[[Gahhh. Ty's sorry for epic procrastinating/failing. x .x]]

I spent the rest of the day trying to figure out why I couldn't help but think of Dawn every moment, want to draw her every time I picked up a pencil, why I couldn't shake her from my thoughts... It obviously wasn't normal, after all. I'd probably freaked her out and made her think I was weirder than she already did, if nothing else. But I couldn't help it.

Did normal friends do things like this? I had some time ago begun to consider Dawn as a friend rather than just a person who took an interest, but my behaviour startled me. This was not an ordinary friendship. It was something... More.

The bell signalling the end of my class brought me back to the present, and I tried to force the ideas creeping into my mind from my head. We were friends, nothing more. Maybe not even that anymore. We could never be anything more than just that; she would never like me in that way, so why bother thinking about it? No one would ever like me like that.

I sighed, putting my books away and slinging my bag over my shoulder, heading to my locker. I saw Dawn at hers, and gave a small wave and a ghost of a smile, before continuing onwards to my own locker.

[[Noooo. Ty's just procrastinating. 8D;]]

 I saw Dawn approaching next to me, and turned to look at her with a smile. People were looking at us, but I'd learned that ignoring her didn't do anythign, and she was very persistent. I was surprised she was even speaking to me after how weird I'd acted, but I went along with it.
''Not really.''
I replied, shrugging. I was never in a hurry to get home, so I tended to walk slowly, or take the long way back.
''I just have some homework to do, but that can wait if it needs to. Why?''
I opened my locker, glancing back to her as I put my books back. Why was she so curious?

[[/izafailure/]]

[[Ty shall go bump them up to appease yer worries. c:

EDIT- YOU LITTLE NINJA YA. O 3O]]

I was a bit surprised at the offer of going over to her house, but didn't know how to reply. He minded any contact I had with other people; he seemed to like it better when I spoke to no one. I didn't know why, but that was how it was.

But still, I couldn't exactly just turn down her offer. It would be plain rude. Besides, what he didn't know couldn't hurt him. After a few moments of thinking, I decided to agree.
''Nah. Are you sure your parents won't mind, though?''

[[NINJAAAAAA~
Hokai. c:]]

I smiled as I closed my locker, glad to be known as her 'friend'. Her parents seemed very different from my dad, anyway. Then again, I'd always known my dad didn't act like a normal father did.
''Alright then, let's go.''
I nodded my head in the direction of the doors at the other end of the hallway, and started walking.

[[ROFLMAO. Yes. XD And he denied where he got it completely, and avoided answering her question. |D]]

I quickened my pace to match hers, smiling in surprise. I hadn't expected her dad to be the one to make dinner at her house. I guessed I was just too used to doing things myself, her having a father that helped around the place was a surprise.
I wasn't sure I'd be particularly welcome to stay and eat, but I nodded my head anyway. My smile was wiped clean off my face when she commented on my black eye again. I thought we'd dropped that subject.
''Ah... N-no. I just...'' He paused, trying to think of a suitable excuse.
''Walked into a post. I wasn't looking where I was going.''
It was a lame excuse and he knew it, but it was the best he could come up with. He had never been much good at lying, really.

I rolled my eyes, not believing a word that came from his lips.

"Uh, no. I'm not that easy to fool, Sanctus."

I said with a smile in his direction. Okay, so it was possible that it wasn't truly his dad's fault. But walking into a post? Not that easy.

"And, I always find things out."

Like at lunch.

I shook the thought from my mind and added,

"So you my as well just tell me..."

I loved messing with him. Trying to get information out of him that he hated being known.

[[Ahh. You're good at remembering. xD ]]

[[Lol. Thankyou. xD]]

I sighed, really not wanting to tell her anything. She had a point when she said she wasn't easy to fool, and that she always found things out.
It didn't mean I had to tell her, though. At least, not yet.
''Tell you what? Like I said, I walked into a lampost.''
I shrugged, trying to brush it off.
She really was a stubborn girl, more stubborn than anyone I'd ever met. Or maybe it was just because I didn't know anyone else very well. Still, she had to be more persistent than normal.
''There's nothing to tell.''
I added, hoping to convince her.
''I'm not trying to fool you.''