My Hallway Crush

Chapter 3

After saying good-byes, the four went home. Chris and Eloy went together first, Morgan and Nate stayed behind for a bit.

"Can I stay over at yours?" Morgan asked.

Nate knew why she didn't want to go home, he knew very well why. He didn't question her since she doesn't like to talk about it. He accepted her request and they went home together.

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Nate lent his friend a spare shirt and pants for her to wear. The two of them sat down on the floor of his bedroom to play a game of cards, the clock on his desk read 11:21 pm.

"Thanks for today Morgan. I mean you did push me quite far from my comfort zone but i had more fun than I expected." He said whilst shuffling the cards for a new round.

"Im glad," she was proud like a mother who managed to get her son to make friends, "do you wanna keep hanging out with us?"

"Sure, it might be nice to have friends for once."

"Whatcha mean for once?! Am I not your friend already? You ass!" She grabbed the pillow she was sitting on and smacked him across the head with it. Nate couldn't help but laugh.
"They texted me and told me that they enjoyed spending time with you too and would like to get to know you better, can I tell them you had fun?" She put the pillow back to where it was and settled on top of it again.

"Sure." Of course Nate would want to hang out with them more: he'd finally have more friends, him hanging out with people would make Morgan happy. She texted the twins on the group chat.

There was a knock on his door. It pushed slightly open and a head popped in, it was Nate's mother, "go to sleep guys, its gonna get late and you've got school tomorrow." at the same time a huge German shepherd ran inside to greet Morgan.

"We will. Night mom," Nate went up to his mother and planted a kiss on her cheek.

Morgan got up and grabbed the pillow, "g'night Mrs. Spencer."

Before Nate's mother left, she called out, "Sport, c'mon let's go." And the obedient dog left behind the woman.

The friends got into Nate's queen sized bed and fell asleep.

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Nate made his way to his usual table in the cafeteria and saw Morgan waiting for him there. She was sitting cross-legged in an XXL men's hoodie, which made her look tiny, and jeans. She was eating some pasta with headphones in. She noticed Nate and paused her music.

"Hey, Nate." She called out with her mouth full of pasta.

"I got an A in physics," He announced while sitting down in front of Morgan. He hands over the paper to brag, "try not to get too turned on." He teased since Moran is asexual.

"Too late, my dick is already rock hard." She gave him back the paper and shoved more pasta into her mouth. She must be really hungry.

Nate unwrapped his tuna sandwich and bit into it. He then noticed Chris and Eloy making their way to the table. He waved shyly.

"Hey guys," greeted Eloy and they sat down.

They sit and eat their lunches while Morgan, Cris and Eloy are having a pleasant conversation for a couple of minutes.

After Nate finishes his lunch, he goes up to throw his trash away put his tray in it's corresponding place.

"Im gonna go to the library to study for a bit." He announces before making his exit.

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He goes to a table next to the historical section. This was his usual spot.

After settling himself on a chair with his bag plopped on the table, he pulled out his studying equipment: his laptop, a notebook or two, his pencil case, maybe a textbook and headphones. He began to work on his homework as well.

Nate has always been a good student; all his teachers liked him. He and his sister always topped their classes and won awards for their hard work.

Nate glances up when a girl sets her bag on the other end of the table, it was her. Blood rushed to his cheeks. He hid behind his laptop so she doesn't notice.

She goes towards the non-fiction section and comes back with a copy of H is for Hawk, Nate read that book already.

The girl comes back to the table, connects her AirPods to her phone and begins to read.

The boy chooses to ignore the beauty sitting before him and focuses on his work.

Nate first noticed this mysterious girl at the start of the year (she was probably new this year), he never knew such a pretty girl attended his school. The first thing he noticed was her hazel eyes that don't seem to stop sparkling. It really frustrated Nate that he didn't;t have any courage to go speak to her. All he wanted was to talk to her. I wanted to know her more —what's she like, where is she from, he at least wanted to know her name.

After a handful of minutes, the bell rang announcing that all students must now go to their corresponding classes. Nate and the girl got up and left.