Jacks POV

By the time it was lunch I just wanted to go home. I slept through a lot of geography but it just seemed to make me more tired. I went to sit with Mark, Amy and Signe as planned but Felix was no where to be seen.

"I asked Felix if he wanted to sit with us, he said he would and he was gonna bring someone, but he's not here..." I mumbled to Mark and he raised an eyebrow, "why did you want him to sit with us? And he's probably gonna bring some freak over." He scoffed before turning to talk to Amy again.

Suddenly I saw Felix's bleached hair through the crowds of people across the field, we were sitting under our tree in the corner like earlier.

When he emerged from the other students a boy was following him, at least I'm pretty sure it was a boy... But he was wearing a mask.

"Jack!" He called and I waved a little, they reached us and sat down, "everyone this is Cry!" He smiled and gestured to the masked boy I now knew as cry beside him.

"Nice to meet you." I said and the others all smiled politely, thank god they didn't say anything horrible.

"So cry, why the mask?" I asked as he sat down beside Felix who was beside me, "uh, I just don't like showing my face, I don't like what I look like..." he mumbled and I frowned.

"You shouldn't be so uncomfortable with your appearance, people shouldn't make you hide, I know that even if you had the face of a troll I would still want to get to know you." I said with a grin and I saw his ears move slightly under his messy brown hair, indicating that he had smiled.

"That's what makes you such an amazing person Jack." Felix smiled and I blushed, I saw Mark stop talking to Amy and frown slightly, "Jack, what are we doing in tutoring today?" He asked and shuffled closer to me.

"Uh, I'm not sure, science?" I asked and he smiled at me, "ok, thank you by the way... I don't actually think I've said thank you yet. Even though it was forced upon me, I'm glad that I became great friends with you out of the experience." He grinned and rubbed my shoulder gently making me blush again.

Amy and Signe had started their own conversation by the time we'd stopped talking, "whatchu talkin bout?" Mark asked and poked Amy in the side, she giggled before looking over to Felix and Cry, "we were wondering if you were new, Cry, I've never seen you before?"

Cry shuffled a bit and looked slightly uncomfortable from what I could tell, "Uh, well, I've always been here, I just never drew attention to myself." He replied quietly and Signe shrugged, "fair enough, I just don't understand what the masks for, no normal person, except maybe Mark, thinks that their looks are amazing, but you just look like a freak with that mask."

"Hey! That was uncalled for Signe." Felix stood up for the boy and I just looked down. I hate confrontation. And the fact that I'm going on a date with her tonight meant I reaaallly didn't want to make things awkward now.

We all just continued chatting until the bell for our last lesson rung...

Just 1 more lesson, you can make it...

~ le time skip ~

By the end of the school day I was ready to go home and pass out, but I couldn't. I had a lot planned this afternoon. I had to tutor Mark, and I had a date!

I've been trying to make myself excited for the date all day... It hasn't really worked, don't get me wrong I really like Signe! She's pretty and funny, she can be a bit rude but I'm pretty sure she's nice... But I don't love her...

"Sooo, Jackarooney? What we learning first again?" Mark asked as he spun round to walk backwards beside me, "science, probably biology..." I mumbled, the date happening later preoccupied my thoughts...

"Woah, ok, what's gotten you into a mood?" He asked and grabbed my arms to stop me and look me in the eye, "nothing! I'm just... Thinking about the... Date..." I huffed and he grinned, "you nervous?" He asked with a smirk and I nodded slightly.

"Don't be! It'll be fun!" He shouted and started walking beside me again, we reached his house and he brought me up to the study room, he sat in his spinning chair and spun round a few times.

"Why're you so hyper?" I asked giggling and he grinned at me, "I dunno, today's been a good day!" He continued smiling but stopped spinning, "sit." He said and I sat in the chair beside him.

"Teach!" He shouted laughing and I giggled again, "you've got such an adorable laugh you know?" He looked at me as if he was studying my face and I blushed. "Shhhh no I dooonnnt..." I whined and he laughed.

We did science for an hour as planned and Mark actually started to understand photosynthesis! When the hour was up I started to get nervous again.

"Hey jack, you want me to come over and help you get ready?" He asked sincerely and I nodded, "please..." we both laughed before I walked him down the road to my house.

"Wait, what about your date?" I asked and he shrugged, "it'll only take me like 20 minutes to get ready so don't worry about it." We walked inside and up to my room before he started looking through all my clothes, he pulled out a grey short sleeved shirt and my ripped black skinny jeans before grabbing my black beanie and throwing it all on the bed.

"The beach is hot this time of year even at night so you won't need a jacket, but wear those trainers." He gestured to my dark grey Nike trainers and I nodded, "ok, I'll get changed." I replied and he sat on my bed, "just get changed here it's fine I won't look if you're uncomfortable." He said in a monotone voice looking through his phone.

I blushed a little bit before facing away from him and taking off my hoodie and shirt, I quickly changed into the other shirt and pulled off my grey jeans. I realised I hadn't grabbed my other jeans yet so I turned back to get them.

As I looked round I'm pretty sure I saw Mark move so he was looking at his phone, meaning he wasn't before... I gulped before putting on the rest of my clothes.

Once I was dressed I brushed my hair and put on the beanie, "Mark?" I mumbled and he looked up from his phone before grinning, "you look great Jack!" I blushed again and smiled at him, "thank you..." I whispered before sitting on the bed.

"Well I should go now, make sure to bring money, you'll be buying her stuff, and buy her dinner at that café on the pier!" He said enthusiastically and I panicked, "Mark I barely have any money!" I felt like everything was ruined until he grabbed my arms gently.

"Hey, hey, shhh, calm down Jackaboy, I'll give you some money, I don't need it all it's no trouble, just calm down." He said in a soothing tone.

Jackaboy definitely sounds better coming from him...

I nodded and looked up at him, "thank you Mark." He smiled and went to his wallet in his bag and handed me $75.
"Woah Mark that's too much!" I said in shock and he laughed, "no it's not, keep it all." I smiled and wrapped my arms around him, he hesitated but hugged back, "thank you so much" I whispered.

We pulled apart and said goodbye before he left and I put the money in my wallet which I then slipped into my pocket before checking my phone.

I went to my messages and texted Signe;
hey, if you text me your address I can come pick you up whenever, we'll eat out and I'm paying, just text me when ;) xx

She almost immediately replied

Ok, my address is (address here). I'm almost ready so if you pick me up in about 10 minutes is that ok? I can't wait for our date Jacky :D xxx

At least she's not calling me Jackaboy?

I smiled and put away my phone before getting on my trainers and hopping in my parents car, it was a nice car that they left behind for me to use whenever, I don't usually use it for school but I can drive it so now's the perfect time!

I drive towards Signe's address and got there in exactly ten minutes after making a stop on the way, perfect!

I walked up the stairs and took a deep breath before knocking on the door, "I'll get it!" I heard Signe's voice shout from inside but another girl opened the door first, she looked like Signe but slightly older (I don't know if Signe has any siblings I just made one up)

"Hey, you must be Jack! I'm Signe's older sister Sofia! Nice to meet you!" She said in a slightly stronger Danish accent than Signe, I smiled and shook her hand, "Sofiaaa!! I told you I'd get it!" I heard Signe whine from inside and she came to the door.

She was wearing black skinny jeans with rips at the knees and a flowing striped top, she also had curled her hair and put on really pretty silver jewellery along with beautiful makeup, not too much though which was nice.

"Hey Jack, sorry about that." She smiled as Sofia left the doorway, "it's fine don't worry, you look amazing." I grinned at her and she blushed, on the way over I had bought a bouquet of flowers and I handed them to her.

"Aww they're so pretty! Thanks Jack!" She smiled and took them inside to put them in water, "cmon, we're going to the pier!" We both smiled and she grabbed my hand as we walked towards my car, maybe this wasn't gonna be so bad after all!

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A.N.

I was gonna include their date in this one but then I thought some people might not want to read that... If you came for septiplier and I write about a Septiishu date then you might get bored or triggered or whatever 😂

Please tell me here if you want me to write about their date or just skip it?

Thank you for reading I hope you liked it!

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