𝓒onstult - n.nelson

- ACT ONE.

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【  𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙏𝙐𝙇𝙏  】
— ⚡︎ ℘ heartstopper
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𝑵𝑰𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑨𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑺𝑲𝒀𝑳𝑨𝑹. Nick and Sky. Best friends since year seven, dating since year nine. Everyone knew who they were and everyone loved them. The King of Rugby and the Queen of Rounders. How ironic.

Truham Boys and Higgs Girls were two secondary grammar schools that were located on the same road. This meant that the boys and girls would see each other every day.

The close proximity of the schools caused quite a few events where the students grouped together. This included school trips, like the Paris residential, or talent shows and the Year 11 Prom.

Skylar Winchester found it hard adjusting to going to school without her best friend Luke Fisher, despite them seeing each other everyday in the morning. But, luckily for her, her other best friend, Nicole Sheridan, was moving from her old public school into Higgs.

The girls had lived besides each other for as long as they could remember, in their shitty, attached houses on the bad side of town. Skylar remembered the very first time Nick went over to her house, and then how embarrassed she felt when she went to his lovely four bedroom 'mansion'.

Having a boyfriend like Nick was confusing and new to Skylar. He had a wonderful house, a lovely and supportive mother plus the best dog in the whole wide world. Outside of school, he was everything that she wasn't.

Sarah Nelson was a kind woman, and she had the best cooking that Skylar had ever experienced. She was constantly inviting her sons girlfriend over for dinner, just so she could see her face light up every time she ate lasagne.

Skylar was so used to only eating breakfast, that when she started having dinner with the Nelsons, she realised how much she truly hated being bloated. In fact, she realised how much she truly hated eating.

It was a pattern that Nick had began to pick up on himself. He noticed how tired and ill she looked in the morning, how she would repeatedly make up excuses to not consume any of Sarah's meals. It worried him, seeing his girlfriend in such a state. But one day, she just broke.

Nick had approached her about the situation and she burst into tears, pouring out her heart to the ginger. From that day on, he swore to keep her safe and to make sure no one ever made her feel insecure or bad about her weight. Because she was perfect. In his eyes, and to the entire population of the Higgs School.

It was no secret that Skylar was very loved by the girls in her school, she was a girls girl, which made everyone love her. Whatever someone needed, it was guaranteed that Skylar had it in her purse. If she ever found someone crying, she knew exactly what to say to make them feel better.

In fact, that's how she met one of her closest friends, Tara Jones. The dark-skinned girl was in the toilets one day, sniffling away in her cubicle until Skylar overheard and asked if she was alright. Tara opened up to her and admitted that she had a crush on her best friend, and Skylar being Skylar, she gave the best advice Tara has ever heard.

Not only was she well known at Higgs, but she had a well-rounded popularity at Truham High as well. That was mainly down to Nick constantly bragging about her to his mates and Luke, but Skylar had many friends in that school. Harry Greene for example, along with Otis Smith and James McEwan. Basically the entire rugby team. In fact, she and Harry had been friends since Year 4, when she punched him in the face for being sexist. He apologised and swore to never say anything along the lines of it ever again.

Apart of Nick was so happy that Skylar got on well with his friends, but there was always that one little voice in the back of his head, telling him that they were so much better for her.

Of course, it wasn't true. None of it was. Skylar loved Nick more than anything in the whole wide world. If he needed her, she would drop everything immediately. And he felt the same. Those nights where Skylar got lonely in the silence of her own home and resorted to a bottle of vodka, he knew. He didn't understand how, but whenever she was sad, he could feel it. He was always there for her.

        Now there's a new year of school starting. It may be the last year in secondary for some of our characters, but for now, let's focus on the present.

         Skylar was beyond excited when she found out the Nicole was joining Higgs, how? She didn't know. Nicole wasn't the brightest person on earth, but her Nana must have pulled a few strings.