Chapter. 24

The first day of school had finally come, with a satchel over his shoulder Vincent opened his garage and pushed his bike into the sunlight. His heart was pounding as the sun bathed the bike in the soft morning light, giving it a glow. Vaulting from the back of the bike Vincent dropped into the seat with a soft thud. "Now let's see what they think of me now." Vincent stopped moving as he thought about his words. "When did I start caring about what people think of me?"

Vincent started the ignition. He revved the bike a few times before driving into the street. Vincent felt different from all the other times school started up, instead of feeling dread he felt joyful. Driving for a few minutes Vincent pulled up in front of Rebecca's house as its door swung open and Rebecca walked out.

"Morning V!"

"Hey Reby. Ready to go?"

"Yes!" Rebecca jumped onto the bike and held on tightly to Vincent who revved his engine to get going once more. The streets were filled with cars filled with people going to school, Vincent waved his hand to find an alternative route. "Let's make some time." Vincent turned into an alley and took side roads to bypass the traffic.

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As the students walked to the gate a silver motorcycle carrying two people. They watched the motorcycle pull up into the school parking lot, once it was in a slot the two removed their helmets, revealing themselves as Vincent and Rebecca.

While the two walked towards the school gates Rebecca stayed close to Vincent. "Everyone is staring at us V."

"So? Who cares what everyone thinks?" Vincent places his arm around her back. "They'll forget in a few days, if not hours." Vincent walked with Rebecca through the school as he took her to her class. People around would watch them walk by but Vincent ignored them. They arrived at the class room and Vincent let go. "I'll see you for lunch? I made some food for us."

"Okay!" Rebecca hugged Vincent before she went into her classroom. Letting Vincent head for his own.

Vincent walked in to find a few other students already inside. Vincent sat down at his desk and took a deep breath as he waved his hand to open his school programs. "Another day to work through." he looked out the window as he waited for class to start.

"You seem pretty relaxed. Good morning?" Catherine stood over Vincent. "Happy to be near me everyday?" Vincent gave no response. "Come on love say something, you know I hate being ignored."

Vincent exhaled then turned to Catherine. "I have something I want to talk to you about."

"Really now." Catherine's voice turned to silk.

"Let's meet in the courtyard for lunch, we'll talk there."

"Vinny, your asking to have lunch together?"

"Just meet me at the courtyard. I left my lunch in my bike."

"I'd be happy too." Catherine hugged Vincent. "I knew you'd come around."

"Get off me. Class is starting."

"Oh right." Catherine ran her fingers through his hair as she sat in the desk beside him. Vincent inhaled slowly as he sent a message to Rebecca just before the teacher walked in.

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The lunch bell rang and everyone got up to leave. Catherine stretched as she stood up. "Time to eat up!" Catherine patted Vincent's back as she walked past. "Don't keep me waiting Vinny." Once Catherine was gone waited for a minute he picked up his bag then stood up to go into the hall. Seeing that Catherine was gone he walked to the stairs and went up to the roof opening the door to find Rebecca. "Hey you!"

Rebecca spun around hearing Vincent's voice. "V!" The two hugged then looked out over the horizon.

"Nice view, right? I come up here when I want to be alone."

"Are we allowed to be up here?"

"Nothing says we can't be up here." Vincent and Rebecca took their seats on the ventilation system as Vincent took the food out of his bag. "Here you go." He gave Rebecca a plastic container.

Rebecca opened the container to find an egg-salad sandwich with mini hot dogs next to it with a dipping cup filled with mustard. "This looks really nice."

"It's nothing, with everyone having access to the internet there's no excuse for being bad at cooking. Besides, this is nothing that special or hard to do." Vincent watched Rebecca pick up the sandwich and felt uneasy. "What are you worried about, you make these almost everyday for school." Vincent felt on edge and held his breath when she took a bite. Quietly breathing out when she smiled. "What did you think?"

Rebecca didn't answer and took another bite. "She likes it. See? What was I worried about?" Vincent smiled in relief and started eating his own lunch while he watch her. when Rebecca took the last bite of her food she turned to Vincent who smiled as he was only half done. "So how was it?"

"I loved it! Thank you V!

"Anytime Reby. I got an idea, how about you make us lunch for tomorrow and I'll do the day after that."

"Like a lunch exchange? That sounds so cool!" Rebecca clapped her hands. "I'll made you the best lunch ever!"

"Hey now." Vincent gentle rubbed her back. "Don't go overboard, okay? I'm asking for a full on feast here."

"Okay." Vincent pulled his hand away then opened his bag to put away the containers then pulled out a cord. "What's that for?"

"When I come up here I like to listen to some soft piano tunes and just take in the calm, care to join in?"

Rebecca snatched the cord end from Vincent's hand and connected it to her linker. Vincent connected his own and started up his playlist. As the music played Vincent looked to the sky to watch some birds fly overhead then felt a weight on his arm. He saw Rebecca leaning on him as she also looking into the sky.

Vincent moved his arm around her back and held her close. "Now might be a good time to talk about what happened at my place." Vincent looked down at Rebecca who smiled softly as she listened. "Some other time, better not ruin the moment."

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