Do You Realize? |l.s.|

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I hear the boys laughing in the kitchen as I get ready, and I hurry down since I took a bit more time than usual getting ready. I make my way into the kitchen to find a certain curly-haired boy missing.

"Where's Harry?" I ask.

"Dentist appointment," Liam answers.

"Afraid of walking to school alone?" Niall teases.

"Fuck off," I say. "I'm leaving now, see ya, tossers." My walk to school is obviously quieter and more boring than usual, and I find myself missing Harry's company more than I'd think I would. Stupid Harry and his stupidly perfect teeth and hygiene. Why does he have to go to the dentist, anyways? If it's to get his teeth cleaned, I will be a witness in saying that they don't need it. He seems like the type to brush his teeth three times a day, honestly.

I'm nervous walking into school, Nick already looking at me, grinning wide at the sight of Harry not walking right by my side to the front. I avoid his gaze, but unfortunately I have to walk past him to get to my class. I keep my head down, but he grabs my backpack and drags me back, anyways.

"Did your bodyguard get sick of you already?" he growls.

"Fuck off," I say.

"Is that all you know how to say?" I just shake out of his grasp, continuing to walk as him and his friends snicker. "Yeah, walk away you coward. You're not getting away from us that easily.

Turns out, they weren't lying. They're unavoidable at lunch, and instead of their usual shit like stealing my money and dumping my food on me, the pull me into an empty hallway as the students clear out.

"Regret your attitude yet, Tomlinson?" Nick says.

"Let me fucking go, Nick. Harry will be here any-"

"The hell he is," Nick shoots back. "Didn't see him in my last class, and even if I did, doubt he'd actually stop us from doing anything."

"You talk a lot of shit when he isn't around," I say. Before I get the chance to react, he punches  me square in the jaw while his two friends hold me up. My head whips to the side at the force, but I quickly recover, thought it apparently isn't quick enough. I don't know how many times he punches me in my stomach, my shoulder, my face, before the other two drop me and he gives my one last kick before walking away.