You And Me

Chapter 11

It's Tuesday morning. Noah and I spent the whole week cuddling and talking.

He's really quiet this morning.

The bell rings for first period. He leans down and gives me a long kiss and pulls back. He goes into his room.

I sigh.

Taylor walks in with her friends. She seems to be in a terrible mood.

"You're back!" she says.

"Yeah." I laugh. "What's wrong?"

She shrugs.
"Tell her. She's smart."

She just sighs.

She doesn't tell me.

The room slowly starts to fill. First and second period are my classes with seniors.

When the late bell rings, a Devin and his friends, there are six of them, come in.

"Look lady," he starts. "Wait. You're back." he says. I laugh.

"Who were you going to argue with?"

He sighs. "The sub. She's a fucking cunt."

I frown. "Really?"

"Yes." he nods. "I almost showed up at Mr. Ross's to beg for him to make you go to work, but I changed my mind."

Noah comes walking in.
"You're back too!" Taylor grins.
"Yeah. I can't ditch work forever." he says, ushering his kids to my room.

He stands there with his hands in his pockets for a minute.

"Do you guys want to know what happened?" he asks.

Everyone gets quiet.

He sighs. "So, as all of you know, someone broke into Ms. Oates' house, right?" they all nod. He sighs. "It was my best friend."

Silence.

"I'd been friends with him for years, but we didn't get really close-" he cuts off. "Okay, Ms. Oates and I met online, right? I lived in England at the time. When she went to college, she got a roommate named Eloise, she had a boyfriend in England. I had gone to school with him so we were mates for a while, but we got close when Annabelle and Eloise got close. Well, my sister had sex with my best friend, his name is Tate. Anna had to tell Tate that my sister was pregnant. Eloise freaked out and left, after shoving Anna. Well the police came in and told us that Tate broke into Anna's house. He left her the death threat and everything."

Everyone is listening intently.

"Well...I got pissed off, way angrier than I've ever been, and I punched him." Everyone raises their eyebrows. "I was yelling at him. Apparently he now hates Ms. Oates because it's her fault he lost his girlfriend, being Eloise. Which is bullshit. If he didn't want to lose his girlfriend, he shouldn't have slept with my sister."
"Which is also fucked up because when he slept with her, Evelyn was vulnerable and crying." I add.

"Right." Noah nods. "Well, long story short, I beat the shit out of him. He got arrested." he hesitates. "I don't know. I feel terrible for hurting him but at the same time, I'm glad I did it."

Everyone is quiet for a bit.

"I would've done the same thing if someone threatened my girl." Dustin says. "Did you at least win?" he asks.

Noah bites his lip.

"I didn't even bruise. He walked away with a broken nose and a busted lip."

Everyone looks proud of him.

I fight laughter.

"Uh..." Taylor clears her throat. "How long have you guys been together?"