We were friends once

What now?

(Tyler's P.O.V) 

I look her in the face, with my mouth wide open. Her eyes are the saddest I have ever seen. Her hands are shaking. 

"Morgan, why didn't you tell me?" I say, grabbing her hands to stop the shaking. 

"I wanted to. but I didn't know how you would react." She says, looking away. 

"when did this happen?" I ask.

"right after you and I broke up. he did it once, and then that's why we had a thing. he took advantage of me and I thought he would stop if I dated him. if he got what he wanted." she says, not looking me in the eye. I pull her into a hug. We hear the bell for the end of first period ring. 

"We need to go. we have art." she says, as she stands and starts to grab her things. I nod and get my things as well. we quickly leave the bathroom. We turn the corner and head towards art. The first person I see is Colin. great. I think Morgan noticed, because as soon as he looked over towards us, I can feel her whole body tense up next to me. He smirks and starts walking over to us. Morgan grabs my hand and she tries to pull me the opposite direction. 

"Mogan! I missed you during math. Luke did too. He seemed pretty confused, so don't worry, I told him everything." He says.

"fuck you, dude." I say.

"Ah. I'm guessing she played the pity card and told you what really happened." he laughs. 

"Tyler, can we please just go the other way?" Morgan says from behind me, pulling my arm. 

(Morgan's P.O.V)

"Classic Morgan. Pussies out of any bad situation. I should've known that's why you dumped me. Because you were too pussy. too pussy to-" He was cut off by the sound of Tyler's fist punching him square in the face. 

I gasp, and drop Tyler's hand. Colin straightens himself and laughs. His nose is bleeding everywhere. He walks towards Tyler and punches him square in the eye. Tyler steps backwards, wiping the blood from above his eyebrow. Colin comes back again and punches Tyler in the jaw. Tyler throws one back and hits Colin in the eye. At this point, teachers are coming out, and I'm trying to pull Tyler away. 

"Tyler and Colin! What the hell is going on here?!" The principal says, as he turns the corner. They both freeze. 

"you two, in my office. NOW!" he yells as he turns and points down the hall. I try and walk with them, but Tyler stops me. 

"If you come, they're going to ask what happened. I'll try and cover it up with something." He says, blood dripping down the side of his face. 

"Tyler-" I start as he walks away. I stand there, not knowing what to do. 

-Fast forward to the end of the day-

(Morgan's P.O.V)

After the last period of the day, I race to the office to catch Tyler coming out. I wait there for about 20 minutes before I see Tyler come out of the office. without Colin. I make eye contact with him, and he comes out. He gives me a hug. 

"Lets go to the car." he says, draping his arm around my shoulders. 

We head to the car. when we get to the car, we both throw our stuff into the backseat, and then we head home. The car ride is almost silent. When we pull up to Tyler's house, his parent's aren't home. 

"do you want to come inside and talk?" he asks. "My parents wont be home for a while." 

"yeah, sure." 

We head inside to his basement and we sit on the couch.

"what happened in the principal's office?" I ask.

"they don't know what he did. Him and I are both suspended for the rest of this week, though." He says, looking down.

"Tyler! why would you do that and get in so much trouble for me??" I ask, upset with him. "we could've gone the other way and just ignored him!" I add.

"Morgan, he's a dick, and I was tired of it."

"You could've ended up much worse, Tyler. why would you risk it?" 

"because, Morgan, you are my best friend and you know I would do anything for you." 

"yes, but this was too far. you could've gotten hurt worse, or gotten in even more trouble!" I yell. 

"Morgan! I did it because I am still in love with you. you are my best friend and I am still in love with you." he yells back, looking me in the eyes. I freeze. my whole body went numb. Without even thinking, I pull him in by the back of his neck, and I kiss him. In a way I have never kissed anyone before. He kisses me back. He pulls me closer and we start to kiss even more frantically. My heart is beating out of my chest, and I forget about everything that had happened that day. He pulls me on his lap so that I am straddling him. We kiss even harder. I can feel his heart beating out of his chest. I pull back, and look at him. I trace my finger over the scar above his eyebrow. I bring my eyes back to his eyes. He looks at me, waiting for what I have to say. 

"I'm also still in love with you." I say.