hearts at ease

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i stayed in my seat as the classroom slowly started to fill with people. math was my favorite subject, i was actually really good at it.

i watched to see everyone smush through the door, trying to get to their seat before the bell rang. i saw joey walk in and instantly turned around and faced the front of the room.

we both sat in the last row of the classroom, all because the teacher trusted us both a lot, enough to have us be two out of the six people who sat in the last row.

the bell rang and mrs. catherine walked in and started class. "hey, rae can i talk to you after school?"

it was joey, again. trying to talk to me. i ignored him and copied down the notes that were being written on the board.

"raelynn, I'm fucking talking to you," joey whispered, hitting my arm to make me look at him.

"don't touch me," i replied back sternly.

"answer my damn question," he said, not leaving me alone.

"no." i replied.

"too bad, we are and you can't do anything about it," he said and looked back at mrs. catherine.

the end bell rang and i gathered all my things. i walked out of the classroom and walked over to my locker. someone bumped into me and i dropped my stuff all over the floor. "fucking klutz," they said and walked away.

i quickly picked everything up and made it to my locker. people were staring at me a lot more than usual. i was definitely getting a little freaked out.

i closed my locker and was just about to leave the school. someone grabbed my arm and pulled me aside. it was joey, it was always joey. when was it not. "joey what the hell, i have to leave," i said.

"no you don't, you can wait," he replied with, watching as people left the building.

he watched as colette left the building and then he took me out to the parking lot, by his car. "what do you want," i asked him.

"i want you to know I'm sorry, I'm sorry that i didn't tell you. it wasn't even my choice, i had to do it." He explained.

"had to do what? date the person who bullied me all throughout school? yeah that definitely sounds like you didn't have a choice on that," i snapped.

"no, rae you don't understand, i was threatened, i didn't have a choice." He said cautiously.

"by who? colette? what the hell did she say?" i asked.

"it wasn't her, it was her side bitch harlee."

"the dumb one?"

"yeah, but she's not actually dumb, she's scary," he answered.

"okay hold on, harlee threatened you and said if you didn't date colette she would do something? what did she threaten you with?" i asked.

"she threatened me with you..."

"what do you mean?"

"she said if i didn't date colette that she would say something that happened to you way back in second grade. she didn't tell me what it was, but it seemed like it wasn't something that should be said." he quickly explained.

"oh, i know what she's talking about. it's nothing really major, just brings back memories," i said.

"oh, but still, i couldn't risk it, so that's why im dating colette, I'm really sorry that i hurt you and made you feel like Ive betrayed you, i would never do that to you, ever." he said.

i gave him a big hug, "thank you, thank you for explaining everything. im sorry that i was being a bitch."

"it's okay, i had what was coming to me, no worries," he said with a smile, as he hugged me back.

we hugged for a few minutes until his phone started to ring. he looked at his phone, it was colette. "i should probably take this," he said.

"yeah, I'll see you at school," i said and walked to my car, which my older sister drove over to pick me up with.

joeys POV

im really happy that i fixed things with raelynn. she's been my best friend since i moved and i didn't want to lose her.

we were hugging and my phone started ringing. it was colette, that bitch, Ive never liked her. she was always a pest and the things she did to rae just wasn't okay.

i answered the phone as rae left, "hey cole," i said.

"you're in deep shit birlem, be ready for tomorrow. just you fucking wait," she said.

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enjoy this semi cliffhanger.