𝐮𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐨 ✾ (𝐣. 𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨)

THIRTEEN !

UN POCO LOCO !

"You good?" alex asked me at lunch, as i hadn't said more than three words in twenty minutes.

"i'm okay, al," i smiled, crunching another one of my barbecue chips.

it'd only been a little less than twelve hours since i confessed my- not feelings, not crush, just.. attraction, towards johnny. i left his house early in the morning, before he even woke up. the last thing i remember from last night was walking to johnny's bed, hand in hand. i knew an innocent boy like him wouldn't pull any stunts, so i trusted him, and he slept on the sofa downstairs.

"you seem really quiet. are you positive?" he whispered, preventing a giggling vienna and keaton from hearing.

normally johnny would be sitting here, since him and vee were a thing and all, but he was in the math room. doing extra credit work. again.

"i'm sure, al. i stayed up late last night, filling out the packet that goes with our science project. just really tired, that's all." he nodded, eyes filled with suspicion.

🧩

vienna stormed up to my locker. "mascara. now," she held her hand out, her jaw jutted outward.

her cheeks were red, as were the whites of her eyes. her stubby lashes stuck together from tears. "vee, what happened?" i gasped.

she began stroking the black paste onto her eyelashes, "i'm single. john ended it. already. fucking bastard."

i began to feel nauseated immediately after it hit me. he liked me. i liked him. he broke up with vienna to be with me. but i'm dating keaton. "wha- why- uh, what was his explanation? dickhead."

she grabbed the sweatshirt that sat in my locker and blew her nose in it. ew. "thinks we aren't right for each other. dumbass already likes someone else. bitch ass."

my eyes widened and my face grew pale, but i played it off with an eye roll. "did he tell you who? motherfucker."

she stared me straight in the eyes, and crossed her arms, "yes." her hair flipped as she turned and walked away, her black velvet boots clanking on the tiles.

my arms copied the movement hers made, but ended up crossed in a much more passive position. i closed my locker, preset it, and walked to johnny's locker.

"why?" i looked at him, eyebrows creased.

he smiled down at me, hair messy from his gym class. "why what?" the grin still stayed plastered on his face.

i looked around us, becoming alert of the people around us, and then lowered my voice, "you broke up with vienna."

he rolled his eyes, and released a part of him i didn't know existed. his sarcastic side. "no shit. you actually don't know why?"

i thought about it, "okay. don't roast me, i'm dumb. but you know i'm dating keaton."

his face went dark red, "i uh, i thought- i thought you would do the same thing i did. you can't just date somebody while liking someone else."

"i know, johnny. i just need some time to like, process everything. it'll be okay, i swear," i smiled, not knowing if i was actually telling the truth or not. unexpectedly, he leaned down and wrapped his arms around me.

"i know."

maybe i wasn't lying.

KARLEIGH SPEAKS !
y'all i'm sorry people kept telling me to update and this definitely isn't what u meant bc it's bOrIng bUT it's something so like