Flower Girl {Rewriting}

59. Bearberry

August observed Blaine as he left. His cheeks were flushed, and he seemed to be in a good mood. August hummed and looked at her boyfriend. Claude arched a brow, giving her a small smirk, which she nodded to. They both snickered among themselves at knowing there was something more going on between their siblings.

Bucky arched a brow and nudged Cory, who was snickering to himself. "What did I miss?"

"Nothing that concerns you, Buck," Cory smirked then resumed eating as his phone vibrated. He picked it up, and then one by one, every phone in the cafeteria began to vibrate or chime. Cory swallowed and unlocked his phone as he opened the latest notification. His jaw clenched, and his nostrils flared. "Theodore... don't look at your phone."

"Too late," Bucky grumbled.

His tone was deep and hard. Bucky shot out his hand to cover Auggie's phone screen, making her look at him. "Ignore it."

August regarded her partner, eyes burning as she inhaled deeply-filling her chest. "How? Tell me how Theo!?" She growled. August could not understand why she was still being picked on by Brook, but it had to come to a fucking end before she snapped and got truly angry.

"Babe-"

"Auggie, don't read it."

August thought over all the things she could have done to tick off Brook Cassidy before they even began to interact and when she came back with nothing. She exhaled and chuckled as if a few screws had fallen loose from her head. "I... I can't do this anymore." August rose, prompting Claude and Theo to rise along with her. "Both of you, sit down. Please. I need to have a word with Brook. The account is a burner, but I know that it's her. It's filled with spitefulness and envy. So please don't stop me."

The boyfriends shared a look and then sat down once they spoke in silence with mere glances amongst themselves. Cory nudged Bucky's arm, but the older teen just shook his head as August walked away from their table and moved over to where Brook was.

Brook wore an orange crop top with a high-waisted denim skirt with matching sandals. Well, wasn't she cute? August sighed and came to their table. Blair stood, and if looks could kill, August's glare would have shot her down.

"I don't have anything to say to you, Blair, so just keep your mouth shut before I let Brook know your little secret." The girl's jaw dropped.

Bailey tucked her hair behind her ear as she bit the inside of her mouth, not looking up as she felt the piercing glare from August on her. Blair sat quietly.

August focused on the back of Brook's head. She chuckled and then turned to the table behind her where some of the athletes sat. "Can I borrow this chair?" she asked, tapping the empty one next to Joel Moore, who was on the football team. His blue eyes met hers, and he nodded, she dragged it over to Brook and sat on her left side, where Aspen had to scoot down. August kept her voice low, and leveled, knowing the normal cafeteria buzz was hushed now that everyone saw the post calling her a tree-humping slut, saying that she would be better off dead. "Brook Camila Cassidy, do you think what you're doing is going to produce good results for you? That in the end when you finally succeed in bullying me into... I don't know defeat? That you'll get Theodore and/or Claude to confess their undying love for you?" she chuckled as if she was losing her mind, and maybe she was. "Tell me. What's your grand plan after this? Huh? What are you going to accomplish with this shit? Tell me?" she growled.

Moira and Emery were sitting two tables away, watching in silence as Auggie walked over to Brook.

"Shouldn't we do something?" Emery asked. That post reminded him of when Sofia Koren had tried to humiliate Momo.