my king, august horn of årnäs

falska eller äkta

"have you ever had a boyfriend?" Felice asked Sara. we were having a sleepover, i dont even know why i was invited but Maddie and Sara insisted.

"no" Sara said while Maddie continued reading her palm. she knows all about horoscopes and astrology.

"but you've been in love?" Felice asked again. i felt like ive been listening to an interview for the past 30 minutes.

"do horses count?" Sara laughed and Felice got back to scrolling thru her phone when she recieved a notification.

"ugh. August wants me to come over" she sighed and showed the girls the message. "ill just tell him i cant because you are here"

i thought about it for a good minute and decided to see August and get out of this awkward area "ill be back" i said and left, even tho it was obvious that wasnt the truth.

"August?" i knocked on his door and waited until he opened it.

"hey" he gave me a weak smile after letting me in. i sat on his bed and he did across from me, on his desk.

"Felice is with Sara and so.. i thought i'd come see how you are" i said slowly. to be honest i didnt even know if this conversation was getting anywhere.

"im.. alright" August sighed. he was shirtless and seemed to have been working out.

"are you sure? i mean the whole Erik thing, it really affected alot of people and.." before i finished talking, a notification sound came from August's phone.

"my bad" he said and grabbed it, to see who it was.. "fucking hell"

"what?" i stood up and August passed me the phone. he was showing me Felice's story, in which she was holding up a middle finger with Sara and the text below said: boy bye! when your ex tries to kiss your BFF!

"what the hell?" i frowned my eyebrows "you kissed Sara?"

"it was a one time thing" August said quietly. i guess he felt embaressed.

"one time thing?" i scoffed "where are your standards?"

he now didnt bother to reply, infact he didnt even look at me so i left the room.

__

"almost the whole school voted for you, Iv" Vincent gave me his phone. there was a picture of me with caption saying i got the most votes on being st. Lucia this year.

"i cant believe this." my heart was beating, i was so happy people thought i'd be great for that role.

"yeah, even i voted for you" Vincent's cold hand made it's way up my sweater until goosebumps started showing up on my skin.

"get a room, lovebirds" Nils sat on the couch next to us and grabbed a book.

"i didnt know you can read" i joked. Nils looked up at me and gave me a look before August walked in.

"congrats for making Lucia, Ivy" August smiled and sat on a chair.

"why cant you just give up?" Vincent said in a slightly harsh voice.

"give up what?" August chuckled, in a very simular tone and Nils put away his book to listen to them.

"Ivy clearly doesnt want you August. you gotta realize that you dont own everything" Vincent stood up and not long after August also.

"i know Ivy way longer than you, and i understand her way better . so dont you dare to fucking start with me, Vincent." August said quickly, his voice wasnt shaky or unsure but straight forward.

"i dont want you near her, you havent been doying anything but making things worse so get a fucking grip, bro" Vincent spat right back at him before August punched him.

Nils and i stood up when August got on top of Vincent and started punching him even more and other boys started entering the common room.

"August!" i had his tshirt under my grip and tried to get him off Vincent but he was too strong.

i didnt get them to stop for a good a long moment. my head was spinning, i didnt want to break their friendship, but it was clearly happening.

Henry called the teacher and when she showed up, the fight broke out.

"she deserves nobody like you" August said under his breath.

"okay, enough" i stood between them, while Nils held back Vincent who had a nose bleed and some scratches on his hands and face. Henry with Walter held August back, he seemed to have some injuries as well but not that many.
"niether of you own me. i am my own person and there wont be no fighting while im around"

both of them looked down on the ground with regret and i left the room.

__

the next days have been passing by pretty slowly. they were boring and annoying, and thats why i used it to focus on school. Vincent and i are good again, ive been helping him clear his injuries and just in general, we were like before.
but with August its a different story. we havent been talking at all, i mean unless we had to. Wille said he has been trying to apologize thru my brother, but i havent accepted that cause i dont think that is enough. also i didnt even know he was dating Felice in the first place.

_

"you look beautiful" Sara said. she was looking around my room while i put on my dress for Lucia.

"wait. Sara what are you gonna wear?" i asked. to be honest i have been stressing out about this tradition alot especially when people expect me to be like Lucia.

"um, something from Felice i think" Sara mumbled and grabbed a polaroid picture of me and Vincent in it .."are you happy with him?"

"well, we are not exactly together but, yeah he is my best friend" i replied and started working on my makeup.

"he seemes to like you more than just a bestfriend" Sara put the picture back to its place and sat down on my bed.

"i dont know. lets talk about something elese" i demanded and continued with my makeup routine.

"i wanted to apologize about August, actually" Sara said and sat up a bit.

"apologize?" i looked at her "why?"

"im talking about the kiss" she stood up and started walking around my room again.

"no need to apologize, love. what you and August do together is none of my bussines" i scoffed without taking my eyes off the mirror and started applying my lipstick.

Sara didnt say anything, and thats when i thought, maybe she would like to be Lucia this year. i mean it would definetly help with my stress.

"Sara?" i turned to her and she turned to me.

"hm?" she smiled softly while she looked at me with her hands behind her back.

"you be Lucia this year" i said and passed her the headband with candles on it.

"what?" Sara said in a curious tone, but i could tell she knows what im talkimg about.

"take it. i dont want to be it this year" i said and she hugged me.

"thank you, thank you, thank you" Sara said quickly with a very bright smile on her face and took the headband.

__

after the choir sang, parents and the students gathered together and i talked with August's mother the most. she has been my bestfriend thru the years, so i knew i could trust her.

"its so sweet of you that you gave the role to Sara tonight" i heard someone say from behind me mid my conversation with Louise.

i turned around and saw a darker woman, she looked exactly like a girl version of Simon "nice to meet you, Miss.."

"oh call me Linda" she took my hand "im Simon and Sara's mom"

"lovely, but dont worry im sure Sara would do the same if it came to me" I said before i heard a notification come from my phone "excuse me"

i looked at my phone, and it was blowing up. there were unknown numbers sending me random links and i was being tagged in many instagram posts. what is going on ??