The Academy Hills

The academy hills
- Chapter one
It was a normal day in Newport Beach (California), the sun was shining, the weather was good, but “normal days” always can keep us surprises.
At the Academy Hills High School the day was like the others ever seen before. Mathew Priestly is a student of the academy he doesn’t know but, he was feeling like something was about to happen. This feeling was concrete when a new girl arrives in the classroom while the history class was beginning. That girl is Emily Woods, she came from New York, she’s a sixteen-year-old girl that moved to California with her mom and her dad, the Emily’s parents moved to Newport because they wanted to see their daughter graduated in one of the best schools of the USA. But, what about Emily? Well, she was just running away from the problems that she had inside New York.
Mr. Roberts (the teacher) starts to introduce the “new outsider”:
- Ladies and Gentleman, may I present you our new “friend” Miss Emily Woods. Please miss, take a sit.
- But, Where? -> Emily says.
Suddenly all the teenagers inside that classroom started to make a huge noise.
- Okay, Okay silence please! You guys are making a so much noise that I can’t even hear myself talking.
That wasn’t enough to shut up that entire people.
- CAN YOU GUYS SHUT YOUR MOUTHS FOR A LITTLE FIVE MINUTES?! – The professor screamed!
- Emily my dear let me see where am I gonna put you…Oh! I found it! You’ll sit in front of Mr. Mathew Priestly.
- Professor who is Mathew? – says Emily
- Mr. Mathew, can you introduce yourself to your friend?
- No I can’t! Oh Better, I won’t introduce myself to anyone. It’s such an unnecessary and boring stuff, and I don’t like it.
- Mr. Please…
- No, No professor that’s ok. I already know who Mr. Mathew Priestly is. –> Emily interrupted the teacher. But it seems like she is already meeting new enemies.
After all that confusion Emily takes her sit and start to finally watch her class, minutes after, the bell rings! It’s time for lunch. So all the students thrive themselves to the gymnasium. Except for Emily, she was very shy about that moment; she starts to eat her lunch inside the classroom while a handsome guy sits by her side. His name is Brandon Urry he’s the most popular boy at school, translating, he can have any girl any time he wants.
- Hi new girl. – >says Brandon.
- Hi. –> Says Emily
- So, where you from?
- I’m from New York.
- Oh, that’s really nice, but witch part of New York?
- Upper East Side, Manhattan.
- Cool, girl. So what do you like to do?
- What do you mean with “like to do”?
- You know…hang out with friends something like that?
- Yeah, but at the moment I don’t have any “friends” do you know what I mean?
- Oh, that sucks man. Why?
- I can’t tell you. That’s more serious than you think. But changing our conversation. Tell me about you.
- Well, my name is Brandon Urry, I’m seventeen years old. I’m the captain from the Academy Hills High School soccer team, let me see. Oh, I love hang out with my friends. I guess that’s enough to know me huh?
- Oh yeah. For a while. Hey, you better stay away from me.
- Why Emily?
- Because your girlfriend is jealous about you.
- Girlfriend? Who’s my “girlfriend”?
- That girl standing at the door. -> The girl at the door is Stacy Bigby. She’s a cheerleader one of all the girls that Brandon has dated before. But he doesn’t likes her anymore, actually was just for one “night stand”. And after all of this she still in love with Brendon, but now he just want to date only one girl I guess you already know who is this. Yeah that’s Emily who I am talking about.
- No, she’s not my girlfriend anymore; she’s a sickle woman that just can’t leave me alone you know?
- Yeah I can imagine. – says Emily
- Brandon Urry, what are you doing here talking with this girl?!-> Stacy screamed!
- Stacy my dear, you are so stupid that you’re already answering your own question, yes I am sitting here in my place, talking with this girl, oh better talking with this beautiful girl and her name is Emily.
- I don’t even care about who’s this girl and her name.
- Oh but you should start to care you know?!
- Why?
- You better respect her, and I won’t stay here listening to your complaining. Let’s go Emily, I will show you the school.
- You can’t leave me here Brandon! -> Stacy screamed.
- I’m better see all the rest of school by myself you know? -> says Emily
- No, Emily I’m going with you! ->says Brandon
- No Brandon! Listen, you’re a nice guy, but you can’t do this, you can’t let her alone, not now okay?
- But… -> it seems like we could see some regret inside Brandon’s eyes.
- No. I’m gonna be okay.
Emily walks through the door, and get out of the classroom when suddenly somebody screams her name:
- Emily, Wait!
It was Mathew. Might he be regretted about the bushtits that he said to Emily?
Yes, he was, regretted enough to run behind her to apologize himself.

- Hi! -> (Mathew says).
- Hi, I didn’t expect you.
- I know, look, I was a jerk, and stupid guy, I don’t know… yeah actually I was an asshole.
- (Emily starts to laugh) are you crazy? What do you want?
- I want…can you forgive me?
- So, did you come here for forgives?
- Yeah, I guess. So can you do this?
- Yeas Mr. Mathew priestly you’re already forgiven! Is that good for you now?
- Oh yeah! You don’t know idea how much better I am right now.
- So Mr.….
- Please don’t call me “Mr.” it’s such an unnecessary thing.
- Sorry! I didn’t know that you didn’t like it, so how long do you’re studying here?
- Oh I entered here last year. And what about you? First time in Newport?
- Yes. First time in Newport, first time in California, and a chance to begin again! You know?! Start all over.
- Running away from some “New Yorker” trouble?
- What do you mean with “New Yorker trouble”?(laughs)
- I don’t know, you look like scared with something, just like something was terrifying you before you arrive Newport.
- I guess you’re right. I was really afraid, scared, terrifying. I don’t know I had some…oh my god how I can put this…
Suddenly the bell rings again. It’s time to get back to the classroom.

- Okay Emily, you can tell me this after the class okay?
- Yeah that’s good to me.
Then they get back to the classroom, but what they didn’t know is that some people had already created gossips about them. Some says that Emily and Mathew were ex boyfriend and girlfriend. Another says that they still dating.
After all the classes the students thrive themselves to their bedrooms, but not Emily and Mathew they just kept walking around the school campus.
- So Emily, what were you telling me about NY?
- Oh, how I was going to tell you, I was with some problems inside New York. Some gossips about me, false gossips of course. But nobody wanted to know if that was truth they just kept talking bad things about me, then, I couldn’t stand that anymore, so I asked my parents to get out of NY. And my mom had this great idea, and so, HERE I AM.
- Wow man this is crazy. You know?! These kind of people doesn’t know anything about us, they don’t know what is love, they don’t even know what is the truth friendship, and so every time that they see some little defect in someone they just start to create rumors about the others, I’m telling you this because I was “victim” from these gossips on last year and I know that is difficult to handle with this stuffs, but we have to rise and move on and just try to forget.

- Wow Mathew, it seems like we have same histories to tell huh?
- Yeah I think so.
- So I have something to ask you.
- Go ahead Emily.
- Do you want to be my friend?
- Oh! Is that your question? (Mathew laughs)
- Yes this is it! So are in it or out it?
- Of course I’m in it you silly.
- You know?! I guess we just started a beautiful friendship.
- (Mathew laughs) Oh come on stop it.

They kept talking endlessly but suddenly was something really wrong about Mathew he couldn’t take his eyes off Emily he was looking like petrified because of her beauty her smile the way she talks, the way she walks, even the way she spells his name but he wouldn’t tell this to anyone because if there’s only one thing that hunting him more than anything. And this thing is named “love”.
- Oh shit! I can’t believe it. -> says Mathew
- What is going on?
- We’re so fucking late! We must get back to the bedrooms right now!
They started to run as faster as they could. When they arrived there were just the guards so they passed hiding behind the walls.
- So where is your room? -> Says Mathew almost whispering
- Oh let me see…
- Come on faster or they gonna get us!
- Oh found it that’s here room 27.
- Okay lady. I guess that’s all huh?
- Yeah. I guess.
- So see you tomorrow.
- Wait Mathew!
- What?
Wow, we have our first surprise about the “normal day”, when came from nothing at all Emily hugs Mathew.
- Thank you Mathew. Today was awesome! You’re a nice guy.
- Wow, I …
->It seems like Mathew has no tongue.
- Well, I … ->Mathew try to say something.
- You what? -> Emily interrupts
- Nothing it’s just that, I think you’re nice too. I’m better go sleep or I’m going to have troubles. Good Night Emily.
- Good Night Mathew.
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The next day was Wednesday when at early morning the students had to do extra curricular activities at the playground of the school. And there was Emily dressed in a beautiful gray dress with a red coat on tops with black shoes, no one could stop to look at her but they just kept doing their activities. Except for Mathew that was just hypnotized when he saw Emily. He couldn’t help the fact that he couldn’t be focus in anything but Emily. He was going to talk with her but Brendon Urry won the “race”.

- Hi Emily! -> Brandon said.
- Hi Brendon. How are you?
- I’m fine. And you look gorgeous. I know that we should be pretty looking dressed in Wednesdays but, you, you’re looking amazing today.
- Oh thanks. And how’s Stacy?
- She’s fine. Why?
- No, nothing. So did you both resolve your problems?
- I’m with no problems. But she, well she’s a little bit paranoiac you know?!
- (Emily laughs) Oh poor dear! Why you’re so bad!
- (Brandon laughs) I’m not bad! Oh better, I am I’m very bad, bad a lot…but It’s not my fault if she’s a sickle.
- (Emily keeps laughing) Oh. But changing subject. What is your curricular activity?
- Oh. I’m working in how to save the world’s weather! How to make it better you know?
- Oh, I got it. Are you talking about the “world warm”?
- Yeah. Exactly! You’re so smart.
- You know New Yorkers are very smarts. Even more than the Californians.
- Easy girl! Don’t be so vain! So what is your activity?
- My work here is show people how they can build a good relation with another people.
- But that’s social science!
- Oh, see that? You’re smart too.
- I knew that!
- Now YOU’RE being vain!
They just kept talking about the projects and introducing the works to the visitants inside the school, while Mathew was really mad about Emily and he didn’t know why. Even his friend Paul Lennox could see all that anger.
- Hey man, what is going on with you? -> says Paul.
- Nothing Paul. Is just that I don’t get this.
- Get what man?
- That! That thing, why is Emily talking so happily with Brandon? Why didn’t she come to talk to me first? Why is she being so false?
- Wow. Easy bro! Are you mad because of the pretty New Yorker?
- No I’m not that mad. It’s just so annoying see them so close together like this. I guess I’m going to vomit!
- Oh my god. I got it!
- Got what?
- I got it I got it I got it! Man you’re jealous about her!
- No I’m not.
- Yes you are. Oh my god Mathew you should see your face in the mirror man. I can’t believe it. (Paul laughs).
- Look Paul. I am definitely not jealous about Emily okay? We are just friends. Oh better we’re not friends yet. We should be but she’s false enough to totally ignore me on the next day after all that happened last night. And…
- Wait man. What did you say? What do you meant to say with “last night”? -> Paul interrupted Mathew.
- Nothing! We just got out the campus for a while, then we kept talking about our lives, and after all when I left her in her bedroom she gave me a hug and told me that we could be good friends.
- Wait. But you totally cut her down when she arrived at the classroom.
- I apologized myself.
- No way man. So are you really into her?
- I’m not into her. Shut up Paul. I just think she’s a good person.
- Good person? Just this? Are you sure buddy? Is that all you think?
- Oh! I got it. Okay okay. She’s very hot and she’s beautiful, not just beautiful. She has a beauty that takes my breath away. But just friends okay?
- Okay big boy. No questions anymore.
- Hi guys! -> Emily has stopped to talk with Brendon, to speak with Mathew.
- Hi -> Paul and Mathew said.
- So you are the famous Emily came from New York huh? -> says Paul.
- Yeah. That’s me, I guess. But how do you know my name?
- I’m a friend of Mathew. And he told me about you. Act ually he told me a lot about you, he just talk about you girl all the time.
- Hey men stop it! Are you insane? Have you lost your mind? -> Mathew interrupts.
- So I guess I’m famous right now huh?
- Yeah girl you are. Hey was really nice to meet you Emily but I gotta go somewhere. So, see you! Bye.
- Bye Paul.
Emily and Mathew kept in silence for a while when Mathew broken this “ice”
- Emily…
- What?
- I guess we need to talk. Let’s get out here for a while okay?
- Okay.

They walked to the music classroom.
- So what do you want to talk Mathew?
- Emily. What was that at the playground?
- “What was that”? What are you talking about?
- That scene you with Brendon Urry. Listen, that guy…
- That what? Huh? Look, Brendon is my friend too; I can’t understand why you’re mad with me like this. What is going on Mathew?
- The thing is: he just wants to have fun with you. He’s not your friend Emily.
- How do you know that?
- Because he’s doing this all the time with all the girls around him.
- Look, I’m not interesting in Brendon okay? To me he’s just my friend. I know that he’s handsome he got a good talk he smells good, but to me he’s nothing but a good friend.
- So you’re not into him?
- No I’m not.
- Are you sure Emily?
- Yes Mathew I’m totally sure about it.
- Okay. Sorry about all of this confusion.
- Don’t worry you are forgiven; it was just a misunderstood I know. So what your project is about?
- I’m working with Paul.
- Oh really, so what are you guys doing?
- The importance of music to young people, learn faster what they see at classroom.
- Wow that’s awesome. So do you play something?
- Yes, guitar, bass guitar, drums. Just this.
- Oh my god I didn’t know that.
- And you, do you play something?
- Yes. Piano, guitar. Just this.
- And do you sing?
- Just in my bath time. ( Emily and Mathew laughs)
- Oh, that’s great, I’m sure that if you were in the American Idol, you were wining that competition.
- Oh thank you Mathew you have no idea how much this is helping me right now.
- Are you being sarcastic with me?
- Of course you fool. (They kept laughing).
--- To be Continued ---