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I pull my hood over my face while walking down the school's hallway.

Mason is a nice guy!

What that guy did.. Mason was it? Was very sweet of him!

He helped you how sweeeeet

H—

"Fuck, I'm gonna regret this later." I close my locker and hurry to the soccer field where hot, muscle-y shirtless boys are running around.

My eyes flicker between the players searching for a certain someone. I finally find him.

"You can do this Taylor." I cheer myself as I head to the center of the field, pull Mason by his arm in front of everyone and drag him to the boys' washroom.

"You've gotten used to this place, have you?" He says sarcastically.

"Not funny." I spit.

"What the hell do you want?" He crosses his arms.

"Look, boy, don't make me regret this more than I already am okay?!" I take a deep breath in, "imsorryaboutyesterday." I mumble.

He smirks. "What did you say? Couldn't hear you."

Now he's fucking messing with me.

"I said," deep breath, "sorryaboutyesterday."

"Look, you're wasting my time here, do you want to say something or should I go?" He raises an eyebrow.

I stare at him blankly, cursing him badly in my head.

He turns around and starts walking towards the door "Okay find me when you decide to—"

"I'M FUCKING SORRY OKAY?" I burst out.

He slowly turns around with a huge smirk on his face.

"Are you happy now?!" I cross my arms trying to control my cheeks to not turn red.

"Very." His stupid smirk still on his stupid face.

"Shut up and let me see." I look down at his hand.

He hides it behind his back, "No."

I firmly reach out to it and hold it in mine.

Dry blood was all over his knuckles and I could tell that it hurt like a bitch.

"Now everyone's asking how I got them." He says looking bothered.

"And you have the courage to blame me?!" I say. "Even though you don't deserve it, but I'm gonna be nice." I reach out for my bag and take out the bandages and the antibiotic cream that I bought from a pharmacy on my way to school. I gently put the cream on his wounds and then wrap the bandage all over his hand while he watches me silently.. I notice a genuine smile on his lips that is very different from the devilish smirk that I'm used to. I stop and look up at his eyes, they are beautiful, hazel eyes with some long dark lashes that every girl dreams of. He's got a beautiful, messy, chocolate brown hair that could charm anyone in seconds. He notices me staring so I quickly look down and continue wrapping the bandage around his hand.

Cute right? Yeah it didn't happen like that.

"Awww you brought me bandages? How sweet of you!" He says sarcastically. "Like it's REALLY romantic!"

And at this moment all I wanna do is slap him.

"You know what?" I say, "I've changed my mind." And with that I throw the bandage roll right at his forehead and run for my life out of the washroom and shut the door loudly behind me, hearing him yell "OH YOU'RE GONNA REGRET THIS!"

I'm out of breath as I reach the hallway when suddenly Natalie comes out of nowhere. "Hey girl!!" She excitedly hugs me.

"You're happy!" I raise an eyebrow.

She smiles shyly and lowers her voice, "I'm going on a date!" She says happily.

"Really?! I'm happy for you! When? Who is he? How did you meet?!"

"It's tonight! I'll tell you everything when I get back." She winks. "As for now, we better head to class."

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I look around me for an empty seat when I see a hand waving at me from the back of the class. It's Caleb. I walk up to him smiling hoping he doesn't mention last night.

"Taylor! I'm so sorry I couldn't stay with you last night.. Brandon kinda told me what happened I'm really sorry.." he pauses for a while, "are you okay?" He looks at me with a genuinely concerned look on his face.

"I am, thanks.." I smile trying to reassure him.

"I'm happy to hear that." He smiles back at me.

I'm so thankful he didn't push it. There's something so reassuring and relaxing about Caleb. He is just that kind of person who makes you feel warm and happy only with his presence. And even though he is really good looking and attractive, he doesn't really seem to care about it, or at least not like other people. But anyway I'm so grateful to have him as a friend by my side.

"Miss Milburn. Could you please repeat what I just said?"

Snapped right out of my thoughts.

"Um, uh— Mixing bleach with ammonia generates toxic chloramine vapor..?" I say praying that she's still talking about the same subject.

"Correct! You're really getting on my good side miss Milburn!"

Caleb and I look at each other and burst out laughing.

After the class ended me and Caleb headed to the cafeteria together where we sat with Brandon and Natalie. We just sat there and talked about silly, random stuff. It reminded me of how it was like to have friends.. for over a year now, I've sat alone in the schoolyard whenever I had a free period or at lunch time, just listening to music or reading a good book where nobody ever tried to talk to me or annoy me. Now sitting here at the cafeteria after all this time, eating with actual people and talking and laughing felt good. James and Charlotte weren't the kind of sneaky bitchy people at all, and that's what destroyed me the most. That I've never ever expected them to do something that hurt me.. but I guess I was just too blind to notice.

"You know one time, a squirrel bit my left butt cheek! It wouldn't leave me so I ran with it on my butt to a veterinarian! There's still a teeth mark on it!"

"Nobody wants to hear about your left butt cheek Brandon." Natalie says tearing his hope apart.

Suddenly, Mason walks in to the cafeteria looking bothered as fuck, the a girl appears behind him smiling and holding his arm. Rachel Montgomery. Miss pinky. He comes to our direction and sits next to Brandon giving him and Caleb looks that neither me or Natalie understand. Rachel sits next to him.

"So THAT'S his girlfriend?" I whisper to Caleb.

"Yup." He grins.

"So when's our date tonight?" She asks excitedly and loudly for all of the people in the cafeteria to hear.

"Rachel, we're not going on a date." Mason says roughly.

"But—"

"NO BUTS RACHEL." He bursts out. And now everyone's looking at us.

Mason takes a deep breath in, "you should find someone else." He says calmly.

Rachel gets MAD and stands up. "YOU'RE GOING TO REGRET THIS MASON KING." And with that she leaves the cafeteria motioning to Mia, Caleb's sister, her best friend to follow her. And she does.

"Yo—" Brandon opens his mouth but immediately gets interrupted by Mason who says, "let's not talk about that" he pauses, "like ever."

"Aye aye captain!" Brandon says.

The rest of the day goes by fast, uneventful.

*RIIIINNNGGGGGGGGGGG*

"Hi!" I say, my mouth full of pizza.

"Girl! No time for eating! I'm stressing the fuck out I don't know what to wear or what to do with my hair!! Can you please come over and help me?"

"Okay okay I'm coming. Be there in 10."

I put on a hoodie and a pair of jeans and put my hair in a messy bun, grab my car keys and head to Natalie and Brandon's villa following the location she sent me since Caleb drove to the party and I don't remember the way.

I knock on the front door and she quickly opens it.

"Come in!" She pulls my by my hand and we run to her room.

"Okay so, don't stress out. When's the date exactly." I say trying to calm her.

"In half an hour."

"Okay, you're allowed to stress out." I change my mind. "Show me what you got."

She leads me into a huge dressing room full of fancy clothes. Now I get why she can't decide.

I flick throw some dresses quickly and I pick out a purple, mini, tight dress that is open from the chest. Natalie puts it on and she. Looks. Stunning. The dress goes well with the purple tips of her dark brown hair. I curl her short hair and help her put on her makeup and honestly she looks like a princess. Whoever that guy is is very very lucky to have her as his date. And I genuinely hope that things go well between them.

"You look beautiful." I give her a hug.

"Thank you Taylor. Really." She hugs me back.

"Hey, Taylor, can you stay? You can sleep over so when I get back I can tell you everything?" She says sounding happy with her own idea.

"I mean, I don't kn—"

"Pleeeeaaaaase? You can change into some of my clothes and watch Netflix until I'm back." She waits impatiently for an answer.

"Okay."

"Thank youuuu!!" She gives me a quick hug and then we hear a car beeping. "Okay I should go.."

"Good luck!"

I change into a huge hoodie that Natalie had on her bed, put on some knee height socks from her closet, lay on the bed and get her laptop. I'm in the mood for a romantic comedy, and even though I've watched 'The Kissing Booth' a thousand times before, I decide to watch it again. Jacob Elordi is just too hooooottttttt.

After 20 minutes pass from the movie, I hear a man screaming downstairs.

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