"Can you guys stop starring at me like that ?!"
All the team members sitting at the table waiting for Lottie to arrive, continued to silently staring at her.
She readjusted herself in her seat, uncomfortable, Lottie's big hoodie covering her casts on both wrists, only her fingers and a small piece of the casts peeking out of the sleeves.
"You look..." Akilah hesitated on her words for a moment, looking at the girl more insistently. "vulnerable."
"I don't fucking care." She growled impatiently, her cheeks red from the heat that had been bothering her for a while now, never having managed to take off that damn sweater.
"Aw Angela is upset because her babygirl's not here..." Van babbled falsely, making a sad pout to mock the blonde.
Giggles erupted across the table and Angela turned crimson.
"Wh- That's so not funny !" She exclaimed, turning towards the redhead who continued to laugh.
Gen grabbed Angela by the shoulders with a serious look, sending everyone a glare, and for a moment she thought someone was taking her seriously.
"Girls stop bothering the love of my life." She said falsely annoyed, taking on a high-pitched and exaggerated voice.
It was no secret that Lottie had a tendency to call Angela the love of her life whenever she got the chance.
Angela pushed Gen away, rolling her eyes, her face completely red. "Fuck. you."
"Aw Angela is sulking... Do you want to go to Strabucks so it can comfort you, love ?" Melissa added from the other side of the table.
Everyone burst out laughing and she internally wanted to sink six feet underground and never come out again.
Normally, she would have destroyed them with her freshly manicured nails one by one until they would eventually never opened their mouths about her or Lottie again, but in this state. She was just the perfect victim.
"Guys stop." Said Mia as she sat down next to her best friend to separate her from Gen.
Angela sighed in relief. "Thank God-"
"Otherwise Lottie is going to sue us all for having succeeded in making Angela blush, which she has never managed to do until then. But hey, thats the love of her life."
The laughter erupted so loudly that the rest of the cafeteria looked curiously in the direction of the table where the girls seemed to be choking more than laughing.
"You guys are being mean..." Laura Lee muttered, shaking her head disapprovingly.
"What is everyone laughing about ?" Lottie asked confused as she sat back in her place, kissing Angela's cheek gently in the process.
"You know, stupid people don't really need a reason to laugh." Angela responded simply with a shrug.
"What-"
"It's giving...Theodore in Alvin and the Chimpmunks." She chuckled as she talked about Angela's outfit consisting of Lottie's green sweater and her basic pair of baggy jeans.
Lottie frowned and turned to Melissa as the others continued to giggle. "What is that supposed to mean ?"
"I hate your friends."
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"...And then she slapped the back of my head and shouted 'What's up Theo !' What. The. Hell." Angela said, her back pressed against the headboard of her bed with Lottie on top of her.
"Don't listen to them." Lottie muttered as she continued trailing kisses along her collar bone trying to calm her down.
The week had been real hell for Angela, already bothered by not being able to dress as usual, she had to put up with the mockery of people taking advantage of the fact that she couldn't do anything about it except to curse under her breath.
She was under tension and couldn't even say a sentence without snapping.
She had been bullied before. But after so much time being patient and taking it all in, her nerves were on edge. And on the way home from school, no joke from Alfred made her laugh, no Mariah Carey song made her sing. Everything was now just anger compressed into a ball that was feeling heavy in her chest.
"That's so easy for you to say that." She scoffed, looking away. "You're not the one who got threw cheese balls at yesterday morning."
"I know." She whispered in a low, soft voice that usually made Angela stop complaining and actually pay attention to what Lottie was doing to her.
But the blonde just slid her arms out and dug her fingers into the skin of Lottie's thighs causing her to frown.
"Angela you're hurt, just let your arms rest." She said, carefully taking her arms and placing them back on the mattress gently.
The Montgomery girl groaned and rolled her eyes as she pushed herself further into the headboard. "You too ? Is the whole world against me or what ?"
"I don't want you to hurt yourself again. How are you going to study if your hands and wrists are no longer in good condition ?" Lottie smiled, cupping the blonde's face with her hand.
"Fuck school ! I dont care !" She raised her arm with difficulty with the weight of the plaster and pushed Lottie's hand with an angry pout.
"Angela come on I'm trying !" Lottie sighed desperately. "You're in a terrible mood, against me but I didn't do anything !"
"It's you and your stupid hoodie !" Angela groaned, sitting up to support her words.
"Too bad you have one of my sweaters on you right now !" Lottie responded by pointing her finger against Angela's chest to push her back against the headboard.
The blonde sighed as she leaned back against the headboard, a pleading expression on her face, her eyes softer in the pale glow of her bedside lamp. "Can we at least kiss ? I miss you..."
Every time Lottie wants to try to give her a gentle kiss, it always ends in a wild make out session. It was like Angela got even more horny and forgot about each time that she was going to hurt herself again.
So Lottie had forbidden her every physical activity beyond kisses on the cheeks, frustrating Angela even more.
The blonde approached her hand and began to caress Lottie's skin in a slow and sensual gesture with only her thumb. The black-haired girl didn't notice at first, still in her inner conflict over whether she would fall into the trap or not.
"Only one kiss." Lottie finally threatened, grabbing Angela's face with both hands. "I'm deadly serious."
She felt herself melt at Lottie's touch, her eyes admiring her with her eyes as it felt like they were almost heart shaped.
"Yes ma'am." She shook her head quickly.
Lottie leaned down and placed her lips on her in a delicate kiss.
Angela breathed a sigh of relief as she kissed her back. She wrapped her right arm smoothly around Lottie's lower back, using the fingers of her other hand to pull Lottie against her by the waistband of her pajama pants. She sat up and lifted her leg slightly between Lottie's legs, earning a little whimper from her, making her lips part and Angela slipped her tongue in.
Lottie knew she was going to give in at that moment, Angela was too good at this.
Angela's free hand dropped the waistband of her shorts to slide into her pajama shirt, her fingertips exploring Lottie's shaping abs, making her smile into the kiss for a moment.
Lottie moved her hands from her face and put them in her hair for grip as she started to straddle Angela's leg.
Suddenly a pounding was heard at the door. "Angela ! What do we order for tonight ?"
Lottie reflexively grabbed Angela's forearm forcefully to stop her.
But this time it cost her that the blonde let out a huge groan of pain, tilting her head back. "Fuck !"
"Sorry !" She immediately exclaimed, stroking her shoulder reassuringly and lowering her voice so her older brother wouldn't hear. "Did I hurt you ?"
Angela tried to loosen her jaw by taking deep breaths, but failed and just started to take short sharps and difficult breaths. She shut her eyes trying to erase the pain that was felt all over her wrist.
"You know what ? I'm ordering pizza !" Timothy shouted annoyed at his sister's lack of response as he stomped away.
"I told you you would getting hurt !" Lottie said as she started to get up from her girlfriend's thighs. "I'm gonna get you your painkillers-"
"I won't touch thay fucking stuff." She tried to scream, her brows furrowed, it came out in a raspy growl that sent a shiver down Lottie's spine.
Angela felt the pain ease and took one last breath before opening her eyes again.
Lottie had returned with a bottle of medicine and the blonde shook her head quickly. "No babygirl donât do this to me."
"-Angela you-"
"-I hate swallowing pills-"
"-It's for your good !-"
"No that's an absolute no !" She groaned, crossing her arms.
"Alright, no meds..." The taller girl placed the bottle on the bedside table. "...no more physical contact until you are no longer in casts."
Angela grabbed the bottle and swallowed a pill with the glass of water on the bedside table. "Can we have sex now ?"
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"What happened to your back ?" Timothy asked curiously when he saw his sister come out of her room the next morning.
"That's hum...Angelo !"
The little puppy who was eating his kibble turned to his name with big glassy eyes.
"You badAngelo...Bad Angelo." She continued by going to sit at the counter after grabbing her fruit salad that was oddly already prepared and in her favorite bowl.
Timothy continued to eat his slices of cold pizza and shrugging his shoulders, he had already been attacked by the animal once after all.
The blond went back to his room and passed by Lottie who was coming out of his sister's room. He gave her a small wave and entered his own room.
Lottie ran down the stairs to find Angela eating her breakfast with difficulty, wearing basketball shorts that were way too big and her oversized pajama shirt (One of Lottie's jersey).
"Hey." She said in a slurred voice as she tried to grab her glass of juice without dropping it.
Lottie grabbed a straw and put it in Angela's glass before placing a kiss on her cheek. "Hey."
She was going to bend down to pet the dog but it ran away while growling with a glare.
She frowned. "Whatâs wrong with him ?"
"He was falsely accused of something you did." Angela chuckled as she tried to open a water bottle.
"What did i did for him to be accused ?" She asked confused as she slipped a full glass of water into Angela's hands who mumbled a quick 'thank you'.
"Stuff...Anyway have you seen my-"
"Phone ?" Lottie interrupted, purring herself her bowl of cereal. "He's charging upstairs."
"Great now I just-"
"-need to find the remote cobtrol and play Pretty Little Liars ? I already did. Everything is waiting for you in your room."
"Did I already told you that I really, madly passionately, love you ?" Angela said playfully as she kissed Lottie's lips and rushed towards the stairs.
Lottie smiled a little sheepishly. "I would love to hear you tell me that, after I tell you that I broke your favorite Mariah Carey vinyl-"
"YOU WHAT ?!-"