A/N: Alright, sorry for not writing in a long time. A certain boy kinda' distracted me…He he…

C'mon don't give me that look! You're probably a girl, right? You know how it is! DX DO NOT LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!

Oh my God, sorry. Jeez…Just read…

Short Story #3: Cole and April in high school, part 2

April sat at the front of her chemistry class taking notes as the teacher went on and on.

Meanwhile, Cole was in the far back bored out of his mind and barely understood a thing being said. "Mr. Belmonte?" his name was suddenly called. Everyone in the room turned and looked at the teen.

"What?" he asked.

"The question was…" after that Cole began to not understand again. The rest of the sentence sounded like gibberish.

"Um…" he trailed off.

The teacher shook his head and went to find another volunteer. Slowly and nervously, April raised her hand into the air. "Yes, Ms. Dawson?"

"Iron," she answered.

"Correct," the teacher nodded and turned back to the board.

Cole looked at the back of the nerd's head and raised a brow. Her first day and she was already a teacher's favorite…

"Now, everyone pair up in two's please, that will be your lab partner until the end of the year."

Cole stood and looked over across the room. He walked over to Demi and touched her shoulder. She turned around and looked at him. "What?" she answered as if she was sneering at him.

He raised a brow but shrugged it off. "Aren't you gonna' be my lab partner?"

"We don't have to do everything together." She rolled her eyes. "I'm lab partners with Tony Maxx anyway," she turned around to face the caramel haired boy who looked like he was forced into being partners.

Cole huffed and shoved his hands into his pockets. He scanned the room for someone and saw the new girl sitting, looking clueless.

April looked at Zane who was the only person she had talked to and met that day but he gestured to Angelina Hunter and said his apologies.

She shrugged and smiled but felt alone…Nobody else seemed to be left.

"You," a voice made her jump. She turned around and saw one of the boys she saw earlier that day.

"Yes…?" she asked quietly.

He sighed and sat next to her. "There's nobody else to be partners with so…" he shrugged. "We're stuck,"

"Um…Yes…"

Marceline Garmadon glared at the back of Demi Harrison's head as she talked with Tony… "Damn…" she mumbled, clenching her fists.

…

After school Cole glared at all of his friends. "You guys left me high and dry!" he sneered as they were all on the football field in their uniforms.

"What do you mean?" Jay asked, doing push-ups.

"I mean how you all were paired up already so I was stuck with the nerd!" Cole growled.

"Who?" Kai asked.

"The girl we met this morning?" Lloyd raised a brow.

"The chick with the glasses?" Jay looked over.

"Yeah her, Amy Darling," Cole said, nodding.

"April Dawson," Zane corrected. "What is the matter? She is nice,"

Cole got to his feet and ran in place. "First off, she's a nerd, second she's the new girl, and third, SHE'S A NERD."

"You mentioned the first reason twice…" Lloyd mumbled.

"Whatever! They're all true."

The coach blew his whistle and ordered for the showers. The team moved and the five friends sat on the bench and got water. "There's no problem, Cole." Zane said. "She is educated and can surely help your grades in chemical science."

"Yeah, but I don't like her." Cole sighed, leaning back.

"And why not?" Lloyd looked over.

"He did say she was a nerd and she's sorta' an outcast." Kai shrugged.

Jay glared. "My sister was an outcast."

The spiky haired teen jumped up. "I-I meant…Ugh, you know what I meant."

"Ease up on the girl; she's new, so she doesn't know anyone, so at first she's an outcast, big whoop." Tony said, walking down the bleachers. His hands were shoved in his pockets as he headed down to the group of boys.

"By the way, take your girlfriend back please." He scoffed, sitting beside Cole. "She drags me everywhere and I'm just her partner."

"No, you keep her." Cole rolled his eyes. "Maybe even until she wants nothing to do with me anymore,"

"Dude! You don't like her, dump her!" Tony practically yelled.

"Well…I…Uh…" Cole trailed off. He stood up suddenly. "I'm gonna' hit the showers…" he walked off quickly.

The rest of the boys exchanged glances, confused.

…

"Um, Cole!" April ran after her lab partner as he walked down the hallway shortly after football practice. He ignored her calls.

April ran, carrying her folder full of papers and her backpack hung off her shoulder. "Cole!" she ran straight into his back and landed back onto the floor.

He fell forward, his face hitting the tile. He growled and sat up, looking down at the nerd whose glasses were now across the room.

"What?" he snapped, getting to his feet.

April lay on the floor, practically blind with her books and papers spread around her. "Uh…" she sat up and felt around her. "Where are my glasses…?"

Cole rolled his eyes and knelt down beside her. He picked up her glasses and slowly slid them back onto her face. She blinked before her vision cleared and she stared at the teenage boy's face right in front of hers.

A deep red color took over her face as she stared.

Cole stared into blue green eyes for the longest until he looked down and started helping to gather her books and papers. April sat still until he handed her stuff over. "T-thanks…" she shoved them into her backpack.

"So what is it?"

"W-what…?" she looked up.

"What were you going to tell me?"

April thought for a moment before catching her thoughts. "Oh, w-we have homework...A questionnaire…So we need to get a done…"

He sighed and rolled his eyes. "God, um…When can we do it…?"

"Oh, uh…We need to do it before Monday…" she blushed. "So, over the weekend…?"

He nodded. "Yeah, over the weekend…Your house…"

Her face burned harshly as she stood up, nodding. "O-Okay!" she laughed nervously, walking off.

A/N: Okay, done for now.