Through his eyes

11

"Oh my god" Ashley said wide eyed
"What is it now?" Brianna asked slurping on her vanilla milkshake
"Theo has a Instagram account!" She said practically jumping in her seat,
"How'd you know?" I asked her
"Peter posted him on his Instagram story" she said showing us her phone, and she was right Theo had a Instagram account and already
9k?! Followers how's that even possible?!

"Sadly only one picture" Ashley said
"If you like him so much- just ask him out" Mei said munching on her fries
"What?! I can't! He probably doesn't even know that I exist" Ashley said slumping down in her seat,
"I could help you with that" I offered smiling at her
"How?" She asked
"Well I've known him since kindergarten and I could easily bring you two together" I explained
maybe this could also bring me a little closer to Peter.

"You would really do that?" Ashley asked excitedly
"Of course" I said chuckling

"Y'all done?" I asked looking around our table and they all said yes or nodded their heads
"Let's pay then"

•••

Theodore

When is this day gonna be over. I thought these are advanced classes but that all seems so easy.
I finished the sheet in front of me in exact 13 minutes and 22 seconds. Mind you; we were given 25 minutes for this task. It has always been like that, when I was younger the school requested me to take a test since they believed I'm so type of genius and if the test would turn right I would've been allowed to go to a different boarding school made for 'really smart' children my old teacher would've said but my dad declined the offer and now I'm stuck here.

I don't know if I'm some type of genius but I would actually like to find out.

•••

I was getting some books from my locker,
"Hey Theo"
I jumped when I heard her soft voice,

"Hey?" I greeted Imani and her friend
"You already know who I am but this is Ashley" Imani said pointing to that girl next to her, she was a little smaller than Imani and had curly blonde hair and light brown eyes, she was dressed in a white skirt and blue cardigan showing off her slim legs.
"You wanna sit with us at lunch today?" Imani asked

"I- uhh yes- I mean no. I-I don't really like the food here" I said feeling my cheeks redden
"So no?" Imani asked with a raised brow
"W-we could grab some lunch together? I'm also not a big fan of the food here" the girl that identifies as Ashley suggested
"Great! Let's use your car then, Okay?" Imani said smiling brightly
"O-okay" I breathed out
"Bye" they both said.

"Look at you, getting all famous now" Peter said walking towards me,
"I wouldn't say famous" I said closing my locker, since I have Instagram now I'm getting a bunch of messages I do not intend of opening, I even got three phone numbers from random girls today.

"What were y'all talking about" Peter asked looking in the direction Imani and Ashley walked away
"Grabbing some lunch together" I said nonchalant
"Cool. When?" He asked
"lunch" I said in a duh tone
"Aiight I'm coming too" Peter said with a grin
"Whose care are we taking?"
"Mine" I grumbled
"K, see you later" he said patting my back and moving to his next class.

•••

I only ordered a chocolate milkshake, I was so tense that I wasn't even hungry anymore.

I thought it would only be the four of us but Peter invited some of his friends causing Imani to also invite more of her friends.
I'm not complaining but I never liked being in a large group of people.

A girl next to me cleared her throat
"So uhm d-do you have any hobbies?" Ashley asked, I raised my brow at her since usually nobody cares about that,
"Yea I did some boxing and I can play the piano" I answered
"Weird combination but cool" she said giggling
"And you?" I asked
"Oh yeah I'm a cheerleader and I'm into photography" she said smiling shyly
"Interesting" I said, sorry but I'm really bad at having conversations

"I'm kind of struggling with my current project, my art teacher said something about human bodies and insecurities but I don't really know how to represent that" she went on
"Insecurities huh?"
"Yes. And it's really important for me-"
"Oh that guy has a lot of insecurities" Peter said out of nowhere
"Shut up Peter" I hissed at him
"What? Why? You are basically perfect" Ashley said wide eyed. I felt myself blushing no one has ever called me perfect.

"Thanks" I said smiling a little.
"I. Have. The. Perfect. Idea for my project" Ashley said wide eyed staring into the air.
She grabbed my arm "Theo. Will you be my muse for this really really important project?!" She asked griping my forearm lightly
"Uhhh"
"Yes he will" Imani chirped in "Right Theo?"

What?