Panic! At The High School

Panic! At The High School Chapter 12

Brendon's POV:

When I look up from my lunch tray I see Claire and Patrick walk in the cafeteria hand in hand.

Not a good way to start off my Monday.

Part of me wants to stand up and beat the shit out of Patrick. He can't just run around using girls, let alone Claire.

I know I won't do that, but I need to make this right.

I hear a big sigh and I know it's from Ryan. He saw them walk in too. Knowing Ry, he's probably plotting Patrick's death right now. He is really protective over his friends.

I snapped out of my daze when I hear Claire's beautiful voice.

"Let's sit with the guys!" She is now dragging Patrick to our table.

"Babe, we're already sitting with Pete and the others." Patrick says.

Babe? Ew.

"C'mon, please?" She batts her eyelashes and I know she'll win.

"Fine."

Claire kisses him on the cheek and I look away immediately.

"Hey guys!" Claire chirps as she walks over to our table, lunch and boyfriend in tow.

For the first time all day, I see Ryan smile. It's fake, but a smile nonetheless.

"Sup Klines." Spencer says.

"Nothing much. How was your weekend?" She asks the whole table.

Everyone gives small murmurs including "fine" and "okay."

"Guess what I did Claire!" Dallon says.

"What did you do Dallon?" Claire mocks him and puts her elbows on the table and rests her head in her hands.

Dallon rolls his eyes but continues to tell her about how he finished all of the history notes for the year already.

"Why did you do that?" Patrick obnoxiously butts in.

"It's not bad to be prepared for the future, Patrick. But I guess you would know a little about that, wouldn't you?" I snap on Dallon's behalf.

"Brendon! Chill out." Claire says across the table and clasps her small hand with Patrick's.

I stand up and push my chair in, quite loudly, gaining a few stares. I speed walk out of the cafeteria and rush to the water fountain.

I sit there before I hear the tapping of shoes against the ugly tiles that cover the floor. Ryan needs to let me cool off for a second.

"What was that, Bren?"

Claire? I look up to meet her gaze. She seems mad but my heart swells at the use of my nickname.

I smile and she does the same.

"Why are you smiling. I'm scolding you!" She starts laughing and I grin even wider, showing teeth.

"I like when you call me Bren." I say, honestly.

"Well Bren, why were you so rude to Patrick?" She says, more seriously now.

"I'm just having a bad day." I lie.

"Oh, well I'm sorry. Just be nice, okay?" She says and starts rubbing my back.

"Fine." I give her a fake frown and we laugh again.

"We need to get to class. Let's go." She takes my hand and drags me to her locker.

She lets go too soon, but the sparks I feel in my palm last all day.

-

When it's time for Music, I am still infuriated with Patrick. I walk into Vic's room to find Claire and Patrick cuddling on the couch.

Way to fuel the fire.

"Hey Brendon!" Patrick yells.

To make sure I don't explode, I simply nod and walk to the back of the class. I wait until Ryan walks through the door. I motion for him to come sit with me on the beat up love seat couch.

"We need to do something about this. I can't just watch her be his little toy!" Ryan says as soon as he sits next to me.

"I know! I say we call a band meeting and tell Dal and Spence." I say.

"They always know what to do." Ryan says in agreement.

When class begins I send out a group text to Ryan, Spencer, and Dallon.

'Guys come to the condo at 5. It's super important.'

After that, I turn off my phone and listen to Vic.

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