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[1.10] Arcade.

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J-
Wednesday.

10:00

The lads and I all sat at the back of the courtyard at break, as per usual.

I looked over to Vik, just to check up on him. He was laughing along about whatever with Harry; this is the way it ought to be.

"Arcade tonight, then?" Ethan asked the lot of us, and the lads grunted with a nod.

Sociable teenagers.

"Sure," Simon chirped from the right of me.

I wanted to be mad at him for not telling me whatever was on his mind the previous night after such a build up to it.

But I couldn't just be mad over something so petty.

"Maybe you can actually win me something from the grabber machine this time, Joshy," Simon teased, nudging my side.

I chuckled; nudging him back a little harder.

"Oi, you guys gunna be the next to come out?" Tobi asked with a little smirk.

I rolled my eyes, "In Minter's dreams more like."

I then looked to Si, who was giving me the 'nice save' face.

I smiled, secretly plopping my hand beside his on the ground, slowly beginning to grab hold of it.
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14:00
I sat in science in complete silence, I was so tired from the lack of sleep I had the previous night.

I kept looking up from my textbook to look at Minter, who was sat directly in front of me.

I smiled a little, as I saw him speaking to Vik; as they were luckily sat beside one another.

He was chuckling with the cinnamon boy about something, but whatever it was; it was making him look a lot happier.

He was way more attractive to me when he was smiling.

Wait, what? I'm now finding him like, really attractive?

Fuck..

"Hey Josh," I heard a feminine voice speak from my left side.

I turned to Freya, my lab partner and just crooked my brow slightly. She looked different. I couldn't really put my finger on it, but she looked.. good.

Snap out of it, Josh! You're not even sure if you still like girls, what are you bloody doing?

"Yeah?" I asked, with a slight shrug.

"I heard you and the lads are off to the arcade tonight," she stated and I just nodded slowly.

Her blonde locks fell in front of her orbs, but she pushed them back. "So, we are going to and I was wondering if you want to like, uh, hang out?"

Not this, not bloody now.

I'm not a person to just easily say no to another. But, I had to. I couldn't fuck Simon over like that.

"Uh, I don't know. I'll say hi if I see you though, yeah?" I tried to reach a common-ground. But she didn't look satisfied.

Stop feeling guilty, it's not your problem Josh!

"Alright.." she hummed and then returned to her work.

I then looked up, feeling Simon's orbs locked on me.

He sent me a warm smile, I guess he saw that I rejected her 'offer'.
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18:00
"Go on Josh! I believe in you!" Simon cheered me on as the two of us stood alone at the grabber machines in the arcade.