Don't Let Me Go ~ N.H.

Chapter 2

Sam and I stopped at a bench by a bay of lockers to compare schedules.

“It says here that I’ve got math with Mr. Brown, chorus with Miss Everett, Irish Gaelic with Miss O’Connor, which I’ll probably flunk…”

“You won’t. She’s very helpful. What else?”

“After that, I’ve got lunch, and then English, science, and geography.”

“Wow, those are all the same classes I got!”

“Sweet!”

Sam led me to our math class, which was just down the hall. She sat down and I introduced myself.

“Hi, I’m Carlie Jennings, and I’m new here,” I said to Mr. Brown.

“Nice to meet you, love. I’m Mr. Brown.” Mr. Brown turned to my new classmates. “Class, we have a new student joining us today. Her name is Carlie Jennings. Tell us about yourself, Carlie.”

“Um…” I was so nervous I choked right then and there.

“Where are you from, Miss Jennings?”

“Lindale, Georgia. It’s a small town near Rome. It’s like…really small.” I giggled nervously.

“Okay. You may sit next to Niall Horan. Mr. Horan, please stand up.”

A blonde guy with blue eyes stood up and waved to me, and I sat down next to him.

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Niall’s POV

Just before class started, a new girl walked in with Sam Reeder. She was beautiful. She had long, curly, strawberry blonde hair and striking hazel eyes. The teacher introduced her to the class, and she told us where she was from—Lindale, Georgia. I knew exactly where Georgia was in the US, because geography is my best subject. Don’t even get me started on the girl’s accent.

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Carlie’s POV

“Hey, I’m Niall,” the guy introduced after I sat down.

“I’m Carlie,” I said, shaking Niall’s outstretched hand.

“Want me to show you around?”

“Sure.”

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Just as Niall was leading me to our next class, we were stopped in the hall by a blonde with double-D boobs.

“Hey, babe. Who’s the girl? It’s not your new girlfriend, is it?”

Niall laughed. “No, this is Carlie. She just moved in from the States. Carlie, this is my girlfriend Holly.”

Holly shouted something in Irish and stomped off.

“What did she just say?” I asked.

‘She basically threatened to beat you up if she saw us together again,” Niall said. “Don’t worry about her.”

Niall continued to lead me to the chorus room and let me go in first. As soon as I stepped in the door, a guy with curly brown hair wolf-whistled at me.

“Shut up, Harry! You have a girlfriend!” Niall said to him. Then, he turned to me and said, “Don’t mind him. That’s Harry Styles, and he’s a big flirt. We also have Liam Payne and Zayn Malik.”

“Hi, I’m Carlie,” I said.

“Curly Carlie!” said the one I assumed was Liam. He had a Justin Bieber haircut.

I giggled. “No one’s ever called me that before. I like it! And I already met Zayn earlier, as well as his girlfriend.”

The girls sitting next to Harry and Liam came up to greet me. She had brown hair. “Hi, I’m Aubrey. I’m Harry’s girlfriend, and this is Kelsey, Liam’s girlfriend. Where are you from?”

“Lindale, Georgia. It’s just outside of Rome.”

“Cool! I’m from South Carolina. I moved here a couple years ago.”

Just then, Miss Everett grabbed our attention, so we sat down.

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