*𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕* a reylo high school au short story

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pov - rey

i lay on my bed.  throwing a bouncy ball up against the ceiling.  it bounces off and comes back to me again.  back and forth. back and forth. 

 i can't help but wonder why i've been invited to a party.  people hardly know i exist.  i have two best friends, finn and poe.  only they have cared enough about me to at least know my name.

my name is Rey, i'm different from the others.  i can't tell you why because i don't know.  i feel myself as an outsider, not fitting in.  but i guess that's how every high school girl feels like, right?

i live in a foster home.  my parents were murdered when i was first born, unfortunately.  i wish i could have met them.  but now i live in a foster home with my non-related brothers and sisters.  finn is my foster brother, i'm glad to have him.  i have 5 foster siblings in all, they all annoy me except for finn.  him and i share a bedroom.  were as close as ever.

poe was the new kid in school.  we swooped him up and he became one of ours.  him and finn get along really well. like really well, if you know what i mean.  he says he doesn't have feelings for him, but i don't believe it.

but a popular girl invited me to a party.  to be fair, she invited everyone.  even finn and poe.  this girl also invited the gang of high school boys everyone fears.  the call them the 'bad' gang.  quotation marks and all.  they all wear black and do bad things like vaping and drinking.  they're the last thing i need right now.  i'm good with my two best friends and i.

i continue to throw the ball at the ceiling.

my goal is to stay as far away from them as i can tonight.

pov - kylo

i stare into the street.  wondering why my friends are like this.  we stand in an alleyway.  they're all taking a hit.  i don't do that stuff, i'm the good kid of the group.  but according to them, i'm keeping a lookout.

"think we'll hook up with anyone tonight?" the gang leader, jack, says.

"oh, i'm ready.  we are gonna have fun tonight!" bill, another friend, says, thrusting his hips.

the boys laugh.

"maybe kylo would do someone this time.  or maybe smoke some pot.  come on brother, join us tonight!" jack says.

"nah, i gotta drive home," i say as an excuse.  i know better not to do that.

my real name is ben, but around these guys, i'm kylo.  it makes me seem cool.  i hang out with them because i have no one else to go to.  i'm all alone.  so i just hang out with them.

i dress emo, i act emo.  they're all emo.  i am emo.  black is the color of my soul.  i will forever be this way, and i'm ok with it. 

all the parties are the same.  the boys drink, get high, and fuck some girls.  i just stay off in the distance and watch it all.  i wouldn't do that myself.

"come on kylo lets go,"

i follow the boys to the house of the party.

tonight feels like it will be different.

pov - rey

me and finn get to the party.  i can hear the music outside the house.  the house is huge.  i never thought i could see a house this size besides the ones in tv shows.

we walk inside.  the music shakes the whole house.  people have drinks in their hands and the air is filled with the stench of pot.  it's not pleasant.