Defended: A Dolan Twins Fanfic

CHAPTER 3

"We HAVE to say hi or invite them to sit with us or SOMETHING!" Shania squealed, happily. 

"No way! Michael and I will leave if you bring them over here. Will not be caught hanging around those two!" Robert announced, rolling his eyes. 

I sighed and looked at Shania. "Just them branch off for today. You don't want to freak them out or make them uncomfortable..." 

"Taliyah, as much as I love you, you're pathetic. They're these huge, "successful" Viner people right? They're going to have no problem getting to know people. In fact, I'll bet all of you right now...just give them a week; they'll be hanging out with the jocks and cheerleaders." Michael said and turned away from the twins. 

"Wouldn't doubt it, honestly." Meghan mumbled. 

"Girls are going to throw themselves at them..." I said, sadly.

Roberto chuckled. "Yeah, and you and Shania are going to be one of them."

I didn't say anything in reply again. But I did mutter, "No, I'm not pretty enough" under my breath. I mean, it was the God honest truth. I wasn't good enough for any guy...especially for one like Ethan or Grayson Dolan.

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After lunch, the latest buzzing news within MHS was the simple idea that the two popular Viner/YouTuber guys were attending our school. Word got around fast and that's pretty much all you heard about. Supposedly, some of the kids were being assholes already and when they would see Ethan and Grayson walking down the hall, they would mimic them and dramatically clear the path for the pair. That would probably all stop by tomorrow or at least, Friday. I remember when it was my first couple days here, they started a little rocky. But it all blew over. It was nothing to worry about.

Thankfully, my last class of the day was a good one; Psychology. I loved that course, although most students hated it. I thought it was pretty damn well interesting. I took my usual seat, last desk in the back left corner. Taking out my textbook, iPod touch, and a pencil, I propped my feet onto the chair in front of me and started going through my Twitter feed. I'm commonly one of the first kids to enter the class, especially because I don't tend to bullshit once the bell rings. And nobody sits at the desk in front of me or right next to me so I get to make it my own personal space, almost. Not going to take advantage of that...

"Alright everyone, settle down." Mr. McKennis said, when the final bell had rung, and everyone was pretty much present in their seats. "I hope you have your two sections from yesterday's lesson completed and ready to turn in."

The kids who forgot to do it groaned, while others pulled it out and tried to complete it right now before passing it up. Myself, however, and a few others who ACTUALLY did it when we were supposed to, shook our heads in a joking manner to the procrastinators and handed in our work. 

I re-adjusted in my seat and went back to scrolling on Twitter. That was until the classroom door squeaked open and everyone became semi-quiet. I looked up at what made the class so silent to see the principal standing there with...Ethan Dolan. At least, I'm pretty sure it was Ethan.

"Mr. McKennis, you have a new student. He's a junior; just moved here with his brother, from New Jersey. I hope you all will be kind to Mr. Dolan and welcome him with pleasure." Principal Sewell informed. The class stayed quiet until he left. Then, it was like all hell broke loose and everyone was chatting or whispering to one another. 

"Welcome to Magnolia, kiddo. What's your name?" 

He politely smiled at our teacher. "Ethan."

So I was right. I always knew how to tell the two apart. 

"Well Ethan, everywhere seems pretty full. Except for the seat in the back right in front of Miss Alice. Taliyah, raise your hand, please." He stretched his arm out. And although I managed to weakly raise my hand, I felt as if my arm was going to flop, and I was going to melt onto the floor. 

He smiled at me gently when he took his seat. I stared at the back of his head and shoulders. He seemed kind of shy. Which I was completely not expecting. Especially for someone as crazy as him on Vine and YouTube.

"Okay class, so we're moving on from chapter three today and will be going over the basic key terms for chapter four. Chapter four is going to be analyzing depression, social anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other mental illnesses. We'll be going in depth about why our brains think a certain way and what causes certain feelings and emotions. Now Taliyah, you caught up with us from the help of Travis. I'm only assuming you could help Ethan catch up as well?" Mr. McKennis asked, looking in my direction. A few kids snickered at me, while a cheerleader smacked her gum loudly and stared. 

I nodded and tried to put on my best smile. "Of course. It would be no problem." 

"Good, now..." 

I decided to block the teacher out after that. That same cheerleader rolled her eyes at me, which she used to never do. Usually, she would be in her own Barbie world. Along with the whole snickering thing. Maybe the students think McKennis is pathetic or something? I couldn't be the problem in this situation...I didn't do anything.