pretty when you cry | bowers gang

thirteen

come show me your true colours / the weeknd

henry bowers. first person.

i couldn't stop looking at her. during the movie, my eyes would always end up drifting to her, no matter what. thank fuck she didn't catch me.

stretching my arms out slightly, i casually wrapped an arm around her and made sure not too look at her. i could imagine her expression, her smile and blush. the thought made me feel weirdly happy.

patrick's stare annoyed me. i knew he liked her and i didn't like that. i should probably make a move soon before that crazy bastard does.

third person.

the trio left the cinema, with one of them looking shaken up. vienna trembled slightly remembering the things that happened during the movie. on the otherhand, patrick was grinning from cheek to cheek.

"holy shit, that was sick! especially that scene where he kidnapped her." patrick exclaimed, walking backwards to face the two others, not caring who he bumped into. his hands waved crazily around as he re-enacted the scene, pretending to grab onto viennas neck and knock her out just like the kidnapper in the movie. 

vienna pushed his hands away with a grimace, knowning the maniac would probably do something like that seriously.

"don't tell me you're scared." patrick stopped suddenly, she didn't know his smile could get even bigger.

"you wouldn't like it if a drill got stuck into your eye. keep walking." vienna said, pushing his body forwards.

"i probably would."

she grimaced and looked at henry, who seemed to be deep in thought. weird...

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she absolutely hated it. the gym kit was small and uncomfortable as she had borrowed a spare one from the teachers. she stood near the wall awkwardly, waiting for the teams to be chosen.

they were playing dodgeball and she sucked at it. it didn't help that all four members of the gang were in the same class as her, all on the opposite team. she was stunned to see the boys hurling balls at such a high speed.

soon it was just vienna versus the gang, they didn't want to hit her with the ball so she was the only one left on her team, much to her dismay.

"just get me out already." vienna groaned, not liking the shouting of her teammates at her.

"you scared ray?" vic laughed as he aimed a ball at her.

just as she was about to reply, it came shooting at her and hit her right in the stomach. vienna nearly doubled over and she heard the laughs of the gang. ouch.

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she was the last one to get changed after gym. her stomach hurt like hell and the people coming up to her asking if she was okay didn't help. vienna was about to leave the changing room when she got stopped.

"hey, i wanted to talk to you." it was henry. she wondered how he had gotten into the girls changing room. weird.

"about what?" to be honest, she wasn't in the mood for his complaints or whatever.

"i think we should go out." vienna looked closely at him for anything sign of humour, but nothing. he was serious. henry had been pacing outside the room for a while which got him some weird looks from the girls leaving but he didn't care. he was nervous.

"what?"

"are you deaf?" henry grumbled with an annoyed expression on his face. why couldn't she just answer him properly. "lets date."

the girl was stunned. sure, he had flirted with her but she thought it was a joke, not once did vienna think it was serious. however, she wasn't opposed to the idea; he was cute and she had started to like him a bit. but it was moving a little too fast for her liking.

"how about you take me on a date first, then i'll think about it." she grinned before leaving him in the room speechless. 

henry's heart was beating erratically and it was all he could hear. he had expected it all to go wrong, that she would reject him and never speak to him again. even though it wasn't a yes, he could not be happier.

for the next few minutes, the boy stood there with a smile on his face, until a teacher came in and screamed at him for being in the girls locker room.

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a/n short chapter i just wrote this all rn so sorry if its shit😭 literally have been working for 5 days straight and have school💔