caroline → john swift

four

swazz told no one about his mom's current situation, he was still trying to take it all in as well. all he knew was that he needed the money from skate and quick. 

"there goes caroline." dillon nudged swazz, catching his attention. 

john felt his stomach clench, he took a deep breath and kept repeating his mom's name for reassurance. he strode over to her. once cara noticed, she looked up and smiled. 

"hi john." she greeted. 

"hey caroline." he put on his charm, leaning against the lockers next to her. 

cara gazed up at him with her eyelids thinned into slits. "don't ever call me that."

"what?" john chuckled. "why?"

"because i hate it. it's ugly."

swazz smirked, "caroline you divine, mighty fine." he sang to the song caroline by amine causing her to giggle softly.

cara rolled her eyes and smiled. "you're not the first guy to actually sing that to me." she scoffed slightly, but since swazz did it, it didn't really bother her. 

"bet i'm first guy to sing it to you and have you smile." swazz pinched her amor, smirking. 

cara quickly jerked back. "never do that again." she warned with a smile. c

"in fact," john crossed his arms over his chest. "i bet i'm the first guy to make you smile since you came to this school."

cara furrowed her eyebrows as she thought about it. sure boys had made her laugh when they did something funny that was directed to mostly the class, but john was genuinely the first guy to make her smile. 

when cara ignored his question and gaze the told swazz that he was right. 

"i knew it!" he fist pumped the air, cheering himself. 

"shut up." cara rolled her eyes playfully, something she had been doing a lot since she met swazz. "i'm going to class. goodbye." she said, walking away. 

"what?" swazz turned his body to watch her go. "no see you around? just goodbye?" he asked teasingly. 

cara chewed on her bottom lip trying to fight back her smile. "goodbye john." she repeated and spun on her heels and walked away again. 

johnson watched cara walk away as he walked up to swazz. "looks like you and the ice princess are hitting it off nicely."

swazz scoffed with a smile. "i hope so." 

"how long you think it's going to take before you... you know." the blonde hinted towards the main reason he was talking to cara. 

john shrugged. "hopefully not long. but it doesn't look too bad from where i see it."

"oh but that's where you're wrong johnny boy." nate smirked as he joined the two in the conversation. swazz furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "trust me, things are going to get rocky, real quick." he winked before walking away. 

john stood there, still confused. "what did he mean by that?" he asked. 

johnson shook his head and shrugged, "i'm assuming he means he's going to try and ruin things between you and cara."

john slightly gulped. he couldn't let that happen. he needed to get that money and he needed to work quick.