"Oh prescott."

three.

note: this chapter does have more hurt than comfort. sorry, i like making myself suffer (:
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You wake up to a familiar white shirt, glancing up to see if it's really her, a smile creeping on your face as you realize it's her. You don't want to move or anything, you just want to stay in this one moment forever. After a long night of crying, you have so many questions but decide not to say anything, not yet at least, you don't want to ruin anything. You want to know why she had showed up to your place and let you see such a vulnerable and soft side of herself, you liked it but you just wanted to know why. A small sigh leaves your lips as you lay there, you can feel her arms wrap around you and she pulls you closer, earning a small hum from you. She smells like cigarettes and lavender...You enjoy this, her presence, her smell, how peaceful she looks and just all of her. A nice saturday...afternoon? What time is it? You wish you had your phone but it's charging on your desk and even if you had it, it'd be hard to use it, especially with the position your in. Nose deep into Natalie's chest. You close your eyes, the sound of her breathing mixed with yours filling your ears, making you fall back asleep.

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There's a knock on the door which wakes both you and Natalie, she grumbles while opening her eyes. She glances at you, he gives you a soft smile then you mumble "someone knocked, I should go check..." She frowns slightly, moving her arm to the side to let you move. You stand up, stretching softly and scratching the side of your head while opening your door, just enough so you can see who's there, "Hey y/n! I wanted to see if you'd like to have breakfast with me and Warren at Two Whales? I thought since you didn't make it the other day you'd like to reschedule" she smiles, you return the smile and nod "That'd be great! But I'm going to apologize in advance for all the nerd talk that's gonna happen once I see him! And I'll need an hour but I'll text you when I'm ready" you smile and both laugh softly together, then you hear a loud thump and she tries to peak her head into your dorm "uh what was that?" She asks, you glance back quickly to see Natalie holding her foot. "Oh one of my books fell off my dresser, I knew I shouldn't have stacked them like that" A evil smile appears on her face "do you have a boy in there?" You roll your eyes "Like I'd ever have that happen." You scratch the back of your neck, she doesn't know I'm pansexual yet...Dana then continues to give you that look, she gives you it when she doesn't believe a word you say, before she heads back to her dorm. You turn on your heels, closing the door now laughing at how she hit her foot against your bed post "you okay...?" You ask "Fuckin amazing." She snaps back with her teeth clenched, you slowly stopped laughing "I was just concerned..." she glances over at you, her shoulders now tensed up. "If anyone asks this never fucking happened, got it? Don't need your little nerdy boyfriend thinking you held me captive and we fucked..." Natalie leaned in next to you "like I'd ever fuck you" her voice was rough and loud in your ear. You sigh softly and feel your heart get stuck in your throat, does she really think me and Warren are dating? You mentally sighed and wanted to throw up, not because of the thought of dating Warren but of how rude Natalie was about it. Warren's a good friend, he's nerdy and you like it because you finally get to play video games with someone. Who knew you'd both be unstoppable at Super Smash bros? But that was uncalled for, what the hell is her deal? Natalie stopped holding her foot, now she's staring down at you, you were never fully aware of how tall she was, she seems to be about 5'7. Still taller than you. "You are such a dick! Me and Warren aren't dating, and if we were, you wouldn't even fucking be here cuddling up with me, now would you? I'd drop you with bitchtoria and she can deal with your whiny ass..." You ignored the soft blush that tried to creep up on your cheeks, why of all times? why now?

The thought of her being so jealous made butterflies explode in your stomach, you wanted her to get jealous and get possessive but at the same time you didn't want to rush things, it's only your like second time really meeting her...You cannot let this get out of hand...Your eyes fell to your bruises on your wrist, vision being blurred by some tears that pooled in your eyes. She was silent, you moved to the side while pointing at the door "There's the fucking door, go ahead and leave Prescott." you said flatly, you were pissed at how she snapped at you but also scared, because what if she beat you like she did last time? You shivered softly at the thought of her putting her hands on you again. She stared at you, going to raise her hand before something in her switched, she huffed "You're a fucking whore" she said as she pushed past you and opened your door. "Fuck you!" You yelled at her before slamming the door, you took a few deep breaths, trying to calm down you sat on your bed and just breathed. You glanced around your room, grabbing your stuffed animal from your couch and curling up with it. Fighting back all the urges to cry and cancel breakfast. A day just laying in bed watching Netflix would definitely be needed but you can't blow off Dana and Warren, you need to see your friends. You checked your phone, 30 minutes before seeing them, better get ready. You sighed and cling onto the stuffed animal you've had since you were little, you and (stuffed animals name) have been through a lot. They mean so much to you.

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You had brushed your hair, then your teeth (which now you should probably write down to get some more toothpaste because you're almost out), taken a quick shower, changed into some comfy sweats, a random shirt and a flannel. You put your converse on and grabbed your bag before heading out, you met the breeze of the cold air. A shiver runs through you, your thin flannel gave you little shield from the cold. You sighed, your breath was visible and you began to walk to Two Whales diner, then sending a quick text to Dana. You put your earbuds in and music filled your ears, no more early birds chirping or quiet talking from the few people on the benches outside of Blackwell. Just The Moon Song by beabadoobee playing gently in your ears, it makes you feel comfortable. You smiled to yourself softly, taking in the cold air and breathing it back out. You glanced as Natalie was pressed against her car in the parking lot, smoking, her eye bags were heavy and she looked really pissed off, as usual. Her eyes looked a little puffy and red, then she caught you staring and took the cigarette out of her mouth. Blowing out smoke before rolling her eyes at you, you looked away and put your focus back ahead of you. You wanted to turn around and run toward her, embrace her, and apologize. Why did you feel the need to apologize? You didn't do anything wrong except get angry, but she was jealous and snapped at you first...But you just wanted it to be like the morning when she was in a good mood, yet, this is Natalie Prescott we're talking about. You wanted to see her smile again...

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You sigh as you turn the corner. You had eventually made your way to the diner, sliding into the booth next to Dana, you and Warren had chatted up a storm and surprisingly Dana was happy to bring up her knowledge of the five nights at freddy's lore (yeah in this au, nothing in game rly happens plus you and warren play fnaf while in class for fun and Dana is a big video game nerd from when you two had sleepovers😭). You were both surprised and started to make fun of her for knowing anything about it considering no one really talked about it at all. Except for you and Warren of course. You only ordered some waffles, giving your extra bacon to Dana and your strawberries to Warren. Joyce enjoyed you, so she gave you extra bacon when she could, she's really sweet. After eating most of your waffles you had some small talk, Dana groaned and titled her head back whining "ughhhh Warren! You really should so ask Max out! She'd totally say yes!" Dana said to him, he shook his head and waved his hands "no, no, no. How about I don't tell Max how I feel" he said and scratched the back of his neck with a small laugh. Me and Dana both sighed "Oh come on, just do it already! She's the sweetest, even if she rejects you there's still other girls" You said and gave him a reassuring smile, he sighed deeply before taking a bite of his omelet. Then finally after 10 minutes of arguing over who pays, you and Warren finally decided to split it between both of you. It was only like $20, and Dana just sat there amused with the way you two acted. Dana rode with Warren and you back to Blackwell, you waved to Dana as she walked off to her class.