Luke is determined to breeze through his senior year and onto mega stardom (which means avoiding school, and Principal Lessa, as much as possible). That is until he's forced to work side-by-side with quiet good-girl, Julie Molina, on the big end-of...
Julie stood rooted in place at the doorway of the school's auditorium Monday after school. Her mind was reeling. While she was expecting to see a small group of her friends, she found a large crowd of students instead. They were working feverishly onstage creating different parts of the set she and Luke had envisioned together for the showcase. Even more surprising was seeing none other than Luke himself at the center of all the activity. She watched as he talked with several of the helpers, pointing them in different directions.
As if on autopilot, Julie walked toward the action onstage, dropping her backpack on a seat in the front row.
"Hey, Jules." Luke said with a smile as he jumped off the stage to greet her.
"Hi." She said in disbelief. "What's going on?"
"I'm showing you how sorry I am." Luke said bending down slightly to meet her eyes. "For real. Oh, and I got you these just in case." He added, reaching into his backpack to pull out a small bouquet of dahlias to give her. "Wasn't sure if you were much of a flowers-for-an-apology kind of girl."
Julie took the flowers, wondering how he knew they were her favorite. After considering them for a moment, she popped to her tiptoes and threw her arms around Luke's neck. She felt his body stiffen at her unexpected embrace, then relax just as quickly as his arms slid around her waist returning her hug.
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"Thank you." She whispered as she pulled back a moment later, feeling overwhelmed by her emotions.
Luke took a step back and cleared his throat, adjusting the gray beanie on his head. Julie tucked her hair behind her ear, suddenly feeling bashful from her surprisingly bold move. She turned to set the flowers down on her backpack wanting to look anywhere but at Luke so she could clear her head.
"I see you finally used your charms for good." Julie teased noticing the large amount of female classmates working onstage that were now stealing glances at her and Luke.
Her heart beat wildly as he grinned and interlaced his fingers with hers, pulling her with him toward the stage. "Let me show you what we've got going on," he said.
Julie tried her best to be attentive to all the details Luke was giving her, but all she could seem to think about for some reason was what his lips would feel like on hers.
"So what do you think?" Luke asked breaking her from the spell she was under.
"Hmm? Oh, definitely!" Julie replied plastering a smile on her face hoping she'd said the right thing.
Luke gave her a funny look.
"Hey, Julie!" A familiar voice called. Julie turned at the sound of her name.
"Nick, you made it." She said ignoring Luke's muttering under his breath as they watched him approach.
"Of course. I'm always happy to help you Julie, you know that!"
