(also i just remember that max's birthday is in like, the end of june so we're having that whole group go to a summer school thing so that this whole thing i have planned out makes sense but idk how summer school works im just gonna set it like a school day but in the middle of the summer. okay? okay. sick john green reference.)

"there's supposed to be a new kid coming here like, today or something, what if they're you're soulmate?" tay asked max with a chuckle. 

"tay, considering your tattoo just says 'lol kys', you're meeting your soulmate through text and that's kinda sad." max sad, faking a sad look as tay forcefully hit him in the stomach while they were walking to their next class. "fuck you!" max yelled, bending over and holding his stomach in pain. 

"what the fuck did you do to him?" brendon yelled from down the hall, carrying ryan on his back as he ran to tay and max, who were waiting for them outside of the . one of the teachers shouted at brendon to put ryan down, since ryan almost hit his head on the lockers somehow. 

"i hit him in the stomach," tay said casually, like it was a normal thing for her to do. ryan slid off brendon's back and the four of them made their way into the classroom. it was basically empty, other than tyler and phil, who sat in the back doing some kind of weird kind of pokemon card game, but they were having fun. they were nerds, but they were having fun.

the group of four were some of the first few people in the class. but it was normal for the teacher to end up being late, so they all just kinda sat around until they showed up. 

the desks weren't really desks. they were kind of just tables with a few chairs around them, each table holding about six people, twenty-nine people being in the class currently. tay, brendon, ryan and max all took their seats near the windows, and began discussing topics.

"tay's gonna meet her soulmate through a text message. her tattoo is fucking 'lol kys' and i cant get over that." max exclaimed, leaning his chair against the wall and putting his feet up on the table. 

"get your fucking dirty ass man feet off the damn table, we are in a public place." lynn shouted as she arrived, swatting at max's feet so he moved them off the table. 

lynn placed her cup of coffee and bagel on the table and yawned, collapsing into a hard, metal chair. it was currently 7:45 in the morning, and lynn would not be fully awake until about nine, so the group had to keep her awake. "did you put some vodka in your coffee this morning, like you did last week?" 

"no fuckface." lynn replied with a sly smirk.

max gasped at the realization that alexa wasn't with lynn. "where's alexa? did you eat them? well spit them out!" 

"dumbfuck, they're sick, don't get your hopes up." lynn tore a piece of her bagel off and threw it at max, who reacted quickly and caught it in his mouth. 

tay got the attention of the group. "can we all agree that if the new kid shows up today we sit them here," she pointed to the empty chair in the middle of brendon and max, "in case we find lil maxxy-boy here his soul mate?" 

"shut up." max muttered, placing his head on the table. 

"max's got a crush on the new kid and they haven't even met yet." lynn laughed, "fuckin' hoe." 

"fight me gay shit." max threw up his hands in a mock fighting stance. lynn threw another piece of her bagel. 

they sat, talking about random topics ranging from max's tattoo to lynn's adorable new skirt to how the fuck ryan almost hit his head on the fucking lockers. other students came in, including ashley and melanie who sat in the table behind them and joined their conversation. at about 8:15, the teacher, mr. smith, showed up, a person following behind him. 

"alright class, bring it all together, pay attention, we have a new student, he'll write his name on the board." mr. smith said, handing a piece of chalk to the person. they nodded and wrote their name on the board. 

as they wrote, max ripped a paper from his notebook and wrote on it quickly. he threw the note to lynn. the note read, "my gay heart is pounding for this kid oh shit im falling in love."

"gay." lynn whispered, putting the note in her pocket. 

the board read 'steven markowitz' when the kid turned around. "thank you steven, you may go sit next to...." he glanced around the room, "maxine and brendon."

"who the fuck is maxine?" max said aloud. 

"sorry, sorry. maxwell, sit next to maxwell and brendon." 

"damn fucking right you're sorry." max giggled, positioning his seat to stand upright. 

lynn quickly whispered something in tay's ear and they switched seats so lynn was next to max and right near the window. "max, look it's your soulmate. go kiss them dammit!" she whispered in his ear. max hit lynn in the tit, "you fucker!" she exclaimed through a whisper.

when mr. smith turned around, lynn stood and opened the window, climbing out. "lynn! get back in the classroom!" tay whispered, although she seemed scared.

"fuck school, motherfucker!" lynn whispered back, flipping tay and max off and darting for her car. 

"what the fuck just happened? where is she going?" steven whispered to brendon. 

"get used to it." brendon replied without skipping a beat, "also max probably hit her in the tit so she probably just left for a minute to make max feel bad."

"fuck you brendon!" max whisper-shouted. and the new kid just sat there, laughing almost silently to himself.