our school and his school thought it would be best to start on our first day of school for Cristiano here to get the best experience out of Lakeview." Craig says, slapping a hand on Cristiano's shoulder. My phone buzzed in my hand. I glanced down at it and see a long paragraph that Hope sent me.

     1 his name is Cristiano...... a famous soccer player! Not to mention my FAVORITE MALE ONE! 2, he's from Italy..... they're famous for soccer there so that could only mean one thing..... he could possibly play soccer or rugby. 3, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT HIM?! I MEAN GOOD LORD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL! 4, foreign exchange student..... he can't escape for at least a couple months..... I'm kidding (Y/N), but seriously he is pretty good looking! I look over at Hope who sets down her phone and looks at Craig and Cristiano.

     "So Cristiano or can I call you Cris? Anyways do you play socc- I mean..... futbol by any chance?" She asks him. He starts to smile at her.

     "Cris is fine and uh yeah. I play futbol. Actually my family is huge into it. We went to the World Cup about three years ago, here I'll show you." He says while taking out his phone. Hope grabs onto my leg and starts hitting it while keeping calm on the facial region.

     "I'm sorry but I realized something. You're oddly good at English, I mean you still have your accent but you speak English really well." Evan says chiming in again. Cris looks up from his phone.

     "Yeah, for a couple years I lived in Ireland but than moved to Italy. Not to mention both of my parents speak English as well as Italian so I can speak both." He says before looking down at his phone again.

     Evan and Brian look at each other and take out their phones as well. Craig looks between Hope and Cris as Cris shows Hope the pictures and sighs to himself. Is Hope already forgetting about Craig that fast? My god she needs to slow down.

     I get into my book bag and pull out a bag of chips as well as my pop that I brought for lunch and open up the chips. My phone buzzes again and I glance down and see that Evan texted me.

     You're probably thinking the same thing that I am...... on how Hope already replaced Craig. I glance up at Evan but he continues to tap at his phone.

     I know...... hey, what did you want to talk to me about by the way? Now that we have a chance to talk? I text Evan back. From the corner of my eye I see Evan stop texting for a minute and go back to texting.

     To be honest I was going to tell you that Craig actually likes Hope back. But since Hope has Cris now..... I shake my head and look over at Hope. Who's laughing like she's five. Definitely not her usual laugh. These next few months better go by quickly.