What Happened in Between

Embarrassed

A/N: Y'all are going to hate me because of what happens to Mitch in this cheater, lol.

(WARNING: bullying, panic attack)

A week passed since the swirly incident and Mitch was still frightened by it, but he was definitely better. He enjoyed school very much. Sure, he didn't talk much or made eye contact, but he loved the new environment he was in.

If only Matthew and his posse didn't exist...

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Mitch walked by Kirstin as lunch began, looking for seats. One of Kirstin's friends waved at them and motioned for them. Kirstin then walked up to them, bringing Mitch with her. Her friend smiled when she saw the youngest Olusola child.

"Hi," she replied to Mitch, noticing how shy Mitch was. She nodded at the fact and cleared her throat, the smile never leaving. "I'm Colleen. I'm the Vice President. Matthew Lush is the president."

"Oh, he's nice," Kirstin responded as she set down her lunch. She tapped the seat next to her and Mitch sat down. "He's a good president. Mitch hasn't met him yet."

Mitch was about to say that he did when someone tapped on his shoulder. He turned around to see Matthew standing there, looking apologetic. He tensed when the president sighed.

"I'm sorry," Matthew started off, making the freshman nod. Unbeknownst to Mitch, Matthew was an amazing actor. "I'm sorry if I made your first day of school bad. I hope you accept my apology."

That was all lies, but Mitch nodded. He was about to respond when Kirstin interrupted him.

"What do you mean you're sorry?!" Kirstin yelled as she looked at Matthew. He was about to answer when she widened her eyes in realization. "You were the one who gave him a swirly?! Oh, let me get my hands on you! I'm going to ki-"

"Kirst," Mitch began, his soft voice calming her down. (a/n: Does Mitch's voice calm you down? Like, his speaking/ singing voice? His voice is very silky and soft. Lol, sorry. Onto the story.) His older sister sat down, still glaring at Matthew. Matthew tried his best not to smirk. Everything is going as planned. "I a-ac-ce-pt-t your a-ap-po-logy-y."

"Can I hug you?" Matthew asked, holding out his arms. Mitch tilted his head and then nodded slowly at the second weird request he received. Yes, he's so dumb! "Awesome. Let's go to the middle of the cafeteria. I want everybody to see us hug it out. They know what I did."

Mitch nodded once more as he shrugged his shoulders at Kirstin, who was glaring at Matthew like he was the Black Plague. Mitch followed Matthew to the middle of the cafeteria where everyone could see everything happen.

"Everyone," Matthew yelled, getting everyone's attention. Mitch looked at the ground, shyness taking over his body. Matthew then ran his finger over his ear, causing a boy called Nash Grier(a/n: I don't like him so don't freak out on me please.) with blue eyes stand up. "I did something mean to this kid last week. I embarrassed him and after thinking about it, I realized that what I did was wrong. I'm sorry, Mitch. Do you forgive me?"

Mitch nodded and went into Matthew's extended arms. The sophomore's arms were wrapped him tightly for some strange reason. He then forgot about it and hugged the president back.

Big mistake.

The next second, he heard footsteps behind him. Before he could let go of Matthew's embrace, he could feel his pants being pulled down. He then let out a gasp as he saw Nash rubbing his hands together, laughing his head off. Matthew then laughed himself, which caused everyone else to laugh, not including Kirstin or her friends, who all wanted to kill everyone who laughed the sweet boy. Mitch felt his cheeks burn and tears filling his eyes. He wanted to leave now. He pulled up his pants shakily as the laughs died down. Matthew then made them roar in laughter when he said one more thing: