Prompt: First day of School, Love Note, Recipe with Significant Mistake

He'd never know. I was sure of it. He'd never know it was me and my group. Then again, he'd never think we'd so readily wage a war in our school.

Kids shuffle around me in the hallways; I hang back, leaning against one of the lockers, the cold metal chilling through my thin t-shirt. No one pays be any mind, even when they bump into me and I bark at them to watch where they're going.

Come on, Thomas, where are you?

I'd been waiting for the last twenty minutes. Where could he have gone?

A girl approaches his locker and I straighten, eyes squinting. I'd recognized her around school, but her name was escaping me. Her head whipped left and around, before her hand snaked up and unlocked Thomas's locker. My brows shot up.

What?

No one payed his girl any mind as she rummaged around in his locker, most of them probably not even knowing that it wasn't hers. Her body stiffens, and my throat closes up, because she must have found the love letter and note. My body jerks when her head snaps left and her eyes meet mine. I angled my body away, looking elsewhere. The base of my neck prickles as her gaze slides over me.

"Kadence."

Oh God. Could he have worse timing?

I glance to Thomas, a frown down turning his features.

"What are you doing in my locker?" He freezes for a moment before surging forward and pushing setting her to the side. "Did you do something? I though school was off limits. Did you go back on our agreement?" His voice was rising with every word. Kadence lifted her hands, the letter and baked goods visible.

"Don't get your tightly whities in such a twist. I didn't do anything...yet."

"Kadence,"

"What?" She snapped, crossing her arms over her chest. I'm not on the receiving end of it, but it even has my stomach knotting. "Worried I'd find this?" She shoved through note and cookies at Thomas. His hands lift and he scrambled to catch them.

"What is this?"

"You tell me, Casanova. You're the popular guy here."

Thomas's brow furrowed and he looks to Kadence, gaze shifting between her and the item. Gradually, a grin breaks out on his features and Kadence's body stiffens. I shift where I stand, wondering if I should be witnessing it. One look around tells me I'm not the only one as other students begin stopping to watch the scene.

"Are you...jealous Kadence?" He asked. Kadence's face changes eight different shades of read.

"Are you nuts? Why Would I be-be" she struggled to get the word out. A deep chuckle escapes from Thomas.

"Aw, it's okay Kade. I'm flattered, really."

I swallow as I watch steam practically rise from Kadence's ears. She snarls something as the bell overhead rings. Students begin surging towards their classes, obscuring my view. I catch snippets of Kadence rushing off, leaving Thomas alone. His grin is gone, gaze watching after her. Anger radiates around him as he turns on his heel, slamming the locker door closed. He looks down at the note and goods. My stomach twists.

He opens the note. Reads it. His eyes travel to the rigged cookies and he untangles one from the wrapper before biting into it.

You're the bathrooms now bud.

"Kenny!" I glance to Jake, waving his hand furiously at the end of the hall. I smile and wave back, making my way towards him.

"Things are about to get a lot more fun."