Jackson smiled at the girl "My names Jackson" he said, akwardly and then stuck out his hand for her to shake. He was into being gentlemanny when it came to girls. "And I could to" he added, replying to her comment about the sunshine Raina laughed, lightly "My parents wouldn't say so" She joked. Her parents always tryed to push her to work harder in school and they didn't truly approve of her love of the arts. "I like photography so i know much about illusions and angels and stuff" She smiled Amber laughed, in her welcoming way. "I started in my cabin" She told him "It's a good 500 pages long and i'm barely at 250" she laughed, grinning Eli rolled his eyes still smiling "Don't flatter yourself hun, I sweet talk every cutie" he said, sitting down next to he on the steps. He was into being a mysterious, flirty, type of tough guy, he liked having layers and he likes confusing and charming girls.

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Roxy smiled at the boy and took his hand "I'm Roxanna, but everyone calls me Roxy" She said as she shock his hand then let go of it. She put down her book for a moment so she could let Jackson know that she has his full attention. Devon seem to be taking quite intrested in this girl and he didn't know why. He didn't know if it was that she loved photography or the fact that she was very pretty looking or something else, he couldn't seem to figure it out but he was feeling awkward by the fact the girl was standing a little close to him. He took a step back "I'm Devon, and I can be very stupid at time" He said randomly as he stuck out his hand for the girl to shake. Jeff nodded, smiling at her. He was glad that the girl also took an intrested in read like him. "I'm Jeff" He said as he looked at her in the eyes. Mandy looked at the boy and was starting to feel awkward since he was now sitting next to her. She moved away from him a little bit incase he was going to do something to her. "Who the hell do you think you are?" She asked rudely, glaring at the boy.

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eli smiled at the girl, staying calm, cool and collected "Elijah" he answered "But you can call me Eli" He smirked. he knew she didn't mean who was he but he thought he would tweak with her nerves a bit like he did to all girls. Amber blushed as Jeff looked into her eyes "I'm amber" She said, quietly with a slight smile. She wondered why the boy was payign attention to him, no guy had ever payed attention to her that much before Raina smirked and shook Devon's hand. "you don't seem stupid" She told him in a friendly tone. She liked talking to him, he didn't act like she was a screw up or like she was a crazy girl, he acted like he liked talking to her and appreciated her. She smiled again. Jackson grinned "That's a pretty name" he complimented,beaming at her. he was opening up and he knew she could tell. He started feeling liek he was talking to an old friend or even a girlfriend or something. He hadn't had a girlfriend since his last one. They had dated for a year and 3 monthes until she broke up with him so it was nice to be talkign to a girl again, he really wasn't used to it.

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Mandy rolled her eyes him again, but since he already said his name, thought about introducting herself "Mandy" she said as she kept giving glares. She thought about how this boy couldn't be trusted "Why are you hitting on me? Did someone dared you to do it?" She asked. Devon smiled at the girl "That's not what my older brother said" He said. He remember the last time he saw his older brother he called him stupid out of no where, which hurt his feelings a lot since it was someone he looked up too. "What's your name?" He asked in a friendly tone. Roxy blushed at Jackson's comment "Thank you, I like your name too. It's really nice" She said. She wasn't really good at make a conversation but she trys her best to break the ice. She could tell that Jackson was opening up to her a little bit "Have you ever wondered about what life would be like when you get older?" She asked out of random, it was the only thing in her mind right now. Jeff smiled "That's a lovely name" He said. He wanted to get to know Amber more, just to make a good friendship or maybe then more then that with this girl. "So, do you like reading?" He asked still looking at her eyes.

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Amber blushed at Jeff's compliment and then grinned at his question "Of course" she gushed "I love exploring with new authors and differen't genres" She went on, not noticing that she was talkign a little too much in her opinion Jackson looked ay Roxy. He had always wondered that. "Yeah" he answered, another smile playign on his lips "It's funny to think about" He was a little suprised that someone else thought about it besides him. "Raina" She answered with a smile. "My parents named me after the Africa poet Raina Sartsi" She informed, lookign past Devon into the distance, distracted by kids swimming in the lake. She loved swimming but wasn't very strong at it so she refrained from it in public. Eli chuckled "Yeah, one of the giggling 9 year olds dared me to hit on you" he said, sarcastically, rollign his eyes but still smiling. He looked back at her "And just so you know, I'm not hitting on you" he lied, cleverly, leaning back on his hands

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Mandy rolled her eyes at Eli "Are you sure, cause it sounds like you are hitting on me" She said glaring at him once again "And if you weren't, then why are you even talking to me?" She asked as she truned her IPod off and looked back at him. Devon was taking even more intrested in Raina, to him she was smart and pretty. He notice that Raina wasn't looking at him and he truned around and found that she was distracted by a group of kids who were swimming in the lake. He smirked as he truned back to her "Do you swim?" He asked. Roxy nodded in understandment "Ya, it is. It's kind of scary though. Who knows what could happen, you might be alone for the lest of your life" She said as she looked at the grass. She always worried about what might happen to her after high school, it wasn't the grades she was worried about it was about facing the world by herself. Jeff nodded as he listened to every single word Amber said "That's fascinating" He said as Amber was talking about books, authors, genres ect.

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