Drumroll, please ( a Gareth x reader story)

Gareth the Great

READERS POV

After 6th period I started on my way toward 7th when I bumped into Lucas.
Shit!
I had completely forgotten about his game tonight when I agreed to sub for him.

"There you are!! You weren't at your usual spot at lunch I was gonna give you your ticket!"
Lucas said handing me a small paper slip

"About that..." I started, watching as his face fell. I felt like the worst friend on Earth.

"Please don't tell me you're not coming. You're the only person in our group who said you would. You promised, Y/n!"
I could tell he was angry. I mean he has every right to be. Everything he was saying was true.

"Look I'm really sorry Lucas, I made a promise to Mike and Dustin. I'll make it up to you soon. I promise. We can still get pizza after your game-"

"Just forget it" Lucas cuts me off, coldly walking away.

Shit. That went great.

I walk to my next period sulking and drew all of class and all of the class after. I wanted to just go home and find a way to clone myself so I wasn't letting anyone down but I couldn't. I'll figure out a way to make it up to Lucas I thought as I walked toward Steve's car.

"Hey, y/n, wait up" I heard a voice behind me that I couldn't quite place.
I turned aroand saw Gareth jogging toward me.

"Hey" he said, slightly out of breath

"Hi" I replied with a small laugh

"I was wondering if you wanted to meet up an hourish before the campaign. I was thinking I could catch you up on everything that's happened with it this semester and give you a couple pointers." Gareth said, nervously fidgeting with his ring.

"Sure! Uh wanna meet back here in an hour-" I was cut off by the sound of my brothers horn

"Stop flirting! Let's gooooo" Robin yelled from the passenger seat. I flushed hard and closed my eyes in embarrassment.

"Sorry. They're not very civilized." I said with a nervous chuckle.

"It's fine. I have a little sister, I get it. See you in a bit." He patted my shoulder before walking away. I couldn't help but smile a bit before turning toward Steve and Robin, shooting them a death glare that they found hilarious.

"I hate you guys, did you know that? I hate you." I said crosssing my arms and stepping into the car.

"Sorry, y/n/n, did we embarrass you in front of your boyfriendddd?" Robin teased.

"He's not my boyfriend!" I shreiked

"He better not be." Steve grumbled.

"Oh my god." I scoffed

We eventually made it home and I rushed inside to change. Should I change? I don't want them to think I care too much. We agreed this was a one time thing. I settled on changing into a denim jacket instead of Steve's old one to avoid anything Eddie might say about it and put on a little lipgloss.

I still had about 30 minutes to kill before i had to leave to meet Gareth. I walked over to my desk and dug around til' I found my player's handbook. I used to play with Dustin, Mike, Will, and Lucas when we were younger but Lucas and Mike never wanted to play anymore when we were 14 so it's been a while since I played. I don't want to look like a complete idiot tonight.

I opened up the handbook, sending dust everywhere. I sighed at how much it made me miss Will. Maybe playing tonight will make me feel a little better.

I checked the time and decided I should probably head out. I pulled a leather side bag with a bunch of patches of my favorite band's logos and put the player's handbook, a small notebook and a pencil, my character sheet, and my old dice inside.