A few hours later.
The school bell rings for the end of the day.
Aurora walks towards her locker. She stands in front of her locker and looks at her surroundings. She blinks when she saw her History classmates and noticed that some of them seemed sad. She figured that her classmates are unhappy that they don't have their cell phones with them since her Uncle Cory confiscated them.
Aurora looks away and stares at her locker. She opens her locker and puts her textbooks away since she has another set of books at home. She closed her locker, and she made sure that she locked it. She turns her head to the right, and her eyes widened when she sees Farkle standing next to her.
" Farkle!" Aurora shouts. " Don't do that. You could have given me a heart attack," She looks at Farkle with an adorable yet angry expression.
" Sorry, Aurora," Farkle laughs a little still feeling sad that he isn't partner with her in their project. " I just wanted to make sure that you are okay before you start your project with Lucas," He looks at her in the eyes.
Aurora smiles at Farkle.
" It's okay, Farkle. I am not mad at you," Aurora tells Farkle. " And I am honestly fine. I can't wait to do this project with Lucas. How are you feeling since you are being partnered up with my cousin?" She asked him.
' Honestly, I am sad that you aren't my partner,' Farkle thought.
" I'm fine. I am not close with your cousin, but I am curious to see how this project will go. I hope you get a good grade on this project, Aurora," Farkle looks at Aurora and smiles at her.
" I hope you get a good grade on this project as well," Aurora smiles at Farkle.
" Hey, Aurora," A male voice speaks up.
Aurora looks away from Farkle and turns to see Lucas walking towards them.
" Hey, Lucas," Aurora happily greets Lucas.
" You ready?" Lucas asked Aurora. " Since we can't use computers or any kind of technology for this project. I was wondering if you want to go to the Public Library with me?" He looks at her.
" That's a good idea," Aurora tells Lucas.
Farkle stares at Aurora and Lucas.
Farkle can't help but feel protective of Aurora. He trusts Aurora, but he doesn't trust Lucas around her.
" Can Riley and I go with you two?" Farkle asked.
Lucas turns to look at Farkle.
" Yeah. You two can come. Is that alright with you?" Lucas looks away from Farkle and turns to look at Aurora.
" I'm okay with it," Aurora tells Lucas.
" That settles it. We are going to the library," Lucas smiles at Aurora and Farkle.
" Great! I'll tell Riley, and we will meet you outside," Farkle tells them.
Aurora and Lucas nod their heads.
Farkle turns around and sees Riley walking through the crowded hallway with Maya and Yogi. He runs towards the trio and stands in front of them.
" Hey, Riley," Farkle looks at Riley. " I was wondering if you want to go to the Public Library with Aurora, Lucas, and me?" He politely asked her.
At the mention of Lucas, Riley quickly nods her head.
" Sure! I'll go with you guys, but can Maya and Yogi come along?" Riley politely asked Farkle.
Farkle turns his head slightly to the right to look at Maya who is staring at him.
" I don't know. I don't want to make Aurora uncomfortable," Farkle tells Riley.
" Farkle. I am not going to be close to her. I promise you. I am going to be with Yogi at all times, and besides, she is going to be with Lucas," Maya tells Farkle.
Farkle hummed.
" Alright. You can go, but if you do something that makes my Aurora uncomfortable. You will regret it. Not only that, I am watching you," Farkle tells Maya while making some hand motions to make her know that he is watching her.
Maya nods her head.
Maya knows Farkle has a thing for Aurora. It's obvious, but Aurora doesn't see it since she thinks that Farkle is kind to her due to being best friends.
" Let's go," Farkle tells Riley, Maya, and Yogi.
Farkle turns around and walks through the crowded hallway with Riley, Maya, and Yogi following behind him. The four children head to the front of the school where Aurora and Lucas are waiting for them.
Aurora and Lucas stood next to each other as they talked about their favorite animals.
" You really do like Elephants, huh?" Lucas stares at Aurora with an amused expression.
" I do. I find them adorable especially their long trunks," Aurora giggles.
Lucas chuckles.
" Well. My favorite animal is a horse," Lucas smiles at Aurora.
" That is nice. Did you have horses back at Texas?" Aurora curiously asked.
" I do have horses. Twenty-four horses to be exact. My Grandpa, Pappy Joe is watching over them for me at his ranch," Lucas tells Aurora. " Also, I helped one of my horses give birth," He smiles at her.
" Aww," Aurora smiles back at Lucas.
Lucas opened his mouth to say something but is cut off by Farkle and Riley who stepped out of the school building.
" Hey," Farkle and Riley looked at Aurora and Lucas with a smile. " We are ready," He tells them.
Aurora turns to look at Farkle and Riley with a friendly smile. Her smile quickly disappears when she sees Maya stepping out of the school building with Yogi standing next to her.
" I hope you don't mind me bringing Maya and Yogi along with us," Riley politely tells Aurora and Lucas.
Lucas glanced at Aurora.
Aurora lightly bites her lips.
" Sure. They can come with us," Aurora gives them a fake smile which Farkle and Lucas quickly noticed.
" Yay!" Riley cheers feeling happy that her cousin is okay with Maya going with them to the Public Library.
" Let's go," Lucas tells everyone.
The six children left the school property as they head to the Public Library which is a ten-minute walk. They enter the building, and the children wore an awed expression when they looked at their surroundings.
" This place is where the ancients stored all their wisdom," Farkle explains to the others.
Lucas pulls out a very dusty book called "Tales of Human Interaction" off of a nearby shelf with his right hand.
Maya reads the title of the book and smiles thinking that the book will be good for the project.
" Yogi and I found what we are looking for. We are going to go sit down and read it," Maya tells the group as she walks towards a table with Yogi following behind her.
Maya and Yogi sat down.
Maya opens the book.
" Not until we put down our phones, switch off our computers, and look into each other's eyes will we be able to touch each other's hearts," Maya reads.
As Maya reads this, Aurora and Lucas looked at each other in the eyes while Farkle looks at Aurora and Riley looks at Lucas.
" Let's go over there and start searching for a book that we can use for our project," Lucas points to a random shelf and whispers to Aurora since they are in a library.
" Sure," Aurora nods her head and smiles.
Aurora and Lucas walked passed Farkle and Riley.
Farkle and Riley looked at each other and then at Aurora and Lucas. They can't help but feel uncomfortable knowing that their crushes are standing next to each other and doing a project together.