I wolf-whistled as she strutted the last few steps to my car.

"Did the Kardashian's have a yard sale?" I remarked sarcastically.

Straightening her skirt, she smiled shyly before explaining "So I had planned to wear jeans and a t-shirt, but I suddenly had a change of heart. I opted for a cute, patterned skirt and an off-the-shoulder top."

The two of us climbed into my small green car before doing up our seatbelts.

I laughed before teasing “Does this change of heart have to do with a certain new student?"

"No." She prolonged the word, her voice not nearly convincing enough to fool me.

"That was a rhetorical question." I smirked while I started up the car "Of course I know you are dressed like something out of Zoolander to impress Brennan."

She rolled her eyes as she threw her bag on the floor and then motioned down to my clothes before voicing “It looks like you have decided to change things up."

I pulled the car out onto the road, and I pressed down on the pedal while I stole glanced at the nervous blonde girl next to me.

Lana then blurted out "He has not texted me today."

"It’s half eight in the morning." I pointed to the radio before teasing "Give the guy a chance."

Her eyes widened while she let out a sigh "I was going to show him around school."

"Who cares if he texts anyway?"

"I do, Ella." She whined.

"There is plenty more candy apples in the stall." I joked before explaining "That’s my version of plenty more fish in the sea. If you did not click on."

"I got it." She replied before peering out the window at the passing city.

"The first guy that you are interested in is not going to be yours forever. Not all great couples end up together." I tried my best to deliver a pep-talk "Look at Spike and Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Even though they were both amazing characters and had great chemistry, they did not end up together. We can rant all we want on Tumblr but that is not going to change the fact that Spike is dead."

She looked to be digesting as she stared at me with a confused expression.

"I can kind of see what you are trying to hint at. In your weird Ella way." She said with a small laugh "You do not fall madly in love with the first guy you are attracted to."

"Exactly."

Lana shook her head with a hint of a smile "I don't understand why you pretend to be so cynical. You are secretly a bigger romantic than me."

"Who?" I rebutted, acting like I had no clue what she was talking about "Me?"

"Your whole speech to Brennan's friend about fairytale green proved that."

I grimaced at the memory while responding with a murmur "Well it’s fine because I don't plan on speaking to him ever again."

Her mouth opened like she was about to but then her phone buzzed. She picked up her phone and whatever was on it made her smile.