May I Have This Dance

Chapter 16

Jack's POV
Alone. That's how I have to describe myself. Once Felix, Bob and Wade found out what happened they all stayed with Mark, not caring what I had to say. Which is awful since I didn't even get to say one word to them. So this is what has lead me to eat with my new best friend Mrs. Kay or Debbie as she let's me call her now. You know you're social life has gone to shit when you become friends with your history teacher.
"How's your sister liking community college so far?"

"I don't know she got a boyfriend so she's been with him a lot lately."

"Good for her."
I poke at my sandwich not feeling like talking. Which is weirs for me since I always want to talk, but ever since I lost all my friends I became all quiet. I have no clue why either. Sure they got me out of my shy bubble, but now I'm starting to creep back into it. That scares me since then I'll basically be friends with Mrs. Kay for the rest of highschool. I'd rather be alone.
The bell rings and I take my bagged lunch and throw it in the trash on my way out. I make eye contact with Mark for a few seconds until he gives me a look of disgust and walks away. Well, sorry for staring. I'm allowed to fucking stare. I hold the strap of my bag tightly as I walk to my gym class.
I push the door open and go into the locker room. Guys show off their six packs and yes, I do stare a little more than I should. However if they don't see me then I should be okay. Except for this time one of the guys see me and my cheeks heat up. So I go to the secluded area by myself to get dressed. I start to hurry myself into my gym clothes to escape before they say something. Suddenly I'm pushed into the locker which hurts way worse since I have no shirt on.
"What the hell?!"

"Stop checking me out faggot!"

"You should take it as a compliment. However that look of attraction just flew away along with the fucks I give about how upset you are."
The boy pushes me into the metal again and then leaves. God fucking assholes. I'm sorry that you have a problem with me doing something harmless. I mean it's not like I started fucking him in the ass. Once I have my shirt on I go to the gym floor and start running laps with everyone else.
***
Mark never came to sixth period. Even though he hates me I still care about him. I mean if he was sick then I would like to know. Just to make sure he was okay. However when I look out the window from the third floor I see the pink haired kid running with a blonde boy. My head shakes down at the two of them knowing who they are. He better not be skipping with him. Mark has been working really hard for his grades so far and if he misses even one thing he'll be way behind. Lucas presses him against the brick wall and I go back to the lesson not wanting to get pissed.
Sure Mark is insanely upset with me and I the same with him, but it doesn't mean that I don't care. It doesn't mean that I don't want him to be safe. The bell rings and I go to the door to where the two of them should be walking in. Sure enough I was right since they both rush inside with snow covered clothes. They start to walk to class, but I stop Mark by speaking up.
"You know even though you may hate me and I'm pissed at you doesn't mean that I don't care about your well being. Skipping class is not good for you Mark. You've worked really hard for your grades. At this rate you'll fail at least one exam after winter break," I then walk away.
I leave him with pretty boy in the hallway in silence. His face is now full of worry and it better be. I know how important getting into video game design is to him. He needs to not do it again or he's screwed.
***
The bus ride home was very lonely. Since I have nobody to talk to now everything has just been so quiet. I miss not having someone to share feelings with. I miss playing games with people. All I ask for is to have someone my age to talk to. Not a teacher, siblings, parents or a dog. An actual 17 year old human being that is not myself.
I slowly make my way up to my bedroom. When I walk inside the bedroom with cream colored walls I flop onto my bed. I glance out the window and see Mark flipping through pages of a textbook. He tugs on his hair while mouthing the words on the page. This is what he gets for skipping classes. He misses important shit and now he's behind.
A few minutes later and I decide to get up and actually doing my homework. I don't even make it two minuets before I lean back in my chair and start making origami. Google is very good right now with keeping me procrastinated. Once I finish my star I smile at it and set it on my desk.

Mark's POV
God why am I so stupid. Even though I despise Jack right now he was right. If I keep missing classes then I'm screwed. I can't afford to fail anything. As I tug on my hair I read over my history book chapter over and over.
Once I basically have the chapter and the next two basically memorized I move onto the next thing. Which is Physics. Oh how much I love this. I begin reading the chapter and sigh.
After ten minutes of this I lean back in my chair and sigh. I rub my eyes and yawn from all the knowledge I have acquired. My gaze goes to the window where I see Jack smiling at a paper star. I mean I don't hate him. Sure I miss speaking to him, but how can I trust someone who lies to me.

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