Left Alone {magcon}

Chapter 3

I walk into school on Monday morning with my earbuds in, listening to Life of the Party, one of Shawn's songs. He's really talented, and I honestly admire his work. I hum along to the words as I come up to my locker which is only four away from my brother's. I sigh and get out my physics book for my first period class, slam my locker shut, and walk away. I see my brother trying to say something but I can't hear him, and I walk faster hoping to avoid him and anyone else I might see.

I make it about two minutes before the bell and take my seat in the second row of desks, in the back of the class. Our teacher, Mr. Tomlinson walks in right after the bell rings, greeting the class as I take my earbuds out and shove them into my backpack.

He begins teaching some lesson that I half listen to and hands out a worksheet for homework. We still have a few extra minutes to pack up and talk amongst ourselves, so I pull out my phone and open snapchat. I have a message from someone named Zerena.

I hesitantly open it, as it reads:
Stay away from my man. Your brother has told me all about you, you little fucking whore. Go give some other man your AIDs ridden ass, thanks sweets.

I sigh and close it, confused but still a little hurt by it. Why does my brother say things like this to other people? And who is she even talking about?

-end of school-

I close my English book and put my paper back into my binder before the last bell rings, signaling that school was over. I put my earbuds in and walk to my locker to put my things away and grab my  skateboard before exiting the building. I place my board onto the sidewalk and push off, riding it home. I get there and Jack's car is already here, along with two others meaning some, if not all, of the other guys are here.

I kick my skateboard up and walk onto my porch, setting my board against the brick wall and walk inside to find them all glued to the screen, playing some game. I tread up the stairs and open my bedroom door, kicking off my shoes and setting my bag down before taking a seat at my keyboard and try to think of something to play. I begin playing Stay by Rhianna and singing along as I play, before hearing a knock at my door. I stop and look up to see that I had left my door open, Hayes and Shawn standing in front of it. They're both smiling at me.

"Why'd you stop? You sound amazing. Does singing run in the family?" Shawn says, walking into my room and taking a seat on my bed with Hayes following and doing the same. Yeah, thanks guys it's totally cool to just waltz in here uninvited and sit on my bed.

I shrug, "I mean I suppose so. I've never thought I was any good," Shawn and Hayes look at each other.

Shawn walks over and stands in front of the keyboard, "C'mon, keep singing. I'll sing with you for harmony." He smiles softly at me as I pick back up where I left off, playing and singing as he harmonized with me.

Hayes stayed on my bed and recorded us, posting it on his snapchat with both of us tagged captioning it, "Two great people with great talents!"

We finish the song and I smile up at Shawn who's smiling down at me, before hearing Jack yell from downstairs, "Yo Muffin Man and Mini Grier where'd you go? We're about to leave for Zerena's Party, Come on so we aren't late!"

They both sigh and Hayes says, "You just got the publicity you deserved, by the way," as I turn to him. He replays the video for me and I smile a little at the sound. It's pretty good, I like it.

"Maybe we can do a duet sometime, you're really good," Shawn says, placing a hand on my shoulder and gently squeezing before they both leave my room. I sit there, a little confused about what had just happened but happy. They were both really nice to me for once, which doesn't happen often.

I stand up and stretch, walking to my door and closing it after I hear them all leave. I walk into the bathroom and undress, taking my bracelets off and turn the shower on, hopping in and letting the water wet my hair and drizzle down my body, pour some shampoo in my hand and begin washing my hair before hearing my phone start ringing on the counter. I ignore it and continue my shower until I'm done, turn the water off, and hop out. I grab a towel and wrap myself in it, and another for my hair.

Once I've dried my hands, I pick up my phone to see that it was a call from Matthew, and two texts from him as well.

Matt Espinosa: hey, im the designated driver again but they want to go to nash's house after the party so I wont be there when you wake up again, so I hope you have a good day tomorrow
Matthew Espinosa: btw this is matt if u didn't figure that one out lol hi

I chuckle lightly and send him a quick reply before setting my phone down and walking to my closet, grabbing one of my old Nebraska long sleeve oversized shirts and a pair of leggings, slipping them on. I check my phone for the time, 9:01pm. I decide that I should at least try to eat something, so I go to the kitchen and grab a strawberry poptart from the cupboard along with a water and walk back to my room, sitting on my bed and grabbing my laptop so I can continue to watch friends.

I finish my food and set my water on my bedside table, finish the episode I'm on and close my laptop. Rolling over, I get comfortable and close my eyes, allowing myself to drift off to sleep.

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A/N- chapter 3 has been edited. enjoy! thank you for reading and don't forget to please vote & comment!
-Z