Clarke?"
"Clarke?"
"Huh?" I suddenly snapped out of my trance, looking up into the striking blue-green eyes of my friend, Ray.
"Daydreaming again?" A smile stretched out across her lips.
"Yeah, daydreaming about not being here." I let out a small laugh and leaned all my weight onto my elbow, my face resting in my hand.
"You love school, shut up." I rolled my eyes at her comment. I don't 'love' school. I just would prefer to pay attention in class, unlike everyone else. "Anyway, did you hear what I was saying?"
"No, not at all."
"You're a handful. I said Zack invited me to his band practice, and I don't wanna be the only girl, will you please come? Please please please?" She put her hands together, tilting her head and giving me the puppy dog eyes.
"First of all puppy eyes don't work on me." She stuck her bottom lip out, "Second, I'll go with you only because I don't want to be home alone tonight." She smiled and clapped her hands together.
"Mama Carey won't be home?"
"No she's going to her boyfriends house, he lives like two hours away. But he's her first date since dad left so I can't complain."
"I'm glad for her! You and your mom both need some." I made a disgusted face at her comment.
"Please don't refer to my mom as 'getting some'" I help up air quotes. She laughed and slapped my shoulder.
"Anyway, be ready at like 3:15 and we'll walk together." I nodded and we locked pinkies before the bell rang, dismissing the last class of the day.
I looked down at my shoes while walking towards the senior lockers. She's kinda right, I haven't even had a boyfriend, and I'm in twelfth grade. Suddenly I felt a force on my back, throwing me forward, my backpack and its contents scattering across the floor.
"Shit! Jack you ran into her!" Laughter followed as i tried to collect what had happened.
"Watch out!" I yelled at the boy who looked at me with sudden wide eyes. I caught my breath for a split second, before realizing this asshole just ran into me.
"It wasn't me! It was him!" He pointed his finger at a lanky boy who was on the floor.
"Well you both need to watch out then!" I hissed at them, bending down to collect my things from the floor.
"Let me help," The boy with the eyes said. He grabbed my folder and picked it up, upside down. Everything inside falling out and creating and even bigger mess on the floor.
"Good one!" I spat as I scrambled to pick up the photos.
"These are cool!" The third boy, who I didn't even realize was standing there said.
"Did you take these?"
"Yes. Now give me." He smiled at me as he handed them over.
"Nice meeting you too!"
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About an hour later I was walking towards a strange house with Ray at my side.
"So tell me more about Zack." I bumped into her shoulder and her cheeks turned red.
"Well, the band he's in is really good. They're called All Time Low. He goes to a different school, so you've never met him. And he's just really sweet. And like crazy hot dude." I snorted at the last sentence..
"Sounds perfect for you, I just hope I get along with his friends because I have a feeling I won't be seeing much of you." I wiggled my eyebrows at her and she laughed, slapping my shoulder.
"I think this is it." She pulled out her flip phone, I assume texting Zack.
"He says to come in and go to the basement" She looked up from her phone and shrugged.
As soon as we walked into the house we could hear loud music coming from below us.
"Oh hi! Are you the girls they're waiting on? I'm Rian's mom. That door over there is what you're looking for." A woman babbled as soon as she saw us.
"Uh, thanks!" I said as we opened the basement door.
As soon as we got down the stairs my heart dropped.
It's the boys that bumped into me at school. That I was incredibly rude too.
"Awe! Hey sunshine!" The lanky boy said to me.
"Do you know each other?" Ray asked.
"Long story." I mumbled.
The only guy i didn't recognize came up to hug Ray, I assume that's Zack. He seems sweet.
"This is Zack, Zack this is my best friend, Clarke." I heard someone whisper my name from behind him, but I shrugged it off.
"Hey! Nice to meet you, This is Rian," He pointed over the the guy sitting on the drums, "This is Jack," The boy who ran into me. "And last and definitely least, Alex." He pointed at the boy with the eyes.
Both Ray and I waved and took seats on the couch.
"We're gonna jump straight into a song, so you two just relax." Alex winked in our direction. "We're All Time Low and this ones called Coffee Shop Soundtrack!" Alex and Jack both jumped right before playing the first chord.
Should I write myself, out of the history books?
And mark a place in time for every chance you took..
I'm slightly surprised at just how good they are, and his voice is something I did not expect to come out of him.
"Did you like it?" Zack asked, out of breath from the bouncing.
"Yeah you sounded amazing!" Ray gushed, He smiled at her and looked down shyly.
"What about you, sunshine?" Alex asked. I looked up at him.
"Hm?"
"Did you like it?" He reached his hand around to scratch the back of his head nervously.
"It was good."
"Does it make up for me plowing you in the hallway?" Jack asked.
"What!?" Ray and Zack asked at the same time"
"Nice wording dumbass." Rian said from behind his set.
"He means, does it make up for knocking you over earlier?" Alex reworded.
"Yeah, as long as it doesn't happen again, and you," I pointed to Jack, "Update your vocabulary." He smiled at me, showing teeth.
