A spontaneous move to Washington DC wasn’t something you wanted to hear the summer before your junior year of high school, but it happened anyway.

The moment you got to Bullis School, the expensive private school your parents decided to send you to, you notice Alex Carington. The rich “bad boy”- as most people call him, is the nephew of James Carington. Yes, the James Carington, the politician who runs basically all of DC.

For the first time, you’re walking into the insufferably large school, when you notice Alex. Standing there, his back against the ivy covered brick wall and smoking a cigarette, looking particularly annoyed that he has to be there.

“New?” He mutters, looking up at you. He must have noticed you staring at him, you guessed.