Choosing 13 | Johnny Kavanagh

chapter eight

Johnny

Walking into Maths with the guys, I scanned the entire room for Lilie. I just want to know if she's still okay. No signs of Mrs. Lovegoth yet so they're not late.
"Training was tiring, Coach had us on twenty laps around the track!" Gibsie complained as we walked to our desks by the girls.

Claire rolled her eyes playfully, "wow Garerd, you this sure did look tired today," she said with his sarcasm.

"Big game is coming up, lad!" I nudged him with my hand, "against East High!"
East High was our rival team for years, second best in our league but we are going to change that.

I sat down next to Feely who was talking to Casey Lordan to my right and Hughie talking to Katie Wilmot on my left.

I'm pretty sure Macy was talking to me, "hey Johnny! Can you take me and the boys home after school?" Shan said, sitting down on the desk in front of me.
I nodded. Then Nessa Park and Harvey came into the classroom, Nessa was dragging him by his arm."

  "Nessa, slow down!" Harvey crashed into the desk in front of us and held his head in his hand.

The girl leaned against Shan's desk with her arms crossed, "that's what you get when you get drunk right before school," she shrugged.

Joey and Aoife had come next to them, "what happened to him?" Aoife asked Nessa.

Nessa looked at her then to Harvey again nonchalantly, "we found the twins outside, Lil smoking and our Lover boy half drunk," she told Aoife before rooting out medicine from her bag and then his bottle from his.

"I'm not fucking drunk," Harvey slurred, grabbing the medicine and taking the bottle off his friend.

Nessa scoffed, "sober up, I'm not babysitting."
"That's would be inappropriate, we fucked and shi-" Harvey laughed but Nessa cupped his mouth.
I noticed the cut eyebrow on Harvey's face. Shit, how about Lilie?

We raised our eyebrows in shock, but I saw Joey was swallowing his anger, "Jesus told Christ Harvey, we were drunk!" she scolded.

"When was this?" Shan held her hand in excitement.
I smirked, "does the others know?"
She quickly shook her head, "we were 14..?"

Shannon frowned, "Lizzie doesn't know?"
Harvey shoved her hand of his mouth and said, "I'm not fucking drunk, sweetheart." he groaned.

Nessa cringed, "ugh Harv, how much did you drink?" she tilted her head.
"Can you fuck off?" He said.
Then the others came in the room, "how's Lilie?" Nessa asked Lizzie.

"Ethan got her, he's going to try and get her here but they might be skipping this period because Lils is tired from Jack." Lizzie replied.

Bennett pushed past everyone and dropped a packet of cigarettes in front of Harvey, "and you guys are just hiding things now?! Loyalty!". He raised his eyebrows.

"That's Lia's, mate how did you get them?" Harvey laughed.
Nessa smacked Bennett's head, "fuck's sake Wes!" she snatched the packet from the table and threw them Olivia Addams that was passing by.
"Nessa!" he whined.

She was already walking backwards to the back, "don't  be a dick," she shrugged, "maybe you will get them back!"

"You think she was flirting with me?" Bennett said jokingly, "dream big, fucker." Lilie put her arm around his shoulder.
She looks fine.

"She was, Bennett!" Harvey said.
"Don't egg it on, mate" Park scoffed.
"You're feeding into his delusions," Lilia laughed.

  "Hey pretty girl!" Gibsie teased.
Lilie smiled, "I like you."