When The Chicken Flies The Coop

I Blame Gabbi

Erica's P.O.V.

"Please please please please!!" Gabbi begged me once more, I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"How do you even get the auditorium reserved for that?" I asked. She wanted me to join her silly little band after school, I loved her to death but this was stupid. Yes, okay I play an instrument. Wowza. Doesn't mean anything.

"Well, the band is in the band room after school, and play auditions aren't even for another six weeks, by then we could be getting gigs if we practice, like an in school job." She said, her big brown eyes like an annoying puppy at your feet on Thanksgiving. I looked at them for any sign of them cracking but she was not the kind to give up so easily.

"No," I told her and she looked disappointed, but I could get over that.

"Erica! Please!" She asked once more and I shook my head. She sighed and gathered her bags, I looked at the clock it was 12:22, I looked at her and smiled.

"Whatcha' doin' there?" I asked and she looked at me like I was stupid which made me smiled even more.

"Packing up my stuff, the bell's about to ring," she replied, her voice strong and confident as if it was obvious, but seeing the smirk on my face made her unsure of her answer.

"The bell rings at '58," I said getting out my phone to read a fanfic or something. Gabbi slid into her seat, embarrassed and sat quietly until the bell rang, I put away my phone and grabbed my backpack. I walked down the halls sighing, homecoming was coming up, freshman year I went with friends and even they had dates, well most of them. Gabbi was "not" dating Logan, Bella was with her girlfriend Sky, and Summer had Lance. I forget who Amberly went with but I don't think they're a thing and then there was me, Sammy and Torie. I remembered us three locking hands during the slow song and doing a ring around the rosie like thing, boy were we lame. We still are.

I was pushed out of my memories, literally, I fell to the ground in the middle of the halls after running into someone. "Ow," I say from the ground, looking up to see the hottest guy I'd ever seen. I while back Lance had made me smile every time he was mentioned turns out Summer liked him to and I mean who doesn't like the summer?

"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry, I-I'm new," he said offering one of his hands to help me up and the other was rubbing the back of his neck nervously. I smiled awkwardly

"It's fine, I'm Erica by the way," Once I got up I really looked at him, not like before with just glances. He was tall and thin and his smiled melted mine. I could feel my heart simply melt with every word he said.

"Nice" Melt. "to" Melt. "meet" Melt. "you" Melt. "I'm" Melt. "Cooper," He smiled. Wait 'Cooper'?. My mind traced back to a half hour ago, Gabbi had told me the names of everyone else she'd gotten to join her 'band'. It was Ty, her, Angelina, Natasha, and....Cooper.

I smiled back and swung my backpack back over my shoulder. "I should probably get to class," I told him, he nodded and went the other way. I smiled to myself as I walked down the hall before the bell rang I pulled out my phone and texted Gabbi 'I'll be there.'