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It all started when Hunk forced his best friend Lance to make an account on that app. It wasn't something like Tinder where the only intentions to meet someone were romantic or sexual. Of course, situations like this weren't avoidable. It was mostly for making contact with someone in general, if you wanted to talk to new people or whatever. Not that Lance didn't have enough contact to people, he was quite popular. But Hunk met his girlfriend through this app, so Lance had to try it.
However, there was something intriguing about it. When setting up a profile, you couldn't use a picture of yourself. You had to use a picture they provided, which were mostly cute animals or colorful patterns. The other couldn't be influenced by the way you look. If two people were writing long enough and wanted to know, they could still ask for a picture. Again, not that Lance had a problem with his looks. But the unnknown was always interesting.
[21:30] BlueLion: Heey what's up?
[21:31] Pidgeon: Hey :) Nice name. Cat person?
[21:31] BlueLion: Haha kind of. My pic is a lion and my fav color is blue. Creative I know. What about you? Birds?
[21:33] Pidgeon: It's this stupid nickname my brother has for me. But I thought it's perfect for this.
[21:33] BlueLion: Noice. Why u here?
[21:34] Pidgeon: Just for fun I guess. There are enough peeps to talk to in school but not enough right ones.
[21:34] BlueLion: Same. We could keep writing to escape all those wrong people. Yeah?
[21:35] Pidgeon: Yeah :)
This happened on Saturday. Now it was Monday.
"Hunk!", Lance yelled across the hallway as he approached his big friend. He turned around with a smile. "Hey buddy. What's up?" Lance was clearly excited. Too excited for a Monday morning. "Can't believe I'm saying this, but your app worked! At first I just mucked around a bit, but those people were all boring. Then, on Saturday evening, I found this girl. We texted the whole weekend, she is amazing." "Damn. That's great. Told you it worked. You don't need to become Girlfriend and Boyfriend, but if she is great to talk to, awesome." Lance smiled. "Yeah...I hope it's someone who lives nearby. Like Shay. Or maybe she even goes to this school. Woah. I knew her all this time, maybe even talked to her."
"Okay buddy, maybe you should slow down a bit. You've just been texting for two days. Just keep it going to find out more about her." Lance nodded. Hunk was right. He was used to rush it. He already hit on lots of girls in his year and he even got to date some of them. But it never lasted as long as he wanted to. Maybe he could get somewhere by taking it slow.
The ringing of the bell brought them both back to reality. Right, school. Lance rolled his eyes. "Oh no, I have math class. I don't hate it because I don't understand it, I hate it because of her. She is such a Nerd." Hunk frowned. "Hey, I'm a Nerd too! And we're best friends." "I know, but you're the cool kind of Nerd. You're good to talk about video games and movies, she is just a smartass. She corrects the teachers every single time. It's just annoying. Anyway, Gotta get going. To face the devil", he said and made his way to the class room.
As he stepped into the room, he already saw the person he wanted to see the least. Katie Holt. They never liked each other. On the outside, she might seem small and cute, but on the inside, she was awful. Everyone knew how bad their insults could get. Lance was annoyed by her being a smartass, she was annoyed by his flirty and, to her standards, dumb behaviour. She gave him her usual evil glare as she adjusted her glasses. "Holt", he bluntly said and went to his seat. "McClown", she responded and focused on her homework. It was too early to deal with something like this.
"Dude, why do you two hate eachother so much? It's been going on forever", his seat neighbour, Keith asked and Lance threw his backpack on the floor before he sat down next to him. "It just is how it is, Keith. Just like you're never gonna cut your hair I'm never gonna stop hating her." Keith shrugged. „Whatever. I don't think she is that bad. She is just very intelligent.“ Lance snorted. "Whatever."
Today's math lesson was surprisingly bearable. She only corrected their teacher twice and insulted Lance only once. She almost seemed happy. Maybe she had fun for once over the weekend. He didn't care what it was, as long as she wasn't as annoying as usual.
Katie was indeed in a good mood. Even Lance couldn't change that. She just joined that app to look around if there were some interesting people on there, but she didn't expect to actually find someone. They started texting on Saturday and did it till last night. They didn't get too personal yet, which was probably the good thing about it. She couldn't say she was very popular at school. She had always been mocked for being a 'smartass', because she corrected the teachers now and then. It wasn't her fault if they used false information. Also, she was sick of being reduced to only being smart. She had more qualities than that. But she had problems to show them in school. She still liked learning and science, but she wished she could have the chance to show her other interests like video games and movies. Fortunately, she met this guy. She could be herself without being judged, she could show herself like she wanted to be seen.
[17:28] BlueLion: Heey what's up?
[17:29] Pidgeon: Heeey. Not much. Normal Monday at school. What about you?
[17:29] BlueLion: Same. Always glad when the day is over. Wyd?
[17:30] Pidgeon: Just playing a game
[17:30] BlueLion: Oh nice! Which one?
[17:31] Pidgeon: Killbot Phantasm 1
[17:31] BlueLion: Whaat? I love that game! I can't make it past that boss on level 45 though.
[17:33] Pidgeon: Kidding? Piece of cake
Lance smiled at the screen of his phone. This girl was funny and liked video games? Come on, that was basically the jackpot. If she looked cute on top of that, he was sold. Not that it was the most important thing. But it would be a nice bonus.
At the same time, Katie paused her game and also smiled at her screen. She did it. He knew this side of her and he seemed to like her. And she started to like him. He was funny, not as smart as her but smart enough, apparently liked video games and just great to talk to. Hopefully he lived nearby. Soon enough, they had to get personal anyway. And maybe she was okay with that. She wanted to open herself without being hurt once and maybe this was the right person.