Monday soon arrived and it was back to school
Lucas found himself staring at the same spot for a while now, thinking that if he stared at it long enough, she may appear.
"I think I saw Josh's car pull up when I got here, so she should be here soon" Zay teases his best friend
Lucas rolls his eyes and turns back to look at his friend
"I don't know what you are talking about" He tries to act clueless
Zay rolls his eyes as he opens his locker
"Dude I feel everyday you are less subtle" Zay teases again
"I can't help it, theres something about her that I can't explains" he sighs as he leans against his locker
Zay laughs "Wow if this is how I am when I talk about Vanessa, I am so sorry"
Lucas chuckles and play punches his friends shoulder
"Look who's here" Zay says nodding at something behind Lucas
Lucas turns to see Riley putting things in her locker, he quickly walks over
"Hey" he says as he approaches her
Riley turns and smiles "Hi"
"Uh so how was the rest of your weekend?" he asks
"It was good thanks, how was yours?" she asks
"Good" he nods
They stand there for a moment before Riley remembers and she turns to pull it out of her locker where she had placed it.
"Oh, I have your jacket, sorry I forgot to give it back to you at the party" she says kind of embarrassed,
"You didn't have to bring it back" he tells her honestly, liking the idea of her having something of his.
"Yes I did, and thanks again" she smiles at him
"Anytime" he says staring at her
"I better get to class"
"Okay, well I'll see you around"
"Yeah okay" she says smiling before turning to walk to her first class
Lucas watches her walk away before turning back and walking back to a smirking Zay
"Please tell me I'm not as whipped as you?" Zay teases
Lucas rolls his eyes
Riley walks into her Drama Class like any other day and finds her seat in the back
She hated this class
Shyness and performing do not mix well
She hated performing and being front of a bunch of people who were staring at her
But unfortunately for her it was a requirement to take a fine art and theater was the only thing available
The Drama teacher Mrs. Parker came into class and asked for their attention
"Okay class, as you know Mr. Smith our other drama teacher has had to take time off because of family obligations so now we are short a teacher and as a result we will have to be joining some classes together, so as of today, Mr. Smith 10th grade class will be joining us" she explains as she welcomes in a group of people entering the class
Riley watched as the sophomores came in and tried to find open seats
She was in shock when she saw a familiar blonde boy making his way inside looking for a seat.
Lucas scans the room and then his eyes brighten when he sees her sitting in the back , he makes his way to the open seat next to her
"Hey" he says smiling brightly
"hi" she replies giving him a small smile
"So i guess we're in the same class now" he comments trying to hide the fact of how excited he was that he would get to spend a whole hour with her
"Looks like it" she chuckles
"Okay settle down everyone, for our first project we will be breaking up into partners and you will be given a scene and you will perform it in front of the class" the teacher explains " and to make it more fun, you will pick your scene from out of this bag" she holds up a small bag and shakes it to start mixing the pieces of paper
Riley was dreading this part, she hadn't even started the project and she was already dreading performing in front of everyone.
"So everyone pick a partner and then come on up " the teacher instructs
Lucas immediately turns to her "Partner?" he asks
Riley nods "sure"
"Great" he says excited that he finally had an excuse to spend more time with her
Both stand up to head over to the teacher
Lucas motions for Riley to go ahead and pick
Riley nervously sticks her hand in and picks up a piece of paper and reads it
"What scene did we get?" Lucas asks leaning over to see the paper
"The balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet" Riley says trying hard not to blush
"Oh that's one of my favorite scenes, Riley you'll make a cute Juliet" Mrs. Parker gushes before turning to the next pair of partners
"So uh how about I head over to your place after practice and we can start practicing?" Lucas asks
"Sound good" Riley agrees
Lucas smiles "great this is gonna be fun" trying to hide how excited he was
Maya was at her locker getting her things for her next class when James approaches
"Hey partner" he says smiling at the blonde
"Hey" she says returning the smile
"So you free after school to work on the project?" he asks
Maya nods "yeah, you wanna come to my house this time?" she asks
"Sure sound great"
"Cool, well meet me here and then we'll head over" she explains
"You got it, see you then" he smiles before heading to his next class
As he leaves Riley approaches Maya
"So what did he want?" she teases
"He just wanted to discuss the project" she asks teasingly
"Yes Riley, the project"
"Maybe your only concern is the project but I'm pretty sure the dude has other things on his mind"
Maya rolls her eyes "and how do you know that?"
"Please its so obvious, the way he looks at you" Riley insists
Maya rolls her eyes
as she closes her locker and walks away
After football practice
"Hey man, you wanna grab something to eat" Zay asks the blonde boy as they are finishing getting dressed in the locker room
"Sorry, can't I have plans" he says trying to hide the big smile he gets just thinking about seeing the cute brunette
"Oh really, what kind of plans?" he asks
"I'm working on a project with Riley!"
"Nice bro, what you studying?" he asks
"Drama, Romeo & Juliet" he says
"Why looks like the Gods have smiled on you" Zay teases
"I know this is exactly the opportunity I needed to get to know her better"
At that moment comes back from the showers
"Hey guys what's up?" he asks as he opens his locker and begins to change
"Nothing just Lucas telling me about his drama class and his project ?" Zay tells him
Lucas glares
"What's the project?" Josh asks as he puts on his shirt
"I have to do a scene with a partner" Lucas explains
"Sounds fun, who's your partner?"
Zay watches enjoying the scene
"uh actually it's Riley" Lucas tells him
"Oh really?'" Josh says trying to hide his smirk
"Yeah and I better get going cause I'm suppose to go over and start working" he says as he closes his locker and pull his bag over his shoulder
"Okay man see you there I guess" he teases as he watches his friend leave
"you know already don't you" Zay asks turning to look at Josh
"Dude i'm not blind" Josh chuckles
"So you gonna tell him you know?' Zay asks
"I will...eventually" he laughs