I lay my head in Simon's lap and I put my legs on what's leftover of the seat. He runs his hands through my hair with a soft small smile.
"what?" I ask with a slight giggle.
"you still got my kiss mark on your cheek" He makes kissy noises.
"I know, I have grown to like it" He leans down and pecks my lips.
"hey love birds" Kate says sitting across from us.
"hey" We say in sync.
"....did Simon kiss you with his makeup wet again?"
"yeah"
"don't act all pouty you like it" Simon says. I giggle and I sit up. I take his witch hat and I put it on my head.
"someone's under the witch's curse" Kate smirks.
"you're just realizing?" I ask. Deena walks onto the bus.
"aw y/n cute" She says with a smile and I roll my eyes. The bus starts driving. I lay my head on Simon's shoulder and he plays with my jewelry. I start thinking about something Simon had said, I've been thinking about it for weeks now, I haven't brought it up to him. He said I love you, he was high when he said it but I knew he meant it.
"you alright?" Simon looks at me with a puppy face.
"yeah just tired as shit"
"okay" He puts his arm around me. "go to sleep" He says stroking my hair. I giggle.
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"this isn't how I wanted to be here tonight, I wanted to be here as a fan. our Sunnyvale Devils and your Shadyside Witches throwing down some good old American football. instead I find myself here, as a husband, a father, as a neighbor, and yes, mayor of Sunnyvale. and on behalf of all the people in my town, I say all of Sunnyvale mourns with you."
"yeah, really looks like they give a damn, the only Sunnyvalers who came were the ones who had to" Kate says. "the football team and the cheerleaders" I shake my head and me and Kate focus back on mayor Goode
"our hearts are broken with grief" Deena starts walking away.
"Deena where are you going?" I ask.
"I need air"
"okay?" She leaves the crowd of students. "what was that about?" I ask Kate.
"Sam" She says looking over at the Sunnyvalers. I look over seeing Sam looking at us. Sam just walks away toward where Deena went. the floodlights go out and everyone starts lighting their candles.
"I'm going to give my brother the chance of speaking" Mayor Goode and Sherif Goode switch places.
"my family has been in Sunnyvale for generations and now my brother is mayor and I am your sheriff. we've prospered here, and yet I've seen you, our neighbors in Shadyside, suffer tragedy after tragedy. it's easy in times like this to drown in questions of why.. why this happened. but I know too well there are no answers that will provide relief. there's no peace found in the past." I roll my eyes.
"the Goode's are such bullshit" I whisper to Kate and she nods.
"we must not fall into darkness, we must look to the light"
"yeah, what we should do is light a fuse and burn down Shittyside" We all look over to the Sunnyvalers.
"what'd you say?" A boy in my class and the football team asks.
"I said it ain't a tragedy when it happens every week, it's a joke" Everyone starts approaching each other.
"I knew these assholes would start this shit" I mumble.
