Eyes For You // Payton Moormeier

Twenty-Four Final

We have all made it home, today is the very first day back, and I'm ready to confront Ashley. Payton and I walk in holding hands. As we walk in everyone whispers and stares.

"Is this normal?" I lean closer to Payton.

"Usually when new couples form this is what happens. Also I am one of the most popular guys and good looking guys in the school so this is bound to happen." He winks at me.

"Don't be to full of yourself!" I giggle.

"Are you telling me I'm not good looking." A huge smirk appears on his face.

"Agh! That's not what I said."

"And that's what I thought."

"Let's just go to class already!" I feel my cheeks turn pink with embarrassment.

"Cutie." He smiles at me.

Ashley's POV

"I really don't want to see that bitch hanging off of Payton, like she is all that! So get ready girls today could be the day I use these nails".

"What are you going to do?" Payton says as he walks by.

Ashley steps up from her locker. "Oh baby you look so hot today." Payton smirks and pulls Kaylee out from behind his back.

She smiles and says, "Oh Payton isn't that your ex?"

"Yep it's is." Payton remarks.

"Ashley excuse me, but you might want to find someone else to hit on, it appears that you have been replaced, so back off!" Kaylee sounded more confident than ever. She used to be a push over, but something has happened, she's changed. Who knows she might actually take me on?

"Also Ashley, I'm going to need to talk to you at lunch. Make sure you don't break one of your nails. I wouldn't want you running off any where. Oh and I will make sure to bring my camera! "

"What does she mean by that? That witch!" I mumble under my breath.

End Of POV

I'm sitting at my desk watching the minutes tick by. It's almost lunch time and I'm so ready to get this all done and over with. I feel a light tap on my shoulder. I near jump out of my skin.

"I heard that your planning to confront Ashley, what are you going to say to her?" Jackson asks.

"I plan on confronting her about the picture, telling her to back off, and that she should stop bullying people. You know stuff like that."

"Just tell me if you need any back up." He smiles sincerely.

"Thanks but I don't think I will need double back up" I say looking toward Payton.

"Hey you never know, if she pulls out her claws you might want to be worried." Chase says sneaking into the conversation.

"Were you eaves dropping?" Jackson asks.

"Yeah." I laugh at him.

Bing...Bing...Bing

Everyone rushes out of their seats and I also rush to my locker with Payton. I pull him into a hug and whisper "I'm nervous."

"Baby don't worry I will be watching out for you okay." Slowly he kisses my lips and I move my fingers through his soft hair. I pull away and say, "Payton I can't avoid this even though your the best distraction. I need to get this whole thing over and done with. I gotta to meet her."

"Travel all across the world just to see her!" He sings very loudly.

"Payton!"

"What!" He shouts back.

"Your wasting time" I say pulling him to the gym where Ashley and I planned to meet up.

"Sorry I couldn't help myself, I just love that song."

"There she is with her little gang." I point my finger through the little window.

"I will be waiting right here. So if you need me just look at back at me! Okay?"

"Got it, love you!"

"Love you too!"

I feel nervousness building up, but I still feel ready to do this.

"Hey!" The three girls all say in unison. They tend to do that all the time it's kinda scary how in sync they can be.

"Let me just get to the damn point! One Payton is mine he is not yours. Frickin move on, he has!"

"Oh but has he." She smirks at me.

"Um yeah he is my boyfriend not yours."

"Get over yourself Kaylee you know I am better than you. He'd rather have me than you, any day of the week!" She lets out an evil laugh.

"Yeah that would explain why he didn't invite you on the trip to Florida."

"Mhm." She rolls her eyes.

"I haven't finished what I was saying. Two I know you made those god damn nudes of me and sent them to Jackson! Do you even get how easy it would be to trace that back to you. I could take your phone and give it to the police and you could be charged for having child pornography on you phone. Did you ever think of that?"

"How do you know about those." She looked down at the ground feeling guilty.

"I saw them and yes you certainly had my head, but I think I know my own body and that wasn't it. So why Ashley, you and Payton were done before I ever moved here. What were you trying to do? Payton saw them, he knows that you made them and he hates you for it." I take a deep breath and continue.

"In fact the truth is I don't think anyone really likes you except your little clique here. All you do is bully people to the point where they just want it to be done and over with and they hide! Today I stand up for myself, even though I have some friends watching on. I am done with your crap, so you need to grow the hell up and learn what harm you are really doing to people. I will tell you one last thing, if you ever try to make me look like something I'm not Ashley, you may find everyone in this town see's you for who you really are, a pathetic, jealous, shallow airhead. It's over today Ashley, unless you want me to take the pictures you made to the police."

In that moment Ashley did nothing, it was like something I said effected her. She didn't try to fight, she watched me leave the gym without a sound. I walked toward the door, still kind of expecting she might grab me from behind, but she didn't. I was so happy for what I just accomplished.

Outside of the door I jump into Payton's arms, "I did it! I stuck up for myself! It worked!"

"What did she say!"

"Well at first she told me that she knew you would always like her more. I confronted her about the pictures and her face went blank. I told her that I could go to the police and that they would be easy enough to trace to her and that's production of child pornography and distribution. She said nothing and I called her what she is, a bully. I told her she needed to change. I feel bad I was kind of mean but I think it worked. I kept talking and she said nothing. Do you think I cracked her?"

"I think you did!" He smiled.

Something had changed in me, I think for the first time in a long time I knew that someone could really believe in me, and see me for who I really am. Payton's love gave me courage that I didn't know I had. I could have never done this before. I held him close, feeling like the old me was coming back. I think she had...

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This is the end sadly.

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