𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 - 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞

twenty-nine

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"𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙈𝙀 𝘼 𝘽𝙊𝙂."

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𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐍𝐀𝐒 when Missy approached their table in the canteen. As she sat down beside Nas with a worried demeanour, Mollie could tell almost immediately that something was on the blonde girl's mind.

"Hey, what's up with you, mardy bum?" Mollie asked softly, shooting her friend a concerned look. Usually, it was hard to get Missy to shut up but she hadn't said a word yet, which meant there was definitely something going on.

"If I tell you something, promise you won't shout?" She asked, seeming to direct it mostly at Nas.

"Yeah, 'cause I'm really gonna shout." Nas chuckled sarcastically.

"I haven't said owt yet." Missy responded defensively. But as Nas looked up suddenly from her phone with a hard face, it seemed that the blonde didn't have to say anything at all.

"This is about that Aaron, isn't it?"

Missy rolled her eyes in frustration. "Why do you have to call him 'that Aaron'?"

"'Cause he is that Aaron, Missy, and he's here to cause trouble." Nas said assertively, her voice growing colder.

"Hang on, have I missed something?" Mollie questioned, looking between the two girls opposite her. But instead of answering the Wilson girl, Missy let out a sigh.

"Nas, I really like him." The blonde girl admitted, her tone becoming softer. "And I think he likes me."

"Wait, are we talking about Aaron as in Nas' brother?" Mollie attempted to clarify, growing more and more confused by the conversation. "You're going out with Nas' brother?"

Clearing her throat, Nas gave the Wilson girl a pointed look before correcting her. "Half brother."

"Look, he bought me a bog." Missy said wistfully, as if it was the most romantic gesture she'd ever known. The other two girls, however, only looked at her in bewilderment.

"You what?"

"He bought me a bog." Missy repeated, causing Nas to roll her eyes.

"I mean, I'm more of a bunch of flowers kinda girl, but each to their own, I guess." Mollie mused with a shrug, but Nas did not seem to see the same light-hearted side of things.

"Do you have to jump on the first guy that shows you any sort of attention?" The black-haired girl scoffed, garnering the attention of the younger Booth sister at the table behind them who chimed in to demonstrate her own anger towards Missy.

"Yeah, she does!"

"Do you not see what he's trying to do?" Nas narrowed her eyes, clearly suspicious of the man and his intentions.

"Get to know me? Start a relationship?" Missy suggested with a slight smile, but Nas simply shook her head incredulously.

"Missy, do you really ever think of anyone else but yourself?"

Once more deciding to voice her own frustration, Hayley turned around with a scowl to answer the question. "No, she don't!"

Letting out a sigh, Nas got up to her feet and swung her bag over her shoulder. "Do not let my mum find out about this." And with that, she swiftly walked away from her two best friends, despite their calls after her.