𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬

Chapter Eleven.

THE TWO GROUP of students were now all back together in the original classroom, their guests were now gone as Jojo walks back into the room, speaking up before Romeo could even begin to tell Enya and Stevie what he and the boys did with Paul Perry because the two were busy telling them about their workshop that the girls had the gymnasium.

"Alright. Okay. Um... telll me something you all learnt in here today." Jojo asked as she now stood at the front of the class. "Ten thousand steps, miss. It's all it takes me to become a tank." Ant raised his arm, flexing his bicep and Romeo just rolls his eyes. "Wait, you guys didn't get the same sexual assault thing we did?" Sasha asked the Vaughn.

It's quiet as Malakai is shaking his head and Romeo just gave Stevie a look when the girl turned to him right away. She scoffs as Amerie spoke, "that's bullshit." She looked over at the table next to her. "We don't need it, alright? We are all feminists here, yeah?" Spider asked the other boys, just as Dusty is nodding. "We know how to ask for consent. We use protection. I mean, hey, Malakai the Pullout King, he just comes on himself." He now says, pointing his thumb towards the boy.

"Hey." Miss Obah interfers now. "How's that for equality, Amerie?" Spencer then asked and Amerie looks over at Malakai who's looking out the window. "Go climb a waterspout, Spider. It'll be the closest you come to getting your dick wet." Harper tells the blond boy, making the other students exclaim in surprise or laugh. "Okay, that's enough. Thanks. Thank you." Miss Obah tells the class, just as the bell rang and everyone got up, getting ready.

"Thanks, everyone, enjoy your lunch break."

Romeo and Stevie enjoy their lunch outside on one of the picnic tables, the boy telling the girl everything the boys discussed and did. "That's such bullshit." The Miller girl rolls her eyes, looking away. "Yeah, no shit." The Castillo boy murmured, raising his sandwich to take a big bite from it. "And the most annoying part of it was the other guys saw no issue with it. Only Malakai and Cash." He says and Stevie sighs. "Yeah, obviously." She quips.

"So... where are we pregaming for Mardi Gras?" He asked, looking over at her and she perks up, looking over at him. "Right... about that." She says and he squints his eyes at her. "What?" He asks and she pursed her lips. "I kind of asked Sasha... you know, since I'm in her enviromentalist club, and she said they're pregaming at Missy's... so I asked--" "seriously, Stevie?" He asks, making a face.

"I just saw how upset you seemed lately, since you fumbled with her, and I thought I could just... help you out, you know?" She asked and the stupidest, most dumbest idea popped into the Castillo's mind just then. All Spider does is do things for him, but they've never kissed since the first time that it all happened.

But maybe... just maybe if Romeo acts like he doesn't care, if he diverts his attention away from Spencer, like he did before, that will make him all clingy, and all up on him. Just like before. And maybe this time he'll let Romeo kiss him. At least he hopes so anyway. The plan starts to sound more dumb the more he thinks about it, staring off in the distance.

"Romeo?" Stevie looks over at him and he snaps out of it, looking at her right away. "Fine. Yeah. Pregaming at Missy's... okay." He says, nodding his head and she just smiles. "Great. Because she doesn't even know." She said, looking away and Romeo just scoffed, "what?" He asks and she shrugs. "I kind of explained it to Sasha, that it was for you because you fucked up with Missy, and she kind of rolled her eyes and said she figures she can help out a helpless nerd like you." She says and he sighs.

"You're insufferable, I hope you know that, Stevie." He says, looking away and she just grins that goofy grin she always does. "Yeah. I know." She says and he just nudged her side so she raised her hand to ruffle his hair.

The next day, the two arrive to Missy's at the time that Sasha told them to, "coming!" A voice comes from inside when Stevie rang the doorbell. The door swung open to Missy who stands there, an agitated face now coming across her face. "Oh, it's you two." She says and Romeo just smiles faintly at her, before quickly glancing at Stevie. "Stevie?" He says and the Miller reached into her bag.

"Here. We come bearing gifts." She held up a big bottle of vodka now which Missy stares at, squinting her eyes. "This doesn't fix things." She said, snatching the bottle from Stevie. "Come in." She says, walking away and the other two followed after the girl. While they were in the middle of doing shots together, the doorbell rang and Sasha scoffs. "You seriously said yes to those dickheads?" She asked Missy who just shrugs. "They offered to bring beer." She said as she now stood up.

"Which dickheads?" Stevie snorts, pouring vodka into the tiny shot glasses again. "Ant and Spider. Only cause Harper and Dusty are probably at her place, doing God knows what. They'll come by after." She said and Romeo hates the reaction he gets out of hearing the blond's stupid nickname. He looks up right away, the two boys walking in with beer, walking with Missy right behind them.

Spider stares at Romeo, looking almost surprised. He looks down right away. "Hey." Ant said, smiling widely at them and handing out a beer each to them all. "Thanks," the Castillo says quietly as Missy walked back over, plopping down between him and Sasha. "Woah, pour me one too." The Vaughn boy now says excitedly when he saw the shot glasses that were ready for the four teens.

Pregaming felt awkward and tense for Romeo, who kept catching Spider looking at him. He felt squirmish under his gaze, and at some point, he kind of wandered off into the kitchen, looking around, unsure what he was trying to look for when Missy walks in. "Did you need anything?" She asked him, kind of confused. "Yeah... some water." He tells the girl.

"Okay, weirdo." She snickers, walking over and pouring some into a cup before bringing it over. "I'm sorry." He says the instant that she sets it down in front of him. "Sorry for what?" She asked, furrowing her brows and he just glanced down. "I was... acting stupid. And I was a bit nervous." He explained.

"Nervous? Why?" She asked him and he looks up at her. "You've been... with others, and, like, that's not an issue with me, not at all, but, like, I haven't... gone any further than, like, dick stuff. And I--I guess I was scared because I was worried you wouldn't like... what I do?" He says, sounding a bit confused and she just laughs. "Okay, dickhead, you could've just told me that, instead of pushing me away." She says and he just shyly looked away.

"Well, I--I was nervous, like I said." He murmured, absentmindedly fidgeting with his hands like he always does. "Well, you didn't have to be." She said, reaching over and grabbing one of his hands. He quickly looks over at her, "I could always teach you. Doesn't hurt to ask." She says, kind of grinning at him and he just chuckles softly.

"Okay." He says, and before Missy could get even closer to him, Spider walked in, "hey." He says a bit awkwardly, the two parting, especially Missy who pulls her hand away from Romeo. "Hey." Missy rolls her eyes before leaving the kitchen and Romeo raises his cup to take a sip of his water. Spider stood at the fridge, opening the door and grabbing a beer.

"Want one?" The White held up an extra beer when he turned around and Romeo quickly set down the glass of water. "Uh, sure," he answers, clearing his throat. Spider walks over, setting it down onto the counter in front of Romeo who just glanced up at him. "See you in the livingroom." The taller boy says quietly, and just like that, he was gone, out the kitchen door, so Romeo just stood there, alone.

Tonight might be the death of him.

 

  

authors note
i always disliked this episode. 😔
not only does malakai get physically assaulted by the cops, he also gets sa'd by dusty and harper... like leave my boy alone ya'll

+ work was lowkey fun today. anyway, i need to work on this fic more bc there's so many ideas i had that i need to write down but at the same i shouldn't rush it, it won't feel natural like i'll feel like i messed it up/rushed it i guess