happy meals - solangelo

Chapter 5

I walked into the school building, early as usual. I took the familiar route to my locker, surprised to find Will leaning against the metal door.

"What do you want?" I mumbled, too tired to be angry.

"Come with me?" He started walking and I reluctantly followed, not wanting to make him angry.

He led him to an empty classroom, one I had never been in.

"This classroom isn't used," Will explained, dropping his bag on a desk. "Sit," he smiled softly, reaching into his bag.

I sat down on a chair, looking at him with a mix of confusion and annoyance.

"Please let me see your arm," he pulled a chair in front of mine, sitting down. I frowned, slowly holding out my arm.

Gently he pushed my sleeve up and started to wrap my wrist with gauze which he had grabbed from his bag.

"What are you doing?" I asked, confused as to why he was helping me.

"I'm helping you. If these get infected it will only make it worse," he replied, concentrating.

"But why are you helping? Me, out of all people?" I stared at my arm which was wrapped surprisingly well. I dropped my bandaged wrist on to my lap. He looked at me, a small frown on his face.

"Because what Jason has done... what I've done... it's wrong and I see that now. We hurt you and I feel terrible about it. I know I don't deserve to be forgiven but, I'm sorry." he rested his hands on his lap, shifting in his seat.

I avoided eye contact, only nodding. "Okay," I replied, not sure how to properly respond. "I'm gonna go now. T-Thank you.." I awkwardly stood up, pulling the sleeve of my aviator jacket back down. He smiled, standing.

"Bye Nico. See you later," I stepped out the door, briefly turning back to glance at him.

His back was to me, blond curls falling around his head. I watched as he zipped his bag shut, pulling it on to his back.

I turned away and started walking down the hall.

Maybe, just maybe... he wasn't as bad as I thought.

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a/n: very very short update, but I'm trying to get in the habit of updating more frequently. thank you guys so so much for all the votes and comments! ilysm

p.s I'm adding in more characters next chapter