BLACKMAIL | MATT CHAMPION

ONE THOUSAND FOR EVERLEE EVANS

"what if the person who wins the bid is some creepy dude? are you still gonna go on the date?" ian asks me, curiously.

it's after school, and ian accompanied me to the auction. it starts in a few minutes, and we're sitting backstage, with other people who are participating.

"let's just hope that doesn't happen." i pat his back.

drew, the president of student council comes rushing backstage, "are you all ready?" he asks the participants. everyone nods their heads excitedly, but me.

"we're gonna go ahead and start!" drew walks out of the room in a hurry.

i sigh, and turn to ian, "i'll see you out there."

he gets up, heading to the exit, "good luck, girl!" he waves goodbye.

all of a sudden, i hear a voice booming through a microphone. it's coming from the stage, "thank you for showing up to the very first date auction!" people clap in excitement in response, "let's get started! we'll start with the girls, and move onto the boys."

drew begins to says names, as each girl walks out to the stage. every second, it gets closer and closer to my turn. i close my eyes and cross my fingers, hoping that my name won't be called up next.

"everlee evans." drew announces.

i take in a deep breath, and walk out on stage. the auditorium is extremely packed, there's freshmen to seniors here. everyone is staring, waiting for me to continue walking. i slowly walk to the edge of the stage, and see ian in the sea of people. he smiles and gives me a thumbs up, which causes me to smile too.

"we're gonna start at five dollars." drew says, and i look back at him, a little offended.

"i'll go thirty." i hear a voice out in the crowd. i get past the bright light that's burning my face, and see wesley raising his hand.

"fifty." another voice is heard, i look around and see, matt, step up.

what the fuck?

"eighty." wesley says.

"two hundred." matt raises his voice, they both look like they wanna kill each other.

"do i hear three hundred?" drew, looks at wesley, hoping he'll keep bidding.

"four hundred." wesley, raises the price.

"five hundred." matt, keeps going.

i look over at, ian, who looks just as shocked as me.

"seven hundred." wesley, begins to look worried.

"one thousand!" matt yells.

"one thousand, going once, going twice!"

wesley has the face of defeat, while matt looks extremely accomplished in himself.

"and sold for a thousand dollars!"

everyone begins to clap, and i run off the stage to clear up my confusion with matt. i find him, and he just stands with his hands in his pockets, waiting for me to approach him.

i begin asking questions, "what the hell did you just do? why did you bid that much money? your mom is going to fucking kill you." i raise my voice.

he doesn't saying anything, and just watches me scold him. he looks like he's thinking about something.

i stare at him, frustrated, "are you gonna say something, because you're making me so fucking confused."

he finally speaks, "is seven a good time for you?" he asks.

"what?"

"i asked if seven is a good time for you," matt's face begins to turn red, "you know, so i can pick you up for that date."

oh, fuck.

i smile nervously, "we don't have to go on the date if you don't want to." i say, making sure he doesn't just want to do this out of pity.

"no, i want to. just be ready by seven." he says before walking away into the crowd of people.

a/n:
this chapter is so flipping bad i'm just jckendkendkdnrncndnd

ALSO IVE BEEN AWAKE SINCE 7AM, BECAUSE TØP JUST CAME OUT WITH TWO NEW SONGS AND I CRIED UP A STORM. THEN THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR TOUR COMING IN THE FALL, AGAIN I CRIED. THE FULL ALBUM IS COMING OCTOBER 5TH aENJDWJDNRJFNRJFJFJENC

i'm sorry you had to see that, but my friends are tired of me talking about them so i brought my unwanted ass here.