Highway Don't Care||Lashton

Chapter 2

~when everything feels like the movies, yeah you bleed just to know you're alive~
"Iris"~ Sleeping With Sirens Cover(not sure who the original is by but SWS cover I recommend listening to it. It's acoustic and yeah)
Ashton's POV
It's the start of term 4, I'm in year 11. And nothing has changed since year 8.
Everyone still hates me, I still hate me.
Well, not everyone hates me, I have one friend, Jess, she has blonde, purple and blue hair swept into an "emo" fringe, she always wears band tees. She was always a loner, like me, people hated her because of how she dressed, and she is a lesbian.
The sad thing, for both of us, is that we only have music together, but at least neither of us are alone at lunch and stuff.
Then there's Michael and Calum. The only thing Calum ever cared about was popularity so him and Michael ditched me.
It sounds like some bitch fight or something. But it's not.
People just hate me because I'm gay.
But what I don't understand is Calum and Michael are dating. They don't get bullied.
It's because Calum was, and still is, the most popular guy in school.

After I'd walked for about 15 minutes I arrived at school.
Most people are really happy that they are going to finish school in 4 terms.
I just know I'll fail this year and have to repeat year 11.

When I arrived in this hell hole, I headed to my first class. English.
I hate having English first because my teacher is so bubbly and friendly. It's to early for that.
Miss Honey.
Sounds like she should be a kindergarten teacher.
I went to my desk in the back of the room and put my head down.

"Okay class, everyone On their best behaviour,we have a new student. He should be here any minute"

I looked out the window that was to my right and saw a brand new looking, black Mercedes pull up. I expected some guy in a business suit to get out but instead a tall boy, who looked about my age, with black, ripped skinny jeans, a Nirvana shirt and worn-out black vans stepped out.

I must've zoned out(I do this a lot) because when I looked up from my hands I saw the boy who got out of the car. When the teacher introduced him as Luke and then told him to sit at whatever empty seat he could find.
Of course the only empty seat is next to me.
When Luke sat down he smiled at me. Holy shit that smile.
I nodded back to acknowledge him and then put my head on the desk again.
Yes, it probably seems rude or antisocial, but I can't risk getting close to someone and then getting ditched and hated by them, and, everyone. Again.

After English was lunch.
Everyone rushed out so they could be first in the lunch line.
Although, it doesn't really matter how early you get there, you always have to wait.

I slowly walked out of the classroom just behind Luke.
As I went to find somewhere to sit away from people I saw Luke was sitting with the stereotypical jocks. Varsity jackets. Girlfriends. Luke didn't look like he fitted in with them though, he looked more the "musical" groups type.
But he looked happy sitting with Calum and Michael and Jake.
Jake is the asshole who bullies me.
Calum doesn't hurt me physically or anything. But he's the reason why I've been put through this. He just gets Jake to do his dirty work for him.

The day went by quick and soon enough I was in 6th period music.
Luke was in this class, not sure why though, none of the other jerky guys were interested in anything except sport.

"Um my name is Luke Hemmings, I'm 17, I have two brothers and live with them and my mum, um I play guitar and I enjoy singing but not for people and I used to go to this school but left at the end of year 8 because of family issues. And then I moved back here with my mum, Ben and Jack"

When the teacher made Luke stand up the front of the class and introduce himself I realised why he looked so familiar to me.

A/N~ I'm not sure if it's in America or Australia coz they have no uniforms in most schools in America but I'm not sure if they have recess there or they only have like a lunch hour😂 so I'm gonna say it's in America but both boys and Michael and Calum are all Australian😎
Oh and the title of the story is a song by Tim McGraw(he's a country singer and I usually don't listen to country but I love his song Highway Don't Care ft. Taylor Swift☀️)
And that's why I talked about Luke's car.
So maybe listen to it to get an idea of why I called the story that.
So yeah💁
I love you babes so so so so much😍
I'll try to update a fair bit before Christmas but mum's having a baby after Christmas so I'm not sure how often I'll update.
Ok byeeeeee❤️❤️❤