Luke is determined to breeze through his senior year and onto mega stardom (which means avoiding school, and Principal Lessa, as much as possible). That is until he's forced to work side-by-side with quiet good-girl, Julie Molina, on the big end-of...
The next morning Julie found a note tucked into the side of her locker. After deciphering Luke's terrible handwriting, she gathered he was making another attempt to apologize. Julie promptly crumpled the note with a roll of her eyes, throwing it away once she got to class.
"When are you going to forgive him? He's starting to look kinda pathetic." Flynn remarked as she and Julie took a seat in the cafeteria later that day for lunch.
Julie followed Flynn's eyes, turning to see Luke sitting at his usual table with Reggie, Alex and a handful of the other popular seniors. Reggie was talking animatedly while everyone looked on, though Luke seemed distracted and gloomy. He chanced a look at Julie just then, and she promptly turned back in her seat once their eyes met.
"Maybe he should've thought about that before he ghosted me all week. I've had enough, Flynn. I'm tired of him flaking on me!" Julie exclaimed as she stuffed a French fry in her mouth.
"You two have become pretty close in the last few weeks. I don't think he did it to be mean, Jules." Flynn sympathized. "Do you think maybe you're overreacting just a tad?" She asked gently giving Julie a knowing look.
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"What? No. I'm not overreacting, that's ridiculous!" Julie balked, even though she knew her friend was probably right. "Anyway, the showcase is a week away, are you still good to help with set building on Monday?" She asked to change the subject.
"Definitely." Flynn agreed.
"Perfect! I've got a couple of other people from class coming to help, and the fundraiser earned us just enough to get those finishing touches I needed." Julie said pulling out and opening her notebook of ideas.
"That's great. What do we need to do?" Flynn asked as the girls poured over the plans until lunch ended.
"Hey Jules, can I talk to you for a second?" Luke asked when Julie and Flynn passed by him leaving the cafeteria for their next class.
"No, thanks." Julie replied flippantly.
"Please?" Luke called to her gaining the attention of several of the other students in the hall. "I'm really sorry, Julie. Will you please forgive me?" He called again.
Julie felt heat flood her face at his drawing attention to her. She spun around quickly heading back in his direction. "Would you keep your voice down?" She hissed noticing even more people were watching them now.
"I mean it, Julie. I'm really sorry. I've been a selfish idiot." Luke offered under his breath, pulling her aside from their classmates' watchful eyes.
"Go on." Julie said folding her arms over her chest, eyeing him speculatively.
Luke sighed, "And I want you to forgive me so we can go back to how we were. Go back to being friends."
"Not going to happen." Julie replied. "You don't get it, do you? Friends don't help each other one minute and ditch each other the next. Friends don't ignore each other either. My spot in the music program is riding on this, Luke. It's like you still don't get how important all of this is to me."
