Winter break was finally here to soothe the students' anxiety. It was a big deal to finish up that last week of finals. Many students were eager to leave for vacation and Antonia still ended up in town for most of the celebrations. "Can you believe we're halfway done with the year?" Nicole sat down on the red velvet ottoman. "It went by so slowly," the girl added another coat of polish to her nails. "What are you talking about? This is probably one of the fastest school years yet. Watch, next semester will run through quickly." She flipped through the magazine admiring the boy posing. She was currently obsessed with a K-Pop star that others were talking about. "What time did they want us to meet us?" Nicole looked up from the picture. She would have said seven but knowing that Antonia took forever to get ready she responded with her guess that they would leave on time if she lied. "I think they want us to be there like around six… or earlier." "Cool." She tried not to laugh. Nicole wasn't very good at secrets, but she only had to keep to herself till the next couple of hours. Antonia's phone went off and she grunted. "Ugh… who is that? Seriously!" The phone pranker was back again calling Antonia from different phone numbers. She looked at the phone ready to block the number but saw that it was Samuel calling and she immediately got up, walking to the other side of the room. "Hey mate," turning to Nicole, she gave her a confused expression. She smirked and asked her loudly, "Is it your boyfriend?" Antonia whipped around giving Nicole a sassy expression, then turning back around to listen to the boy carefully. The two had now been frequently talking and Antonia was now starting to really note the different person Samuel was than what she first thought of. Nicole got up to get close to Antonia and tried to listen to his voice. "I was wondering if you would like to go get lunch with me sometime over the break? Ya' know… just us two…" He leaned against the counter at the store. Currently, he was on his break while Angelita and Elizabeth were still on the clock. "I'd really like that actually," the girl played with her jewelry laying out on her vanity immediately thinking of what she wanted to wear. Nicole leaned again to hear what he was going to say but Antonia then sprinted to the bathroom locking herself in. "Noooooo!" Samuel and her agreed to see each other on Friday of that same week. Antonia curled up on the toilet smiling uncontrollably. "Did he really just ask me out? And he chose where to meet?" Nicole began banging on the door and the goth ignored her. She certainly wanted to see what this could lead to.

"Sam! Why didn't you say anything I wrote out?" Angelita was trying to help out Samuel by writing on loose paper a script that he was ignoring. She threw the sheets of paper at the boy wanting him in disappointment. "What else did you want me to do? I asked her out and she said yes. I told her a place and she agreed. That not enough for ya?" Angelita sighed and looked at him with shaking her head, "I dunno. I feel like you could have been sweeter." He uncrossed his arms feeling defeated, "Oi! You act like I just asked to see her fanny!" She dropped her jaw putting both hands on the counter, "You're supposed to lead up to it. You gotta ask her some questions, flirt with her a little, then take out the big stuff." She then grabbed a cute sticker of a cat from the bowl and put it on the cash register. He walked from behind the counter and mumbled in a low voice, "Oh, I'll give her the big stuff." "WHAT! Sam?" She yelled at him feeling uncomfortable with his open expressions of feeling attracted to the girl. He began laughing hysterically with his face now turning red. "I mean she's a pretty girl. What's wrong if I get stiff?" "See that's what's wrong with you guys. You only think about one thing and that's sex. Girls are just objects to you guys and you expect them to sleep around over the smallest things. But if they do sleep with a girl, then she's all used up!" He looked at her in disbelief then took a moment to reflect on his personal experiences with past girls. "Don't stare at me like that! Your head has been in between most of the girls you've talked to. You can't deny you're a little slut." He giggled at her insult thinking the way she had attacked him was very amateur. "Well, girls who want to just sleep with me make it known. There isn't any funny business with them. With Antonia however, it seems very genuine so the idea will sit alone in the desolate corner of my mind. If anything, I want her to give the call. I don't want to fuck anything up and ruin my shot." She looked at him while tidying up the counter, her eyebrows got close, eyes narrowed in. His face beamed at the inappropriate thought of him possibly having a chance with Antonia. He knew it was a sensitive topic, but the idea came across from time to time. Trying to stay serious, he made his best attempt to hide his smile, yet when he peeked a glance, he was challenged by an Angelita who visibly wanted to hurt him.