I never know why. I only know who. (AU)

Chapter 20

Sorry this has taken so long I've been writing my other story "In Omnia Paratus" if you haven't already read it, I recommend you do 😃

Since things had changed for Clara, she'd begun to get more and more impatient with Olivia and Louise. She hated the way they laughed about things like how many guys they'd had sex with and how they'd probably be pregnant soon enough. They thought that whole idea was hilarious and cool, but they had no idea just how horrible it really was. It may have sounded cool and fun to them to have a kid by the time they're twenty-one, but to Clara it was the exact opposite. She'd never realised just how different she was from them before.

She was sat with them at one of the tables in the sixth form lounge. She'd barely eaten a single one of her chips, picking them up with her fingers every so often and dropping them back down again. The grease on them made her stomach churn, but she felt like she couldn't excuse herself to go to the toilet yet again, so she was ignoring the disgusting food she'd bought for some reason.

"I don't get it Clara." Olivia suddenly said out of the blue, drinking some of her coke.

"Get what?" Clara sulked, not really paying attention as she looked at the slimy chips once more. No, they would definitely end up in the bin within the next ten minutes.

"Why you choose to hang around with them." She moaned, moving her head to her right. Who she was referring to was pretty obvious as Amy, Rory and John all walked by after getting their lunch. John smiled at Clara as he passed and she smiled back, leaving him be with his friends. She always felt sorry for them that they would also have to put up with her annoying ones. "I mean, yeah he's your boyfriend, but you could do so much better."

Clara snapped her head up and squinted her eyes. "What?" She said simply, suddenly focusing on something other than the table and the food.

"I'm just saying, he's a bit of freak in case haven't noticed. Just date someone like Axel." Olivia mumbled, taking another sip from her coke as she saw Clara stare at her in disbelief. Clara had been known to shout before, but her mood swings were definitely not going to be to Olivia's advantage this day, and Clara was not about to hesitate on getting mad if she didn't shut up very quickly.

"Say that again." Clara warned lowly, staring her in the eye as Louise looked up to join in.

"Come off it Clara." Louise mumbled, knowing that there was about to be a full range explosion from her if Olivia didn't apologise. And no-one really wanted that, especially since the entire room would most likely take Clara's side. All those that the two of them hadn't fucked anyway.

"Shut up." Clara snapped, her eyes remaining focused on Olivia who was now squinting her eyes back in return.

"You heard me." Olivia said defensively. "I just don't understand why you like someone who's face is basically asking for a dunk down the toilet. It's bringing your popularity down by a mile."

Clara ground her teeth together, fists clenching as she slammed one down hard on the table. "Like you know anything about guys!" She shrieked, making the whole room turn silent as they turned around to watch what was going on. Louise went visibly pink, but Olivia didn't back down.

"You've only fucked the one!" Olivia shouted back.

Clara stood up from the table, the chair she was sat on making as loud screech as it ground against the squeaky floors. "At least I'm not a whore! You think you're so amazing and cool because you take stupid risks that will end your life, but you're not! You're a mental case!" Clara shouted in frustration.

Olivia's shock was evident on her face. "Woah, where the hell did this come from?" She stood up too, facing Clara as everyone around leaned in some more to find out what the argument was about. "I simply said your boyfriend's weird. Everyone can see that! Then you go all psycho on me!"