Stay Away From My Friends (Jenna McDougall and Vic Fuentes)

Chapter 6

(Andy's not in this fic but I like this pic so)

Yesterday was amazing. Jenna is even more fantastic in my eyes now. I'm so glad we're friends. Kellin and Oli have no idea what's wrong with me; I won't stop smiling. Mike was confused as hell when I got home last night too.

"Seriously mate," Oli says as we drive. "What's up?"

I shrug, still smiling. 

Kellin straightens up. It finally clicks. "You really were at Jenna's."

I nod.

"Dude," Oli says. "What happened? Give us the full story."

I tell them what we did last night, not leaving out a single detail.

"She's so into you," Kellin says when I'm done.

"She has a boyfriend," I remind him.

"You heard what she was saying about him and their relationship. He's an ass."

"She was definitely flirting," Oli agrees.

I'm even happier now. "You think so?"

They both nod.

I can't stop thinking about her. I feel amazing. Not only was someone nice to me, but it was the girl I like who was. And she might've been flirting. After everything I've gone through in life, nothing feels better than this. The feeling things will be better.

We pull into school. Kellin and Oli walk off to go work in the library for a little before class, and I head to my class. As I'm walking, I get shoved into the lockers. I don't see who or what hit me.

I stumble, vision blurry. I'm able to regain balance and sight, and find myself face to face with Ronnie.

"What the fuck?" he picks me up by my shirt collar and slams me into the lockers. The back of my head hits them hard. My ears are starting to ring.

"What are you trying to pull with my girlfriend?" Ronnie demands.

"N-Nothing," I stutter, barely able to speak.

He throws me to the ground. I try to push myself up.

"We're working on a project," I defend. "Nothing's happened. It's just for school."

"You better not be lying."

He kicks my side. I can feel my ribs bruising already. He kicks me a few more times. I think I feel a small crack, but I eventually go numb.

Ronnie grabs my shirt collar and punches me in the face, just for good measure. It hurts, but then I go numb anyway.

Ronnie throws me down. "Stay away from Jenna. Once this dumb project's done, I want you gone. Got it?"

I nod, purely out of fear.

"And if you don't, your friends are next."

He kicks me in the back as he walks away.

I can't be around Jenna anymore. I don't care if he beats me up, but he better not touch Kellin or Mike, or any of the others.

So much for my good day.