The first weeks went by faster than I imagined. Soon enough, our lunch dates became regular, including Kyle, of course, and we slowly started talking more freely.
It also helped that everything my mom agreed with the principal was arranged properly, so Chris and I were together in about half of our classes. In one of them, we were set as lab partners for the whole year and, on another, we were already paired for an upcoming project. Moreover, in one of the classes, we both coincided with Kyle, who always ensured the fun.
It was much less suspicious to talk to each other after these pairings and our initial ruse. Basically, we now could speak normally and be together whenever we wanted to, but still trying to hide a bit the familiarity we had developed from being with each other all day and living in the same house because that could easily be a bit suspicious.
