I raise my head up to see that i'm still in class. I look around the class to see that we where in math class. My least favorite class. Its so boring in here, no wonder why half of the students are sleep in here. I look to my left to see Bruce drawing on a piece of paper. I guess Bruce could sense that I was looking at him because he then looked at me. He then waves his hand because he knows the teacher would go bonkers if he said a word. Each time a student talks or even makes a sudden loud noise, she'll go crazy. Once, a student dropped a pen when the class was silent. She went crazy and started yelling at the student causing him to run out of the class crying. She didn't get fired after that because the teachers at Denver couldn't give a shit about people feelings. I wave back at him giving him a small smile. I look up to the clock to see that it was almost time to leave. 5 more minutes and then we get to leave this class. After this, we have art class. And which, all of us is in thankfully. Which means the class will be chaotic. I like it chaotic, it's fun. I should just raise my hand and ask to use the bathroom and then never come back here again. But I've done that too many times that she knows when I actually have to go and when i'm bullshitting. As the math teacher was talking, a student phone beeps at loud causing her to turn around. "Who's is that." She says in a cold voice. I look at Bruce to see him looking at me. He shrugs his shoulder and turns back to the teacher. I then look besides me to see a orange haired boy with a phone in his pocket. I think I remember him. Last year, he got pushed into a pile of mud. Now, he's became a bully. Robin told me about him, he's one of the kids who bully Finney. The teacher then takes a large breath in. "I said who's was it." She says basically screaming at us. The orange haired boy looked pale. I would too. She doesn't need to overreact like that. Its not like anyone is paying attention to what she's saying anyways. Even Bruce isnt. And that's a shocker because he pays attention in all of his classes. The teacher then opens her mouth to say something but the bell rings. "I'm not finished-" The teacher says but everyone was packing up to leave already. The orange haired boy then leaves the classroom in a rush being the first to leave. I swing my book bag over my back. "Come in hurry up. We got art!" Bruce says jumping up and down. "I've never seen anyone that excited about art class." I say to Bruce while we leave the room. "It's because we're all in that class and it's funny." Bruce says with a huge smile on his face. I then sigh. "I'm excited to go too but that dumb math teacher tired me out." Me and Bruce then make it outside of the art classroom and we can already hear the commotion in there. Bruce swings open the door widely to reveal Billy in a headlock by Robin. "What are you doing to Billy, Robin?" Bruce says running over to them. "He called Finney a bitch." Robin says. Bruce then pulls Billy away from Robin. "Violence is never the answer." Bruce then smacks both Billy and Robin in the back of their heads. I look around to see Griffin at a table drawing something. "Hey Griff." I say settling down next to him. Griffin then covers up his drawing with one arm. "Hey Vance!" He says in a nervous tone. I then look down to the paper trying to see what it was. "Whatcha got there?" Griffin then grows a light shade of pink. "It's nothing really. Just a regular drawing." Griffin says snatching the paper crumbling it up. "Come on Griff. I still wanna see." I say trying to grab. the crumbled up piece of paper. Griffin then shoots it in the garbage can. "Whoops. Guess you can't now Griffin shrugs his shoulders. I roll my eyes at Griffin walking over to the trash can. It was one of those small miniature trash cans that's usually in rooms so I can easily take it out. I take the piece of paper when Griffin isn't looking and place it in my pocket. I then notice something, the teacher isn't here. "Where's the teacher?" I say sitting back down next to Griffin. "I don't really know." Griffin says. Bruce, Finney, and Billy then comes over by us settling down. "Did you children finish playing yet?" Griffin says. Robin then rolls his eyes. "Yeah Billy. Did you?" Robin says kicking Billy's feet from underneath the table. "Enough!" Bruce shouts at both Billy and Robin. Bruce then scoots over by me. "How was you guys day so far?" Bruce says grabbing my hand fiddling with it. "It was good. I blew something up in chemistry." Billy says. "That's because you did it wrong." Finney says facepalming. "I skipped all my classes." Robin says proudly. Finney then slaps his arm. "Ow!" Robin says rubbing it. "I've told you to stop cutting classes Robin!" Finney says poking at Robin. "I know its just one time mi amor." Robin says moving Finney's finger from out of his face. "What does mi amor mean?" Finney says. "It means bestfriend." Robin says sitting back. I roll my eyes at them. They're so gay. I totally forgot that Robin had wanted me to help him make a poster. He wanted to ask out Finney but couldn't because of what happened. I feel like a dick now. "What abour you Griffin?" Bruce says. "Oh! I just drew in some classes." Griffin says tilting his head down. There was times when Griffin would be social with us and times when he wasn't. He's told us he had social anxiety so we understand. But we still try and talk to him to make him feel included. We where all talking as I noticed another group of people in here. It was Finney bullies. I turn around to see one of them staring at Bruce in a mean look. One of the bullies then looks at me. I don't know his name but he's always wearing that hideous black sweater. He then turns away talking back to his group of friend. He's definitely talking about us and I know it. I turn my head back in annoyance and see Bruce looking at me. I smile lightly at him and he just kisses my hand. I don't think nobody seen it because if they did, they would have said something about it. A couple minutes later, the art teacher walks in. She walks in hurriedly with coffee in her hand. "I'm so sorry i'm late students. There was no parking space and I didn't want to park in the handicap spot." She says placing down her coffee. The art teacher is like my second mom. Shes nice, funny, and caring. "Okay so it looks like the usual people are here." She says looking over at us and then looking over at Finney's bullies. "What are we doing today?" Billy says sitting back in the chair. The art teacher then gets up from her seat walking up in the middle. Okay so, the classroom is set up where there's desks to the side and a wide open space in the middle so the teacher can preset. "I'm glad you asked that Billy!" The teacher says. "Today, you will be drawing someone who you love." The art teacher says. I can sense that Bruce started to look at me which causes me to heat up a little bit. "You can either draw or paint. But I really recommend you all to pain so I can maybe put it up on my walls." Finney then raises his hand. "Yes Finn?" The teacher says. "What if you don't know how to draw?" Finney says. "It doesn't matter if you don't know. Its the thought that counts." The art teacher then walks over to her desk typing something on the keyboard. "You guys can start now!" She says. "Who are you guys going to draw?" Robin says. "I'm gonna draw yoy Robin!" Finney says sprinting out of his chair. "I'm probably gonna draw myself." Billy says flipping his hair. Billy then gets up walking to one of the canvases with Finney. Sooner or later, everyone found their own canvass. I couldn't really think of who to draw. I should draw my mom but I bet that's too basic. I want to draw something big and amazing. People that had a big impact on my life. I look over to Finney to see him drawing a bunch of stick figures. I don't know why Finney doesn't think he can draw. He's a decent drawer. He just draws doodles too much and doesn't practice on his actual drawing skills. Should I draw Bruce or my mom. I tap the paintbrush against my cheek to think. I then start thinking about Billy, Robin, Finney and Griffin. Its not like their drawing me or anything. They're probably drawing eachother. Plus, Finney did clarify that he was drawing only Robin. I then feel a hand on my shoulder. I look back to see that it's the art teacher. "Having trouble kiddo?" She says with a warm smile on her face. "Just a bit." She then guides me over to her desk. She sits down. "Alright Hopper." She says settling in. "Who do you care about." She says. "I care about the normal people. Like my mom." She then gives a light chuckle in return. "Dont tell me your mom. Tell me other people." I then look back to see Bruce and the others drawing. "Ah." She says sipping her coffee. "It's your friends isnt it." She taps her coffee. "Who doesn't care about their friends." "Not in the way like you. I know you Vance. Your a good person but won't show it that much." She says. "Bows your chance Vance. Or better yet, draw your loverboy." My face then turns warm. "What do you mean loverboy" I say stumbling over my own words. "You know who I mean. Now go on kid! You know who to draw." She says. I look back at them to see Bruce staring at me with a warm smile. I then look back over at the art teacher to see her smiling at me. I take a deep breath in and out. "Thanks miss." I say walking back to my canvas. I pick up my paintbrush getting started on my work.
30 minutes later
"Alright. I don't know about you guys but I am done." Billy says taking a step back to look at his painting. "Me too! I think I did good." Robin says showing his messy hands. "How did your hands get messy?" Finney says grabbing them. "I was finger painting." Robin shrugs. The art teacher then walks up behind us. "Okay. If you guys are done, you can show eachother and then show me." She says glancing at me. I think the only reason why she said to show eachother it was because she knew what i've drawn. "We should start off by seeing my wonderful drawing first." Billy says facing his painting our way. Our excitement soon turned to disappointment at the canvas had said., "your mom." Robi then smears his paint onto Billy's jacket. "You wasted your 30 minutes on that?" Griffin facepalms. Finney then didn't know what to say because well, it's not like he can say anything. "I give it a 0 out of 10." Bruce says. "Alright, my turn!" Robin says. He then faces his painting toward us to show a Finney sitting inn grass. The painting looked like a childrens drawing but good at the same time. I can tell Finney's face grew into excitement because it's like his whole face turned into a shooting star. He then wraps his arms around Robin swinging him around. "It looks so nice Robin! I basically drew the same thing!" Finney says then facing his drawing towards us to show Robin and him sitting in the movie theaters. "How does stick figures turn into that." I say underneath my breath. "Okay, your turn now Griffin!" Robin says patting his back. Griffin the turns his painting towards us to show his parents sitting at a dinner table eating. "That looks really cool Griffin!" Bruce says in awe. "Yeah! Your art style looks so cool." Finney says looking all over the painting. "Thanks." Griffin says with a little bit of blush on his face. "Alright, my turn!" Bruce says facing his painting towards us. The painting then shows a drawing of me and him laying in bed watching a movie. I can feel my whole face heating up from just seeing that. "Aww." All of them say in sync. "How do you feel about this Vance?" Robin says wrapping one arm around my shoulder. "Shut up Robin." I say trying to hide my embarrassment. "It looks nice Bruce!" I say giving him a smile. If i'm being honest, I wanted to kiss him right now. But, I don't know if Bruce is ready to tell them about us. And I don't really want to make him uncomfortable. "Thanks Vance!" He says wrapping his arms around me. He then kisses me on the cheek but does it fast so nobody can see. "Your turn Vance!" He says breaking away from the hug. I totally forgot that it was my turn. I'm happy with what I drew but I didn't know if I wanted them to see. "Uhm actually, it's not done." I say trying to cover up my painting up a bit. "That's bullshit." Robin crosses his arms. "Come on Vance! We let you see ours." Finney says trying to move my hand. "It's not done!" Billy, Robin, Griffin, Finney and Bruce then managed to push me out of the way pushing me on the floor. I couldn't see their reaction since I was on the floor. "Hey dickhea-" I was cut off by Billy jumping onto me. And who was followed by Robin. "Aw Vance!" Robin says fluffing my hair. "We love you too Vance." Bill says wrapping his arms around me. I was trying to get away from them but was stopped by Finney hugging me from behind. "Hey!" I say struggling to get up. Griffin then jumps in on the action hugging me. Bruce then pulls out his phone facing it my way. "Bruce no-" *click* Bruce takes the picture smiling at me. The art teacher walks up to up looking at the painting. She smiles at the painting then walks back away. "Yeah yeah your welcome not get off off me." I say trying to push them all off. "Don't try and act like you hate us now Vance!" Robin says. "I do hate you guys now get off of me." I pluck Robin's face. "Okay let him get up guys." Bruce says reaching his hand out for me to grab. "Thanks Rue." I say grabbing his hand lifting myself up.
"I think this one is my favorite."
"really?"
"yeah."
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