Aria gets to leave early today.
Due to the school going on break for the end of the trimester, there's no after school activities running meaning no reason for two students to stay an extra hour. Basically, the holiday has officially started.
She's skipping to her car, hand entwined with Sade's. Their bags bouncing up and down on their backs, the heavy weight of their laptops and notebooks slowing them down. Nevertheless, the vehicle's lights flash, unlocking the car, before Aria pulls open the trunk and tosses her school bag in the back.
Aria slams the trunk shut after Sade places her belongings into the back, then rushes over to the driver seat and hopping in. The last three – or so – months have been incredibly long and draining, and a break was in order.
She switches the engine on, connects her phone to the aux, buckles up, and rolls the windows down. With her best – girl – friend sat next to her, Sade turns up the volume of the speakers while Aria goes to her 'party' playlist.
A playlist dedicated to the staple songs at any high school party, you know the songs; Young, Wild & Free, Mo Bamba, Sicko Mode. The classics. Maybe it is not the right place, but it's definitely the right time.
She reverses out of the parking lot, music blasting out windows while other students glance their way. Of course, the girls don't care, Aria's got her sunglasses on, practically speeding past the school gates as some 2010s house song breaks their eardrums.
Luke is embarrassed for the girl, how shameless she is to have everyone within a two mile radius hear her coming. Luckily for him, his mother didn't seem to notice a car speed past playing music that teens have been getting drunk to for the past ten years.
Still, he slides into the passenger seat of the car, placing his earbuds in to listen to his definition of real music, some old pop-punk song. Sure, he enjoys the party classics, he's a teenage boy after all, though it's not something he listens to casually. That's more of Calum's thing.
"Let's hope you don't spend all your break studying," Liz says, slipping into the driver's seat and dropping her bag on the floor of the passenger's seat between Luke's legs. "This is time for you to relax and have some fun," she hums.
"I won't spend my time studying," he says. "I'm not some loser," he adds.
"I know, but I assumed you'd go home with Calum today." Liz tells, "I don't know, I figured he'd be hosting some big party tonight." She chuckles, switching on the engine and beginning to reverse out of the parking spot.
"No, he's not hosting tonight, he's throwing a Halloween party next week." He answers, "I'm pretty sure everyone is using this week to chill out, you know?"
"Well, when Aria drove by it seemed like she's getting ready for a weekend of excitement." She observes, catching a glimpse of the dark-haired girl before she sped out of the gates. "What's she got planned?"
"I don't know, we're not that close anymore mum." Luke doesn't want to reveal the long lasting feud that's been going on between him, nor does he want to sit in the car and listen to his mother gush over a girl he's convinced himself is the enemy.
"That's a shame, you guys used to be the best of friends." She says. Now, Liz knows that Aria did punch her son in the face, the school did call and send an email explaining the situation, but the story was twisted by the boy to protect himself.
The story he told was probably one of the best lies, he's never been more convincing in his life, and deserved an oscar for the impeccable scene. He managed to calm his mother down, protect himself – from Aria and her dad – and played it off as a misunderstanding and a false sense of coordination.
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BAD OMENS ✬ luke hemmings
Fanfiction"what happened to us?" "well, we hated each other." she hates him, he hates her. petty rivalry, rumours, comments tore their friendship apart. they can't be around each other and everyone knows that. though after taking it too far, the two are sub...
