Eva took a bottle of mineral water out of the fridge and shoved it in her bag. One last look in the mirror and she was ready to go. She opened the door and ran down the stairs in the hall till she was stumbling out into the morning air. A few cars drove down the road, early morning commuters and school children on their way to their destinations.
"Oi!"
Eva looked up the road, her face breaking into a warm smile as she saw Finn. "Hey." She waited for him to reach her before pecking him on the lips.
"How was your weekend?" He asked, draping an arm around her as they started to walk.
"Boring." Eva shrugged. "Dad insisted we went to this stupid art gallery with my Nan and then I had to do a load of Art coursework."
"Unlucky." Finn smirked, staring straight ahead.
"Why? What did you get up to?" Eva rolled her eyes jokingly, knowing Finn would come out with some extravagant story to beat hers.
"I went out and bought you something." Finn smiled.
"Really? What?" She asked excitedly.
"Ah! You'll have to wait!" Finn teased.
"No! You know I hate surprises!" Eva argued.
"Fine." Finn took a sapphire-coloured velvet box out of his pocket and passed it to her.
"Please don't be an engagement ring." She laughed, examining the box before she opened it. "Oh my...God!"
"Do you like it?" Finn asked proudly.
"Hell no, I love it!" She gasped, taking the object out of the box. In her hand lay a thin, silver chain with a silver 'E' pendant, decorated with little silver diamantes.
"Good." Finn smiled. "Do you want me to put it on you?" Eva lifted her hair up off of her neck and felt his warm hands do up the necklace clasp. "It looks beautiful, just like it's owner."
She shot him a grateful smile before hugging him tightly. "I love it so much. Thank you." Finn took her hand and they carried on the walk to school.
"Yo, Finn!" Eva and Finn turned around to see Eugene walking towards them.
"I'll see you in reg, yeah?" Finn gestured to the school building.
"It's fine I'll wait." Eva sighed.
"No, you don't need to. I'll see you in five minutes." Finn pecked her on the head and pushed her forward before turning back to Eugene.
"Yeah, whatever." She nodded sadly, realising Finn couldn't hear because he was so engrossed in conversation with Eugene. She watched him wistfully before walking into school.
"Where's Finn?" Lauren frowned, watching Eva walk into registration.
"With his new girlfriend." Eva seemed dejected.
"What?" Lauren gasped. "You guys broke up?"
"No." Eva smiled. "Eugene came over and he told me to go to reg."
"What a jerk." Lauren watched her sit down.
"But he did buy me this." Eva produced the necklace from under the collar of her shirt.
"Woah, that's beautiful!" Lauren held the pendant in her hand. "It looks so expensive."
"He wouldn't tell me how much it cost." Eva looked down at it. "I don't want to stop staring at it. It's so pretty!"
"I want one!" Lauren let the pendant fall from her hand.
"Alright?" Finn smiled, walking into registration.
"Yeah." Eva dropped the pendant and looked at her lap.
"Yeah." Lauren nodded, looking over at Eva. "What did Eugene want?"
"Nothing. Just general banter." Finn shrugged, dropping his bag on the table as he sat in his seat. "What have you two been chatting about?"
"The necklace." Eva said hurriedly, looking up quickly.
"Yeah, it's really pretty." Lauren agreed, sensing Eva didn't want her to have a go at Finn.
"Cheers." Finn nodded, staring at it. "I bought it in that shop on the high street, Jewels?"
"Oh yeah." Lauren nodded in recognition.
"Silence, please." Mr Chalk bounced into registration, humming a Tom Jones track. "I trust everyone had a great weekend..."