Serene

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Nobody even reads this anymore.. I'm probably just going to delete it 😅

*Matt's P.O.V.*

"Alright class!" Mr. Connors clapped getting our attention.

I looked up from my texts with Brooke to see him smiling happily.

"Today, we'll be starting a very important project. This project must be done with a partner and it's mandatory for you to graduate. So before I give you the assignment, everyone grab a partner and sit with them."

I looked back down at my phone. The last time Brooke texted me was 2 weeks ago. I missed her a lot. All I wanted to do was talk to her but she hurt me and my mom Told me not to talk to people that hurt me.

"Hey Matthew, do you want to work together?" I looked up slightly to see Abby standing next to my desk. I nodded making her smile. She sat down next to me in Brooke's old seat.

"Okay, your assignment is to do a research paper with your partner." Mr. Connors said making everyone groan including Abby and I.

"Hey, that's not it ya'll. You get to choose your own topic and after you put together your research paper you get to put it into a big document! You and your partner can act in it as well as some of your friends! Have fun and be creative. At the end of the semester all of the documents will be shown for the school."

I turned to Abby, "Well what should our topic be?"

"How to have good fashion." She laughed reaching for my sunglasses that were covering up the black eye that Nate gave me last night.

"No I can't do that." I said pushing her hand away.

"Ok well at least loose the scarf." She joked tugging at the scarf that was covering up my swollen lip again, from Nate.

"Abby stop I can't. Let's just work on the project." I spat looking at the rubric for the documentary.

"Why are you even wearing that?" She asked.

I looked over at her and shook my head.

"I really don't want to talk about it."

"Well, at least take the scarf away from you mouth so I could understand you." She snapped.

I looked over to her to see that she was serious. I grabbed the scarf and showed her my lip.

"EW OH MY GOSH COVER THAT!" She screamed covering her eyes.

"SHH!" I said pulling the scarf back up.

"Wait so is your eye like that too?"

"No, I have a black eye." I told her.

"How did his even happen? Are you ok?"

"I'll be fine. But I lost someone very important to me last night." I confessed causing her to rub my back.

"I'm always here if you need anything, Matthew."

I smiled even though she couldn't tell. "Thanks Abigail."

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" She snapped slapping my arm.

"OWW ABIGAIL!" I laughed making her slap me again.

"STOP IT!" She yelled.

"Abigail calm down!" I whispered patting her shoulder making her slap me again.

"Matthew don't call me Abigail." She warned holding up her arm ready to hit me again.

I laughed and slid the rubric back over to her.

"You know, if Brooke was here right now we wouldn't be partners, right?"

She looked at me confused. "She was in this class?"

I nodded.

"You really like her Matthew, don't you."

"Ok first off, if I can't call you Abigail then their is no way I'm letting you call me Matthew. And yes, she was very special to me."

She sent me a warming smile and turned her attention back to the rubric.

"Maybe we should do our project on Marvel or something."

"I'm not doing a stupid comic thing." I told her.

"Then what do you want to do?" She asked me.

"Football or lacrosse." I answered.

She rolled her eyes. "Ew sports." She commented making me laugh.

"Do you even know how to play any of those sports?" I asked her.

She shook her head. "I'm so teaching you one day."

She smiled, "I'd like that."

*Ashley's P.O.V.*

"I'm going to talk to Brooke." I told Matt making him tense.

"No, you can't. Please don't. I'm trying to move on."

"Matt you can't just move on. You like her a lot I know you do."

"Not after this." He said showing me his face making me disgusted.

"Well I gotta go, please don't say anything. I don't want to make things worse."

"Hey Matt, hey Ash." Abby greeted us as she ran up to Matt. "Text me, okay." She said to Matt making him nod.

Matt ran off to his car and Abby stood with me at my locker.

"Do you like him or something?" I alseep as she watched him drive away.

She blushed turning to me, "Maybe just a little." She said.

I smiled not really knowing how to react. "You know Brooke likes him, right?" I said even though Brooke says she doesn't.

She shrugged, "From what Matt says, he doesn't like her anymore."

I sighed and grabbed my stuff. "I have to go. Don't get yourself in too deep with him. No matter what he says, he loves Brooke."

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"What the hell did you do to Matt?" I asked Brooke through gritted teeth.

She turned around from her wall where she was hanging up picture frames. "What do you mean?"

"Don't play stupid with me, Brooke." I said crossing my arms over my chest.

"I honestly don't know what you're talking about." She chuckled.

"Don't make me hang up on you, Jamenson." I threatened, holding my hand over the end call button.

"Tell me what I did because I honestly don't know what I did."

"You texted the both of us saying to meet you somewhere and when I showed up Matt was all bloody and broken."

She gasped, "Is he okay?"

"Well I think you should know, you did it!" I yelled.

"I would never do that! What makes you think I would ever dare?" She yelled back.

"You texted him and I last night. You told us to meet you at the old movie theater and when I found Matt all bloody their he said YOU did it!"

"What are you talking about? I haven't seen my phone since last night when Nate was over!"

"NATE!" I yelled ending the call.

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