"Isn't it refreshing? when you know you can feel the grass underneath you and the breeze can sweep you away softly. That the nature that you appreciate is beautiful in many forms and ways?"

"here she goes again" a voice is heard. voice of Calvin. Calvin Mozart.

Meryl nudges him slightly. making him fall from the bench there are sitting on. The bench which can only fit three people is crowded with 5 of them.

Zoe rolling her eyes, helps him up. "why can't yall just adjust and shift to the side?" she says. angrily, yet calm.

Zoe can stur up a storm yet you'd feel protected somehow. though she's like the mom of the group. she dusts her black jeans as she gets up from the grass she was sitting on with james.

james and Zoe have been together from middle school. They are the High school sweethearts. going eight years strong.

"don't ask me that, Meryl starts her philosophy wherever and whenever she wants" Calvin says.

"it's like her pea size brain functions only to find the answers of the universe and the nature"

"oh cut it out! it's fascinating to me. not that your small *** brain will ever understand such stuff" she smirks, the smirk of victory that she got a point.

"is anyone even going to finish the project anytime soon?" Zayn asks, pushing his glasses above his head. his brown eyes turning hazel as the sunlight falls on his face.

"Nerd" Zoe calls him out.

"not a nerd, just don't wanna end up like you" he says.

Zoe rolls her eyes again, she seems like the expert in rolling eyes. if she was in a contest she would probably win that with no effort.

"yes, I've already got the notes prepared. we just have to put the concept and write that down" Meryl says, dragging her laptop towards Zayn and showing it to him.

James nudges Zoe. the indication that something good or either bad is happening where there's looking at.

Meryl scoots closer to Zayn. Their elbows an inch away from touching. A rom com scene out of movie.

his hazel eyes. turning brown as he falls back taking cover in the shadow of the rustling tree.

Meryl's red hair shinning as bright it can under the sun. Brighter than any shade of red lipstick you've seen.

"alright, I've got swimming practice. I'll catch y'all later" Calvin says, holding his bag.

"later, cupcake" he says, hitting Meryl on her head.

Meryl imitates his voice like the Dracula from hotel Transylvania. "do you want me to pick you up?" she asks.

"yes" Calvin shouts back as he walks away.

"okay, let's get this shit done now" james says gathering all the files that are scattered on the bench.

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***all the characters will be introduced in the upcoming chapters. thank you for reaching my first chapter.

sorry, if there are errors. this is my first time writing a story.

💕***

"woah woah woah, watch where you're going"

"i should run you over with my car" says Meryl. unbuckling her seatbelt.

"why is that?" Calvin asks, rasing an eyebrow. his arched eyebrows. The most expressive eyebrows. that's what his mom would define it as, if anyone would ask.

"um... because you called me cupcake, you idiot!"

"and? i always call you that"

"not in front of Zayn! c'mon man! it's Zayn. you know I had a crush on him since first year" twirling the loop threads of her hoodie, Meryl starts to bite her lip. not in a sensual way. just the anxiety way.

"omg, Meryl. you really think he would take that seriously?"

"of course yes!!"

"has he asked you if you're dating me?"

nods in a no.

"exactly! my point" Calvin says, putting on his seat belt."that dude might have already got a girlfriend"

"wait! really? Don't talk nonsense now, Cal."

she says, her head on the steering wheel. The pose she knows she only does when she's anxious.

"i... I'm sorry, Meryl But, I'm not sure. have you looked at him. he's 'cool and handsome' like you tell me. ofcourse he has girls hitting on him"

placing his hand under Meryl chin, he says.

he tilts her head up by her chin. looking into her eyes he knows he shouldn't have said that. There might be chances her wedding with him she has made in her head are collapsed and are swimming in the waters of the Atlantic.

"or people" she corrects him.

"yeah, i forgot. sorry!" he says. his small smirk curling up at the corner of his lip. making his dimple pop. "or people! so you better make a move??"

"i know. i know. I'm just....i don't know man! I'm too scared that I'll make it awkward."

"you need to tell him anyway, because I'll drop him hints that you like him. it's one more year and we're out of college, Meryl."

"yeah, I've been getting that alot."

"talk to him tomorrow. The Summer break is around the corner."

"it's summer already?" her voice cracks. "aren't we planning on going to my grandmother's place this summer?"

"yeah, Matilda was talking to my mom about it.. apparently it's only you, me and my sister's."

"ah, makes sense why my mom was packing up some clothes already. i thought our parents were coming too" she says, unlocking her phone to schedule the date in the calendar.

"I'm not sure" Calvin says, pulling out a waffer bar from his pocket. "want one?"

she nods in a no.

"alright, I'll talk to him tomorrow. be my wing man please" she says, holding both his hands. "you know I suck at stuff like this."

"do my physics homework and maybe I'll think about it" a wink.

"my major is business, how am I supposed to do your 'physics' homework?" she questions. her hand out gesturing him to answer.

"isn't Zoe's brother a physics major? that works for me." he says.

"ughh" she sighs.

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