Level up?

"Don't you want to walk ahead?" he prompted her hoping she'd take the bait and move faster.

Trying her best to hide her startled expression, Jessica mustered all the courage and acting skill she could, "Uhh, no, umm its okay. I want to walk with you. We haven't talked in a while, neighbour."

"Right. Talk. Yes, lets uhh talk about I mean umm we should about stuff and things," replied Dustin having little experience actually talking with a beautiful women, "that uhh women like to umm talk about."

"...wtf?" thought Jessica hearing one of the most bizzare word salads she'd ever heard, "Okay...?"

Curious, about the rare opportunity to get insight into the beautiful cheerleader's life, as this was probably the first time they've exchanged more than a sentence together, "Uhh, so like you umm dating anyone?" he inquired, as he continued to slam the wait for me button and the same context error coming up.

Watching him fiddle with his phone, slanting it away from her view, pressing the screen again and again raised Jessica's suspicions, "Sort of?" she responded as she thought about Brad "Thundercock" Meyers, the football player she'd invited to her party this weekend. They'd gone on a few dates but weren't really serious or exclusive yet. She was excited to see if he lived up to his nickname though. Brad had a bit of a reputation for sleeping around -- or at least -- allegedly sleeping around. She wasn't sure if those rumors were true or not entirely.

"Ohh...That's cool. Uhh good for you..." said Dustin a bit disillusioned, before recovering "I'm not yet but I have a feeling my cards are about to change," he said with a smile, as he thought about what leveling up might bring. The no context message just kept spamming everytime he hit his command, now well off cooldown and they were almost at the bus stop where several kids were in view. Literally, she was about to board the bus and sneak out of his grasp. He tried spamming don't sit with me, again no context.

"I uhh heard you're having a party this Friday?" Dustin inquiring about the rumors of one of the biggest parties of the year. Lots of people were invited and talking about it. None of the commands he could see on the list seemed like they would work. The app kept confirming as he started pressing ones at random. Before coming to a dead stop, thinking he could always stop to let Jessica get ahead then use the Wait for me! command but Jessica stopped alongside him, almost instantly.

"Fuck" thought Dustin and Jessica equally frustrated. They rapidly approached the bus stop where a group of mostly fellow senior classmates had already arrived and were waiting. Bus should be there any moment.

How am I going to use the command?!
UGH, they are going to think I'm with him!!

"Yes, just a small gathering of some of the girls from the team," she replied distantly doing her best not to invite the social outcast and perverted leerer.

Before they continued forward together, awkwardly, clear from their expression both of them was frustrated before Dustin had an idea. Stopping suddenly again only to see Jessica follow suite.

Fuck. I can't do that again. It'll be too suspicious.
Why the fuck is he stopping? That's suspicious.

Jessica eyed the way Dustin was tapping his phone non-stop and slanting it away. Before he suddenly, kneeled to the ground, saying "I see. Well, I need to double check my laces are tied tight enough. Wait for me!" putting his phone on the ground to grab his laces with both hands.

Startled, she saw her name on his phone, and some numbers? Huh? IP: 5. Max Tier: 2. Player XP (20/50) Level 2. and a bunch of commands? One was highlighted in orange while the rest were yellow, stating "Wait for me!" and an overlay popup message 'Congratulations! You have leveled up for the first time. Target, global and self perk trees unlocked. 1 Bonus level point applied for first level up.' Watching dustin use a finger to hit okay, another popup occurred on the screen. 'Congratulations! You've reached 5 Influence Points (IP)s. Tier 2 verbal commands unlocked. Tier 1 commands will only reward half IP.'

Startled, she thought "Oh my god! Is he controlling me?! WITH THIS?!" and did the only thing that came to mind. She realized she might be stuck waiting for him to "tighten his laces" but it just meant she couldn't get away. Using all her willpower she could manage, she kicked his phone, with as much **** as she could muster, to send it as far as possible away from him.

"Noooo," cried out Dustin Kingsley as he stood up from playing with his laces, dashing towards his phone; just as Jessica did, no longer bound to wait, as the phone hurled in the direction of the bus stop, fueled by Jessica's athleticism and adrenaline combined.