lungs

part 37

jeremy slamed the door while we all looked at each other. joeys eyes were more widen then they ever been, probably in his life because he just found out  his childhood friend is gay.

joey clears his throat. "you-you're gay?" he asked.

jacob looks down, "i-i'm sorry." he said, "i just didn't want you to get mad at anna and i. i-i didn't want to come out to you and...jeremy like this."

joey wraps his arms around jacob and hugs him, and jacob starts crying on joeys shoulder. "i didn't know jeremy was going to react that way." jacob cried.

joey looks at me from the hug and puts his arm out, offering me to get in the hug. i take the offer and join the hug. jacob wraps his arm around me and so does joey, squeezing my whole body.

"forget about jeremy, okay?" joey whispered as we were in the group hug, and with me getting all of their cologne up in my nose.

"thank you." jacob said, i could tell he felt accepted, well at least by us.

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"mrs. cross and mr. birlem, come here please." mr. skies said from his desk in front of the room.

my eyes widened and i looked behind me to joey. "the project." i whispered to him.

his eyes widened too and he palmed his fore head, "shit."

we forgot to do our project that mr. skies assigned us, this isn't going to be good.

i gulp down and get out of my seat, and with joey doing the same thing.

we go up to his desk and he looks me up and down, and uncomfortableness takes over me.

"i see that you guys don't have your project done." he said, looking at both of us instead of just me.

i tuck a strand of hair behind my ear and look mr. skies in the eyes, so that he'll know i won't give him a bullshit answer. "sorry mr. skies, joey and i completely forgot about it. " i explained.

"this is unacceptable, anna, and especially from you." he said with disappointment in his tone of voice.

i looked down and joey clears his throat. "um, mr. skies." joey said, getting mr. skies attention. "it was my fault not hers."

oh no, please joey don't.

"she kept on reminding me over and over again for us to work on it and it just went in one ear and out the other. it was my fault, sir." joey said taking the blame for me.

mr.skies sighs and shakes his head, "either way this is unacceptable. " he said, "you'll both have an after school detention. i gave you extra time for this because of mr. birlem suspension but you didn't even bother."

shit

i parted my jaw, "mr. skies, i-"

he looked at me sternly and cut me off, "detention mrs. cross."

i sighed and walked back to my seat and so did joey. i didn't talk to joey for the rest of the class. not because i'm mad at him, because i'm not, it's because i can't believe i got an after school detention from not doing a stupid project.

also, joey didn't need to try and blame himself for not doing the project. it's nice of him and all but still, he didn't need to do it.

the bell rang and i got my books, as i was about to walk out joey grabbed my wrist, gently. "are you mad?" he asked with concern in his tone.

i shook my head, "no, i'm just pissed because i got after school. i'm fine, birlem. " i said, reassuring him that i'm fine by calling him by his last name.

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jacob, joey, and i sat down at the lunch table. jacob and joey are even closer than ever after jacob came out to joey. thats what i like about joey, he's caring, supportive, and overall very kind.

joey sits next to me and puts his hand on my thigh underneath the table while jacob sits across from us.

i'm surprised that blond charles kid isn't sitting with us, he's ugly as hell and annoying too.

i look around the cafeteria and see jeremy sitting zach, unfortunately he's back from being suspended. and also, charles is sitting with him.

ugly ass looking like johnny test head ass

i looked at joey, "zach is back." i said motioning for joey to look. he looked and i rolled my eyes at zach, unfortunatelyhe didn't see.

i look at jacob and he has his head down. "you okay?" i asked jacob.

he looked up at me, "jeremy is probably going to tell zach, and then zach isn't going to want to talk to me ever again."

i grab his hand from across the table in a friendship manner and trace my thumb over his knuckles. "who cares what zach thinks? you can easily find someone better, jacob. be proud of who you are because that's what people like in other people, confidence in who they are. be proud, jacob." i told him, hoping that would make him feel better.

jacob smiles and squeezes my hand, "thank you a-"

"faggot!" i hear

we all turn our heads and see zach and jeremy laughing at us, including jacob.

jacob lets go of my hand and gets up from the table.

jeremy is gonna get it, one way or the other.

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