Fight For Love (A Before You Exit Fanfic)

Chapter 5

"Sorry for taking too long." I said, while walking downstairs. Connor is just sitting in our living room, watching TV when I walked down. My parents must be out. My dad's at work although I have no idea where my mom is. Maybe she's exploring Florida. I know my brother's here because he's the one who woke me up.

"It's alright." He said, standing up and placing the remote down on the center table.

I walked towards him. "Let's go?" I asked, and I saw my brother walk to the living room through my peripheral vision.

"Mhmm." My brother said while he's eating a bowl of popcorn.

I just gave him a glare while Connor smiled while looking down. Something I find really cute.

"Let's go." I said, and then I looked at my watch. 8:53am.

"Bye!" My brother shouted to both of us.

We walked to the front door and Connor opened the door for me. "Thanks." I said.

We walked to the sidewalk together on the way to school. As much as I want to walk fast so he won’t be late for his class, I can’t. I’m just keeping up with his pace, which is really slow by the way.

"So, why did you decide to just ditch your first class? Minor subject?" I asked, looking at him with my eyes squinted since the sun is hitting my eyes. He’s wearing his black ray ban though, so yeah.

"Yeah. It's just Practical Arts. You know crafts and stuff. Not really my thing." He said. "What's your first class anyway?" he added, asking.

It took seconds for me to answer. "Algebra. I think. Later at 10 am. What's your second class?" I asked, looking up at him again. That time it really became evident to me how tall he is. It's like I'm only at his shoulder level. Poor me.

"Calculus. 10:15am." He said. "I guess we still have at least an hour to spend time together." He said, winking.

I smiled. "Yeah." Then we just talked about music, his band and other music related stuff while we walk to school. We arrived at 9:27am on my watch and it surprised me to see only a few people wandering around the school campus.

"That over there is where you can find Toby’s classroom." He pointed at his left.

I nodded. "Cool. So I guess you don't see each other often?" I asked.

"No. I only see Riley a couple of times in school. Whenever we are dismissed early, we usually go home together." He said, opening the door of the school for me again.

I smiled. "Thanks. It's really cool how you guys are so close to one another." I said, and then we walked to my locker. I placed some of my books that I won't need for the morning and I just grabbed my Algebra and Chemistry book and notebooks.

"Hey, bro! What's up are we on for later?" I heard an unfamiliar voice from my back. As I finish arranging my stuff I closed my locker and looked back. Connor's talking to a guy with black pointy  hair. He's a bit shorter than Connor. Then I notice he's familiar to me. Then I realized he’s Thomas, Before You Exit's drummer. I remember him from the band's cover of Some Nights which Connor made me watch.

"I'm not sure. But if yes, where should we go?" Connor asked.

Thomas rubbed his chin. "Oh! By the way. Thomas, this is Mia. Mia, this is Thomas, our drummer." Connor introduced me and Thomas let his hand out for me to shake.

I shook it immediately. "Hey Thomas." I said.

"Hi. Finally, I got the chance to meet the famous Mia." He said then I looked at Connor who is giving him a glare.