player | e.d

eleven

trinity west

sierra parks the car in the school parking lot and we hop out. i sigh as we walk towards the school i dreaded. when we walk inside i instantly regret it because the first thing i saw was ethan shoving his tongue down some girls throat.

or maybe the other way around.

i clench my jaw and storm over to them, not caring if i left sierra since i knew she would follow me anyway. i clear my throat when i stop in front of them.

ethan reluctantly pulls away from the girl and shoots me a cold glare. i cross my arms and raise a brow at him, letting him know i was upset. "what do you want?" the girl demands.

"i just came to let you know that you really shouldn't be getting too close to ethan here if you know what i mean." i scan ethan up and down in disgust and the girls eyebrows raise. "who are you to tell me who i can and can't be 'close' with?"

i purse my lips together and shrug, "oh i'm not. you can be with him but don't complain when his little disease spreads to you." her eyes widen and her head snaps towards ethan who has shock written all over his face.

"you have no proof that i have that babe." ethan then smirks when he sees my smirk falter for a quick second. "with all the girls you've screwed, i wouldn't be surprised." the random girl buts in and my smirk returns.

"i'd like to talk to trinity for a minute. alone." ethan practically demands her to leave, his eyes never leaving my icy stare. she walks off while muttering profanities. as soon as she rounds a corner ethan violently grabs my arm and pulls me outside to the back of the school, where no one else was.

"what the fuck is wrong with you?" he shouts and my temper increases. "what's wrong with me? seriously? what's wrong with you? you're my 'boyfriend' remember?" i make quotation marks with my hands when i say boyfriend. "this is bullshit. i'm breaking up with you then!" his face is turning red at this point.

"damn, i'm really going to miss you." i pretend to care and he must've believed it because his face fell, "really?" "no." i laugh and his jaw clenched and unclenched as he looks away from me.

"why are you acting like a douchebag all the sudden? you've ignored all my phone calls and texts and now you're being a fucking dick and i'm tired of your bullshit ethan!" he runs his hands through his hair in frustration and looks at me with an apologetic look on his face.

"i'm sorry, but i can't do this anymore." he licks his lips and i look at them for a minute before i look back up at him and he's already staring at me. "why not? you've fallen in love with trinity west? shocker." i joke around and he smiles lightly, stifling a quiet chuckle.

"i'm supposed to be being a dick to you right now." he smiles. i roll my eyes, "and i'm supposed to be pissed off at you right now. but you make it really hard when you smile like that." he smiles again which makes me smile. he pulls me into him and cups my cheeks with his large hands.

"i don't know what you do to me, but you make me feel all weird inside." he says and i smile softly and lean in to kiss him. i melt inside as his lips mold into mine perfectly, as they should. i pull away and bite my lip, "you drive me insane, dolan."

"feelings mutual, west."

"hey!" we hear a shout that startled us both. "what are you kids doing? classes are in session." i turn around and see my dad walking towards us. he didn't notice it was us quite yet. when he did he started walking faster to get to us.

"what's going on here?" he folds his arms across his chest. "we were just talking, dad. we'll go to class now." i quickly say and reach for ethan's hand but my dad quickly stops me, "you can go to class. i need to talk to mr. dolan for a moment." i shake my head, "whatever you have to say to him you can say to me as well."

my dad simply glares at me, giving me a warning look. i hesitate to walk away, but eventually give up when my dad starts to write down our names on a notepad. i walk slowly back to class, listening in to the first bit of their conversation.

"did you forget what i told you?" i hear my dad ponder to ethan. "no, coach." he replies quickly. "then what're you still doing talking to trinity? i'm aware you know you don't want to piss me off so i would suggest cutting her out of your life. for her own good and yours as well." i turn around to steal a quick look at ethan and see him watching me walk away before he looks away.

i roll my eyes and turn back around and walk faster now. there was no point in staying there for longer than i needed to be. i heard what i needed to hear. i couldn't hate my dad anymore than i already do, i thought. but here i am now. how low could he possibly be?

i push open the doors to get inside the building and immediately turn around to look back outside. still seeing the two figures standing there. i spin on the ball of my heel and bump into someone, sending their stuff sprawling onto the floor. "i'm so sorry." i apologize and bend down to pick up some of their stuff.

i finally look up to see who it was that i bumped into. "oh it's just you." i say when i lock eyes with nate and he laughs softly, grabbing his stuff from me as we both stand up. "sorry about that." i apologize once again. "it's alright. what are you doing out here? aren't you supposed to be in class?" he looks around for any sign of a hall monitor.

"i was just," i pause and stick my hands in my back pockets. "going to the restroom." he nods his head slowly before furrowing his eyebrows, "there's not a bathroom over here though." i purse my lips together and shrug, "i already went but i just decided to walk around for a little bit to pass time before i had to go to class."

thankfully, he didn't ask anymore questions until i noticed him looking behind me with a scowl on his face. "were you with ethan?" his eyes never meet mine. i turn my head to watch as ethan walks inside with an angry, but extremely hot look on his face.

"no." i reply and ethan notices us and sends me a wink, making me bite my lip to stop a smile from spreading across my face. but also making nate nearly drop his stuff in fury. "why did he just wink at you?" nates eyes finally meet mine and i shrug.

"why don't you stop asking stupid questions that you already know the answer to." ethan whispers next to nates ear and pulls away just in time to dodge nates flying fist. i gasp in shock and watch as nate is quick to take advantage of a distracted ethan and punch him square in the jaw.

i cover my mouth as ethan laughs and cracks his knuckles. "shouldn't have done that bro." next thing i know ethan is on top of nate, throwing punch after punch. ethan's fist collides into nates nose and i hear a deafening crack and i my heart drops as ethan continues to swing at him.

"ethan stop it!" i finally yell and rush over to him and pull him away from nate, glaring at him as he wipes sweat off his forehead. i kneel down beside nate and gently lift his arm over my shoulder and help him stand up. "dick." i mutter as we walk past ethan and towards the main office.

i don't know what got into ethan.
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