Each day, they met between classes and ate lunch together. Luc stayed a friend, waiting for the right moment to ask for a date. It was so slow, his heart knew it. This wasn't right, if she were an overling, they would have kissed the moment they met. Still, Luc couldn't scare her. So far, things were moving in the right direction. Some of the others had asked about him, and he tried to give the same excuse he gave Melody.
It didn't work, until he started spewing out fascinating facts that bored them. Like how the sunshine barely had spots where it hit the ground and most of it was shady. How it was impossible to see the stars or anything close to the sun's shape in the sky through all the leaves. He talked about leaves, grass, bushes, and everything else that made them shake their head and try to get away.