Outlaws //ON PAUSE//

The Science Project

(A/N: I'm going to try and add songs that relate a little bit more to the chapter.)

"Good luck with that one." Ash said with a smile as you were leaving Science. 

"Yeah. You're so lucky you got Maple." You replied.

"Y/N." Travis called from behind you. 

"What?" You replied.

"I just want to get this over with, and I'm sure you do too. So, I'll meet you at your house afterschool?" Travis said.

"Um, yeah. Sure." You replied. You were a bit surprised about how civil he was being. Maybe you made him think about his actions or something? Hopefully. 

"That was weird." Ash said.

"Yeah," You said. "I thought he was gonna make me do the whole thing by myself."

-- time skip -- 

You walked into your apartment, Travis following behind you. You told your mom that you were home and then got to work on the project. 

"So what if we just do something simple? Like, a diagram of a plant cell or something." You suggested.

"That's literally 6th grade level shit." Travis replied.

"Well, I'm sorry." You said, making it obvious that you weren't sorry.

Travis sighed and said, "Look, this isn't going to work out if we don't clear the air or whatever. You were right, and I'm sorry that I was such a dick to you and Sal, and Larry, and Ash, and Maple..."

"And Todd, and Neil, and Chug, and literally everybody else." You continued.

"Yeah. The point is, I'm really sorry and from now on I'm going to not be such a terrible person."

"You promise?"

"I promise."

"Cool."

There was a short pause, and then Travis said "Maybe the diagram thing will work."

After that, you and Travis started hanging out more. Larry wasn't really too fond of the idea. Mostly because he wasn't really too fond of Travis.

Sal and Larry were walking home together, and Larry saw you and Travis hanging out at the park.

"I don't like that." He said to Sal.

"What?" Sal asked. Then he saw what Larry was talking about and said "Oh."

There was a small pause.

Sal said, "Well, I don't see a problem with it. Travis isn't being mean anymore, so that's cool. And Y/N seems happy. So I think it's alright."

"I guess, but, have they forgotten what happened literally a week ago?" Larry replied.

"Probably not, but it seems that they talked about it or something. I think you're just overreacting, Larry."

"Whatever."

-- time skip --

Travis was walking to his next class when a poster on the wall caught his eye. It read, "Winter Dance, Friday December 13, 6:00 - 9:00."

Travis wondered if he should ask out Y/N. They'd probably say no, but it might be worth a shot. He decided that he would ask them out the next day.

-- yet another time skip --

Travis saw Y/N at their locker. "It's now or never." he told himself. He started walking towards them, but somebody cut in front of him. It wasn't just anybody- it was fucking Johnson! 

There he goes again, getting in the way. Travis thought to himself. He was annoyed, but willing to wait there until he was gone. But then he heard Larry say something...

"Want to go to the dance with me?"

Travis looked over at them. He felt a pang in his chest, which intensified when he saw Y/N smile and say "Yeah, sure." or something to the like of it. He wasn't paying that much attention. But all he knew was that they said yes. 

fuck.