Surrender | GMW [HIATUS]

chapter two

chapter two:

Phones and books pt. 1

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Human connection. It's essential for humans to be able to have contact with each other. Without it, we would slowly become forgotten and turn to dust for the rest of the world. When we connect, we feel emotions that we might not have felt if we didn't connect. It could be lovely feelings like happiness, love, compassion or it could be feelings of hate, sadness, and loneliness. In order to feel these emotions, we need human contact. And in a world where the internet and social media has a huge impact on society, connecting with people face to face has never been more important. 

So when Haylee was sitting on the bench in the hallway, she put away her phone when a body approached her. 

"Hey"

"Hey" Haylee smiled at the boy in front of her. 

"Can I sit here?" she smiled at him and nodded. The brunette moved her bag to her other side to make more room for the boy. The act was small but, it was full of kindness and compassion. It's all of those little things that make a person, a person. 

When he sat down, Haylee noticed that he immediately pulled out his phone as it rang. And like most of the kids at the school, he couldn't help but answer which made the brunette girl beside him look at the wall beside her wishing that he would put his phone down and talk to her. 

 Sitting in complete silence, only hearing the clicking on Lucas' phone's keyboard, Haylee could feel a presence behind them. Slightly turning her head towards Lucas, she saw the Matthews girl sniffing him. The brunette girl looked at her like she was crazy before whipping her head around, looking straight at Maya who just shrugged and let her friend continue with her weird actions. Haylee could only be wondering what happened to them during the summer. She always knew that Riley was special but, she never took her as a girl who would sniff other people. 

When Riley went back to Maya, Haylee thought that the boy beside her would be willing to talk to her but, with each attempt to make conversation, she never got a reply. And after a while, the brunette girl gave up and headed to class. 

Lucas took notice that she left and he wondered why but when his phone ringed again, he couldn't help but smile at the text he got from Riley.