TRAFFIC? ((OPEN))

[Charlotte Styles]

Time almost went still as she entered the hall. She saw the peering eyes, the changed expressions and the moving feet. It only meant one thing; power. Charlie had it, other's wanted it. Some would even sink their fucking teeth into her just to get a taste of what it was like, to be powerful. To be feared. To be - her. Heals clashed on the floor as foot after foot, the brunette came down the hall. The sophmore's moved first, knowing what was happening. Then the freshmen were dragged out of the way. Seniors just made their way passed because she knows them, they wouldn't say anything anyways. If they did, she would teleport their balls to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

A student stepped in front of her. In a swirl of crimson and purple, she blured through the kid and appeared on the other side. She moved the hair out of her face as she made her way across. Charlotte Styles for English. Fucking yahtzee for that! If she could go a day without engaging in stupid fucking spelling lists 101 she would be happy. But everyday. English is good though, you learn some stuff and finals are a piece of cake. But it was so fucking boring. It had to be done, so sighing she turned off the corner towards the English rooms. That was until someone bumped into her.

Her pradda fell to the floor. Her phone fell out and slid to a halt. Her makeup scattered out along with her purse. At first she was shocked, looking down at her dropped property. But then as she looked forwards, it morphed into anger. Pure fucking rage that you saw on the horror films. "What the hell!". She said as she bent down to pick her stuff up. But then she saw who it was.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani's head popped up as the bell rang. He rolled his head around to get the stiffness out of his neck as he rose from his desk. He scooped up his papers and dropped them into his bag and started trailing out when the teacher called him back. He winced and waved his friend ahead of him. He turned back to the teacher and he handed Lani a test with a rather high grade on it. He took it and looked through it and raised an questioning brow at the teacher. "Have you been cheating?" The teacher asked causing Lani to sputter and protest. Apparently he wasn't getting anywhere, the teacher was going to take it to the head of the department. Lani shrugged, he really couldn't blame him. He never came to class and when he did slept through most of it so no wonder he thought he was cheating. God forbid someone be actually able to learn from a textbook.

He hurried down the hall intent on attending all of his classes today. He wasn't sure how that was gonna work out. He was going to English next with most of the other seniors. He dug in his pocket as his phone vibrated. While his eyes were focused downward and sideswiped someone. He blinked in shock and looked over at the girl he ran into. He wasn't in class very much but he was enough to realize that of all the people he would have wanted to bump into she would have been very low down on the list. He didn't know her name but she was in his English class. She had quite the reputation but poor Lani hadn't been here long enough to learn to take that seriously.

"Sorry!" He exclaimed dropping to his knees next to her to help her gather her things. He glanced up and rescued her phone from certain death by foot. He called it to his hand and held it out to her. He smiled at her hoping to sooth her obviously steaming mood. "I'm really sorry, are you okay?" He stood and offered his hand to help her to her feet.

[Charlotte Styles]

She was about to off her rocket when she saw who it was. Oh, it was Lani. Senior sexy stud of Hammel bowing down in front of her to help her. He can crash into her anyday, because she would hit him like a fucking truck. Her expression changed as she smiled at him. He felt so sorry which was fucking cute, she had to admit. Looking down at him, she then went to pick up her stuff also. The kid hadn't been at Hammel long, but she had definitely seen him in a 'I want to sit on your face' kind of way. Her girls thought so too, but they didn't know much about him. Maybe she could take an in depth look into Lani Hunter to establish dtf material or the geek she should stay away from.

"Oh, don't worry about it. I'm just such a clutts sometimes". She really isn't, but she was weaving her way in. He passed her her phone and she checked it. It was fine anyways, and thne she picked up the rest of her bag. They had English next, and she knew that he was in her class. He helped her up and asked if she okay. Sensitive guy; so hot. "I'm fine don't worry. A girl like me lands on her feet". She said in her most flirtatious voice and gave him a smile and moved the hair out of her face. "And don't worry, you can bump into me any day". She said, turning from him to walk towards English. Playing with guys, let's just call it a god given gift.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani couldn't say he wasn't bracing himself for a tongue lashing. From what his friends had told him about her. They had of course told Lani all about how incredibly hot she was. Lani couldn't dispute that. He tended to ignore the drama of the dating world though and really had no interest in who was sneaking around with who. Name, name, name, what was her name?! He wracked his brain searching and coming up empty. It started with a C. Cassidy? No, no, that was his 'little sister'. Charlie? Christina? Charlotte? He decided to keep his mouth shut and perhaps when the teacher called roll he would figure it out. His green eyes rested on her and he bit his tongue to keep it from waggling out stupid words in the presence of such a beautiful woman.

He gave her a knowing smile and shook his head a little. Whoever had informed him that she was dangerous didn't know what they were talking about. Not a harsh word came out of her mouth, she actually seemed rather sweet. Guess that goes to show you not to take others opinions of people until you get to know them. He raised a brow. "So, I bump into you and you're the clumsy one?" He teased with a grin. He was glad she was aright. He couldn't speak for her bag of course. Her next line left him tongue tied and blushing. He watched her go for a moment the shifted his bag on his shoulder and his brain turned back on. We have English together, his mind told him and he paced toward her and fell in step next to her.

"You're in my English class, right," Lani said as more of a statement than a question. He was not going to lose his opportunity to talk to the most beautiful girl at Hammel. Lani cursed his general shyness when it came to women his age.

[Charlotte Styles]

Always leave them wanting more. Old saying, but true. But that is a bad habit of Charlie's. Over the last year at Hammel, she has been playing life bad. She knows this. Playing with guys, random hook ups and never committing. It sounds like lovey dovey bullshit but she should settle. One part of her mind tells her too, just to find a guy and see what happens. Another part tells her she is too young and free for commitment. What the fuck, why did things have to be so hard? And Lani is a nice guy. Good body, nice smile and fun personality and she just walked away from him. Maybe she is just a bitch.

But he wasn't giving up that easily. He caught up to her, asking if she was in his English class. "Um, yeah. Pretty sure". She smiled at him. This was different. She was usually more hands on let's go to a janitor's closet kind of flirt. But she was prepared to talk to this guy. It was last period of the day, and she had a question on her mind. But was she feeling - shy? Oh hell no. "I suppose you wouldn't mind walking with me then?". He hand brushed his arm on the sly. Bulging arms, good asset right there.

Okay, back to the question at hand. She had to make it sound not shy but confident. Guys like confidence, if not her past flames must have been mental. "So Lani, it's like last period. I wouldn't suppose you wouldn't mind hanging out after class?". It was done. If he said no, she didn't think she would be angry because she could already tell he would be the kind of guy that might be busy today, but isn't trying to give you the brush off.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani was still a little blown away. He had never been serious with anyone. Mostly it had been flings with girls who were more shallow than a puddle. Besides he never had the time. But he had had a steady 'job' he was trapped here. So what was holding him back? Perhaps the fact that he wanted to high tail it out of here as soon as humanly possible. Well it was too late not to get close to anyone. He hoped he didn't come off like a loser to her. He was in serious danger of becoming tongue tied and just blurting out something that popped into his head. He didn't know what to say, he wasn't used to this. It was strange when he had run with Adrianna she had been very easy to talk to. She wasn't, it was different but there was certainly a thrill to it.

Lani nodded and smiled a little relieved he wasn't crazy. "Yeah," he replied in a failed way of sounding cool. "Thank god it's last period." He added lamely. A chill ran through him when she brushed his arm. He debated asking her if she had plans later. He was woefully free. He had to go out and get some work down tonight but that wouldn't be until after curfew fell. Lani wondered if a girl like her had a boyfriend. She wasn't anything like he had expected. Here he had been terrified and now he was walking with her to class and it was pleasant.

As they went down the hall sauntering along at a pace that was much slower than Lani usually went flying down these halls. It was kind of nice to go leisurely. He tried to make his eyes wander and look at the fliers on the wall but his eyes kept drifting back to the brunette next to him. Lani blinked in shock at her question a little shocked by the forwardness. She was certainly confident, and had reason to be. "Sure," he smiled, or did he have a training session? Oh well he never went anyways. "I don't have anything going on." He dodged a fellow student and put his hand on her elbow reflexively to keep his balance. Her smooth skin slipped from his fingers as he released her a little embarrassed. "You'd think some people in the hallway were invisible," he commented with a shake of his head. He found their door and reached out to open it for her.

[Charlotte Styles]

She got the yes. She loves getting the yes because she always gets the yes. Telling a freshmen to get the fuck out of the way, they do. Tell a guy to do her harder, they do. Tell a teacher you will have homework in next week and they believe you. Call her the master manipulator. But apart from that, she had got a 'kind of date' with Lani Hunter. She had to admit she was pretty happy about that. Maybe going back to hers and - chilling? Screwing, chilling; same difference.

"Good". They kept walking but then Lani had to dodge a student. He held onto her arm so he didn't fall. She was pissed. Looking back, it was a little snot noses junior laughing about nearly knocking Lani over. When he saw her giving him a dirty, there expression changed. They walked away quickly as Charlie looked back to Lani. "I know, it's friggin rude". Charlie calmed and smiled when he opened the door for her. So cute. So hot.

Walking in, people kind of looked away from her. There were two seats in the middle of the class. Maybe they could sit together. Maybe that was a bit too close and cute for her. But she kind of liked it. It seems that the ice queen is melting a bit. Don't worry, it will freeze back over soon. She walked to a seat, giving a glare to a student about to sit in it and then looked to Lani.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani smiled down at her hoping he didn't come off like a complete fish out of water. He realized absently that he might be asking for trouble in agreeing to hang out with her. It was kind of a date, but that could be it, or there could be more. He was trying his best to reserve judgement. "Awesome," he smiled, "I wonder if they'll let us leave campus?" Lani wasn't really too upset about being almost run over. He didn't let little things like that bother him. He was arrogant and prideful and when goaded into it he would fight, sure he sometimes let his hot head get the better of him and he started it. The only thing that always got his blood boiling was when people picked on others. Especially his sister. He would tear them apart.

He looked over at her and followed her gaze to the snickering junior. He smiled in good humor and caught his foot for a brief second making it seem like he tripped over his own foot. The boy probably wouldn't even know the difference. He nodded at her, "It's really a shame. You'd think he'd know better by now." He shook his head and tisked. He followed her inside the class. Their little collision had made them one of the last people to enter. He looked around, he didn't know a whole lot of people in this class. He knew faces but had never had a conversation with any of them. At least beyond the, 'crap I didn't know we had homework can I see yours?'

He followed her and took the seat next to her. He didn't see anything else open. He dug in his bag for his book and set his binder on the desk. He looked over at her. "Did we have homework?" He asked. He pulled out a stack of papers that had been due since the last time he was here and he just wanted to make sure he didn't miss anything. The teacher started calling roll and Lani smiled inwardly. Charlotte Styles! He now had a name. When his name was called he piped in a quick ,"Here." Before he moved on. The teacher looked up in surprised and Lani waved. "Nice of your to join us, Hunter," the teacher said his voice full of annoyance. With a grin Lani turned to Charlotte. "It hasn't been that long." He commented slyly.