Quicker Apologies (Total Drama, Noco)

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Noah Monday

(slight TW (?): mention of smoking towards the end, use of f slur once (i can reclaim))

It was 6:30 AM, August 23. Today is my first day as a sophomore at hell, aka Wawanakwa High School. I don't really hate the school, just the kids. There's not a single one I can tolerate.

I got up and grabbed my three layers of clothes I had layed out the night before. I always got called a homo or fag by Duncan Slater because I wore a sweater vest often.

(A/N: idk if duncan has an actual last name so i used some name generator website. I also just looked up american or canadian high school names or whatever so if the sophomore thing is wrong, it's cause im british)

I grabbed my bag and got the keys to one of my brother's cars he let me borrow. I was the only one of my sibling still in school because of being the youngest.

I started the car and started to drive down the road. I saw Owen and Izzy walking with some random shorter kid i'd only ever seen pass by in the halls once or twice. He seemed to be really energetic and talkative, but by the looks of it neither of them were paying attention to what he said.

I slowed down by them, the brunette seemed to be the only one paying attention. I rolled my eyes and yelled after rolling down the window.

"You guys want a ride?" Izzy and Owen finally took their eyes off eachother and nodded before opening both of the car's back doors. The boy I didn't know the name of sat next to me in the passenger seat.

He looked at me and smiled, sticking his hand out.

"I'm Cody!" He seemed very smiley. He wore a sweater over a white collared shirt. If I didn't have a brain, I would assume he doesn't also get picked on by Duncan.

"Noah."  I awkwardly shook his hand and started driving again. He started talking about how he had a crush on Gwen Hall all of freshman year and how he just woke up one morning and it stopped but now they're best friends. I didn't see why the guys liked Gwen so much, even some of the girls did. Of course, i'm gay so I don't know how i'd see girls like straight guys did.

I parked the car and grabbed my bag from beside Cody's legs. He was still talking about something I wasn't paying any attention to. Owen and Izzy walked pass us, still having their only bit attention be on eachother. They're like a more annoying Courtney and Duncan, only they didn't have such an off and on relationship.

I walked to the sophomore hall with Cody following me, like a lost dog. Only the lost dog couldn't stop talking or getting distracted. There were three different home room classes, of course i'm in Cody's.

"Oh, hey look we're in the same home room!" He said while pointing at the sheet taped to the wall beside the entrance to the classroom.

"I'm so excited," I said sarcastically. I guess the guy can't read sarcasm, because he just responded with a "me too!"

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We didn't have a lot of classes together, just two or three thankfully. It was still enough for him to talk my ears off though. I did slightly feel bad for the kid, he obviously doesn't know social cues, so he probably got called annoying a lot.

While I was putting everything in my bag, Owen told me he had to cancel our plans for today because he "wanted to hang out with Izzy" like he wasn't doing that enough already.

I rolled my eyes at him and walked off to my extra class I had because of student council.

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I walked out to the parking lot and the same kid I referred to as a lost puppy was sitting in the grass with his back against the wall and a lit cigarette in between his thumb and forefinger. I walked over to him and watched as his eyes were scanning a tree some-what far away.

"What are you doing?" He jumped and put out the cigarette in the grass then looked up at me.

"Oh, hi Noah," he said, fidgeting with his fingers and shaking his leg around. His jeans looked dirty, probably from all the dirt he sits in.

I gave him a glare after he avoided the question. He nervously rubbed the back of his neck and gave a small smile. I rolled my eyes at him, I felt something in my chest that felt like a weird gust of pressure that just stayed there. It didn't hurt though.

"Do you want a ride home?" Courtney, a few random seniors, juniors and freshman, and I always got out 45 minutes later than everyone else because of the extra classes. So seeing someone still waiting outside school wasn't common.

"I'm waiting on Owen and Izzy, do they have that extra class with you?" Now I really felt bad. I guess Owen didn't tell him that he was just hanging out with Izzy today.

"No, they left when you were supposed to," I started leaning against the school walls when Courtney appeared behind me.

"Can you stop talking to your boyfriend and take these. It's basically just more about our topic for the presentation next week. I'll text you when I finish my portion," Courtney handed me the books she had in her hand and walked off. Courtney and I were pretty good friends, although in eighth grade she pretended to hate me because I was a "threat" to her by being smart aswell. Courtney was the first person I came out to, Owen being the next and also last. I never told Izzy because she can't keep secrets to save her life.

"Ooh delightful," I said in a very gay and sarcastic voice. Cody was still looking up at me, giving a weak smile. I sat down next to him and opened my bag to put the books in.

"Answer the question before I leave you to sleep outside," I said, not looking up from what I was doing.

"Yeah, thanks. Why didn't they tell me not to wait on them though?" He looked back at me, still not looking back at him.

"Don't know, they're just like that sometimes." I picked up my bag and put a strap over my shoulder and held out my hand to help him up. He took it, still looking upset. I put one of my arms around his shoulder as we walked to my brother's car I drove.

"Y'know, Duncan only hates me because last year someone spread a rumor that Courtney and I were dating. He's so dumb he still believes it. I seriously don't know how much more obvious I have to make it for him to get it through his thick skull that I like gu- don't like Courtney. That I don't like her." My attempt at trying to cheer him up only resulted to me accidentally outing myself to the boy I just met.

He got into the passenger seat and just looked at me, I tried not to say anything about it. Maybe if I try to pretend it didn't happen he'll forget it.

"It's okay, i'm gay too- well bi. I don't know yet, it's weird like I used to have crushes on girls but like now it's only guys that I find attractive. I don't know, but it's fine, it's okay that you're gay." He really needs to work on the whole switching the conversation so quickly thing. I gave him a small smile and started driving to where he said his house was.