Andrea was a recluse, she sat alone everyday but that didn't bother her much. She like to read and a lot of people around her just didn't understand the solitude that she desired when she was wrapped up in a book. The way she discovered most books was through tumblr. She would scroll through people's chats and rates and reviews on different books and if something sparked her interest she got it. However, she never participated in these chats she liked to be an observer, a wallflower, and let the others do the talking for her.

Today was like every other, she was reading a book entitled Sea Change by Aimee Friedman. It was amazing even for a teen supernatural romance as it was so labeled in the book store on her kindle. She liked supernatural books like this it opened her up to new ideas like, what if mermaids/mermen really existed? It was cool to think about. She had just finished a huge book series called Supernatural and there were so many different types creatures both good and evil.

Andrea sat so lost in thought and her book that she didn't initially notice when someone sat beside her. He eventually tapped her on the shoulder shocking her out of her dream world. From the smirk on his face her face must have been priceless and totally embarrassing.

"Didn't mean to scare ya," he began as her face began to slowly return back to normal, "I'm new here, my name is Gabriel." He stuck his hand in her direction and she took it loosely and knew it must of felt like he was shaking a dead fish.

"I'm Andrea," she said quietly. She wasn't very good at small talk so she hoped he didn't expect much of it. He nodded and made a face like not bad. Gabriel just turned and began eating his lunch without much of an inclination for conversation past introductions.

Andrea just shrugged and began reading again. However, she could barely focus on the words on the page because every so often she would peek over her book and look him. He had light brown hair that was swept back and out of his face but still shoulder length, he had this perpetual smirk on his face that crinkled the corners of his deep amber eyes. They looked to be liquid and just when she got lost in that color she noticed that he was staring at her, which really should have registered earlier seeing as she was looking directly into his eyes meaning he was looking directly into hers. The crinkle went away as his face grew more enthralled. His pink lips parted slightly as their staring contest weathered on.

She then let her ears wander the way she did sometimes just to hear what the idle gossip of the day was and she could hear everyone whispering about her and the new kid. She blinked and shook her head she hated being the center of attention for two reasons. 1-because she hated being the center if anything the outskirts were more her style, quiet and calm and all that good stuff, 2-it was NEVER good to be the center of attention at her school that's when you start getting bullied. She remembered Martha Dumbtruck, she was a loner herself but not by choice she had some problems as a kid and that led her to be on the bigger side and everyone taunted her for it. She ended up moving half way through their freshman year to somewhere out in Omaha. Andrea didn't want to move she liked her town and her house and her room. And now she was working herself up to a panic.

The new kid, Gabriel, must of seen her worry because he took immediate action. "Hey you done with this?" She looked down to her tray and then back up at him and nodded. He grabbed and and then nodded his head toward the door, "let's get out of here," he smiled and she just nodded dumbly her panic still building in her thoughts.

He threw both of their trays away and they headed toward the library. "Sorry for making such a scene back there." He rubbed the back of his neck and frowned slightly at her.

The liquid in his amber eyes went stone cold with the sadness he felt and she shrugged, "it's alright it isn't your fault, they like gossip it's a small town and all."

He nodded his head and pulled 2 mini Milky Ways out of his pocket. "I understand that completely," he shook his head and let out a humorless chuckle.

She just put her head down as she walked in an attempt to hide the blush that stained probably her whole body. She only looked up when they got to the library. They settled down at a table in the far corner of the room. It was far away from all the other tables for the specific reason so students could make up tests and quizzes they missed but since no one was there so they used it.

Andrea put her stuff down and curled up into the seat. She kicked of her shoes and curled her knees up to her chest hugging her legs close to her. Then she just sat quiet in her own thoughts.

Gabriel put his things down on the table and looked at her, watching the human as she curled into herself, trying to stay as small and quiet as possible. "Why don't you sit with other people a lunch? Are your friends absent?"

"No, I usually sit alone. I like to be alone its quiet and I can read without having to stop to have conversation," Andrea stared down at her jeans, picking at a loose string along the seam.

Gabriel just nodded and sat quiet for a moment, "What kind of books do you read?"

She looked up at him with a skeptical look on her face as if his interest wasn't genuine and that he was going to make fun of her like all the other people did. She just shrugged dubbing the information harmless and the fact that he just didn't seem like that kinda guy.

They talked about a little of everything but nothing really until the bell that ended lunch rang. Gabriel asked her what her next class was and they swapped schedules. They found out that they had lunch, Math, and English together.

Then the two were off to Math, Andrea didn't really notice until she thought about it during her math lesson but she trusted the stranger she just met and hoped that they would stay friends.