2008, Hawthorne - California.

Ace was always seen as the weird kid.. because he was. You though. He’d always say whatever came to mine no matter how crazy it was, he couldn’t really control his emotions well and he would just glare at people, you also heard a few of his conversations with his few friends and some of them were.. weird, to say the least. You were assigned as his partner for a science project and at first he was quite annoying, just drawing and writing lyrics.. not helping one single bit. You sat with him at lunch to try and make him help you, but you both got distracted. He had a way with words which made you just listen and he completely swerved the topic away from Science and school. Despite you being popular and him being the weird kid, you two seemed to get along already. Something was different, you both felt really comfortable and actually started having a deep ass conversation. He told you everything, almost everything, and you told him everything, but again.. like him, you did leave a few things out, so it was again almost everything. You didn’t care if people saw you smiling while talking to him or acting like you’d been his bestfriend for years, he was the only one in this damn school who actually understands you, relates to you AND listens while adding his own input or advice. You both were laughing over some dark humour, when he waved a hand infront of you both to shut you up, then spoke up and looked in your eyes. He was being genuine. It was nice. Y’know, i’m lowkey glad someone here understands me and don’t just see me as some weirdo, even if this morning i saw you as just another popular kid, i know you’re like me but hide it better.