It's Complicated

Chapter 12. Pain.

A/N: How was your day? I know this is pretty much the o(lnly story I'm updating and the other story chapters are short but I just want to get book one over with. If I finish by the end of the month book two will come out November 1st. M'kayy? Also, its my birthday today (:  The big 18

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Next Morning

"What's that?" Daisy stops walking and asks. Austin, Daisy, and I decided to walk to school today because the busses are weird..

"What's what?" Austin looks at her. All of us stopped looking and we look where Daisy is pointing. I squint and bend down.

"Uh, I think its s dead bird." I say and stand back up. Austin nudges it with his foot and it doesn't move.

"Yup, its dead."

"Aww." Daisy sighs. We continue walking leaving the dead creature behind. "So how'd you like your party?" She asks me.

"It wa-."  I start to say but get cut off.

"AMAZING! IT WAS AMAZING." Austin yells. "The food. The drinks. The decorations. The everything! It was pure awesome."

Daisy looks at him in disbelief and I laugh. "Apparently, Austin enjoyed it a lot more than me." I say. Daisy chuckles and nods.

"Well duh. How could you not enjoy that to death?" Austin raises his eyebrows. "You guys are crazy." He shakes his head.

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We reach the school after the party conversation ended. Daisy's first class was at the other side of campus so she left. Me and Austin were walking to homeroom. We stopped when we heard cheering near the gym hallway. I look at Austin and he shrugs. We start walking towards the cheers. We get there and there is about 30 kids surrounding a few people. That means there's a fight. Austin and I push through the people to see who they are. I see the head quarter back, Brent and Jake. My eyes widen. The quarter back has Jake pinned against the locker doors.

"C'mon." I say and drag Austin through the crowd to get them. Austin pulls him off Jake. Jake goes to punch Brent but I hold him back. "Stop." I whisper. He looks at me and nods relaxing. I turn around to see what's going on with Austin and Brent. Brent raises his fist and goes to punch Austin but he ducks and the fist collides with my nose. I stumble back a little. Thankfully Jake is right behind me.

"Hey! You 4! Principle's office. Now!" A teacher comes running towards us.

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"I don't want to know how this started. He has a bloody nose.." Principal Dave points to me. "I just don't care. You boys should know better. You're 16. Not 12. Grow up. Your punishment: Lunch Detention and you can't go, play, or do anything that concerns the football game this weekend." My eyes widen. So do the other's.

"What!?" Austin yells. " That's not fair! Me and Troye were trying to stop the stupid fight!"

" I don't care. Now off you go. Get to class. See you at lunch."

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Next day.

"How's your nose?" Dawson asks me.

I shrug and start folding boxes. "Its fine I guess."

"So you can't play in the football game?"

"Nope! Isn't it stupid. Coach is going to be pissed"

He nods. "When is your shift over?"

"Ahh, in a few minutes. This job is so boring"

"You got that right." He says and nods.

I hear the bell go off in the store which means someone just walked in. I sigh and look at the clock. I take off the apron and hang it up. "Want a ride home?" Austin asks coming through the door.

"Sure." I smile and put my sweatshirt on. "How'd you know I get off now?" I raise my eyebrows.

"I have your schedule." We walk out and get in his car.

"Oh." I nod.

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Jake texted me earlier and asked if I wanted to come over. Of course I said yes. We were laying on his couch watching channel 10 news. It was really boring.

"So what's going on with you and Austin." He asks and sits up.  I sit up also.

"Nothing.." I say confused.

"Well you guys are really close and spend a lot of time together like your dating or something."

"Really?" I ask in disbelief. He gets up and puts the remote on the table. I stand up too. "How is your boyfriend, Jake?" I raise my eyebrows.

"We're not talking about me." He rolls his eyes.

"Yes we are. Why are you so freaking jealous if you already have a boyfriend?"

"Whatever. I'm not jealous."

"Yeah right." I roll my eyes and push him slightly. I watch him start to make fists.

"Don't do that." He says through gritted teeth.

"Why? Are you mad?" I push him again. You gonna hurt me?"

He punches me across the face. I feel my eyes widen in shock as I stumble back. He grabs my shirt and pins me against the wall. "I said don't do that." He pushes me down. My head hits the corner of the table and I feel a scratch. I feel my eyes start to burn with tears.

"What the hell?" I say and scoot farther away from him.

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