”Wait for me outside.”
With a quick backwards glance towards Jake and Mr. Bundrick, Vivi nodded her assent and slipped into the hallway. Tugging on her backpack she took up a spot leaning against some lockers so as not to get trampled by the herd of students desperate to get their weekend under way. The fairly friendly girl, whose hair was currently dyed a deep purple, waved at passing friends intent on waiting around for Jake. Her patience was quickly rewarded.
Vivi could immediately tell there was something amiss with her best friend, and her usually sunny expression was marred with the briefest look of concern before concealing it. She knew Jake wouldn’t want her to worry or try to figure out what was wrong; he’d tell her in his own time. Which was apparently right now.
"He knows I visited my family last weekend, and was just asking if everything was alright. I wasn't exactly going to tell my English teacher that my family are assholes."
With a dawning realization she bobbed her head in understanding and favored him with a warm smile. “You never know, Jake, Mr. Bundrick could descend from a long line of assholes himself. I hope your visit wasn’t too terrible and you made it back alive so there’s a bright side.” Vivi teased good-naturedly, elbowing him lightly in the ribs as he slung his arm around her shoulder.
For a moment Vivienne felt her face grow warm and her pulse quicken a bit. It’d been something that was becoming more noticeable even though she did her best to deny it. She actually had a crush on Jake, it seemed so weird to think that such a short time ago she’d have never believed it. How quick things change she supposes.
“We do what we always do, Jake. Try to take over the world.” Vivi said with mock seriousness and a wink before deciding to give him a straight answer. “But when that falls through, I dunno. Maybe we get candy and pizza then glue ourselves to Netflix, although not very ambitious. If you’re feeling adventurous we can always try and find some live music somewhere.”