Audrey Pov

It was the end of the day and we were sitting in our 4th period class waiting for the bell to ring. We waited for about 5 minutes and then as soon as the bell rang we all filed out of the classroom. I walked through the crowded hallways trying to get to my locker. The worst part about the trip to my locker is that my 4th period class was on the top level so I had to walk down mulitple flights of stairs. I finally made it to my locker, when I saw someone standing at my locker. He was wearing a black fedora, a white t-shirt, black pants and leopard print vans. I walked slowly to my locker.

"Uhm, Hi." I said as I opened my locker. It was so awkward because he didn't hear me. I just cleared my throat waiting for him to reply.

"Oh Hi, are you Audrey ?" He asked as he looked down at me.

"And you are ?" I asked as curiously.

"Oh yeah, I'm Tristan," he chuckled, "Brad told me to tell you to meet him in the parking lot. He didn't have your number and his last class of the day was in the other building." He finished. He took out his phone and scrolled. He pulled up the messages between Brad and him.

"Do you know why?" I asked as I pulled my bookbag on my shoulder.

"Nope, just follow me." He said ad he shut my locker and pulled my arm.

"Uh okay." I said hesitantly. We reached the parking lot and Brad was standing there with James and Connor . They were laughing and carrying on until Tristan cleared his throat and Brad turned around. His grin became bigger when he saw me. He made his way closer to me until we were in talking distance.

"Audrey can I ask you something?" He asked as he looked at me.

"Sure, what's up?" I asked as I shifted my weight onto one leg.

"Would you like to go to the movies Friday?" He asked.

"Uhh sure, what time?" I asked.

"Around 7. If that's fine with you." He said as he looked down at his skateboard then back at me.

"Yeah, that's fine. Hand me your phone." I said as I stuck my hand out. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. He unlocked it and placed it in my hand. I typed in my number and put 'Lunch Buddy'. He smiled.

"Hand me yours." He chuckled. I pulled out my phone and handed it to him. He punched in some things and typed his number. His contact name was 'Lunch Buddy'. I smiled as I looked at his contact name.

"Well I have to get home." I said as I tucked my hair behind my ear.

"I'll walk you." He said as he smiled. He gave his friends a look and they skated off.

"O-okay." I stuttered as I blushed and looked at the ground.

"Shall we get going?" He said as he grabbed his skateboard and latched it to his bookbag. As we started walking a question popped into my head.

"Why do you want to go to the movies with me?" I asked. It seemed like I couldn't control my mouth. I was very confused but yet flattered.

"Because I think you are cool, plus I told you I wanted to hang out with you more." He said as he kicked a rock into the street.

"Oh well,what movie do you want to go see?" I asked as I looked at him.

"I don't know. I guess we can figure it out when we get there," He said simply, "Hey do you want to go grab something to drink?" He asked as he stopped walking.

"Sure let's go." I said as we crossed the street. We walked down the street until we got downtown. We went to the local coffee shop and ordered our drinks. I got a sweet tea and a chocolate chip cookie. Brad got a cup of tea and a chocolate brownie. We sat down by the wall. I leaned up against it and sipped my tea.

"So tell me about yourself." I said trying to break the silence. I took a bite out of the cookie waiting on a response.

"What do you want to know?" He chuckled as he took a sip of tea carefully.

"Tell me anything you feel comfortable with sharing." I stated. I wasn't big on pushing people on talking about things they weren't comfortable with sharing.

"Okay, well first , I moved from England when I was 14, so I was really shy and awkward when I came here." He started off by saying. "When I was like 15, and I just came to the school, I was picked on because I was small and I dressed differently than everyone else, so one night, I told my mom that I wanted to go and buy new clothes and try to fit in. After that, people stopped picking on me, but no one hung out with me, that is until I met Tris, James, and Con. They became my bestfriends, and we did everything together since 9th grade." He finished. He sipped his tea and took a bite out of his brownie.

"Damn, that's a lot." I said as I pushed the ice around in my glass with my straw.

"Yeah , so what about you Miss Straight A's. What's your story?" He asked with a smirk.

"Well, when I was a baby, I moved here from New York. As I grew older, everyone looked at me differently because I would be the one with the same clothes on everyday. My parents went broke because of old debts and taxes caught up to them. It took them 5 years to get back on track. Everyone practically shunned me for barely having clothes and having to live home to home. I thought I would never have any friends and to this day I have no friends. Everyone sees me as someone who doesn't have a lot. Now that my parents are lawyers and now that we have more money than we had before, people still see the past in me." I said as I broke off a peice of cookie and popped it into my mouth. Brad just stared at me liked he wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

"Well all I see in you is someone who is down to earth , sweet, and intelligent." He said as he grabbed my hand across the table.

Brad Pov

I didn't know she had a past like that. She has been through hell. I really didn't know what to say. I couldn't gather my thoughts and I sure couldn't process my thoughts either.

"Well all I see in you is someone who is down to earth, sweet , and intelligent." I blurted out. I then grabbed her hand from across the table. My body was literally doing things before I could stop myself. She smiled. Her smile was gentle but sad. She looked like she was going to cry. A tear dropped out of her eye. As the tear fell she pulled her hand away. She shook her head and quietly said something but I couldn't make it out.

"Can you say that again, love ?" I asked quietly.

"You don't really like me. Someone bet you to be nice to me didn't they? They just told you to play the pity game with me. Well guess what. You don't have to play the pity game." She said angrily. She stood up and threw her bookbag over her shoulder and walked angrily out of the coffee shop. I stood up,threw my bookbag over my shoulders, and ran out of the coffee shop. I looked around and saw her crossing the street. I ran and caught up to her.

"Hey! Hey, what were you talking about back there." I asked as I grabbed her arm gently. She swung around, she had tears streaming down her face.

"Everyone thinks I'm some type of charity case. People at school bet other guys to ask me out just to make fun of me. Everyone still makes fun of me and I'm sick and tired of being treated differently for financial problems that happened a long time ago." She practically yelled.

" I asked you to the movies because I wanted to get to know you and be somebody to you," I said sweetly. She looked up and smiled a bit,"but I think we should get you home, the sun is setting and your parents might have a cow." I said as I took her hand. We walked down the street for a while and we just talked. We finally came to her house, which was about 5 houses down from my house.

"I'll text you okay ?" I said said I took both of her hands and looked her in her eyes.

"Alright, I'll be waiting on that text." She said sweetly.

"I'll pick you up tomorrow for school , around 7:45 ?" I said still looking at her in awe. She was so gorgeous, even after crying.

"That's sounds good to me." She said as she smiled happily.

"Alright, well goodnight darling." I said as I watched her walk up her driveway. As soon as she got in the house and closed the door behind her, I pulled out my phone and sent her a text.
Me: Hey Love (:
Lunch Buddy: Hi. (:

Audrey is in the little box thingy.
Thanks for reading. Did anyone find my song reference in this chapter? Lol If you did, I love you already.

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