+ a fall in the hall;; {{nick

[Layne Abeley]

l a y n e .

Layne turned a corner, her new shoes squeaking on the linoneum and began to head down one of the hallways. It was only a short time before her next class began, and this was the quickest way there.

There weren't many people around in this hallway, only a few getting things out of their lockers before the bell would ring.

[nick jones]

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Nick's next class was about to begin, and he was desperately searching his locker for that lost book. This always happened at least once a day. He'd find himself just before the bell, chucking things around in his locker because he couldn't find the book for his next class.

He dropped his hands, his fingers clattering against the sides of his locker as he gave up. It wasn't in there. He'd checked a million times.

He groaned. "Screw this thing."

Nick drew back his foot, about to kick the locker with all his might.

[Layne Abeley]

l a y n e .

Layne wasn't exactly watching where she was going, she was just in a big hurry. As she passed a curly-haired boy, her foot suddenly caught on something. Suddenly, Layne was falling forward, fast.

She hit the ground face-first with an 'oof!' her brain rattling around in her head for a few seconds. Layne began to get up, rubbing her forehead as she did so.

[nick jones]

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As Nick felt something pull on his foot, he whipped around, just in time to see a girl fall flat on her face. He winced slightly as she made impact. She began to get to her feet, and he leant down.

Nick extended a hand out to the girl, waving it in front of her face. He smirked slightly. "Now, I know you really want to fly and all, but uh, do you really think that's working out for you?"

[Layne Abeley]

l a y n e .

Layne glanced at the hand in front of her face, gratefully taking it and almost stumbling forward as whoever it belonged to heaved her to her feet.

She twirled around so she was face-to-face with this boy. "Look, I don't know what sort of weird joke that was, but you tripped me."

[nick jones]

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Nick drew his face back from hers, just so he could think properly. The only girl his face was ever that close to was Beth's--with good reason.

"Look, sweetheart, you fell, I'm sorry, don't sue me or anything." Nick held up his hands in defense as the fiery girl snapped at him.

[Layne Abeley]

l a y n e .

Layne bowed her head for a moment, letting the moment catch up with her. When she lifted her gaze again, she almost blown over in amazement.

The boy in front of her was something a little short of a god. Well in her opinion that is. She didn't have this reaction to many people, and she definitely wasn't used to it. The way her heart suddenly picked up speed when he tossed his head slightly to get his curls out of his stunning eyes.

"Uh..." Layne lost her words, suddenly struck-dumb.

[nick jones]

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"I think you damaged some brain cells in your fall, you may need CPR." Nick joked, smirking at the girl.

She opened her mouth to speak, but the bell caught her words before they could leave her mouth.

Nick's hand dove into his pocket, fishing out his friend's phone--which was taken as a joke in first period; Nick just had hadn't gotten around to returning it. He lifted it up and snapped a picture of the girl.

"We'll finish this another time, Superman." he laughed. He lifted his eyebrows playfully as he turned and began to head down the hall. But before he was engulfed by the hoard of students, Nick bowed, pretending to lift a top hat off his head. "Hats off to you, girlie, I give you 10.0 for the fall, by the way."

[Layne Abeley]

l a y n e .

Layne scowled as the boy mocked her one last time, disappearing into the crowd of students, rushing to their next classes. He may have been one of the most attractive guys she'd seen around, but he was sure one annoying person.

"Oh right!" Layne slapped her forehead, hurrying off in the opposite direction to her next class.