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005

September 21st

Skye and Levi had their first big chemistry assignment. Well, their first one outside of school.

After spending a week discussing lab safety and basic review because there's always that one kid that never fails to fuck up, their teacher decided to give them a lab to do in class, and then after that, they would have to write a lab report based off of their results. Skye and Levi divided their work evenly, so that meant each of them would be doing half of the lab report, but there was a bit of an issue.

The issue for Skye and Levi was that Levi had football practice Monday through Thursday for three hours unless there was rain, but unfortunately, it was sunny and bright today. Skye opted to wait after school for Levi's practice to end and informed her father what was going on. Thankfully, Skye's dad offered that Levi could come over and have dinner with them, but she said she would have to let him know when it came to that part.

What Skye learned while waiting on the bleachers was that Hunter and Danny were also on the football team with Levi, but Xavier was not. He was involved with the marching band at one point, but that failed miserably after an, ahem, "incident" with the instruments. Xavier was actually with Skye now, keeping her company while the practice went on.

"So the band teacher walked in right- are you listening?" Xavier asked with a pout. Currently, Skye was typing away on her laptop, going back and forth between her chemistry notebook and her laptop. Although the lab report wasn't even due tomorrow, Skye just wanted to get it over with, and she would hope that Levi could relate considering his busy schedule.

"Not really, no." She replied and looked up at him. "What were you saying?"

Xavier let out a sigh as he was disappointed in Skye for not listening to his story fully, but went on with it anyway. "I was just getting to the part where the band teacher walked in and yelled at me for the mess I made."

"But like, how could you mess up all those instruments?" Skye furrowed her eyebrows.

"Dude, it's so cramped in there!" He exclaimed. "It's like a hoarding situation, I swear."

"Good thing I never picked up any interest in music." She said, letting out a small laugh.

"Never again, man. Never again." Xavier shook his head.

Skye continued typing on her laptop, occasionally looking away from her screen to see what was going on during practice. The coach blew his whistle almost constantly, yelling anything and everything at his players, even his star captain, Levi.

Whenever something went right, Levi would do a handshake with Hunter and Danny, even bumping helmets sometimes. Skye could never understand football and the hype around it, but maybe she could one day see what it was all about if she bothered to care. To her and practically anyone who doesn't like sports, it looks like a bunch of dudes running like wild animals and attacking each other, but to sports enthusiasts, it's everything.

While Skye's head flooded with thoughts all over the place, the idea of learning more about Levi came to her, and since his best friend in the whole world was right next to her, the opportunity was right there. "So, how long have you known Levi?"

"Levi?" Xavier perked at the mention of his best friend. "Since kindergarten! Same with Hunter. Danny moved here in fourth grade and we've all been friends since."