When Silver arrived in the library after school, he found Lyra already there waiting for him. This had been the routine they'd had for a few days; Lyra had been getting there before Silver, each time to Silver's surprise. Each time she apologized for being late, which the boy had found odd.

He sighed as he took a seat next to her, "Can we make this quick? I've got practice"

"Practice?" Lyra asked, looking up from her phone.

Silver groaned, "Band practice"

"Band?"

Silver glared. Lyra threw her hands up in surrender, "Hey I'm just asking"

The red head sighed, "Leaf, Hugh, and I are in a band"

Lyra grinned, "Oh? What instrument do you play?"

Silver found Lyra's interest unsettling, "Um...guitar..."

"Cool!" She chirped. A student nearby shushed her. She blushed and mouthed a "Sorry".

"Anyway, that sounds like fun, Silvey" She whispered.

"Can you not call me that?" Silver hissed.

"Well it bothers you, so I think I'll continue to do it" Lyra giggled.

Silver rolled his eyes, "Let's just do the homework already"

As Silver and Lyra went through the math homework, Lyra's phone repeatedly buzzed with texts.

After about the fifteenth text, Silver went off, "What the fuck do your friends want?"

Lyra frowned as she checked her phone, "It's Hilda. I promised I'd be somewhere today, but I blew her off again"

"Again?"

"I blew her off yesterday to be here. Just ignore her texts"

"What's she nagging you about anyway?" Silver asked.

"Cheerleading tryouts for next semester are today, and Gold, Blue, and I always go and watch"

Silver's face paled, "Those are today?"

Lyra frowned, "Yeah?"

"Shit, I gotta go" he hurriedly, shoving his things back in his bag.

"I thought you said you had band practice?"

"I forgot that Bianca is trying out today," Silver said, "We normally meet today, but we postponed it so we could support her"

"Aw Bianca is trying out? Hilda was hoping she would!"

"Yeah yeah we're all so happy about it" Silver grumbled, attempting to shove a textbook into his bag.

Lyra gathered her things as well, "Well let's go together. Maybe then Hilda won't kill me"

"I don't care" Silver hissed, zipping up his bag.

Lyra slung her backpack over her shoulders, "Well let's go before we miss her" she said, exiting the library. Silver groaned and followed her out.

Once in the hallway, Lyra quickly scanned them for any teachers. When she saw the cost was clear she bolted down the hallway.

When she saw Silver was walking, she turned around, "Why are you walking?"

"We're not allowed to run in the hallways" he said.

Lyra sighed and grabbed Silver's arm, "Well we don't have time for that, do we? Let's go" she said, dragging him down the hallway.

They finally burst through the gym doors, finding tryouts were about to begin.

Silver shook Lyra off him, "Don't touch me" he hissed.

"Okay Silvey" She grumbled. Silver shot her a glare.

"Must you drag me through the halls?" Silver asked.

Lyra shrugged, "We made it didn't we? I wouldn't have if you hadn't insisted on being a rule-follower" she told him as they walked to the bleachers.

Gold and Blue were sitting on the right side of the bleachers, away from Red, Hugh, Leaf, and another boy Silver didn't know.

"Rules are meant to be followed" Silver shot.

"More like broken" Lyra giggled, clearly ignoring Silver's tone. Silver sighed.

"Do you need a ride home?" She asked.

"No" he hissed. Why was it she always asked that?

"Okay!" She chirped. A whistling sound cut through the gym, and Lyra turned her eyes to the bleachers- Gold. He waved her over.

"Hey look," She said seriously, "If you've got practice tomorrow, or whenever, we don't have to meet on those days"

"Yeah okay whatever" Silver grumbled, already walking away.

Lyra sighed and climbed the bleachers.

Silver found his way to his group of friends and sat next to Red, "Hey" he said. Red nodded in acknowledgment, while the others muttered an enthusiastic, "Hey".

"Who's this?" Silver asked, nodding his head towards the new raven haired boy.

"I'm Cheren" he said, "I'm in Bianca's History class"

"Oh...History Guy has a name"

Cheren frowned.

"Don't worry about him" Leaf said, "He's an idiot"

Silver rolled his eyes and glanced over at Lyra and her friends. It looked like Gold was yelling at her, probably since she was talking to Silver.

"Rather her than me, I guess" Silver thought.

~~~

Silver glared at his essay. There were so many things he had to fix, but he didn't know how. He glanced at his phone, then at the paper copy of his essay which Lyra has written on.

With a groan, he picked up his phone and texted Lyra:

So how am I supposed to fix my thesis?

In no time at all, his phone buzzed with a reply:

Finally decided to text me huh, Silvey? ;)

Silver glared at the screen as he typed his next message.

Never mind, I think I'll just suffer

Aww well that's no way to treat yourself

I didn't think it was possible to be infuriating over text, but you pull it off

Well thanks, I do try <3

Silver blinked in surprise. Before he could type a response, another text came through:

And about your thesis, think- Why are you writing about this topic? What makes it important enough to write about? Don't forget to connect back it to your body paragraphs in your closing one. See ya tomorrow!

Silver sighed in exasperation. She really was a piece of work.

(A/N. I said I was gonna update before New Years and I did! Haha!!!

Well New Years my time.

I still have like an hour

So uh

K thx bai!)