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Walking besides Skylar, a silence fell among us. It wasn't awkward, which was amazing considering what she just witnessed, but it was.... nice.

"Do you know where we are going or are you just going to kidnap me?" She side-eyed me.

"ahhhh so she does speak. and she is feisty too" I chuckled as I glanced at her. I wouldn't mind kidnapping her, keeps her away from guys in general, I thought. 

"well is there an answer anywhere in that sarcasm?" 

"Well I would need to know where your class is in order to take you there, Sky" 

Sky? I rubbed the back of my neck. I didn't mean to say it loud, it just kinda happened.

Stopping she turned and looked at me with one perfectly arched eyebrow raised. "Sky? I didn't know we were on such terms yet Dom"

"Well it looks like we are. So that class?" I asked while looking into her eyes. They are so.... mesmerizing. They kind of swirl around from grey to hazel. I could have sworn for a minute that they glowed an electric gold, but it was gone in a flash. Must've imagined it.

We both jumped away from each other when we heard the a locker slam shut down the hall. I rubbed the back of my neck as she fiddled with the ends of her hair. 

"Uh yeah. That class. You wouldn't happen to know where room 100A is right?"

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After I walked Skylar to her class, I finally made it to mine. I had to come up with some nonsense excuse to Mr. Thomas as to why I was twenty minutes late to Chem. He clearly did not buy it, but he left me alone.

Sitting there, I could hardly concentrate. I kept thinking about what happened in the hall way. How did we not realize that we were leaning into each other? Did her eyes really flash colours or was I imagining it? Sighing, I realized I would be in even deeper shit with Mr. Thomas if he caught me daydreaming in class. I can think about all of this later. 

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After Chem, I sprinted over to Skylar's class in order to walk her to lunch. I knocked into some freshman boy, spilling his books all over the place.

Stooping down to help him, I apologized, "Shit, sorry man. I was in a rush and didn't even see you"

"I-It's fine. Uhh Are you Dominic Matthews?" He asked as he got the last of his stuff and stood up. Following his lead, I got up too.

"Yea, that's me. why?"

"Oh! Well, I'm new here and I was talking to some guys here about the football team. They all spoke about you as if you were their leader or something" 

"Well I am just a quarterback, hardly a leader. But if you are interested in the team, come to practice today and meet the coach. 3:30"

"Really?" His eyes lit up. 

I chuckled, "Yea really. Now if you don't mind, I gotta go. See you around...."

"James."

"James. Well see you around" With that I ran like a maniac down the hall to get to Skylar. When I saw her waiting outside of her class, my heart soared. She waited.

"Hey, sorry I'm late, I ran into this kid named James, and dropped all of his shit, I had to help him pick it all up and then he asked me about football, so it took a little longer than expected to ge-" Sparks. That was all I felt when she put her hand over my mouth giggling. 

"It's ok. Calm down and stop babbling, It's not like you were taking me out somewhere fancy, it's only the cafeteria. Not the Ritz" She removed her hand once she realized what she did. A terse silence fell over us. I shuffled from foot to foot, as she fiddled nervously with the books in her hand. 

"Well, my good lady, your feast awaits you. May I be so inclined as to escort you the way?" I broke out my worst English accent and offered her my arm, bowing. Looking at her through my lashes, I could see the ends of her lips twitching.

Wrapping her arm around mine, she decided to join in. "Well of course my good man, you can't expect such a high woman of my standard to walk herself. Hurry along now, the feast awaits!"

We made it about two feet before we stared dying of laughter. As creepy as it sounds, I like her laugh. It gave me this warm and light feeling in my body, one that was happy. 

She is beautiful and all ours, 

For once, we agreed.