I own Nick, Kyle, Shayna, Evan, and maybe Austin. Not sure about that one. I own nothing else.

Will probably end a TRORY

Thanks to my beta, Jackie! You're awesome:0)

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She couldn't decipher whether the object in front of her was a rock or a step, but either way, she stepped onto it and continued forward relieved that she didn't fall off the other side. She felt a hand on the small of her back pushing her gently.

"Stop pushing me." She mumbled to the person.

"Are you hung-over?" She turned her head to the voice and squinted.

"Nick?"

"Yea, Nick. Remember me? You know, your twin brother?"

"I know who you are, and for the last time, no, I'm not hung-over."

"Rory, I only asked you once. So then what? Did you pull an all-nighter with the dreamy boy on the internet again?"

She mumbled something and he gave her a look, "I was on the phone with him." She said louder. He gave her a look and shook his head.

"Look, you're coming late into the year which is even weirder then just coming in on a weird year, and you couldn't even bother to be well rested?"

"He's a good kisser." She said defensively.

"You've never met him!"

"Okay, but he sounded like a good kisser. I mean the details of the way he was tracing his tongue—"

"Eww! Jeez, Rory!" He said interrupting her with a disgusted look upon his features. She smiled and shrugged as they entered the doors of her new school and his old school. The hallways were foreign and filled with pretty people. Some were lip locked against lockers, girls were flirting with boys in a seductive way as their skirts were hemmed past what she thought was the legal limit. Boys were leaning against lockers and checking out the girls making no attempts of making it discreet.

"So, tell me, which group are you normally involved with?" Rory asked as they continued down the hall.

He pointed to a circle of about four guys all surrounding a girl as she talked animatedly to the rest of them. They weren't drooling over her, and in return she wasn't flirting. It seemed friendly. "That's my group, come on, I'll introduce you." She followed him.

"Hey Shay, sorry to interrupt, but I brought someone with me." She nodded and looked at him to bring forward the newcomer. The guys all directed their focus on him.

"Uh guys this is my sister, Rory. Rory, these are my friends. We've got Austin, Kyle, Tristan, Evan, and Elizabeth Shayna, but we call her Shay." They all nodded and looked her over, but not in the sexually way. They were seeing what kind of person she was. They all looked to each other and nodded. They all looked to Shayna, who shrugged and nodded.

"Uhhhh, she looks fine to me. Not too slutty." Nick smiled and patted Rory's shoulder.

"So, where did you want it?" Evan asked. He was about 5'10'', brown hair, and brown eyes and had his right ear pierced.

"Want what?" Rory asked confused.

"Hmm, I'm thinking her hip…or maybe shoulder blade. Austin, what do you think?" Kyle asked. Kyle had almost black hair, blue eyes, and was about 6'. Austin has platinum blonde hair and brown eyes. He stood 6'1'' and was obviously a surfer.

"Umm I don't know, maybe her wrist." And apparently he was from England. Rory looked back and forth at each of the guy's faces. Shayna was smiling and rolling her eyes at the boys. Her eyes landed on the last pair of eyes. Blonde hair, blue eyes, 6'1'', tannish skin. He was obviously, Tristan.

"You, tell me what they're talking about." Rory demanded.

"Me?"

"No, the blonde behind you." She retorted.

"A tattoo. They're talking about where they think you should get your tattoo." He said. His eyes were dancing.

"A tattoo? And why would I get one?"

"Did I not mention this?" Nick asked. Rory shook her head. "We sorta named our group, and each of us has a tattoo. It's kind of like a thing to symbolize our loyalty to the group."

"And if for some reason, I feel as if this doesn't work out, would I be killed?" Rory asked seriously. They all smiled and chuckled, except Shayna.

"Woah, she asked you guys a question. Have you learned nothing from my ramblings?" Shayna has strawberry blonde hair, hazel eyes and was about 5'6''. She was pale and had two holes in each ears. They all stopped and looked at Shayna expectantly.

Shayna rolled her eyes. "If the guys weren't such idiots, your answer would be, no. It's just a thing to represent the fact that if anyone were ever in need of help or anything, you'd be there for him or her. If for some reason someone breaks away, if something goes wrong then they would be expected to there. Of course there are exceptions, but that's pretty much it."

"Now how hard was that to tell me?" Rory asked shaking her head and thanking Shayna. Shayna smiled and nodded. "So, what does this tattoo look like?" Shayna turned around and lifted up her shirt a little bit. It was on her lower back. She looked at it carefully and saw it was her initials ESW with a small shape right under it. It looked like a shield of some sort. The whole design wasn't bigger than the face of a watch.

"So, do you guys have a name? The group I mean." Rory asked.

"Stingrays." Kyle answered. Rory nodded and thought about it long and hard.

"Mom would never let me get a tattoo." She whispered to Nick. He touched his back.

"Right there. She was okay with it."

Rory nodded and shrugged, "Where should I get it?" Smiles appeared on all of their faces as they started to talk a lot about the fact that they now had a newcomer, and there was no longer just one girl, but two. Rory was having fun, but she kept glancing up and every time, she saw Tristan's eyes staring back at her.

So? What do you think so far? Everything will be explained next chapter, don't worry. Thanks, Kiki.

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