Chapter Three- Outcasts
He was back. That's all Lucas could think of. How did he get back to the very place he wanted to escape but stuck around for reasons he didn't car to think about then have an opportunity to leave then come back for noble reasons only to end up back at high school hell. Looking on at the institution that had created some agonizing teenage angst for him he could only countdown until the final bell rang for him to be released from the prison. Gathering the rest of his books to put into his back pack, Alton then made his way over towards his friend, who seemed to be lost in the thralls of high school. Walking towards the entrance of the school that lead into the hallway they both expected to be hit by some flying object that mysteriously came from an unknown person and happened to hit them but they managed to walk through the first part of the hallway unscathed. Gripping on to his back pack straps, Lucas was caught off guard to see girls actually smile at him in a flirty manner, for so long he was used to the stares and pointing that followed with laughing at him, but this time it felt like what it used to feel like back at Winthrop. Stopping at their lockers, Lucas couldn't stop noticing all the girls that seemed to be looking and winking at him.
"Did I miss something here?" Lucas asked Alton
"Yeah, color me surprised. Of all people, I thought I'd get the wink before you seeing as I actually attend parties with half of these people" Alton said
"Okay, but still" Lucas replied "I use to get laughed at and now I'm being undressed in their minds practically…oh, wow! I think she just blew me a kiss" he said observing the girls behavior in the hallway
"Its simple my friend, you're a new man. You see you've experienced college and Hanna Marin, that makes you desirable" Alton replied
"Yeah, well, someone else experienced Hanna as well" Lucas muttered under his breath
"What?" Alton asked
"Nothing. I guess word travels when it comes to break ups, so what does that make me a hot commodity?" Lucas asked
"Right now it does, and if I were you, I would cash in on one of these willing participants" Alton said
"And thank God your not me" Lucas laughed as Reese came up to them by their lockers
"I see Alton has says his inappropriate comment of the day, let me guess, something pertaining to your popularity amongst the ladies" Reese said
"You've noticed?" Lucas asked
"Yeah, I've heard Mona down talk your appeal to some of her friends, it was sickening" Reese said
"Looks like Hanna has given you the gift of popularity even after you've broken up, oh how I love that girl" Alton joked "And me being your friend only ensures that I won't get my daily slushy in the face because I'm officially with you" he said
"That's your life goal, to be officially with him" Reese teased "I always forget how simple you are" she laughed
"I forget how annoying you are" Alton fired back
"And things are back to normal. I don't exactly know how to deal with all of this attention" Lucas replied
"You act like such a virgin sometimes, suck it up and take advantage. Think of all these willing women as mere oranges laying on the ground, pick one up and eat one" Alton proclaimed
"Women and oranges, your mind comes up with interesting analogies sort of like you and dumbass" Reese replied
"Look it doesn't matter what I or buzz kill think, its all about where your heads at?" Alton said as Lucas looked at him confusingly
"Moving on from that disturbing topic, how is Jake working out for you?" she asked
"Way to be discreet" Alton said sarcastically at Reese's inability to ask the question in better place rather than in the halls Toby was tormented in
"Just tell the information or I'll stop the flirting with Jake since I'm so into him…that is from your perspective that I'm in to him" Reese said
"Everything is going good, I have a pretty good lead" Alton said trying to busy himself
"What is it?" Lucas asked
"I'm not sure yet, I want to look into some more information" Alton said
"Jake gives good information, I mean it's the actual reports written so I don't understand what more you need to look into" Reese asked
"My day was actually pretty good until you came along. I have my reasons and I want to look into it some more, besides…I thought you two were on the heavy side of caution" Alton said
"I told you my reasons" Reese replied
"And you know mine" Lucas said
"So its just the matter of getting the truth then" Alton concluded "Don't worry, I'm sure we'll get our truths soon" he said
"Well I would love to get those truths but I have to get to class" Lucas said
"Wait, we have the same first class" Alton said
"Finish this conversation later? How about over burgers and French fries?" Reese asked them
"Sounds good" Alton replied
"Yeah, that's fine but I can't stay out too late. I need to get home" Lucas said
"You've really become homesick" Alton laughed
"Bye, try not to let the horn dog get you into any trouble" Reese said as she walked away before the boys made their way to their first class. Laughing about the newfound popularity that Lucas had seemed to inherit the boys felt a bit at ease to know that they wouldn't have to spend their senior year picking wedgies or avoiding anyone in fear of a wedgie. Walking in to the classroom they noticed the teacher had written on the board to check a sheet of paper on her desk for their assigned seats, obliging the desired wish they both checked the seating chart and went to go sit in their desired seats. Just as Lucas pulled out his chair he had noticed someone else was pulling out the chair beside him at the desk.
"Look like we'll be…" Lucas said before he looked up to realize who he was sitting next to
"Sitting next to each other" Hanna said as she completed his sentence just as the teacher walked in
"Oh, no" Lucas said as he quickly turned towards the teacher and immediately made his way over towards her "Yeah, I need to change my seat" he said
"What's wrong with the seat your assigned?" The teacher asked
"I can't sit…I don't get along with the person I'm sitting next to" Lucas said as Hanna just rolled her eyes before getting up from her seat to walk over to where Lucas was
"I'm willing to be moved somewhere else if that makes Lucas happy" Hanna told the teacher
"That's sweet of you Hanna, but I need a better reason to rearrange a seating chart I busted my ass to make just to appease Mr. Gottesman" The teacher said "You two will sit together, and hopefully find something to like about each other or really hate this class, but either way seats won't be change" she added as Lucas and Hanna just looked at each other awkwardly
The whole day had been like slow motion for him as all his classes felt like beginner stuff compared to what he was learning back at Winthrop, the only place he got comfort from was being back in the yearbook room. For a while he wanted to avoid going to the yearbook room because most his time spent with Hanna in the beginning was in the yearbook room, but once he came in he all realized that his escape from high school hell was the yearbook room. Swiveling around in his chair trying to work off as much time off the clock as possible so he wouldn't have to do the assigned tasks left behind that was suppose to be for the rest of the staff but was always managed to be done by him in the end. Hearing a knock at the door, Lucas quickly noticed that it was the school football coach standing on the other side. Not wanting to take the chance of pissing of the football coach, who was known for being a hard ass, he quickly went over to answer the door for him. Mr. Gilroy had been ancient at Rosewood, he basically was around when football even became a program at Rosewood. Gilroy had his ups and downs when it came to his season records with Rosewood always coming close to the big championship game but always fell short, it had been ten years since they even could compete.
"Look who finally decided to come back" Mr. Gilroy told me
"Good afternoon Mr. Gilroy" Lucas replied quickly not knowing how he even knew that he was gone
"Don't suck up to me Gottesman. I don't appreciate ass kisser because frankly I only think they're of the homophobic persuasion. Now I want to understand why one of my players isn't in practice and thinks they can prance around campus without giving a rats ass about following through with a commitment" Mr. Gilroy lectured him
"Forgive me but what are you talking about?" Lucas asked hoping that Mr. Gilroy wouldn't ring his neck
"If you don't know what I'm talking about then that lets me know your not ready to be on a team" Mr. Gilroy said
"What team? I'm not on a team" Lucas replied
"Just don't show up to practice today and you'll really be off a team" Mr. Gilroy said before he stormed out of the office just as Lucas quickly pulled out his cell phone to call Alton up immediately
"Hello" Alton answered the phone
"Mr. Gilroy just came by the yearbook room talking about me not showing up to practice" Lucas said
"Mr. Gilroy?" Alton asked nervously
" What did you do?" Lucas quickly asked noticing suspicion in his voice
"Look, just realize that this was freshmen year and….and it was a joke" Lucas said
"Freshmen year antics all ready don't start off good for you" Lucas said
"We were young and dumb, we didn't know anything then" Alton said
"Al, really?" Lucas asked annoyed with his stalling
"I signed you up for the football team" Alton replied nervously
"What!" Lucas yelled into the phone "How the hell am I on the football team ?" he asked angrily
"I was just joking around, and the list was on the bulletin board. You remember that season when nearly half the team almost got suspended for not making grades, well I signed you up" Alton told him
"So you sign me up for some barbaric sport, what the hell is wrong with you!" Lucas yelled
"Luke, this is fine. We can deal with this…we can make this work" Alton siad
"What do you mean make it work? I'm not going to play football and get my head cut off" Lucas replied
"You kind of have to" Alton said
"What am I missing now?" Lucas asked
"It goes toward physical education credit, and you need three units. That's probably the reason you never got a physical education course last year" Alton said
"No, I thought I didn't get a physical education course because I completed that torture" Lucas said "Not because my jackass of a friend signed me up for football" he said
"Well maybe you can just go out and try it out, or really suck so you get kicked off the team" Alton suggested
"Our team sucks so bad that I think that they'll let the handicaps be on the special teams" Lucas said
"Yeah, your right. We'll make this work, I promise" Alton protested before Lucas just hung up on him and took his chances with catching up to Coach Gilroy as he busted out in the hallway in a quick sprint to catch up with him by the water fountains
"Coach, wait. Can I talk to you real quick?" Lucas said
"How fast did you just run?" Coach Gilroy asked him as he just looked at him quizzically
"I don't know pretty fast. Look, I can't play football…I have no athletic bone in my body and it would be a sheer embarrassment to put me on any team that resembles athletic requirements are necessary" Lucas babbled
"So you just busted out of your room and caught up to me in nearly fifteen seconds?" Coach Gilroy asked
"What? No that's not the point, the point is that I can't play football. Now is there anything else I can do as far as physical education that can cover me for graduation?" Lucas asked
"Yeah, but I'm not going to let you" Coach Gilroy said
"Why not?" Lucas asked "I thought I had the option here?" Lucas asked
"You had, but now that I see you can actually run without huffing like a fat person in a marathon there is no way I'm going to let you off the team" Coach Gilroy said
"I have no time to be on a team, I have too much crap going on. I'm trying to get ready to transfer and personal issues" Lucas said
"Then you'll probably need to hit something to get all that aggression out of you" Coach Gilroy said
"I don't want to release aggression and then get released from life in return. Please just tell me what I can do?" Lucas pleaded
"Come by the football field after school, we'll get you squared away with a uniform" Coach Gilroy said as he began to walk away
"I'm going to murder Alton. I'm going to literally kill him limb from limb" Lucas said to himself in complete frustration
Staring down at her coffee as she twirled her straw around in the brown liquid all the girl could think about was how life had quickly changed for her. Nothing seemed right or at least went right in her life right now, the fact that she was having a class with the very person she was still very much in love with only made her heart ache at the thought of not being able to talk to him like she use to or have that same affection that he once had towards her. Noticing the gloom look on her friends face, which had seemed to be her new look these days from an outsiders perspectives, Maya knew that nothing was as it seems when it came to Emily and her friends. Pulling the coffee away from her so that she would have to look up at her, Maya did all she could to get her attention.
"Are you going to burry all your sorrows in this cup?" Maya asked
"I'm sorry. Today has just been a rough one" Hanna said trying to shake off her sadness "So what did you want to know about Em for your big anniversary?" she asked
"Nice try, I don't do changing of topics very well" Maya said "What's going on? What happened between you and Lucas?" she asked
"Nothing, we just broke up. We became two different people" Hanna said unsure as to what Emily had told her
"Two different people? You two were perfect for each other, I find that hard to believe" Maya said
"Which is why it sucks" Hanna replied "Its really not that big of a deal, I'm sure we'll be friends down the road" she brushed off trying not to think to heavily about Lucas so she wouldn't burst into tears
"So that's it, Hanna you loved the guy, its gotta be more than that. He's literally become some sort of overnight sensation and any girl will practically go after him, there's not a part of you that wants to fight for him?" Maya asked
"I can't control what he does" Hanna quickly replied
"Hanna, this is Lucas we're talking about" Maya said not buying her response
"Yeah, I know who it is, and it will kill me to see him with someone else, but I can't….I can't talk about it because I've cried. I've cried so much that I think my heart is going to explode but I can't focus on what went wrong, all I can do is wish him the best and make myself better" Hanna replied trying to hold back the tears "So, can we please talk about you instead of me?" she pleaded with Maya
Coming out of the locker room dressed in his complete football gear, Lucas still found himself in disbelief that Coach Gilroy had convinced him to even think that he could be remotely athletic. The further he walked out towards the field, the more he felt a wedgy begin to form in the tight pants that he had to wear. Picking at his wedgy when no one was looking but he had accounted for the eyes that had seemed to be following him. Realizing that this was her only opportunity to talk to him while he was clearly by himself for the moment before he had to join the rest of the team out on the field. Waving her hand over at him, Lucas was a little skeptical to walk over towards the girl but he had recognized her from the bridge that night. She got more and more nervous as he got closer towards her but she knew that he was nice seeing as he had saved her life without even knowing her.
"Its you again" Kate smiled at him "I'm Kate by the way, Kate Monroe" she said
"Monroe. That's a new name to the neighborhood" Lucas replied
"Yeah, that's because my step dad moved us here this summer. I've seen you around in the neighborhood" Kate said
"You have?" Lucas asked
"Yeah, you live across the street, a few houses down from me" Kate said
"Still not quite familiar with who's moved in. I went away towards the end of summer so everything is new to me" Lucas said
"Oh, well I'm glad you came back. I wanted to thank you for saving me and my step sisters life out on the bridge that night" Kate said
"Step sister? Your Hanna's step sister?" Lucas asked
"I am but I don't think Hanna want's me anything in her world" Kate said
"Well her father and her don't have the greatest relationship, he's done some pretty crappy stuff to her" Lucas said
"Meaning divorcing her mother and marrying mine?" Kate asked
"I don't want to get into the specifics of it all, but lets just say the first I met of him, it wasn't too good of an impression" Lucas said
"Care to share what the impression was?" Kate asked
"I really don't want to get into that because as you see, I'm a football player today, I don't know how but I am. If you think the guy is a swell step dad then that's great but everyone is entitled to their own opinion and mine hasn't changed too much of him" Lucas replied as he slowly backed away over towards where Coach Gilroy stood with his clipboard
"I'm sorry" Kate said
"Don't say sorry, the debate is refreshing but be around for more than a few weeks before you judge" Lucas said "I'll see you around Kate Monroe" he said before he turned to walk over towards the Coach leaving Kate to kick herself for messing up a perfectly good conversation with family drama that she herself hated.
"And there went that golden opportunity" Kate said to herself before she turned and began her journey back to home
Stopping by the Country Club to pick up his final check for his work in the summer, Alton was relieved to finally pay off Jake for what he owed him but now it seemed that Jake himself was getting caught up in the mystery of it all. It still hung in the back of Alton's mind that Spencer could have anything to do with what happened that summer but he spent most of his time trying to convince himself that she could be capable of such things and then what would he do if she were. All he had summed Spencer up to was just a spoiled rich kid, who had to be the best at everything she did just to please mommy and daddy, but he never would have pegged her for someone who could be so cruel to hurt Jenna then let Toby take the blame for it. Spotting Spencer out on the tennis court, finishing up her rounds, Alton took her alone time as a moment for them to talk.
"Somehow I knew I'd find you here, this is your domain" Alton said surprising her
"Doing some more taxes, are we?" Spencer asked as she continued to put away her stuff
"Picked up my final check today. I'm expecting some good fun with this money" Alton smiled
"What? One more extra keg at a party, sponsored by Alton" Spencer laughed
"That's the plan. So I wanted to ask you something?" Alton asked her
"Okay, ask your question" Spencer said "I find that odd because you usually just ask anyway with or without permission" she said
"Yeah, well this is something that doesn't need our banter. Its something I need to be straight with you about or ask about in this case" Alton said as he looked around the court to make sure that they were alone
"All right, I hardly doubt our banter won't seep through but we can try" Spencer smiled
"I need you to tell me what happened four years ago, particularly in the summer?" Alton asked as Spencer just froze
"Lets see…I spent my summer listening to my sister bitch and moan about losing the love of her life, which turned my summer into hell. Why do you want to know?" Spencer asked
"What happened to Jenna?" Alton asked not buying her answer
"She got hurt, I don't know the details" Spencer said "I know as much as everyone else knows about what caused Jenna to go blind" she said
"Don't do that. Don't do that to me" Alton laughed in disbelief that she actually thought he'd buy the lies she was saying
"Do what? You want me to answer questions that clearly you don't want the answers to" Spencer replied
"Oh, I want the answer but I don't want the bs ones. Spencer I know you were there that night, arguing with Alison" Alton said
"And you know this how?" Spencer asked
"It shouldn't matter how I know, I want to know what you know" Alton said
"And I'm sorry I can't answer that for you. Is this about Toby? Is this about you getting some sort of closure for what happened?" Spencer asked
"Yeah, its about that…" Alton said before Spencer cut him off
"Well you won't get it by interrogating me" Spencer replied "I know you feel bad about what happened…" she said before he cut her off
"I killed him. I took the gun and shot him. I shot him because I was scared out of my mind about what he would have done to Luke and I, and for that time period after no part of me felt anything. I felt numb to it all because I always just chalked it up to me doing what I had to do to protect Luke and I, but he was my friend, Toby was my friend. It haunts me, whenever I see water rising in any form, I just feel like I'm back there again. Nothing makes sense, nothing is the same anymore, and Toby wasn't the same on that boat. So if your asking me if I want closure, yeah, I want it because I need to know that I didn't kill my best friend, but killed a person who was at their breaking point from all the crap they had to put up with" Alton said
"I'm sorry but I can't help you" Spencer said as her eyes became watery
"Spencer please" Alton asked her softly before he grabbed her waste with his hand to show comfort "I can protect you, I just need you to tell me the truth" he said softly to her
"I'm sorry" Spencer said overcome with emotion and guilt for how this was affecting him before she just couldn't take it anymore so she quickly walked away
Storming into the secluded girls locker room at the Country Club, Spencer angrily pulled at her clothes, throwing them down in frustration as they were her only source of venting. All she could think about was how Alton kept trying to get information out of her about what happened the night Jenna was hurt. Of course it wasn't lie, she was there that night but she feared how complicated it would be if he began to ask questions. She had to get the girls together and figure out who was feeding Alton this information, then go from there. Running her fingers through her hair looking on at the mess she created, she was quickly startled by an abrupt sound in the locker room. Scanning the locker room in hopes of seeing someone who had entered the room unannounced but was quickly pinned against the lockers. Getting over the forceful action she soon realized that it was Alton who had pinned her against the lockers, staring into his eyes she was unable to track what he was feeling at the moment but couldn't recognize anything that was going on inside his head.
"What are you doing?" Spencer asked as she began to squirm
"I can help you" Alton grunted
"I don't need your help because I don't know anything" Spencer replied angrily
"If I find out that you were there…" Alton threatened before Spencer cut him off
"Your going to do what? What are you going to do to me?" Spencer asked him before a moment of silence came over. "Get off of me" she said pushing him off of her
"Fine, but I have to do something" Alton said nearly out of breath
"What?" Spencer asked him in frustration before he quickly captured her lips with his as he pinned her once again up against the lockers. Attacking her lips with every opportunity he got, Spencer tugged at his shirt forcefully so much so that he had to pull away to pull his shirt off. She then tugged at his pants as she quickly unzipped his zipper before he picked her up and pinned her against the locker as he skillfully slid her underwear down. Their physicality with each other only made things more intense but at the same time they both knew they wanted this for a while and as soon he entered her there was no going back between them.
Throwing his towel to the ground as he hunched over in exhaustion from a grueling practice. Most of the guys on the team never expected Lucas out there to begin with so the hazing was to be expected at first during practice but after a while it stopped. Running around like a chicken with his head cut off he couldn't tell if he was doing the right thing but the only signal that he had that he wasn't looking like a complete nerd was when he got the occasional clap from people on the sidelines. In the back of his head all he could think about was how he had to get home and check on his dad, it had been pretty rough for the past couple of nights but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. Taking off his gear and tossing it to the ground just as Coach Gilroy was finishing up a meeting with one of the other players. Grabbing his back pack out of the locker as he prepared to get ready to leave.
"I want to talk to you" Coach Gilroy said before Lucas threw his back pack to the floor in frustration
"Why?" Lucas asked
"Because you've made the team" Coach Gilroy siad
"God, don't you understand. I don't want to be on the team!" Lucas said
"And why is that? You have something better going on?" Coach Gilroy asked
"Yes, its called the real world. I'm not a jock, I'm the geek and the geek doesn't end up on the football team" Lucas said
"Yeah, well the geek isn't a geek, he happens to be a damn good wide receiver" Coach Gilroy said
"This has got to be some sort of prank now, its like Alton screwed up and put me on the sign up sheet and now your taking the joke further. Wide receiver? Really? I'm not stupid" Lucas said
"No your just a pain in the ass" Coach Gilroy said
"Then kick me off the team then" Lucas pleaded "I'm only going to continue to be a pain in the ass, so end the pain and this joke" he said
"Practice is at 2:30" Coach Gilroy said as he turned to walk away but Lucas quickly rose from his seat on the bench to follow behind him
"I'm not showing up, so just kick me off the team" Lucas said
"Bring your playbook with you, we have a lot of stuff to cover before our first game" Coach Gilroy said as he continued to walk
"Your only going to embarrass yourself by putting me out there" Lucas said "Why are you doing this?" he then asked
"Because its time you stop viewing yourself as the outcast and finally realize that you have just enough to offer as the next popular jock. There's no one type of person who can be a football player, and the sooner you let that go then maybe you'll stop feeling like a social outcast and accept your role in high school hell and move on" Coach Gilroy told him "Bring lots of water" he told him before he went into his office and closed the door behind him so Lucas wouldn't come in
"Oh, that's just great! Great!" Lucas said in frustration
Pulling up in front of her house, Hanna and Emily quickly noticed Kate putting something in Lucas's mailbox. For a moment Hanna just sat in her seat looking over at Lucas's house trying to figure out what Kate was doing over at Lucas's house but it really didn't surprise her that Kate had all ready manage to learn where her ex lived. Emily unsure as to what she could say about the topic of Lucas just sat in silence while Hanna nearly strained her neck trying to watch every little thing Kate was doing. Deep down Emily knew that Hanna still loved Lucas and was trying to do what was best for everyone including Lucas, but she hated that she had to give up the one thing that made Hanna smile. Never had Emily seen the true blue Hanna like she was when she was Lucas, with Alison it all felt like they were trying to be what Alison wanted them to be but ever since Lucas came into Hanna's life it was like some burden had been lifted off her shoulder and she could breath, and so much of her wanted Hanna to have that feeling again.
"Thanks for the ride Em" Hanna said as she began to notice Emily's concerned look
"Maya told me she asked you a lot of questions about Lucas, I'm sorry about that" Emily said
"It's okay. I should get used to it, a lot of people are going to" Hanna shrugged
"I just…if I haven't said it all ready, thank you for doing what you did" Emily said
"I don't need thanks, I mean I appreciate it but I really…I can't hear another thank you right now because the more I think about the bigger picture, the more it makes me miss…I just can't deal with it, I know you appreciate it and that's all so no more thank you's" Hanna said "So I will see you tomorrow" she said
"Okay, well I'll be around" Emily smiled before Hanna quickly leaned over to give her a hug
"Thanks….for the ride" Hanna laughed weakly before she got out of the car. Standing for a moment watching Emily drive off, Hanna set her sights on Kate who was making her way across the street towards her with her usual chipper smile
"Hey Hanna" Kate greeted her
"What were you doing over at Lucas's house?" Hanna asked
"I just dropped off a little goody basket to thank him for saving us" Kate said "If it weren't for him, we'd still probably be…" she said before Hanna cut her off
"You got out, I was the one who damn near died. So you would have lived, not me" Hanna said "So he didn't save you" she concluded for her
"I was trying to be nice, I was doing a nice gesture" Kate said
"That's great and all but we've said our thank you's now we need to move on from it. Less in case your trying to get Lucas to notice you or something?" Hanna asked
"I'm not trying to do anything" Kate replied
"Good, because I all ready hate the fact that your even here, I don't want another reason to hate you" Hanna said before an awkward silence came between them
"What did I ever do to make you hate me so much?" Kate asked trying to figure Hanna out
"You didn't do anything, he did" Hanna said looking over at her father walk hand in hand with his new wife Isabel "I want no part of his world, including you" she said before she turned to walk over to her house leaving Kate behind
Making their way down the hallway, Lucas and Alton enjoyed the freedom they had from the shackles that were their old status of outcasts. Doing their usual routine of talking with Reese, which included the ever so funny banter between Alton and Reese, it was finally nice to enjoy what life was like after accepting that he wasn't outcast anymore, that he actually belonged amongst his peers. It was still a surprise to him how far they each have come, no matter how status may have changed with the ladies, he was glad to still have his friends. For all the craziness that Alton brought to his life, he brought so much unexpectedness that he needed from time to time. Going into class, he spotted her sitting at their desk, taking a deep breath before he walked over towards her.
"Hey" Hanna said to Lucas as he took his seat
"Look, I'm not going to lie and pretend like I'm fine with this because I'm not, but I don't want this to be an issue every time I come in here. So lets make this work, lets find it within ourselves to be mature about this" Lucas told her
"What do you suggest?" Hanna asked
"A truce, at least for this class" Lucas replied
"Just for this class?" Hanna asked sadly hoping that he was on the road to forgiving her
"Yeah, just here" Lucas said "I'm not ready to forgive you for what you did, but I'm willing to stop punishing you for it" he said
"That means a lot to me, and hope that sometime in the near future we could be friends" Hanna said
"That's going to take some time, but I hope we could be that too" Lucas said before the final bell rang