The Other Side Of Me ✔️ | Garroth x Laurence x Reader PDH

Chapter 7

Your POV

I wake up as my phone starts to play a song. Time to wake up. I roll over and snatch my phone, only to tap repeatedly to turn it off. I groan and get up. Time for day two. I get dressed and sling my bag over my shoulder, ready to walk down the stairs and eat breakfast. I drop my bag next to a stool and sit down at the table island.

I straighten my glasses as I glance at who's cooking.
"Morning dad." I say sleepily. He turns around with a smile. He also had stormy grey eyes like Zyler, but he had black hair instead.
"Good morning sweety." He passes me a piece of Nutella toast and I start eating it.
"You ready for school?" He asks as he packs our lunchboxes. I nod.
"As ready as I'll ever be." I say, trying to be cheerful. He chuckles.
"You sound like me when I get ready for work." I swivel on the stool.
"But you have such a cool job." I complain. It's true. He's a biologist. He goes out to the zoo and studies animals and interacts with them. He chuckles.
"I guess I do." He slides me my lunchbox and I shove in my bag with a thanks.

I get up just in time to see both my brothers walking like zombies into the kitchen. I raise an eyebrow and snicker.
"I thought you were excited for school Nathan?" I say mockingly. He growls at me.
"It's interrupting my sleep..." he says sleepily. I laugh at that.
"Welcome to the real world." I say cheerfully. He groans and slouches on the table.
"Don't worry, it only gets worse." Dad says unreassuringly while patting his head. Nathan just moans louder and sits up. I giggle and walk to the door.

Just before I open it, someone knocks from the other side. I open it cautiously and peek outside. I open the door fully when I see who it is.
"Romeo. What are you doing?" I say surprised.
"Good morning as well." He said cheerfully. I blink as I scan him. He was wearing a uniform. My schools uniform. I blink a few times to see that he also has a bag.
"Wait... No way." I gasp. He nods his head.
"I'm going to your school!" He shouts. He tackles me into a hug. I don't squirm too much, there's no point. He puts me down and I jump up and down.
"Yes! How?" I ask. He smiles proudly.
"The power of persuasion my friend." He beams. "And a chocolate cake for my mom." He adds.

Zyler walks down the hall to see the commotion. We explain it to him, and later Nathan. Zyler picks him up and spins him.
"It's about time buddy!" He puts him down after awhile. He leans on me.
"Can I walk to school with you guys?" He says smugly. I shake my head.
"No." I say blankly. He frowns.
"Too bad, I'm joining." He says, equally as blank. I roll my eyes.
"How'd I know that would be happening." I say sarcastically. He grins broadly.
"Because I'm Romeo."

About a half an hour later we make it to school. Zyler and Nathan leave us to go to their own group while we walk ahead to go get Romeo a schedule. We do so and I find out he's in my homeroom. I can't explain how happy I am to not be a loner anymore. We get to our homeroom and sit down. Laurence and Garroth weren't there yet. I sit at my spot and tell Romeo to sit in the corner seat, since Laurence sat on my other side. He does and we talk until the teacher does the roll.

Halfway in the role, Laurence and Garroth walk casually through the door and come sit down in their seats. The teacher dismisses them and continues on. They were both shocked to see that Romeo was here. After the teacher was finished, we were aloud to talk.
"Did you smuggle him in?" Laurence asks. I giggle.
"Yeah. Nathan gave him a uniform." I reply sarcastically. We all laugh.

The bell goes and we all walk out, ready to go to our own classes. I internally scream when I see I have creative writing. I love that! I walk into the classroom and see that Garroth and Laurence have beaten me to it. I also see that Aphmau was sitting at the table beside them. They motion for me to come over. Aphmau welcomes me to sit next to her, I nod and sit down. The teacher was no where to be seen. I look over to see a red Aphmau. I laugh and lean back.
"You guys know how to get a reaction huh?" I say jokingly. They shrug.
"We could do it to you Y/N." Laurence says, wiggling his eyebrows. I chuckle.
"I at least can ignore you." I say and turn to my phone. Romeo was texting me. Something about him not finding his class.

I put my phone away and slump on the table. Where's the teacher? I stand up and grab my bag. They look at me funny.
"And where are you going?" Garroth asks. I give them a half smile.
"Romeo's lost. I'm going to find him." I start to walk out when I hear footsteps. I turn to see Garroth walking beside me, matching my pace.
"Well, then count me in." He says in a calm voice. I chuckle.
"Aren't you meant to be a good boy, and not roam after the bell?" I ask. He smirks.
"Aren't you meant to be a good one?" He retorts. I shrug.
"I'm a little bit of both I guess." I pull out my phone and text Romeo to text me where he is. He texts back that he's near my locker. I groan and walk down the stairs with Garroth by my side.

"Where is he?" He asks.
I look to my left and see him, fiddling nervously with his phone.
"Right there." I say and walk over to him. He runs over and hugs me when he sees me.
"This place is too big." He says shakily, he lets go and hands me his schedule. History. I look over to Garroth, who's watching with a frown. I give him the sheet. He looks over it for a second before handing it back.
"I know where that is. Follow me." He says as he starts walking. Romeo and I follow him until we get to the History room. Romeo thanks us and goes in, much more relaxed then before. We start to walk back to creative writing.
"You were my saving grace. Thanks for that." I say as we walk back up the stairs. He looks over and smiles at me, his icy blue looking into my E/C ones.
"It's not problem, I'm glad I tagged along."

The bell rings just as we see our class. We both stop and look at each other.
"What do you have next?" He asks. I pause then perk up.
"Art." I say cheerfully. I see him smile.
"That's awesome, so do I." We both look at our class before turning away and heading to art together. I hope there was no teacher.