He Wears Galaxy Leggings

6. A Crush?

Michael and I spent the whole next day together. He helped me stop crying and he sat and listened to me rant about how much of a douche Luke is. I seriously couldn't ask for a better friend than Michael. He can take my pain away and I'm finally starting to realize it.

By Monday, I felt almost better. I was mostly mad at Luke for being a stupid fuckboy and mad at myself for not realizing it. I thought I was ready to face Luke when I walked into school with Ashton and Michael by my side but as soon I saw Luke chatting up some blonde girl at her locker, all of my confidence fell.

"Cody, it's okay." Ashton whispered in my ear when he saw me looking over at him.

"No its not! Do you even know how much of a dick he was? He even made me pay when the check came!" I whispered back to him.

"I would never do that, just saying."  Michael said. I smiled, I know he would never do that. Michael is a good guy.

"He's just an ass. You have to show him that you're alright though." Ashton smiled. "And I'm sorry, I didn't know."

"It's okay, Ash. Lets just do it." I say confidently. Then I link arms with Michael and Luke. Luke doesn't deserve my tears and deserve to have me hide.

Together the three of us stroll down the hall past Luke and her blonde bimbo. I glance back at Luke, making sure to give him the middle finger. Then I continued walking.

When we got to the end of the hall and turned the corner I had the biggest smile on my face.  I even let out a girly embarrassing squeal. We all laughed.

"You did it." Michael smiles, pulling me into a tight embrace. He smells so nice. I could hug  him for hours.

"Yeah, I did!" I laugh. "So I'll see you guys at our spot at lunch. I should get to class." I wave goodbye and go to my first hour. 

Once I got to class, I took my seat in the back like I always did. Ready for another day, kind of.

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Michael usually walks me to my next class after science but today he was nowhere to be seen. I figured he had probably just gotten held up in his last class or something. So I started to walk by myself.

I was almost to my class when I saw a large group of people crowded around something in the hallway. Two tall boys seemed to be in the center of it. One had blonde hair and the other one was dyed. That's when I realized it was Luke and Michael.

Attempting to get to the front, I pushed through the chattering people to the front. Michael was yelling at Luke while Luke just rolled his eyes. Gosh, what a douche.

"You fucking asshole! Who the fuck do you think you are? You go around this school acting like you own it. This isn't you fucking kingdom."  Michael yelled in his face. "You think you're a bug deal, the shit. You're right. You are a fucking piece of shit. Cody didn't deserve the shit you did to her last Saturday. She's perfect. You missed out on a fucking amazing girl." He continued.

"You're going to be nothing after high school. Just some loser living in his parents basement rotting in STDs." Michael spat in Luke's face. All the high school students oohhed. I can't believe he just said all of that to Luke.

"Whatever you twig." Luke laughs turning around to walk away. The crowd of people made an opening for Luke to walk away, his ego barely altered.

After Luke left  I run over to Michael to hug him. I embrace Mikey in a tigth hug.

"Were you watching the whole time?" He asks nervously.

"I heard what I needed to, Mikey. You didn't need to do all of that. As you told me, he's not worth it." i tell him, pulling his aside to my locker.