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----Winter Formal-----
Daisy and Jemma are in the cafeteria during lunch period talking about what they are doing for the formal.
"Oh come on Jemma, he practically melts when you sneeze in his direction." Daisy whined trying to convince jemma to ask Fitz's to the winter formal.
"I don't know daisy, he's just so quiet and shy." They both looked down the long table seeing him play with metal pieces the teachers haven't caught him with yet. "He is cute though."
"Jemma he is shy because he likes you. Remember valentines day? Before you got to school he waited at your locker with a teddy bear and a rose, and he started getting really nervous and left JUST before you got there." Daisy popped a goldfish in her mouth raising both eyebrows.
Jemma looked back down the table and saw him fiddling with the calculator chips with his own tools. "I will under one condition." She looks back at daisy with a smile.
"Oh really? And what would that be jemma?" She could see those collage level two wheels turning in jemma's head. She was always bio-smart, but when it came to computers that's where daisy steps in.
"I want you to ask someone to formal of my choosing. And no changing men." Simmons stated with a wicked grin.
Daisy hated it. She was waiting for the new transfer student, Lincoln, to ask her but this morning she saw him ask this other 'miss too perfect mean girl', Raina, to go with him instead. And the lacrosse jock Ward always chased her around only wanting 'her'. She sharply exhaled. "Fine. I guess it wont hurt since I am out of ideas."
Jemma's bright smile jumped looking around. "I will keep an eye out and tell you tomorrow. I have to make sure its a good one." She winks making daisy snicker. The bell rang to return to their classes and so started daisy's long wait.
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The next day at lunch when they sat down jemma had a devious grin. "So, I think I have found the perfect person for you. I mean you two have so much in common, except the social part. But we can work on that. He's even a senior like us."
Daisy shakes her head laughing. "And who is this man that suits me sorta well?" She watches as jemma spins in the seat to point to the loner across the cafeteria making her heart drop. "Are you pointing to the bookworm close to the guy in a leather jacket?" She asked with a plead seeing if jemma made a mistake.
"Nope." She popped the p knowing daisy knew what she meant. "Come on daisy, in the four years we have gone here I have never seen him with someone. He's also in my second and third classes, and he is one of the few who are passing the AP courses."
Daisy whines looking back to him. He had his earbuds in and asleep on the table. "Jemma the pour thing is asleep. Besides I have never seen him." Jemma shakes her head drinking her coke.
"Daisy your locker is next to his. I do have to warn you though, he is as stubborn and protective as you." Daisy raised a brow to the last description.
"Come by me again?"
Jemma just nodded. "Some idiots were bullying an underclassmen at the lab while the teacher left tearing this kids art up calling it shit. And he just stood up and right hooked the guy in the face knocking him out cold and helped the kid up just to casually returned to his seat. When the teacher came back and asked why ward was on the floor holding his nose he admitted to doing it." Daisy was shocked how the lone man took down ward who was without a doubt an ass with one foul blow to the face.
"Damn it. Fine. We will ask our guys at the same time alright?" Jemma nodded with a successful smile. "Wait, whats his name again?"
"Robbie Reyes is what he goes by." Jemma and daisy stand and walk their own was to their targets.
Daisy edges closer with no fear, and stops when she across the table waiting for him to notice. Even from where she was standing she could hear the music playing and without a doubt it was 'Human', by Rag'n'Bone Man. She tapped his shoulder and finally he rose from his rest. His jet black hair matched his warm brown eyes. Freckles spotted his warm face, and she could see the bags under is eyes. His voice was rough as he palmed his eye. "Is it time for class?" He probably thought she was a teacher.
Daisy cleared her throat and smiled with pride. "Uh no, but I was wondering if you wanted to join me-"
And like that his expression fell without register as he went down to pick up his bag. "No."
Daisy stuttered as he rudely cut her off and so rudely saying no. "But you haven't even heard what I-"
And somehow like he knew he stopped her again. "You were going to ask me to formal, and the answer is no. So bye now." He gave her a mock salute as he got up slinging his bag on and left to roam the halls as he usually does before the bell.
Daisy stood there, jaw dropped in pure shock. This stranger had the audacity to so rudely turn her down and leave before she could ask why. But by his looks, maybe someone already asked. She returned to the table for the first time in failure of landing a guy.
Jemma bounces back with a smile and squealed. "Ah, hes so cute when he freaks out. He said yes." She said so happy but soon noticed daisy's rare look of confusion. "Oh was he too stubborn?"
"No, I mean yes. I don't know. He knew what I was going to ask, said no, and left." Jemma hummed as she tried to think.
"Well you could pull one of your signature moves and look for a reason why he wouldn't." She suggested but daisy got back up putting her bag on. "Where are you going we still have like twenty minutes?"
As she stood up she looked around. "You said it yourself, I'm going to find out why he turned all of this down." She sarcastically gestures to herself and waves jemma off.
She wondered down the halls searching for any sign of this robbie. As she passed by the band room there was a startling ruckus which was strange because the band class was on a field trip in Washington. They sounded like drums being played quite well and as she slipped in she saw robbie with his back turned to her. He connected his phone to the speakers and a song started playing. It took a moment for daisy to think of the title, 'Angels Fall' by Breaking Benjamin. Man did this guy have a taste for music, and not that bad either.
Daisy felt bad and backed out of the room. All he wanted was time to himself and she of all people could respect that coming from a foster family. She bumped into someone in the hallway as she left the room in a hurry. "Sorry, I-"
His evil smile wrenched its way to send an uncomfortable chill through her. "Hey there sky, I was wondering when I would see you again." He was with his usual two followers who tried to copy everything he did like a hive mind. "So how about that dance? And then afterwards we can go to my house." He tried acting cool but daisy hated his guts.
She mildly yelled at him. "Ward you are the last person in the universe I would ask. Now leave before I report sexual harassment to the principle." He just ignored her words smiling them off.
"I will admit, that's not the answer I was expecting." He grabs her tightly pulling her close. "How about you try again, and this time I expect a yes."
She struggled to get out of his arms. "Let me go! Ward i'm not joking let me go!" She was too busy focusing on pushing ward off she never noticed the drums had stopped. Then like her prayers were answered his voice commanded with a stern face as he came out of the band room.
"Hey. She said let her go, so I suggest you do that before you end up like two weeks ago." His posture was like a dog guarding its owner, very protective.
"What are you going to do reyes? Punch me again? Even if it was for a good cause, Principle Coulson said one more fight and you get kicked out." Ward smiled seeing robbie slowly back down and threw daisy aside. "But that doesn't apply to me."
He pushes robbie against the wall and punched him in the gut. He arched over gagging before ward hit him hard to the floor, and his friends joined in on kicking and punching him. "Yeah, think about this next time you try and play hero."
"Hey! Get off him!" Daisy threw her bag at ward distracting him as a teacher caught them and they ran off. She dropped to robbies side as he rolled onto his back groaning. "I'm sorry I dragged you into this." She tried helping him as she saw the gash over his eyebrow and nose followed with welts that will more than likely bruise.
He struggled getting up forcing her helping hand away. "I'm fine, I heal fast." The blood started to run from the cuts but he just picked up his bag and went to the bathroom.
All night she felt bad for the guy getting his ass kicked reminding her what jemma said about him. And the next day he wasn't at school along with the rest of the week. She did manage to find his spotify account and she was right about his taste in music, and sometimes you can tell a lot of a person by the music he listens to. Most were familiar and then there were his own recorded music.
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That next week she was too busy to go to lunch since she missed taking a test on Friday to tell Coulson about what went down and what ward did. When she finished (Which didn't take long) she left the library to wonder around and found him again outside resting on the stone wall.
She walked up feeling the unusual cool LA weather. "Hey, I never got the chance to thank you for stepping in like that. So. . . thanks." She watched his head roll and sharply sigh. She could see most of the bruising was gone and all that remained were scabbed over cuts.
"Why are you so persistent?" He sat up and spoke low. "And your welcome." He offered her a hand up since the wall was like six feet tall.
Daisy smiled taking it and he pulls her up with amazing ease. Its no wonder how he flattened ward. "I told coulson ward threw first, so your ass is covered." He lightly chuckled shaking his head leaning back against the building.
"So what bet did you make?"
He took her by surprise. "Excuse me?"
"No one approaches me unless they have been dared, or just really stupid." He relaxes enjoying the breeze.
"Well, there was this other guy who really liked my friend Jemma. You have her in a few of your classes. Anyway he asked me to see if she was interested in him so I got her to ask him to the formal. But she said if she did, then someone she picked. . . I had to ask out." She pulled out her sandwich from lunch and eats away.
He was still his normal quiet self. "So you asked me to the formal to help some kid who has a crush on your friend?" He asks sitting up with a brow raised.
"Its cute actually, he tried so hard to ask her himself and just ask her out. But he is too worried about what might happen and now." She shrugged and pulled out some trail mix she offers him. "But you did say no to me, so they might just go on a date." She teased trying to make him feel guilty, but he was stone.
He tossed a peanut in the air and caught it with his mouth. "Alright chica, i'll go with you on one condition. I think we need to find some common ground or it will be a weird and boring ass dance." He makes her laugh and agrees.
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As the week went on jemma and fitz joined them outside on the wall for lunch. They would spend their time talking and listening to music. Daisy had actually grown to like robbie even though sometimes he could be hard to talk to. And she even met his uncle Eli and brother Gabe.
And it was finally the night of the formal and daisy was panicking. Her stepmom had helped her get a nice black dress. And wove her hair along her head with pins that had silver daisy's.
Robbie showed up at the door in a nice tux and gave her a silver corsage rose. "You look really nice tonight. Ready to go?" Her stepmom came running from upstairs with her stepdad yelling for them to wait for pictures. When they finished that robbie drove her to the formal in his car. A beautiful black '69 Dodge Charger. The theme was ocean since they we next to the beach.
Simmons had chosen a maroon red dress to match Fitz and they really did match. It was the best time daisy has had in a while and who knew the best man would be the only one who didn't chase her when she batted her eyes or swayed them. Robbie didn't seem to be in his element and very uneasy around everyone, but damn does he know how to charm her. And unlike her previous dates he actually knew how to dance. Daisy might deny what jemma says about it being destiny that brought them together, but daisy never knew why no one stuck to him long enough to be his.
As the party came to an end most of the crowd had left including jemma, but robbie and daisy were stuck in each others hold swaying to the music. "I'm sorry." He said with a soft voice sounding censer.
"For what, you've done nothing wrong." Daisy looks up to him smiling.
"I'm sorry I ever said no." He kissed her on the cheek and smiled at her blushing.
They walked the beach afterwards just strolling still talking about each other giving the least thought to their cloths being ruined by sand and saltwater.
end. . . .