High School Sweethearts (Newt x Reader AU)

The day before I see HER | 36

It's Friday afternoon, and It's been a few days since I last talked to Allie. She is coming down this weekend for a visit. I'm a little nervous because I don't want a repeat of the last time we all met up. That didn't really go well for me. I only have two more classes left then I can go home.

I have English next, so I start to grab my things from the lunch table and pack up. I say goodbye to the boys and Brenda and walk to my locker. I open locker A6 and take out my English textbook and place my lunch bag in the locker. I slip my textbook into my arms and make my way to English class.

English passes by fast, and with the ring of the bell, the whole class gets up and leaves. I start to walk to Art class when someone comes up from behind me and takes my hand. I turn around to see who it is and smile when I see Newt's face. We walk to the Art class and sit in our usual spots. Once everyone has settled down, Mrs. Jones starts to call off names for attendance. I pull out my sketch pad and pencils, waiting for Mrs. Jones to tell us what we are doing today. She tells us that we are starting our first project, which should take around six weeks to finish. She says that we have to create a piece of art that represents what our strongest emotion is. I start to sketch some ideas and make a rough draft of what emotion I'm going to do. I am thinking about choosing love as my strongest emotion. I look over to see what Newt is sketching, and I see the starting of what looks like a person.

"What emotion are you doing?" I ask.

"You'll have to wait 'till I'm done," he says with a smirk.

"Ugh, why do you make everything a surprise?" I say, rolling my eyes jokingly.

"It makes life more fun."

"No it really doesn't, like what if someone you hated surprised you by coming to see you? That wouldn't be fun, would it?" I say as I continue to sketch.

"No that wouldn't I suppose, but it would make a nice adventure." he says, looking over my shoulder.

"How do you always have a positive look on life?" I ask, playfully shoving him.

"I don't know, it just kinda' happened." he says, looking down at his sketch pad and continuing to draw.

We continue to stretch our rough drafts until the bell rings, and we all pack up. I quickly rush to my looker, passing groups of giggling girls and boys with too much testosterone than their bodies can hold. I put all of my books in my locker and start to head outside. I hop onto the bus and sit down next to Minho. The bus starts to drive out of the school parking lot.

"Are you coming to see Allie tomorrow? Brenda and the rest of the guys are, but I doubt Newt will go if you don't." Minho says.

"I think so. Well, if Brenda's going, I probably will. I don't want Brenda to eat Allie's head off." I say, laughing at my own joke.

"What makes you think that will happen?" he says with a confused look.

"I know Allie, and I know Brenda. Allie can be a little too much at times, and Brenda has a short fuse."

"That's true, but you should really come. Allie misses you." he says, putting a hand on my shoulder.

"Are you being sweet? I thought this day would never come." I say, trying to change the topic.

"Shut it, shank, I'm just saying that you guys need to make up before we have to pick sides. We all know that won't end well." Minho says, shoving me, and I almost fall off the seat.

"You slint head," I say, laughing.

"Oh, look who's using her big girl words."

"Whatever." I say, rolling my eyes.

We continue to talk and laugh as we ride the bus. Shortly after we finish talking about English class, the bus pulls up to our stop. We get off and part ways. I pull out my headphones and put music on. I slowly start to walk home with my music at full volume. I walk into my house and go straight up to my room. I take off my school bag and plop onto my bed. I lay there listening to music until I remember that I have homework to do. I get off my bed and make my way to my desk. I pull out my homework from my bag and start to do the piles of work due Monday.

Just as I finish my homework, I hear my mom pull into the driveway. I place my work on the side of my desk and head downstairs. I greet my mom at the door, and we walk into the kitchen. It's around five o'clock, so Mom and I start to make dinner. We are making chicken with a side of greens. We finish making dinner by 5:30. My mom sets the table as I bring over the food. I sit across from my mom as we eat when she asks me how my day was. I told her it was boring and just like a normal school day as well as the fact that I was going to see Allie this weekend. She doesn't know about the fight, so she is happy that I get to see her this weekend. I try my best to act excited so she doesn't suspect anything. We continue to eat, and when we are done, I help clean up the dishes. Once I'm finished I go to my room and decide to watch a movie. I put on 'Love, Simon'. Once the movie ended, I decided it'd be a good idea to go to bed. I get changed into my pyjamas and tuck myself into my bed.