Only Ever Best Friends

★ 2 ★

"Sorry about that," Ethan said to the cheerleader as I was getting out of the car.

"Oh it's totally cool!" she giggled.

[Major eye-roll~ughh]

Grayson sees that I'm out of the car and mouths "leggo" (let's go) to me, and we start walking to the entrance. Ethan runs up behind us after finishing his apology.
Once we got inside, we went to a booth to get our schedules.

"BETTT," Gray yelled as the three of us walked down the hallway together, "I have three classes with you."

"Lunch isn't a class," I joked.

"Oh, so you're not eating with me then?" he asked in a fake pouty voice.

I squinted and nudged him over teasingly.

"That's what I thought," he giggled.

"Well I'm not," Ethan said, dejected, "I have sixth lunch, that's fucked up."

"But we're in the same photography class," I pointed out.

Ethan smiled.

Out of nowhere I felt a hand on my butt and someone said "damnnn." I immediately tried to bat whoever's hand it was away, and I realized that the boys had seen what just happened.

Grayson: "WHAT THE FUCK OLIVER?"
Ethan: "DON'T EVER FUCKING TOUCH HER LIKE THAT AGAIN OR I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL—"
Oliver: "You'll do what? Your girlfriend's got a nice ass by the way."

A couple people chuckled at Ethan.

He put his hand on his forehead and said
"Just...stop."
He started to turn and walk away but he turned back and said "and she's...not...my girlfriend."

"Or mine," Gray followed.

I went to home room and then onto French, which I realized that I didn't really need, as I'd already received all my required language credits.

POUAH!*

World History and Precalculus dragged on for what felt like years, then finally I made my way to chem.
I walk in and find my fellow classmates all standing around the professor, seemingly waiting for instruction. I see Grayson and sneak up behind him.

"Boo!"
He jumps.

"Ellie I swear to god."

I giggle.

"Attention students!" the professor says.
"I will be assigning lab partners. Listen for your names as I read off the pairs."

"Miranda and Jonathan - Station 1."

"Ariel and Jacob - Station 2."

"Kelly and Jade - Station 3."

"Ellis-"

"I go by Ellie," I interrupt.

"Very well. Ellie and Grayson - Station 4."

I hear some girls sigh in protest that they weren't assigned with Gray.

The professor finishes reading off the names and we take our seats.
After attendance was taken Grayson turned to me and apologized.

"You didn't deserve that," he said frowning.

"Don't worry about it," I touched his hand reassuringly.

"Okay! I know we're all thrilled to be back at school, am I right?" the professor says.

Groaning fills the room.

"Alrighty then, well let's just try to get through this year without catastrophe, sound good to everyone?"

Affirmative noises follow.

"I'm Dr. Davis and you're stuck with me so get comfortable."

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* pouah means "ugh" in French.