SWEET CREATURE // Luke Patterson

- coffee encounters -

Danielle quickly split up from Julie the moment they breached into the busy corridor. Julie was immediately flocked by several students congratulating her on her performance to which she responded to them more than uncomfortably. It was obvious she was not used to having the spotlight shone on herself.

Despite Julie pointing a desperate stare to Danielle, she shot the girl an apologetic look while miming sorry with a smile before making her break down the corridor and away from the crowds. Her next class was in the study hall which she wasn't all too incinded to go to. So instead she took a leisurely stroll through the school taking the scenic route to her locker.

When she finally found it she sighed, unloading all of her heavy textbooks from her backpack into her locker. It was like her little pit stop that she needed and if she hadn't got here in time, then she was going to break down from energy exhaustion. School was draining and having extra problems on top of that really didn't help.

Autopilot mode in check, Danielle kept to herself blocking out her surroundings despite it being deathly silent anyways. When the corridors were like this she felt as if she had space to breathe but the moment those bells rang it was a stampede being let loose. Danielle was so dissociated that she barely registered the nearby whooshing sound before it was too late.

"Danielle!" A chorus of voices filtered through the air like a harsh bang to the floor causing her to let out a shriek of fright dropping the last textbook from her bag to the ground which barely missed her foot. She turned around accusingly to be faced with three grinning faces making her roll her eyes and put away the last of her books she didn't need before closing her locker and turning to lean against it.

"Ever heard of a friendly, not so disruptive greeting? If not, you should really start learning." she said, muttering trying not to disturb the peace of the corridor, while giving the boys pointed glares to which she just received laughs of amusement.

Before any of the boys could speak up another shriek entered the group making everyone glance to the edge of the corridor to see Julie holding a hand over her racing heart in aggravation from not expecting the boys to be perched in the corridor.

"You... stop doing that! You can't just pop up whenever." Julie said glaring at each of the boys making Danielle smile at the side raising her brows in triumph at the boys surrendering stance, she was happy that she now wasn't the only one feeling this way. Having another girl to talk to the boys with was definitely going to be beneficial for everyone's sake.

"And you, don't leave me like that. I wasn't in the mood to deal with Carrie this morning." Julie said letting an exasperated hand swipe along her face making Danielle look at her with sympathy.

"Won't happen again, but if i'm being honest i'm not the best wingwoman when it comes to socialising." Danielle said seriously, making Julie crack a smile through her tired exterior.

"As much as your guys' girl bonding is precious, are we not going to talk about what just happened?" Luke speaks up with an excited smile as he bounces on his feet glancing at the group. If it weren't for how excited the boy seemed to be, Danielle would have hit him for his previous comment, but the boy was too cute when he got like this so she let it slide.

"Yeah, the whole school saw you. It's kinda freaking me out." Julie gestured to the three boys with a sheepish smile not knowing what to feel about it. As much as she was ecstatic she was able to play again, the boys being a great bonus, there was just so much going on in such little time that she struggled to process everything.

"Okay, good, 'cause it's kind of freaking me out too. You know, you could see us and then so could Danielle who can somehow touch us, and people could see us whenever we played music. And my clothes are made of air, but for some reason, I'm still getting a wedgie." Alex takes a deep breath as he begins to run out, to continue whilst trying to calm down from his anxiety meltdown "So many questions."