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𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 #3 - 𝘢𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥..

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𝘫𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘷.
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮.
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i walked into the locker with my gym bag and looked for a empty stall to change in. as i walked around , damion snuck behind me and smacked me on the back. as i gasped out , he laughed at me and continued to walk around and mess with the other dudes. as i got to the back where the stalls were , i noticed that the only one that was back here was taken. so i beat on the door. "yo..you done yet." i said as i kept beating on the door.

as i kept beating on it, i noticed the lock clicked open and the door slowly opened up. to my lucky surprise it was prez. i stood stunned for a second , then gave him a slight smirk as he stared at me. "you should be more patient.." he said to me as he pushed past me with his same blank expression. "you should smile more , angel.." i said this out of pure goofiness as he just kept walking . i could feel his eye roll and i just chuckled. i walked into the stall and noticed he dropped his notebook out his bag. i grabbed it and poked my head out the door to see if he was still near , but he was gone. he was a fast walker..it was cute.

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𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘷
𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘺𝘮.
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i dropped my bag by nam-ra and brookies and walked over to our coach. coach smith. now about coach smith. she wasn't like other coaches. sure as hell she had the basic starter pack of always yelling and whistle. but she was a lesbian. so we got along pretty well. she knew about how i felt about people and i knew about her wife. "hey coach.." i smiled softly as she turned to me and smiled. "hey quintin! since your here , start your two laps around the gym then meet me back here and i'll explain what we're doin.." she said as she blew her whistle at me , enforcing me to run. as i ran around i felt this judging gaze as i ran past navia and her group of friends . they laughed and started whispering to each other as navia reached out and tripped me. as i fell over her leg she laughed at me and walked over to me. "watch your step next time..and maybe stop flirting with my man also you cunt." she said as her friend group laughed and left me there on the floor.

i sat there as everyone's attention turned to me. on the ground. coach smith of course wasn't paying attention so i just got up and walked it off.

since navia is like the barbie of our school , that means she was basically the "it - girl" of everything . she didn't follow the trends because she was the damn trend for crying out loud. every girl in school was either dressing like her , following her , or even talking like her. it was honestly annoying to watch.

i kept my gaze on them light, knowing if i kept staring i'd spit out something that would cause a scene and would 9 times outta 10 get my ass jumped for being a "smart-ass." as soon as i started jogging again .. he ran up behind me and gave me his usually cheeky smirk. i'm not gonna lie . . it was cute. .

"what do ya want .. ?" i asked as i kept my steady pace. "oh , you speaking first now?" he chuckled and i just glanced over at him , causing his giggles to slowly come to a stop. "ya book fell out ya bag in the locker room..i can give it to you after class." he said as he smirked wider which i knew there was a spontaneous "but." coming.

"but..i .. kinda need a favor." he said as his tone shifted to something more serious. "what..just to let you know , i'm not buying any weed for you. your breath is stained with it by the way." i said as he broke out into a flustered blush and put his hand up to his mouth and did that goofy breath smell thing. "it's-hey not so loud..anyway..i need a tutor." he said as he shyly looked down to the floor as we ran back to the coach for our next instruction.

"what..?" i said as coach blew her whistle and it did that thing where it rung everyone's ears who were close to her. i shook it off as i tuned my attention to coach and what she was saying but .. he still lingered in my mind.. him needed a tutor..? why me..? was it because i was smart and he was dumb .. or he was dumb and he wanted me..? nah.. not that.

"alright everyone! pick a term partner who you'll do everything with. workouts..class projects.. that type of shit." one of the new kids eyes perked up when they heard her curse out loud in the building , but i put my hand on their shoulder and whispered in their ear. "it's coach smith..get used to it." i said as brook grabbed my arm and yanked me over to a area where it was just me and her.

"ask to be his partner." she said in her demanding tone as she dug her nails in my arm. "ow ow ow ow , well abuse ain't gone make me wanna ask any more than i want too !" i said in a yelling whisper as she dug her nails deeper in my arm. "FINE. gosh." i said in a pleading, drained tone as she smiled cheekily and let go of my arm. i rubbed my arm and slowly walked over to where he was standing. but of course his girlfriend had to be well..his girlfriend and walk up to him at the same time as me. i looked over at her and rolled my eyes.

"so uhm..i was wondering if you wanted to be my partner..?" i asked him and his girlfriend gave me a dirty stare as he just looked at us frantically. "no cunt. he doesn't want to be partners with a suck up. he wants to be partners with his girlfriend. right baby..?" she said as her eyes immediately darted up to his. "i..well..actually want to be partners with prez.." he said this and its like she snapped. her eyes slowly widened as she stared at him and me. i looked up at him and smirked. "okay..come on, we've gotta start our workouts.." i said as i shot her a dirty look. the extra dirty one. the one that screamed petty. she didn't say anything but just kept staring at us walking away.

as we started working out in our corner that we chose to work out it , i caught myself staring at him a lot..just out of curiosity .. to help my mind comprehend what he told me earlier when we were running. he needed..a tutor..and asked me..?

"so uhm..about the tutor thing..?" i said as i held his feet down as he did his sit ups. i couldn't keep my eyes away from his as i watched him do his sit-ups. "oh yeah..uhm , i wanna get onto the soccer team but i can't get in because i have a C- in English anddd.." he said as he then got up and held my feet as i started to do my sit-ups. "but why me..? i don't even know your name and-" before i could finish my explanation, he cuts me off by muttering out his name.

"joshua..my name is joshua." he says as i slowly smile. "joshua.." i repeat after him. as i continue to smile at him, i look up to notice that navia is staring directly at us. directly at me..

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yeah after this chapter the petty definitely starts. 🤭

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