Between The Lines

Chapter 1

I jumped into my black Nissan and rushed to school. I couldn't afford being late again. I parked into my regular spot and literally ran to class.

"Mari Matthews, you're late! Take a seat and start taking notes." My teacher, Ms. Olsen said. I groaned and sat down in the back. Ugh I hated her. I started taking notes about Napoleon but spaced out like 15 minutes into class. The bell rang and everyone ran out. The halls filled with hundreds of high schoolers. I hated most of them. I found my friend Dylan at his locker. I walked toward him and he smiled.

"Hey!" He said.

"Hey." I said. He was one of my best friends and I've known him for years. Most people say that having a best guy friend usually ends up with you guys dating but it's different, Dylan's gay. We walked to math together and sat down. We had Mrs. Merry, she was old and the best teacher. Math went by fast and we had lunch next. I didn't want to eat anything, so I just went to sit at an empty table. A few minutes later Dylan and Bea came back each with a tray of food and sat down.

"Hey Mari, what's good?" Bea said.

"Food is good." I said. Dylan laughed as he dug into his burger.

"So what are you guys doing after school?" I asked.

"Nothing." Dylan said with his mouth full.

"I have a date with Sammy." Bea said.

"Ugh you're still with him? Him and his group annoy me." I said stealing some of Dylan's chips.

"Sammy's a sweet guy." Bea said just as Sammy walked over to us.

"Hey babe." He said hugging and kissing Bea. Dylan and I made fake barfing noises and started laughing.

"Shut up Mari." Sammy said. I rolled my eyes.

"Ayy Sammy there you are!" Jack Gilinsky said walking over. Following him were Jack Johnson and Skate Maloley.

"Hey Mari." Gilinsky said eyeing me.

"What do you want?" I said.

"Your number?" He said winking.

"No thanks." I said turning to face Dylan. Dylan was almost done with his lunch. After lunch we usually go outside and sit in the grass.

"Ready?" He said getting up.

"Yea." I said getting up and following him. He dumped his tray and we walked outside.

"They make me want to vomit." I said.

"Oh come on, you got to admit they're attractive." Dylan said.

"Other then looks, they're just brainless pricks"

"You're so mean." Dylan said laughing.

I laughed, "So wanna hangout after school since Bea's going to be with Sammy."

"Sure." Dylan said taking his phone out. I did the same. A few minutes later the bell rang and we headed to writing class. We sat down towards the back. We were watching the "dead poets society". I loved this movie. The bell rang right as the movie ended and I headed to my last class, science.

"Where getting new seats today, students!!!" Mr. Blue said, as we all sat down in our old seats. He assigned our new seats and we all shuffled to our new seats. Luckily I was seated next to Bea but that luck got turned around when Jack Gilinsky and Skate Maloley said down in the two empty seats at our group table.

"Are you fucking kidding me." I mumbled.

"Excuse me, what?" Jack said, smirking. Ugh.

"Ok class, open your science text books to page 204 and read in your group." Mr. Blue said. Bea started off by reading, then me. When it was Jack and Skates turn to read, they looked way off task to read so Bea and I just read there part and then went on our phones until class ended.

"Mari!" Dylan said, catching up to us.

"What am I, chopped liver?" Bea said, pretending to be hurt. I laughed.

"Yes?" I said.

"Wanna hangout? Since Mrs. Bea has a date with fuckboy." Dylan said.

"Sure." I said, laughing.

"He's not a fuckboy, he's sweet!" Bea said.

"Mmhmm." Dylan said. We waved goodbye to Bea and then walked to my car. Dylan lives really close so he just walks or skateboards.

"So what do you wanna do?" I said, throwing my bag in the trunk.

"Movies?" He asked, doing the same.

"Sure why not." I said, a getting in my car and starting it. We headed to the local cinema and bought tickets to see "The DUFF". There was still half an hour till the movie starts so we went to the fro-yo shop at the cinema. We got our food and sat down.

"How long do you think Bea and Sammy will last?" Dylan asked, eating his yogurt.

"Well it's almost been a year, so maybe until graduation." I said. Dylan laughed.

"So, uhh Mari, I kinda have a crush on..." He said.

"Who?!" I said, maybe a bit to loud because people started to look. Dylan laughed again.

"Jack Johnson." He said blushing.

"Awww! He's actually one of the nicest ones from them." I said, finishing my fro-yo.

"He sits by me in science and he always makes me laugh and he's adorable."

"Awww! My Dylan has a crush on Jack!"

"Shut up! You're gonna tell the whole fro-yo shop!" He said. We both laughed. We finished up eating and then walked into the theater and in less than 20 minutes the movie started.
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(A/n)
This is one of my first stories so please don't judge haha.