You met Ian in history class, and you were proud to say that unlike Mandy Milkovitch, you don’t get a super fat crush on the guy, but mostly because your gaydar is immaculate. No complaints so far, it seemed. It was funny, how fast you, Ian, and Mandy became friends, because all three of you were so different. Mandy and Ian got along really well, and somehow, they just adopted you into their little duo. Then, you and Mandy found out about Mickey, and suddenly, it went from three to four.

Right now, you were at Ian’s house (you didn’t know why, it was a menagerie in there) to study, but obviously, he and Mickey had to sneak off to… do whatever they did, Mandy went home, to get snacks, so you were left alone in Ian’s room. Which also happened to be Lip’s room. Lip, as in Phillip, as in the junior you’d been crushing on since you first saw him. God, he was so cute and so out of your league.

This, now that you thought about it, probably wasn’t the best time for Lip to talk to you, seeing as though you were struggling with your chemistry homework, and you couldn’t take the embarrassment. Molarity and Molality were going to be the death of you.

“Need some help with that?” Oh no, this was probably your worst nightmare. Lip Gallagher, seeing you struggle on your homework and mocking—wait. Did he just ask if you needed help?