head in the clouds

twenty four; tyler

"So?" He asks.

I roll my eyes and smile. "Yeah, I guess so."

"Hell yeah!" He laughs. "Thanks so much!"

"Alright, go start it up." I say.

He runs off to the living room and starts up the tv and Xbox as I collect the rest of my snacks. Once finished, I walk into the living room with my arms full of snacks.

"I call first player." I say sitting next to him.

"I figured." He laughs and hands me the controller.

A few minutes go by of us just building the tower we started a week ago.

"So why hasn't Jenna been over recently?" He asks.

"We're not friends anymore." I say.

"What? Why not? You guys have been friends since like, forever."

"She's just a bitch and a horrible friend. I can't mentally deal with her anymore."

"Well that sucks, I'm sorry man."

I shrug, accidentally falling off the side of the tower and killing myself. "Are you fucking kidding me?!" I yell.

He laughs and I come back in the game, just not where I fucking want. "We need to set our spawn points."

***

Today has been... weird.

Every one is staring at me and whispering to each other when I walk by, and just laughing so loudly. My instant thought was Josh or his dick head friends spread a rumor about me, but I haven't seen them yet.

I sit at our normal table and all the guys are acting fine.

"So, what's going on?" Pete asks me in a whisper.

I turn to him and give him a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"Uh... you haven't seen it?"

I shake my head and take a bite of my sandwich. "Seen what?" I ask with a mouth full.

He looks around the room, almost trying to find someone but sighs in defeat and looks back at me. "You might wanna find Jenna."

Oh fuck me.

"What? Why? Is she why everyone is looking at me?"

He nods. "Yeah, but you didn't hear it from me."

"Can you take care of my tray and shit?" I ask standing up and leaving before he could answer me.

I walk out, leaving the cafeteria and walk the almost empty halls. Nothing really seems different, there's no posters or pictures on the walls. There's nothing...

"Tyler?" A broken voice emits from behind me.

I turn around and see Josh crying. "Whoa, what's happening?" I ask, walking up to him.

He shakes his head and walks a few steps backwards. "I- why would you do that?" He asks.

"Wh- I didn't do anything, Josh."

He wipes his tears and chokes on a sob. "I knew you were an asshole, but this...?"

"I literally have no idea what you're talking about-"

"Hey! Look it's the love birds!" A girl says.

Josh and I look behind me at her.

"What?" I ask.

"Oh, you haven't heard?" She asks. "You two. Love birds." She sneers then walks away.

"Wha- what is she talking about?" I ask, turning back to look at Josh but he's already gone.