Chapter 6 - Quinn and Joker

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"Oh COME ON! These people are so DUMB!" Ethan yells at the TV while playing Mario Cart.

"You're not turning it right" I say

"Well I'd like to see you try" he says.

"Fine, watch and learn son" I say, snatching the controller off him.

I continue the game, speeding past the other players, until I finish first place.

"Mhm, that's right" I say, chucking the controller to him, rolling off his bed.

"Oooooo, you just got smashed by a girl E. Whatchu gonna do bout dat?" Grayson chuckles.

I laugh as I walk to his bathroom, that is attached to his bedroom.

"Show off" Ethan mutters.

"What was that?" I say, poking my head out.

"Nothing" he says, starting another game.

Ethan's bathroom is full of sports shit. Lacrosse sticks, boxing gloves, footballs...

I remember what Josh said the other day.

"...loser"

I look over at him as she celebrates a win.

He's not a loser, not to me. And when I do call him a loser, I don't actually mean it, we're just like that. But when people call him that genuinely, I get protective over him.  He means a lot to me, and there is no way I will let anyone call him a loser, just like he would do the same for me.

We promised each other that so we got something that will ever fade...

*flash back to when they were 13*

Ethan's pov

"What's that on your finger Bela?" Sarah, the popular girl asks. "What? do you play cards with your grandma all day, do you?" She laughs, grabbing Bela's hand and showing it to her friends.

I watch from the other side of the hallway, as a few other people crowd around them. I slowing walk towards the circle.

"It's nothing" Bela says, trying to unhook her hand from Sarah's tight grip.

"Queen of hearts aye? More like Queen of ugly" Jackson, Sarah's boyfriend laughs.

"Hold on, let me get a pic." Sarah says, grabbing her phone.

Before she could take the picture, Bela pushes Sarah away, making her fall in the lockers that run down the long hallway.

Just as Bela tries to flee, Jackson grabs her hair, making her fall to her knees.

"Hold still or your hair will end up on the floor" Sarah hisses. I can't let them do this to Bela.

While Sarah's distracted, I reach out and grab the phone out of her hands.

Sarah stands up straight. "Give it back"

"Let her go" I say.

"Back off Prince Charming" Jackson says, still holding Bela's hair.

"Let her go or the phone will go" I say, dangling the phone in front of my face.

"Ethan stop, this isn't your problem" Bela pants, holding onto the roots of her hair.

"Bela, you're ok-" I'm cut off by a wail of pain seeping through her mouth, as Jackson pulls her hair up. Im surprised she's not crying by now, she's basically dangling by her own hair.

"You're pathetic Jackson, you make me sick" I say.

Sarah tries to grab the phone, but I step back. I drop the phone on purpose, catching it before it could hit the floor.

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