"Guess who has the best luck ever!" Nicky asked as she stepped out of the principal's office after reporting back in. She reached into her purse and pulled out a pair of sunglasses, threw them on while flipping her hair simultaneously.
Noah and Austin had been walking by, squeezing their way through the crowded hallway, headed for the main exit, when they ran into her.
"Who?" Noah asked.
"Yours truly!"
"Mazel tov," Austin responded. "But..why exactly?"
"Because..instead of one week, I get to have two free weeks vacation!" She started walking towards where they had been going and they walked along with her.
Noah swung one arm over Austin's shoulders and Austin wrapped his around his waist.
"Pretty sure we just have a free day." Austin said.
"Oh...Aussy! You really need to buy some candles and light them up, because you are totally in the dark. In fact, you are always in the dark about everything. Probably the reason why your girlfriend lied to you your entire relationship and you didn't even -" she stopped herself after realizing what she had just said, "Sorry...flesh wound?"
"Actually...nope." Austin responded right away, "I don't think there ever were any wounds."
"Really?" Noah asked and held Austin tighter.
"Yea, really? ...Because you were pretty mad when you found out!" Nicky reminded him, "Remember the black eye you gifted Colby with?"
"All true..but you forget one thing.."
"What, that you ended up with the short end of the stick in every relationship and almost every friendship you had?"
"No, that I moved on almost immediately and now, I am dating the greatest guy that ever lived. I am so happy, I'm like 'everyone else..who?' "
"Awww," Noah cooed. "You think I'm the greatest guy ever?"
"Please don't make me take it back." They stopped walking and the two boys turned to face each other.
"I think it's amazing that you feel that way about me...but I think that you are the greatest, sexiest, most handsome, and simply the best person in the whole world. It's easy to fall in love with you."
"That's really sweet, but...don't you think you're setting the bar a bit too high?" Austin's face fell.
"What are you talking about?" Noah asked, searching Austin's eyes.
"I mean...I don't think I'm all those things. I'm average at best." Austin blushed and shied his eyes away from Noah.
"Are you serious?" Noah chuckled a bit and moved closer to Austin.
"Yes ..now, stop making me feel weird."
"Can you believe what he's saying?!" Noah asked Nicky, who was busy on her phone.
"I gotta agree, my brother is the most unappealing guy I know." She said without looking up.
"Thank you...I think." Austin said.
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