Behind her Back

Just Breathe Friar

Lucas's P.O.V
I walk into the classroom and put on a confident smile, since that's what Friars are supposed to do. But I hate how I lost Maya when I'm not sure about liking Riley. I take a seat at my usual desk and see a brunette take her seat behind me. I turn around and see her face. Damn, she's pretty. She has tan skin and round brown eyes. Her wavy hair is down and she's wearing a tight shirt with a leather jacket and ripped skinny jeans. She has full pink lips and a skinny body, but not too skinny. She's still curvy where she's supposed to be.

I don't realize I'm staring until the girl speaks in a melodic voice. "Looking at something?" She smirks and takes off her jacket, hanging it on her chair. The bell rings and Mr. Matthews walks in.

"Alright class, today we have a new student. Please welcome Danielle, she just moved here from California."

Everyone says in a zombie like voice, "Welcome Danielle." Mr. Matthews takes a seat and tells us to turn to page 173 in our history textbooks. Everyone groans.

"Read until 177. Also, I forgot to mention that Danielle will need someone to walk around with her for this whole week. To give her a tour kind of and help her get to where she needs to go?" He searches through some papers and says "Ah! That's right. I already have someone for Danielle. Lucas, you're going to help Danielle, okay?" I smile and nod. Riley and Maya faintly look at me with a disappointed look on their faces before turning around back to the book.

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"So, where's your locker?" Danielle asks in her flirty voice of hers.

I feel a rush of excitement as I say "Right over there. You hang a left and reach that hallway where my locker is."

She looks down and smiles. "You're Lucas, Friar? Right?" I nod and she puts another book in her locker.

"I'm Danielle Connoway. From Cali."

I can't help but smile when I think of her. She's like a pocket of sunshine, she seems so bright like California, yet as if she still has so many other pockets of secrets that I have to unlock. "I'm Lucas Friar. From Texas."

"Texas? Damn, that's different from New York City, isn't? How're you liking it Cowboy?" I wince when she says 'cowboy' because it reminds me of Maya. Hopefully she isn't like Maya in any way though.

I nod and try to tell myself to just fucking breathe. "Hey, you wanna go to that new ice cream shop that just opened after school?" She looks at me with a puzzled look on her face before I remember that she just moved here.

"Uh, Sweet Treats Ice Cream? I'll drive us." She shuts her locker door shut and throws her bag over her shoulders.

"Sure. See you at 3?"

"Definitely. Now let's get you to P.E."

Wow... Let's see who Danielle is and if she's gonna be important to anything or anyone...