storm x gia

[joji]

𝒁 𝑨 𝒀 𝑫 ❝ＺＥＲＯ❞ 𝑂 𝐴 𝐾 𝐻 𝐸 𝐴 𝑅 𝑇
Zayd took in the sight of her; the freckles scattered across her cheeks, her long, cascading brown strands of soft-looking hair framing her rosie face. Her face was vibrant as he admired her glow. “I have English, World History then Math. I’m pretty sure we have the same teacher for fourth period.” He glanced at the clock, subconsciously noting that the bell was close to ringing. “My last period is tutoring, I’m not that smart.” He said with a smirk and a chuckle. The class was getting rowdier in anticipation for the signal to switch classes. Soon the vacant hallways would be buzzing with activity. Students from every class would spill into the corridors with a moment’s notice at the alarm. “I guess you’ll find me there later.” His voice was almost unheard compared to the rumble of noises filling the air. “See you around, Aspen.” He commented slickly. As the bell implying to get to your next class rang out, Zayd gathered his bag and slipped out of the door quickly, into the discordant noise of teenagers bustling around urgently.

[jetsetstunna]

the day was almost over for aspen. she was on the way to her fourth period class, math. she sighed through her nose as she walked in and plopped down into a seat, obviously agitated that she even had to attend the class. math was not her subject and it never would be her subject. she took out a notebook and began copying the warm up that was written on the board in blue marker. she had just finished writing down the first step when she saw zayd walk in. she smiled and waved at him before going back to her warmup. she wondered if he would ever interact with her outside of the biology project once it was finished. or would they just go straight back to being strangers. that honestly all she thought about as she worked on her warmup. she finally finished it, or at least to the best of her abilities, and she waited for the teacher to go over it and give the answer to the class. she just prayed her name didnt get called out to come up and try the problem.

[joji]

𝒁 𝑨 𝒀 𝑫 ❝ＺＥＲＯ❞ 𝑂 𝐴 𝐾 𝐻 𝐸 𝐴 𝑅 𝑇
Zayd walked into the classroom from the busy hallway. The loudness faded as he made his way to his seat. He spotted Aspen sitting at a desk near the front, looking his direction with a friendly greeting. They didn't have assigned seats for this class, so he decided the empty seat next to her was fair game. It looked like some other more popular kids were sitting near her, too, but as long as they didn't try starting something, class would be over before he knew it. He put his bag down and pulled out a red spiral notebook labeled Math. He answered the warmup quickly and sloppily, shutting his work book and turning towards his bio partner. "So, have you been to the aquarium before?" He asked curiously. His family didn't have much extra income for recreational trips, but he figured hers did, so he thought he might as well ask, since something made him want to converse with her. As he began the smalltalk, an alarm went off signaling the end of warmup time. The teacher went to the board and solved it, then a projector beamed up onto the whiteboard with several blank equations visible.

[jetsetstunna]

(( sorry this took so long, been extremely busy & exhausted ))

aspen was fixing her mascare using her camera, when she heard someone pull the chair beside her out and sit down. she looked over and saw zayd. "oh, hey!" she said with a smile, setting her phone down and looking at him. she was glad he had chosen to sit next to her. normally she sat alone in the class or with a football player who wouldnt leave her along. aspen listened to his question and shook her head. "no, ive never been." she stated with a frown. "ive always wanted to go, but my parents would never take me." she said, scratching the back of her neck. her parents were way more prestigious than necessary, and honestly more than was even acceptable. she went to ask him the same question, but the bell rang before she could get the words out. she grabbed a binder out of her bookbag, opening it to the next blank page. she looked at the front of the class while the teacher talked, occasionally taking notes. aspen had a way of making it seem like she was interested in what was going on, but she was always off in her own little world thinking about different things to pass the time.

[joji]

no problem! im having a bit of writer's block myself aha]]
𝒁 𝑨 𝒀 𝑫 ❝ＺＥＲＯ❞ 𝑂 𝐴 𝐾 𝐻 𝐸 𝐴 𝑅 𝑇
Zayd doodled in the margins of his paper. He glanced at her and kind of started to sketch her out subconsciously, then scribbled over it. He couldn't replicate her features if he tried. He wrote a note that had a few fish drawn on it along with a tiny stickman doing a kick flip on the edge of his lined notebook paper and tore it off; folding it before waiting until the teacher wasn't looking to drop it on her desk. It seemed like taking notes was lasting forever. He eyed the clock on the wall above the whiteboard. The droning noise of the lecture persisted in his ear as he nearly fell asleep. He started to think about the things he'd be doing later that day. He shifted in his seat as he thought about the pool, and he brushed his heel against the drawstring bag with his employee uniform in it that consisted of swim trunks and a red lifeguard hoodie, and a travel bottle of sunscreen.

[jetsetstunna]

aspen was scribbling down the writing on the whiteboard when she looked over and saw zayd doodling on a sheet of paper. she smiled softly to herself before going back to her paper, trying to make sense of the words on the board. she sighed through her nose, feeling herself becoming agitated at the fact that she couldnt comprehend what the teacher was explaining. she was going to put her head down when she felt something brush her arm. she looked over and saw a piece of paper folded up on her desk and she looked at zayd and smiled. she unfolded the paper under her desk, pretending to pay attention to what was happening at the board. she looked at the paper and giggled to herself, looking at the fish and little stick man doing a skateboard trick. she put her foot over and nudged zayd's leg with it, looking at him and smiling in appreciation of the note. she took out a pencil and wrote something on the paper. what are you doing after school? before slyly putting the note back on the boy's desk and looking back at the front of the room.

[joji]

𝒁 𝑨 𝒀 𝑫 ❝ＺＥＲＯ❞ 𝑂 𝐴 𝐾 𝐻 𝐸 𝐴 𝑅 𝑇
Zayd felt a knock on his leg and looked down to see Aspen's clean shoe tapping him, assumedly to get his attention. He glanced up and concealed a soft chuckle in his breath, smirking. As the note landed back on his desk, the teacher was walking around the back of the classroom, so he jotted a quick response in his chicken-scratch handwriting work 3-6 im thinking of skipping tutoring tho, folding it once more. He tossed it back just in time as he saw the professor approaching the front of the room again from the corner of his eye. As he uncapped a marker and turned around, Zayd noticed that a student had snuck a sticky note to the back of his button-up. It read "KiCK Me", and Zayd restrained himself from busting out laughing. Muffled giggles rippled through the classroom. Unheard, the vandalism remained. Who ever pulled this off was a genius. The vandal remained anonymous as he looked across the room, scanning for guilty looks. Most of the kids were either trying to hold back a smile, or weren't amused. He tried to get Aspen's attention silently as she inspected their note again, darting his eyes back and forth between her and the message written in sharpie on the neon orange paper.

[jetsetstunna]

aspen picked up the note and examined it, reading the sloppy writing on it. she grinned widely and wrote on it once more. wanna skip together and go do something? she folded the note back up and looked up at the teacher, stifling a laugh as she read the note on the teaches back. she tossed the note onto zayd's desk and crossed her arms as she sunk back into her chair. she looked around the room for any sign of who had written the note, but she couldnt figure it out. she sighed through her nose and shook her head in amusement, hoping that zayd would be down to hang out.

[joji]

𝒁 𝑨 𝒀 𝑫 ❝ＺＥＲＯ❞ 𝑂 𝐴 𝐾 𝐻 𝐸 𝐴 𝑅 𝑇
Zayd received the note once more and his heart beat a bit faster as he read what she wrote. He suppressed a grin as the response he scrawled filled the remaining blank space, follow me after the bell rings. He slipped it back onto her desk a moment later, making sure it was behind the teacher's back. He was quite pleasantly surprised a moderately popular individual such as herself would even remotely want to enter the same orbit as him, but it's not like he was going to decline that kind of an offer. He resisted relaxation as he counted every minute down to the bell, and tried not to get distracted thinking about where exactly he was going to take her. Winging it was his best plan at this point, he didn't think he'd get this far to be honest. He panicked a little, doubts flashing in his mind, it was too late to back down now. Whatever, they'd have way more fun skipping then going to another class... hell, Zayd would probably flake on work for Aspen if she wanted him to, now that he thought about it. On the other hand, Aspen is way out of his league. She probably just wants to be friends. Be cool... His thoughts wandered on as time passed.

[jetsetstunna]

aspen opened the note and smiled down at her feet, trying to hide her excitement from the boy. she couldnt believe she was actually doing this. she had never been the type to even be late to school, let alone skip an entire class. she couldnt deny it to herself though, something about zayd drew her in. she let her mind wander for the remainder of class, looking around the room as she thought about what kind of adventure zayd would take her on. she drowned out the rambling of the teacher in front of them and her entire body jolted as the bell went off. she grinned at zayd, picking up her backpack and her phone. as zayd made his way out of the classroom, aspen followed eagerly. "so, where are we going?" she said, keeping her voice to a minimum as she didnt want anybody to hear her.