Bad Reputation (Shawn Mendes)

twenty five

I got up the next morning and put on the baggiest clothes I could find. I wasn't looking forward to going to school, people are gonna look and say things I just know it.
I got into Shawns car. "How are you feeling?" He asked me as soon as I sat down.
"I'd rather not go in to school."
"You have to, I'll stay with you and if anyone says anything I'll put them in their place."
I chuckled. "Thank you."
We pulled up to school and I could feel everyone's eyes on me. We got out of the car and Shawn took my hand.
I looked at him. "What are you doing?"
"Maybe if people see us holding hands they'll have something else to talk about instead of your picture."
I rolled my eyes. "Lets just go."
I got through the day with a few people whispering things to each other and others staring.
Me and Syd walked into the changing rooms to change for Gym class and all the girls eyes were immediately on me.
Syd whispered to me. "Ignore them."
We walked over to a spare locker and started to get changed. I took off my jeans and slipped on my shorts. I then went to take my t-shirt off but stopped when Lyndsey approached. "Don't look now everyone, or we'll get a second helping of yesterday's picture."
I ignored her.
"You know saying that you were insecure and fat doesn't make it ok for you to be a slut. I've seen what you wear and the way you act around Shawn."
"I'm a slut?" I scoffed. "That's rich coming from someone like you."
"You know, you don't even have to take your top off to show people you're fat I have the picture right here." She got out her phone and showed me the picture.
"Delete it." I demanded.
"No." she smirked.
"I said delete it."
She scoffed. "Make me."
I tried to hold back my anger but I couldn't. I raised my arm and threw one hard punch to her face making her stumble to her knees. Whilst she was holding her face I grabbed her phone and deleted the picture, both in her camera roll and recently deleted.
She reached for her phone. "Give that back you bitch."
I gave her a fake smile and handed it back. "Happy to."
The head soon found out about mine and Lyndsey's fight and sent us both to her office.
I explained everything that happened with the photo to her and she ended up only suspending Lyndsey. I didn't deserve to be suspended.

***

I got home and expected mum to be mad but she seemed ok.
"I understand what you did, that Lyndsey seems like a right nasty girl, I would've done the same."
I laughed. "I know you would of."
She looked at my neck for a few seconds.
"What?" I questioned.
"Is that a hickey on your neck?"
I quickly covered the hickey Shawn gave me the other day with my hand. "No"
"Yes it is." She tried to pull my hand away but I stopped her.
"Did a boy give you that?"
I didn't say anything.
"Who was it?" She insisted.
"No one."
"Was it Shawn?"
I scoffed. "No"
"Please tell me I raised you better than hooking up with random boys." She started to get angry.
"He wasn't random."
"Then who was it?"
I exhaled. "It was Shawn."
"Is he your boyfriend?"
I didn't want to lie to her but she'll go mad if she found out he gave me the hickey because of a stupid game. "Yes."
"I want to meet him."
"You've already met him."
"Not properly."
"Mum there's no need."
"Yes there is your dad hasn't met him."
"Honestly Mum you don't need to-"
She cut me of. "Why don't we all go out Friday night for a meal, how does that sound?"
"Thats not necessary he's not-"
She cut me off again. "Of course it is, you two can talk to us about how you met and other things."
I sighed.
"It's going to be lovely, tell him 7 o clock Friday." I gave her a fake smile and watched her walk away.
Great now I have to pull off having a fake boyfriend.

***AUTHORS NOTE***

This chapter is short but I've had the idea of the next one for a while so that one is almost finished and should be up in the next couple of days.

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