(15 Days)
(Avalon's P.O.V)
He kisses me.
And I kiss him back.
"Hey guys do you have a-holy shit.... "
I gasp and spin around, facing a confused Stephen.
"You know, I was going to ask if I could borrow your can opener before I left, but never mind" He smirks and slowly backs away.
"Fuck you" Xavier groans from beside me.
"Is that a wish or a invitation.... " Stephen cackles before looking at me.
"Actually, isn't that was you have AJ for?"
He ducks as a wooden spoon is thrown at him.
"I'll take that as my cue to leave" He snorts and walks out, purposely slamming the door to prove he left.
The room becomes silent from its lack of Stephen, and I avoid looking at Xavier.
I watch from the corner of my eye as he takes a seat at the counter and sips some water.
"Yeah, I'm getting light headed" He cringes while holding his hand to his bandaged forehead.
"Oh geez, go lie down" I frown and take his arm, guiding him through the small hallway into his room.
Once he's lying down on the bed, my phone starts ringing and I sigh.
"I have to take this. "
As I walk out of the room he's in, I push answer to the unknown number and press the phone to my ear.
"Hello? "
"15 days. "
I stop in the hallway and bite my nails, slightly dazing off.
"Pardon? "
"15 da-"
Then it's cut off.
Okay then, that's totally not creepy whatsoever.
I sigh and make sure the calls ended before going back to Xavier.
"Who was that? " He asks while I walk back into his room.
"Some wrong number" I shrug and hop into the bed with him, not getting close, but not letting him question it either.
He smiles and pulls me close to him in a hugging motion.
As the blush spreads across my face, I let the warm smile overcome me and I cuddle into his chest.
~ ~ ~ ~
I forced Xavier to go back to the hospital today, seeing as things have been easier.
It just seems like life's looking up and even Ryder is becoming less of a threat.
I know he has issues.
Heaven forbid, he's a gay masochist who's been professionally diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Even if someone were all that, they wouldn't be a bad person, it's just how Ryder chooses to cope that's bad.
He chose to be abusive.
I'm not going to let him ruin my day though because I still have Zahbia, Stephen and Tracey and I'll be darned if they hesitate to kick some booty.
Walking into the school seems different today as well.
As if there's less pressure.
I'm sure Noah is going to keep Ryder on a leash as well.
"Hey gurl" I hear Tracey call out to me as Zahbia remains at her side, smiling brightly at me and waving.
They walk to me and basically drown me in hugs.
"Wow okay you guys, calm yourselves" I chuckle and grin at my friends.
Just then someone runs into me, causing us both to fall to the ground in a heap of distress.
"Oh my wow, I'm so sorry" The girl rubs her head and looks up at me shyly.
"You're fine, it was my fault too" I laugh and help her pick up her bags while the girls help with mine.
"Honestly I should be more careful" She looks embarrassed and tucks a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Hush, you're fine" I smile and resist the urge to hug her.
Tracey basically throws herself at the girl in a hug.
"Fucking precious" She coos while Zahbia shuffles her folders in her arms.
"Tracey, you're killing her" I cringe at the poor girl.
"I-its fine, I'm used to it" She messes with the hem of her floral 50's dress and I look her over closer.
She has a semi-pale, semi-tan thing going on with her, with big circle glasses and shoulder length blonde hair.
Her cheeks and nose are rosy as well.
"I'm Avalon" I shake her hand while introducing myself.
"I'm Lillith" She smiles happily as the girls introduce themselves to her.
Wow, I'm just making friends left and right.
This should have been what my first three years here were like, instead of having to deal with Ryder.
~ ~ ~ ~
"AJJJJJJJJJ I NEED FOOD AND COMFORT" Stephen calls out as he nears our lunch table.
"An embarrassment to our country" Tracey sighs out and rubs her temples.
"What's wrong? " I frown and pat his back.
"Her" Stephen whines while pointing at Tracey.
"Her? " Tracey points to herself in confusion.
"Yes her. " Stephen scowls jokingly.
"What did she do? " I question him while playfully glaring at Tracey.
"She turned me down! " He fake sobs and I laugh at the face Tracey pulls, it's one of embarrassment and humour.
"Yeah, well I already has a significant other." She huffs and crosses her arms.
Stephen looks around incredulously, "where? "
"They're not here at the moment, but we're not ready to make our love known" She sighs in affection.
"Bet they're not as strong as me" Stephen winks and flexes.
"Oh trust me, they're much stronger" She giggles slightly.
"The fuck? " Stephen let's a shocked expression cross his face.
"The future is now. " Someone says over a microphone, making the whole cafeteria go silent.
The lights dim and everyone turns towards the charming boy wearing a baseball cap.
"Mr. Jenis please hand over the microphone" A teacher speaks out while walking towards him.
"And I made cookies shaped like Twitter-" He guffaws and dodges the teacher who's face is becoming red while he attempts to grab the microphone subtly.
"I'd give them to you all, but the last thing I want is people dying from allergic reactions" He dodges the teacher again, at this point two are chasing him.
"So here's a list of the ingredients-" He yelps as another teacher joins the chase and he's running on top of tables, jumping to others.
Kids are cheering and laughing, obviously egging him on.
He holds the microphone and digs a piece of paper out of his pocket, stopping for a moment to read it.
The teachers almost catch him but Stephen 'accidently' trips the first one, causing a domino effect through the three of them.
The boy shoots him a thankful look and continues on.
"Flour, eggs, baking soda, graduated sugar- wait, I said that wrong" He frowns while running.
"Granagulated sounds close enough, brown sugar, butter.... Chocolate chips.... Vanilla extract.. " He huffs out.
"If you're not allergic to any of that, I have Twitter cookies for you." He bows and the teachers pull him off of the table.
I'd question where the cookies were, of there wasn't a huge blue sign shaped like a bird, pointing towards it.
This school is so weird.
Teachers surrounded the piles of cookies and stuffed them in a tubby so no kids could eat them.
After all, they could be poisoned.
Cue me looking at a camera with a neutral expression.
~ ~ ~ ~
As the day goes on, I can't help but think about how Xavier kissed me.
Do I feel romantic near him?
That's weird.
Well.... Not really....
I mean, I barely hesitated before kissing him back.
And I enjoyed it....
"AJ! "Â Stephen yells at me, knocking me out of my daze.
"Huh? " I glance at him before closing my locker.
"You've been drooling for the past 5 minutes" He crosses his arms and I laugh at his attempt to be serious.
I look around the hallway and spot Lillith walking towards us, her dress swinging at her legs.
"Hi Ava" She smiles at me and looks at Stephen.
"Hey, you new here? " He grins and leans against the locker.
"Stephen you hoe. Leave her alone" Tracey struts up to him and thunks him on the head, "Hey Ava" She smiles at me.
He whines and rubs his head, "this is abuse. "
I shake my head at their childish antics and open my locker again, remembering I had forgot to grab my notebook for Spanish.
As I unlock my locker, a small post it note falls into the ground in front of me.
Of course my friends are busy bickering while Lily watches, so no one sees this.
It's probably just one of my notes that fell from my notebook.
I pick it up and flip it over, expecting Spanish notes but instead there's a number.
15 to be precise.
I nervously shove it in my pocket and continue talking to my friends.
I could really have one of those cookies about now.
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