These days she was a quiet one. Strange, seeing as she used to be much more joyful back when her friend, he thought her name was Riley or something like that, was around. Louis had never really thought about girls and that, in this way at least, so he thought it was stupid that he stayed up at night thinking about a girl he barely knew. All he really knew was that her name was Ellie, and she was one of the bravest girls he had seen. Today he was finally going to get to know her, potentially befriend her. He got the usual slop they had for lunch and stood there for a second, gathering his senses. C'mon Louis, I thought you were tired of being alone? Let's start with that. Ask her why she tends to stay away from people. He walked over to the table she was sitting at in the left corner of the room, and sat down across from her with his arms crossed.
She pulled one of her earplugs out, the pop music blasting from them, and asked him with a confused face, "Can I help you?" It took him a couple of seconds to work up the courage to talk.
"Why are y-you sitting here? You k-know, alone?" He couldn't control the fact that he had a stammer when he was nervous, and it was quite obvious that she had noticed. She stifled a laughter, which brought Louis's confidence way down. He was about to leave when she answered his question.
"I haven't really wanted to talk to another person. Most of the people here are a bunch of douchebags and shitheads. If people really wanted to hang out with me anyway, they'd ask me. Which brings me to my counter question: why are you here now?" He froze up. He couldn't tell Ellie the truth. She'd think he was just some 14 year old creep. But he didn't want to lie to her.
"Well, I'm just like you. A l-loner. And I thought, why not be friends w-with another loner? Plus I'd like to get to know you." He took the first bite out of his lunch. "Sooooo… what do you say?" She played with her food, spinning her spoon around in her soup.
"I'll do it. If you can prove yourself to me," Ellie told him, with a mischievous smile on her face. Louis had a confused look on his face. "There's a mall a mile away from here. Come with me there and we'll meet a friend of mine that isn't a complete dickwad and we'll have a bit of a hangout. What do you say to that?"
Louis lit up with a smile on his face. "I'd love to!" He replied. " Name's Louis by the way."
"Ellie. Charmed to meet you Louis. Meet me here after curfew tonight, and we'll get this show on the road." And with that, she left, her autumn red hair swishing gracefully. Alright Louis, that's step one. She'll be in your arms in no time. That's what you wanted, wasn't it? Yes. Of course. Step one completed. Louis sat back and enjoyed his soup, waiting for his next class, thinking about what was to come.
To be continued…