Who Said The Bad Boy Wouldn't Win?

Chapter 22

I pulled the helmet off my head knowing full well that my hair didn’t look like those chicks in the movies, I knew it would look like bird had made a home in my hair. He got off the bike too and turned to look at me as I smoothed my hair down, frantically trying to make it look presentable.

Harry walked up to us, giving Jay a man hug thing while May came and smiled at me, asking how I am. We small talked while the rest of the group came up, I hadn’t spoken to them much since the Zack thing. Sienna then came out from behind everyone and squealed and hugged me. I really needed to talk to her about everything that happened, I know she would have heard shit from everyone but I wanted her to know what really happened, even if it made me look bad and her hate me for getting with Jay after she told me not to.
“What’s happening with you two? And Zack? Are you okay?” she whispered.

“Later.” I whispered, parting from her. We all started walking into the school together, I knew I would get judgement from the Jay thing but I knew I had changed him, they didn’t know him like I did. I had resisted him unlike all these girls had, I felt him change.

I walked by Sienna’s side to class, keeping near her as my other hand held Jay’s. I got a lot of judgemental stares as I neared my History classroom, I knew they were all thinking of me as a pathetic follower…I knew better though.

I could see Zack in the corner talking to someone out of the corner of my eye, and it obviously caught Jay’s as he squeezed my hand to reassure me that it was all okay and that he wouldn’t let me get hurt.

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Jay had gone to the bathroom for a while, I was beginning to worry that Zack might have done something. I raised my hand to be excused, getting more and more anxious by the second.

When I was finally allowed out as it took my teacher a year and a half to bloody turn around, I walked down the hall, trying to listen for punches being thrown. What I didn’t expect to hear is what I did. And I didn’t expect to see what I did either.

JAYS PROV

I could hear footsteps coming down the hall but I didn’t care, teachers had told me off before. Who I didn’t expect to see was Valentine…

As I pulled myself apart from some girl I had found walking to the bathroom and who’s name I didn’t remember, Val stood there unmoving. Anger, sadness, confusion and then hurt all came across her eyes in flashes as if she couldn’t make up what she was feeling.

I will always be the bad boy; no one can change or take that from me.

VALS PROV

He said he cared, I thought he did. That lying son of a bitch. I told him everything; I gave everything to him. I trusted him. But of course no one could chang someone with a heart of bloody marble. I didn’t expect to find him kissing some girl in the corner of the room. I was prepared to stand up for him.

“I thought…” was all I could mutter.

“Angel, who said the bad boy wouldn’t win? This isn’t a story, some girl with problems won’t stop me.” He said, smug smile staring down at me.

The girl had headed back to class, knowing it was a smart move to not get involved. I walked over to him and slapped him. I was infuriated with rage.

“You know what? Fuck you. Don’t come back to the house.”

I stormed to the bathrooms, tears brimming in my eyes as I tried to hold them back. Everything was blurry and that’s probably why I didn’t see anyone when I ran into them.

“Sorry.” I tried to walk around them but the person grabbed my arms and tilted my chin to look up at them.

“Val? What happened?” asked Zack. I tried to push past him but he held me in place, concern written all over his face. I wasn’t going to get sucked into his shit either, they were probably just as bad as each other.

“Go away.” I said still trying to push past him, but he was bigger than me and held me in place. I folded my arms and kept looking down, looking up slightly to see if he was staring at me still.

“Val, I’m sorry, I only want to help, okay? I was a dick to you, I was jealous and horrible to you and you deserve better but I’m not here to think about that, I’m here as a friend.”

I kept looking down, but I gave a sigh of surrender.

“Jay, he was kissing another girl.” I knew what he wanted to say, ‘just like you were to me’ but he held it back and pulled me into his chest and hugged me. We were silent as we stood there and I didn’t know how long it had been but it was comforting having someone there.