Falling -Louis Partridge

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Louis's POV:

After a few hours of studying, I looked at the clock. It said 9:45 pm.

I had helped Lexi out with Math, and as it turns out, she told me that she had messed up on the quiz we had because she still can't comprehend that Tiffany and Hannah did the horrible things to her.

I felt bad for Lexi, she didn't deserve any of that at all.

Maybe she needs a break from all this... I thought.

"Hey Lexi, we've studied enough for today, do you wanna go somewhere?" I asked her.

Lexi paused, "How about skating?"

I shrugged, grabbing my skateboard. "I guess we can go skating."

Lexi grabbed her sweater, and we headed outside and waited at the bus stop.

She shuffled her feet, as I put in earphones and played my playlist.

A few minutes later, the bus arrived, so we got on and sat at the very back of the bus.

Lexi tapped my shoulder.

"Hmm?" I glanced at her, and she had her hand out, asking for my left earphone.

"There, "I said,  handing her one side of my earphone, as I leaned back into my chair and closed my eyes.

"What other songs do you have?" She asked a few minutes later while tilting her head, as I unlocked my phone and showed her my playlist.

I let Lexi choose a song.

She chose to play Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High by Arctic Monkeys.

Ah yes, a girl with immaculate music taste, I thought, then immediately shook that thought out of my head.

The bus lurched to a stop, and Lexi and I got off the bus.

Lexi took off my earphone, as I set down my skateboard on the ground and put my earphone back into my pocket.

Once I was done, I got on my skateboard and showed Lexi a few more tricks I learned. 

Afterward, I gave Lexi the skateboard, and she did a few beginner tricks.

It was impressive because after all, the first time she had been on a skateboard was just a few days ago.

Lexi then got her phone out and showed me this TikTok of these two people that had their skateboard on their feet, and then they jumped up onto it.

"Looks difficult," I commented as Lexi waved it off.

We tried doing it. Multiple times. After 10 tries we still didn't get the hang of it.

"One more time?" Lexi pleaded as I nodded, as we flipped the board over and tried to jump onto it once again.

We fell, yet again.

However, this time was different. This time, she fell to the ground, but fortunately, I had caught her before she fell, so she had a not-so-rough fall.

Unfortunately for me, I had used my right hand to stop myself from falling onto her, so I could feel the impact of my skin onto the hard concrete.

She was still on the ground. And I was almost on top of her. I had one hand on the ground, and my hand holding hers.

She was on the ground. And I was-

Oh god. 

Lexi awkwardly smiled as I stood up, dusting off my hands, wincing as I accidentally touched the part of my hand that got a cut from the fall.