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...
With the showcase over, and the school year rapidly coming to an end, the hallways quickly began to fill with banners and posters advertising prom. Julie hadn't put much thought into attending the event since she couldn't go unless she was invited by a senior. Plus the only seniors she knew weren't much for school sponsored events unless there was some kind of havoc they could create.
"Hey, so um, prom is coming up soon." Luke said leaning on the locker beside Julie's.
"Uh huh." Julie replied distractedly as she put her books back in her locker. She really wasn't in the mood to discuss possible pranks that he, Reggie and Alex were thinking of pulling at the dance.
He was quiet for a moment. Julie glanced at him from the corner of her eye noticing him massaging the back of his neck like he did when he was worried about something.
"You ok?" She asked.
"Yeah, I was just wondering if maybe-"
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"Luke!" Reggie shouted from down the hall as he charged towards them.
Luke rolled his eyes at the distraction, pulling the knit cap from his head and running a hand through his hair.
"What is it Reginald?" Luke huffed as Reggie approached breathless.
"Dude! I booked us a gig." He beamed, oblivious to the dagger eyes Luke was giving him.
This seemed to change Luke's mood some, "Really? When? Where?"
"My cousin pulled some strings, and we're going to play his Bar Mitzvah this Saturday!" He announced triumphantly.
Luke's face fell, "Seriously?"
Julie bit her lip to hide her smile and turned to her locker, needlessly rearranging her books.
"Yeah, isn't that great?"
"Great, Reg." Luke said giving him a pat on the back.
"So I was giving some thought to the set list..." Reggie began as he threw his arm around Luke's shoulder leading him away down the hall.
Julie smiled and shook her head. Closing her locker, she headed to class wondering what Luke had been about to ask her.
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"Hey Sal!" Julie said standing at the threshold of the kitchen at the pizzeria later that day.
"Hey, Julie!" He replied, kneading a ball of dough on the counter.
"Julie!" Luke said sounding surprised as he emerged from the walk-in refrigerator, arms full of supplies.
"Oh, I just remembered I have to go...do a thing...in the office." Sal said abandoning his work suddenly to leave them alone in the kitchen.
"Real subtle, Sal!" Luke called after him, setting his things on the counter. "What's up, Jules?"
Julie shrugged. She really didn't have any reason to be there. Truthfully, she just wanted to spend time with Luke, but she wasn't quite ready to tell him that. "Looking forward to your Bar Mitzvah?" She chuckled.
