Sombra rubbed her eyes tiredly as she leaned against the wall of Amélie's Science room.
It had been a long day; a boring, restless one at that and Sombra was completely over it. Well, she would be, when Amélie finally came out of her class.
The interior walls of the science building were deteriorating rapidly, the once pearl white walls had now yellowed considerably. Although, they were barely visible due to now being almost completely covered in posters advertising school spirit and all that junk.
Yawning, she pulled out her phone and, before she even unlocked it, was bombarded with missed calls from Gabe. She frowned, Que?
She tried his cell multiple times with no luck and retreated into her mind.
Lost in thought, Sombra jumped sharply when the double doors at the end of the hall opened.
She heard distant muttering and was able to make out a couple of people's voices, mainly Fareeha's.
Glancing out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Fareeha, Angela and...Hana. A pang of nervousness shot through her, and she felt her legs moving.
Attempting to exude confidence, she made her way over.
"Hey, guys. Que pasa?"
"Oh, hey, it's Sombra. Just the girl we were talking about," Fareeha smiled, fumbling in her bag for something.
Sombra was taken aback, her heart beat picking up, "Really?"
Chuckling, Angela said, "Don't worry, we were only wondering if you'd like to come to our start of spring party tomorrow night?"
Fareeha sighed, "Way to spoil the surprise, now my beautiful invitations will have no effect."
Handing Sombra a gold lettered envelope embellished with pastel flowers, Fareeha made at her to which Angela responded to by placing a quick kiss on her head.
Hana rolled her eyes at them, causing Sombra to giggle.
"Please come tomorrow, I couldn't stand having to third wheel again," Hana smiled, her big brown eyes baring into Sombra.
Her eyes were such a beautiful mahogany that Sombra felt as though she could just melt in them.
She could feel her face heating up and reddening.
"Yeah, no worries. I'll be there," Sombra replied, winking subtly at Hana.
Fareeha grabbed her arm softly, just as the afternoon bell went.
"Feel free to bring along Amélie or Gabe. The times and location are on the envelope," She began to be washed away in the sea of students "I'll see you later," Sombra heard her call.
Excitement bubbled up inside her and Sombra couldn't help but smile widely.
"What are you so happy about?" Came a dreary French accent from beside her.
She smiled sneakily, "We're going to a party tomorrow night, chica."
"Ew, why?" Amélie asked, her face one of disgust.
"Because you can't just sit around in our dorm, watching depressing movies and being lonely. You've gotta get yourself out there, and this is the perfect opportunity to do so."
Amélie raised an eyebrow at her, lips still pulled out impossibly thin.
Sombra smiled, elbowing her in the side.
"At least do it for me, eh?" Sombra asked, her eyes resembling those of a puppy.
"One hour."
"Two."
Amélie sighed, loudly.
"Ugh, fine. Two hours, but after that I'm going back to our dorm."
"Yeesss," Sombra cheered.
Upon exiting the Science block, they continued across the grounds towards Brookland Park.
As they pushed through the crowd that had condensed near the campus gates, Sombra spotted a dark, tall figure.
"Gabe," She shouted, her voice getting lost on its way to him through the countless conversations around her.
She grabbed Amélie's wrist and trudged through the bodies, determined to find out what was so important to Gabe that he had needed to call so many times.
After emerging, Sombra picked up her pace and almost jogged to catch up to him, all the while still pulling Amélie along with her.
"Hey, Gabe," She said, raising her voice slightly more than usual.
"Sombra?" He answered in his deep, gravelly voice, "What do you want?"
"What do you what? You called me, like, 6 times?"
Gabe frowned, considering for a moment what she had said.
"Sombra, I haven't called you at all today."
"Then, why did it show up on my phone?"
"How should I know? But I'm telling you, I haven't called you."
Sombra furrowed her brow, confused.
"Yeah, I'm sorry, but I don't understand why Gabe would need to call you, we saw him less than 2 hours ago and you know how terrible he is with technology. Wouldn't it have made more sense for him to just, I don't know, find you?" Amélie questioned, still rubbing her wrist from where Sombra had dragged her.
"Hm, well, are you sure there's nothing you needed to say to me? Nothing at all?"
"Nope. And if we're done here, I have to be at work in about," He checked his watch, "Five minutes ago. I'll see you two tomorrow," Gabe spoke, turned back and walked off, leaving Sombra extremely confused.
She pulled out her phone again. What? It still said six missed calls.
"I don't understand, why would it say that if..."
"I don't know, Sombra. You're the tech expert, and I'm late for dance so, now we've got to run," Amélie said, her voice tinged with a hint of agitation.
Sombra followed behind her, bewildered. Still confused about the former occurrences.