Pidge's Crush
"Lance, come on," Pidge whispered next to me., "there's a new cadet coming in, I hear the Princess herself vouched for him to join the battlement!" I raised my eyebrows. "Exactly! Now come on, we have to see who it is!"
We left the dining hall, letting Hunk stay, he almost cried at the thought of missing dinner. Earlier today, he had mindlessly corrected Cook's food so it would taste better. As it turns out, Cook was very defensive about his cooking. He told Hunk the rule about the kitchen, which Pidge was sure he made up on the spot, "no cadet entry." It had left Hunk in tears, and no food for breakfast or lunch today.
Pidge and I raced down the halls, heading towards our secret hiding place, a nook in the side of the walls.
We peeked out the corner. "So, Katie… what do you think of her? She's pretty cute in my opinion." I whispered, winking with pomp.
Katie was the headmaster's daughter, and she's an interesting gal. Pidge always seemed to act weird when any of the other guys bring her up; so we tease Pidge on his crush on her endlessly.
Pidge avoids the eye contact I am obviously trying to make, blushing red. "I… I don't know her…" His sentence derailed into stutters.
I snorted at Pidge's reaction, and keep going. "Last night Hunk lost a race with me, and he had to kiss her, it was the deal… he had blushed so red, he couldn't even look at her!"
"Yeah, I bet she liked that," Pidge muttered under his breath.
"Huh, what was that?" I asked, but quickly get distracted by another question popping into my head. "Say, where were you last night? Hunk and I were at dinner, and after the Katie fiasco, we tried to find you, but you were nowhere to be found." I wiggled my eyebrows grinning.
He glared back at me. "I was studying, for the test on battle tactics, we had today. You know, the one you weren't prepared for?" Pidge smirked. Ha! He thinks he has the last word, not today, Gunderson!
"For your information, I did splendidly on the test, I just groaned like it was the end of the world for jokes; ya know, making the professor think I don't know anything so he's surprised when I do perfectly." At this Pidges started snorting and choking, trying his best to hide his laughter, as we are hiding out in the hallway in front of the entrance to the Battlement, after hours too.
"Just for shit and giggles, ay? In that case, I want to see your test when you get it back." He smirked again.
I went to disagree, with all the pomp and swagger I could manage, to clarify, but as my mouth opened, the creak of Battlement's front door opening and swinging into its stopper with a deafening thump.