Yours. ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Pen15 (Alex)

25. High School

hi!! sorry i'm getting lazier and lazier w this updates but i finally finished the chapters that are following the plot of the show so my lil cuties r in high school now <3

tbh i'm considering writing more mature (?) scenes now since they're older? like, not full-on sex scenes or whatever but less of a middle school hand holding hugging under the bleachers type relationship yk? js lmk what you think.

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"Fuck," Delilah muttered under her breath as she slumped into her seat. "College apps and the SATs make me wanna die."

"Literally," Connie groaned. "Do you see how much concealer I had to use to cover up my dark circles? If I get anything lower than 1400, I might just drop out."

Dustin nodded in agreement as he leaned over to join their conversation. "For real. God, it feels like we were just little kids practicing our times tables like yesterday. I miss middle school. Whoever decided to add letters into math should go fuck themselves."

"Where are you guys thinking of applying?" Delilah asked. 

"Dunno," Dustin sighed. "I'll be lucky if I even graduate, at this point. I'm practically failing trig and physics."

"Honestly, if college doesn't work out, I've always wanted to try out modeling," Connie smiled. "Walking the runway in New York sounds way better than eating instant noodles at 3 AM in your dorm."

"You guys should apply to some Cali schools with me," Delilah suggested, starting to ramble. "I'm going for UCLA, FIDM, USC, UC Berkley, and Stanford there. But I'm also applying for NYU, so I'll get to see you there if you get into modeling, Connie."

"How the hell do you have a whole list already?" Dustin complained. "You've been an academic weapon since elementary school, dude. Do you ever take a break?"

"Nope," Delilah weakly smirked. "Do you ever not take breaks?"

"Ouch," he replied, dramatically pretending to clutch his heart. "I like to think of myself as more of a street smarts over book smarts kind of guy."

"...Right," Connie said, raising an eyebrow. "Anyway, I'm so done with all this college talk. Anything exciting happen to either of you recently?"

Dustin's face lit up. "I went on a date with Nora, and we-"

"Quiet, you three," their teacher sternly said from across the classroom. "Let's get started with the lesson, shall we?"

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During their free period, Alex and Delilah met up in the library. As soon as he saw her, Alex grinned and walked over to give her a hug.

"What's up? I missed you," he softly said.

"I missed you too," Delilah smiled, getting on her tippy toes to give him a kiss.

Alex had grown infuriatingly tall over the years. Delilah was stuck at 5'4 while her boyfriend was now suddenly 6'1. She didn't entirely mind, though. As most girls do, Delilah thought that his height made him even more attractive.

"I was talking about college with Connie and Dustin before class today," she continued as they sat down next to each other. "Are you set on FIDM? You went on a tour last summer, right?"

"Yeah," he nodded. "I feel like I actually belong there, you know?"

"Mhm," Delilah said. "I'm definitely applying there too, but UCLA is also one of my top choices. Even if I don't go to FIDM, we'll still be pretty close if I get in there."

"God, what happened?" Alex laughed. "Our friend group used to always fuck around and make stupid jokes. Now we're all just stressing about school and our futures. Being old sucks."

Delilah weakly smiled as she took his hand. "We'll be fine. I hope."

"You think we'll be able to stay in touch with everyone?" he quietly asked, his voice saddening.

"Of course," she replied. "Remember Dustin told everyone if we didn't meet up at least once a year that he'd post all the dirt he has on all of us? I'm not trying to deal with him. You know he's got all the receipts stored somewhere."

"Oh, my God," Alex groaned. "I think he's got my dick measurements from middle school. And Brandt's."

"I don't even wanna know," Delilah said, shaking her head. "You three were total pervs in middle school, huh?"

"Hey!" he complained. "I wasn't that weird. Dustin was the one who told Brandt and I about his daily-"

"Don't. Even. Finish," she quickly responded. "I'm sure Dustin did, though."

Alex stared at his girlfriend blankly until the joke finally made sense in his head. He had to cover his mouth to hold back his laughter since they were in the library, but Delilah couldn't hold her small smile back.

"You're evil," he snickered, staying as quiet as possible. 

"We've still got our immature middle school humor, at least," Delilah grinned. "That's one thing we've never lost."

"We're growing up, but we're not actually growing up, you know?" he said. "Anyway, how's Diana?"

[for context: you know the cats they were talking abt getting when they were older? they adopted them at the same time in their freshman year <3 delilah's cat is diana (the gray one) & alex's cat is lincoln (the ginger one)]

"She misses Lincoln," Delilah said. "I swear, she looks out my bedroom window every day to check if he's coming over."

"Don't you do the same thing with me?" Alex teased.

"Shut up," she replied, rolling her eyes. 

"Speaking of," he laughed. "Can you come over later today? We haven't hung out in a bit. You should bring Diana."

"I will," Delilah happily said. "Is this a sit and talk date or a...? You know. That kind of date?"

Alex smirked and leaned over to kiss her on the forehead. 

"Whatever you want it to be, love."

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i'd write more but i have to sleep soon </3 gn guys ily