Olivia stared at Sebastian in utter surprise – clearly used to being the one every guy dreamt of being with. "I'm not your type?" She repeated again, as if wishing his words had been heard wrong.
"Look, Olivia…" The 'guy' began, propping his elbows up on the lab table, "You're beautiful, smart… everything a sane man should want from a woman, but, this is just personal."
"Are you gay?" She asked bluntly, though instantly regretting the question being so loud. A quick scan of everybody within close proximity found that nobody had heard and took notice. "Sorry." She whispered as an after thought, propping her head on her hands and gazing towards Sebastian as though she actually did want to know the answer.
Shall I pretend to be gay? Viola thought to herself. It'll be figured out soon enough, so nobody will actually believe that the real Sebastian isn't heterosexual. Man, he'd kill me if that happened though.
"Oliva," Sebastian leant forwards, trying to avoid letting anybody else in the class overhear. "I am."
"You are?" As Olivia repeated his words once again, relief crossed her features momentarily. "That's… great! Really, really awesome. I've always wanted a-"
Sebastian cut in before anything else could be said. "I want to keep this on the down low." He whispered quietly, raising a finger to his mouth as if 'shushing' himself. "I don't think Duke or the other guys would be too impressed."
"Don't worry, Sebastian. Your secret's safe with me."
At least it somewhat explains my shoe comment. Viola found her own thoughts amusing as she thought about that incident, but fought the urge to laugh outloud. We'll be able to talk about boys, make-up, and… She shook her head free of thoughts and focused back the pretty girl still gazing intently at her.
"You're cool with this?" Sebastian asked quietly, pointing to himself. "I know it's a pretty big thing. I haven't told anybody else in this school."
"I'm completely cool. Cool as a cucumber." Olivia nodded. "Oh, damn. We'd better start doing some work, the teacher's coming over."
Sebastian took one look at their creature that would be dissected and passed out.
"Figures." Olivia chucked, raising her hand to call the teacher over.