As I walked into the cooler I could already see Luke sitting on side of the room, and Edman the other. I walked and sat near Luke. He smiled at me so I smiled back. It had only been a couple of hours since I last saw him but it felt like a lifetime. For the hole of first period I sat there, reading Romeo and Juliet which is what we would have been doing if we were in lessons. For second period it was meant to be art. So I sketched out Mr Todd, the teacher supervising us in the cooler. I sketched his long face and his pointed noise, his shaggy hair and his pixie ears. Then when break came he said, "I'm going for a coffee. I'll be back in a minute." And then he was gone. Automatically Luke came and sat next to me. "Wow. That drawing is amazing." He said lifting up my sketch book and looking at my picture of Mr Todd. "Do you think you could draw me?" "Sure." I replied. By the time Mr Todd was back I'd finished my drawing of Luke, but I wouldn't let him see it. "Okay settle down now and get on with your work."
I was so relieved when the end of school bell went. "Oh thank god." I said to Luke as we grabbed our bags and left the cooler. "Hey, Chlo, I was wondering if... I don't know...you want to go grab a coffee?" OMG Luke was asking me out. "OMG Luke yes of course I want to go grab a coffee with you." Is what I was dying to say. However, I said, "Luke I'm sorry I have to go meet Amy then I'm going job hunting. I'd love to, I just don't have time at the minute." His face dropped. "I understand." He said. "Maybe some other time yeahh." I shouted as I walked off to find Amy.
"Please kill me." I moaned walking up to Amy. "Hello to you to. What's up." As we walked back to the hostel I explained about Luke asking me out and me... totally blowing him off. "So why don't you say yes?" She said confused. I looked at her. "It's complicated." No way am I going into this now and especially not with someone I've only just met, I thought. When we got to our room we both got changed and then decided to go grab a coffee. At the coffee shop I saw a sign in the door, help wanted. "Hey is this place hiring?" I asked the waitress who was giving us our drinks. "Yep. Why you interested?" "Definitely." I said giving the girl my CV. "Okay well we'll be in touch." She said taking the paper off me. Amy stared at me as the waitress walked away. "Why'd you need a job? I mean you have a bank account." Amy said sipping her coffee. "Yeah I have a bank account that can be traced." I replied. "That bank account is ONLY for emergencies." Amy and I finished our drinks and then went back to the hostel to do our homework.
The next two days in the cooler were pretty much the same; we still did our class work, Mr Todd still went for a coffee at break and Luke still came and sat next to me when he could. However, Luke seamed different. Now whenever I ask him something he gets all defensive. I think it's because I blew him off, but then when I ask him he says it's nothing, just home stuff. I wish I could get him to talk to me, to open up to me. But I can't. Especially not with Edman sitting in the room listening in on our convocations. What do I do?