Just A Crush (BWWM)✅

twenty four

They were all laughing at me. I could feel it. I could only imagine that Sophia sent screenshots of the group text to everyone she knew and now the entire school thinks I'm easy as pie. They probably didn't once stop to think that I just wanted to try something. Harvey made me out to be the monster in an innocent situation and there was no way I could forgive him for such a thing. I never thought he of all people would say those things behind my back.

Harvey was right about one thing. He is a terrible person.

I watched Kit jog across the lawn to meet me as I entered the building. I decided to take the longer way to class since barely any people took this way.

"Should I ask why you weren't at lunch or answering any of my texts or calls? Did I do something at the party the other night because I made sure to stay clear out of your way." He grabbed my shoulder and I quickly shook his hand off me. "Are you okay? Can we talk about it?"

"You should continue staying out of my way. I really don't want to talk to anyone right now." He scoffed when I attempted to close the door in his face which failed because he pulled it right out of my grip with ease. "Kit, I'm actually very serious. Leave me alone."

"I can't leave you alone when everything inside of me is saying to cheer you up."

I quickly turned around to face him. "Did you know?" His eyes went wide as the grip on my backpack straps got tighter. "Did you know that Harvey and all his friends set me up for fucking failure? All of this was apart of someone's ridiculous plan to make me look like a slut in front of the whole..." A girl glared at me as she walked by. I was either exposed already or simply being too loud. "The whole school knows something."

"I have no clue what you're on about but I would run into a volcano if it gave you all the answers you're searching for." I looked into his eyes and I knew he was being honest. Kit wasn't one to lie to me about anything serious. He was probably the only genuine person I had left. "You clearly don't want to be here and school is stressful as it is. I have a good idea if it's okay with you."

Thinking about it for two seconds was all I needed to know that running away with Kit temporarily was the medicine I needed for this cold. I didn't want to run the risk of bumping into Harvey so this was the only sure option.

"Where are we going?"

"Teenagers can come here during the day since the bar doesn't open until eight. I found this place when I was a freshman." He pointed to an open table with high stools to sit on. I followed him over and we took a seat next to the window. "So... do you want to tell me what happened?" I continued to look out the window to watch the cars pass by the slightly busy street. "We don't have to talk then. I'll stay in my bubble and you stay in yours."

I turned to face him and all he did was smile. I was too embarrassed to tell Kit anything although he already knew. Rudy so blatantly screamed it out in front of him. I just didn't want him to hear what I had to say and take anyone's side but mine. Though I knew he wouldn't. I was paranoid at this point.

"How terrible is Harvey?" He put the drink menu down to look at me. "He said he was scared that he was a terrible person but is he truly terrible? Could he do things that would break a person and not care?"

"When I think of Harvey being terrible, I think more of his selfish greed. He does things and wants things without suffering consequence. He's terrible but Harvey is not evil. I don't think he would break someone. More just make them dislike him a bit."

My focus went back outside so I could think some more. What Harvey did was evil but maybe Kit doesn't know him as well as he thought.

"I don't mind sharing a few things that he's done to me. I got over them because I know Harvey doesn't mean the shit he does. He grew up... alone." I didn't want to feel sympathetic for the guy. I don't know why Kit wanted me to. "When I first started dating April, she was really close to Harvey. They were best friends before he and I were even talking. She didn't tell me that she cut him off and he took his anger out on me. He's the reason I don't drink. He talked me into getting high before a baseball game. Told me that it wouldn't affect my performance. I lost the game for my entire team. Blaming myself but realizing it's because I trusted someone I thought was my friend."