You can't have them

Not so secret admirer

We all make our way to town and go to a small dinner, we all order some food and milkshakes. After eating we all make our way to the arcade. Inside me and Caleb race to our favorite game. "Ha! I win!" I say, happy I get to play first I put my quarter in. Caleb rolls his eyes and leans on the machine, his eyes wander around the arcade and he notices three familiar boys. One of them whose eyes wouldn't leave Y/n. Caleb nudges me gently. "Dude! You made me lose!" "Check it out, looks like Cayden's got a crush." "Ew." I snarl my nose and turn back to the game then back to Caleb. "You owe me a quarter." Caleb rolls his eyes and takes a quarter out from his pocket and places it in my hand. I insert the coin and continue playing. I could feel Cayden's eyes burning into my neck. After losing again I let Caleb have a turn and go over to see what my brother is doing. I look around for a bit before finally finding Austin sitting at a small table in the back of the arcade with Jayden and Lucas. "What're you guys doing back here?" "Talking about 'IT'." Jayden says. "It?" I ask. "The clown." Lucas says. "Oh. So... we're calling the clown it?" "Yeah, I mean we don't exactly know it's name do we?" "Actually, I do. It told me its name when I saw it." Lucas says. "Really? What is it?" Jayden asks. "Pennywise." The three of us quickly turn as we hear a commotion over by the games. We see Michael fly onto the ground and the three usual bullies walking up to him, he kicks Preston in the mouth and runs out the door. The three boys run after him. We all run out of the arcade, Michael eventually stops running as he runs out of breath. I quickly run over and stand in front of him. "Leave him alone!" "Fuckers gonna pay for kicking me!" Preston yells while holding his bloody mouth. "Oh suck it up, if you can't handle it when people fight back then don't bother starting the fight. That kick was less than you deserved." I say. "Oh, brave one aren't ya?" Preston chuckles and walks closer to me. "So what do I deserve, huh?" "I'll gladly show you if you don't back off my friends." Preston chuckles. He walks a bit closer, Cayden puts his hand on Preston's chest and pulls him back. Preston gives Cayden a confused look. "Leave her. They'll get what's coming to them. Let's go." The two boys follow Cayden as he walks away.

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Y/n and Caleb sit on a log at the barrens as Lucas uses a stick to draw in the dirt. "So what are you gonna do about your not so secret admirer?" Caleb asks. Lucas looks up from the dirt. "You mean that jerk? Nothing." Y/n says. "He's definitely got the hots for you. How else do you explain the way he's nice to you?" "He's not exactly nice." "But he isn't mean either." "Yeah. Those three are jerks to literally everyone." Lucas says. "Even if he does like me it doesn't matter cause I don't like him back." "Good. Cause if you did we'd have to perform an exorcist, get that demon out of youuu. Be gone crush, be gone!" Caleb says. The three of them laugh. "Do you like anyone though? I mean you've been here for a good minute. I'd be surprised if you didn't." "No. Not really." "You suuuurrrrreeee?" Y/n laughs. "Yeah, I'm sure." Lucas faces the dirt again and continues drawing, his face had fallen slightly. As if something one of them had said bothered him.