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𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙏𝙒𝙊
—𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴—

𝘼𝙎 𝘽𝘼𝙄𝙇𝙀𝙔 𝙂𝙍𝙀𝙒 up in a small city in Minnesota, she always looked forward to visiting her grandparents in Tennessee. Their house was always warm and cozy, and they never stayed inside for longer than an hour at a time. It was the countryside, where wildflowers grew in unowned land, and animals ran freely around farms. Everyone around had an unbreakable friendship, even when the times got hard.

Now that she was here, Bailey could see bits and pieces of that among the school. A few teens— that she had seen arguing when she walked in— were now giggling at a table together in the science lab. Jax placed several books down on the desk in front of the girl, before handing her a lab coat and pair of goggles. Now that she was finally pulled from her thoughts, Bailey grabs a pencil from her bag.

"You look preoccupied with your thoughts," Jax comments. "What's on your mind?"

"What's not on my mind?" Bailey sighs, stacking up two books of her own. "It's all new to me here, and everything is different. I don't know, maybe I'm just hoping to make some new friends or something."

"I have a few friends that you'd get along with," the raven-haired boy suggests, taking a seat beside her. "Maybe you could meet them during lunch."

At her old school, Bailey wasn't too close to anyone in particular. Of course, she had the general 'during school hours' friendships— but nothing was too personal or too permanent. If there was ever a friend she spent time with, it would eventually shrink due to her focus on her academics. Because, despite what everyone else suggested, she skipped most of the drama and parties that most teenagers would waste their time on, and stuck to the homework that would help plan out the rest of her life.

In the end, all of her hard work would pay off. It didn't matter what the others thought— not then, and certainly not now. Regardless of what Jax's friends would think of Bailey, she wouldn't allow their judgement to get the best of her. That was a vow the girl was willing to make.

"I'd like that a lot," the brunette nods, flipping through the pages of her new book. "Weird question; have you ever ran into someone that enjoys chemistry?"

"Emma," was his immediate response. He chuckles for a moment, glancing over the content on the page, before continuing. "She is a genius, if I've ever saw one. And school work seems to get the best of her time. It's as if her world revolves around straight A's and study time."

Even though Bailey and Jax had only shared two conversations in their entire fifteen minutes of knowing each other, Emma had been brought into the topic of both. However, the Dai girl couldn't complain since she had walked right into it both times.