1 Senior Year Begins

Jimmy's POV

Hey my name is James Issac Taylor but my friends call me Jimmy and I am a real bonafide genius. Yep I had an intellect way pass my age group capable of doing college graduate level studies before I even entered middle school. I spent most of my time working on inventions such as an artificial intelligence. Because of that right now I'm slowly getting dressed while my mom shouts at me to hurry up. You see it was the first day of school and I was exhausted. It took fifteen minutes but I finally got ready and down the stairs

"You're going to be late" my mom said

"Sorry mom. I was up late trying to get my invention to work. I barely got any sleep" I yawned taking a seat and started eating my breakfast

"I told you to stop working on your inventions so late into the night" she said

"I know but I was so close to finishing it. I swear I almostgot it working. So I told myself what's another five minutes. But then five minutes turned to thirty minutes and that became five hours and by that point it was already too late to go to sleep" I tried explaining but she only sighed

"I don't know what I'm going to do with you. Hurry up and eat your breakfast"

"Okay mom"

"Oh by the way Jimmy your father and I won't be here when you get home okay today" mom said

"Why not?" I asked

"Your dad's gonna be out of town for a management meeting and I'm working late at the shop" she said

"Another management meeting? Again? Isn't the company doing this a bit too frequently? I feel like I barely get to see Dad these days"

"I know Jimmy but It's not your father's fault. It's out of his control. We just have to bare with it"

"I know mom. I'm just making an observation. But am I suppose to eat for dinner? Surelyyou aren't expecting me to cook" I asked

"There should be pie left over from last night's dinner and if you don't want that just order something" she said taking up her bag

"Okay mom" I said before she checked the time

"Oh no look at the time I have to open the store" mom said heading for the door

"Bye mom" I said

"Bye Jimmy love you" she said

"Love you too" I said as she walked out.

I continued eating my breakfast when I heard my name being called so I looked out the window and saw my two best friends. Carlton Augustus Stewart but we just call him Carl, an red hair overweight germaphobe with freckles and is totally obsessed with llamas and Carlos Antonio Estevez, a Mexican boy who is a total and complete comic fanboy going as far as creating his own fanfics. The three of us have been friends since I came to town all those years ago

"Sup guys" I said

"Hey Jimmy you ready" they asked

"Yeah just let me finish eating" I said eating the last piece of pancake and drinking the orange juice in one gulp before putting away the plate

"Come on Jimmy we're going to be late" Carl said as I came out of the house and locked the door

"Sorry guys" I said as I opened my car door and got in

"Shotgun" Carlos said

"No fair Carlos you always ride shotgun" Carl said

"Because you're too slow Llama boy" he laughed

"Come on guys we're late" I said

"Fine" Carl pouted sitting in the back and Carlos sat beside me before we drove off

Sophia's POV

"Sophie darling" my mom yelled from the living room.

"Yes mom!" I yelled as I combed my hair in the ponytail. My name is Sophia Aurora Vortex and I'm a bit of a prodigy. I am a straight A student, though I always come second place to stupid Jimmy, a pianist and a karate master. I was also incredibly popular because of my good looks

"Do you want me to drive you to school before I leave for work?" Mom yelled

"Don't worry mom Nick's picking me up" I yelled

"Okay. Sophie darling remember I'll be out of town for a while. I have a management meeting for a couple days" mom yelled

"Okay bye mom!" I yelled.

I assumed she left right after that because I didn't hear anything after that. I sighed as I got up and walked over to the window and looked outside to see Jimmy rushing to find a shirt which I found hilarious and when he found a red shirt with the atom symbol on it he turned towards his window showing his six packs which made me blush but the blush went away when it was completely on.

I watched as his combed his hair going from hair style to the other then suddenly I heard Nick's horn beep so I looked down to see him in his blue convertible honking his horn

"I'm coming" I said as I ran down the stairs and walked over to the car and opened the door

"Hey babe" he said kissing my lips. This is Nicholas King. The most popular guy in town and my boyfriend of four years. His parents owned the largest car dealership in town

"Why were you so late" I said after he stopped

"Sorry babe I had something to take care of" he said leaning back in the driver's seat

"Well I hope it was important because now I'm gonna be late for the first day of senior year" I said upset as I folded my arms and looked out the window to see Carl and Carlos walking up the street

"Hey Sophie" they called out to me

"What's up guys. You going to see Jimmy?" I asked

"Yeah he's driving us to school" Carl said

"Want to come?" Carlos asked

"Sorry guys I-' I said before Nick cut me off

"She can't she's late" he said before he drove away.

"What the hell was that about?" I asked

"I thought you said you were late" he said not looking at me

"Don't you see I was talking to my friends" I said

"Come on babe those losers don't deserve to be your friends" he said

"Excuse me what's that suppose to mean? Who are you to tell who does and doesn't deserve to be my friend" I asked

"I wasn't trying to..."

"It sure sounded like you were" I said

"You know what nevermind. Let's just drop it and pretend I said nothing" he said.

The rest of the trip was made in silence. Soon we arrived and I got out of the car but he remained in his seat

"Aren't you coming to school?" I asked

"Nah I'm suspended" he said with a smirk

"It's the first day" I said

"I know" he said before he drove away before I shook my head and walked away.

Soon I saw Libby talking with two girls about some new earpods

"Hey Libbs" I said walking over to her

"Hey girl what's up?" I asked after the other two left. This was my bestfriend and Carlos' girlfriend Liberty Danielle Hall or Libby for short. She is a musical talent that can do play almost any instrument, sings any genre and even dance and DJ. All in all the girl was a freaking beast destined for greatness

"Nothing" I said

"You sure because you look like you're about to pop a vein" she said

"It's Nick" I said

"I should have known. What are you fighting about now?" she asked holding back a sigh

"Can you believe he had the nerve to pick me up late and make up some stupid excuse about having something to do and of course he wouldn't even tell what it was" I said

"Is that it" she laughed

"No he also said something about Carl and Carlos" I said

"Oh hell no what did he say about my man" Libby said upset

"He said those losers aren't good enough to be my friends" I said

"So where he at? she asked

"Libby" I said

"Come on Soph nobody trash talks my man like that and gets away with it" Libby said

"Who's talking about me?" Carlos asked walking up to us alongside Carl

"No one" I lied

"You sure because Libby looks angry and she's only angry when someone messes with her music or talks bad things about me" Carlos said

"You know me so well my Comic Book king" Libby said in a baby talk

"Of course my Shinning one. You're my favorite topic of conversation" Sheen said slightly kissing her lips

"You two have a weird relationship. But It's cute" I said

"At least they aren't fighting all the time" Carl joked

"Yeah and it's not the cute play fight she did with Jimmy" Libby said

"Where is Taylor anyway?" I asked

"Oh he went inside already" Carlos said before the bell rang.

We all went our separate ways. Carlos walked Libby to her music class, Carl went to his bio class and I went to my chemistry class just before the second bell

"You're late" the teacher said not even looking at me as I walked in

"Um the bell just rang" I said

"And so? Students of this class are expected to always be here fifteen minutes before the bell rings" she said continuing to look at the file in her hand

'I'm sorry. My boyfriend-" I started before she cut me off

"So you're one of them" she said

"One of them?" I asked confused

"Please take a seat Miss Vortex" she said finally looking up at me.

"Yes miss" I said as I looked around to see that all the seats in the class were filled except for one and just guess who it had to be beside of.

"Something wrong Miss Vortex" she said

"No" I said as I walked to the seat and put my bag on the ground next to my chair

"Okay class now that everyone is here. Let's begin first off I must congratulate you on successfully making it to your senior year. Give yourselves a hand" she said

"But everything from here on out will be ten times harder. For starters all homework and assignments must be given a day prior to the due date to get full marks. So if the work's due on Monday I expect to have on my porch by Sunday morning, As I told Miss Vortex earlier in order to be early for this class you have to be here thirty minutes before the bell rings"

"I thought you said fifteen?" some guy asked

"That was to be on time. To be considered early you must be here fifteen minutes before that and in the future try not to interrupt me Mr. Issac" she said

"Now all students should carry their own equipment in order to do any graded activity unless he or she as a valid reason. And just so you know, Miss Vortex boyfriend trouble is not a valid reason and finally no one should get any lower than a B+ on any graded piece and all work are graded. If a student does in fact get this grade three times a request form will be given to them so that they may drop the class and if they fail to comply they will transferred to a class of my choosing. Do I make myself clear" she said sternly

"Yes ma'am" the class said

"Good as for lab partners the person sitting beside you will be your partner for the entire year" she said

"Just perfect" he said sarcastically as I sighed

"Now let's begin and just so you know you have homework due tomorrow" she said as she turned to the board and so the class started.

The day went by relatively fast. School had just ended and I was waiting on Nick when he walked pass with his head buried in a book

"Hey Taylor" I said catching up to him

"So you do remember me" he said not looking up from his book

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked

"What do you want Vortex?" he asked still not looking up

"It's about the homework for chem class" I said

"Yeah what about it?" he asked

"I was wondering if we're going to do it at your house or mines" I asked

"Does it really matter we practically live the same place?" he asked annoyed

"Can you just pick a house" I said irritated by his attitude

"Fine you can come over to my house" he said before I heard Nick's car horn

"Okay see you at six" I said

"Six" he said as he stopped walking

"Yeah I have piano lessons now" I said

"Fine" he said before he walked away.

I walked over to Nick and got in the car

"What was that about?" he asked

"What was what about me?" I asked

"You talking to Taylor" he said

"Oh that's nothing" I said

"That didn't seem like nothing" he said

"It's really nothing. Plus it is not really any of your business what I talk about with Taylor" I said turning my head still upset about his comment about my friends

"The hell it isn't!" he yelled immediately getting everyone's attention

"What the hell Nick people are staring" I said

"Let them I want to know what you were talking to Taylor about and we're not leaving until you tell me what you were doing with him" he said

"Maybe you're not but I sure as hell am" I said as I walked out and walked away.

After that huge fiasco I went to my piano lesson but had to leave early because I was too upset to play so I went home and started to study.

I studied for a long period of time until I lost track of time when I heard the doorbell so I got up and went to the door to see Libby standing there

"Hey girl what's up?" I asked

"Apparently I should be asking you" she said walking in

"So you heard about the argument" I said

"Girl the whole school heard" she said as she sat on a stool in the kitchen

"Great an excellent way to start the school year" I said sarcastically as I sat beside her

"So what were you talking to Jimmy about?" she asked

"We have a project and we were discussing where to do it" I said as she got a scandalous look

"The project Libby" I said

"Really so when do you plan on going?" she asked

"Around six" I said

"No you aren't" she said taking out her phone

"Why not?" I asked as she showed me her phone

"Because it's almost eight" she said

"Oh crap I'm late" I said as I ran up the stairs and straight to the shower.

About half an hour later I came down wearing a pink T-shirt, a blue tight jeans and red sneakers as they were the closest things I could grab after my shower

"See you later Libby" I said

"Bye" she said as she plugged in her earpiece

"Hey Libby want to have a sleepover tonight" I asked

"Don't you have to ask your mom" she asked

"No she won't be home for a while. Management meeting" I said

"Okay I'll tell my mom" she said as i walked out.

I ran over to Jimmy's yard and knocked on the door until he opened

"So you finally decide to show your face" he said

"Sorry I lost track of time" I said

"Let me guess boyfriend troubles" he said

"You have no idea. Anyway can I come in?" I asked

"Do what you like but I'm just going out" he said as he stepped out

"And where are you going?" I asked

"To my lab" he said walking away

"But what about the project. We're suppose to mix elements together and write a report about what happens" I said walking behind him

"Well all my equipment is in the lab" he said putting his hand on the hand scanner

"What happened to the DNA scanner?" I asked as the door opened

"Too many people had a lock of my hair and it really hurts" he said walking in with me following.

I was always impress by his lab. If anyone walked in would honestly think this was an ordinary kid's club house well before the walls split apart and an elevator opened and he stepped in

"You coming?" he asked

"Yeah" I said as I walked in and he pressed the button for the final floor.

After we arrived I noticed everything in the lab had been upgraded. It was as if every piece of technology felt like it was from a professional science lab

"Wow Jimmy where did you get all this stuff?" I asked

"The island of nonya" he said and I quickly figured out the rest.

"Okay fine. Where are the equipment?" I asked

"Here Goddard. Here boy" he called as Goddard came running up to us. Goddard was Jimmy's pet dog. He has been with Jimmy's ever since he moved into town as a little pup that always use to follow him around

He looked at Jimmy then at me before he jumped on me and started licking my face

"I missed you too boy" I laughed

"Okay boy Goddard can you make sure she doesn't touch anything while I go get my chemistry set please" he said before I glared angrily at him and Goddard whimpered at his cold statement as he left

As soon as he came back we changed into our lab coats and starting working. We took turns writing the reports and mixing the elements.

About two hours later I was mixing two elements when Jimmy went over to a vending machine in the corner and started to search for a coin that he failed to find

"Damn it" he said hitting his head on the machine as I chuckled and searched for a coin

"Here" I said as he turned towards me and I threw the coin

"Thanks" he said with an charming smile that made me blush and accidentally throw too much of the element I was mixing at the time creating a green smoke. We both freaked out when we saw the smoke then we ran to the elevator and went back to the surface.

"DAMN IT VORTEX WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING BACK THERE?!" he yelled

"What are you screaming at me for" I said as the elevator stopped

"I don't know. Maybe because there's a potentially poisonous gas in my lab and IT'S YOUR FAULT!" he yelled as we walked out

"COME ON IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. WHY THE HELL ARE YOU BEHAVING LIKE THIS?" I yelled back as we walked to the house

"DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME TO GET RID OF THAT SMOKE?!" He yelled

"CAN'T YOU JUST SUCK UP THE GAS?!" I yelled back

"AND PUT IT WHERE?" He yelled

"YOU'RE UNDERGROUND JUST PUT IT THERE" I yelled back

"Whatever Vortex" he said as he began walking away

"What's your problem Taylor. I've been trying to be nice to you all day but all you've doing is behaving like a jerk" I said

"What's my problem? What's your problem. First of all we haven't even said hi to each other in god knows how long and you just want to come back and pretend that everything is fine" he ranted angrily

"Look I know we've been out of touch for a while but all I'm trying to do is be a good friend and we're lab partners we have to talk each other" I said

"Maybe you should stop. Maybe I don't want your friendship. Just because we're lab partners doesn't mean we're friends" he said turning towards me

"Wow Taylor I thought your ego would have shrunk along with your head but I guess not" I said

"Why does every argument we have has to involve my head size" he said

"Maybe because-" I said before both our stomach growled.

We stood there silently and embarrassed before breaking out into laughter

"Okay okay. Let's call a truce" he said

"Fine do you have anything to eat around here?" I asked as he went into the kitchen with me following and opened the fridge

"Nothing but last night dinner" he said

"Which was?" I asked

"Blackberry pie" he said

"I'm allergic to blackberry" I said

"So what we order food?" he asked

"Isn't there anything to cook in there?" I asked

"Um nope" he said closing the fridge awkwardly fast

"You sure" I said skeptical

"Yep" he said moving away

"And if I said you were lying" I said walking towards the fridge

"Why would I lie?" he asked sweating as he jumped in front of the fridge door

"Maybe because the boy genius can't cook" I said

"Are you kidding of course I can cook" he said sweating

"Then you wouldn't mind moving out of the way" I said

"Um...no" he said nervously

"Then why aren't you moving?" I asked with a cheeky smile

"Because I don't want you to release all the cold air" he said grabbing tightly

"I didn't want to do this but you leave me no choice" I said as I smiled rising my hands up

"You wouldn't" he said before I started tickling him

"No.....fair....Sophie" he said in between his laughter

"Just give up Taylor" I said as I continued and soon enough he moved from the fridge door and I opened it to see everything needed to make spaghetti and meatballs

"How did that get there. I think I need to get my eyes checked" he said

"Mm hmm" I said before he sigh

"Fine Vortex I can't cook" he said in defeat

"Don't worry that's why I'm here" I said as I walked passed him and turned on the stove

"Anything I can do to help" he asked

"How about retrieving the project that's due tomorrow" I said playfully

"Looks like I'm about to clean up your mistake again" he said playfully before he walked out.

After around forty five minutes he came back

"Wow something smells great" I heard Jimmy's voice say as he walked into the kitchen to see me setting the table

"You're back" I said

"Yeah" he said smiling

"Sit down I'll get the food" I said

"Sure" he said taking a seat before I walked over to the pot and took up the pot.

We ate rather quickly and began having a conversation

"Wow Sophie I forgot how much of an amazing cook you are?" he said smiling

"Thanks. So what about the smoke?" I asked

"I took your advice" he said

"And?" I asked

"Some bugs might be dead but everything else is fine" he said

"You know I just thought of something" he said

"What is it?"I asked

"This could have been a great time to test out this Goddard bot I'm working on by letting it suck up the smoke from the beginning" he laughed

'I guess you're right" I laughed as well

"Um Taylor can you tell me when we lost touch?" I asked

"September 1 at exactly 7 hours, 45 minutes and 12 seconds. I had just returned from summer camp and was planning on apologizing on the way we ended things in middle school but I saw you kissing Nick" he explained

"I'm so sorry you had to see that. I was planning on calling to tell you but-" I apologized tears threatening to fall from my eyes

"It's fine. I mean why would you tell me I was just your ex. Anyways after that you started coming by less" he said

"I stayed away from you" I said coming to realization

"More like your boyfriend made you stay away from me" he said

"There's no way Nick would do something like that" I said

"Really Vortex. Even Carlos notices how he reacts when our name are even in the same sentence" he said as I think back to all the times he pulled me the other way when Jimmy was coming down the road or he drove off when Carlos asked me to come over to Jimmy's or he would get angry if I'm even near Jimmy

"Don't worry Jimmy. Nick really is a nice guy but he just gets jealous too easily" I said as I went over to end of the table he was sitting at and took up his empty plate

"What's there to be jealous about. There's nothing but chemistry between us" he said as our eyes met making me stop and stare at him

"Right nothing but chemistry" I said not noticing the distance between our faces closing

"Nothing but chemistry" he said as our lips met in a passionate kiss which our tongues soon got involved in.

We kissed for five minutes before breaking for air.

I stood beside him watching him as he sat in the chair watching me.

We stared at each other for another five minutes before Jimmy's mom walked in

"Sophie what are you doing here at this hour?" she asked as I quickly stood up straight

"Um I was....I was just..." I said completely flustered

"Don't worry mom we just had a project that's due tomorrow" Jimmy said

"Oh that's okay but you should really go home it's rather late"

"May I ask what time is it?" I asked

"Um it's midnight" she said

"Oh crap I lost track of time" I freaked as I looked for my bag

"You didn't carry a bag Sophie" Jimmy informed me

"That means I left my key in my house" I sighed

"What about your mom. Can't she let you in?" she asked

"My mom's out of town" I said

"Oh yeah the management meeting. So how will you get in?" she asked

"Don't worry I just remembered Libby's there" I said

"Okay see you tomorrow" Jimmy said

"Sure and goodbye Mrs. Taylor"

"Good night Sophie" she said I walked out their door and straight to mine and with one push I opened and closed the door and went into the kitchen to see Libby sleeping on the counter. Not wanting to go through the trouble of waking her I sat down beside her and laid my head and started thinking about all that happened when a blush suddenly came on my face.

'Can't believe I kissed James Taylor" I thought closing my eyes