Just Me and You (Cole Johnson)

☆ Chapter Two ☆

Tick. Tick. Tick. Man I swear the clock goes slower every time I look at it, 6 more minutes until the school day is officially over. I can't wait until I'm in my room listening to fleetwood mac like I do almost every afternoon, why wouldn't I?

Before I know it the final bell of the day rings, finally. I eventually left too once everyone else had gone and I started making my way home.

Ah yes my favourite part of the day, the walk home. It's just so peaceful walking past all the flourishing trees and flowers through the trail, almost no one takes the same route as me just a couple of others who live in my neighbourhood, but I barely ever notice them. A couple of minutes went by while I'm walking and I turn a corner to enter my street when I'm met with the scene of Jeremy getting all up in Cole Johnson's face, huh, so I'm not the only one?

"Sup freak, anymore devil blood shit going on in ya household? Naw didn't think so, do you know why I think you made that shi up? Cuz I think you is a  pussy. Yeah that's right a, pussy, you thought you were gonna look all big n' stuff" Jeremy blurted out but prolonged the second 'pussy' making spit fly in Cole's face. Jeremy and his gang started hysterically laughing, nothing new. This isn't right, it's okay for Jeremy to bully me, I can take it, I'm used to it. But to literally anyone that's stood in his path? I can't watch him constantly do this. "Jeremy give it up, if you think you calling me a lier and a pussy is gonna make me scared then you've got it all wrong just fuck off and worry about yourself for once would you?" Cole snapped back before I could even open my mouth.

Wow? I don't think I've even ever heard Cole Johnson speak, let alone this? Damn, now this is where I come in. I bring myself into the scene and Cole Johnson looks at me like he has never even seen me before! Well maybe he hasn't? Anyway that doesn't even matter right now. "Yeah listen up Jeremy if you think squaring up to people with that big nose of yours is still intimidating then you've got a lot coming your way" I wasn't as good as Lilli but it was something.

He raised his eyebrow at me with his mouth open still shocked that I've even opened my mouth. "Damnnn Lacey you kinda hot when your mad" he smirks while looking at his buddies. "Excuse me what?!?" I exclaim, did I just hear that correctly?? "Yeah you should do that more often, makes you look sexy" he bit his lip and started walking towards me while I slowly backed away. Cole is just stood there trying to take in everything that's been said, just like me! What is happening?!? "Umm Jeremy what are you doing?" I start to feel a lot more nervous than I usually do as he steps closer to me while his friends are cheering him on. Before I know it he's pressing his pasty lips onto mine and pushing himself against me. I managed to pull away as quick as I could away from his tight grip. "The fuck are you doing?? Is this some kind of sick joke!!" "Nah I've just realised what I been missing out on, it's either I make out wit' dyoo or I go back to calling you Miss fatty, what will it be?"

Without giving me any chance to answer, he pulled himself close to me again and forced his face onto mine while he grabbed my ass. I can't push him off this time and he's got himself tight on me. I just closed my eyes as tears begin to form, imagining that the worst is about to happen. Suddenly he is ripped off of me, I opened my eyes quickly and Cole's got him by the shoulder. "The fuck is wrong with you? Your really gonna regret that you prick" is all I hear Cole Johnson say before they begin fighting right there in front of me. I am stood there frozen, what do I do in this situation? I want to move but my brain doesn't let me. I hear one clean punch and Jeremy is on the floor. "Do you fella's wanna fucking go too now? Im only now getting started!!" Jeremy's friends shake their heads vigorously as they grabbed Jeremy and make a run for their bikes. What the fuck just happened?

Cole turned around to face me with a black eye already forming, "oh my god, oh my god!! Are you okay?? You didn't need to do that!" I start saying extremely fast trying to see if he's okay. "Woah woah woah slow down" he says "Yes I'm fine the real question is, are you okay?" He points at my arm with a bruise also already starting to form too from Jeremy's grasp. "Uh yeah um I'm fine I just wasn't really expecting that..I mean he's bullied me for like years" Im still trying to comprehend everything that just happened, had Jeremy plagued me all this time because he liked me? No surely, he is a cruel person overall and a crush doesn't excuse that m. "but you like didn't need to do that, to be honest I thought you made a run for it" I laugh actually feeling nervous still. He hits me with a concerned expression "Now why would I do that? God knows what he would've done if he was alone! Genuinely though are you okay?" I nodded, I lied. "Also uh before I forget, I uh didn't quite get your name?" he looks as me waiting to respond. "Oh yeah, yeah, the names Lacey, Lacey Anderson but a lot of my friends just call me Lace". He smiles "Well Lacey, take this as us officially introducing each other, I'm Cole Johnson" he holds out his hand to shake and I shake back as if I didn't already know his name.

We both smile at each other while I looked straight into his eyes, they're a pretty green colour. Wow I've never noticed how beautiful his eyes were until now..

Judah's POV-
Wow lacey, what a pretty name? And her eyes, I mean I've never seen anything quite like it. It's like they're as blue as the ocean, I could stare into her gaze all day..

Lacey's POV
We're both silent for a moment until I look down and realise we've both still got our hands clasped together, man my hand looked microscopic compared to his.  We both let go of each other instantly and both awkwardly laughed to move past the moment. Judah looked down at his watch, "Oh uh not tryna be rude but I better get home before my parents send out a whole search team" we both laughed as I agreed with him and thanked him for what he did for me before we parted ways.

I'm almost at my door when "shoot!" I say out-loud, I forgot to get his phone number or something! I wanted to thank him properly at least, now I don't even know the next time I'll see him! Typical on my behalf, I'm always doing things like this, I guess I've never really been good with memory one time I was even late for my own birthday party, how does that even happen? I just tried to shrug everything off before I walked inside so my mom couldn't ask me if anything was wrong.

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Hope you are all still enjoying this, feel free to leave any suggestions/thoughts! Im probably going to sleep now but I add more chapters to this tomorrow:)