Nathaniel/Lila
Nathaniel stood outside the school. It was raining heavily and his parents had not yet arrived to pick him up. He held his sketch book close, trying to prevent it from getting wet.
Lila stepped out of the school. She glanced at him and opened her umbrella. He glanced at her. Lila gave a small smile. "Hey." She said softly. He slowly turned away from her. She frowned and gripped the handle of her umbrella tighter.
"Look, I'm sorry ok? I am sorry about all of the lies I told." Nathaniel glanced at her. She was looking down at the ground and frowning. He clung to his book tighter. 'Why is she even talking to me?' He thought. He didn't think they would even be friends when she came to the school. He was the shy artist. She was the cool new girl. He was friends with other shy people and simply acquaintances with the more popular kids. She was friends with everyone who showed interest in what she said.
Lila continued. "I was called out on my lies and now no one shows any interest or kindness to me. I have apologized countless times. What do I have to do to make up for everything?" She asked. Lila was yelling and almost pleading. Nathaniel shifted uncomfortably. "I-I don't know." He said softly and nervously. He felt very much on the spot. Lila's eyes were pleading. He panicked. "Maybe d-don't yell at people w-who are right next to you." Lila went wide eyed. Nathaniel panicked and covered his mouth with his hand. "Sorry. That came out meaner then I intended." He said softly. Nathaniel gave a small apologetic smile. Lila smiled. "It's ok. I didn't even know you could raise your voice like that." She said with a teasing smirk. Nathaniel blushed slightly and smiled. "Oh no my book." He said quietly to himself. He covered it with his jacket to prevent it from getting wet.
They stood there in silence for a few minutes. Lila saw her dad pull up in the car. She started walking towards it but stopped halfway. She walked back up to Nathaniel. He blinked at her. She gave a soft smile as she held out her umbrella. He hesitantly took it. "Thanks." He said. Lila smiled. Thunder rumbled nearby as green met blue. They started for a moment until a car horn made them turn to Lila's car. She glanced at Nathaniel. "I got to go. See you tomorrow." She said with a smile before she ran to the car to avoid the rain. Nathaniel blushed as he looked at the umbrella. Lila was blushing slightly as she entered the car.
As soon as the car was out of sight, Nathaniel started to blush almost the colour of his hair. He sat down on the cool pavement and using the umbrella to keep away the rain, he grabbed his sketch book and a pencil and started drawing. Minuets passed and a car horn made him look up. His mum was in the car. He looked at what he had just drawn and blushed even more. He had been drawing Lila. It did have a few rain drops on it but it still looked good. Still blushing, he grabbed his stuff and went to the car.