= CHAPTER TWO - And I Am Just a Simp (JOE) =

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:September 24th, XX46; Tuesday.

:INTRODUCTION.

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Sometimes, when you're in highschool, you'll have a period you need to fill but no class you specifically want to take. So, you'll ask your friends what extra classes they're taking and pick one in hopes of getting put in that class with them. This was the reason Joe was currently writing down notes about how cameras work, as none other than Oliver sat next to him.

Joe wasn't really that interested in photography, not at all. But having a class with no assigned seating where Joe could sit in the back with his crush and pass notes so they could talk? And then sometimes they'd go outside and take pictures of each other and submit them for a grade? It was an easy A. And an excuse to talk more. A win-win situation, really. Of course, Joe's periods were only 45 minutes long each, but he made the most out of them. Especially when they were this good.

"...And, that should be all you have to learn today," Joe heard the teacher say as he zoned back in to what she was talking about. "Remember this stuff for tomorrow, we're going to go out to the field to do a project. You can partner up with whoever you want, as long as it's only two people per group. You'll be taking pictures of each other in motion without the picture coming out blurry. Sounds easy, right? Any questions?"

The class was silent, because it always seemed either no one had questions or the kids who did were too socially awkward to ask.

"Alright. You all can pack up but stay in here until the bell rings. Have a good rest of your day."

The bell ended up ringing a few moments after that, so Joe and Oliver exited the classroom, walking down the stairs of the building they were in.

"Agh, I have study hall next. I don't know what to even do, it's always so boring," Oliver complained, spotting his classroom up ahead already since it was in the same building as the photography class.

"Just go on your phone or something. Have you done the vocab work for English yet?"

"Oh, no I haven't. That's a good idea, thank you!"

Joe nodded and waved goodbye to Oliver as they reached his classroom. Joe kept walking, out of the building and across campus to another building at the other side of it. Joe's school was pretty big- there were three buildings, one dedicated mostly to the arts, the A building; one for sports, the B building; and one with a bunch of random classrooms here and there, the C building. A few of the language classes had been smushed in with the A building, so that was where he was heading for his American Sign Language class.

Joe was pretty glad he was taking ASL instead of Spanish- his elementary and middle schools only offered the latter, and those classes were just boring. He had nothing against Spanish as a language, but it was just hard for him to learn and he wasn't very interested in it. He already knew a bit of ASL anyways before coming to highschool- his dad was Deaf in one ear and through a few doctor's appointments learned he was beginning to lose hearing in his other ear, and would lose it completely in maybe ten or twenty years, so he and Joe's father both learned some ASL and taught it to Joe when he was a toddler.

And, of course, ASL was also fun because Sage was in that class with him. Once again, it was a win-win situation.

He got to the classroom and set down his stuff in his seat, walking over to where Sage sat a few desks away from him. He leaned against his desk and Sage sighed.

"I'm tired," Sage complained, trying to sit up. Joe chuckled.

"You're always tired. Stop staying up so late."

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