A/N: Hey guys! I finally have chapter 3! I've actually had this written in my notebook since Wednesday, but I wasn't able to finish typing it up until now.

I would just like to make a note that I don't own Curt or Riker or any of them. However, I DO own Finn, Sophie, Adam, etc. :)

Also, I don't know if this is actually how an improv exercise works, but just go with it, haha. Anyways, I hope you enjoy chapter 3 here. You all rock!


As each day passed, Curt became less and less nervous about going to school. At least after the first day, he knew what to expect. Over the course of his first full week in Littleton, he established a new routine. Every morning, he'd get up, and then get ready for school. He had to be out the door by 6:30. Then, he'd walk to the bus stop, and have a short-lived but unpleasant conversation with Marissa until the bus came. He'd sit next to Riker, who always got on before him, and think about trying to start a conversation with him. But Riker would have his earphones in before Curt had the chance.

Today appeared to be no different.

It was Friday morning, and Curt had just finished talking to Marissa. Their conversation had literally lasted a minute. After that, Riker and his sister had arrived, and Marissa promptly ditched him to talk to her (not that Curt minded). A few minutes later, the bus pulled up and everyone got aboard.

Like usual, Riker got on before Curt, and Curt slid into the seat and sat down next to him. Curt set his backpack down on the ground, and then looked up at Riker. Curt was surprised to see that Riker hadn't put his earphones in yet. Usually, that was the first thing he did.

"Good morning," Curt said.

"Morning," Riker said.

"Um. How are you?" Curt said.

"I'm alright," Riker said. "It's way too early."

Curt couldn't believe that he was actually having a conversation with Riker. He had begun to think that he was never going to get Riker to talk to him.

"I know," Curt said.

Back in Texas, Curt would usually get up between 8:30 and 9:00 AM, even on the weekends. But here, he had to be up no later than 5:45 AM if he wanted to make it to the bus stop on time.

"Did you forget your iPod today or something?" Curt asked Riker. Riker suddenly looked hurt.

"I'm sorry," Riker said, reaching for his coat pocket.

"No!" Curt said. "I mean, it's just that you never talk to me."

Riker's hand paused in midair, and for a second, Curt thought that he was going to put it down and continue talking to him. But then, it reached inside his pocket. Curt felt awful. Riker had finally begun to talk to him, and he had blown it.

"Have you ever heard McFly?" Riker asked as he turned on his iPod.

"Mc Who?" Curt asked.

"You're in for a treat, then," Riker said. Riker handed one of the earphones to Curt, and Curt slid it in his ear. Riker played some of his favorite songs from McFly, occasionally sharing a trivia fact or two. But mostly, he let Curt listen. Before Curt knew it, they could see Littleton High School in the distance.

"They're pretty much my favorite band," Riker said.

"I can see why. They're pretty good," Curt said.

"Try amazing," Riker said.

Then, Riker smiled. Curt had never seen Riker smile before. Riker had one of those bright, contagious smiles that had the power to instantly put you in a good mood. Curt smiled back at him just as the bus screeched to a halt in front of Littleton High.

Twenty-five minutes later, Curt was walking into his language arts class. Even though the school day was only beginning, Curt knew that it was going to be a good one.

Who knew that one person's smile could be so potent?

"You seem awfully happy today, Curt-not-Curtis," Mr. Schaefer said when Curt walked into math class.

"Is it that obvious?" Curt asked.

"You have a twinkle in your eye and a spring in your step. I'd say it's very obvious," Mr. Schaefer said.

After math, Curt found himself back in Civics class. He was the first one to arrive, and took his seat at his desk. It occurred to him that he'd forgotten to ask Finn why no one sat here. He made a mental note to remember to ask Finn about it later, but Curt knew that he'd forget. A couple of minutes later, Riker came in with Finn right behind him. When Riker locked eyes with Curt, he smiled at him again.

"I have more music to play for you," Riker said. "Remind me on the way home."

Civics class always seemed long because it was the last class before lunch. It dragged on, but finally, the lunch bell rang.

Today's lunch was fettuccine alfredo.

"Finally, an entrée I can eat," Adam said. Curt shot Adam a confused look.

"He's a vegetarian," Finn explained.

"Five years now," Adam said.

"Wow," Curt said.

"Don't forget about drama club after school today," Finn said, changing the subject. It was a good thing that Finn had reminded him, because he'd almost forgotten about it. Curt was actually really excited about going to drama club. He'd been away from the theater for over a week now, which felt like a century to Curt.

They continued about their normal conversation. Even Riker jumped in on the conversation, to everyone's surprise. After Curt and Adam had finished eating, they said goodbye to the others and went to the library.

Their Spanish teacher had no interest in helping Adam understand the material, nor did she have any interest in helping Curt catch up. So, Curt had been looking up information about the stuff they were covering, and he was attempting to help Adam as best he could.

"I thought he didn't like me," Curt said while he and Adam were browsing through the Spanish materials section of the library.

"Who? Riker?" Adam said. Just as Curt nodded, Adam picked up a magazine that was in Spanish. When Adam didn't say anything, Curt realized that Adam hadn't seen him nod.

"Yeah, I'm talking about Riker," Curt said.

"He's just shy," Adam said. "He was like that too, when we first met."

Curt was glad that Riker was finally coming around to him. It was like he'd gotten the final seal of approval from Finn's friends.

"Hey, what does this even say?" Adam asked, handing Curt the magazine that he'd been looking at for the past five minutes. The cover had a picture of Zac Efron on it. It was a fairly recent magazine. Curt had no idea that he was still popular. Unfortunately, he couldn't decode what the cover said, either.

"Beats me," Curt said, handing the magazine back to Adam. Adam placed it back on the shelf. Finally, Curt found a couple of resource books, and they sat down and finished the homework that was due next period.

After fifth, sixth, and seventh hour, Finn met Curt by his locker. Together, they walked to the drama classroom.

The drama classroom was on the second floor. The desks had been pushed to the back of the classroom, and the chairs had been arranged into rows. There was a small stage in the front of the classroom. A younger, blonde-haired woman was sitting behind one of the teacher's desks, looking over some papers. None of the other students had arrived yet.

"Hi, Mrs. Carlyle," Finn said.

"Good afternoon, Mr. O'Brien," Mrs. Carlyle said, not looking up from her papers.

"I'd like to introduce you to someone," Finn said. Mrs. Carlyle snapped her head up. "This is Curt Mega."

"Hi, I'm Mrs. Carlyle, one of the drama teachers here at Littleton High" she said to Curt, standing up to walk over and shake his hand. "Will you be joining us?"

"Yeah," Curt said.

"Splendid," she said. "Well, take a seat. I'm sure the others will be joining us shortly."

She was right. Soon, a lot of kids began to flood in: Sophie, Adam, and Riker included.

"Let's call this meeting to order," Mrs. Carlyle said. "First, I'd like to draw your attention to our new member, Curt."

Mrs. Carlyle gestured to Curt, and then continued on.

"Second, it has come to my attention that there is a mandatory rehearsal today for You Can't Take it With You," Mrs. Carlyle said. "Those of you who are acting in that will be dismissed after I take roll."

Mrs. Carlyle ran down the list of students, and then the kids who were in You Can't Take it With You were dismissed to their rehearsal.

"She's not directing the fall play?" Curt asked, whispering in Finn's ear.

"We have two drama teachers," Finn said. "Mrs. Carlyle and Mr. Allan. Mr. Allan takes care of the fall and spring plays, but the winter musical is Mrs. Carlyle's time to shine."

"Since we've lost a good chunk of our members to the You Can't Take it With You rehearsal, I thought that we'd do some improvisational acting today," Mrs. Carlyle said. "Who wants to captain the first group?"

"I do!" Finn said, shooting his hand up in the air.

"Very well, Mr. O'Brien," Mrs. Carlyle said. Finn stood up and ran up to the stage in front of the classroom.

"You can pick two other students to be in your group," Mrs. Carlyle said.

"Curt and Riker," Finn said without even hesitating.

Curt and Riker both got up and awkwardly walked to the front of the room.

"Alright, you guys know the drill," Mrs. Carlyle said. "Let's start with a location and a time frame."

"The movie theater," a kid said.

"Friday night," another said.

"Okay. Who is Riker playing?" Mrs. Carlyle said.

"Joe, the captain of the football team," one kid said.

"Who is Curt playing?" Mrs. Carlyle said.

"Sally, Joe's clingy girlfriend," Adam yelled out.

Mrs. Carlyle laughed.

"Alright then,"Mrs. Carlyle said. "What about Finn?"

"Darren, the third wheel," A kid said.

"Alright, I would normally ask for a scenario, but I think the person who gave Finn his character gave them a scenario too," Mrs. Carlyle said. "Are you guys ready?"

The three boys nodded.

"Action," Mrs. Carlyle said.

"Hey, baby," Riker said, slinging his arm around Curt.

"Yay, you're finally back!" Curt said.

"I was only gone four minutes," Riker said.

"I know, but I miss you when you're not around," Curt said.

Curt booped Riker's nose, and Riker chuckled.

"Aw," Riker said. "I miss you when you're not around too."

"Do you guys mind?" Finn said, interrupting them. "I'm trying to solve the celebrity word scramble."

This drew a few laughs from the crowd.

"You're just jealous of what Joe and I have," Curt said.

"No, I'm trying to solve the celebrity word scramble, and you two are distracting me," Finn said. "Oh, that one's Kat Dennings."

"I'm going to go to the bathroom before the movie starts," Riker said.

"Don't leave me," Curt said.

"I won't be gone very long," Riker said. Riker walked away from Curt and Finn.

"He is so amazing," Curt said.

"Uh-huh," Finn said in a monotonous voice.

"I mean, I just love him so much," Curt said. "I know that we've only been together for three days, but I can just tell that we're meant to be."

"Uh-huh."

The audience was in hysterics.

"Hey, I'm back," Riker said, walking back over.

"Thank goodness, I was so worried," Curt said.

"You know I'll always come back for you," Riker said.

Riker cupped Curt's cheek with his hand and stared into his eyes. Then, Riker closed his eyes and leaned in as if he was going to kiss Curt. At first, he thought nothing of it, but Riker kept on getting closer and closer. It seemed as though he was actually going to kiss Curt. So, Curt closed his and accepted it.

"Do you guys have to do that here?" Finn asked.

Riker stopped, and Curt opened his eyes. Riker was inches away from his face. Riker recoiled and stood back up straight.

"What the heck, man?" Riker said.

"I'm just saying," Finn said. "This is a movie theater, not a motel room."

"Okay, I knew that you were jealous of Sally and I, but I didn't know that you were this jealous," Riker said.

"I'm not jealous!" Finn said.

"Denial. Classic. And I thought you were my friend," Riker said. "Come on, Sally, we're leaving."

"You can't! I'm your ride," Finn said.

"Well, then, I guess we're taking the bus," Riker said. "Come on, Sally."

Curt and Riker walked to the other end of the stage.

"Scene," Finn said.

The audience clapped. The three walked off the stage and took their seats.

"I thought you guys did a really good job," Mrs. Carlyle said. "And Curt, you're a very talented actor. I think that you are going to be a great addition to the LHS drama team."

"Thank you," Curt said.

Mrs. Carlyle asked for volunteers for the next group to go up. They continued the cycle until everyone had gone. By the time that everyone had finished, it was time to go.

"So, what'd you think?" Finn asked.

"I really enjoyed it," Curt said.

"So, you'll come back next week?" Finn asked.

"Yeah," Curt said.

"Cool," Finn said. "I'm glad. So, do you have any plans for the weekend?"

"Not really," Curt said. "I'll probably get on Facebook to check in with my Texas friends and I'll probably finish unpacking."

"You have a Facebook?" Finn asked. "Can I add you?"

"Sure," Curt said. "I'll see you Monday, okay?"

"Alright," Finn said.

He walked to locker and opened it up. He put on his jacket, and grabbed his backpack. Then he walked out the nearest door and over to the bus that he was supposed to take home.

Riker was sitting by himself in one of the seats. Curt slid in next to him, and set his bag down on the ground. When Curt sat down, Riker didn't say anything to him. Curt felt a little disappointed, but brushed it off. Then, he felt someone tap his shoulder. He looked over to see Riker holding out one of his earphones to him.

"Like I said, I have a lot more to show you," Riker said. Curt grinned and placed the earphone in his ear.

"You remembered," Curt said.

"I always keep my promises," Riker said, just before starting the next song.


That's it for Chapter 3! I hope that you enjoyed it!

Also, thanks to EVERYONE who has been reading, following, faving, and reviewing! Reading your reviews just makes my day!

Make sure you stick around-I'm kicking things up a notch in Chapter 4!

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