Someone Like You (Jess Bowen & Stephen Gomez Fan Fic)

Chapter 3

The next day at school, I get off the bus and immediately spot Stephen and John. I jog over to the brothers.

“Hey Jess,” Stephen greets. He smiles as Ryan and Justin join us.

“Hey guys,” Justin shouts at us as he runs up. He looks overly hyper. His almost black hair blows in the wind. He flashes a big smile. His brown eyes look happy as usual. He’s a joker, but we all love him.

“Hey,” we greet him.

Ryan walks up calmly. “Hi guys. Hi Jess,” he greets us, but he only looks at me. I can tell Stephen, Justin, and John realize this, but don’t say anything.

Kelsie comes running up to us all happily. She hugs Stephen. She then kisses him on the lips. The three of us just stare. I wanna puke. What the fuck does he see in her? Ok, she’s pretty, but she’s so ditzy and annoying. How he puts up with her is beyond me.

They detach themselves from each other. We all look away.

“Hey baby,” Kelsie says to Stephen. He smiles and lets go of her. 

“Hey babe,” he says back. BARF! Why did she have to exist? I knew him first! Shouldn’t I have dibs? He’s been my best friend since I was 12 and he was 13. They just met this year. She doesn’t appreciate our band’s music. She doesn’t appreciate music in general! Music is a huge part of Stephen’s life! She’s popular and he’s not and neither am I. They would never last. Then, I would have to act like I thought they were the best couple ever and sympathize for him.

To ignore the “perfect” couple, I shoved in my ear buds. I turned up the volume and chose “Weightless” by All Time Low.

Soon, I see people going inside and even though my music had been up too loud to hear the bell ring, I infer that it had. Ryan taps me. I takeout my ear buds and turned to look at him.

“The bell rung,” he informs me. 

I’m tempted to say “Yeah, I know” but I know I will end up telling him off if I do. I’m not in a very good mood. Instead I say “Thanks”

We walk in together. When I stop at my locker, he stops too. I sigh. I wanna like Ryan, but I just can’t. And my bad mood isn’t helping.

“You don’t have to wait for me, Ryan,” I snap. I stop spinning the dial of my locker to look at him. He looks hurt. I hate seeing him like that so I quickly add “It just, we’re not going to the same place.”

“I guess you’re right,” he mumbles. He walks away. When he’s out of sight, I sigh. 

I grab my books and start walking to homeroom when I catch a glimpse of something startling. Kelsie and Garrett Nickelsen. They aren’t just talking or flirting. They are full-fledge making out in the middle of the hallway. He’s got his hand dangerously close to her butt and she’s got her hand in his hair.  Those to belong together. They are both popular. But, Garrett is one of my friends. We are in homeroom together.

I walk away. I don’t know what to do. If I tell Stephen, he’ll be crushed. If I don’t tell him, he could find out in a worse way. He could see them together and that would be way worse. But he also might think I’m lying if I tell him because he knows I don’t like Kelsie.

Fuck Kelsie.