𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙊𝙀𝙎 𝙂𝙀𝙏 𝙍𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙈𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙀𝘿, 𝘽𝙐𝙏 𝙇𝙀𝙂𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙎 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝘿𝙄𝙀.
What do you get when you throw five musically inclined teenagers in detention and leave them alone for ten minutes?
You get a brand new band, new friendships, and a...
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CATCH FIRE — 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER 'Cause the ghost of survivor's guilt can be so unkind
"HEY, BABY."
Olivia looked up from her book and saw Jason leaning against the locker next to hers. The hallway around them was busy, full of life as people buzzed about the upcoming lacrosse match, but Jason was only looking at her. He smiled softly and crossed his arms, looking down at her. There was a glint in his eyes that only seemed to be present when they were alone.
"Hey," she greeted happily, closing her book and placing it on her shelf.
"You're still coming to the show tomorrow night, right?"
"Yeah," she nodded. He had been talking about the gig nonstop since they booked it two weeks ago and they had barely hung out because of all the practices he had leading up to it. "It's at Mill's Warehouse, right?"
A group of cheerleaders walked by and waved at him. He smiled and nodded with a smirk before turning back to her. "Yes, at 8."
Olivia's eyes met those of the cheerleaders watching them and she sent them a meek wave, only for them to roll their eyes at her. Feeling slightly dejected by her boyfriend's elevated popularity, she sighed, "I'll be there."
"Sweet." He grinned as she grabbed her books for her next class. After shutting her locker for her, he took her hand, and together, they started walking down the hall towards her chemistry class. "You wanna go to Sonny's with me and the band after the game later?"
Olivia almost agreed, but just as the words fell out of her mouth, she remembered that she had her own band practice with Luke, Alex, Reggie, and Bobby. "I can't."
Jason stopped walking and let go of her hand. He groaned and looked up at the ceiling in annoyance. "Oh my god," he started, "what's the reason this time?"
Her brows furrowed. He was acting like she was the reason they never saw each other outside of school and not him with his lacrosse and band meetings. "I have—" She cut herself off. She couldn't tell him she was in a band with his ex-best friend, he'd freak out. "Uh, I have detention again."
"Again?" He questioned with heavy suspicion. Olivia had only gotten detention once in her entire academic career and it was weird that she had gotten another one in close proximity to the last one. He stepped closer to her. "What did you do?"
"Oh, I..." She struggled to find a reason that sounded believable. "I reached the max amount of lates in my fifth period class."
He started walking down the hall, not bothering to wait for her. "Can't you just ditch it?"
Olivia scoffed and followed after him. "And get even more detention? I don't think so."
"Come on," he pressed, glancing down at her when she reached his side. "You're the golden girl, all the teachers love you, just skip it."
