Quiet Hearts (Sam Woolf Fanfic)

TEN

Ria

I took a deep breath as I walked into school next to Sam. I'm not going to lie, I was nervous. But I kept telling myself I was getting worked up over nothing...

I hated pretending, I felt fake. And I had promised when I was twelve years old to never be fake. But this was for a good reason, right? Not Barbie fake?

For Sam and I, it wasn't like it never happened. Because it did, and there's no going back now. We've changed. But we were pretending that nothing happened for the public and then ease into it. Still, I questioned if hiding it was the right choice.

Unlike me, Sam was okay. He was, sadly, used to hiding his emotions. I was the only one who really knew how he felt.

But I was a different story. Pretending we never kissed? Pretending brotherly love wasn't as brotherly anymore? To me it was Mission Impossible. I couldn't build walls like others can-I'd always been an open book. It wasn't necessarily a good thing, though.

I am never going to be an actor.

I can't do this.

"Calm down Ria...and keep walking." Sam put a hand on my shoulder to keep me present. I realized I had been breathing heavily and was now stopped in the middle of the commons. A few curious eyes glanced my way. I acted as if I didn't notice them.

I relaxed under Sam's touch and the tone if his voice as he had instructed me. I forced my stiff legs to keep walking and my face to form a normal, friendly smile.

Our table of familiar faces smiled back as we approached. My life as a social butterfly suddenly came into focus, and I held onto it so I didn't give anything away.

From the corner of my eye I saw another guy, a junior, look at me. When I turned my head towards him I maintained a steady expression.

He gave me a sideways smile. I'd seen it before, but this time I turned back around towards my friends.

"Hey Ria," one of Sam's tech friends, Jack, nodded his head I my direction. "you're not going to believe what I heard." he laughed and we all listened in curiously.

"Oh yeah? What's that?" I shifted in my seat a little and cleared my throat.

"There's a rumor going around that you got raped or kidnapped or something. I laughed so hard when I heard that one!" Our table erupted into laughter, but Sam and I were tense. We cracked smiles so we didn't look suspicious or anything.

"Really? Who told you that?" My tone was casual but demanding.

I eyes quickly scanned the faces around the table, and they all sparked with curiosity as for why I wanted to know.

Crap.

"Ria, it's just another rumor. With a school this big they're always flying around." Jack shook his head and some others nodded in agreement. Jack smirked, "What's this one matter?" He tried, raising an eyebrow.

I was about to erupt, I was shaking. And that would have been the end. We'd be found out...if Sam hasn't saved me.

"Dude, it's about her and she's having problems with you-know-who lately, she's just wants to know what they're saying." Sam reasoned. Calmly. Probably better than my method.

"Oh." Jack glanced at Brooklyn's table before tossing a sympathetic smile at me. "In that case it was Marie." he jabbed his thumb in her direction, who was sitting next to Brooklyn and giggling at Carson, the football team captain.

I rolled my eyes. I knew it was one of Brooklyn's friends-or minions if you rather-that would spill. Which means Brooklyn did.

"Wow, they need some new rumors. They're getting cliché. Almost predictable." I turned my head back to my friends and smiled at Sam just as the bell rang.

To my friends, I was satisfied. But on the inside, I knew this was only the start.

This is short and really bad because wattpad deleted what I had write four times. long story short, I'm not allowed to scream in the house anymore and I will start writing them on google docs.

Courtney, please don't murder me.

Anyway. I am uploading a cover to my youtube this week soo check it out!

Thank you! a better, longer chapter will be next I promise <3