Let Everybody Know - LAMS

11 - Helpless

1 week later

John's POV

I hadn't slept in the same bed as Alex for a week or kissed him or hugged him or even looked him directly in the eyes
For a week. It was like torture that I was inflicting on myself.

"I need fifty bucks" Martha said, pulling on her scarily tall heels and rummaging through my wallet.

"Martha-"

"Got it! See ya later!" She said as she hastily walked out the door, her large heels hitting the wooden floors, causing mind rattling echoes. I sighed and dropped my books on the floor, heading to the cafeteria.

Great. I have no one to sit with

I grabbed a tray and for the first time the lunch lady looked at me angrily. She's always liked me, I was the only one who ate rhe vrussel sprouts. For some reason pretty much everyone in the college who knew me, hated me now. I guess gossip gets around to even the lunch lady.

I sat at a table, where I could see my old friends. They looked fine, in fact, they looked happy, nothing seemed to have changed except there was just an empty seat but everyone's bags where occupying it. I observed, watching Peggy tell a story and Eliza and Angelica laugh while trying to interrupt their younger sister. Alex laughing while Hercules and Laf snuck glances at each other. I even watched Maria ask to sit with them as usual and Peggy shove Eliza off the seat and over next to Alex. I regained focus when I saw Alex turn to see me and he quickly spun head around, pretending like nothing happened.

My dad said I had to pull this off if I wanted to stay at this college and I totally could, right? That's what I thought until Martha sat down in front of me, looking at me like I was some garbage.

"Some concealer should clean up your freckles" she said, observing my face, scrunching her nose up.

"I kinda like my freckles"

"Too bad. We also need to fix your body shape. You eat too much, you're too fat" Martha added, gesturing to my waist.

"I've always thought I'm fine-"

"Ugh and your hair, we need to cut that"

"Ok no Martha-" I tried to interfere but she just reached over the table, pulling out my wallet. I turned to see my old friends watching what was happening with great interest. They looked guilty and like they wanted to help but I can't be mad at them for not. Martha pulled out a fifty dollar bill and stuffed it into her pocket.

"You're really ugly"

"Then why are you dating me" I replied, almost angrily.

"Cause I get good cash out of it" she said, pulling out fifty dollar bills, twenties, tens, all kinds and smacking them onto the table.

"Martha! That's my money-"

Alex's POV

we all watched as Martha threw a bunch of cash onto the table and we all gasped, watching the scene like it was a movie. I saw John say something before Martha slapped him across the face and we all gasped.

"What the fuck do we do?" Peggy whisper shouted.

"He's getting hit by his so called girlfriend we can't just let that go!" Eliza said.