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My dreams were not happy, well, not sad either. It was like, someone was coming for me but I wasn't scared. I actually felt safe in this person's arms. Was I dreaming about Justin again? It didn't feel like Justin's warm embrace though. This persons hold was strong and sure, hot and cool, love and caring. I looked up at the mans face and gave out a yip of surprise. This man was not Justin. This man had chocolate, brown hair, but it was the style that almost all skaters have had. He has bright, ice blue eyes that not only stared straight through my soul, but straight through me. His face was soft, but strong. His lips perfect. This man may not have been Justin, but I felt like I already knew him. He kept holding me, looking at me with loving eyes, looking through my soul. He started to lean into me when I woke up to the sound of my mother's voice.

"Jacklyn! Get ready for school!"

"Alright!" I screamed back

I felt happy and I wasn't tired at all. I walked to my closet and got dressed. I decided to wear a light blue tank top, black mini skirt, and ballet flats. It was simple but cute. When I went to the bathroom to put my makeup on I found that it was gone.

"Austin!" I yell for my brother.

My brother came running up the stairs and looked scared. He should be scared, I thought.

"Did you take my makeup? Again?" I ask him

"No," He said quickly, too quickly.

"Give it!" I scream

He ran to his room and soon came back with my makeup, except it wasn't. Half the makeup was ruined and the other half was intact still.

"What did you do?"

"I only borrowed it so I can experiment. I didn't know it would melt, I swear!"

"You used it!"

"I'm sorry," He said before running out.

I used the makeup that I still had left. Quickly putting on blue eyes shadow and some mascara, I would have to do without lip gloss for today. I took my backpack and Coach purse before running outside. Justin was waiting at the curb for me and I hopped into his car. There was an awkward silence for sometime until I just laughed out of nowhere, kind of like hysteria.

"Why are you laughing?"

"I don't know, I just had to laugh."

"Is everything okay at your house?" He asked, suddenly worried

"Dad was pissed off, but isn't telling mom. I don't think you should come over for sometime though."

"I know, I am gonna miss hanging with you though."

We sat silent in agreement.

"I think that was the feeling, you know, what I was having before."

"You think so?"

"I know so." I say

"Okay, let's drive." He said, the engine purred as he pulled away

The drive to school was silent, unless you count the guy who blasts their stereo so loud that my ears popped. I rolled my window up and tried to relax, but couldn't stop thinking about my dream and that gorgeous guy. We pulled into the school parking lot and Justin opened his door for me, kissing me on the cheek. I didn't want to talk to him, so I just walked with him to my first period class, Art, as he went to his. I took my seat at the easel where my painting of Justin and me stood. The teacher, Mrs. Johnston, entered the room with a student I didn't recognize trailing after her. But then I looked again, and I did recognize him. He was the guy in my dream, the dreamy hot guy whose eyes stared straight through me. I had a weird feeling in my stomach, but it wasn't a bad feeling. His eyes locked with mine and I couldn't break the gaze, I didn't want to break the gaze. His eyes were warm and searching for mine.

"Class, this is Alex."

Chapter Two

Love?

"Hey Alex." We all mumbled

"Hi," He said shyly

"Alex, you can go take a seat next to Jacklyn. Jacklyn, can you get him materials and explain what we're doing?"

"Sure, no problem." I say absently

He came and took a seat next to me and my heart leaped, he was so close to me. I walked to get his materials and when I was back I saw him staring at my painting.

"You like it?" I ask.

"It is really good, who is this? I mean, obviously you are there, but whose the guy?"

"That's my boyfriend, Justin Rilio." I respond

"You have a boyfriend? That's cool."

"Yeah, he's great."

"But…"

"But nothing, he's great that's all."

"Okay, so what are we doing?"

"Well, you have to paint a picture of yourself and someone you care about, trying to make it look real." I explain

"That's sounds easy enough."

I gave him the materials and started to put the finishing touches on my painting when he asked me:

"What is your schedule? Maybe you can show me around."

I take out my schedule:

First Hour: Art…Mrs. Johnston

Second Hour: Math Honors…Mr. Ihram

Third Hour: Science Honors…Mr. Doblar

Fourth Hour: Spanish Honors… Mrs. Mahra

Fifth Hour: Lunch

Sixth Hour: Orchestra

Seventh Hour: Technology…Mr. Rex

Eight Hour: Computers…Mrs. Gonzales

Ninth Hour: English Honors… Mr. Lexio

"That is like, the same exact as mine. I don't have Orchestra though, I take Band." He tells me.

"Oh, Band's cool, I guess." I lie

"You hate Band, I can tell. You're just saying that to be nice."

Alex looked deep into my eyes, searching for something. How could he tell I hated Band? Hell, how does he make my heart leap? Justin never made me feel that way, even last night when we, er, almost did something bad.

"So, what are you doing later today? Maybe we can hang out." He said to me.

"Um, sure, we can hang at my place." I say.

"Great, are you able to drive me there?"

"Yeah,"

"Okay,"

He goes back to his painting and I was suddenly nervous about him coming over.I shouldn't be, he only wanted to hang out, right. I mean, he knows I have a boyfriend, but will that stop him? Hell, will that stop me? I wanted to kiss him, I think. Why else would I dream about him the day before I meet him?

This is nonsense though. I am with Justin. God, I know I don't love Justin but there is no way in hell that I am in love with Alex. We just met. Love at first sight, the thought drifted through my mind. I will get to know Alex, that's all.

The bell rang and I jumped in my seat.

"You okay?" Alex asked me.

"Yeah, fine." I respond automatically

"Are you sure? You don't look fine."

I glare at him.

"No, no, no. What I mean is, you look good, I mean-"

"Just stop, its okay, really." I say.

I walk out of the room talking to Alex just to see Justin waiting for me. He looked pissed off.

"Hey," He said, not taking his eyes off Alex.

"Hey Justin, this is Alex. He just moved here and I was gonna show him around."

"Okay, am I able to come over later?"

"Well, there are two reasons why you can't. One, Alex is coming over and two, my parents won't want you over for a long time."

"Fine, whatever."

"Whatever." I say to him, taking Alex by the arm to our next class.

"Is everything okay between you two?"

"Not really,"

"What happened?"

"Promise not to tell anyone?"

"I promise."

"Last night, Justin came over and we started to make out. It went a little too far and my father walked in on me."

"You guys did it?"

"No. Almost. I am glad we didn't though."

We walked to the class and before we entered the room Alex stopped in his tracks.

"What's wrong?"

"Let's not go to Math,"

"What?"

"Let's ditch."

"Okay," I surprised myself by saying.

He took my hand and ran to my car. We got in and flew out of the driveway. It was such a rush; I would never do this with Justin, never. Hell, I would have never thought of ditching school. I turned on my iPod and he took it to look for a song.

"You have some really good songs on here." Alex commented.

"Thanks, what do you wanna listen to?"

"You," He surprised me by saying

"What?"

"What I mean is that you can pick the song." He replied, blushing.

"Umm, okay. Do you like Blue October?"

"Are you kidding? I love that band."

"Okay, then lets listen to My Never."

"Alright,"

I turn it on and we both started to sing:

Will you think of me…In time

It's never my luck…

So never mind

I wanna say your name

But the pain starts, again

It's never my luck…So never mind

I had a dream that you were with me

It wasn't my fault

You rolled me over

Flipped me over, like a summersault

And that doesn't happen to me

I've never been here before

I saw forever in my never

And I stood outside her…Heaven

Will you wait for me…In time

It's never my luck

So never mind

And, yeah, I lost a lot of what I don't expect

To ever return

I tend push them till the push turns

From hate into burn

I always take them to that place

I thought they wanted to go

But end up dancing round; this clown demands

Applause at his show

I had a dream that you were with me

It wasn't my fault

You rolled me over

Flipped me over, a summersault

And that doesn't happen to me

I've never been here before

I saw forever in my never

And I stood outside her…Heaven

And I could dream of you and sleep;

But never see sunlight again

I can try to be with you; but somehow I'll end up

Just losing a friend

I can only reach to you, relate to you, I'm losing my friend

Where did she go? Where…

I had a dream that you were with me,

It wasn't my fault

You rolled me over,

Flipped me over, a summersault

And that doesn't happen to me

I've never been here before

I saw forever in my never

And I stood outside her…Heaven

Let me inside your heaven…I wanna live inside your Heaven

Here is the link for Blue Skies and My Never: .com/watch?v=jcWNcPIwl4I (My never) and (Blue skies:) .com/watch?v=Im1ppx8mlTM