You Played Me (A Kevin Alston Fanfic)

ch. 19

> Ari's POV <
it's friday today, and the past two days of school consisted ignoring kev and just hanging out with friends of my own. surprisingly, kev stopped hanging out with shannon and her squad, i wondered why.

i decided to drive to school today, because i wanted to take my friends out when the day was over.

so once i was ready for school, i grabbed my car keys out of the drawer in the kitchen, and left the house. i started the car and reversed out of the driveway, with my eyes on the rear view mirror. as soon as i was backed onto the street, i started my way to school.

while i was driving, rain started pouring from the sky. it was so suddenly and very unexpected; i wasn't prepared at all. i didn't have a jacket or anything. yay.

i turned on the radio and an old drake song played; "trust issues" (a/n: in the header) i love drake.

rain started pouring harder and harder as the song played. and then a thought came into my head,

is daniel walking to school? oh i hope not, i would feel bad.

but anyways, daniel and i recently talked about him liking me. he told me that he suddenly felt we weren't right for each other, because when i held his hand, he felt no spark. i was glad he told me, and i was glad he felt that way, because all my feelings are focused on kevin.

i didn't wanna hurt emily, either.

i soon pulled up to the school parking lot, and parked my car. i took my backpack from the passengers seat and put it on, as i left the car, jogging to the main school building.

i entered, and saw that i wasn't the only student drenched by the rain.

i walked up to my locker, and saw devin next to it, talking to jailene.

"hey guys," i greeted, opening my locker.

"hey," they said in unison. i grabbed my spanish book out and closed the locker. i turned back to face them,
they were awkwardly, yet seriously looking at me.

i laughed, "what?"

jailene looked at devin, devin looked at jailene. she nodded at him and walked away. they only confused me more.

"there's something i gotta tell you," devin started.

i gripped my text book, "what's up?"

"you know what, just try not to bump into tatiana, or shannon. anyone of those girls."

i nodded slowly, still confused, "why?"

he shook his head, "it's ok, just don't even go close to them. and if you do come in contact, you'll understand why i warned you."

he walked away.

well, that was weird.

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i sat in my geometry class, with 9 minutes left before the lunch bell rang. i hated this class. it was so boring and full of work, but i just happened to be good at math.

i finished up my last equation and handed in my work to my teacher, Ms Diaz.

"always finishing first," she said as she smiled at me, "you can start your way to the cafe early, good job."

i smiled back at her as i picked up my bag and walked out of the classroom, hearing her voice say, "ok class if you haven't finished the worksheet, i am now assigning it as homework!"

oh thank god i finished that. i'm not about homework over the weekend.

i jogged down the building stairs, making my way to the cafe.

i then heard girly giggles coming my way.

oh no.

i came face to face with shannon, tatiana, j'nai, and jade. they stopped giggling and crossed their arms, except for j'nai, she was nice.

"well look what we have here," tatiana said, with shannon and jade laughing along.

"a boy toy," shannon said.

i squinted my eyes, "it's not like you aren't one."

"well kevin actually likes me," she paused, "but you just had to tell him not to talk to us anymore, didn't you."

"i didn't tell him shit," i was trying my best not to snatch her hair and throw my fists, "now leave me alone."

i was about to walk past them until shannon stopped me, "wait, do you like him?"

"n-no," i replied, plainly.

"good, because he would never go crazy over a worthless piece of crap like you," she laughed and walked away, so did tatiana and jade.

"i'm sorry," j'nai mouthed at me. she was really cool, but that didn't help.

i stood there,
she was right. i'm worthless. that's why everyone leaves me. they don't care, there's no need to care about someone who's useless.

i plopped down on one of the steps and put my face in my hands. i let all my tears and emotions out, which i haven't done in a while. i cried a lot, not caring who saw me. i didn't care anymore.

i soon felt the heat of a figure standing in front of me.

i took my hands off my face and lifted my head up slowly.

kevin stood there looking at me with sympathy. he opened his arms, "come here."

i stood up and let myself fall into his arms, which was a comfortable place to be in. his warmth brightened up my mood a little, and his scent was incredible.

he continued to hold me, saying, "please don't listen to her, you aren't worthless. you're such an amazing human and you deserve so much to be happy."

his words wrapped around my heart, as i slowly tried to stop crying.

"you're beautiful, ari. you're beautiful on the outside and especially on the inside. you changed me and made me realize things clearly. you mean so much to me," he pulled away from the hug but still held onto me, "and nah, i don't like her at all. she really thought."

i sniffled, with a soft smile displayed on my face.

kevin cupped my face in his hands and wiped the tears off of my face with his thumbs,
"i really like you."

my smile grew even bigger, "ugh," i started, "i really like you too."

his beautiful smile and sparkly eyes aimed at me, as he threw his arm around my shoulder and walked with me to the lunch room. i was glad he changed.

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