underestimated ⊙ j.f.

19; real

A small smile made its way to my lips noticing that Justin had taken a picture. "What are you doing?" I groaned, digging my face further into the pillow.

"Just spreading a message." He mischievously smiled back at me.

Sitting up, I looked at him expectantly. "And what message would that b-"

My sentence was cut off by the sound of the doorbell ringing through the house. Justin's head turned to me with a raised eyebrow. "Expecting company?"

I shrugged before hearing my phone ding.

zachary
Outside your door

"Oh fuck." Justin looked at me sternly, now knowing who it was. "I swear I didn't read his texts until now."

The blue eyed boy stood up from the bed quickly and made his way downstairs. I followed closely behind him when he opened the door.

"Go away." His voice full of hostility.

"Justin? Woah. Hey man, I just came to talk to her okay. I'm here to-"

"I don't care what you are here for, if it includes touching anything inside this house then go away." Justin crossed his arms to try to make himself look bigger by the doorway.

Zach's eyes met mine for a moment before I looked away. He scoffed and shook his head,"Are you serious? I won't touch anything, I just need to explain." I bet that in the moment, he didn't know what he was doing. Either way, Justin would make sure he knew better if it ever happened again.

Zach took a step forward, making one foot enter the house and Justin take a step backwards. He looked up at him with a stare that could kill if you stared too long. That, of course, did not make Zach back down.

"Wrong move. You're touching the floor of the inside of the house." Justin's voice was full of anger and irritation.

Before Zach knew it, he was pushed out of the house by Justin. He stumbled back a bit but caught his balance. A smirk on his lips grew as he shook his head. "Now, why'd you have to do that?"

"Get the fuck ou-" Justin's words were cut off by the force of Zach pushing him backwards. His body collided with mine, making me stumble a bit too.

Once we were standing up straight, Justin balled his fists and clenched his jaw. My hand caught his arm quickly,"Justin don't." He shook me off easily as he made his way towards Zach and threw a punch at his jaw.

The asian boy didn't hesitate to then push him to the ground. Both boys were rolling around, trying to get a perfect hit.

In the moment, when something like this happens, you don't know what to do. Zach and Justin were both hostile and who knew what could happen if you also go involved.

I tried to pull one off of the other but there was no use since I was smaller than both. I backed up from the two boys not knowing what to do. Suddenly, a figure runs into the house and pulls Zach off of Justin. The other person struggled to keep Zach away but he pushed him out the door while he stood in the middle. It was Jeff Atkins, my neighbor next door.

"What the hell?" His voice boomed through the house as I tried to help a beaten up Justin to get to his feet.

Zach's face had blood coming from open wounds on his face and patches that were starting to form busies. "Next time, choose who you fight with wisely." He growled at Justin with eyes that reflected his anger.

"Next time, choose who you cheat on wisely." Right after those words slipped out of Justin's mouth, Zach took another lunge at him. Jeff intervened with his attack and pushed him out once again.

"There won't be any next time. Dempsey, out. She clearly doesn't want shit from you right now, and probably won't ever. Foley, get yourself together and spill already." Jeff said to both of the boys who were shooting daggers at each other. "And Brianna, I'm sorry. But keep your options opened, I'm sure you'll come to find that the right guy has always been here."

He lead Zach out and made sure that he got to his car before turning to us once more. "Thanks, Jeff. How'd you see them fighting? Can you really see it from over there?" I chuckled softly.

"I just came from dropping off Madeline to her house and as I drove by, I saw the scene." I nodded softly before he spoke again,"Well I have to get going but it was fun helping you guys out."

With that he left to his house. "So pizza?" Justin's voice cut the silence off. I closed the door and made my way past Justin to go to the restroom. "Come on! I'm sorry, okay? What else was I supposed to do?"

Not saying a word, I took out the first aid kit and turned to him. "Sit on the counter."

"I can do it myself." Justin laid his hands on the first aid kit in attempt to get it from me.

I pulled it away from him and smirked softly to show that I wouldn't cave in. He groaned before sitting on the counter with hesitation. Opening the box, I grabbed everything I needed then started fixing his wounds. "At least talk to me."

"Shut up." I mumbled while I cleansed the fresh cuts on his face with an alcohol wipe.

Justin hissed in pain a couple of times making me press a little harder since he backed away. "Ouch, can you chill on the cuts please?"

I threw the wipe away then pursed my lips at him."Any other requests Mr.Foley?" My voice laced with sarcasm resulting in him wincing at my tone.

Before I could do anything else, I felt a pair of hands on mines. "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't want to fight him, but he hurt you. I can't live with the fact that he hurt you and I did nothing to get him back. That would just be unfair to you and me. If it makes you feel any better, I'll back off of him." Justin said genuinely while he looked down at my hands.

I smiled softly at the image in front of me. "Just don't do it again. I don't like it when I have to take care of you like a baby because you got beat up." He smiled widely and scoffed at my teasing.

"Excuse me, I got beaten up by your ex-boyfriend in order to get him back for you!" His white teeth showed as he laughed with me at his comment.

"Whatever, Foley." I shook my head bringing him into a soft hug. His body hovering mine just a bit since he still sat on the counter.

"Love you too, Brianna."

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Unedited but this is dedicated to the reader that asked for a update 😂😁