To Befriend a Bad Boy ✔️

Eighteen|| Whipped

"As it has been said: Love and a Cough can not be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love."

-Anne Sexton

Eighteen|| Whipped

I tried to ignore the butterflies flying in stomach.

But even at a respectable distance from him, I could still feel the nasty creatures fluttering around. I hope they drown in my stomach acid.

I just couldn't deny it.

I was in love with Parker Gray.

I had fallen like all those other girls. I wasn't too far from becoming Jenna, Danielle or all those other psychopaths.

Game over.

"You okay there, Ellie?" Will questioned as he snapped his fingers in front of my face.

Honestly, I wanted to scream at him. I wanted to tell him that it wasn't and that I was done for but I held the urge to do so.

Poor Will didn't know that his best friend was having an internal meltdown.

"Yeah," I lied and gave him a small smile, "What were you saying?"

Will grimaced as he dug his fork into the green blob the cafeteria was serving. "I said that this tastes like cow manure," he remarked.

I raised my eyebrows. "How would you know what cow manure tastes like?" I threw back as a small smirk set on my lips.

Will rolled his eyes, obviously annoyed, and put the fork down. "How do you not?"

I chucked and looked over at Parker's table. Parker was throwing the green slime and Jack was not so gracefully dodging the food.

Sam on the other hand was shouting at the two boys and Finn was just looking at them as if he had something better to do.

"What is going on with you, Ellie? You've been spacing out all day." Will's worried voice brought me back to reality and I swear that I had to blink a few times just to get Parker's smile off my mind.

What was wrong with me?

"Nothing, it's just that I heard from Sasha that there was going to be a Chemistry quiz today," I lied through gritted teeth. I really needed to get myself together.

Will stopped whatever he was doing and gasped melodramatically. "There's going to be a quiz today?"

I nodded slightly and I kind of felt bad for Will. Just a little. "Or so Sasha says," I responded.

Will's surprised expression suddenly changed into one of anger. "Sasha never tells me shit," he growled and his eyes started scanning the cafeteria.

Once his blue eyes caught sight of something, he stood up angrily and walked towards Sasha's table.

Crap.

I tried to run after him but my two left feet somehow got tangled and I managed to fall on my face with a loud "thump".

"Ouch, my face," I groaned and tried to lift myself with my wimpy noodle arms.

Clue word being tried.

As soon as my body was about a centimeter off the ground, my arms gave up and soon enough, my face met the wonderful floor again.

Man, would it kill the janitor to sweep once in a while?

"That was smooth, Collins." I heard a feminine snort and I rolled to the side so my body was facing up.

My eyes met sparkling blue ones and I nearly had a cow.

Jenna.

"I do try," I shot back. I nearly let out a cry of relief once I succeeded in standing up but thought better of it, "What do you want?"

"I have noticed you staring at my Park with those dull eyes of yours and I just couldn't help but come over here to remind you that I will not hesitate to cut you," she hissed.

My eyes wandered around desperately in every direction so I didn't catch her evil gaze.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Jenna." Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie.

Jenna sucked on her teeth and, much to my dismay, leaned down. "I am not stupid."- could have fooled me- "You've been staring at him with that lost puppy look for two weeks now," she hissed lowly.

For a moment, all that I could hear was the chattering that was going around an the violent beating of my heart. "Has anybody told you that you should join the FBI?" I stated.

Jenna inhaled harshly then exhaled, as if trying to calm herself. "Just control your hormones."

She made a 180 degree turn with her heel and walked away while swaying her hips.

Well, that escalated quickly.

Parker's P.O.V

"Stop being so childish," Sam exclaimed as she took the fork from my hand and slapped the back of Jack's head.

"Fuck," Jack swore and glared at Sam, "Why'd you hit me for? He was the one throwing the food!"

Sam rolled her eyes and leaned back on her seat. "Stop being a baby. "

My eyes trailed off and a smile came over my face as soon as I saw Ellie.

A cute pout was etched on her lips as Will stared angrily into a distance. The pout suddenly disappeared and she stood up quickly to run after Will but she ended up on the floor.

"What are you- oh..." Jack trailed off as he somehow managed catch sight at Ellie.

"Is that Ellie?" Finn questioned as he pointed at the girl who was still lying limply on the floor.

"Judging by the size of that smile on Park's face, I'd say yes," Sam added. I frowned and took my eyes off the clumsy girl.

"What?" I inquired.

Sam's lips twitched into a smirk and she looked at me as if she knew everything. "Don't try to hide it. We all know you're whipped," she said.

Jack let out a gasp and Finn jumped in his seat with a look of astonishment on his face. "W-whipped?" Finn stuttered as if it physically hurt him to say the word.

"Whipped?" I repeated.

Sam gazed at her red nails. "I'm afraid so," she cried sarcastically, "Our Park is head over sneakers for Ellie."

Jack gasped again while Finn clutched his chest in what seemed to be pain.

"No! Not Brother Parker! Anybody but him!" Finn cried out and gripped Jack's shirt for balance.

Sam rolled her eyes and scowled at the two boys.

I snorted and helped Finn sit properly on his seat. "I am not whipped. Ellie is just a friend," I stated but the look on Sam's face said otherwise.

"Denial is the first step," Sam stared as she shook her head in a disapproving manner.

Ha, denial my ass.

Author's Note

Author is crying as she realizes there are two months left of school.

Author is crying as she realizes exams are next week.

Author keeps crying as she realizes she's talking about herself in the third person.

Ave Atque Vale, Readers. (It's in Latin. Google translate should help)