respawn ♥︎ 'level up' trilogy

(3) new friends

*I almost forgot to update today. Thank god I set reminders for 11am. I'm currently on my way to Chattanooga State to do a college tour and to look for places to live in the area. It's stressful and mom is on her 4th coffee. But it's still exciting!*

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August 8

"Hey, Pidge!"

Pidge turned around to see two boys from AV club walking up behind her. A black haired boy with green eyes, dressed in a button up shirt and khakis, Jude Abelman. And a brunette boy with brown eyes, wearing jeans and a graphic tee, Parker Vos. "Hey, guys, what's up?"

"Well, we thought we should invite you to sit with us at lunch." Parker said.

Jude shoved him, "You make it sound like we're asking her out of obligation," He turned to face Pidge, "We know all your friends graduated last year. You're pretty cool so we figured we might as well try to be your friends, rather than two random guys from AV club."

Pidge laughed a bit, "I appreciate it. I have to stop by my locker, but I can meet you there."

"We'll walk with you," Parker said with a smile.

Pidge smiled back, "Okay, come on." She turned to start walking again.

The two boys walked beside her, Parker on her left and Jude on her right.

Jude glanced at Parker, who gave him a look back. Jude rolled his eyes, "So, Pidge. We saw your ex moved back this year. That asshole you dated in Sophomore year. We thought we should give you a heads up."

Pidge sighed, stopping at her locker, "Thanks... I was really hoping I wouldn't have to see him again. Of course, I couldn't be that lucky." She opened her locker and put her books away, getting out the lunch her mom had packed for her.

Everyone in her year and the year below knew how she broke up with Noah Brady. Word traveled fast. They had gotten in a fight in the hall, and it continued as he followed her into her next class. It drew a lot of attention. She suddenly turned around and slapped him, following up with saying "We're over, now get the fuck out of my face." No one knew what they were fighting about, there was a lot of rumors about it though. Everyone had a guess. No one was right. Noah moved away that summer. Now he was back.

Parker frowned, "We can help you avoid him if you want."

Pidge shook her head, closing her locker, "If he pulls anything I can handle it. I've fought off a psychotic almost-murderer and her rapist boyfriend. I can deal with my shitty ex."

Parker looked down, everyone also knew about Anna. Especially because she didn't bother to hide her scars as Lance did, it was a constant reminder to everyone around her what had happened.

Jude sighed, "What exactly happened between you two? Everyone had a different story. If you don't want to tell us, we won't be offended."

Pidge shrugged, "He thought I was cheating on him with Lance because I spent so much time with him. Which is stupid because Lance was still dating Zack and neither of us would ever cheat on someone. Lance is just my best friend. He and Hunk were trying to get me to break up with him, Noah was such a scum bag even while we were together. So when we got in that fight over Lance I finally broke up with him. He said 'If you keep hanging out with him, then we're over'. I wasn't going to let him control who I was friends with and it pissed me off that he even tried, so I slapped him and said 'Then we're over, now get the fuck out of my face'. He spent the rest of the school year trying to win me back. Needless to say, he didn't succeed. He finally left me alone when he found out he was moving."