Double the Trouble, Double the Love

do i make myself clear? - chapter 3

There was really no crowd this time. I was a little confused on why I had to hold Billy's hand. It's not like I hated it or that it made me uncomfortable but it's just weird?
I mean why would I have a problem holding an attractive boy's hand. Not to mention, his hand is super soft. NO! I am not going to gush over Billy's hand! That's weird. I grabbed his hand and followed him. A smile grew on Billy's face.

Shortly, we were at a very pretty fountain. There was a couple of teens sitting on it, eating from a big bag of grapes and talking. Once Billy saw this one girl, he instantly let go of my hand. 
Oh gosh, is that his girlfriend? I freak out and start to feel a little nervous.

"Hey guys!" Stu exclaimed and walks over to the blonde girl. They both lean in for a kiss.
I start to freak out a little more and start to take deep breathes.
OH MY GOD! STU HAS A GIRLFRIEND? WHY WOULD HE MAKE ME HOLD HIS HAND THEN?? OH NO!
I'm panicking in my head but trying not to show it on my face.

"Hey baby." The blonde smiles at Stu and winks at him.
BABY? OH MY GOD IM IN DEEP SHIT. Im panicking even more in my head and it's starting to show on my face. Im taking even more deep breathes and now frantically looking around. Billy notices.

"Y/N? You okay?" He bends down a little and looks at me. My eyes shoot wide open.
Before I could even speak, a brunette girl spoke.
"Billy, who is that?" She asks while fixing her hair.
"This is Y/N. They're new." His mood instantly changed but not in a good way. He seemed irritated.
He walked over to her and they both leaned into eachother to kiss.
Oh. My. God.
"Hi everyone!" I try incredibly hard to force a smile and I wave at everyone. I'm just standing there awkwardly.

"Hello, Y/N. I'm Sidney and that's Tatum." Sid introduces herself and her best friend.
"And that's...Randy.."Tatum rolled her eyes.
"Nice to meet you all but I should really um..get used to the school. It's bigger than my old one." I started backing away and pulled out my crumpled schedule.

"Woah woah woah, leaving already, Y/N?" Stu asks in a flirty tone and turns his head slightly to the left. He gives me a pouty look. Tatum lightly smacks him in the back of his head. She seems a bit mad.

"You know what Y/N? I can show you around the school. We can get to know each other too." Tatum stand up and gives me a smile the classic stereotypical blonde mean girl in a high school coming of age movie would give the main character.
"Oh okay, Tates. See you in 6th period then." Sidney said her goodbyes to her best friend and waved at us.

"They seem nice." Sidney munches on a couple of grapes.

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"I was wondering if you could show me where-" My question was cut off by Tatum slamming me into the lockers. I gripped onto my schedule like my life depended on it. I started to breathe heavy again.
Tatum had an angry look painted all over her face as she slowly walked towards me. I gulped and I started to shake.

"Listen here, Y/N, is it?" She had a sassy tone in her voice and her eyes were full of venom.
"I know your the new kid or whatever so I'll cut you some slack. I don't know about Sidney but I don't want you near me or my boyfriend aka Stu."
She was super up close to my face and gripped onto my shoulder. She started to dig her nails into my shoulder.

"I saw you hold Stu's hand earlier today and I also saw you hold Billy's. Twice, to be exact. Now...I don't know about you but I wouldn't everyone calling, me, the new girl at school, a home wrecker. Stay away from them. Or else." She pointed her other pointer finger onto my chest.

"Do I make myself clear?" She purred.
"Crystal." I whispered. I thought that if I spoke too loud she'd do something.
She let go of my shoulder and walked away.

I rubbed my shoulder and sighed deeply. I had a worried look on my face. I was at a loss of what to do. Do I try to find Billy and Stu to tell them what just happened or to just act like nothing happened??

I looked around the empty hallway like a lost puppy searching for its owner. I was just so frazzled at what just happened.

I un crumpled my schedule and tried to search for my next class. I scratch my head and suddenly a shadow towering over me.
I turn around and it's none other than Stu. I gasp and try to quickly walk away.

Stu grabs onto my backpack and I now can't go anywhere. It would be pointless to take my backpack off. He would just catch me again.

"Did something happen?" Stu leans into me which causes me to back away.
"No. Nothing happened." I tried to give him a reassuring smile.
"Positive?" He leans forward even more. I try to back away even more. I feel nervous and start to unknowingly play with my fingers.

"You're tense." He directs my eyes towards my hands and grabs my hands. "And nervous."
"Pshh I am not nervous. That's silly." I pull my hands away from his grasp and try to walk away.

"You're not getting away that easy." I run into Billy.
"Oh gosh." I lay my head in my palms and have the urge to tear up. I feel defeated and start to feel annoyed.

I push past Billy and try to ignore them calling out my name. It's rude but I need to process what the hell just happened between me and Tatum.