Just Another Cliché

Chapter 7

Just going back to that moment, seeing the hurt look on his face, annoys me. I jumped to a conclusion and messed up whatever chance of a proper friendship I had with him. Plus I don't even know why I'm getting so worked up about this.

"Guys, you need to help me. I screamed at Alec and it wasn't even his fault." I say, exasperated.

"Did you try apologizing?" Chloe asked.

"What should I say? I'm sorry I screamed at you for no fault of yours?" I give her a look.

She looks a bit taken back and I say, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap."

"Why are you worried about this Bri?" Jane asked putting a hand on my shoulder.

"I honestly don't know." I say putting my head in hands.

A few minutes later we hear this commotion outside in the courtyard. It catches everyone's attention and they run out to find out the cause. Out of curiosity we head out to and I freeze.

Jake's friend Dan had bruises all over his face and was currently held down by none other than Alec. I look around to find Blake and Austin running towards him but they weren't close enough.

Is this happening because of me? I screamed at him and is this his way of taking out his anger? For some reason I don't think Alec is a violent person until provoked. I look around and most of the student body either shocked or amused. Alec is never this violent, not to my knowledge at least, so I understand their shock but I don't understand why some of them would be amused in this situation.

Pushing these thoughts out of my mind I glance at Scott. He looks really angry and just walks away. I wonder what's his problem. I guess after I sort this out I should go talk to him.

Without thinking it through, I run towards them. I walk up to Alec's side and push him slightly. He looks at me and calms down just a bit. However, what I didn't notice was that Dan had stood up and was about to punch Alec right in the face. The punch was so powerful that it knocked me off my balance and I fell on the ground hitting my head.

The, now familiar, blackness surrounds me and the only thing I can think of is -

'How am I always the one blacking out?'

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"You think she's dead?" a voice asks, in a rather amused tone.

"Don't be stupid Blake. I'm sure if I poke her she'll react." another voice said. Just seconds later I feel something touching my upper arm. That idiot poked me.

The first voice, now I know is Blake's, replies, "See she didn't move. She's dead!"

"Wow! That guy killed with just a single punch. Damn you weak!" I think Austin says with another poke.

"If you poke her one more time, I swear Austin you'll be the one in the bed." yet another voice says.

I hear some shuffling and slowly open my eyes. Straight away I'm blinded by the overhead light. Looking around I find myself in the nurse's office, once again.

"Honey, we should really stop meeting like this." The nurse says.

I just gave her a small smile. How could I even react to that? I'm sorry I'll try to piss off people less? Or try and stop people from using me as target practice?

She says that I can attend my classes but if I don't feel well I can come back and rest. I get up and notice three sets of eyes following my every move. I completely forgot that they were here. Actually why are they here?

"Um.. not to sound rude or anything, but what are you doing here?" I ask the three of them.

"How can you even say that!" Blake asks dramatically.

"You didn't expect Chloe or Jane to carry you here did you?" Austin chuckles.

"Right. But why are you still here? Don't you have classes?" I ask genuinely concerned.

"Why don't you just say you don't want us here?! It's not like we are your friends or care about what happens to you. After all you get in the middle of a fight not bothered that you could get hurt." Alec fumes and walks out.

Austin, Blake and I share glances at his small outburst. They give me a look and I hurry out, trying to catch him.

It doesn't feel great being on the other end of an outburst, is it. My conscience throws at me.

I just inwardly roll my eyes at that retort. Even my own conscience doesn't take my side. Typical.

I slow down once I spot Alec outside in the parking lot. I reach him and I'm already out of breath.  I think he hears me and turns around. Looking at my breathless state, a small smile comes up but he hides it as soon as it appears.

"Look before you say anything, how are you feeling? Does your head hurt? Do you feel dizzy?" He asks with a worried look on his face.

His concern was the last straw and I can't help myself, I pinch his cheeks. He's taken aback for a minute but comes out of his shocked state to swat my hand away. I just laugh.

"I'm a terrible person, aren't I? I'm really sorry about what happened earlier. I jumped to conclusions without knowing the real truth. But the only reason I did that was because I really did think we were starting a friendship. I have trust issues, I don't let people in very often and when I do the smallest things make me suspicious and I doubt the entire relationship.." I rant out my apology, which he cuts off midway.

I could have gone another 10 minutes trying to explain the reason of my outburst but I'm glad he stopped me because it was getting a tiny bit embarrassing.

"It's okay. But please next time, talk to me about it rather than shout at me?" He says, smiling a little.

It's really weird seeing him smile more often than smirk but I won't tell him that on the off chance he starts smirking again.

"So were you concerned about me? Was the arrogant quarterback really worried about someone else for a change?" I say and face palm myself.

I knew my big mouth would get me into trouble.

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A/N: Hi everyone, I know I haven't updated in a while. I had my exams and I really needed to concentrate on them. Hope you understand. Thanks for reading! Enjoy.