Teenage Prodigies {Gustholomule}

Chapter 3

Gus's P.O.V

"So, anything new happening at school recently?" My dad asks.

"Ehh not really, just homework and stuff." I reply as I get into the passenger seat of the car.

"Do you need a ride home after school today or are you going to your friends house again?" He asks, turning on the car and driving out of the driveway.

"Oh yeah, I'm going to Blight Manor again tonight, Hunters driving me."

"And what time are you coming home? You still have school tomorrow so you can't sleep over tonight."

"Hunter is driving me home around 7."

"Alright, I'll have dinner ready for 7!" My dad replies, smiling.

Pretty much every second day after school My whole friend group goes to Blight Manor to hang out. This includes Me, Luz, Amity, Willow, Edric, Hunter, Emira, Viney and sometimes Boscha and her girlfriend Skara, and once in awhile Jerbo shows up. We usually hang out all together, but sometimes The Blight twins, Hunter and Viney hang out separately from the rest of us.

I honestly have no idea how our friend group came to be, everyone is so different. But it honestly works so I don't question too often.

We finally make it to the school, I spot Willow and Luz sitting on a bench near the front entrance waiting for school to start.

"Bye dad! See you later!" I say happily as I quickly get out of the car, shut the door and run over to them.

"Hey Gus! Have you asked your dad about sleeping over at Blight Manor this weekend?" Luz asked happily as she looked up from the book she was reading. The Good Witch Azura 5.
"Have you forgotten that I sleep there practically every weekend? He's most likely going to let me go. But yeah I asked, he said yes." I reply as I sit down beside Willow.

There is still around 15 minutes until the bell rings, so I pull out my book from my backpack, Cosmic Frontier, my favorite, and start reading. Slowly more of our friends start to show up, Hunter, The Blights, Boscha, Skara, Viney then finally Jerbo, who is always late for everything.

*RINGG*

I pack up my stuff quickly before walking to my first class, A.P history. History has never really been my strong suit, but I do okay in the class. I sit down in my regular spot, left side of the room, more towards the front, by the window.

Around 5 minutes into the class, I hear the door open. A shorter boy walks in that I don't recognize. He has short brown hair, big brown eyes, and a large scar under his right eye. He's also wearing a yellow sweater and loose faded jeans.

"Alright class," Ms Clawthorne (Lilith) says, "We have a new student joining us today, please introduce yourself."

"Uhh okay, My name is Matt." He says, eyes on the floor.

"You can go Sit down beside Augustus, Augustus please raise your hand." She finished, walking back behind her desk. I raise my hand and smile at Matt. He walks over to me and sits beside me.

"Hi! I'm Augustus, Augustus Porter. But you can call me Gus." I say enthusiastically, handing out my hand to him and smiling. He looked down at it before taking it.

"Matt." He said before looking up at me.
"You look a little bit young to be in 11th grade." Matt continued in a completely serious tone.

"Uhh yeah I guess, I moved up two grades." I said nervously, rubbing the back of my neck.

"Oh, well that makes sense. I actually moved up a grade too." Matt responded, giving me a unexpected smile.

"Alright class quiet down, I need too take attendance." Ms Clawthorne said with a sigh, looking down at the paper in her hands.

I look over at Matt, who had his elbows on his desk and was leaning his face on his hands, listening to the teacher. I smiled a bit, not noticing that I was staring. He noticed this turned to look at me.
"Do you need something, Gus?" He asked with a confused expression on his face.

"Uhh- Oh yeah, I was wondering if you wanted to come sit with me at lunch, I'm assuming you probably haven't met very many people yet.." I ask, surprised that he talked to me me again.

"Oh, uh sure." Matt responds, giving me a faint smile before turning to face the front again.

I turn back to face the front of the class, the teacher's talking about some war or something. I'm not really paying attention though, my thoughts bouncing from subject to subject. I barely notice how much time has went by until I feel a jab to my side.
"Ow, what was that for?" I snap out of my thoughts as I look over at Matt.

"You zoned out and weren't responding to me, we have a assignment to do." He gestured to the piece of paper on my desk.

"Ohhh, thanks, I'll get on that now.." I look down at the worksheet. I must have missed quite a bit because I have no idea what the paper is referencing.
"Uhh.. Matt?"

"Uh huh?"

"I wasn't paying attention- uh what is this on even?" I ask looking over at him with puppydog eyes.

Matt has a confused look on his face. He sighs before responding.
"I'll help you."

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"Oh, thanks! That makes a lot of sense now!" I say happily as I start writing down answers on my page.

"Don't mention it." He responds, smiling slightly.

I finish my work as the bell rings, I get up and grab my bag and start heading towards the door. My next class is art, so I start heading there.

I walk into art, not surprised to see Luz already sitting there, she's always the first one to class. I walk over and sat beside her.
"Hi Gus! How was history?" Luz asked cheerfully as she leaned over to grab her sketchbook out of her bag.

"Yeah it was good I guess, we have a new student so that's cool." I reply, staring off into space.

"Oh! What's their name?" Luz asks, opening her sketchbook to a new page

"His name is Matt, he sits beside me now. He also skipped a grade too, so I guess thats interesting." I say, turning to look down at what Luz has started to draw.

"Oh that's cool, you guys have something in common!" Luz said enthusiastically, not taking her eyes off her drawing.

"Yeah I guess, there's something different about him though, I can't quite wrap my finger around it, but there's something." I mutter as I lay my face down on the table, continuing to face Luz.

"Ohh mkay, well you keep talking about it, I like listening to people talk." Luz replied, turning to look at me.

"I don't even know how to describe it, it's weird. But you can see him for yourself later, I invited him to eat lunch with us." I say, staring off into space, still facing Luz's direction.

"Oh okay! Can't wait!" Luz responds cheerfully before l
turning back to her drawing.