With everything in her power, she tried to keep from squealing a little. She wasn't normally one to do so, but those words just made her heart happy. So instead of skipping down the hall, or twirling around, she kept walking. Biting on the inside of her cheek to keep herself out of fantasy mode. At least long enough to hear his question. "No- I've got English first, unfortunately." She hummed, glancing over her shoulder for a moment. "You had physics, I believe."
Lucas turned his eyes to the ground and toyed with his hair to make it less obvious how red he was. His friends saw him and started calling and teasing, but he held a finger in front of his mouth, urging them to shut up. "Ah, right… physics. I know we'll meet up at some point during the day. At lunch, for sure." He flustered for a moment when Melissa looked back at him and he looked away with one hand on the back of his neck.
Bobbing her head a bit to nod, she turned her head to look back in front of where she was going. She didn't notice the group of his friends, nor did she notice the few people watching as they continued down the hall. "For sure," She hummed, coming to a stop once they reached her locker. "I think we have a math together. I could be wrong." Smile still on her face, she looked up at him for a moment before taking her bag off her back.
Lucas nodded and looked back at Melissa once she turned around. "Yeah… that'll be nice, at least. Even though math sucks we can suffer together, right?" He laughed softly. When they reached Melissa's locker, he reluctantly let go of her hand so she could put away her things, but he still kept very close to her.
Melissa nodded her agreement, while reaching up to open her locker. "It does indeed suck- but I'm actually pretty good at it. So it's not the worst thing on the planet." She hummed, shoving her bag in her locker, and unzipping it. Managing to yank her English textbook out, she blew a strand of hair out of her face before shutting her locker. "Now, where is yours?"
"I think I'm okay at it, at least… not amazing by any means, but I get by." Lucas shrugged, fidgeting with his hands a bit. "My locker? Um…" He pulled out his schedule and then looked around. "It's… over there, I think." He pointed off to his right and then wandered over that way, frequently checking to make sure Melissa was still with him. He made it to his locker and opened it, putting his backpack in and taking his physics textbook out, which he then tucked under one arm. "Ready as you'll ever be?"
"Well, I'm always here to help out," Melissa hummed before letting him continue. Eyes following to where his finger pointed, she let him lead the way. Sticking close by, without taking his hand, she followed behind him almost like a lost puppy. Once his books were also shoved in his locker, she gave a gentle smile. "As I'll ever be." She echoed, fidgeting with her textbook. "Guess we should head to class- see you later, okay?"
"Ah, yeah…" Lucas looked back over to Melissa, not wanting to part ways, but knowing that they had to. He didn't want to get in trouble or annoy Melissa, after all. "See you later, Mel." He waved and hesitated a moment before reluctantly turning to go to class. Physics was pretty boring, especially since they were really just going over the syllabus, and he busied himself with drawing in his sketchbook.
(Should we skip? And if so, any idea when to?)
"Mhm, see you later." She replied, watching him depart into the sea of of students. When he had disappeared from sight, she tried to regain herself, still buzzing from just getting to hold his hand. She was absolutely ridiculous. And once she had officially regained her composure, she quickly made her way to class.
(Yeah skipping is fine, and I'll just bring them to lunch since I think that's the next time they see each other)
After going through another couple of classes and dealing with his friends teasing him and telling him again to just ask Melissa out, Lucas arrived at lunch with a very flushed face. He sighed softly and sat down at a table, pulling out his lunchbag so he could eat. He'd neglected to eat breakfast that morning, so he was pretty hungry.
(Sounds good to me ^.^)
Melissa had wandered into the lunchroom, and through the lunchline without much thought in her mind. She had somewhat ignored some of her other friends— on accident, of course— as she was focused on trying to find Lucas. She had a feeling he had found somewhere to sit by himself, and wanted to make sure he wasn't alone all lunch break. Eventually she had found him, and a smile pulled up on her lips as she set her tray down. "Well here you are," She laughed a bit, sitting down across from him.
Lucas looked up and smiled upon seeing Melissa. She was right about him generally choosing to be more isolated at lunch. He liked the baseball team, of course, but they were usually a little too rambunctious for him when he really just wanted to eat. "Hiya, Mel. How was English?" He asked before taking a bite of his sandwich. "And your other classes too, I guess."
With a small tray of food, she picked up an apple with a shrug. "They were alright, I guess. Nothing all that exciting." She hummed before biting into said apple. "I mean, I don't really understand the point. Most of my teachers emailed me the class syllabus already- so why do we have to go over it in class?" She mumbled between bites. "What about you? How were your classes?"
"Yeah, I dunno… mine were pretty much the same." Lucas shrugged, resting his head on the knuckles of one hand. "I'm hungry… didn't have time to eat breakfast." He sighed softly and ate some more of his sandwich, tapping one foot on the ground. "Not that there's a lot of food in the house to begin with, but y'know. Old man never goes grocery shopping."
"Do you need something more to eat?" She asked, gently pushing her tray towards him. "I personally am not too hungry, so you can have some of mine. Not the best in the world, but it'll suffice." Melissa offered, setting her half-eaten apple down.
"Thanks, but I should be fine…" Lucas finished his sandwich and rummaged around in his bag to see what else he'd brought, and started eating a small bag of chips that were probably expired. "We have math after this, right?" He asked.
"Mhmm…" Melissa hummed a little, before pulling her tray back towards her. "Have we officially decided that's our only class together?" She asked, mindlessly watching him as he ate. After a moment she snapped herself out of it, and focused on literally anything else, as to make sure she wasn't being— well, creepy.
"Yeah, I think so. I've got art later." Lucas finished his chips and rested his head on his knuckles again. He was still pretty tired and hungry, but he didn't want to take Melissa's food. "Dunno if we'll start actually doing anything yet, but y'know."
"You've got a better chance there, than anywhere else." Melissa hummed, finishing her apple before picking up her water bottle. "I mean, it could just kinda be a free hour. The teacher won't necessarily have to teach anything today. Maybe just give you a quick assignment?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Lucas shrugged a bit. "I'll probably still draw even if we don't have anything specific to do. Might as well." His stomach growled quietly, but he did his best to ignore it. The sandwich felt like nothing… this is stupid. "What class do you have after math?" He asked.
Melissa nodded, listening to him as she sipped her water. "I think I've got Chemistry." She hummed, not seeming very thrilled. "How about you? You have any idea what your next one is?"
"Um… I think I've got English after Math." Lucas brushed his hair out of his eyes again. He definitely wasn't used to it being down like this. "I wish we had more classes together."
Noticing he was struggling with his hair, Melissa started digging through her pockets for some sort of hair pin. "As do I- it's weird not seeing you as often as I used to. Didn't we have like four classes together last year?" She asked, finally pulling out a bobby pin and holding it out to him. "Here, for your hair."
"Yeah, something like that." Lucas shook his head again to get his hair out of his eyes and looked up at Melissa at her offer. "Oh! Um… thank you…" He flushed lightly as he accepted the pin, and hesitated before clumsily attempting to pin back some of his hair with it. It was pretty obvious that he wasn't quite sure how to use it properly, though.
Melissa tried to hide her amused grin, but found it was pointless. "You have no idea how to use it, do you?" She asked with a teasing tone, finishing her water bottle before standing up.