Hi, my name is Reed and I am 20 years old. I have a bit of long hair that I decided to dye red from my original black colored hair. Dark brown eyes, and I am 6 '5 with abs in the making. Me and this one boy, Arthur, my current rivals since high school and continuing. One time, I painted his car and in return, he painted a mustache and glasses on my face while I was asleep in class we had together. Anyway, that's all you have to know for now.
~Present Day~
Mom yells, " Reed get your ass up time for school! "
"Coming!" I make my way down the stairs. "Aww my baby is so big, I can't believe he is going to college!"
"Alright Mom, thanks for the breakfast but I have to go now," I say to her rolling my eyes. I hug her and grab some toast. I wave bye and get into my 1969 black Mustang. It was a gift from my dad when I turned 16, still in good shape but he wasn't here to see me going to college. Sadly he died back in the second half of my junior year of high school. As I pull into the parking lot of my new college DUI (DRAMA UNIVERSITY IMAGINATION) I see my friends George, Luna, and Hayden. They have all been my friends since 8th grade and I am so glad I have met them. Except they all hate what me and Arthur have been doing to each other but honestly I couldn't care less, he started it, and I'm just finishing it. George calls out to me " Yo Reed! Are you finally going to end this stupid "Revenge contest"
"Only if he doesn't start again" I get out, flipping them off, they know it's a joke and I don't care if others misinterpret it. They think I am going to stop, they're funny. As I walk toward them I look up by the door and see him, 5 '9 with dark brown hair, light gray eyes, cropped hoodie with blue jeans. I honestly find him kind of cute, oh, did I forget to mention I'm bi, if you don't know it shortens for bisexual. Meaning I am on both sides. Only my close friends know that because I don't share much about my personal life. I never really saw a point in sharing much about my past honestly, I mean if you want to know someone then you don't need to know about someone's past to know how they are in the present. Everyone changes no matter if we like it or not. Hayden ruffles my hair. I look at him like I am about to kill him.
"Whoa chill out dude. Can I not play around with my best friend!" He has his hands up like he is innocent.
"Not when I'm trying to look somewhat decent today." We make our way up to the front door of the building and walk in.
It's nothing special, it has blue walls and a red carpet. There are 3 floors, the first being an area to hang out lockers litter the place leading to a cafe to get some food if you are hungry. There's also a huge library. I don't see the need for it, but the school says it's needed to "study". But it looks like one of those old-fashioned libraries, with a dark wood bookshelf, a long hallway that doesn't have much light in it, and a couch and chairs. It's pretty big I guess for a college.
On the second floor are all the classrooms and a little computer lab in case you don't have a laptop or if it's dead, that's why most people go in there at least. Most of the classrooms look the same, white walls and ceiling, big tables or rows of desks, and all the lights are the same just like any school you have been going to your whole life.
Finally, the third floor is the study rooms, but of course, all the jocks and cheerleaders are fucking or making out in there or the nerds are meeting up to study or whatever they do in there.
"Alright I am going to my class now I will see ya later." I wave to them and start walking towards my classroom. While sitting and waiting for class to start, I rest my head in my arms and look towards the door watching and seeing if I know anyone in my class. As I'm about to look away from the door, I see Arthur, I watch him with my dark brown curious eyes, I watch his whole body move with each sway of the hip, each detail as he walks. His walk is so soft but confident, his hair blowing with the air. I can't help but stare a little when he sits down. He got a little glow-up from summer. Our eyes met for a quick second, I looked away as I sat up and leaned back.
~Bell rings after class~
I grab my book bag and start walking out but I look back. This dumbass fell asleep and it's just me, him, and the teacher. I think to myself for a second then I walk and start walking towards him. His hair is blocking his whole face while he lies on his arm. I reach out and tap his shoulder. He looks up, confused as to why I am standing over him. "Class is over you dumb fuck." Did I need to call him dumb fuck? No, but the look on his face is priceless.
His face has an annoyed look on it now. "And why do you care if I am up or not?" I roll my eyes at him. " Fine. Whatever next time I just won't and let you get in trouble."
I start walking away, and I hear a whisper "Whatever, thanks." I smirk. I walk to the cafe and order a BLT. I look around and see my dumbass friends standing up and shouting, " Reed!! Reed!! Over here!!" I shake my head and go over to them. When I get closer and smack them all on the back of the head. " Ow!" They all shout at me, "We were just trying to help you!"
"Yeah right, screaming at me isn't helping, it's called embarrassing." We all talk about our usual dumb shit and what our plans are to do for the weekend because it's our first week. Hayden suggests, " Party! We can do it at the old camp spot! Everyone knows how to get there because of junior year." Junior year was the biggest party in high school and funny enough it's the party that he lost his virginity.
" Fine. Only if you get the drink this time. I always get it and they are beginning to notice, not to mention you are already 21."
"Fine." He starts making his party invitations on Blockgram so people can see it and can accept the invitation if they decide to come.
~End of the day~
I go out the doors. I look over and see that someone has left something by my car. I run over to it. The left door is left open and I look in it. There is paint all over the seat and there is a note reading: "The Games Has Began oh by the way your door was left unlocked- Your favorite person." I am pissed, my face turns all red, and I see him in the corner of my eye. I slam my door out of anger, I run up to him holding up the note. "Do you think this is funny?! What is wrong with you?!" He has the nerve to laugh a little with a smirk pulling at the edge of his mouth.
"Heh, chill out it's just paint, it's gonna come off you might just have to work it out a little. I mean hey at least you can get your workout at the same time." I slap him so hard it leaves a hand mark. He gets his balance back. " What the hell man! I am just joking around with you! It's for the inside of your car!" He holds the side of his face that I hit. He gets in his car and drives off. I feel like a total dick now but he shouldn't have done that cause he knows I fucking hate when people mess with my car. I get in my car to drive to the nearest car wash to hopefully get all this white paint off.
~Friday~
On my drive to college this morning, I am thinking about the party and what I could do to get some revenge on that bitchy brat. As I pull up to school I see him and his friends walk in. I roll my eyes and get out. I look to see who is coming to the party later tonight while I go to find my friends. I read, " Katie, Paige, Crimson, Jordyn, Carson, Whitney, Arthur." I stop, staring at that name, I get an idea and smirk at the thought. Luna Yells, " Hey! Come on, we have to talk about what we are doing to set up for tonight." I look up at her and sit by them all. We all plan how we are going to get drinks and basic things like that for any college party, of course, we did this shit all the time in high school. We know what we are doing so we have a lot of regulars and connections.
After school, we go to the camp spot to make sure it's not still a mess because of a storm a few nights ago. As we pull up we see it's a bit messy. Luna exaggerates, " Ugh. I don't want to clean this all up" A groan follows as she gets out of the car. "Oh don't be such a baby Luna," Hayden says annoyed.
"Guys will you both shut up, if you both are gonna be big babies about it go get the food and drinks," George Suggests. I look around, the only thing to clean is the tables, and we have to pick up branches that fell around the site. I start cleaning the branches off the ground and throw them in the forest while George helps clean the tables. Luna and Hayden took George's suggestion and hopped in their car to pick up the drinks and food. I walked back to my car, took out my speaker, and started to play some music while we cleaned the campsite.
~Later that evening~
I have a black button-up shirt with the first 2 buttons undone. I decided to take the simple route and pair it with black ripped jeans. As I pull up to the campsite I see Luna she is wearing a pink sparkly tube top and a matching pink skirt. I get out of the car, and call out to her, "Looking nice today."
"Why thank you, I could say the same for you." She sheds a smile as she shares, "Time for me to drink and make mistakes." I roll my eyes at her comment. " Have fun with that" I say sarcastically. She walks away flipping her hair at me. I go the other way to the party and make my way to the drinks. I see Hayden while I'm walking up to the table. He is not wearing any shirt like every party we plan because he loves showing off his abs to any girl he meets.
He swears it's the best way to make someone hook up with you but I always told him he was just saying that because if he didn't have abs he wouldn't get any bitches, which isn't true because he really is a good-looking guy with or without them. His other attire to match the shirt he is missing is black jean shorts with his dark brown hair slick back with way too much gel.
He calls out, " Yo Reed! Have you seen Venessa? She is so hot! The only way to talk with a woman like that is to get her a drink and talk her up." I roll my eyes at that stupid comment but sadly he isn't wrong she was the most popular girl back in high school and wouldn't be surprised if she still is now that we are in college. She is known for her Pitch black hair and her hazel eyes, some people say she makes you fall into a trance just by looking into them. She also has everything any girl wants, big boobs and a huge ass, and a slim body, the "perfect body". " No, I haven't seen her but good luck with that." I laugh, "Oh! Make sure you don't get trapped in her trance." He rolls his eyes at me and leaves heading towards her with two drinks in hand. I grab a drink and look around to see who is already there. As I scan the room I see Arthur, wearing a gray cropped turtleneck light blue jeans, and black boots. I stare at him for a bit without realizing that I am. I hate him but I can't help but admire him. I love watching how his body moves as he walks, talks, and laughs, with every movement I can't help but be dragged to him like a magnet. I realized what I was thinking and shook my head in denial, how could I think this about someone I hate? Maybe my friends are right, maybe we should stop this whole revenge thing. I think for a moment. Heh. Now why would I do that when I have a whole plan set up already? I go looking for my friends to see what they are doing. As I walk away from the table to go to the other side of the campsite I can't help but look to my right, I see him looking at me. Staring. I keep walking and look back in front of me. With no luck in finding my friends, I go to a guy at the corner of the campsite. He's tall, with dirty blonde hair, and baby blue eyes. " You have the money for this?" his monotone voice speaks up, I hand him a wad of cash, "Of course I do, I don't waste time."
As he grabs the wad of cash from me and walks off. I watch as he makes his way to Arthur. After a little while the guy and Arthur had off away from everyone else. A few minutes later, everyone's phone blows up with notifications. Did I hire someone to livestream him and Arthur doing all the things no one should really see? Depending on if little Arthur decides to go all the way with the whole school watching... Yes. Yes, I did. All you hear from all around the party talk about what is going on there are a lot of reactions depending on who they are.
Some share it with friends or others and others think it's gross.
Then you have those creeps and watch it like they are at home but they are in the back in the bathrooms. I grab a drink and not think about it too much and enjoy the rest of my night. He doesn't know now but he will know soon anyways.
~Later in the night~
In the corner of my eye, I see that Arthur came back and everyone just looks at him because they all knew and saw what just happened. He moves through the crowd of people and covers his face to see if he can just hide the dirty things he just did with some random guy. Personally, I have nothing against hookups or anything like that as we are grown adults. But no one wants the whole school to see what you have done, so might as well do it as revenge. There is more to this prank than him just putting paint in my car. There was one time that he did the same thing maybe didn't take it as far as I did but he made me look like a fool with a guy I liked back in the day knowing he was just using me. I had to get some kind of revenge for that. He got in his car and drove off and the other guy I never saw left or came out the rest of the night, then again I was getting wasted after that.
~Next Day-In The Morning~
I started to wake up from feeling something wet on my face. I look up and it starts raining. I get up from the ground and go to my car. My head is pounding from the night before and I'm still really tired but I'm not too tired to drive home. As I drive off and look at my phone, everyone is still talking about the video and it's getting reposted with all kinds of captions. As "Whoa! Didn't think Mr. Shorty would be getting down like that!" "I think I might have turned gay from watching this." " Omg! Why the fuck would someone post this. Like #keepitinthebedroom." "#Didn'twanttoseethis #Ew." I swear it goes on and on, but I just needed people to talk about this the whole weekend and everyone sees this. I pull into my driveway and go up to my bedroom. I fall onto my bed, my hair covering my face. I close my eyes and drift off to sleep.
I woke up hours later to texts from the group chat:
Luna- Reed! Wake up! Did you fucking do that video!
Hayden- Man that wasn't cool, I knew you guys should stop doing this stupid revenge shit.
George- Dude you knew how you felt when you knew you were being recorded at least the whole fucking school didn't see it!
I reply- Well he could have but he picked not to, I just wasn't a pussy and I went all the way.
Luna- That's not called being a pussy, it's called having respect for reputation.
I text back- Well it's done and over with there isn't anything I can do if I was going to.
