Fleeting feelings?{13}

"So Damian, let's talk about your little crush, Ashley" mike smirks at me while talking to Damian.

What the fuck is he up to now?

"What about him?" Damian asks.

"Well, for starters when did you start liking Ashley?" Mike asked, fully facing Damian now.

"I think it was last summer, I went to the beach with Emily and her girlfriend. I got thirsty and got up to go get a drink from the bar and I saw him with Jessica. They seemed a little tipsy. His cheeks were slightly red, flushed skin and he had bed hair, his eyes kinda glittered with excitement as he spoke to her,he has a really pretty laugh and let's not forget his cute ass, what's there not to like?"

"So why haven't you asked him out yet?" Mike asked him, looking my way.

"Honestly, I don't know. I felt he'd run screaming bloody murder if I did, you know. Since I'm friends with his number one bully over there" Damian replied gesturing at me with his head.

"Well, since the 'bully' has decided to not bother him anymore, you can just go for it" mike was definitely up to no good with this

"I think I'll do that. Sand can you help me with that? I don't really know how to court someone"

"why should I do that? Use the skills you've been using on those sluts in the cheerleading teams on him"

"C'mon Sand, please! You know I don't have any skills. I only flirt a little and then they cling to me and their friends want a piece of this hot meat" Damian said pointing at his body.

"Then flirt with him. See if he falls for your '𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭' shit you think you have going on" sand said to him with an indifferent shrug of her shoulders.

"That won't work, have you seen Ashley? That boy doesn't even look at anyone in the locker room when we're all changing for PE" Damian said sounding like he was offended that Ashley never looks at him while we change, what a pervert!

"He's always staring or sneaking glances at Ethan in and out of the locker room" mike butted in while pointing at me.

"Yeah but I'm pretty sure he's just trying to stay alert so he doesn't get beat up for no reason again"

"Why did you beat him up that day in the locker room?" Sand asked, almost glaring at me.

"I don't know" I shrugged

"He was looking at me in a funny way which I didn't like so I beat him up, I really need to get checked, I think there's something wrong with me mentally. A lot of people at school stare at me but why did I only beat him up? Anyway, that's in the past. I want to be friends with him but I don't think that's possible anymore" I said with a tired sigh

"No shit Sherlock, you've been bullying him for years"

"Please just don't remind me how much of a jerk I've been to him. I tried to apologize at the hospital but he chased me out

" I sighed, rubbing the back of my neck.

"Hospital? What was he doing in the hospital?" Mike asked me with a tone that implied I better not have anything to do with it.

"I kinda...sorta...took him there"

"Why?"

"I was passing through a path I had chased him down before when I heard someone singing. I followed the voice and got to this beautiful clearing, sorta like a meadow or something and he was the person that was singing. I tried talking to him but he wouldn't relply to me, partly because I had beaten him up once for talking back while I was talking. I'm pretty sure the blaring reason is because he was terrified of me. Anyways, I got angry for no reason at all like I always do with him and beat him up, badly" I explained to sand feeling really guilty about the whole thing.

"So...you beat him up to the point of needing medical attention?" He asked, glaring at me

"No, I threw him in the lake"

"ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY? Everyone knows Ashley can't swim! What were you thinking?" Mike yelled at me getting out of the pool.

"I know, I honestly don't know why I did that."

"It's because you're an idiot! You better pray that boy is okay else I'll break your fingers I swear!"

"Damian get your keys, we're going to the hospital" Mike grumbled going in to changed out of his wet shorts.

"Look Ethan, I know we've all just graduated and we have a lot of pressure and expectations to meet, image to keep up and stuff that troubles us that we can't tell others about but it doesn't mean you have to take it out on the poor kid or anyone for that matter. We all make mistakes but the good thing is that you ended up realizing that you messed up. I'm very pissed at you right now so I won't talk to you for the mean time, just come along so you can give us directions to his room if he's still on admission. And I'm driving." Sand calmly said to me. She's never this calm with things and it only means she's livid.

"Hurry up mike. Are you changing your balls or clothes? It's been five minutes already! COME OUT!" Sand can be really loud and scary sometimes.

"I'm here so calm your hot butt down, sheesh! Alright, let's go. Damian hand me the keys" Mike said stretching his hand out

"Sand is driving"

"Dear lord we might get hailed down buy the cops again. Why can't I drive? You're like a lunatic on the loose whenever you drive"

"That's because driving isn't supposed to be slow and boring. You can come with us or order an Uber, if you're coming with us then shut your mouth. Ethan will sit shotgun"

"Why do I have to sit shotgun?"

"So I can smack you in the head whenever we pass by anything that pisses me off on our way there. Consider it mercy for Messing up"

"Are we going or are you both going to butt heads?" Damian asked sounding bored and slightly anxious

"Alright mister love bird, don't act like we are kids you've been burdened to look after, Ethan what's the name of the hospital?"

"SMM"

"The private one or the general one?"

"The private one"

"Really? You had to take him to the private one?" Damon asked irritated.

"I was panicking and I just told the Uber diver to take me to the closest one"

"I'm still not talking to you"

"Fair enough"