Dare Me (Henry Bowers x Reader)

Feelings

Henry POV:
I sit on the couch holding the pillow against my face as the tv plays. Belch slumps on the couch and passes me a beer. "You really want to drink right as we're going to make you remember your drunken night?" Julie asks as she sits next to Carly. I lean up sipping the beer not listening to Julie. Carly scoffs. "Gosh, you two do belong together."

"Who?" I ask with furrowed eyebrows. The three throw their heads back in frustration. "Dude have you never thought your anger for (Y/n) might be because you maybe like her?" My eyes widen and my mouth dries. "What? Sister Tozier? No way! She's a-" I stop myself at the right moment. My hands tangle with each other and my eyes avert down to my lap. "She's a what? A slut? Come on dude we all know you made up that rumor that started it all, and you only made it up because-" "Because she was talking to the nerd from history class. He asked her to the formal, and she said yes. He asked her before I could. So yeah, I made up a cruel joke to deal with it. I was young! I didn't know my feelings would grow stronger the harder I pushed her away." I rant finally admitting I have feelings for (Y/n) Tozier.

"Fuck." I breathe and chug the rest of the beer. "That's not how you treat a girl, Henry." Carly states. "No shit, Barbie." I snap back. "Okay! We need to fix this! We need to get you and (Y/n) together." I laugh sinking into the couch. "Yeah right! She hates me!" "She only hates you because you hate her." "But I don't!" "Well, she doesn't know that!" I huff in defeat. "Alright wingmen. How do we do this?"

"Sexist." "Deal with it," I argue with Carly as Julie pulls out a notebook and starts writing frantically.

"OKAY! So truthfully you like (Y/n), but all she sees is the hatred, and in return that's what you get back. The first thing you need to do is establish a friendship with her. Then when she's comfortable enough try making flirty remarks. Oh man! Bring her flowers, and maybe a teddy bear, and even-" "-We're talking about (Y/n), not you, Julie." "You don't think she'd like that stuff?" I ask confused. "It's (Y/n). She's simple. Just give her attention, trust, and love." "Oh, you used the L-word! She doesn't like that!" "She doesn't like the word love?" Belch asks sipping his beer. "She doesn't believe in it." "Why?" I ask even more confused. Julie shrugs slightly, but Carly takes a deep breath. "When you get close enough to her you'll understand why." Julie looks down in shame. What goes on behind the scenes for you, (Y/n) Tozier?

I slap on the back and laughter is received from Belch. "Good job Herny. The one girl you actually like and she's complicated as hell."

3rd person pov:
So there they sit. The Bowers boy spilling out his feelings and realizations. The girls giggle at the fact that their friend has got an admirer. "Shit. I've got it bad for Sister Tozier." Henry nods his head not sure whether to smile or have a bitch face. "Why don't we start with calling her (Y/n)? Ya know... Like a normal person." Carly states.

(3rd POV)
The next day in school was tough for Henry. His palms were sweaty under his desk as he toyed with his thumbs hesitant on asking for a pencil. Her hair pulled back in a ponytail exposing her shoulders nicely. The smooth skin looking beautiful to Henry. The untouched beautiful flesh compared to his bruised and battered skin enchanted him.

As if she could feel the eyes he was burning onto her skin, she turned around meeting his gaze. "You need something?" Henry looked over to Julie who was nodding encouragingly. "Uhh Yeah... (Y/n) would you mind meeting me somewhere...to study? I'm failing this class, and every other one." (Y/n) looked slightly confused, but nodded her head accepting the offer. Henry smiled. "Great. How about my house? Here." Henry pulls out a folded sheet of paper with his address written to the best of his ability. She nods her head and turns back around. He leans up again. "5 PM sound okay?" She nods her head getting back to work. Henry leans back smiling slightly. Julie looks at him, excitedly smiling. The interaction of the two not going unnoticed by (y/n) Tozier.

After the class ends Henry meets up with Belch and Julie. "She's not speaking to me." Belch looked confused. "She's coming over to your house, dude." "Not like she's into it! She's helping me study." Julie calms the situation, "If she wasn't open to the idea of speaking to you she wouldn't have said yes, dummy."

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Henry POV:
She should be here soon. I knock my foot on the wood collom of the porch. Dad shouldn't be home tonight until late if everything goes as planned.

Her car pulls up and I fight the strange tightening feeling in my chest. She steps out of her car; notebooks in hand. As she walks up the steps she looks at me smiling slightly. "Hi, Henry." I shuffle to the door letting her in. "Hey, Toz- (Y/n)." I follow her in and advise her to sit on the couch. She flips open her binder to see her notes and worksheets. "So, how you been?" She ignores my question and continued to flip the pages. Her eyes meet my own and she pauses. "I'm fine." Silence follows.

"I'm sorry for the other morning. For treating Four eyes like that. In front of you at least." (Y/n) closes her book and stacks the papers.

"Here's the deal Henry. I'm only going to help you on certain terms. Number one, you treat me as a human being. Number two, you stop picking on Richie and his friends!" Henry's complection falls, but he keeps quiet as he listens to her demands. "Number three, we're not friends and we never will be." Henry smirked finding a loophole. Not friends she says. He could work with that. Henry smirks, "That's fine. I didn't want to be friends."