english - c.hood 01 | au

three

n o e l l e

"of course it happened!" michael laughs as he grabbed another slice of pizza. "ten days from now and they'll have hooked up. i've got this money coming my way and there's no holding back. you guys should just pay up now."

"there's more!" nora sung, which resulted in me slumping in my seat even more. "he wants to see her again after class tomorrow!"

"he's gonna bang her, and that's it." luke shrugs as he shoves pizza into his mouth. "what?"

"you dirty minded children are all going to hell." i seethed. "here i am worrying about my family back home, and you're all still hung up on the fucking fact that you made a bet on me sleeping with my fucking professor!"

"elle—"

"i'm leaving." i said, having stood up and already walked away from the table.

university bitches ☕️

noelle: and so help me god i see any of you in my dorm tonight i will not hesitate to kill you.

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i eventually cooled down about everything, and that wasn't until the next day. i met up with luke for breakfast, seeing as that was my only option at keeping things in check while my life spiralled out of control yet again.

"luke, i don't know what i'm going to do." i sighed. "i have to go back home, i can't stay."

"james is going to be fine, he's the toughest little shit i know." luke reassured me. "after all, he's the only little punk that would try and wrestle with me."

"and the only one that succeeded in giving you a black eye." i pointed out.

"he hit me with a goddamn plastic golf club!" luke defends himself from my younger brother's actions.

luke has always been close with my family. nora may be my best friend, alongside both michael and ashton, but luke is like my brother. he's been there for everything before everyone else. he has me and i have him, it's how it's always been and will always be.

"it's leukaemia, luke." i sighed. "i'm not going to last out here for this long without having seen him. i have to make sure he's okay."

"so you video chat with him and your mom daily to make sure he's okay." luke suggests. "every break that we have we can go visit, i promise. but until then, we have classes to attend and ones that we most certainly don't want to be late for."

"stop being right." i sighed, standing up from our table and got ready to leave.

when luke and i arrived to the lecture hall for english, nora was already in her seat, napping away.

"mom, wake up." i shook her. "we're going to start any minute now."

"pass me the gatorade in my bag." nora waved at luke. "see? much better. electrolytes good, cranky nora bad."

"good morning everyone." mr hood says as he enters the lecture hall. "today we will be working on an in-class assignment. an email has been sent with a list of instructions for you, all due at the end of the period. carry on."

"wait, we can talk in this class?" luke asks aloud, and no one complains, seeing as everyone is chatting amongst themselves. "sweet."

"let's get to work, blondie." i ruffled the boy's flattened hair. "i see you're losing the quiff?"

"don't let mom over here catch on." luke rolled his eyes and he placed his snapback back on his head. "i don't need to hear it from her ego."

"i'm right here, you dumb fuck." nora rolls her eyes as she scans her email.

"miss carter?" mr hood calls on me. "i still want to see you after class, love."

if he says love to me again, then he really won't have a problem seeing me after class.

"yes sir."