𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐓 | madwheeler

COINCIDENCE??

max tapped her pencil against her desk as mr.fitzgerald gave one one of his boring lectures to which only two people really listened him.

"i'm going to be placing you in groups of 3, so no you don't get to pick" he stated before sighing and retrieving a piece of paper from his desk.

everyone in the classroom groaned and in response received mr.fitzgerald already naming groups.

"will, jane, and bill. group one" he said, reading the names off the roster.

max and will turned to face each other and frowned, disappointed that they wouldn't be working together.

will got up from his seat next to max and moved closer to his teammates.

"dustin, max, and mike. group two"

wtf, just great, max thought, scrunching her eyebrows. not only was she in a group without one of her best friends, but she was also in a group with michael.

the redhead groaned as she was about to get up but realized the other two boys were moving to her so she sat back down.

dustin sat in the desk where will was while mike sat in the desks behind them.

"wait what exactly is the assignment?" dustin asked.

mr. fitzgerald didn't answer and instead plopped down on his desk after calling the rest of the groups.

"just great" max muttered.

"well now what?" dustin sighed, shaking his head in disappointment.

"calm down, you've got me, the brains of the group" mike said confidently.

"shut the fuck up, wheeler. how'd you even get into this class? this is AP biology" max budged in.

"i'm michael wheeler, i can get into anything i want" he smirked, winking at her.

"hop off your high chair, wheeler" max groaned in response.

mike was about to say something else but was interrupted by dustin's contained laughter.

"mike you are such a loser" was all he said before shaking his head once more.

mike rolled his eyes, "you're supposed to be backing me up here, henderson"

"all hail saint wheeler" the redhead mocked, a slightly grinning.

at this point dustin and max had teamed up against mike and were throwing rubbish insults at eachother back and forward.

"there" dustin said, clicking something on his phone. right on cue, mike and max's phones went off. dustin had made a group chat dedicated to the "project" which was still a mystery.

"i seem to of forgotten to mention the project- you'll be presenting a visual on either genetics, botony, or cell biology" mr.fitzgerald finally said, avoiding meeting eyes with anyone.

"y'all wanna meet up sometime this week?" dustin asked.

max nodded, "not friday though, gilbert's having a party and i intend on going"

"alright i'll text the detai-"

"you talk to gilbert?" mike spoke up, cutting off dustin.

"yeah, why?" the redhead responded, not meeting his stare.

he shook his head, "hm, nothing"

dustin eyed the two but didn't question them.

class ended

-

"hey mike, did you hear about the party at gilbert's house?" lucas said, approaching the raven haired boy.

mike nodded, brushing off the fact that this was the guy his girlfriend was drooling all over and still he was his best friend.

"you going?" the taller boy asked.

"yeah fuck it, i'm bored" mike replied, remembering max would be there.

it had been about a week since he had last been with max and he was ready to go at it again, just maybe with someone else. just this once.

only if max wasn't up for doing it with him.

it wouldn't matter to her, they're not exclusive or anything.

"cool, will said he's bringing his two friends with him. the one with the long red hair is kinda hot" lucas added.

"what's her name? max, right?" mike said, playing dumb. lucas wouldn't know that though.

"yeah, she's pretty chill. i talked to her once in second period and i keep wanting to talk to her again but she always seems to pop in and out of class"

"hm, weird" mike innocently said, obviously knowing the reason.

lucas nodded in agreement.