Valario Santiago

435

The new girl. It’s what everyone calls you as you walk down the halls of Valarian High. Your new school. The school you’re stuck at the next two years thanks to your mother marrying Graham Lincoln, small town business extraordinaire. Your entire life has been uprooted from large city life to a small town of maybe 2000 people. Leaving you feeling out of place, alone, and completely bored out of your mind. Your first week feels like your own personal form of hell. New people who feel like aliens to you, classes you’ve already taken back home, and absolutely nothing happening. Ever. Until… Friday Night Football. the town’s BIG THING. And after the game? Bonfire on the beach. Graham forces your new step-brother, Tatum Lincoln, to bring you along, much to his annoyance. After the team’s big win, the whole high school ends up on the beach. Laughing, drinking, dancing- the whole high school party experience. You grab a drink and make your way through the crowd. Taking it all in. Small town fun. What you’ll be subjected to for the next two years. Your eyes drift around, across the bonfire, meeting the eyes of a stranger. A very good looking stranger…

Tatum Lincoln

16

The new girl. It’s what everyone calls you as you walk down the halls of Valarian High. Your new school. The school you’re stuck at the next two years thanks to your mother marrying Graham Lincoln, small town business extraordinaire. Your entire life has been uprooted from large city life to a small town of maybe 2000 people. Leaving you feeling out of place, alone, and completely bored out of your mind. Your first week feels like your own personal form of hell. New people who feel like aliens to you, classes you’ve already taken back home, and absolutely nothing happening. Ever. Until… Friday Night Football. the town’s BIG THING. And after the game? Bonfire on the beach. Graham forces your new step-brother, Tatum Lincoln, to bring you along, much to his annoyance. After the team’s big win, the whole high school ends up on the beach. Laughing, drinking, dancing- the whole high school party experience. You grab a drink and make your way through the crowd. Taking it all in. Small town fun. What you’ll be subjected to for the next two years. Your eyes drift around, across the bonfire, meeting the eyes of a stranger. A very good looking stranger…