addicted - joey birlem

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a/n; charles are joey are 16 in this and y/n is 15 :)

"y/n" charles says shaking me awake. "oh my gosh what" i groan smacking his arm away "you have 40 minuets to get ready for school" he says laughing as i jump up and hurry to my bathroom. i straighten my hair and do my eyebrows, light eyeshadow and mascara. i finish and grab my light blue ripped jeans and a black hoddie from charles's merch shop and my checkered vans. charles drives me to school so i don't have to catch the bus because he knows how much i hate it. today is my first day of high school. i'm a freshman at HHS (hillgate high school) and i'm extremely nervous..

charles comes with me to get my schedule and takes me to my locker "these lockers are a pain in the ass at first but you'll get used to them" charles says fiddling with the lock, he gets it open and helps me put the things that i won't need for first and second in it. the bell rings and i jump as it scared me, of course charles laughs at me. "well we both have to get to class i wish i could take you to yours but i can't i'm sorry sis" charles says as we both start walking in the same direction. "no it's fine, i'll be able to find it" i say giving him a small smile. "oh shit, i'm going the wrong way"my brother laughs looking at his schedule "bye" charles says as i wave looking back at him. i turn around and check my phone, bumping into someone. "shit sorry" i say giggling at my clumsyness. "here let me help you" the person says chuckling at me. he helps me up and i come face to face - well not really because he's a lot taller than me - to the stranger.
i look up at him and i'm shocked at who i'm looking at "JOEY?!?" i yell jumping into his arms. "Y/N" he hugs me back and puts me down "i haven't seen you in ages!! it's been so long!!" he says smiling. ugh that smile. tbh i've always has a crush on joey, but i'm not sure if he has ever liked me back. he probably hasn't, not many people do :(. "what are you doing back? i thought you weren't supposed to be back for another month" i say as we start walking towards our class. " i wasn't but i just missed you" he says blushing " you and charles i mean" he says correcting himself and fiddling with his fingers. i smile at him. "wait what do you have now?" he asks taking my schedule from me. it reads english with mr.tisher and he jumps in excitement "we have the same classes for most periods!!" i laugh at him but then stop because i'm confused. "wait you're a sophomore and i'm a freshman, how does that work? how do we have the same classes?" i say looking at him while he gives me my schedule. " sophomores and freshman's are always mixed in together so we're branching out and not just staying with our year" he says once we reach our class. "crap are we late?" i ask "yea but we can just use the excuse that you're a freshman and i was just helping you get to class" he says smirking at me, like he's proud of that lie.
we enter and the whole class is looking at us, i hate it when people stare at me. it makes me feel like they're judging me ( yes i have anxiety, bad anxiety). i shuffle closer to joey reaching for his hand and start counting to 10 to calm myself down. joey intertwines our fingers and starts stroking my hand with his thumb. "sorry we're late sir, y/n here is a freshman and couldn't find the class" he chuckles. the teacher didn't even care he just made us sit down at a desk.
we sit next to each other and i realise we're still holding hands. i let go and joey looks at me, giving me a worried look "you ok y/n?" i nod giving him a small smile and look forwards listening to our teacher. everyone is still looking at us like we're some sort of food, waiting to eat us.

after english i had gym with joey and charles. we meet up with charles and walk to the gym together, go into the locker rooms and get changed. while i'm in there, these girls start stairing at me and started whispering. they weren't very subtle about it either. "so, you're the girl that joey birlem is all over" i turn my head to see who this girl is talking to - it's me. "oh no me and joey are just friends, we've known each other for about 3 years now" i fake laugh and smile continuing to get changed.

i walk out the locker room and instantly go find char and joey. as i'm walking up got hem i see them talking, it looks really serious but i shrug it off and put my stuff next to them. " hey guys what yous talking about" i ask sitting next to joey. "oh nothing" char says. he's lying, i always know when he's lying. "stop lying to me" i huff, lean back into the chairs on the bleachers and cross my arms over my chest. "hey it's ok" joey says putting his hand on my thigh-wow. "i'll tell you later, just not now. not in front of these people" he continues and i nod my head " when i was in the locker room, these girls kept stairing at me and whispering" i say fidiling with my fingers "do you know what they were saying?" charles asks and i shake my head but continue " one of them came up to me and said 'so you're the chick that joey's all over'" i look at joey and he's looking straight at me with sympathy in his eyes. "i said no we're just friends and we've known each other for so long but i don't think they believed me" i say looking straight into joeys eyes again.
one of the girls game up to us and made me move aside so they could sit next to joey, i moved and joey got mad. "why did you make her move? she was here first" he says standing up " why do you care, it's not like she's... pretty or anything" she says. i look down at my lap, twirling my fingers with tears starting to appear. "don't you dare talk about my sister like that" charles says getting up in front of joey. the girl laughs and says "what are you gonna do about it? hit me?" she says getting all up in his face. "no but it's really rude. she was here first and you can't tell her what to do because she's my sister!" charles yells. he knows i hate it when he yells. joey looks at me and walked over "come on y/n, let's get out of here for the day" he says grabbing my hand and interlocking our fingers. charles follows us and i wipe away my tears. "y/n i'm sorry for yelling, i truly am. i just hated how she was talking about you. i mean you're my little sister-" i cut him off "yea but charles i'm not a baby." i look at joey and say "i just want to go home" he nods and we grab our bags and sign out at the reception.

eeeekkkk my first chapter is a success, i hope hahaha. i hope yous like it and don't forget to vote for it ;) have a good day lovely's - l💘