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SUCKED INTO PURGATORY

"HEY, WAIT UP," GRAHAM CALLED as Nova left the classroom and headed towards the canteen where Adelaide and the rest of the girls would be.

Nova ignored him, but deliberately picked up her pace.

She was a sportsperson goddammit! She could be quick on her feet.

"Boo!"

Nova yelped, loosing her hold on her bag and it slipped down her shoulders, falling to a heap on the ground.

Graham had his hands on his knees, head bent down while laughing hard. Moments later, he tilted his head to the side, looking upwards and when he saw the scowl on Nova's face, he laughed even harder.

"What is wrong with you?" Nova asked, stressing on the word 'wrong' as if she was genuinely curious of the boy's mental state.

"You're the one who hasn't even heard of Supernatural," he scoffed. "Whats wrong with you?"

He straightened up, his fingers wrapping around her bag's strap in the process so that he lifted it from the ground as he stood to his full height. And boy, was he tall. Nova didn't envy him though; she was pretty damn tall herself.

"Sorry about the bag," he held it out for her and she reached for it gingerly, expecting him to let it drop to the ground. He didn't though, and she slung it over her shoulder with the kind of grace a ballet dancer would envy.

"Mm hmm," was all she gave him before continuing her way to the canteen.

"Wait!" He called again, quickly falling into step beside her.

"What?" She groaned.

"Something tells me the conversation would have taken a very different turn if I hadn't made the lovey-dovey comment," he said. "So what were you intending to ask me once I'd confirmed I was indeed Graham Miller?"

Nova's eyes scanned the area in front of her, trying to spot Adelaide amongst the crowd swarming into the cafeteria.

"Oh come on, I apologised for dropping your bag," Graham nudged her shoulder with his in a playful manner.

Nova didn't comment on how odd this should be; in fact, she didn't find it odd at all. She belonged to the popular crowd and so did he. While it did limit her pool of options to befriend people from, she knew it was only a matter of time before Graham and her interacted.

Plus it wasn't her fault the others shied away from her just because they thought her popularity made her intimidating. Which was a shame, really. She would have liked to interact with as many people as possible.

Maybe that was why she gave in and responded to Graham.

"I was going to mention how the football team suffered without their precious running back."

All teasing left his face and the smirk softened into a smile. "Mm, yeah. They never really found a good enough sub for me."

"So why did you go AWOL for the latter half of junior year?" Nova narrowed her eyes at him. It was only one and a half weeks since senior year had commenced and when he hadn't showed then too, everyone though he wasn't coming back.

As soon as his mouth twisted into a shit-eating grin, Nova knew the momentary display of seriousness was gone.

"Got sucked into Purgatory!" He threw over his shoulder as he strode confidently into the cafeteria and towards the table where the rest of his team were.

Nova watched as one of the guys spotted him and literally jumped over the table to engulf Graham into a bone-crushing hug.

Got sucked into Purgatory... His words resonated in her mind. Was that a Supernatural reference too?

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Graham and his spn references, oh boy... xD
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