18 It Was Me!
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This is purely a work of fiction. Not meant to offend or incite, but to entertain and (maybe) inspire.
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IT WAS ME!
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"Man, can you stop feeling me up?" I asked Will—see, I do remember his name. His hands have been on me since I took my seat, a trace on my bicep here or a finger exploring the muscular contours on my back.
"He's literally drooling, the thirsty bitch." Renee laughed, shaking her head at him.
"H-hey that is so not true." He wiped his lips. I knew he was mirin but gahdamn, this cannot go on. "I think I should start working out too." He said, showing me his skinny arm.
"That's actually a good idea." If he wanted to build himself, I had to be a brother and support it, as the Emperor dictates in the book of Holies. "I'll help if you need it."
"Yeah, he'll need your help alright." Renee snorted.
"Shush you." He lightly slapped her arm. "And thanks bro I'll--"
"Renee!" An extra rushed in, said mob character wrapped his arms over the seated Renee.
Mob, had short red hair faded at the sides, blue eyes hidden behind clear, thin framed glasses and a noticeably feminine voice and demeanor. He was dressed like a figure out of the pages of a hipster fashion mag for gay teens. The flamboyance and energy he displayed was something only a select few could possess.
Short sleeves were tucked into blue skinny jeans—the kind that accentuated moderate asses into bountiful peaches and held up by leather suspenders. He had diamond studded earrings, double nose piercings, black nail polish on thin fingers and lip gloss on a very nice pair of lips to top it off. No homo.
He looks like he introduces himself with they/them pronouns.
Brain, you'll get us canceled.
"Zeph, babe I missed you so much!" Renee, who reciprocated the gesture after a bout of surprise, yelled back. William kept smiling like an idiot as he watched them talk.
"Who's that?" I asked him. The lanky bastard was too engrossed in watching his boyfriend hug Renee to even register my presence.
"Hey Willie!" Squealed the extra character after frolicking with Renee.
"Ohemmgee Zeph how could you just bail on us like that?" Will toned up, clearly excited to see the guy. They held hands, palm to palm, in that annoying way girls did right before they deployed eardrum destroying screeches.
"Awh Willie boo, it was a surprise trip. Ugh, I so had to go." He replied.
My eyes met Renee's. I am definitely not doing this.
It's too late to leave now. She gestured at the teacher who'd just walked in.
At least I was left out.
"And hello handsome!" The extra jumped into my lap with a shout, arms around my neck, his nose inches from mine, blue eyes looking right at mine. He smelled of fresh money and—wouldn't you guess it—roses.
Let's turn him into the throat monster.
Nope!
Let's pound this little twink raw and destroy his tiny--
NOPE!
"See ya later!" The bubbly boy said after planting a kiss on my cheek, leaving the class after the teacher glared. I remained frozen, pondering on what had just occurred.
"What the fuck was that about?"
"Oh come on dude, you know how Zeph gets" Will laughed. It wasn't funny, not if he knew what my brain planned on doing to the guy.
"Why did your boyfriend just do that?" I asked Renee.
"Pfft!" Will spat while Renee burst out laughing.
"Why, you jealous?" She made a zip it gesture to William and questioned me with a wide smirk on her pretty face.
"Do you want me to be?"
"Maybe." She twirled a lock of her blond hair around a slender mahogany brown finger, matching my gaze and grinning.
"How about--"
"Mr. Grayson, would you like to share your very interesting conversation with the class?" The teacher, missus something with the thick round glasses, sassed me.
To my left, Will buried his head in the notebook like a kid who couldn't afford to get anything below an A+ or he'd get disowned.
To my right, Renee quickly scribbled down letters in hers as though she was solving an equation that would cure cancer.
I then was the aimless ruffian disturbing the class and left out to dry. With friends like these who needs enemies.
"I'm sorry for disturbing the class Ma'am, won't happen again."
"I don't expect it to Mr. Grayson."
"Low expectations those are" I blurted out. Yep, and she now hates me.
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"You."
"Me."
"That joke is old." Eve said, placing her plate down next to mine. The spring breeze that was her scent wafted all around the table.
"No friends?"
"They're busy with a group project." She looked around me, not seeing William. "Where's Will?"
"Busy catching up with a friend of his."
"Aww, did Mr lone wolf get left behind?"
"Ouch." I grabbed my chest.
"C'mon you big baby, I'm just joking." She laughed. "Who though?"
"Some guy he calls Zeph."
"Cough!" She hacked out her orange juice over the table, spent some more moments coughing, while wiping the mess away with some tissues and tells me to "Say that again."
"Some guy called Zeph." I repeat.
She spends a silent moment staring at me and then bursts out laughing loud enough to draw attention. When she stops, she wipes away tears at the corners of her eyes.
"You seriously don't know?"
"Know what?"
"Zephyr is a girl."
Well isn't that a turn off.
"Wait, what?" I vocalized the question to my brain.
"Yeah, I mean everyone knows." Eve replied, thinking the question was addressed to her. "How did you not see it?" She chuckled.
"Guess I was too distracted." Being biased and reining my brain away from the closet.
"You got anything going on this evening?" She asked, tapping at my hand like the keys on a piano.
"Yes. Patrol and homework." I said. Shooting down what was a potential attempt at a date.
"Cool, I'll join you."
"You don't have to, I'm smart enough to copy my answers from the internet." She slapped my arm.
"I meant on patrol."
"What about TeenTeam?"
"I'm taking some time away right now."
"You know me Eve, I'm—"
"Stop, just tell me you don't want me near you." She smiled, but the sadness within was obvious. It was ironic that my mind could decipher emotions and more from facial expressions and posture but supposedly not someone's gender.
Gimme a break, asshole.
Have a kitkat you stupid brain. I threw the quip right back at it.
"What are you saying?" I asked her.
"You're avoiding me." She stated, her gaze boring into my eyes, trying to find the answers I wouldn't utter. "I don't know why, but you are."
"Eve it's not like that."
"Do you hate me, Mark?"
"What? No, of course not, you're awesome and one of the few people I actually like." I reassured.
She blushed. "You don't mean that."
"You know I do." I squeezed her tender and slightly sweaty palm. She took the limb back when she got shy enough, as intended. Unintended however was her wiping the sweat off her hand and holding back onto mine.
I looked down at it, then at her grinning at me. "Got ya." I said, using my thumb to grab hers, playing the intimate moment off as a game.
"Really?" She knows what I'm trying to do.
"What--"
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Thank God. I pulled my phone and stared at the unknown caller ID.
"I have to take this." I told her, leaving my seat and the cafeteria behind to have myself a private conversation and avoid Eve's scrutiny.
"Hello?"
"Mark."
"Cecil."
"We've got a job for you."
"I'm all ears."
"You ever been to Mars, kid?"
I could hear the grin in his voice.
"Not yet sir." I hope he heard the one in mine.
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Ohayogazzomabazzookaai!! That's french for Hello my lovelies.
Things are getting back into gear for our boi. The new character, pay attention to that one. Some of you might even recognize the name. Wink wink.
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