The Catalyst

Chapter IV: Her Words

Dante and Layla passed notes all through the class. They got to know little things about one another. Like their favorite color and where they were from. Dante had payed no attention to the teacher or the clock that morning. Th bell rang right as Layla finished writing something on the paper.

Layla walked out with the note in her hand. Dante was curious on what she had written. "Hey uhhh, you didnt give me the note" Dante said after catching up to her in the hall. "Oh yeah i almost forgot. Sorry i was just ready for my next class." Layla smiled at Dante. He noticed that she was blushing, and that her eyes were directly on his. She gave him the note and walked away. Dante opened the note curiously. He than read one short line of words that made him want to yell in happiness.

The note read: " I really like you Dante."

From the short but long amount of time he talked to her he thought this was amazing. The first person he talked to was the girl of his dreams. And he got her to like him. This astonished Dante and left him speechless. The thoughts going through his head were scrambled and he get them together again.

Dante walked twords his next class when a guy in a hoodie stepped in front of him. He was the only one in the halls now becuase he got lost for a while. "Uhh can you please move" Dante said annoyingly. Then a few other people in hoodies came out of hiding and surrounded Dante. Dante was beginning to fear what might happen next.

After a moment of just staring at one another, one of them held out their hand twords Dante, like he was going to give him something. Dante reached forward and took whatever the hooded person was holding. Than like out of no where they all disapeared after a second of looking down at what it was. It was a coin that had the numbers 555. He put it in his pocket and kept walking tword his class, still thinking about the coin. But his mind could not stop thinking about Layla, and what she said.

He really liked her too. Maybe even more than like but he couldnt really say so for sure.
But he knew that he had to do something soon with her. Ask her out or something. He didnt really know. At the time he had two things on his mind. The coin, and the girl.