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A/N: The art above was drawn by @Ohmybbh and it's so cute!!! Go show them some love and support, since the art was inspired by this story! <3

I absolutely love the "NW" that stands for North West, for North West High School. So adorable!!!

Darryl's POV:

I was sitting at the lunch table with Vincent. It was a Tuesday morning, everyone talkative since by now they've recovered from the horrid sleep schedules over the weekend. Vinny had packed a sandwich and an apple. I kept telling him that he should've packed a baguette, which always received a glare from him.

Out of no where, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned slightly, shifting my position to find that it had been Zak. "Hey Darryl, do you and Vincent want to come sit at our table?" He offered, gesturing to a table a couple of rows down. There sat Zelk, Techno, Finn, and a few others.

I smiled. "Sure," I replied, standing up and grabbing my lunch tray. "Come on Vincent," I told my friend, who currently looked astonished. Eventually, he grabbed his lunch pack and stood up with me, following me and Skeppy towards the popular boy table.

"Look at that, Dave! You've got a fellow nerd!" Finn teased Techno, giving him a friendly punch on the shoulder as Vincent and I sat down. Techno simply laughed, snatching one of Finn's carrots off of his tray.

"I thought I told you to stay away from Skeppy," Vincent murmured in my ear in a frustrated voice.

I rolled my eyes. "Would you rather be one of the two people sitting at a whole lunch table like a loner?" I replied. "Look, just appreciate that we have new friends."

I looked back over at Zak, who was staring at me. The sleeves of my hoodie that he stole were pulled up over his fingers as he leaned his face on them. He had a different glint in his eye. It was way less mischievous. His look showed... it showed... no, it can't show that, I thought to myself as I felt butterflies form in my stomach.

Skeppy broke eye contact, looking at Zelk now. This snapped me out of the little trance I was in.

"...and then he just started cussing the teacher out! It was awesome!" Zelk exclaimed, seemingly finishing a juicy story that he was telling the table about. I noticed that Vincent had a look of happiness on his face. I let out a sigh of relief, glad that the French boy was getting along with the new group.

After Zelk, Techno started ranting about the time Finn got drunk and was convinced that he was at a McDonalds drive through when he was really sitting in a bath tub filled with Zelk's rubber duckies. Zelk got upset with Techno for revealing his rubber ducky collection, then Skeppy continued to have a massive laugh attack at Zelk's embarrassment.

Throughout the whole lunch period, I could've swore that Zak was glancing at me. I wasn't sure if I was imagining it, but I'd feel a pair of eyes on me, then when I turned toward the baseball boy he quickly looked down at the table.

"Want to have a small party at my house?" Techno suddenly asked everyone. I raised an eyebrow. "I mean like... just us... sitting at this table. Maybe I can invite a few of the popular girls too, so we can play games like spin the bottle and stuff," He offered with a grin.

"I'd be down," Zak admitted instantly, then looked over at me expectantly. I furrowed my eyebrows at him, and he simply just nodded at me like 'accept his offer'.

"Sure, I'll go," I told Dave with reluctance.

"Me too," Vincent added after I agreed to go.

"Same here."

"Only if the girls are going."

Techno's eyes lit up. "Sweet! It'll be this Friday, I'll try and get Jessica and her crew to come," He assured everyone. Everybody knew who she was, the ultimate popular girl, the thicc cheerleader captain with a cute smile and great body. She was friends with a bunch of hot volleyball and soccer girls that the boys of the school drooled over.

I looked over at Zak to see his reaction, and he was... excited? Why was he so excited about Jessica going to this party? Does he have a crush on her like everyone else? I felt jealous. Why am I jealous?

"Is Faith going?" The popular boy questioned anxiously. Faith was one of the cross country captains, a very good runner with a very good body. She had the perfect blonde hair and blue eyes that every straight boy dreamed about. That's why he's excited, he likes Faith.

I felt upset at the thought of Zak having a crush on her. Why do I feel so mad? I asked myself. Then the baseball boy's eyes landed on mine. I saw his breathing hitch when he did so, then him instantly look down at his hands. Woah... what was that?

"Yeah, I'll try and get her to go," Techno replied to Skeppy's question with a smirk.

"I can't wait," I heard Vincent comment. I silently cursed myself for agreeing to this dumb private party.