JEREMY HEERE SPRINTED AFTER THE BUS,shouting at it to stop-which possibly no one heard,or no one cared at all. As he was running,he almost dropped his bag,luckily he held it before it fell it fell off his shoulders. He almost lost hope until the bus stopped all of a sudden,he rushed inside as soon as he saw the door open. Not wanting the hot-headed bus driver to be mad,he sat in the first unoccupied seat that catched his eyes.

He sighed deeply,relieved that he catched up with the bus. Since he had no choices other than walking, beacuse his father is either really busy with his current work or just lazy to drive him to school. The sweaty boy turned to face beside him,seeing a half laughing Christine.

"You're lucky I saw you running out the window." The girl nudged,a small giggle escaping her lips.

Jeremy smiled back sheepishly."I woke up late this time I swear! The bus driver just despises me. Even if I'm early,he still leaves without me."

"Why are you late in the first place?"

Jeremy fixed his gaze away from the girl as he think of a quick sly lie to tell,"I uh,stayed up all night doing my homework"

"You and homework? Wow that's new."The short haired brunette teased,a playful smirk on her face.

Jeremy rolled his eyes at the girl,pushing her lightly.

"So school huh?" He laughed slightly,brushing his neck.

Christine gave him an apologetic look,"I'm really sorry Jeremy,I'm just really busy. I'll make it up to you,I promise."

Jeremy smiled,"I understand."

They continued their conversation until they reach the Middleborough High School,the both of them had the opposite reactions towards their first day on Senior Year: Christine was enthusiastic and energetic about the play,like always. But Jeremy was quite the opposite,by not wanting to be a part of the tedious classes held by any of the teachers,since none of them was really fond of him- or anyone at all.

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Michael parked his PT Cruiser carefully on the parking lot,shutting the door as he hopped out. He leisurely walked out to the parking lot,he pulled his hood up when he stepped inside the front of the school; not bothering to see any faces or socialize with anyone at the moment.

The raven checked the time,smiling in relief when he noticed that there was still 10 minutes left before class starts. Because he know learnt that his tardiness can cause consequences and humiliation- not that he cared.

Michael noticed a short figure catching up with him,he fixed his glasses and saw a familiar face running towards him.

"Hey."Rich casually greeted,walking beside him.

The taller male's eyes examined the clothing of his shorter peer,he noticed that he wore his old cloudy glasses again,that he partnered with some 'not-Rich-Goranski' looking clothes.

Shock and confusion filled Michael's mind,didn't he and Rich talked about not communicating in school for the 'reputation' he keeps?

He waved his hand infront of a frozen Michael,not in a teasing manner but in a concerned way.

"Uh Rich I don't mean to sound rude or anything but why're you wearing that? In school?"The tanned male asked,pulling them in the side of the hall where fewer students were.

"And your whole ''reputation'' thing?"

"Dude,Michael! I can wear whatever I want,the tic tath's gone."Rich sighed,the tone of his voice sounding anxious-which made Michael slightly uncomfortable since his whole demeanor changed drastically.

All he can remember of Rich is his aggressive behavior and his intimidating persona.

But Michael just nodded,not wanting to extend the conversation any longer. He closed his eyes,focusing on nothing but the music from his headphones- and the steps infront of him of course.

"tho,how'th you and Jeremy?"Rich asked,Michael was now calm to notice Rich's lisp. This shocked Michael even more than before,but he chose to ignore it- not wanting to be rude or too dramatic about it,instead he just focused on his question more.

"I-...I'd rather not say."Michael nervously shifted his eyes on his feet as they walked. He earned a sympathetic smile from his friend.

"You probably ''flirted'' with him again. I thwear man Jeremy hardly notices." Rich commented.

From the first time they talked,Rich had always thought that the both of them were in a romantic relationship- not a surprise that he still does.

Michael rolled his eyes,playfully punching his friend on the shoulder. He was used to Rich teasing him now and then about him and Jeremy being,'boyf riends' as he dubbed it. One time he caught the two leaning into each other by accident,and since then,the red streaked male never stopped teasing them in any chance that he can.

Michael opened his locker,seeing a photo of the both of them when they were young;smiling at camera with goofy faces. He remembered what happened last night between him and Jeremy,he considered that as another chance but it just went down the drain like his other failed attempts.

Anxiety and panic rushed through the raven as he imagined Jeremy's disgusted reaction towards him when he finds out about his feelings for him,he knows that Jeremy is already head over heals for Christine but he still believes that maybe someday things will change. He can't erase his feelings for him even if he wanted to,and he tried multiple times.

His breathing became uneven all of a sudden,thinking Jeremy wont speak to him again after what happened last night-he's lucky if the brunet even looked at him.

"Yo,dude you thure you're okay? You've been tharing at your locker for like 5 minuteth now."Rich asked, concern and humor in his voice.

"Y-yeah,I'm just-"

"Get out of the damn way nerd!"Their conversation was left unfinished when two arrogant brown haired boys made their way across the crowd by shoving people.

Rich cursed under his breath,turning his gaze away from the two.

"Well if it isn't Mell." The boy's lips curled into a menacing smirk,his friend beside him wearing the same mean looking expression.

"Don't make him cry! He'll probably hide in the bathroom again." A girl passing by derided,faking a crying face;making the two jocks laugh.

The tan skinned boy just continued organizing the books on his locker, pretending that the bullies does not exist. He kept his calm attitude with him eversince he wake up first in the morning,which left a few people confused as they questioned his cool temper and chill demeanor. Some say it's the weed,some say it's just him.

"Are you as deaf as you are blind?"The taller bully spat,causing a few nearby students to snicker. The bully took a step forward towards Michael. This made Rich finally snap.

"Don't talk to him like that,Sweeney."

"I think you should be careful with your tone,Goranski."The chestnut warned,anger rising from the tone of his voice.

Both stared daggers at each other, none of them daring to break eye contact until the taller boy scoffed for a moment before laughing."Too bad your little boyfriend's not here to protect you. Dillinger is it? Disgusting. I can't believe he even made it on the team."

Rich's eyes widened in shock from the Sweeney's words. After he snapped out of his thoughts,he overflowed with anger as he marched towards the two,ready to punch the smirk off the boys' faces. Not until Michael reached forward and successfully held him back, causing the two of them to laugh even more.

"What is happening here?" Mysteriously,the school's principal marched towards the scene,students scattering away.

"Just a misunderstanding,sir. That's all." Michael spoke,cutting off Rich and the two other boys from saying anything.

"Well that's a relief. Mr,uh-Michelle Mell is it?"

"Michael Mell."Michael sighed at the principal's mistake. He's been here since he was a junior and the principal still managed to spell his name wrong. Besides, it's only seven letters,who could have spelled it wrong?

"Get to your classes now,everyone"He announced,before turning his heel and leaving.

"This isn't over."One of the boys taunted before walking off,making Rich glare at them.

Michael looked at his friend with a worried look,"You didn't have to fight back-"

"They were inthulting Jake! What did you ethpect me to do? Laugh along?" Rich snapped back,making Michael flinch back .

The shorter male took a deep breath,"I'm thorry man. It's just. He's really important to me."

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