The Annoying Dreamer and the Artistic Doubter

Partner Arc: Take You For a Ride

"Wait, we can go on the roller coaster trip? I thought that was only for the juniors and senior?"

"Well fifteen slots opened up thanks to Research Gate."

"Wuh?"

"Oh, half of the juniors cheated on their research paper assignment, so my sources confirmed they're opening the door for sophomores that can replace them on the trip."

"Lemme guess," expecting to get one over him. "Did that source come from you eavesdropping on the teachers and principal in the lounge?"

His cheeks grew.

"No, I'm in student council. I hear their drama like once a week!"

Darn it.

"'Sides, I only overhearing the teachers once or twice about it."

"I knew it!" She tried to capture the look of embarrassment on his face after he turned around, while SIlas bobbed and weaved away to not give her the satisfaction, starting to frustrate her.

"So what happens now?"

"They're hypothesizing on what requirements to determine who goes. Regardless, we're going together, aren't we?"

"Well it can't be too much work."

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"We're rewarding extra credit and one of the additional slots to the junior trip if you managed to complete a six to eight page research paper by the end of the week."

All of their classmates looked at each other.

"That's about fifteen hundred to two thousand words," Silas theorized.

"We'd have to write that much in one week? Silas, I can't do that!"

"Relax, we can do it. Remember our Christmas Project?"

"Yeah but that was a team effort. I can't do that alone!"

"I'll help you out!"

"It's not worth it!"

He stared at her with a gaze so strong, his pupils felt like a meteor about to rain down on her.

"We're going," with a dark eerie tone unnerving her before whimpering like a puppy. "Please?"

She shook her head, prompting him to beg.

Even while eating lunch in Senora's class.

"There's a reason why you're asking me, isn't there?"

"Yeah, there is."

They heard Radeem's voice on the phone, considering it an accidental call.

"Then again, your first date had a bit of a weird twist."

"Huh? The zoo date wasn't that bad, was it?"

"What? I'm talking about your McDonalds' date!"

"That wasn't a date!"

Camila and Radeem proceeded to ask, "it wasn't," at the same time.

"Yeah, I just wanted to hang out with you that time."

The silence and look on their face said it all until Radeem started laughing.

"You took your future girlfriend on a date...on accident?"

Camila's silent nod as he processed this made him face fault on the desk.

"I just wanted to be nice."

"At least the dominoes match was fun. What does that have to do with that?"

"Tell her about your middle school crush."