John slumped against his locker. His phone beeped. With a glance he noticed a greeting from arachnidsGrip. He smiled. He replied quickly.
EB: hey beautiful
*pa-ping*
AG: Joooooooohn! You dont even know what i look like silly ;;;;)
EB: I know anyone as amazing as you must be beautiful.
He heard a slight squeak behind him and a crash. He turned and saw a girl with long mousy brown hair on the ground, attempting to gather all her fall
en books, papers and pens. A larger boy in a letterman jacket was turning away as he walked past, a smug grin sprawled across his face.
"Watch where you're going, bitch," He snarled. John deposited his phone and books in his locker before hopping over to the nervous sophomore and started helping collect her things.
"You okay?" He asked, looking sideways at her. She nodded, not looking at him. Her wide rimmed glasses were cracked over left eye and her clothes looked too big and were stained from years of use. He slowly picked up an Iphone with an intricate design of a web and a mass of beautiful spiders.
"You like spiders?" John handed her the phone. She took it, finally glancing up at him and freezing, like a deer caught in headlights. After a moment, she stuffed the phone in her pencil bag and nodded at him.
"That's funny, I um, I have a friend who is crazy about spiders," He smiled at her. "Do I know you?" She looked down at her books and stood.
"Um... I'm in your, um... E-English?" Her voice was soft. Just barely above a whisper. It sounded light and warm. He nodded, waggling his finger as he stood as well.
"Right! That's it! I thought you looked familiar. We haven't really talked much, have we?" He grinned at her. She shuffled uncomfortably.
"N-n-no... I suppose we haven't..." Her voice trailed off.
"Well, we should change that. I always value a new friend. I'm John, by the way." The silly brunette boy offered her his hand, with an impish smile. She stared at the hand before taking it and shaking slightly.
"I'm Victoria..." She told him.
"Well then, Victoria," He hopped back to his locker, grabbed his books, slammed his locker shut and went back to her. "I will be seeing you in English!" And with that he ran off down the hall.
"See you... ectoBiologist." She whispered, before turning back down the crowded hall.
