CHAPTER ONE (1) FRIENDS FOR NOW

"Humph, humph" she panted, and her heart was pounding, she couldn't breathe, and wasn't seeing anything, everything was fuzzy.

She was screaming for help, but it sounded like a 'blup, blup!'. "Is this it? Am I really going to die here?" She kept asking herself.

While she was still struggling, she suddenly felt a tight grip on her arm, and was pulled out of the water. She opened her eyes a little and saw it was Derek Adams, the cutest guy in class

"OMG! Derek saved me. i have to play unconscious so that he would give me a CPR. I'm so lucky today, F*ck you Victoria." She thought.

As she kept feigning unconsciousness, Derek kept calling out to her, while tapping her arm. She wondered how he knew her name, though they were classmates since the 5th grade, she felt Invisible to him.

Derek didn't think of any other method to save her than CPR, so he leaned in to rescue her, she was too excited to wait any longer, she sprang up and screamed.

Derek was surprised, she looked at him and remembered she was meant to be unconscious, she didn't know what to say other than "Sup.

" Derek chuckled and also replied with "Sup." Then he asked... "Ava, right?" "Yes, Ava Wellesley" She answered trying to act cool.

"Oh, yeah you're LG." He said. A confused Ava asked "what does 'LG' mean? Is It like Life's Good?"

Derek laughed and replied. "Not life's Good, 'LG' as in Loner girl. I heard you were the only girl who came without a date at the school dance, so Tory named you Loner Girl. Get it? Loner girl 'cause you came alone, that's what everyone calls you, isn't it funny?"

Ava was distraught, she almost thought she could be friends with Derek. Things were going smoothly until he had to mention the school dance incident. Ava was so angry, " no, it's not funny." She said.

Derek noticed that Ava found he's joke offensive and rude, so he apologized and even gave her he's jacket to wear, so she wouldn't be cold.

" So... how did you end up in the icy lake? " Derek asked. Ava looked up and sighed, then she said

"I always come here to practice ice dancing in winter. So how do you know this place? I thought I was the only one who knew about this place."

" I used to come here with my father when ever he visited China, we haven't been here for five years, that's because of his work in the UK. But I come here whenever I miss him. You dare not tell anyone what I just told you, not even your pet." He said to her.

Ava chuckled and replied " Ava Wellesley promise not to tell anyone what you just told me. So does that mean we are friends for now? "

" What do you mean by 'friends for now?' are we planning to date or something?" He asked. "Nothing, i meant does that make us friends now?" She covered up immediately. He replied " Fine, we can be friends."

Ava sneezed and stood up " Ouch!" she exclaimed feigning leg cramps so that Liang will drop her off at home, and he did.

AVA'S POV______

I know you all want to know how I actually ended in the Lake, but before that, let's know more about me.

My name Is Ava Wellesley, I'm from New Zealand. I'm a high school teenager who never really got enough attention from her parents because of work.

I was raised by my American nanny named Rachael who came to New Zealand to meet with her Chinese boyfriend, but she eventually got dumped.

Rachael's interest in R- Rated movies and other adult stuff affected me a tinsy bit. Unlike other children whose first words are often 'mommy' or 'daddy', mine was 'Crap'. This caught my parents off guard.

My parents fired Rachael when they discovered her negative influence in my life. They hired ten other nannies, but all quitted because I gave them a hard time, so they brought Rachael back.

NARRATOR'S POV____

You may think Ava is a genius or something, yeah, but not in academics, she's just street smart and naturally intelligent. But when it comes to academics she sees it as a waste of time and money.

That's because one studies to earn money in the future, but when her dad dies, all his wealth will eventually be hers.

One certain day, her teacher Mrs. Hall told her to write an essay on why she hates studying. She gladly took a paper and a pen and wrote a letter instead of an of an essay. The letter made her so angry, but at least she was happy that Ava responded.

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