A Nerd's Crush

𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴.

𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘷𝘢, 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴!

𝘐 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘷𝘢 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵.
"Mya! Are you excited for our new student? Oh my God I wonder how is she like?" 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵.
"I'm also excited! Just think about it, maybe she's gonna become our best friend!"

𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘷𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦, 𝘔𝘳. 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴.

"Okay everyone! Good morning, I hope you've had a nice weekend. As most of you already know, we are going to have a new student in school starting today. I want you all to be nice to her, and try to get along. Darling, please come in and introduce yourself."

𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦, 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯.

"Hey everyone! Nice to meet you all! My name is Holly Brown, and I've recently moved in here. I play guitar, I love reading and another hobby would be drawing. I hope to get along with all of you and make some friends."

"Good job Holly! Thank you for introducing yourself. Now please go ahead and choose a seat." 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘔𝘳. 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥.

𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘷𝘢. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘺.
"Hello! Its really nice to meet you. Is it cool if I borrow a pen? I didn't really bring anything with me today."𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬.

"Oh of course you can! Here, take this, and I also have an empty notebook that I can give to you so you can write all the notes." 𝘐 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.

𝘈𝘴 𝘔𝘳 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮. "How long is this gonna last? My head is starting to hurt from all these equations and problems."𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦.

"The class will be over in like 10 minutes, but after that we get our lunch break! You can sit with us if you want, right Ava?" 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘷𝘢, 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴.
"Ava? Are you alright?" 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘴. "Of course she can stay with us. We can show you around! We got a very nice library since you like to read, so you'll have many books to choose from." 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.

𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘷𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥.
"This place is absolutely amazing! I'll definitely be coming here a lot!" 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.

𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.
"So, you play guitar huh? I've always wanted to learn but my parents were never okay with me playing an instrument for whatever reason." 𝘐 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴.
"Yeah, I've been wanting to play guitar since I was a kid but I've only started two years ago. You should come by once, I could play your favorite song and why not teach you a little bit!"

𝘐 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮. "Thank you for helping me fit in. I think you and I are gonna be great friends." 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮.

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘈𝘷𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵.
"Uh guys, I think we better get going. Chemistry class is starting soon."

𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺'𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺.. 𝘚𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦.

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘷𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦.
"Girls! Wait for me!"
𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴.
"My mom is picking me up but I just wanted to thank both of you again for staying with me today. I was really anxious about this whole new school thing, but you made it so much fun."

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘷𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘨 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥.

𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘨, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬.
"I'll see you tomorrow, cutie." 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.
"Wow.. You really got a crush huh?"

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘷𝘢'𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱. 𝘐 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵.

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