love doesn't taste good // dnf

(9)

(clays pov)

the morning began and the sun was shining, clay checked the time on his phone and let out a short sigh "6am". he got out of bed and picked out a nice outfit for school, he realised his hair was probably a mess so he went into the bathroom and played around with his fluffy blonde hair till it looked half decent, since he was already in the bathroom he decided to brush his teeth now and skip breakfast.

after taking a long time getting ready, he went downstairs and had a chat with his mum. the bond clay and his mum had was really sweet, clay often thought he was the favourite child although his mum always denied it and claimed 'nobody is the favourite and everyone's loved equally' but mums usually have to say that, don't they?

after their chat, clay realised the time and explained he needed to leave now or else he would be late for school. clay never cared about grades, if he was early or late etc, he only really cared about his family, friends and football. that was the main focus in his life and the things that brought his happiness.

as he put his shoes on, his mum called out "clay, do u want something to eat? i'll write a note with an excuse so you don't get a detention if your late!" she started to notice how many meals were skipped and him constantly working out, she was so worried.

he yelled back "im not hungry but i'll get something to eat later— bye!!" he closed the door and got in his car.

he finally arrived to school and started looking for nick. after a few minutes of looking, he was found. "hello nick!" but nick replied, "clay we've gotta talk" he sounded serious and it started to worry him. "alright.. what's up?
nick rushed in response "what do you mean what's up!? have you not heard the rumours yet?" what rumours..?

the two boys spoke until the bell went, it was a serious topic. clay wanted to go home after hearing that so he messaged his mum "mum can i come home???" sent.

the two boys walked to class together, nick kept reminding him to just ignore whatever gets said or deny it all.it's not true obviously but it still hurts that people think i would do that. he took a deep breath before walking through the class doors.

everyone stared at him before he walked to his seat. a few comments were made like, "clay well done for getting with that one" "aye your back to normal clay" "congrats man" those comments made him so mad, the fuck you mean "normal".

class was almost over and one more person walked up to him saying "hey clay! congrats on getting with jessica, im glad your normal again" he was furious and punched his classmate in the nose making it bleed. "1st if all, it's a rumour i'm not with jessica, 2nd of all, don't fucking call me that again" the boy walked out of class and told the principal.

in his next class, there was a knock on the door follow by— "clay, please follow me" he got out of his chair and followed the lady from the office. she spoke up before he could "the principal found out about your last class and has called your mum, she's here to pick you up" phew, i can finally go home i've had enough of this day already, he thought.

the drive home was silent until they reached there driveway. clay reached for the handle before getting stopped. "wait- can you tell me what happened earlier please?" there was a short pause before he explained why he punched that boy. his mum understood and was going to make a complaint about the other boy, she knew her son was in the right and he deserved that punch.

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a few hours had passed and he quit his game of minecraft and checked his phone.

28 missed calls from nick.
10 missed calls from karl.
1 missed calls from george.
3 missed call from jessica.

he wondered why there was so many missed calls on his phone, why so many? he had a million questions and he knew who to call first.

after calling everyone back he found out the other boy got suspended and needed to apologise to clay. jessica didn't start the rumour either, turns out she's not into boys and she's been denying all of this too.

he decided to skip dinner and take a nap, he was tired after this eventful day.

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hey guys!! i'm slowly but surely updating this story, hopefully you enjoyed this chapter

can you guys tell where clays storyline is heading?? it's so sad i'm scared to write it but i promise it'll be okay eventually.

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