@Periwinkle_
"Yeah, I had totally forgotten about this one. I also found a huge stash of stickers that I collected like 6 years ago."
"Yeah, I had totally forgotten about this one. I also found a huge stash of stickers that I collected like 6 years ago."
"Didn't I use to always tease you about it?" Kelton asked, a small smile forming on his lips at the memory.
“Yeah, you did,” she replied. She laughed. “Although I don’t know why. Collecting stickers is a totally normal thing to do.”
"I honestly don't know why either, probably for some weird reason," Kelton replied with a slight laugh.
“My mom used to say you did it because you liked me,” Piper laughed. Then she shook her head. “She didn’t see how ridiculous that was.”
Because I did and I still do, Kelton thought, but quickly dismissed it before laughing along and nodding. "Right, I don't know where she got that from. How obvious was I when I was younger?
“I guess parents tend to do that though,” she continued. Then her head snapped to her left; she had heard someone call her name. A girl from her math class beckoned her over.
“See ya,” she waved at Kelton then walked over to the girl.
Kelton waved back and sighed in relief, glancing at the other girl before heading off in a different direction. Am I still that obvious?
(Timeskip)
(Okay, can you start?)
That afternoon, Piper and the girl she had met in the hallway, along with some other orchestra kids, headed over to the Owl Nest. It was a really cozy cafe that pretty much everybody went to to hang out.
Kelton walked into the cafe he works at to start his shift, wanting this day to be over already. He had almost told everything to Piper and he felt like an open book, like anyone could look at his past and judge him based on that.
They had all been laughing and talking together for a few minutes. Ever so often, Piper would look over to see one particular oboe player’s eyes on her. She would smile back, and he would smile a bit and look away.
Kelton ignored the girl eyeing him up and down, making him a bit uncomfortable. Couldn't he go a day without some creepy person staring at him? He smiled brightly at the customer who was ordering, writing down the man's order before turning around to make the drink.
Piper looked over to see Kelton behind the counter, making a drink. She stood up and went over.
“The service here is despicable,” she said with a smile.
Kelton turned around when he heard a familiar voice and smiled at Piper. "Then go to the manager, he'll totally care about that," He replied sarcastically with the smile still on his face.
She laughed, then held her chin in her hands.
“I didn’t know you worked at this cafe,” she said.
"Now you know," Kelton said with a slight laugh, glancing at the cup in his hand and calling out the order then the name.
When the customer approached, Piper stepped aside.
“I’ve been here like a thousand times and I haven’t ever seen you here. Weird,” she mused.
"Oh shut up, Gwen." Kelton mumbled, handing the man his coffee and smiling brightly at him.
The man took his coffee and thanked the barista before walking away.
She scrunched up her face and stuck out her tongue. “No, you.”
Kelton smiled a bit before also sticking out his tongue in reply.
(Sorry it's short)
Just then, the oboe player walked up to where Piper and Kelton were. He stuck his hand out to Kelton. “Hi, I’m Ben.”
"Max." Was all Kelton said as he shook Ben's hand, smiling at him. He had seen the man staring at Piper and he felt like punching him. Goodness, what is wrong with me?
Then Ben turned his attention to Piper. “Hey, if you’re not doing anything tomorrow do you wanna come watch practice?”
Kelton didn't say anything and smiled at another person that had come up to order. If he does anything else, I'm going to kill him.
"Uh, I don't know. . ." Piper trailed off. She didn't really know this guy, and she didn't feel like making any new friends right about now. Especially new friends who stared at her.
Kelton almost sighed out loud in relief when she said no, turning around to make the person's order that had come up before.
“I think Kelton and I had plans,” she said really loudly. She really hoped Kelton would catch on.
Kelton glanced at her and nodded as if he knew what she was talking about. "Yea, we had some really important plans."
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