Cuts and Bruises~A Bullied by Magcon Story

three~

alyssa's pov

I wandered down these ever so seemingly lonely sidewalks, and it was quite serene. Not a person to "make it rain" with a steaming hot beverage, no one to make me forget my memory for a brutal beating, it just left me to be alone with my thoughts. I thought back to Nash, how he was stalling earlier, that look in his eyes. I replayed the image over and over in my head, was he checking me out? There was no way that he could be, I mean we were friends forever ago but, why? 

I decided on leaving my thoughts out, and humming a tune. The first song that came in my head was "Oh Ms Believer" by twenty øne piløts, a song I presume to be associated with someone. I hung my head down low, letting the sweet lyrics that go along with my humming fill my mind, smiling for the first time today. I started snapping my finger along with the beat, jamming out in the back of my mind. I closed my eyes right before I ran into a large figure who had crossed my path.

"sorry," I  mumbled quietly, my head down low as I tried to scurry past, but the figure went in my way again. "It's okay," the male said with a low chuckle, and as I looked up, a small smile. 

"my name is Brent," he said, trying to get my attention. 

"Alyssa," I replied in a small voice.

"sick name." he said with a small chuckle. "where you heading?" Brent asked, curiosity clear in his voice.

"home," I replied, now looking at his features. He had very nice, deep, brown eyes, a chiseled jaw and very silky brown hair styled in a quiff. His lips, quite pale and a snap back was placed ever so slightly on his head. Brent was like the perfect guy, that I had described maybe once in fourth grade when doing a future project, someone who i would never end up with, obviously.

"alyssa?" he waved his hand in front of my face, I guess he noticed I was staring, pretty embarrassing. my face was flushed once I realized he noticed. 

"sorry, i-uh, i'm going home." I said with a stutter, pulling a piece of hair behind my ear.

"want a walking partner?" he smiled giddily. His teeth were perfectly aligned and were a very r bright white. I simply nodded my head and he walked by me the whole way home. We talked about classes in school, since he was in my phys ed class. I found out Brent was on the football team, and he was in all AP. Brent and I were deep in conversation when we arrived at my doorstep. I wanted the walk to be longer, for the first time in my life.

"it was nice talking, and you know, feeling like i had a friend," i said with a giddy smile.

"no problem, but hey, let's take a picture, remember the moment?" he asked, and i accepted his offer. We took a picture and he tagged me, and I instantly got a ton of followers. Didn't know he was that popular.

"i'll see you later brent," I said as I made my way into my house.

"wait!" he called out, stopping my door. "i didn't get your number." We traded off phones and inputted our own names into each others's phone. I put myself in as "lyssa", plain and simple and he put himself in as "brent<3". I smiled at his contact name and waved goodbye as he walked off. I stared at his contact a while, just smiling. It's been years since I've had a friend in here.

nash's pov

The guys and I headed down to my house, just to clear my thoughts. It's been a weird day, and I really think that I like alyssa. I mean i've known her forever and it's been so long since we've had a proper conversation, but seeing her in pain, made me see deeper into her eyes. I don't know, its hard to explain. I was deep in thought before Cameron spoke up.

"slut bag got a pretty good beating," he said scratching the back of his neck, and in a sense, it seemed kind of awkward. We all replied with a small "yeah" or just nodded with the same tone of voice. It was pretty weird, you know, how we all hated her, but I don't know why. 

As we approached my house, we all got in, the ten of us, since I had picked Hayes up from lacrosse, and settled in. Hayes and i both played, but he was in a lower string than i was, since he was still in middle school.

my living room was pretty big, and not going to lie, we've all done some pretty crazy things in here, but not that crazy. Sure, we've had a few parties, and I've had a few girlfriends but that's what the upstairs is for. 

I got snacks out, consisting of pringles, lays, and takis, as well as various sour candies. I plopped in 'the internship' to the dvd player and we all sat lazily watching the movie until aaron yelled pretty loudly. "what??" was the only audible thing, in which we all rushed to see what had happened.

Aaron was scrolling through Instagram, but stopped at a picture. Two people were hanging at a house's door, that looked almost identical to mine, meaning it was possiby in the same neighborhood. "Is that-" Taylor started before I interrupted him. "alyssa and brent?" 

Now at this time, we were all in shock, outraged, and most importantly, annoyed. Who knew they would be friends? This was not okay. Brent was our friend but could easily blow us off for her, or even worse, fall in love with her. What felt like anger bubbled inside me, and i wanted to tell him off, but as if the Universe understood me, my phone began ringing with the contact name, Brent.