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Will

We pull up to school, Jenna and I get out thanking Gage before heading into the building. Mason doesn't give me a second glance and I cringe disappointed. I shouldn't be, what did I think this was?

I shake my head and look around the hall cringing at the familiar smell of sweaty teenagers and old lunches. I make a face and head to my locker opening it and pausing when Jenna doesn't bother opening hers "spill now"

I cringe "just get your stuff I'll tell you somewhere else" she glares but reluctantly moves across the hall and opens her locker.

She closes it again quickly her binder in her hand and nods "lead the way mystery man" I roll my eyes but head to our usual spot on the bleachers by the football field. Usually pretty empty and we find it nice to be outside of the school when we don't have to be inside. I lean against the railing and Jenna stands facing me crossing her arms "okay out with it! Never, not once have you used me as a cover, and I've offered! so this must be big" I cringe because she's right. I don't like lying, I don't like using people.

I sigh "we'll um..." she gives me a look and I bite my lip "Gage had a party Saturday night" Jenna makes an annoyed face "which is different from any other Saturday because..?" I look around making sure to check that no one is under the bleachers before getting into it

"Mason came in my room drunk...absolutely wasted" her eyes widen "Mason like the boy you pine after" I cringe "yeah whatever" she chuckles "so you finally had sex with him!"

She's screeching and my eyes widen "Jenna! No!" She pauses "oh...why not? Everyone knows Mason gets with guys when he's hammered"

I cringe "he didn't..it wasn't like that he just fell asleep in my bed and when I told him to get out he told me to leave him alone and fell back asleep..." she makes a face "okay so he drunkenly fell asleep in your room, a real wet dream for you, but I don't see where I come into this" I roll my eyes "he came back last night"

she makes a face "he didn't seem hungover this morning" I shake my head "he wasn't drunk" she lifts a brow "what? Why..?" I throw my hands up "I don't know!"

I sigh "he said he needed place to crash" she twists her face "and I'm in this story because?" I groan "Gage knocked on my door when he heard us talking and I told him I was on the phone with you"

She chuckles "of course you let him stay" she winks and I cringe "no that's..I tried to get him to leave he wouldn't he said he didn't want to go to Felicia's..." I trail off and Jenna is looking at me deep in thought "he didn't try to kiss you? Or like make a move?" I shake my head "nope...what do you.." I stare at my feet mumbling "what do you think it means?" She shakes her head "hell if I know...maybe he really just needs a bed to crash in" I bite my lip disappointed with her answer "yeah maybe"

We go make our way inside, to get to class on time and for the first time ever I'm happy I don't share first period with Jenna.

I don't want to talk about Mason, I don't want to think about Mason, and I most certainly don't want to hear about Mason.

The universe however has other plans. The first thing I hear when I sit down is of course a recount of the sexcapades of Mason the Man Whore. Specifically from Felicia herself who I had previously forgotten was in this class. I attempt to tune her out as she describes the 15 minutes Mason spent with her.

I find myself of course tuning back in when she mentions this encounter happened in MY LAUNDRY ROOM on MY DRYER! I glare daggers at her disgusted. I had touched and used the dryer this weekend, I was definitely getting some Lysol wipes on the way home.

Unfortunately for me the discussion of Mason and how lucky Felicia was to be boned by him did not stop there, but instead continued when 2 desks over Kaylie Clarke decided she should too chip in her experience with Mason's "seriously impressive penis". I groan loudly, no one notices.

The only girl who seems uninterested in Mason; Daria Williams pipes up "aren't you worried about stds? Mason sleeps with everyone"

Felicia shrugs but Kaylie shakes her head "Masons tested all the time and he never forgets to wrap it, it's not even an option" I pause at least I don't have to worry about him leaving any diseases in my bed.

Although maybe I shouldn't worry at all considering he made it quite clear it wasn't a concern unless he fucked me, and he would in fact never fuck me.

Thankfully their conversation switches off of Mason directly and instead to condoms allowing me the chance to attempt to think about something else.

It doesn't last long when only 10 minutes later the bell rings and I leave the room walking to meet Jenna at our lockers.

As soon as I get there she grins "so I've been thinking" I cringe holding up my hand "Jenna I seriously can't think about Mason again today I just spent the last hour hearing about his impressive dick and tendency to get tested" Jenna makes a disgusted face "ew"

I nod "tell me about it...at least I know he's not riddled with diseases like most people think" Jenna grimaces "that doesn't really make it any better" I chuckle at her face and we walk the rest of the way to our English class.

Jenna and I barely get to talk due to our test this period and I'm thankful we get to head to lunch afterwards. We stop at our lockers and I put my books away closing my locker and turning to Jenna's locker, but freeze when Austin is standing in front of me

"hey Baby Jackson" I make a face at the name and he chuckles "sorry Will, force of habit" I shake my head "it's all good, what's up?" He raises up the stack of papers in his hand "can you do me a favour and run these to your brother? He'll be in the locker room; team meeting. I got detention, stupid shit in class but Mr.Jameson will kill me if I'm late"

I pause and force myself not to cringe, Austin has always been nice to me and there's no reason I can't detour to the locker room. I just hate the locker room. Despite the guys on the team being nice to me there's a few who aren't and see me as some nerd they can pick on. Of course they don't do it in front of Gage, but they do it none the less and I worry anytime I'm in "their territory".

I force a smile and nod at Austin "yeah sure" he grins "thanks you're seriously a life saver" I blush slightly "no problem".

I take the papers and he thanks me again before rushing away. Jenna comes up to me and lifts a brow "what was that about?" I shrug and start heading toward the locker room "nothing just asked me to drop these off to Gage" Jenna grins "he's cute" I blush slightly "yeah you should go for it" she grins "if he swings my way I will, but if not he's all yours" I try hard not to blush "he's just friendly so not gonna happen" she chuckles "whatever you say let's hurry up and drop these papers off so we can get to lunch, I will starve to death" I chuckle and roll my eyes speeding up.

We get to the locker room and I knock on the door Jack pulls it open "yo! Baby Jackson what's up?!" I cringe at the nickname "uh is Gage in there?" He nods "yeah hold on I'll grab him" I thank him and Jenna and I step back waiting.

Only a minute or so later the door opens again and I look up thinking it's Gage, but freeze. Its Tony. One of the guys on the team who doesn't like me. One of the jocks who is too cool to be nice to a nerd.

He grins "I thought I heard someone say baby Jackson" I back up slowly and he chuckles "you the teams errand boy now? I could get used to that" I cringe but don't get to answer as he continues "playing fetch with a dog like you" I open my mouth to speak when he yanks the folder from my hands and tosses down the hall "fetch bitch"

Jenna glares "what the hell?!" He rolls his eyes "I'm just playing around" he jerks his head toward the papers "you've got a mess to clean" I clench my fists "stop. I'm not your dog" he chuckles "your not?" He shoves my shoulders and I stumble backward "enough Tony just go away" he grins "pretty sure I'm supposed to give you orders" he shoves my shoulders again and glares "pick up the papers Willy"

He moved to shove my again but a hand clamps down on his shoulder "fuck off Tony" he looks up and glares at Mason whose gaze is hard and unwavering. I watch eyes widen worries Mason is going to punch him. This isn't a reason for Mason to get expelled and with his record, he will.

Tony lifts his hands up stepping back "all good Mase just some fun" he heads back into the locker room and I move to the floor picking up the thankfully few papers that fell from the folder. Gage pulls the door open just as it's about to close and pauses when he sees us. Jenna scoffs quietly "took you long enough" he lifts a brow and looks behind toward the door Tony went into before looking back at me and the papers on the floor. He tenses and narrows his eyes "what happened?" I roll mine "nothing, I dropped them"

Jenna gives me a look and Mason grunts but neither of them deny my story. I stand and hold the folder out to Gage "here, it's fine Austin asked me to bring you those he has detention" Gage doesn't look like he believes me and shifts his jaw "okay." I nod "I'll see you next period we gotta get to lunch" he looks at Mason before looking back at me and nods "okay yeah..I'll see you later" I turn to Jenna who thankfully follows me as I rush away from the locker room.

"You should have told him you know" I cringe "why? So he could beat Tony up and fight my battles for me?" She sighs "I don't mean it like that...but Tony's a bully. Gage is his captain maybe he can..." I nod at her lack of words "fight my battles for me..yeah, it's fine. He didn't hurt me, he just messes around and besides it's embarrassing" she doesn't look happy with my words but sighs "fine..just stay away from him and if he does it again tell Gage he's out of line" I shrug not making any promises and we grab food before heading to the bleachers.

Jennas mood has brightened by the time we get to the bleachers and she grins "so Mason came to your rescue" I cringe "yeah I'm a real damsel in distress and he's clearly my knight in shinning armour" she rolls her eyes at my sarcasm and shrugs "while he's hot when he's angry" my cheeks tint slightly I can't argue with her there.

I sigh when the bell rings and we head back into the hellhole. Unfortunately for me, my next class is one I share with the one and only asshole Tony. Although I also share it with Mason, Gage, and Jenna. A fact Gage grumbles about every chance he gets, but it's not my fault our mom had us barely a year apart. I cringe hoping this period is not as tense as I'm imaging it to be, but doubt myself.

Jenna and I sit in our usual seats on the right side of the class unfortunately for me Tony sits in the row next to me and one back, the perfect seat for him to pester me and go for the most part unnoticed. Mason sits behind him and Gage the row next to Mason having convinced the teacher to allow him to move at least two rows away from me so when he's not copying my homework he can pretend he doesn't share a class with his little brother.

Tony gets to class first and I tense when he stops at my desk "your lucky your not a snitch" Jenna rolls her eyes "your bark is worse then your bite Tony leave him alone" I appreciate Jenna defending me but sometimes wish she wouldn't. Tony glares at her "i wasn't talking to you" I sigh "Just leave Tony I'm not going to say anything" he glares "yeah cuz your my bit.." Mason walks past Tony and shoves him hard with his shoulder. Tony stumbles thankfully away from my desk and glares at Mason "chill out I'm just apologizing, right Willy?" I roll my eyes "yea.." Mason turns his glare to me and I pause immediately.

He turns back to Tony "don't care" he walks to his desk and sits down but keeps his eye on Tony who is then told to sit by Mrs.Heston. I look over at Gage and I'm thankful to find him distracted by the girl Jayda sitting next to him. I know Gages means well, I know Jenna means well but I don't want attention drawn to Tony and how he always manages to walk all over me.

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