i woke up this morning to the sun beaming through my sheer curtains. i sit up and gently rub my eyes, then i grab my phone and see a text message from lucas.

morning :)

morning!

did you sleep good?

yeah i slept fine, wby?

i slept pretty good too,

i'm going to get ready now so

see you soon :)

see ya

i put my phone down and get out of bed, i go to my bathroom to get ready for school. i have a biology test today and if i'm being honest, i didn't study at all. but it's whatever, i have an a in the class anyway.

i decided to wear a pair of jeans and a tight-fitted shirt. i wore vans with it. i brushed my teeth and hair, i decided to wear my hair down today. then i went downstairs to eat breakfast, i ate a bowl of cereal.

once i'm ready, i grab my bag and my phone, then i head out of the door and make my way to school.

once i made it to school i went to my locker to grab my books. then ashley and stephanie were at my locker.

"hey." they both say.

"hi" i reply.

"um why were you talking to those nerds yesterday?" stephanie asks.

"steph!" ashley says, lightly hitting her arm. "don't say that!"

"what? it's who they are." she replies.

"who are you talking about?" i ask.

"those nerds, lucas's friends." stephanie says.

"oh them? i was just talking to them, and they're not nerds." i reply.

"um y/n... they are, aren't they in that weird hellfire club cult?" she says.

"stephanie, it's not a cult. it's literally just a group of people who play a game, it's called dungeons and dragons." i say.

"how do you know so much about it? are you in it?" she asks in a disgusted voice.

"no, i just know about it." i reply.

"okay... anyway did you study for the biology test?" ashley asks.

"nope. i'll just pray to god that i don't fail." i say.

ashley laughs. "yeah, me too."

lucas then comes to my locker, stephanie and ashley walk away.

"you ready for the test?" he asks.

"definitely not. but i don't even care anymore. school is boring." i reply.

"true, well c'mon, we're going to be late." he starts to walk to class and i follow him. fortunately we made it to class right when the bell rang, so we weren't late.

"okay class, everyone get to your seats so we can start our test." says mrs bailey, my biology teacher. "since this is worth half of your grade..."

"HALF?" one of my classmates says.

"yes, half." mrs bailey answers. "as i was saying, you guys can use your notes on this test, most of you will need the help."

"thank you mrs bailey!" one of my classmates says.

"you're welcome class, now get started once i hand you your test."

i get my test and start it, i finished pretty quickly, it was 50 questions and luckily, they were all multiple choice.

it's time for lunch, i walk to my locker to put away my books and then i went to the cafeteria with lucas. we both get our trays and begin to walk to a table until we're stopped by jason.

"hey y/n, hey sinclair, you two should sit with me." he says.

"uh no thanks... i was planning on sitting with my friends today." lucas says.

"oh? those freaks?" jason says.

"shut it jason. they're not freaks." i snap.

"woah calm down princess... well you two have fun sitting with a bunch of losers." jason says, walking away.

"lucas?" i say.

"what's up?" he asks.

"i don't know if i should sit with you." i say.

"why not?" he asks.

"i don't think your friends like me." i explain.

"they like you!" he says.

"are you sure? mike hates me for sure. i've never spoken to max or jane... dustin basically just ignores me, the only one that actually likes me is will." i say.

"well, why don't you just sit by will? i can introduce you to everyone else." he says.

"i don't know..." i start.

"oh c'mon, it'll be fine." he says.

"okay." i reply.

we walk to the table, everyone looks at me funny, besides will.

"hey y/n!" will says.

"hi will. hey guys." i say.

"this is y/n." lucas says.

"we know." jane says.

"she's gonna sit with us." lucas explains.

"okay?" max says.

i sit down next to lucas, also in front of will.

"how have you been?" will asks me.

"i've been good! have you had biology yet?" i ask.

"yeah, the test was pretty easy, especially since mrs bailey let us use notes." he says.

"yeah."

will and y/n start to talk about school and a few other things, jane looks at me.

"um lucas? why is y/n y/l/n sitting with us?" she asks.

"because she's my friend?" i say.

"yeah right. you totally like her." dustin says.

"i do not! and can you be quiet she's literally right there." i say.

dustin laughs.

"yeah, why is y/n sitting here? she doesn't want to sit with her pretty little popular friends? i'm surprised she even wanted to be near us freaks." mike says.

"mike can you stop? y/n isn't like all of those other snobby girls. she likes you guys." i say.

"yeah right. she probably just feels sorry for us. no one ever talks to us. the only popular people who even acknowledge us is you." mike says.

"um. if you guys want me to leave i'll just go." y/n says. she must've heard mike. "i'm sorry for bothering you."

"no y/n it's fine! you can sit here." i say.

"no, i'll just go sit by ashley and the girls. it's obvious the only people that want me here is you and will." she says sadly.

she then walks to her friends with her tray.

"what is wrong with you guys?" i say. "y/n actually liked you guys and she wants to be your friend. but all of you are treating her like shit!"

"whatever. she probably is just talking to us because of you." max says.

"she's not. she likes you guys. the only person that is treating her nicely is will!" i say.

they all just ignore me.

"whatever, i'm leaving." i say, getting up.

"lucas wait!" dustin says.

i continue walking, i go over to the trash can and throw away my food. i see y/n.

"hey y/n." i say.

"hey." she replies.

"i'm sorry about them." i start.

"no, lucas it's okay, really. i shouldn't have went over to them in the first place. i knew that was going to happen." she says.

i sigh. "it's my fault, i shouldn't have made you go over there."

"lucas." she says, grabbing my hand. "it's okay."

i felt a strange feeling in my stomach when she grabbed my hand. was it... butterflies?

"can we go to class now?" she asks.

"yeah, let's go." i reply.