The Monsters Inside and Out (Scott Howl x Depressed Reader)

13. Great Morning

"(-/N)? Are yo- --ake?" You groan. "Yeah.." "Do --u thi-k t-ey love e----ther?" "Who?" "--m -nd ---, --o -lse do y-u t---k?" "I don't think they're capable of love." "Oh. --ay.." Your bedroom door bursts open. "WH-- -H- H-LL -R- --- -W- S--LL D--NG UP? --- L--TL- SH-TS!!" You hear footsteps and shuffling on the other side of the room. Then you hear crying. The footsteps then come over to you.
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You wake up with tears in your eyes. You get out of bed and get ready for the day. After you finish, you leave your house as quietly as possible. You start your way to school, and as you walk down the street, a car pulls up to you. There is an all too familiar ghost girl outside of the sun roof. "Heeeyyyyyy! (Y/NNNNNNNN)! Brian, pull over!" The car pulls over and the window rolls down. Brian is driving. Polly continues talking to you. "Yoooo! How's it going?!" You shrug your shoulders. "Oh.. Are you okay?" "Yeah. I'm fine." A brief awkward silence ensues. You say, "Well, I'll see you at school." As you start to walk away, Brian speaks up. "Well.. Do you uh... Wanna ride?" You look at Brian, and you look at the car. Brian is driving, Polly is in the sun roof, and Zoe is asleep in the back passenger side. You smile, and nod your head. You get in the back, and Brian continues to drive. Polly sits down in the front and turns around to you. "Soo, I heard about your problem yesterday. Everything okay?" You put the hood of your jacket over your head and look out the window. You hear a noise from Brian. You look up at the front mirror and see Brian slightly shaking his head 'no' at Polly. He notices you looking, and you give him a 'thank you' smile. He gives you a 'you're welcome' nod. Polly keeps talking to you. "So uhh.. (Y/N).. Oh! truth or dare?" Suddenly, Zoe wakes right up. "Did someone say truth or dare?!?" She excitedly looks at Polly, then Brian, then you. "Wait.. (Y/N)? When did you get here?" As you're about to speak, Zoe interrupts. "Ah, who cares? Answer her question (Y/N), truth or dare????" You think for a moment... "Truth.." Polly let's out a dejected sigh. "Ughhh. Truths are so boring....." Zoe hushes Polly, "No they're not! They're the best! (Y/N)! Who would you rather smash out of anyone in this car?" Suddenly excited, Polly says, "Shit, that's a good one! Yeah! Answer that one!!" Polly and Zoe look at you with excitement, awaiting your answer. You start getting nervous, and apparently it's noticable. Brian raises his voice, "Zoe! Polly! Knock it off! What kind of first question is that? At least warm up to that one!" Zoe fights back! "It's a GREAT first question, it's getting us into the juicy details as soon as possible!" "You can't just ask someone that, especially when they've just had a bad day!" The two of them continue to argue, as you get lost in thought for a second. You say something. Polly gasps. Zoe's the first one to respond to her. "What? What happened??" Polly gives you a smirk and says. "(Y/N) said Brian." Zoe squeals with excitement, "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" You look up and you see Brian blushing. Then you say, "Zoe, truth or dare?" "Truth!" "Who would be in your ideal threeway?" The four of you play truth or dare for the next few minutes in the car. Everyone chooses truth and the questions got nastier as you all continue. You finally arrive to school and get out of the car.

You're a bit hesitant at first, but you get out of the car anyway. As you start walking, Brian nudges your side, and gives you a thumbs up. Polly also winks at you, and Zoe gives a wide smile. The four of you walk together and as you're walking towards the entrance, you notice Damien is no where to be found. All of you are walking in a row, almost in slow motion. You get a couple of glances in your direction. Some people seem a little shocked, but most are unfazed. Then, a few more people notice the four of you. You hear someone say, "That's the one who had the tantrum in Mr. Minotaur's class." You hear someone else say, "I can't believe someone like THAT is friends with Brian, Zoe and Polly." Brian then looks straight at them, as if into their soul. They look away instantly. Polly wraps her arm around you, and Zoe wraps her tentacle around you, saying, "We gotcha buddy." As more people turn away, you notice something.. odd. As everyone was staring at you, not once did you shake. You didn't shake, or tear up, or get scared at all. It was a different feeling. It wasn't new, but it was definitely something you hadn't felt for a long time. It was a different feeling, but one you'd be okay with feeling for forever. "(Y/N)!" You look up, and you see stupid, handsome Scott, running towards you.

...And then he trips. Polly and Brian laugh at the hilarious display. "Eheheh.. oops.. Help me up?" He reaches out a hand to you, and you grab it, pulling him up. "Anyway, (Y/N)! I was out jogging this morning and I thought that I should text you, to see how you were doing, and then I realized, I don't even have your number! So I asked Vera for it, because she has everyone's number, but she told me that it would make you happy if I asked you! So here I am! Asking for your number!" As you recite your number for him, you see Vera down the hall, threatening a mummy. You thank her in your head. You get a text from an unknown number. It says, 'hi, (y/n)!it's me scott! From school!'. Thank god for autocorrect. You also get a text from three more numbers, each turning out to be Polly, Brian, and Zoe. Brian shrugs, "You gotta be careful who you say your number around." Polly says, well anyway (Y/N), we should probably get to class. You and Polly head to your respective lockers and get your things. The two of you head to history together. Today looked like it would be a great day, and little did you know...

It was about to get a little better.