My Lion. || BXB

chapter sixty.

"i can't believe you forgave him." so turns out, lionel found out about me and cormac walking together anyway. stella told him as she thought me and cormac weren't friends anymore and she was curious to know if that had changed. for gods sake.
"i haven't forgiven him!" i said in response, flailing my arms up in a failed attempt to get him to listen to me.

i sat down besides him on the log, but he was looking ahead with a stone cold facial expression. "listen i know he ditched me— so we aren't going to be friends again."
"but you'll walk with him to school? i left you alone for one day— one day! and you pull some stupid shit like this." he folded his arms and sat back.

i grabbed his chin with a firm hand and pulled him to look at me. he furrowed his eyes and half-heartedly slapped my hand off his face.
"it's not that deep, babe." i rolled my eyes, "but i appreciate that you care so much."
"of course i care." he sighed, looking at my face rather intently. i blushed.
i held his hand in mine, "i promise you don't have to worry about me and cormac being 'besties' again, it's not happening." and with that, he nodded and then we moved on.

"also, mari is throwing a party tomorrow i think." i mentioned, hoping he'd want to go with me. i know lionel didn't necessarily like marianna, but i wanted the two to be at least civil and this party would give them a chance to evolve to that.
"oh?" was his response.
"yeah. pretty much everyone is invited from school, you should come."
lionel scoffed at my idea, "i think i'll be in the small proportion of people who isn't invited."
"don't be like that. mari has no issue with you." i replied, looking at him with a hopeful expression. "please come, i want you and her to get along. you're my boyfriend and she's my best friend. please? for me?"

i watched as his eyes moved to mine and he let out a sigh, that's when i knew i won.
"alright, fine. but i'm bringing alex." he said, and i was happy with that.
"okay! i'll let her know." i smiled. lionel brought a hand up to my cheek and pulled me close as he kissed me on the lips slowly. my eyes closed as i felt safe in his arms, breathing in his familiar scent of clean aftershave.
"i love you." he said after our lips disconnected. i knew we had said it before once, but we hadn't really said it again since. it was nice to hear. i couldn't help but grin,
"i love you too."

"you know, i'm glad i moved to this school." i said, knowing i hadn't said anything like this before.
"you are? even after everything with your old friends? they made you feel like shit."
i couldn't help but chuckle, he was right. "yes, true. but you make me feel alive." i responded rather positively and i watched as lionel's eyes flickered down to his shoes.

"that's cute." he mumbled before looking back up to me.
"you're cute."
"oh shut up."

the bell rung and lionel and i made our way to lesson. he walked me to my class, which was maths, and then he left to go to his own. i sat down in my seat, thankful that cormac wasn't here yet, and i started scribbling the date down in my book.

"you alright?" i heard a voice speak casually from besides me. i looked up, surprised to see cormac smiling so calmly at me. we walked to school together once, it didn't mean we were mates again... i didn't say anything, just smiled politely before turning back to my book.

i heard him pull the chair from besides me and i could see him in the corner of my eye sitting down and getting his own book out. cormac let out a huff of distress when he couldn't seem to find something in his blazer pockets.
"what is it?" i gave in.
he gave me a sheepish grin, "my pen. i've bloody lost it. do you have a spare?" and i just nodded silently before reaching into my pocket to retrieve a spare biro. he muttered me a thanks before turning back to his book.

it was rather annoying when cormac kept talking to me during lesson. not only did he get us told off multiple times, but i also didn't even enjoy our conversations. we talked about how boring the work was, and what cormac ate for lunch. i wasn't interested, not anymore.

i gave him the most dry responses in hopes he'd take the hint; but he just continued talking as if we were the best of friends in the world. why did he have so much confidence to talk to me all of a sudden? it annoyed me.

"cormac, i'm trying to work." i finally snapped, and he instantly stopped talking.
"oh, i'm sorry." the boy looked down and i watched his cheeks turn a pinky tone. i looked away, focusing on my work for the rest of the lesson.

i know it may seem mean how i'm acting, but i don't think so. cormac was my best friend and we clicked instantly when i joined the school. hell, i was under the impression that our friendship was unbreakable. yet as soon as i found a boy who actually liked me — i got abandoned. all your friends turning on you is a horrible feeling and i truly believe if cormac made all the other boys accept it, they would have; even mickey. but no, he was quick to jump on the chance of us not being friends anymore. so there is no way that we're ever going back to being close buddies again, i simply won't.