The day had gone well up to a point, Terra had to admit. No bad news or outbursts in his social life, his teachers didnât seem too eager to start combating senioritis with mountains of work just yet, and heâd gotten the good lunch period neither too early nor too late in the day. So in the lull between classes, his one frustration had to be the locker combination that he kept getting wrong.
Just as he succeeded and tugged it open, a hand slammed it shut and Terra stared at it with mounting rage and horror.
Then he turned to see that the hand belonged to someone with bony shoulders, loose clothes, tilted hips, and immaculately made up eyes. âHey, tiger,â she breathed in a low, sultry voice, her small but shapely bosom heaving.
Terra opened his mouth and she put a finger to his lips with a delicate, almost sobbing âshh.â âDonât speak.â
His eyes flickered up as someone behind her glared his way and stalked down the hall away from them, and then sighed, pulling her hand away from his mouth. âMeg.â
She smirked at him cattily.  âIs he gone? Can I turn around?â
Meg stole a look over her shoulder while Terra sagged against the lockers and massaged his temples. âWas that really necessary? I have a reputation too, you know,â he said as he turned back to wrestling with the combination.
âYou mean as the Hulk?â She crossed her arms and leaned up against the locker next to him. âOr am I not supposed to know your secret identity~?â
âI mean,â he said, wrenching it open finallyâ âwhatâre you going to do when I have a girlfriend?â
She didnât reply to that. Terra finally gave in to his curiosity and looked around the door and found her biting her fingernail, lips twitching against a faint âkkkkhhhh.â And just like that she was doubled over laughing and Terra was flushing in spite of himself. âHey, it could happen!â he said sullenly, trying to concentrate on his books. âBesides, if you keep breaking all these hearts, someoneâs going to break yours back.â
âThen I better work hard to earn it, hadnât I?â
He shut the locker for good and found her giving him that pleading, vulnerable look that he could never resist. âMaybe,â she murmured, âitâll be you.â
Terraâs mouth opened and no sound came out.
Meg patted his cheek. âYouâre just too good to me. Thanks for understanding, slick. Bye bye nowâŚâ
He watched her go without realizing he was, briefly hypnotized by the damningly smooth way she moved her hips, and then shook his head to clear it. That would be the day. Trying to push the entire possibility from his mind, he turned his attention back to his books and realized heâd grabbed all of his supplies for tomorrowâs schedule and not todayâs.
With a frustrated noise, Terra slammed the metal and rested his forehead against his fist.