emery's POV
"losers." a jock spits as he shoves calum and i against the lockers . "are you okay ?" calum immediately says panicked as he observes my arms for bruises . "cal , im fine." i shrug. "but are you okay ?" I ask cautiously . "no . " calum sighs . calum was recently self harming . he was trying to fit into the popular group but they wouldn't let him because he had glasses , didnt have tattoos , never had a piercing , or have never had sex with anyone . "it'll be okay , you'll see ." i tell him and hold his hand while walking to 9th period. we stand outside the door and calum pecks my head . "i guess this is where we part ways ." cal chuckled. "bye bestfriend !" he says in a high pitched voice and walks to his 9th period .
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after school, calum comes over to my house . "hi mrs.king." calum smiles walking through the door . "hello calum . anything new ?" my mother sweetly smiles eyeing cal . as you can tell , my mother is quite a cougar . and my dad , my poor old dad is oblivious to what is happening between my mom and calum . but somehow , calum always rejects her and goes straight to me . "let's go." i say grabbing his and and walking up the steps to my room. "hey , em ?" calum asks me nervously . "yeah ?" i answer .
"do you know how to be popular ?"
