Adding a second coat of pink gloss to her lips, Tori waited for the first bell to ring. She stared in the mirror and cocked her head slightly. She adjusted an unruly curl and smoothed her collar before turning to the slightly messy shelves in her locker. She sifted through her textbooks on the top shelf, searching for her pink and orange striped notebook.
"Hey Tori," chimed Maya, as she walked by with Zig and the other members of WhisperHug. Tori turned in time to offer a wave to her best girl friend and then turned back to her locker. She spotted the notebook she needed for her first period. Tori technically had social studies with Mr. Perino but he was allowing her to work in the library this morning because she was behind in his class and needed to catch up before the test that the rest of the class was taking today. He usually would have made her take the test anyway but she had practically begged and Tori guessed he wasn't in the mood to argue when she'd asked.
She was about to select a cupcake shaped eraser when someone bumped into her from behind. Tori smiled when she turned to find Tristan with his West Drive binder in his arms. "Hey girlfriend, how was your Sunday?"
"Meh… can't complain." She shrugged and turned to face the mirror in her locker. "You think this lip colour goes with my sweater or should I run to the bathroom and switch to my peach one with the glitter?"
Tristan rolled his eyes at her. "Tor, you look flawless as always… But what do you think of my hair? I'm skipping math this morning to go meet Fab in the weight room."
"You look fine."
"I better because I think we're really getting somewhere and if I can nail this yoga pose I've been working on I might just get that kiss that I've been waiting for," Tristan talked on but Tori's eyes fell upon Cam. He stood at his locker across the hallway, grasping the door of it with white knuckles. For someone who finally got to return to school and see his girlfriend he looked pretty angry.
The bell rang, pulling Tori from her trance. "Well, I better make a pit stop in the little boys' room to fix my hair and spritz on something sweet smelling before I see my soon-to-be boyfriend." Tristan blew Tori a kiss before offering her a quick, "Love ya!" She watched as he practically skipped down the hallway.
Tori reached into her locker and grabbed a pencil to slide into the coil of her math notebook. She closed her lock and turned to find Cam still at his locker. He hadn't put his backpack away and seemed to be studying the scattered students still in the hallway, scurrying to reach their first class on time.
Tori walked by him, and just before she ducked into the silent library, she saw him reaching into the front pocket of his red backpack.
