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"Sam wanted to come to school early for some music thing." Austin nodded as he placed items from his bag into the locker. As he shut the locker closed a group of girls came by waltzing down the hall. They checked the two A-Listers out as they giggled and whispered amongst themselves.

"Where's Jasmine?" Nathaniel finally asked when he realized that they were the only two A-Listers around. "Or Alaia?" He gave him a lopsided grin before adding "Aren't those two always hanging off you." Austin forced a chuckle out of himself as he resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "I'm not mad at you though. I mean I guess the star athlete should have the hottest cheerleaders in the school around him." Austin nodded, "Perks of living the single life." he tone of voice made it come off as a joke but there was a tinge of sarcasm behind it.

"In truth I honesty don't know where the hell Jasmine went off to. All I know is that she still hates you and wherever you are she's not." Austin said somewhat annoyed, although he wasn't sure who with. "And as far as Alaia goes she's with Uriah." Austin felt no need to hide the fact that Alaia still hung out with the guy Nathaniel blamed for their breakup. In fact, it actually made him feel a little happy when he brought up the guy's name around Nathaniel just because he knew how much he couldn't stand the guy. He noticed Nathaniel in the midst of texting someone and added,"They should be here soon."

Austin wasn't sure what else to say after that. Thing were still awkward with him and Nathaniel and without a middle man to make the conversation happen things just kind of hit a wall."I promised I'd walk Jas to her first period so ... I'll catch you later. I guess." His promise to Jasmine was a total lie but he needed an excuse to make an exit without looking like an ass and it was the first thing to pop into his mind. Leaving Nate by the lockers he walked down the hall in the direction he had last seen Jasmine go down. Taking out his phone he texted her asking her location so they could meet up.