The bell rings and I leave the classroom and head to the quad. When I get outside I walk over to the tree where I plan to meet Tyler. After about a few minutes I see him walking up to me. "Hey." I say to him.
"Lunchtime, finally!" he shouts happily. "I'm starving." We walk over to an empty table.
"So how's your first day been?" I ask making small talk as I take out my lunch.
"Boring. I've never been a fan of school." He states.
"Who is?" I say munching on my sandwich.
"Nerds, geeks, virgins." He jokes and I almost choke on my food. "So you were telling me about your birthfather." He says.
"No I wasn't." I say chewing my food.
"Tell me." he says as he eats his lunch.
"Why?" I ask.
"Well, I'd like to get to know you. And my life is boring as hell."
"So you want to learn about my messy life to what, distract you from yours?" I joke.
"Yeah pretty much." I smile, and then sigh.
"You really want to know?" I ask looking at him.
"Yeah." He says sincerely, looking right back at me. I decide what the hell, it's not like I'm telling him about Liam, just Robert, and so I tell him. I tell all about Robert, about Sofia, and about possibly getting emancipated. I didn't tell him about Daphne or what happened with Tasha though. I talk and babble and he just listens. No interrupting, no looking away, just listening. When I'm finished he just looks at me for a moment. "Well you're right. That's a long story." He says. "Now what about Brandon?"
"I think I've had my fill of sharing for today." I laugh.
"Yeah okay." The bell rings.
"Well I got to get to class. See ya around." I say as I get up.
"See ya." He replies. He too gets up and we walk into the building, going our separate ways for now.