𝕖𝕝𝕞𝕒𝕩 / 𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕘

back to school〔♡〕

(Max's POV)
A new school year is starting, I'm going to be in 10th grade. Jane is worried about seeing Mike again, I told her what he whispered to me before he made his dramatic exit expecting her to laugh it off like I did, but instead it freaked her out. She told me how Mike gets when he's angry, and how he'd beat the shit out of guys who even looked at her. I don't know why she's scared, she could break every bone in his body in a second if she really wanted to. 

She closed the gate, flipped a van, broke a kid's arm and made him piss his pants, but she's afraid of a scrawny teenage boy. She could make his life a living hell, but Jane isn't like that. She's too gentle and kind-hearted. And even though Mike said those horrible things, was extremely controlling and kept us apart for so long, I know she doesn't want to hurt him. I know deep down she will always care about him, not romantically, but she'll still care about him. I wish I could be as forgiving as she is. 

Jane and I decided we didn't want anyone besides our friends and her family knowing about us, Hawkins isn't exactly a very open-minded, accepting community. We told our friends this too, they agreed they'd keep their mouths shut and let us decide who we'd tell and who we wouldn't. That's what I love about them. 

The first week of school went okay. I mean, everyone in school knew about Mike and Jane's breakup, so of course Jane had people coming up to her trying to get the details. She'd just tell them that she was doing well but she didn't want to talk about him. Now, when people asked Mike he'd just ignore them and walk away. That was a relief, I was afraid he'd tell them why Jane left him but he didn't even tell his friends. I know this because his friends are a bunch of assholes who'd tell everyone. Maybe he was embarrassed or something. 

I had three classes with Mike and Jane had one with him. He never did anything, he'd just stare at me the entire class. He looked like he wanted to kill me, it was kind of funny. Same with Jane, but she said the look on his face was sad. 

Jane's fear of him started to fade.....until he finally broke. 

Let's just say the second week wasn't as pleasant as the first. No, Mike didn't beat the shit out of me, I think I would have preferred that though. He told his asshole friends about Jane and I, then his asshole friends told their asshole friends and eventually the whole school found out. Not everyone at our school is a homophobic prick, some people didn't even care, but I'd say 95% either act like we have some sort of contagious, deadly disease, or yell slurs at us in the halls. I don't really care what the kids at school think of me, I have Jane and the boys, I just couldn't stand seeing them treat Jane like that. I also couldn't stand the idea of my family finding out. I mean, how much longer until the rest of Hawkins finds out? 

(Jane's POV)
I told my Dad and Joyce what was happening at school.  Joyce told me she'd go talk to those kids if I wanted her to, but I've seen her talk to the kids who'd pick on Will. I know she means well, but it's sort of embarrassing so I told her I could handle it. Dad told me that if things get physical I need to tell him, he'd be the first to know.