*Bruises and Black Eyes*
Chapter 2

Logan and I were freshmen when we met. I was so nervous the first day I thought I would be sick. I had attened another town's middle school, and was being placed in a completly different environment with strangers. My parents explained it was just high school and I would survive. They had bought a bigger house a few towns over and said I would be a lot happier there. They never even asked me when I thought.
The only person I knew was my cousin, Courtney. She was the typical popular high school girl. Perfect clothes, big group of friends, only hung out with the guy jocks. At my first lunch she introduced me to everyone. Every girl at the table ate low fat yogart and wore either a skirt or shorts. Some of the boys had on football jerseys and told me their first game was after school. The rest wore normal clothes and explained they play baseball in the Spring.
Courtney went around the table pointing to each face and spat out names I would never remember. I blinked when her manicure finger pointed to two empty seats. Her head turned to the doors right as two boys walked in.
"And that's Logan and Tyler." Courtney said. I watched the blue jerseys stroll up to the lunch line. Every girl watched the two mancandies grab lunch trays.
"They're first string on the football team." Said one blonde hair boy.
"They've been best friends for like, years." One red head girl added. The two football players walked over to our lunch table after talking to some senior boys about the game later that day. When they sat down, they both looked right at me.
"Guys, this is my cousin, Melony. She's new. So be nice." Courtney talked without making eye contact; She was too busy starring and sulking at her salad with no fat dressing. She kept peeking at the stack of cookies the blond haired boy had.
Tyler flashed a friendly smile and moved his lips to say hello when Logan spoke first.
"Melony. Nice to meet you." his smile was different from Tyler's. He almost looked entertained. "Is that your schedule?" He asked. I forgot I was holding the peice of paper in my hands. "May I?" I handed him the sheet. He examined it.
"Hey, we have the same class after lunch. Room 305. Math. I'll walk with you?" He grinned. I nodded.
"How the hell did you memorize your schedule already?" I asked. He laughed. A loud but smooth laugh. "Good memory." He replied.
When that bell rang, Logan sat up and we walk side by side out the wooden lunch doors. He questioned me about my old school. I explained everything to him. I was in the middle of my explaination when we reached the class room. He walked to the middle of the room and motioned me to follow him. I took the chair next to his desk.
That whole two weeks I spent most of my time with Logan. He made me comfortable. His abilty to turn everything into a joke made me laugh. On the third week, he asked me out. I didn't know what to say, so I said yes. I ended up having a really great time with him that Saturday night at the movies. We dated through out freshmen year.
That's how I got to know Tyler.

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