High School Sweethearts (Newt x Reader AU)

The café | 20

I had fallen asleep almost as soon as I got home. I wake up with a smile stuck to my face, as I grab my phone I see the notifications from the group chat, asking if we want to meet up for lunch at the café down the street. I get changed and walk down stairs to tell my mom I'm leaving. I put my shoes on and walk out the front door.

The wind ripples through my clothes as I walk down the street, ruffling my hair. The sun is warming the air, blooming the flowers around me, and I can't help but feel a sweet release of stress come off of me. I walk in this bliss to the café, entering it with an aluminous beam. I make my way over to the boys sitting at the table, moving to sit when Allie walks over to me and pulls me aside. "Can we talk?" I walk with her to the other side of the café, out of ear shot. "So I know you and Ne-" Allie blurts out before Newt walks over to us. I can see Newt give Allie a look as Allie speaks up again, "We can continue this later."

"So what were you guys talking about?" Newt asks, with a concerned tone.

"Nothing." Allie snaps. I can feel a weird tension between them and ask if either of them wants something from the counter. As I'm ordering, Newt comes up from behind and places his card on the counter. I turn around and give him an annoyed look and grab his card to pay. I know if I were to pay I wouldn't hear the end of it. I walk to the end of the counter and wait for the drinks to come, with Newt following behind me. I don't turn around or even acknowledge him as we wait and I can feel his eyes peering at me. We've had conversations before about him paying for things but he just does not seem to listen. It isn't a huge problem, though I would like to be able to buy my own things from time to time. As I go to grab the drinks and walk to the table Newt can tell I am slightly annoyed and asks me what is wrong.

"Nothing, just forget it," I say, giving a small sigh and moving to the table to sit with the others. Newt just sighs and sits down beside me, telling me we will talk about it later. As I sit with the group I say in an awkward silence, not out of anger, out of uncomfortableness. Throughout fifteen minutes of being in the café, my good mood has vanished, and I do not have the energy to talk anymore. Or at least I thought so as I am yet again pulled aside from the group by Allie. "What's up?" I ask, slightly annoyed that I can not sit for two minutes in silence.

"I need to tell you something but you can't get mad, ok?"

"What's going on? You've been acting weird for days." This now puts me into a confused and concerned temper.

"So, when I said I went to the bathroom at the beach... I lied. I feel so bad but just please hear me out. After you went to sleep I snuck into Newts' tent and woke him up. At first I just wanted to talk to him, just to see if he was really serious about you, because this summer I began to fall for him, but you liked him so much so I kept it to myself. But after seeing you guys kiss I just couldn't stand by anymore. I was just supposed to talk to him, and tell him how I felt, but, and I don't even know how it happened but, I went in to kiss him. I'm so sorry Y/n. Please don't be mad. " Allie says, and I can see a faint smile creep in the corners of her lips. I really do not have the energy to speak anymore. I just storm over to the table, ready to grab my things and leave and that's when she speaks up. "Y/n-"

I snap, at this point between the lies, deception, and rude behaviour that has come form her I can not hold in my words, and they start to fly out of my mouth faster than my brain can comprehend. "What Allie! What else do you have to say? Huh? That you tried to sleep with him too? I can UNDERSTAND liking him, I could've UNDERSTOOD if you made a move on him at the beginning for the summer. I could even understand if something did happen at the beginning. But that's at the beginning of the fucking summer. Allie you waited till the END of the summer, you waited until I kissed him. You waited until you were sure I actually LIKED him. You are not a good friend. I don't know what the fuck this summer has done to you but I don't know you anymore. " I say screaming at her in the middle of the cafe, I grab my bag off of my chair and storm out of the coffee shop. I can sense the tears coming from my eyes as I turn the corner of the building, when I get tapped on the shoulder, by who I assume is Allie. I tell her to get the fuck away from me without even turning around.

"It's not Allie." I turn to look him in the eyes, as more fears fall to my cheeks. He walks closer to me and pulls me into a warm embrace and I start to sob. I don't think I am crying because Allie tried to kiss him, I think I'm crying because she snuck behind my back to do it. Newt places a hand on my back and starts to rub it slowly. As my heart rate rises faster, he pulls away and wipes the tears from my eyes. "It's fine, no need to cry."

"I just don't understand. I am not even mad about her trying to kiss you, I just don't get why she didn't tell me earlier, and why she would sneak around like that..." I start to fade off and question what happened that night, "Did you kiss her? I understand if you did, it's not like we are dating or anything, I just want to hear the truth from someone." I watch Newt's eyes recoil, almost with a hint of pain as he speaks.

"Of course I didn't! I would never! She tried to kiss me and I pushed her away. I told her I didn't feel the same way and she kind of just looked at me all sad and walked away. That's when you came out."

"Oh, okay, yeah sorry. That was a stupid question. It's stupid of me to care." I say starting to walk again, shaking my head at the question. Newt grabs my hand to stop me.

"Hey, it is not a stupid question. I would be upset if one of the boys tried to kiss you." I can't do anything but smile as he says this. "Let's get you home okay? We can talk about all of this there."