I know the whole "What if they went to school" AU/Headcannon is over-done, but I wanted to share my idea because I have nothing else to do so please don't hate me or something-

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-September 1st, 2018-

Lukas held his backpack tightly to his back, speed-walking through the loud school halls, avoiding eye contact with any other person.

It was the first day of his Junior year, and it wasn't going too well so far. He couldn't find Petra anywhere, which means he'd probably go the whole day without talking to anyone. He'd been pretty much avoiding everyone else. Aiden, Gill, Maya—He didn't want to start off his school year by them taunting him.

He'd been friends with them since freshman year. They had started out good, but as the time went on The Ocelots starting getting more popular, and so they were starting to get more arrogant and meaner. After Petra noticed The Ocelot's actions, she tried to pull Lukas away from them, not wanting her best friend of 11 years to turn like them.

Lukas understood, and tried to spend less time with The Ocelots and spend more like Petra. So, if there was any person he was going to talk first in the first day of school, it was going to be her.

As he waddled up to his locker, a very familiar voice called out to him, "Lukas!", Petra ran up to him. Before he could speak, she continued, "Dude, where have you been all day? I've been looking for you everywhere!", she snapped. Lukas titled his head, then laughed, "That's funny, I've been looking for you everywhere." There was a pause before both teenagers started laughing genuinely, the tension vanishing.

Lukas opened his locker. "I actually thought you weren't coming.", He admitted, laughing half-heartedly. "Dude, missing the first day of school is like missing an opportunity to sleep in class. Which, speaking of, my history teacher is actually nice and we got to relax.", Petra bragged. Lukas scoffed, "Lucky."

The bell rang, interrupting their conversation. "Gotta run, my next class is like at the other side of school.", Lukas told her, holding his backpack straps tightly before running off. Petra sighed, walking to her next class.

Lukas turned back and watched her go. There was no doubt that Lukas was head-over-heels for her. How could you not fall in love with a girl like Petra? Everything about her was perfect. Her burning red hair, her freckles, her eyes, her smile, and most importantly her personality.

Lukas had no doubt that they were meant to be, everyone said it, too. They described their relationship like 'puzzle pieces', they went together perfectly and created something beautiful.

Lukas was staring down at his shoes while thinking about this as his cheeks tinted a light crimson. Some kid shoves him out of the way since he was just standing in the middle of the hall, snapping him out of his love-struck trance.

He awkwardly started speed-walking to class, wanting the day to be over.

As he sat down, he recognized his other friends all sitting down in a group, talking and chatting. Lukas sighed, relieved that he knew some people in this class. When they noticed him standing at the door, they all waved at him happily. "Lukas, hey!", the tan-skinned girl shouted, drawing the attention of the other students.

Lukas chuckled awkwardly, then walked to take a seat with them.

As he sat down, the tan-skinned girl with that iconic red pin in her head started talking, "Where the hell have you been? We've been looking for you everywhere, we thought you weren't coming!", she snapped at him, crossing her arms.

Lukas scratched the back of his head and smiled apologetically, "Sorry, Jesse. I've been kinda avoiding everyone cause I was looking for Petra.", he told her. "Oh, that reminds me..", Olivia chimed in, smiling smugly as she untied her curly hair from a ponytail.

Lukas's brows furrowed as he went to take a sip from his water bottle, "..What?" "How are things with Petra, hmm?"

Lukas nearly choked on his water, but he was able to gulp it down, continued by a series of coughs, "Wh-What do you mean?", he pretended not to know, but from the tone of that 'hmm', he obviously knew what she meant.

"Oh don't act like a dumb-ass.", Alex said, giving him a ticked-off look. Jesse gave an exaggerated gasp, clenching her chest, startling the rest of the group, "Language!", she snapped, throwing her hands in the air. Alex blinked, laughing a bit, "You didn't have to make such a scene for that.", He laughed. Jesse firmly placed her hands on her hips, turning away with a sassy 'hmph!'

Lukas sighed, defeated. "No, I haven't told her yet.", He admitted, earning a bunch of disappointed groans from his friends. He quickly went on defensive, "It's not as easy at its seems!", He told them, clenching his fists. Olivia rested her pen in her chin, looking away in thought.

The others just stared at her, and she noticed. "..What?", The African-American asked. Alex gave her a look, "We know that look, you're planning something, tell us!", He said, bouncing in his seat like an excited puppy. Olivia laughed half-heartedly, being exposed. "Okay, yeah. I-I mean, I know it sounds silly, but...", She trailed off, looking away as she grinned like an idiot.

Jesse, Lukas, and Axel stared at her expectantly, then she spilled, "..I was just thinking of Lukas and Petra's ship name, you know?" The rest of the group looked at her like if she was speaking another language.

"..Sh-Ship name?", Lukas exclaimed, tilting his head like a confused puppy.

Now it was Olivia's turn to gasp, once again, startling her friends. "You don't know what shipping is!?", She snapped. They shook their heads. Olivia gave them a look like she had just been betrayed, "You're no longer my children.", She declared, getting up from her seat.

"No please don't leave us you're the mom of the group.", Jesse begged, tugging on Olivia's dress as she began to walk away. Olivia laughed, "I'm kidding."

"So, when are you telling her?", Jesse turned to Lukas, changing the subject. He blushed a light rose, fiddling with his thumbs, "Um...I'm not sure.", He admitted.

"Just do it when you feel the time is right.", Olivia said, patting Lukas's shoulder. He took a deep breath, relaxing himself.

"Yes, of course."

-May 6th, 2019-

-5:00 p.m.-
"No! No, no, no. Petra, that was--Hah!--That was Maria Reynolds, not John Laurens!", Lukas said, laughing at his best friend's answer. "I thought you said Laurens and Hamilton were super gay for each other, though?", Petra countered, smiling smugly.

"Okay--Yes! In the musical, sure, but the musical is still historically inaccurate in some parts.", Lukas shot back, wiping away some of his laughter tears.

Petra groaned, falling back into her bean-bag. Finals were coming up, and she was really bad at history, which meant she basically had no chance. Lukas nudged her, trying to comfort her.

"C'mon, you can do this, I know you can.", He told her, trying to get her spirits up. Petra scoffed at him, "It may be easy for you to say. You're only finding this test so easy because you're already obsessed with the musical!", She told him. Lukas chuckled, "True that."

Then Lukas had an idea. He ran downstairs, leaving Petra in his room. A few minutes later he ran back with his phone and his ear-buds, then Petra's eyes were struck with realization. "No! No way!", She hissed at him. Lukas gave her puppy eyes, "Come on! The soundtrack is awesome!" "Never!" "Please?" "No!" "Please?"

Petra growled, propping herself up with her elbows. She groaned, defeated, "I can't say no to those eyes.", She gave in.

Lukas then snickered, continued by some song lyrics, "Lord, show me how to say no to this~" "What?" "You'll get it later. Now, come on!", Lukas said, plopping down next to Petra and practically shoving one of the ear-buds into her ear, while he plugged in the ear-buds on his phone and plopped the other ear-bud in his ear.

Petra scoffed, "It probably won't even be that good."

-7:31 p.m.-

They had listened listening to the 2 hour soundtrack, and by this point Petra was sobbing on Lukas's shoulder, with Lukas laughing at how relatable Petra's reactions were.

"So, did you like it?", Lukas said through his laughter.

"Like it? LIKE IT!?", She snapped at him. "This is my addiction of the month!", She yelled, throwing her hands in the air.

Lukas laughed, petting her head. "I feel like a dog", she cooed.

There was a silence, it was a comfortable silence though.

"Hey, Lukas?"

"Mm?"

"...I'm glad to have you as my study buddy."

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