"Is something the matter Lux?"

I look up and watch as my mom walks inside the kitchen and to where I am sitting. This week I am staying with her.

"No."

"You're eating Wheat Thins."

"So?"

"So you only eat snacks you don't like when you're in an upset mood."

I let out a groan. How does she see right through me?

"I'm just annoyed," I reply.

"Why?"

"Mom," I groan.

"Just tell me," she say and takes a seat beside me and grabs a wheat thin before throwing it in her mouth.

"There's this guy and-"

"You have a boyfriend?"

"No! He's not my boyfriend," I say much too loudly.

Mom gives me a look and then nods.

"Okay, he's not your boyfriend."

"Sorry," I say and sigh, "he's more like a nuisance really."

"Why's that?"

"He's just so," I pause for a second, "obstinate."

"What's so wrong with that? You're quite stubborn yourself."

"Yeah but he's different. It's like he takes being stubborn to a whole other level. Once he's set a plan there's no changing his mind."

Mom lets out a small laugh.

"Why are you laughing?" I question.

"Just," she responds with a shrug.

I groan and put my head down.

"My high school life is over," I conclude.

"It's not over until you get that diploma."

"Mom," I sigh.

"I'm serious," she says, "I'm actually quite surprised you're acting like this."

"What do you mean?" I question and raise my head up to look at her.

"Well you've always been the type of person to not let anything bother you. Whenever you face a problem instead of running the other way you just dive right in, not to solve the problem exactly, but to overcome it."

Her last words hit me hard. It was as if she opened my eyes to something that although was right in front of me, I was too blinded to see.

The next day I arrive to school in a better mood. I decide to let all the dreadful feelings caused by Aaron go and prepare myself for whatever he throws in my way.

As soon as I walk in through the school entrance, everyone is buzzing.

"Did you see what Aaron did to Lux's locker?" someone speaks.

I let out a sigh and purse my lips.

"You can do this," I tell myself.

I begin striding toward my locker, which already has a crowd surrounding it. I push through the crown and see what he's done. After I'm done taking a good look at it I shrug it off and walk towards it so I can take out my books. People around me begin whispering but I ignore them and once I have my books in hand I close the locker and turn around to look at the crown.

I raise my eyebrow at them and they all look anywhere but at me. With an eye roll and push my way out of the crowd and walk to class.

The day goes out smoothly, much to my surprise, and I end the day in a good note. I am walking toward my car when I hear someone call my name. I turn around and find Aaron. I give him a look and cross my arms.

"Yes?" I question.

Taken aback by my not-so-bitchy tone in my voice Aaron gives me strange look.

"Can I help you?" I ask when he doesn't speak.

"Did you see your locker today?" he asks.

"Yes."

"And you have nothing to say to me?"

"Not really."

"Not even to call me an asshole?"

"No."

"Why are you in a good mood?" he asks.

"Can't I be in a good mood?"

"I mean you can, I just have never seen you be in a good mood. You're always so angry."

"Okay," I respond, "well I have to go. Bye." I turn away from him and walk to my car. I take out my keys and open the door.

"Wait," Aaron says and runs toward the passenger seat. I look up at him with a confused expression on my face.

"Yes?" I say looking at him.

"Can I have a ride?"

"What?"

"Can I have a ride?" he repeats.

"Where are your friends?"

"They left."

"They wouldn't leave you," I comment.

"Well once I tell them that I'm got a ride with you they'll leave."

"Go with your friends Aaron," I say and get inside my car. I'm turning on the engine and putting on my seatbelt when I hear a knock on my window. I let out a sigh and put the window down a bit.

"What?" I say.

"Give me a ride," he says, "Please."

I clench my jaw, annoyed.

"No," I say.

"Please Lux. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Ple-"

"Just get in already," I exclaim whilst unlocking the car. Aaron smiles and opens the door before sitting down.

"Thank you," he says.

"Whatever," I respond. I wait a second so that he puts on his seatbelt before driving away from the school parking lot. I pass him my phone.

"Put in your address into the Maps so that I can know where to drive."

Aaron gives me skeptical look as he grabs my phone and begins typing on it. Seconds pass until he finally gives me back my phone and I set it in a spot where I can see it.

"I also added my phone number," he says causing me to begin coughing uncontrollably.

"Why?" I deadpan once my coughing has subsided.

"Because you don't answer on Instagram, also you should just start following me on there, I post some quality content. And also I want to be able to call you."

"Call me? Why one earth would I even talk to you on the phone."

"To hear my voice."

I scoff. "Yes," I say sarcastically, "because I'm dying to hear your voice when I'm not around you."

"You do? I'm glad you're admitting it," he says but I don't respond I simply roll my eyes. A few minutes pass of silence and I was to kick myself for not turning on the music. For some reason Aaron doesn't turn it on either.

"The locker thing really didn't bother you?" Aaron suddenly says.

I give him a side glance and shrug.

"Why not?"

"Was your intention to bother me with it?"

"Well no because I thought it was just a given. You always get so mad whenever I do something even though you know that I have something planned for every day."

"Okay?"

"You didn't even have a reaction when you saw your locker. I know it because I was staring at you when you got to your locker in the morning. You literally just glanced at it for like a second, gave no fucks and then grabbed your books from inside and left."

"Are you actually upset that I didn't care about the locker?" I ask him.

"No, it's not that. It's just that," he pauses for a bit before continuing, "That's not normal of you."

"Normal of me?" I repeat.

"I don't know," Aaron exclaims, suddenly annoyed.

I can't help but laugh.

"How did you even manage to get those photos and make them into stickers?" I ask remembering what he did to my locker. There were multiple stickers of me and him all over it with hearts all around. And of course he didn't forget to spell out our names together.

"I got them off the bad boys aren't romantic Instagram page and then I went to Walmart and ask if I could get the images into stickers."

"Wow," I say.

"I also figured out who's behind the Instagram page."

"Really? Who?"

"Your favorite person in the entire world," he says.

I give him a confused look.

"Mandy," he finally says.

My eyes widen.

"What? Are you joking?"

"Nope."

I take a turn and finally arrive at the destination where the map has led me. I stop my car in front of the house.

"Mandy is the one behind the Instagram?"

"Yeah," he says, "why are you so surprised? She's literally involved in every drama."

"It's just I thought it was one of those sophomores again. How did you even find out?"

"SoHo figured it out and we went to call her out. I made sure that the next things she posts say nothing bad about you and me."

"Oh."

"You don't have to thank me or anything," he replies while taking off his seatbelt.

"I wasn't planning on it," I say.

"I know Lux," he says looking at me. Our eyes lock and suddenly I begin to feel weird.

"Okay well bye," I say quickly hoping to take some of the awkward tension away.

"Thanks for the ride. I'll call you later," he says with a wink. He laughs a little before finally walking out of my car and closing the door. I watch as he walks inside the house before driving away.

Suddenly all the dread I was trying not to feel today was back and I had no idea why. I thought I was going to be able to play along to this game, but now, I'm not so sure.

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