We're Both Losers Baby

{Chapter seven}

TW: MANIPULATOR ZOEY, PTSD ATTACK, DREW'S UNCLE

We all piled into Hailey and Zander's dad's car, I'm embarrassed to admit but, I used to think they were dating. "Uhm, Mr. Austin, if it's inconvenient for you to drive us everywhere, I have a vehicle."
Everyone, including Jake, stopped conversing and turned to look at me, "You," Zander questioned "can drive?" they all seemed rather shocked.
"Well, yeah," I entertained the conversation, "I had to take driving lessons in my free time all throughout Grade School to the end on Middle." I look at them and my composure loosens when I see Jake's boastful face.
"Obviously he'd know how to drive," Jake drapes his arm over me and his face flushes "Drew here has the BEST grades in all of our classes." He shows off MY grades.
"I'd be more impressed if he managed to get your grades up." Hailey barks at Jake.

~At School~

I walk down the hall toward my locker and I see Zoey standing in front of it. I approach my locker and she grabs my arm "Drewy bear," she whines at me, "I'm sorry for being so mean. You know how I get when I forget to sleep~!" I don't know how I never noticed how manipulative she was before.
"Zoey," I tilt my tead to look her in the eyes, "stop."
"Wha- but Drew!" Zoey exclaims in a combatant tone "We're still the-"
"No." I interrupt her and she has a look of shock? Horror? Whatever it was she clearly expected me to just forget everything. "There is no 'us', there is a Drew, and there is a Zoey. We broke up, we are done." I go to open my locker as she slams it shut.
"You. Just. Made. A. Mistake." She chokes out through tears.
"Goodbye Zoey." I give her a cold look.

I walk down the halls looking for any of my friends and I see Henry talking to the president of the gardening club, "Hey Henry," I shout across the hallway, "who's your friend?"
"Oh hey Drew," Henry smiles his doofy grin and I cant help but smile, his smile is very contagious "this is Elliot," he points to the president of the gardening club "and I'm required to join a club to make up for all my late work."
"Gardening could be good for you." I shoot him a smile and keep walking.

I close my eyes for a moment while walking to stretch and bump into a teacher, "Oh my Luni! I'm so sorry!" I look up and freeze. This isn't real, it's not real, it's not real, it's not real, it's not real. I do a double take. "No." I whisper.
"Andrew, it's rude to ignore your uncle," he looks down at me, "say hi."
"Hi" I practically choke on the word.
"Now see," he smiles "was that so hard?" He grabs my shoulder and I practically jump "If you tell anyone who I really am," he breathes down my neck as he whispers in my ear "they won't find you."
"Yes." I struggle to maintain composure as I see Daisy, "Sorry sir, I have to go help the head girl, I was asked to assist her in her duties." I give my half-assed excuse.

Daisy smiles at me, making no attempt to correct my lie.
"What was that about?" she asks me.
His words still clear in my mind If you tell anyone who I really am, they won't find you. In a rush I say "Uhm, I bumped into him and don't know him very well yet so it was a little awkward." I force a chuckle, all I wanna do right now is find a bathroom to scream, cry, and vomit, but not necessarily in that order. I spot Jake and I rush over to him as I pull him to the restroom with me.

"Jake," I say his name with tears threatening to overflow, "he's here. At the school." He holds me in his arms, not quite a hug. Something closer. I bawl my eyes out into his shoulder as I am late to class for the first time in my life.

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AN~ These chapters are gonna start to be a bit short mb gang, also dude at the top is Drew's uncle, *we all scream and boo at him in unison*