A/N: Hey guys, it's me rewriting this story. Why? Well, for NaNoWriMo. That's National Novel Writer's Month if you didn't know. So, don't expect big notes from me. Just to let you all know, I'll be updating about once a day. SO be aware of that. Point of view will be switched from Matt to Emma. ) Ready?

SavannahX

Falling

Chapter 1: Meeting Him

I was in my newly appointed dorm, the day that I met him. I was at the greatest military academy in the world, Leon Academy. I brushed back my long blonde hair, pulling it back, away from my face. It fell back right into it's usual style, so I realized that it was pointless and gave up and threw the brush across the dorm. It hit the wall with a banging sound and I turned and looked around the room.

It was my first day at Leon academy, my first day int his newly appointed dorm. It wasn't a very exciting dorm, very dull, very gray. It consisted of a single bed with plain white sheets and a white comforter. The pillow sat neatly at the top of the bed. That was really the only color inside the room, besides the doors. The wall was a dull gray color and it really killed my day. Like really. There was a originally painted brown dresser that was now painted the same shade as the room. Gray. There was a nightstand next to the bed that had my laptop and my cell phone sitting on it.

This was the standard trainee room. Trainee was what you started out as, then you moved up to cadet after awhile. Hopefully, I would move up to cadet and get out of this room. It smelled bad.

I slipped into my uniform, which was very basic. Trainee's were required to wear a knee length gray skirt that waved when I walked. They were also made to wear gray knee high socks in the warmer times, gray tights during the winter. There was a blue tie that was required for daily wear and it really livened up the outfit. The shirt was a button up collared shirt, short sleeved because it was warmer. In the colder months, there was a long sleeve edition. You were also required to wear these uncomfortable brown shoes.

I had really screwed up my life. Why had I decided to go to military school anyway? Why hadn't I went to college with Kelly, my best friend? But no, Emma had wanted a change, and a change she was getting. I banged my head on the wall and stumbled slightly and regained my composure within moments. I shook it off and sighed. This was my life now, training and not doing anything but that.

I thought back to the argument my parents and I had had when we were looking through applications.

Flash

"Emma, do you have any clue what you want to do with your life?" my father had asked me with a hint of anger in his voice.

"No clue," I replied as I lazily threw each brochure aside while only glancing at it. They all seemed... dull... unexciting.

"Emma," my mother said, using her persuasive voice that usually worked. "You have wonderful grades, you were in the top 10 of your class! You could get in anywhere you want, free of charge. You got a full ride scholarship, you know dear." I just sighed and my mom went on. "If you would just tell us what you wanted to do with your life." She sighed, mimicking me, what I had done only moments earlier.

"Emma, you need to decide where you want to go." My father was a very impatient man, so this was one thing that he was going to force upon me. I was going to figure it out that night what I was going to do or he would be majorly pissed off.

I looked at the brochure I held in my hand. Havard Law School. Unexciting, boring. I didn't want to turn out to be such a dull person, a lawyer. Definitely not what I wanted to do with my life. I threw the brochure aside hastily. My mom and dad exchanged worried glances. They had known that this wasn't going to be as easy as the had thought.

"Kelly is going to Penbrook," my father had said. "So is Jake. Why not go with them?"

"Nuh uh!" I said, my voice high pitched like a young girl's. "I want a change, something different." I have to admit, I am one spoiled kid. If I just threw a fit, I got whatever I wanted. No matter what it was.

"Why do you want a change?" my father asked impatiently.

"I've always been known as 'Jake's girlfriend.'" I said, using my fingers and putting quotation marks around the Jake's girlfriend part. "I'm sick of being labeled as that, I want something new. Mom, Dad, forgive me, but I really want to go somewhere where no one knows who I am, no one can label me. No one knows me."

They again shared worried glances. This wasn't what they were expecting from the good kid, the smart one, the one who didn't go off and smoke pot on a regular basis. In fact, I'd never smoked pot before in my life.

I picked up a brochure and the name caught my eye. Leon Academy. I flipped it open and started reading about it. Of course,t eh dorms that they described were a lot better than they really were, but I hadn't known that at the time. They had told me what a Cadet room looked like. I was reading about all of the features they had and it really seemed like the place to go. I shoved the brochure in my dad's face and he looked it over.

"Em, this isn't going to be easy, this is going to be a very challenging road." I rolled my eyes at my dad.

"Didn't I always get onto the sports teams? Didn't I always do well? Didn't I get to play with the boys in gym class because I kicked all of the girls' asses?"

My parents looked at each other. All of that was true.

"I'm going to military school."

End Flash

Why oh why hadn't I listened to my parents? Why oh why had I wanted a change? But the realization of why I had wanted a change came to my head instantly. Jake. I gulped and I quickly decided to think of happier thoughts.

I left to go to my first class.

I was in the right place. I walked inside of the classroom and glanced around. It seemed way more exciting that my dorm room, that was for sure. Way more exciting. I took a seat toward the middle of the room. I didn't want to be one of the nerds who always did everything, what kind of first impression would that be? But I didn't want to be one who sat in the back. Yeah, the middle was safest.

A girl with black hair walked in and brown eyes. She glanced around for a seat and then walked up to me. "Is this seat taken?" she asked, smiling.

"No, go ahead," I said and gestured for her to sit down. She did and started talking almost instantly.

"I'm Madison Irene Shultz, but you can call me Maddie. No, you have to call me Maddie. Clear?" I nodded, looking at her. She was pretty. Like I said before, she had long black hair that was very straight. Straighter than mine, that was for sure. She had brown eyes and very pale skin. When she smiled, dimples were soon to be found within her cheeks. She wasn't tall or short, she looked around 5 foot 5. I was about two inches shorter than her. That was me, just naturally short.

I found myself comparing myself to her. I had a habit of comparing other people to myself. I did it quite often. I wasn't one that had high self-esteem. Never had.

"I'm Emmalia Nicole Lillith." I smiled at her. "Yeah, such a girly name, I know. Call me Emma."

She nodded and we hit it off right away, becoming close friends very quickly.

"He's cute," Maddie said, glancing over her shoulder and there was indeed a very cute boy there.

He had this shaggy brown hair that hung down around his face in just the right way. You always hate the guys with really short hair and the really long hair. His was in the perfect place, in the perfect form. I found myself looking at his eyes, they were a piercing blue that was so beautiful. They were like pale sapphires. He had a nice build, just enough muscle, but not too much like those body builders who oiled their bodies and just looked so unnatural. His smile, I could have died for that smile. It was so perfect, his teeth showing, they were very white. He was wearing the uniform, but you could see his six-pack though it, because he had such dark skin.

The two of us locked eyes, there was something about him... something that I couldn't quite figure out. He was cute. No I take that back. He was hot. I had attraction for him just moments after laying eyes on him. He seemed so confident, so smart, so sexy.

I turned away from him very quickly. This was military school. I wasn't in high school. Besides that, I had a boyfriend. Even as fucking retarded as he was, I had a boyfriend.

"Ohhhhh, Emma's got a crush!" Maddie said, a little too loudly. Her voice was high pitched. The guy turned and smiled and me and then... he walked up to me.

"Hey," he said. He had this deep, beautiful voice. "My name is Matt. What's yours?"

I was silent for a second. It was obvious he was talking to me, but I just couldn't get anything to come out. Maddie kicked me, but I still didn't respond.

"Hi, I'm Maddie," Maddie said, breaking the ice slightly. It was still there though, but she killed it seconds later when she kicked me in the shin really hard.

"Ow!" I grumbled, and then my voice returned to normal. "My name is Emmalia. Um, Emily... Um, Emma!" I blushed scarlet, he could tell I was nervous and I had given it away that I really like him.

"Which is it?" he asked, a mischievous glint in his eye. Like he was making fun of me. I mentally kicked myself. This wasn't grade school. I wasn't a little fifth grader anymore, falling all over boys. I had to keep my cool. But it was really weird. I mean, I'd never had my heart thump so much before, no matter what had happened. I wished that it would quit, for all I knew it could fly out of my chest and into the air and there'd be no more Emma.

"Emma," I responded, smiling and regaining myself.

"Emma, huh?" he smiled at me. "It's a nice name, I like it." He flipped his hair and walked away, leaving me standing there berathless.

"Earth to Emma?" Maddie asked, cocking her head slightly to the side. "Emma..." She flipped her hand upside down in front of my own and it took a few seconds for me to notice that she was hanging there right in front of me. I jerked backwards. Little did I know, this was just the beginning for me and my new life at Leon Academy.

End Chapter

A/N: The end! What do you guys think of the first chapter? It's a little different, so please read and review!

SavannahX