Define Friends

Chapter 43

"Collin! Wake up!" Sophia yells, gently shaking Collin.

Collin wakes up confused looking around for Sophia, "Huh?" He stretches.

"Did you forget we have school today?"

"Today isn't... weekend..." Collin soon realizes what is going on and suddenly jumps up, "Hah! Today there is school?!" He searches for his phone to check the time.

"Yes, so we should probably go get ready. You want to meet at my place?" Sophia asks, standing up.

"Meet at your place as in...?"

"Tonight."

Collin gathers his bag, "Why not?"

"So you'll be there?"

"After school no?"

"Sure..."

"Eh?"

"Nothing!"

"Did you want to do something specific?"

"I am totally not here right now."

Collin picks up his bag and approaches Sophia, bopping her nose, "Then why did I do that?"

"Uhh... I don't know."

"Cuz, you're here."

"OK?"

"So why did you say you weren't here?"

"Uhh... Nothing!"

"What's the nothing?"

"Nothing..."

Collin looks doubtful towards Sophia and takes hold of her, "That's all to it?"

"Just come to my house tonight, OK?"

He bumps a kiss on her head, "Ah, alright then... Oh dear, we should really run for school now! Are you ready?"

"Yep! Race you there!" Sophia takes off running, nimbly jumping over fallen logs and branches.

Collin smirks, "Right, as if I'd let you win that easily." Collin makes haste, jumping around the logs and stepping in between the branches.

"Goodbye!" Sophia says, haring off and disappearing from view.

"Agh! I'll get you!"

"No, no you won't."

"Yeah right..." Collin continues his run towards the school.

"Ha, I beat you!" Sophia turns to look at Collin, but can't find him. Sophia looks where she came from but he isn't there either. However, she didn't realize that he never came through that way. She decides to sit on the bench and wait for him to come for some minutes. Little she knew, he was approaching from behind...

"BOO~!" Collin shouts after immediately shaking Sophia.

"Collin! Why did you do that?"

"To spook you hehe."

"Well, don't do that again, or tonight is off!"

"I don't even know what 'tonight' will even be!"

"That's kinda the point..." Sophia mutters under her breath.

"... Well, I'll be surprised good then!"

"Hmph. We had better get to class."

Collin looks at the door. Putting the mask on, he gives his hand to Sophia, "Yes, we should."

"Well, see you in Environmental?"

Collin tilts, "Yeah." He glances at his extended hand, "C'mon now, let's get in."