Not Just Rivals (Callister Academy 2)Completed)

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ASTRID
"I can't hate you North.I never hated you".

She sits down on the couch and buried her head in her hands.I walk over to get down on my knees in front of her.I pry her knees open and she looks up at me.

"Talk to me, Red"I say softly.
"Let me go, Astrid".

"You're going to miss fucking me.And Kissing me.And hugging me.And doing everything else that couples do aren't you".

She looks back up and her eyes water with tears."Yes! God are you happy?! Are you fucking happy! Im going to miss you so much".

I put my forehead against hers and she whimpers."Then don't leave please"I plead.

"I..I can't...I can't fix the relationship between my parents and yours in a week"."Is that why they came here?Because my mother dropped them as investments? Are you mad about me for it?".

"No.I don't care about them.Eventually they would take and take and take.So it feels good that now they face the consequences"."So why do you have to leave".

"Because they told me to.And I ruined their money so there's no way they can pay the tuition here"."Let my parents pay it".

"No.I'm not going to let your parents do that"."There has to be a way you can stay.Just tell me how this all started?".

She looks down at me and says "Luke".

My eyes darken and say "What did that piece of shit do"."He told me that my parents were coming into town and that they think we are still dating".

"You could've just told them that you two had broken up and your dating me?"."It isn't that simple, Speedy.My parents are..homophobic".

"What?But-"."-Remember when I told you they were takers? Being all buddy buddy with your mom was a way for them to take advantage of her".

I move back and say "And you were in on it?"."When we were rivals.But the second we fucked in the locker room?I haven't talked to them since".

"What did Luke ask you to do?"."To kiss him in front of everything and act like my old self.I had to take that deal because if he told my parents? they would ship me off to military school.Or some version of a conversion camp".

She stops talking and sighs."So I did it to stay here with you.I knew that after all this was over I could come back to you.And explain everything that happened"."What stopped you".

"One of wishes Luke's was that I couldn't tell anyone".

I sigh in relief and says "So didn't mean any of that stuff"."Fuck no Astrid".

"And you-"."-I love you".

I groan and wrap my arms around her tightly pulling her in a hug."Stop packing Red.You aren't going anywhere"."Are you seriously going to take me back after what I did to you?".

"As long as you do two things"."That being?".

"One is you come out as my girlfriend.And two? We are going to meet my parents afterwards"."What? No they hate me".