Don't Know Her

It is noon on a Friday. Students around the school are waiting for the bell to ring, so they can leave their classes and meet up with their friends during lunch.

Virgil drowns out the voice of the math teacher with his chin in his hand looking at the trees and birds outside the window. His other hand tapping his pen on the workbook in front of him, not having started with his assignment for this subject. He sighs and turns his attention back to the book in front of him, trying to make sense of anything that's written in it. He just wants this lesson to be over like the rest of his class.

After what feels like an eternity, the bell for the lunch break finally rings. The teacher announces that the assignment has to be done before next lesson and then lets them go to get their lunch. The students get up from their tables, grabbing their bags and leaving the classroom, leaving Virgil behind who packs his bag slowly. He doesn't want to get stuck in a crowded hallway, so why not take his sweet time? Putting his workbook in his bag, making a promise to himself that he will finish it before the weekend is over or else he will only start to procrastinate more and more. He throws the backpack over his shoulder and walks into the hallway.

He looks around for his bubbly friend with whom he always spends his breaks with. Not seeing him yet, he grabs his phone out of his jean pocket and leans against the wall. He scrolls through Tumblr and likes a few posts he sees. A few minutes later he hears a familiar voice.

"Vee!" His bubbly friend comes walking down the hallway, waving his hand excitedly in the air. He turns around and ruffles his friend's light brown curly hair when he reaches him.

"Sup, Pat," he smiles at Patton who hooks his arm around Virgil's, leading them both to the cafeteria.

They sit down at an empty table, across from each other, grabbing their lunchboxes out of their bags and began to eat. Patton was talking about his morning classes while Virgil was half-listening to him, looking around the cafeteria. Sadly enough, Patton and Virgil weren't in the same class.
They met when Virgil came to a high school in the middle of the year and was placed in Patton's class. When the friendly boy spotted Virgil sitting alone, he decided to go over to him and welcome him. They became friends fast. Virgil knows he is lucky having met Patton. Making friends is not something that comes easily to him so having an extroverted person coming to him helped him a lot. Especially when that extroverted friend also got accepted in to the same college.

"It would be so amazing if the two of you met! Would you do that for me?" Patton asks, looking at him with his big round eyes. Though, his glasses make them look even bigger. This snaps Virgil out of where he got lost in his thoughts. He looks up startled at his friend.

"...What?" His friend rolls his eyes fondly.

"Got lost in your mind again?" He doesn't need an answer when he sees the sheepish look on Virgil's face.

"I was talking about a new friend I made today," Patton explains, "they moved here last week and began their first school day today! I think you two would get along! Would you like to meet them?"

"Uh... Yeah, sure, if that makes you happy," Virgil responds, drumming his fingers on the table.

"Hey now. Don't agree to things just to make me happy. If you don't want to, that's alright too!" Patton reassures him, patting his hand, making his drumming stop.

Virgil sighs. "No, it's alright. If you like them, they should be fine. It's just that... you know."

"I get it," Patton says with a soft smile, "we can leave whenever you want. I'm sure they would understand."