mountains • david dobrik

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the bell had gone but bea barely heard it through her dysphoria. she was stuck in her lament when she felt someone crouch down beside her.

"you ok, bea?" he asked.

"fuck off dobrik." she whined, sniffing.

he sighed, "ok, you don't want to talk. i'll just sit here then." he shrugged, focusing his attention on the weed-infested grass below him.

a few minutes passed before the silence was broken.

"any particular reason for sitting under the bleachers in silence, instead of being in class?" bea catechized, feeling much more calm.

"i hate it." he tugged at the grass "here, i mean. vernon hills. i just want to leave and never come back.

bea nodded, "what i want more than anything else in the world right now is to get in a car, head north, drive down kennedy, and never look back."

so far, this was the longest time bea and dobrik had managed to talk for without anyone getting angry or upset at the other.

bea sighed and laid back on the grass, facing up at the benches above her, now shuttered by panels of stairs. her discontent was obvious. soon enough, david joined her. his lonely, brown eyes wandered around him, but somehow they always seemed to laud bea's unruly hair or her honeyed lips.

"what's wrong?" he asked, rolling over to face her.

she took a deep breath, am i really going to talk to david dobrik about actual emotions right now?

yes. she really was.

"i'm assuming you've seen the trisha paytas post."

david nodded.

she sighed at this, "ok well that wasn't too much of a big deal for me since i don't care if someone calls me a lesbian - i mean it's not a valid insult. lesbians are cool."

david chuckled, "gonna get to the point any time soon?"

bea rolled her eyes, "it just feels so alienating when every person you encounter is staring at you. and then i thought when i got to scott's table i'd be safe and that was that. then who do i find at their table? trisha fucking paytas. i mean it's overwhelming enough to be at a new school, but then when on top of that there are rumours spread about you and your best friend isn't there you just feel absolutely fucked." she gushed, her words increasing with speed as her ramblings continued.

"woah, take a deep breath. i don't think you breathed once that whole time," david added, with a smile.

bea sighed, a slight reluctant smile forming on her lips "you're not always annoying" bea admitted, "if you acted like this all the time i think there'd at least be a 45% chance that i might be able to tolerate you" she joked.

"maybe then i'd have more friends" he shrugged "... and fewer nemeses"

"nah, probably not" bea retorted dryly.

"hey!" david protested, throwing a daisy at her that he had picked from below him.

soon enough the bell went, signalling that 4th period was about to begin.

"hey, i should probably get to spanish." david said, getting up, "got a test coming up so i kinda need to be there otherwise my mom will kill me."

"ok, i'll walk with you."

they headed towards the foreign languages block together.

"hey, david?"

yeah?"

"thanks. for listening to my shit." 

david gave her a thumbs-up as they continued to walk in comfortable silence, making their way across their school's vast playing field.

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updated: 06/07/2019

an EXTREMELY short chapter. i sorry :(

words: 585

much love :)