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Dark and watchful eyes followed the two underclassmen as the filling room left them no other option but Pierce's empty table. Pierce had a few friends, mostly within his own Junior classmen, but they all had different schedules. The only time Pierce usually saw any of them was on the soccer fields when a game was playing. So for the most part he was left alone. Was it Freshman year or Sophomore year when he took a bite out of one of the swim team's omnivores and gained his notoriety? He'd forgotten, but most of his classmates had not. Sure he'd gotten in a bit of trouble and his father nearly took a snap at Pierce himself after having had to pay for the other student's medical bills, but it was all water under the bridge now. Besides, it's not like it's his fault turtles taste amazing.

What did catch Pierce's attention was the name that one of the two called the other; Austin. Those eyes of his, predatory eyes, glancing towards the paper in his hand with a smirk before setting the love note face down next to his lunch tray. His eyes met Austin's for a moment before the younger boy looked away first. A terrible mistake; giving Pierce the upper hand so early in the big cat's game. Pierce's grin only seemed to spread as he watched the one who had his attention sit next to him though his body remained firmly in the other direction. It might have been off-putting if it had been anyone other than the jaguar.

"Hmm." Pierce made a noise to himself as he turned his gaze away from his guests and back towards the food in front of him. Stabbing at a particularly uncooked portion of his meat, Pierce popped into his mouth with a purr. "You two haven't seen the Junior class chairman, have you?" Pierce asked slowly, without really addressing who he was talking to. He didn't have to; they knew. He should know exactly who Pierce was talking about.

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It wasn't until he'd managed to get all the way to the vending machine when Leland realized that he had nothing smaller than a five dollar bill in his pocket. Cursing under his breath, he mentally berated himself for not looking out for quarters rather than jewelry. Ah...but it was pretty jewelry. Shockingly blue eyes looked around for any one he recognized with no such luck. He recognized Pierce McKinney, but the look in his eyes told Leland he was busy and definitely wouldn't appreciate his game being interrupted by 'Feathers looking for handouts'. God- even in his head Pierce sounded like a prick even when he was trying to be nice.

Leland was about to give up when he did recognize a face not too far away sitting on a bench. He'd never introduced himself before but at this point he'd dance at her wedding for a Red Bull. Stepping over to the two casually chatting on the bench not to far away Leland brought a hand up as he interrupted.

"Sorry, I don't mean to be rude or anything. I just... recognized you from some classes we have together." He reached his hand out towards the dark haired female he was addressing. "You're Octavia right? I'm Leland, also a Sophomore." He looked between the two as he introduced himself before coughing awkwardly and shuffling his feet. "This is awkward and weird but I was just wondering if you had any singles?" Leland held up the five he'd pulled from his pocket and pointed towards the vending machine. "I'll seriously give you this five for even just two ones."