We get to class soon enough and Gil smiles. "Well, here we are again."

I nod a little. "Yeah…here we are…"

"Aw, don't worry about it, Birdie. Everything will be OK. I promise."

I look at him doubtfully.

"I'll be here with you. I'll make sure nothing happens."

"You'll only be here for first period."

"Yeah, but it'll still be OK. Because you can just come and get me if something happens."

"You want me to just leave class?"

"Well, yeah. If something's happening, of course I want you to leave class."

I look down a little, uncertain. He pulls me close to him. "Trust me, Birdie."

"A-alright."

Gil smiles. "Awesome. Now, let's go." He takes my hand and leads me into class.

No one really notices us, and while I'm used to that, I still wonder why that is. A few people look up, but they look back to whatever they were doing before. I look at Gil a little, but he doesn't seem to notice it.

"What about our work from the-?" I start to ask.

"Oh, I wouldn't worry about it. Toni'll get it for us."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive." He happily smiles at me.

"If you say so."

"Great." He smiles and sits down in the back again. I sit down by him and look down at the desk a little.

"Lift your head. Don't look down." He gently reaches over and tilts my head up. "Ok?"

I look over a little. "Why do you want my head up?"

"It shows confidence." He tells me with a smile.

"…Confidence."

"Yeah. It's good to have confidence."

"I-I know it is."

"Then show everyone you have some, even if you don't. You want people to think you are confident, then they won't mess with you."

"They still will."

"Not as much." He smiles at me and I try to protest again, but class stats then and I can't.

I try to focus on the lesson, but it's kind of boring. Before I know it, I start drifting off to sleep a little. I can't let myself though and sit straight up instead of the usual slouched position I take. I catch a few words from the teacher, but unfortunately, she's giving a lecture. I look around a little just to see that no one else is paying attention. Well, some people in the front are and a few others are taking notes. A majority of the class is sleeping and goofing off or doodling in their notebooks. I look over to Gil to see what he's doing.

He's drawing a picture on a little piece of paper. He glances over at me a little and notices me looking at him. He gives me a sheepish smile and tries to hide the paper a little. That only makes me curious about what's on it.

I lean over towards him a little, trying to see what's on it. He only moves the paper farther away from me. I look up at him and he smirks at me a little. He holds the paper in his one hand and taps my nose with a finger on his other hand. I blush a little and he smiles.

"You can't see it until it's finished." he quietly whispers to me.

I softly sigh a little and nod, going back to sitting how I was before. I look down at my desk and absentmindedly start drawing little pictures with my finger on the desktop. It takes a little while for class to end, but I keep myself from falling asleep for the rest of it. I should have paid attention to the teacher, but I couldn't manage it.

I stand up and look to Gil who is already standing. He smiles at me.

"Ready to go?"

I nod a little. "Yeah, I suppose."

"Good." He takes my hand and leads me out of the classroom. "So, did you follow anything she said?"

"Uh, no. Not really." I softly admit.

He smiles. "I don't think anyone else did either."

"Well, it looked like some people were."

"And those people are over-achievers."

I look down a little. "I…I suppose."

"Oh, well it's not like that if you do it, cuz, well, it's you."

"But it's anyone else, they're an over-achiever."

"No. It's not, well, not exactly, I mean, well, uh-"

"It's alright. We're pretty much opposites."

"Opposites. Yeah, but we do go pretty well together." He laughs a little and I feel a smile trying to come on.

"Yeah." I softly agree.

"Well, it looks like we're here." he tells me, sounding a little regretful. "I'll see you after class."

I nod a little. "Ok."

He gently kisses me, getting me to blush, before he leaves to his own class. I stand there for a little moment before I realize that he left some paper in my hand. I got into my class and sit down at an empty desk. I look at the paper in my hand and realize it's the same paper Gil was drawing on earlier after I unfold it. On the paper is a drawing of me from the side. I feel myself softly smile a little as I realize he was drawing me. I fold it back up and put it in my pocket.

Class starts after a few minutes. This time I find focusing is easier. The teacher passes out some worksheets. It's a rather easy worksheet and unfortunately I finish it soon enough. The equations were rather simple and I understood it completely. I put my pencil down on top of the paper and look at the paper a little.

"-hew? Matthew?"

I look up at the teacher a little, whose standing right in front of me.

"Y-yes?"

"What are you doing?"

"What am I-? What do you mean what am I doing?"

"I told everyone to turn to turn their work in about ten minutes ago."

"Ten minutes? I don't think you did."

"Oh, now you're talking back?"

"Wh-what? No, I-"

"And now arguing."

I look down a little and softly say, "I'm sorry." And I hand her the paper. She snatches it from my hand and I hear her mumbling something about hanging around a bad influence. I know she's talking about Gil and I look down at the desk again.

The little pace after that doesn't last long though. We aren't exactly doing anything and the teacher is passing out another worksheet. She comes to me and looks at me a little, as if considering something. I try to shrink into myself and just hide, but she leaves before I can.

I look down at the paper on my desk. It's one of those stupid math puzzle worksheets. She must not have had anything else to use. I don't mind and finish this one rather quickly too. The problems are a little more difficult than ordinary problems.

By the end of the class, I feel even more tired than at the beginning of the day, but I doubt it'll be a problem. I meet up with Gil after class again.

"Ready for you next class?"

I nod a little. "Yeah, I suppose."

He smiles. "Good. Did you like the picture I drew for you?"

I nod again. "Yeah, I loved it."

"Awesome."

He happily smiles as he leads me to my next class.