detention ; ogoc

chapter sixteen

ava's pov

for a few days now, my lunch time has consisted of buying a sandwich from the cafeteria and then taking it to my room.

not because i'm avoiding the whole drama between my friends, but because this is practically the only time that jack g and i can hang out without everyone knowing.

they're probably suspecting something, but as long as they're not confronting me about it, then i'm fine.

"yeah, so my bond with my mom is much better than with my dad...".

at first i was listening to jack explaining his life at home, but my mind was drifting off to the drama between my friends.

it's getting worse as the days go by because now kari's in a mood because something happened between her, johnson and sammy. then, chantelle just continues to bad mouth her and meredith, and then meredith and i are left as the only civil ones in this disaster.

"....ava? ava, are you even listening?" jack suddenly said and i snapped out of my thoughts.

"yeah, yeah. i am".

"what's gotten into you? it's like your mind been elsewhere for the past few days and i'm just talking to myself" he sat on the edge of my bed and explained.

"you're honestly overreacting" i brushed off.

"ava, but it's not just about not listening. it's this whole situation. it's the fact that you act like we've never even met when we're outside this room. i'm practically wasting my time every lunch just to make this relationship work".

i shook my head and ran my hands through my strawberry-blonde locks.

"jack, this is hardly a relationship" i muttered.

although, the way that he looked back at me made me realise that i probably should have kept my mouth shut.

"i didn't mean—" i tried to whisper, but he immediately got up and headed straight to the door. "no, jack, wait, please!".

he paused with his hand on the handle.

"i-i'm sorry. i just have a lot on my mind and the truth is, this whole friendship-dispute-thing just irritates me because the reason i came to this stupid, boarding school was to get away from arguing at home" i confessed. "so i'm sorry for what i said, but please. just stay".

jack pulled his hands down his face, then shut the door again. he walked towards me and pulled my body closer to him, so that he could wrap his arms around me.

i sighed into his arms, relieved that he didn't leave and breathed in to take in the moment.

jack's the only person left who won't speak to me about chantelle, or kari or meredith. as much as i love my best friends, their problems aren't what i need 24/7. jack just asks me about my life and i ask him about his, and we funny enough, just go into our own little world.

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johnson's pov

kari texted and called me countless times last night. i didn't pick up or reply, not even once. then she tried calling the guys, but i knew very well that it was her every time.

the fact that she made it specifically clear that her and sammy only kissed once, then i had to suddenly hear that they hooked up and slept in the same bed is messed up.

i know that kari and i aren't even officially dating, but that shit still hurts. especially because sammy's one of my best friends and that kari's one of the first girls that i ever truly liked.

"no one's telling me what happened between you, sammy and kari" chantelle asked as we sat on the same lunch table. "and don't tell me that it's nothing because i know that it's something".

i looked up from my plate at her.

"kari and sammy hooked up" i confessed and her eyes widened up. "on that night when we went to the club, she slept in his room and shit happened".

"and she never told me?!" chantelle almost yelled. "first nate and mere, and now this. i wonder what else she's been hiding from me...oh, sorry".

she shook her head to snap herself back into focusing on my problems.

"how do you feel about this any ways?" she inquired.

"i don't know. i mean, it's been less than forty eight hours of speaking, and i miss her. but then again, she lied to me, for weeks" i explained while picking at my food with my fork.

"well, in my opinion johnson, you shouldn't mope around. find a new bitch and show kari that she's missing out".

i looked behind me, seeing kari at a table with some other girls. she was happy, smiling and laughing, seeming like our situation was the last thing on her mind.

i sat up properly in my seat and thought about what chantelle said.

i've never bought myself down all because of a girl, so why start now? there's hundreds of girls in this building that are most likely begging to get to an alexander boy.

my attitude immediately perked up and not long after, i took out my phone and started a new text message.

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lol you guys thought gilinsky and ava were gonna start drama ahaha. but they're too cute so i needed one couple to stay chill.

idk if this chapter was good but it was short af.

i start school on thursday ew, so chapters for this story and affair will be slower and maybe shorter. sorry, ily all.