Gravity

7

"Hi there."

"Oh, hi! Sorry, I don't know who you are."

"I'm Olivia. Olivia Martin."

"Hi, Olivia, I'm Hazel."

"Nice to meet you, Hazel."

"Likewise."

...

"So I see you and Cooper have been having lunch together all week."

"Uh huh. He's asked me to."

"Oh. Are you guys dating?"

"No, he's just a friend."

"Oh. Okay."

"... Why did you ask?"

"Just curious. You looked close."

"I guess we are."

"How did you guys become friends?"

"Circumstances. Why?"

"Just curious again. Sorry, I didn't mean to pry."

"It's okay. Truthfully, my dog jumped him in the park one day and he and I... we just clicked."

"Oh."

...

"Did you know him?"

"We were once very close."

"What happened?"

"Circumstances."

"I see."

...

"Do you like him?"

"Cooper? Yeah, he's a really nice guy. I can see why he's so popular with everyone now, because before, I didn't understand, he was just a boy in a lot of my classes. All the girls seemed to have crushes on him but I didn't and I felt really - I'm babbling, aren't I?"

"Just a little."

"Oh sorry! I do like him. He's a good friend."

"I meant as in.. more than friends."

"Oh - OH! Well, I don't know."

"You don't know."

"No - do I have to? We're just friends."

"Oh, okay."

...

"I have to go, Olivia."

"Oh, sorry! Thanks for talking to me Hazel. We should talk more."

"That'd be nice. I'll see you around."

"You too."