Secret alliances

0.7

Wes's pov:

After getting into an argument with Rowan about why Meera was upset, I was too pissed off for lunch so I walked around until the bell for fourth period rang.

Seeing her cry evoked a sharp pang in my chest and emotions clogged my throat. It was weird.

I could definitely piece part of the story together. It had to be about a boy because she mentioned "him" and "together".

To be honest, I wasn't paying attention to their conversation until I heard her sobs.

"I'm so fucking tired." She said. Her shoulders slumping and sobs wracking through her body.

I shook the thought of that from my head and watched her through the doorway. Rowan dropped her off to this class and then left.

What is going on?

She entered the class and made a beeline straight for her seat in the back.

I could see her biting the inside of her cheek when more people walked into the classroom.

"Okay guys, settle down. Don't unpack your stuff just yet. I made a new seating chart for all my classes last night so let's get that out of the way." Says our AP U.S. history teacher.

After twenty minutes of chaos I ended up next to Meera in the back of the classroom with none of my friends near me. To be fair, I didn't give a single shit about that. But her friends weren't near her either. The closest person she was okay with talking to, other than me, was James. Even Bree was in the front.

I avoid looking at her and even talking to her  but after about thirty minutes into the lesson I look over she's silently crying.

Fuck.

I don't know what to do or how to fix it, and it doesn't help that our teacher's eyes skim to the back. And then she proceeded to ask Meera a question.

She replied in a shaky voice and kept it minimal.

When the bell rang, she was the first person to leave. Meera was walking so fast by the time I got out, she was around the corner and up the stairs. Her car had left the parking lot when I started mine up.

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For the next week days I bugged Rowan endlessly about what happened but he wouldn't budge.

As for Meera, I didn't even try to talk to her. She looked exhausted and her eyes were glossed over a lot. She would also make frequent trips to the water fountain and bathroom.

Her mood would worsen every time we went to physics and she started taking walks to avoid going to class earlier.

It was Monday and the first class of the day was AP chem.

She looked a lot better than last week. Her eyes were less swollen and a faint smile ghosted her lips.

As the week wore on, Meera was being back to her usual self but less cheery. Her workload was increasing and she was working her ass off during soccer and in the gym.

I would go in for my two hour workout and she'd be there before me and didn't leave until after I was well gone.

Every time Cassidy saw Meera, she'd engulf her in a bear hug.

It was now Thursday and we were going to APUSH after lunch. She was quietly walking next to me, maintaining my speed and pace out of habit.

After we took a seat, we pulled out our warmup notebooks and started completing the warmup. There was a sub for APUSH today so it was a PowerPoint guided lecture on paper and that was about it.

In about twenty minutes everyone's done with their lecture guides so we're all talking from across the room.

I see James in the doorway making out with Emerson.

The fuck-

I didn't need to see that. I mentally puke while everyone's screaming about it. Meera has her jaw pulled taut and Bree is glaring.

Bree turns and makes a face at Meera and she mouths "that's disgusting.". Meera nods and looks away.

"Yo James?" Andrew called. "Are you two official or what?"

"Yeah, we've been official since last week." He replied back.

"Bro what- weren't you and-"

"Andrew what did you get on the AP Lit test?" Meera loudly asked, interrupting him.

"Dude, I did so bad on that, I don't even wanna say."

"Oh that's okay." She says back.

Emerson is still in the doorway of the classroom blowing James kisses and making faces.

Meera next to me is bouncing her knee like crazy. "Why the hell do they have to do their couple-y shit in front of everyone? Fucking stupid." She mumbled, almost stabbing the desk.

"Are you jealous?" I scoffed.

She bit the inside of cheek and ignored me.

"So you are jealous. Home wrecking doesn't suit you Meera, don't even think about it."

She pushed her chair back, got up and walked to the sub, mumbled something in their ear and then left the classroom.

Shit.

I walk up to the sub. "Can I go to the nurse? I think I'm aboutta hurl."

"Oh gosh, just go honey."

I get out of that class and start looking for her.

I see her power walking to the other end of the school.

"MEERA?" I call.

She turns around but then increases her speed, slowly breaking into a run. I run after her and yank her into my body. "Stop."

"No. Let me go." She thrashed around, punching me but to no avail, my arms weren't letting go.

"Are you upset with me? Did I say something?" I questioned.

"Yes, you did say something."

"What?" I demanded.

She turned her head the other way and ignored me. I grabbed her chin with my free hand and held it. "Tell. Me."

"I would rather die." She said adding snark to her tone.

"This is about James isn't it? Did he do something?" Her face soured at his name.

"What did he do?" I demanded.

Her eyes were starting to gloss over. Oh god.

"Meera, tell me what the hell he did."

"Fine." She snapped. "Since you wanna know so bad why every time I see them, I'm pissed. James has been chasing me for three whole months, flirting and buying me shit. He asked me out two weeks ago and I went on the "date". He texted me later that night saying he's into Emerson."

What the fuck-

Her voice broke. "Emerson knew how I felt about James but she still decided to get with him in front of me, AND she said, and I fucking quote "don't ruin this for us.". Now you tell me? How the hell am I supposed to act when your fucking friend pulls this kind of shit?"

I was so shocked that my whole body went limp. How could someone even do that to your own best friend?

"That's what I thought." She scoffed, walking away.

Chapter 0.7

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Y'all my heart broke all over again but it's okay

This chapter was very much "be alright" by Dean Louis vibes, especially the end

Get ready for the next 2 chapters tho bc I'm excited now, we got some drama happening next

Next chapter: Wes's pov :)