Make A Wish

New Friend

I walked into school on a Monday and noticed a new guy. He was cute, ripped jeans, flannel, typical. I sat down beside him. Assigned seat put me next to him. Lucky break. He looked at me with a sly smirk on his face. A red alert siren sounded in my brain, but I ignored it. I was gonna get to know this cutie even if it killed me.

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"Madison Brooks." I smiled and copied down the bell work. He glanced at me. "Tripp Campbell." He copied it down as well. "I see you've got a patch on your bag. Iron Weasel?" I asked. They were my all time favorite rock band. He nodded. "I'm their new lead guitarist." I bit my lip. No fucking way. I had to be dreaming.

"I love them. I can't wait to hear you play." I saw a smile flicker across his face. "How about you come home with me after school?" I bit my lip. Should I go through with this? I shook it off. "That sounds fun. I'll text my ride and tell him I'm coming home with you." He nodded and I sent a quick text. I wasn't about to let Kian know that I was going home with another guy. He'd flip.

He texted back 'okay. Wuv you." I smiled and sent "wuv you too" back. I slid my phone back in my pocket. "Boyfriend?" I looked at Tripp and nodded. I saw a sad smile slide across his face. "What's wrong?" "Nothing. I'll explain later." I shrugged it off and kept doing my work.

Tripp and I had all classes together. He was such a sweet guy. He came off as a bad boy. I noticed all the girls looking at him and whispering to each other about us. We became best friends almost immediately after we had time to talk. I'd grab his arm when I noticed girls eyeing him. I was protective, even though I had a boyfriend. He'd laugh when I did it.

We didn't let each other out of sight all day. We sat next to each other at lunch. We continued to get to know each other and we laughed and joked around. "You're honestly the best friend I've ever had." I smiled and leaned against him. I grabbed his hand and intertwined our fingers and squeezed his hand as hard as I could.

"I can tell you're trying to hurt me but good luck with that one cutie." I laughed and looked up at him. Lunch was over too soon and I threw my stuff out. I didn't realize it previously but I looked at him then down at myself and realized he was at least a foot taller than me. We walked back to the classroom and packed our stuff up and went to Spanish. He talked to the Spanish teacher and sat behind me.

"Hey shorty." He sat down and I shook my head. "I can't help it I'm short." I giggled and he nodded and ruffled up my hair. I smiled and watched the board. I wrote down the notes and everytime the teacher turned to write something on the board, Tripp would whisper stuff in my ear. "I don't think the titanic sunk when it hit the iceberg, I think it hit her stomach and got lost in the fat." I giggled and tried to hide my smile.

At the end of the day, Tripp grabbed my hand and took me to his car. We got in and he drove to his house. We walked inside and I saw the rest of the band and squeezed his hand tightly to keep from freaking out. "Tripp got himself a girlfriend eh?" Derek said as he eyed me up and down. "Oh, no. I'm just his new friend." I smiled. "I don't know, that tight hand holding says otherwise." Burger (if you know you know) said. I giggled and shook my head.

"Actually, Madison wants to see us play. She's a huge fan." I nodded. He grabbed my hand and took me to the garage. He sat me down on a couch and grabbed his guitar as the other guys set up. "Would you teach me to play sometime?" He nodded. "I'd love to." I smiled as they set up. The familiar cords of "Pretty Bitter" sounded and I immediately knew it. I sang along and the smile on Tripp's face was impossible to miss.

They played a few more and Tripp walked over. "You knew the lyrics eh?" "Every word. I told you I loved them." He chuckled and sat down and put me on his lap. "When did you want me to teach you?" I shrugged. "Any day is good for me honestly." He nodded and rubbed my knee.

"Thanks for making me feel welcome here." I nodded. "It's no big deal. You seemed to have a bad boy vibe at first. I was a bit nervous if I'm being honest. I'm really glad I got to know you though." He nodded. "Me too. I really like you. I wish you didn't have a boyfriend. Who is it anyway?" "Kian Lawley." I saw his eyes light up. "No fucking way. You're dating the Kian Lawley?" I nodded. "I love him! He's awesome." I nodded. "He's really sweet too. Would you like to meet him? I live with him and you said you'd take me home so." He nodded quickly.

We hung out for another two hours and talked and he said if it was okay we could have our first lesson tomorrow. I nodded and he drove me home. He wasn't very far from my house so it was a fairly short ride. He pulled into Kian's driveway and I got out. I grabbed my key and walked up to the door, Tripp not far behind. I unlocked the door and we walked in.

"Hey babe!" I heard from the living room. "Hey!" I walked into the living room as Tripp followed. "Babe there's someone I'd like you too meet." He turned around and Tripp looked at him with a big smile on his face. "He's a really big fan. He's new to the school and the new lead guitarist of Iron Weasel." Kian lit up like a Christmas tree.

"Iron Weasel? Man I love those guys." Kian said. Tripp smiled. "I hope you don't mind me having Maddy come over this afternoon. She's really sweet and you're really lucky to have her." Kian nodded. "Yeah I am." Tripp smiled and told Kian about how he was going to be teaching me guitar and all that. Tripp left a bit later and Kian and I were alone.

"I can't believe Iron Weasel's new guitarist goes to your school. How fucking cool is that!?" I nodded and laughed. "We have every class together. It's honestly amazing." Kian nodded. "It definitely seems like it. Not every day your favorite band's new guitarist shows up to your school and becomes your best friend." I nodded. "You've got a point there." He nodded. I kissed his cheek. "We did our homework over at Tripp's place so I did it already." Kian nodded. Kian kissed me and pulled me on top of him. I smiled into the kiss and rested my head on his chest.