Out of the corner of her eye, Paige watched the others interact. They looked like they were having fun together. For a second, she felt a pang of longing for it, but then her mind reminded her of the pointlessness of such 'fun'. As the lunch continued, she caught happiness and romantic feelings rolling off the younger girl--Amanda, she heard the others call her. Paige hid a smirk behind her hand. Didn't she know how all these young romances ended? Pointless, so utterly pointless. That girl would cry a lot. Fairytale romance did not exist.

After saying good bye to Kokuro, she let the other girl know she wouldn't be back until dinner time. It was a cursory bit of information really. Living together, they knew each others schedules to some degree, but it felt right to inform her roommate that she planned to stay out later than usual today in case she wanted some alone time. The others were already dispersing at this point and Paige glanced at them, dipping her head in farewell rather than words.

She would have to hurry and grabbed her bag to take off across campus, her dark tight jeans and top making her hot by the time she reached the building in the center of the school where most classroom types were held like math and history, anything that didn't take a lab, studio, or big lecture hall. The taller science building stood next door, its backside shaded with tall trees. Paige's Calculus II class started at two o'clock and she took her seat in the front left corner where she could take notes without being directly in the teacher's line of sight.