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

23. The Video

You rolled your eyes. "What do you want, Leonard?" "That's sir Leonard to you, dumbass." "What the hell are you talking about?" "Tsk, tsk, tsk. You don't seem to remember, do you?" "Remember what?!" "That thing you did at the party? The speech?" Oh crap. You still don't remember what he's talking about, but Scott did say you gave a speech after the drinking game you won. You have no idea what you said, but with the way Leonard's talking to you, it might be bad. "I, uh.. Don't seem to remember what you're talking about." His smirk grows wider. "Oh, you still don't know? Here. Watch this." Leonard logs into his phone and pulls up a video. He holds the phone in front of you so you can see.

Multiple people are chanting 'speech' over and over again. You see Hope tip her glass at you, and you stand on the table. You take another shot, and begin your speech. "Everyone! Everyone! Listen.. I would like to dedicate my win to all of my friends! Especially, the mean, self made gorgon, Ms. Bitch herself, Vera!" The people in the video start laughing. "And the best ghost in the world, Pilly! Er, uh.. No.. It's.. It's.... Poopy! No, Polly! Heh.. I wonder what kind of life she had.. It must have sucked if she's got to be drunk and high all the time now! And, and also Liam, the know-it-all vampire, which, let's face it, probably doesn't know shit!" People continue laughing, throwing in some 'woo's too. "And there's Miranda, the mermaid princess!" You start making a high pitched voice, mimicking Miranda. "I am Miranda Vanderbilt! Do as I say! The world revolves around me! I don't need to do anything! Let's let all my friends and my serfs do everything so that I don't have to lift a scaley muscle!" You stopped doing the voice, and start a robot voice. "Beep boop bop! I am Calculester! I take care of plants because I may know the joy of knowing how to take care of plants, and many more facts about many more topics, but I will never know the joy of being an organic creature, which makes me sad!" You use your own voice now. "I mean seriously, being a living being isn't so great Cal. I'd gladly trade if I could. Let's see, who else should I thank for this woooooonderful victory? Oh right! Zooooooeeeeeee! Eeeeee!! Narfeild! Eeeee! Invading everyone's personal space for my precious fanfics! I mean seriously, girl. You need to live in the real world! And no ho ho one likes someone getting all up in their face to learn about their deepest sexual fantasies.." You paused for a moment, obviously thinking about what you were saying. "You know, I love my friends! All of em! They maybe be awful, but I love em! And there's no one I love more than Scott motherfucking Howl! He is sooo nice, sooooo stupid and soooooooo hot! I just want that boy's tongue all over my body! And have you seen that dick?! I haven't, but I've seen that massive bulge he always has, and I can only imagine! Ahaaa.." Multiple people in the video continue laughing, wooing, and even start whistling and shouting 'amen'. You can feel your face getting hotter, your eyes start to water, and you start breathing heavily. You put your head down and cover yourself with your hands in an attempt to calm yourself down. As if it couldn't get any worse, Leonard taps your head. You lift it, and he says, "It's not over." Paying attention to the video, you somehow got to the topic of people you hate. You say, "Like my mother. That bitch thinks she can control me! Ha! If she knew where I was right now, she'd have a heart attack! And you know who reeeaaallly pisses me off? Damien LaVey! He acts like he's soo tough. I bet that 'prince of hell' is actually a huge, quivering pussy! I bet he just bullies me because he's scared of me! He attacks me and my weaknesses to cover up his own! I'm willing to bet if we fought, I'd beat his ass before he even had the chance to wet his pants!" The crowd continues to cheer, the applause is louder than before, people yell encouraging words at you. You can't tell if they're sarcastic or not. Just before the video ends, you hear Leonard's smug laugh.

He puts his phone back in his pocket, and smiles at you. "Sooo. (Y/N). I suggest that you do as I say, or this video will be sent to all your friends and Damien." As Leonard laughs in your face, anger takes over. You get up, grab Leonard by the neck, and start strangling him. In the back of your mind, you hear chairs squeaking, and people running to you. The people pull you two apart, and your left standing there. People on every side of you. Someone grabs your shoulders and shouts at you, but you can't hear them. It sounds blurry. A burst of energy seems to come out of you, and everyone surrounding you falls to the ground. You walk towards Leonard, give him a hand to help him up, and say, "Okay." Still holding your hand, he shakes it, and says to the people around you, "It's okay everyone! Just a little misunderstanding! We're good now!"

You've never felt so defeated in your life. How could you say all that stuff about your friends? Sure they can be annoying sometimes, but they're all still great people, they actually make you feel wanted. Leonard takes you to his lunch table, and makes you do his homework. You look across the room and see Scott, looking back at you. He must have come in during the outburst. He gives you a little smile and wave. Being so disgusted with yourself, you just turn back to Leonard's homework, and do it for the rest of lunch. Leonard makes you swear you will not tell another soul about anything that was going on, or he'd show everyone. The awful things you said, the overconfident things you said, even your lustful thoughts about Scott. Everyone would know the pervy asshole you are.