I walked the halls of Troven County High School. People shoved past me in a hurry for their classes. I felt like I didn't belong... then I met him. He was nice. Friendly. I opened my locker, not noticing him behind it. "Geez!" He leaned against the door. "Sorry." I grabbed my books and turned to him. "Wow those look heavy...uhh...see ya soon." He left. I went to class in a happy mood, I had found a friend. The bell rang, signaling everyone to go to the outside quarters for lunch. I found a fairly clean, empty bench and sat. The boy came. "Hey..didn't catch your name last time.." I pulled a withered rose from my pocket. "Rose...my name is Rose. My name means something to me. When my mom passed, she had a rose. Her name was Rose, she loved roses. She held one, had one in her hair, one pinned to her hair." He teared up. Then blinked them away. "Your name is beautiful...your story is beautiful." I smiled. " Thank you. What is your name?" He pulled his hands from his jacket. "Lucas." I nodded. "Very nice." I opened my lunch sack. "Nice variety. " Lucas pointed out. "Want some?" He shook his head no. "No thanks. I have a lunch. " He grabbed a slice of pizza from the ground. "Lucas! NO! That's disgusting!" He laughed. " I'm kidding..may I?" He lifted an apple. "Go ahead." He bit into it. "Ohh...juicy." I giggled. "What?" He asked. "Um..you have a little something...all over." He wiped it off. "Want a piece of gum?" He grabbed a piece, then left. I squealed. I went to my locker again. A paper, a gum wrapper, was taped to the ventilation slats. It featured me, lucas, and us holding a gum strip. "Hmm.." I thought. Lucas came up to me. "Hey..so would you like to get pizza at the arcade later?" I nodded wildly. " Cool...it's a date..not like one for boyfriends and girlfriends...like that's when.." I smiled wider.