Stuck Between Them

Chapter 13: I hope you die

The rest of the week as well as the next, my bad luck had finally subsided, allowing me to breathe easily as I walked back from the cafeteria on a perfectly normal Wednesday afternoon. Mike and Shawn were by my side as we bullshitted all the way back to the classroom. The main topic of discussion was how the rumors of me being a pervert had finally subsided.

"It's been two weeks, and it was an accident to begin with," I began, "It shouldn't have blown up like it did."

"This is Heartbreak Hailey we're talking about," Shawn said. "If the girl gets a new haircut it's the topic of conversation for the next month. All the attention she gets is completely ridiculous anyway."

"And yet, she's all you ever want to talk about," Mike rolled his eyes. "Admit it already man, you still want her."

"I'm not going to admit it because it's not true!"

"Denial. Tell him Max."

I shrugged, not really focusing on Shawn's strange obsession, "I'm just glad that my fifteen minutes of bad publicity are over."

"Not into living the popular kids' life?"

"A life where every time I trip, it makes headline news? Pass."

"Ah c'mon don't cha-"

His sentence was cut off as a kid barreled in between Mike and me, grazing against both of our shoulders as he sped off down the hall in the opposite direction, yelling back, "Sorry!"

"Couldn't just walk around?" I shouted, walking backward and throwing up my hands in confusion as he disappeared around the corner.

"I guess he was in a hurry," Shawn said.

"Yeah, guess so."

It wasn't that big of a deal so I turned back around as a nearby door opened and I found myself in an almost identical situation. Without warning, I collided with someone and toppled to the ground on top of them, my head ramming into theirs and leaving me slightly dazed. After a quick shake of my head, I pushed myself up only to hear a soft moan escape someone's lips. My eyes shot open to discover that my hand was pressed up against a girl's boob. Not just any girl's boob either. It was Heartbreak Hailey's alluring boob, and I was now violating it in front of almost a dozen people.

She let out a shriek and shoved me off immediately.

"I'm sorry," I stammered, "It was an accident, I didn't see you there I swear! Please don't-"

"You!" she interrupted me as her friends lifted her to her feet. "You pulled the same stunt!"

"No! Well, yes that was me, but that was an accident too I swear!"

"Shut up! I can't believe I actually believed you last time, but now I know better. Max Summers, you are a pervert and I hope you die!"

Déjà vu occurred as she stormed off down the hall with her friends following close behind all the while I sat there stunned and confused on the ground.

"Did she just tell me...to go die?" I asked.

"Yep."

"That's a little excessive, don't ya think?"

"Probably, but look on the bright side." I looked towards Mike with a puzzled look on my face, "You got to cop a feel on Heartbreak Hailey's legendary tits."

"Not to mention the fact that she actually knows your name, you lucky bastard" Shawn added. "Which, is actually pretty impressive considering that she still doesn't know mine after rejecting me...ten times."

"Jealous?" I asked jokingly.

"She's a lesbian!"

"Yeah...you're totally jealous."

Mike laughed and helped me up as we returned to class. Of course the whispers and suspicious glances plagued me the rest of the way, but I tried my best to ignore them. Things calmed down once I was safely in my seat in the back of the classroom, and soon I was able to peacefully continue the day without a hitch.