I woke up at around 12PM. Technically I woke up at 9, but I had a headache so I went back to sleep. My whole body ached and my head felt like it was being juiced. I was in A LOT of pain.

I groaned as I heard the door bust open and the familiar voice of Chris fill the apaartment. He opens my door and finds the mess called me.

"Jeez! What happened to you??" He rushes over to my side.

"What do you think?" I sass

"Yeah...party...drinks...okay I got it." He says sheepishly

"I wasn't even planning on getting drunk" I groan

"Yeah...I saw the video by the way" He says

"What video?" My brows furrowed in confusion

"The one of you standing up to the wicked bitches of the west." He says

Oh yeah...The fight with Hannah and the other hoes. After that fight, I didn't remember much. It was all blurry.

"Wait, how'd you see it?" I ask

"It was posted on YouTube and Facebook." He explains

"Oh god" I groan

"I'm so proud" He wipes a fake tear

"Okay! Change of topic. Could you please be a good friend and get me some pain relievers please?" I ask him

"Already did." He says before exiting the room. He comes back in with food, medicine, and water.

"You're the best." I say

"I know." He smirks

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Once I felt better, I got out of my clothes from last night and changed into some sweats and a tank top. Chris was already seated on the couch with food and movies ready. I plopped down next to him.

He smiles at me and ruffles my hair.

"You know, you're really beautiful." He says. I blush bright red at his random comment

"Yeah right. I didn't even do anything special to my face or hair." I say

"I know. That's what makes you so beautiful. You don't even have to put n make up to ve beautiful. You're just naturally gorgeous." He says

"Thanks..." I blush

"Have you never had a guy tell you you're beautiful?" He asks. I shake my head in response. No one actually has told me that I was even remotely attractive.

"What the heck? They must be blind or something. You're one of the most beautiful girls I've seen." He says

"Chriisss stoppp. Where are these even coming from?" I bury my face in the pillow to hide my red face.

"I just really wanted to tell you that you're beautiful. It really shocked me how you're hung over and in a lazy outfit,but you're still absolutely gorgeous." He says

"Well thanks...that means a lot to me." I remove the pillow from my face and smile up at him.

"Just stating the truth, gorgeous ." He smiles back

I couldn't hold back the smile that spread across my face. It was so nice to feel appreciated. Nobody has ever told me that I was pretty since my grand parents died. Throughout the whole movie, I glanced at Chris. I was so happy to have him...He made me so happy. Ever since he came into my life, I felt like a new person.

"Hey Chris?" I say

"Hm?" He hums in response

"Thank you." I say

"You're very welcome, gorgeous." Chris smiles at me

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"Chris, nooooooo" I whine

"Harley Deyes, get your butt up. It's been 3 days since the party. I'm pretty sure that you're hangover is over. You can't miss another day of school." He says

"Ughhh I'm so lazyyyy" I groan

"If you don't get up and get in the bath right now, then I'll give you a bath myself." He crosses his arms

My eyes widen, and my cheeks flush. I scramble to the bathroom and start stripping down. I make sure to be very fresh and clean before going out. I peek my head out to see if Chris was still in the room. Instead of Chris, some clothes lay on the bed.

Ahhh what would I do without him?

After getting ready, I hop on my bike and head to school. When I get there, people are cheering for me left and right. All heads turn my way, and I am once again top news.

I quickly rush over to Mali and Emma. They smirk and greet me.

"Well, hello, Ms. Popular" Emma says

"Ughhh stoooppp" I groan

"How are you still friends with us? You're supposed to be hanging out with the popular crowd now." Mali says in wonder

"Pretty soon, you'll be coming in with pom poms and a short skirt" Emma chuckles

"Don't make me barf. I am not popular. I'm just...well known" I say

"Yeah. Okay. Sure." They say

"Change of topic, please?" I say

"Fineeee...Why weren't you at school yesterday?" Emma asks

"I ditched. I was too lazy." I answer

"I have a more interesting topic. There are new sluts in the school." Mali says

"Oh god. There are more?!" I exclaim

"Yup. They're the guys' new toys." Emma says

"Ugh...so much sluts..." I shake my head

I heard loud murmurs everywhere. I tuned in to what they were all saying.

'Who are they?'

'Oh look...Jaxon has a new toy'

'There's more?!'

'Damn...those girls are HOT'

'I've seen those girls before!!'

'They were on a date with the guys last Saturday'

'Yeah!!'

I looked up to see who these girls are for myself. I immediately shut my eyes and turned away. God...I knew I shouldn't have gone to school today.

Jaxon held another blond hair girl with big boobs and a big butt. In Reece and Kaden's arms were two similar looking girls. It's always blonds. Why won't he ever look at ME for once? Oh right...cause I'm not blond and I don't have fake boobs and butt.

I hate these kinds of moments...

"HARLEY"

I snap out of my thoughts and smile sheepishly at Mali and Emma.

"Jeez girl, you still in there?" Mali says

"Sowwy" I say

"Let's just go. We'll be late for class" Emma rolls her eyes

She grabs Mali and I's hands and drags us to our next period.

Ahh...what would we do without her?

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Lunch time rolled around and we made our way to our tree. We reached our tree and noticed the guys were already there. They weren't alone either. They brought their sluts to OUR tree.

I dropped down and face planted the ground as soon as we got there. Emma and Mali put down their food and rush over to me.

"Dude, what the hell?!" Emma exclaims

"Are you okay?" Mali says

"Ge em ay om y ree" My words muffle because of my face on the ground

"What?" Emma asks

I turn over and repeat what I said

"Get them away from my tree!!!!"

"Okay...no need to yell" Mali mumbles

We go closer to the tree with me grumbling all the way. I sent a death glare to the guys as soon as they saw us.

"Hey...Harley..."Reece says hesitantly. I stayed silent and didn't respond.

"She's pissed, if you couldn't tell." Emma says

"We got that." Jaxon says

"What we don't get is why" Kaden adds

"Cause you brought sluts to her tree." Mali gets straight to the point with it

"I thought this was our tree" Reece pouts

"No. It is MY tree. I found it. I was hear first, and I carved my initials into the the tree." I snap at them

"Harley...calm down." Jaxon stands up and approaches me

"Get them out. Now." I say firmly

"Okay...okay...Kaden?" Jaxon says

"Let's go girls" Kaden stands up and drags the girls away

"What?!" Slut 1 exclaims

"You're just gonna let that stupid little girl do this?!" Slut 2 says

"What the hell?!" Slut 3 joins her friends in protesting

"That "stupid little girl" you're talking about is our friend. She's more precious than any of you." Jaxon stands up for me

"So shut up and leave." He says to them

My eyes widen. He's standing up for me? Huh...

My heart thuds loudly and strongly in my chest. It swells with happiness. Jaxon actually cared enough about me to stand up for me.

For once, he finally chose me over his sluts.

I smile widely at Jaxon and gave him a hug. He freezes in shock at first, but returns it. I smile up at him.

"Thanks Jaxon." I say

"My pleasure, m'lady " He bows down and kisses my hand. I blush a bright red and look away from him.

I've been blushing a lot recently. Except this time, it wasn't just Jaxon to make me blush. This time, Chris was one of the main reasons I'm blushing...

I snapped out of my thoughts and went back to eating with my friends. I think it's best not to dwell in this thought right now. Love is just way too messy.

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