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[shesepankh]

Saturday morning sees Bella with her notebooks about magic all in her knapsack, her medallion safety-pinned by its chain to her bra just in case she trips the wrong way, waiting with Charlie for pickup for the Avalon trip.

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[shesepankh]

Bella is pleased about it too! He is comfy!

Bell rings. Art time.

[castmyown]

Art time! Hurray, art.

Darren is generally pleased with Bella the entire time and keeps smiling at her and being generally sappy.

[shesepankh]

Bella keeps catching him smiling at her and smiling about it! D'awwwww.

Arts are made. Off they go their separate ways. She does the hand-brushing thing again.

[castmyown]

Hand-brushing thing! It's adorable, Darren continues to be pleased.

[morethanimaginary]

Savannah is kind enough to lead him to their next class, since they have it together and he is so obviously distracted.

[alicornucopia]

When they show up in history, Mike kind of glares at Darren.

[castmyown]

This time, Darren notices! He is surprised and caught off guard by this. He gives Mike a confused 'What did I do?' look, before taking his seat.

[morethanimaginary]

Savannah sits next to him, looking between Mike and Darren blankly. "What did you do?"

[castmyown]

"I have no idea," he whispers back.

[alicornucopia]

Mike leans forward over his desk. "Why was Bella leaning on you at lunch?"

[morethanimaginary]

"Because he asked her out and she said yes? And finds him comfortable to lean on?"

[alicornucopia]

"I didn't ask you," Mike tells Savannah. "Anyway, some people were giving her space because she wasn't feeling sociable after her mom died, what are you going and asking her out for this soon?"

[morethanimaginary]

"... Okay you scrawny son of a-" begins Savannah, hotly.

[castmyown]

"Savannah," interrupts Darren.

[morethanimaginary]

Her breath comes out in a whoosh and she aborts the angry rant. But she glares at Mike.

[castmyown]

"I gave her exactly as much space as she wanted me to? She seems to think I am good company," says Darren, icy cold.

[alicornucopia]

"Really? Because I can also remember who it was who told everybody that her mom was dead and implied that people should back off."

[morethanimaginary]

"Hey fuckwad, that was me, you dipshits were fucking tactless, Eric nearly got his head bitten off."

[alicornucopia]

"Yeah, I know it was you, and I know your twin didn't get the memo about Bella wanting space and now they're all cozy and how is that fair?"

[castmyown]

Darren gives Mike a confused look. "I beg your pardon? Fair? What am I being unfair about?"

[alicornucopia]

"Nobody else even got the chance to get to know her first!"

[castmyown]

"... In the romantic sense, you mean."

[alicornucopia]

"Yeah. It looks like you deliberately had your sister running interference so nobody else would even have a chance with the new girl."

[castmyown]

Darren stares at Mike, for a little while. Then he growls, "You're acting like she is a prize to be won. Like if you had gotten there first she would have fallen into your arms like some plush doll you win at a carnival and you're upset with me because I got there first. She is not either, she has preferences and it seems like you don't know any of them. There is no clever subterfuge or me treating her like you seem to think I am. I was nice to her, she was nice to me, I got a crush, and then I asked her out. Simple as that."

[alicornucopia]

"Wh- I didn't say it'd be definite it'd be me, maybe it'd have been Eric or somebody, I'm saying it wasn't fair. You didn't just get there first, you had like - a perimeter defense."