Popular (Camila/You)

Chapter 3

It was now after school and I had to stay behind for cheerleading practice with Normani and Ally. The two had gone home to change though as I didn't want to have to go home and then come right back to the school before I even had a chance to breathe. So that left me to my own devices inside of the school's library which was completely empty besides the librarian herself. I had my laptop open with the requirements of an english assignment, a textbook to the side, and the actual assignment paper sitting in front of me. I was lost in my own world, still by myself in the library, until I could hear a steady growing in noise coming from outside the doors to the library. I heard a loud bang coming from just the other side of the wall, and it seemed as if someone had just slammed their locker shut really hard. My curiosity had the better of me though, and I stood up from my seat to see what all the ruckus is.

I opened the doors of the library and stepped outside to see a group of the more popular football players seeming to be standing around someone. The more I looked, the more I realized that this person was hurt on the ground, and from the snickering players I knew it was because of them. There was one solid drop of blood on the floor but I continued to survey what was in front of me. The all white Nike shoes is what caught my attention first, and I knew that they belonged to someone I was currently obsessed with. "Hey get away from her!" I couldn't stop myself from shouting and marching up to the group of guys. I was much, much shorter than they were but they had no right doing this to someone, much less someone I cared about. My words had caught the attention of the group of boys and they dispersed from Y/N with asshole smiles on their faces. One of them began walking up to me and I was still too frozen in my spot to stop him.

Austin Mahone's asshole smile had grown into an asshole smirk that just pissed me off even more. "Hey Camilla, what are you still doing here? You girls got practice right? I heard you are practicing on the field with us today, and I can't wait to see you all." His friends snickered behind him but all I wanted to do was punch him right in the throat. I pushed past him and even with my small body, I was able to effectively move him out of the way enough to slip past him. Y/N was still on the ground, still leaned up against the lockers with a trail of blood trickling out of her nose. She hissed quietly while trying to push herself up. "Why do you even care about that nerd? She's just a dick who thinks she's hot shit walking around like she runs the school. Did she brainwash you into caring for her?" Austin spoke up behind me and I knew that him and his crew had somewhat circled Y/N and I on the ground.

"The only asshole here is you, Austin. Get the fuck out of here." I gave my worst glare to him and his buddies which actually somehow worked. Some of them scoffed but they all eventually stalked away pushing each other and laughing. Austin had stuck behind longer with that same gross smirk on his face. He shook his head before turning on his heel and following his friends until they turned the corner out of sight. When I looked back at Y/N, she was turning onto her hands so that she could push herself up. I quickly grabbed her arm to help her but when she was on her feet, she pulled away slightly and leaned back against the lockers again, trying to catch her breath. "I'm sorry I didn't get out here sooner, I didn't hear them until they had already done the damage. Are you okay though? Do I need to get the nurse or something? Take you to the ER?" It seemed like I had snapped out of it and I was back to my usual worrying about the girl I was practically in love with.

Y/N shook her head and wiped underneath her nose with the back of her hand. I watched as she dipped down to grab her backpack that was on the ground. The taller girl slung the backpack over her shoulder before she slowly walked off towards the bathroom just down the hall. I followed closely behind her but I didn't exactly know what to say in this situation. "Are you sure you don't want me to get someone? I can get the principal and he can get them in trouble. They won't be able to do this to you anymore." I leaned on the counter next to the Y/E/C eyed girl as she stood in front of the sink to clean up the blood on her face. Again, Y/N shook her head as she now had a paper towel wiping at her nose. I was completely confused as to why Y/N didn't want to get anyone involved. But I sat there quietly and watched the taller girl clean up her bloody nose until there was no trace of it ever bleeding. I crossed my arms over my chest while I waited for Y/N to speak up.