𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝜗𝜚˚ 𝙡𝙮𝙣𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙟𝙧.

01.

gold rush — taylor swift
↻ ◁ II ▷ ↺

❝ everybody wants you, but i don't like a gold rush ❞

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AUBREY

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the first day back after summer break.

honestly, i didn't really mind school. but, this year, i really was not looking forward to it. my best friend, daisy, and i had already compared our schedules, and turns out we only have one class together. who made these???

and, coincidentally, daisy is also friends with the person i hate the most.

lynn loud jr.

they're both on the school soccer team, as i am, so they were bound to become friends. but that also meant i saw lynn wherever i went. she irked me.
ever since 6th grade when i beat her in a basketball game, we had both been competing for the #1 spot in almost every sport. she was my biggest competition in everything, whether it was sports or everyday activities. so, when i showed up to my classes after summer break, i didn't exactly plan for lynn loud to be in all, and i mean all of my classes.

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"how do you even put up with her? i've only been in the same class as her for 4 periods and i'm already sick of her." i exclaimed.

it was finally lunch, and me and my friends were sat on our usual table.

"she's not that bad, aubs! seriously, i've never understood why you hate her so much," daisy told me, then turned to face the rest of the group to talk about something random, leaving me to wander into my own thoughts.

why was i the only one she couldn't stand?
whatever. it's not like i care.

right?

as i continued to get lost in thought, something else crossed my mind.

the fact that lynn has most of the girls in royal woods' middle school wrapped around her finger. i don't even know if she likes girls. i don't think anyone knows.
i also don't know what they see in her. she's just.. the typical athlete girl.

almost every girl wants to know what it'd be like to date lynn loud.

i don't like that.
i don't like that anyone would die to feel her touch. they wonder what it'd be like to love her. for her to love them. sometimes i do—

"aubrey!?" daisy snapped me out of my little train of thought.
"shit daisy, you're gonna end up putting me in an early grave. what's up?"
"who're you staring at?"

shit. i had been so lost in my thoughts and daydreams that i hadn't realised i had completely zoned out, and started staring at someone.

and, of course, it had to be lynn that i was accidentally staring at.

as soon as i noticed she was staring back, i immediately turned my attention back to my friends.

but... i couldn't help but think about her.

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it was last period, and she was still on my mind, and it made me so angry. why her?

"okay class, today we're going to be reading...."

i tuned my teacher out. my own thoughts were making me mad. what the hell is happening to me?

i was zoned out, daydreaming about god-knows-what, until i heard my name being called.

"aubrey, you're next."
what?
"huh?"
"you're reading, britain. catch up," i heard an irritating voice say. it just had to be lynn.

"shut up, loud."

"okay girls, enough. quiet down."

after i was done reading, i was told to pick someone to read after me.

"lynn loud." i said.
all i heard was an annoyed groan from behind me, plastering an amused smile on my face.

i hated how lynn called me some kind of stupid nickname. it'd always be something to do with me being british.
i had moved from england to royal woods when i was about 5, so my accent was still very much there. she loved to tease me about it, the way i pronounced certain things and what i called certain things. i had picked up on most of the american vocabulary, but not all of it.

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it was finally the end of the day. as i walked out of class, i felt a hand on my shoulder, making me immediately turn around.

lynn.

"hey, britain."
"what do you want, loud?"
"you know what i'm gonna say. why were you staring?"
"don't flatter yourself. i was zoned out."
"yeah yeah, whatever. i better see you at practice tonight so i can beat you again."
"piss off, loud. and get your hand off my shoulder, what the hell?"
"geez, alright. someone's in a bad mood."
"only 'cause of you."

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