*Ok guys I am trying a new format for typing fan fictions and I hope this makes it easier to read. Also the words that are in italics usually are dream or thoughts of the characters in case anyone didn't know that, and to clarify Gene goes to another School that is across the River from Devon. Hope you enjoy the story :D

Near fall in the New England girls academy. Gene Forrester sat by the banks of the river that separated her school from the all-boys school " Devon Academy" which she personally has never had much interest in. she held one of her favorite French novels in her hand and a French to English dictionary laid in the short grass. She skimmed through the pages trying to remember where she had left off. Then as she began to immerse herself into the story; shrieks and laughter arose from the other side of the bank and she placed her gaze on the young men splashing in the cool water of the Naguamsett River.

She fixated her glare at the one who seemed to be the ringleader of the whole mess. He had a tan tone to his skin and dark brown hair which seemed lighter at the ends probably due to over exposure to sunlight. He was lean but was obviously a great athlete as well, and had a well-defined nose and striking green eyes along with a mischievous grin which probably meant he was up to no good. She observed the others boys but accepted the fact that they probably wouldn't be leaving any time soon. Gene stood up and began to walk away and she heard them yell across the river. She ignored them and continued on her way. She turned her head to see one of the boys coming towards her.

She turned around and asked him "What do you want?" Her voice slightly bitter. The boy who had came was the one she was glaring at before and he was dripping with water. She looked at him critically and asked again "well what do you want?" She expected an unintelligible answer and thought 'This is probably some joke or dare that the others made him do.'

She crossed her arms and he responded "I just wanted to know your name. You were looking at me from across the river and I've never seen you here before so I was just wondering." She looked at him unconvinced by his explanation and responded dryly

"The reason I was looking at you was due to the fact that you were interrupting my reading and you don't need to know my name. "She began to walk away again but he suddenly grabbed her wrist but his grip was gentle and he said "Please stay for a second, I know that we started off on the wrong foot so let me introduce myself. My name's

Phineas but you can call me Finny."

Gene could tell he was being sincere in his words but was suspicious of these kind gestures. She pulled her arm away and said "If we meet again I'll tell you my name,

I promise." She continued on her way and left to go back to her dormitory. Phineas watched her leave and said "Man… what a doll" and went back to the river.

Later on that night Gene laid on her bed and she continued to read her book but couldn't get Phineas out of her head. She sat up as she heard the door unlock. Her friend Leah Lepellier bounded in and cheerfully smiled at her; she sat down in a chair near the desk in the corner of their room. "I heard you met some boys from the other school today." Leah said to Gene with a sly grin. "Gee I wonder how you found that out. " Gene responded sarcastically and rolled her eyes at her spacy roommate. "C'mon Gene tell me all the details" Gene sighed and continued to ignore her. "Aww … your no fun, can ya at least tell me if they were cute?" Gene glanced at her and began to say "They're extremely loud and annoying, also one of them came up to talk to me but I ignored him." Leah was shocked by this and responded "One of them talked to you what did he say?"

"Not much he asked me for my name and I told him if we met again I would tell him… so I'll make sure that we won't ever meet again."

"What! But how—what was his name?!"

"Phineas …" Gene said calmly and a small bit of blush appeared on her face. Leah grinned and said smugly "So you do like him…"

"I do not! "Gene countered

"Gene Forrester you may act like you aren't interested in boys but no girl can be that cold."

"He's just an idiot and the way he acted was funny that's all."

Gene continued to deny that she harbored any feeling for the boy she had met that day, but Leah didn't believe her. She sighed and stopped arguing about the matter and prepared herself for bed.

Bombs whirred through the air, Gene ran for her life and tripped as the ground reverberated as warheads crashed violently into the ground, she panted heavily and though 'where am I? France? Germany?' the piles of wounded American soldiers soon materialized in her blurry vision and she couldn't identify anyone clearly. She stood up carefully and regained her balance and barely made it to the bloody corpses and then she could make out one face clearly. She fell to her knees and uttered in a broken voice

"Phineas…"

Gene opened her eyes and sat up in her bed. She was shocked by her own dream and hyperventilated. Leah turned on the small light in their room and asked her sleepily

"Gene are you alright?" Gene pulled back her long brown hair and tried to calm down and said shakily "Yeah I'm fine. Leah just go back to sleep okay."

Leah laid back down and left the light on. Gene stood up from her bed and walked into the bathroom in their room. She turned on the lights and splashed some cold water on her face. She looked at the small clock and saw that it was 4 o'clock in the morning and said "I guess I'll change into my other clothes then."

At 9 am Leah woke up and saw that Gene had already fixed herself up. She had on a pale pink dress with small white flowers which was tight around her waist. Gene had a delicate frame and thin figure which would have made any girl jealous even Leah. Her makeup was soft and not to exaggerated and her nails were painted in a half moon style with red nail polish. "You missed breakfast." Gene murmured

Leah looked at her and replied slightly annoyed "Because you woke me up in the middle of the night." Gene rolled her eyes and said "I'm going out alright; I'll be back before curfew though." Leah nodded her head and watched her walk out the door.

Phineas walked out of the mess hall with Brinker Hadley and Brinker asked

"Hey Finny you remember the girl from yesterday right?"

Finny nodded his head and replied "How can I not."

"Well she was quite a dame wasn't she; I mean I didn't even get up-close but she

looked—"

Finny cut him off and said "Beautiful. She was one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen." Brinker raised his brow and grinned

"Well what's her name?"

"I don't know she didn't tell me."

"Really? Well maybe I have a chance with her."

"Don't push your luck Brinker. She's a tough one"

Phineas looked at his watch and said "Shoot! I have to go. I'm going to try to make it to the Beach and come back before curfew and I have to go now if I want to make it."

Brinker said good bye and went on his way.

*End of chapter one and I will be uploading the second chapter ASAP and please review if there is anything you like or don't like.