Wish I were Heather- Dreamnotfound au

~Chapter 2~

To say the walk to school was awkward was an understatement. Clay looked at the ground and had his hands stuffed into his Jean pockets. He let out a huff of breath that looked like a cloud of smoke from the cold weather. George snuck a look at Clay, he seemed very lost in thought. Clay thought that when he kissed George, he was asleep. He wasn't and George was stupid enough to ask about it.

George rubbed his gloved hands together to try and make some kind of warmth but it didn't work. He sighed in annoyance.

"It's so damn cold. Are you cold?" George said as he looked up at Clay. The blond didn't look at him and just shrugged. George was disappointed. Did I do something wrong? They walked to school in silence.

When the large brown highschool was in view George was secretly excited to get away from the awkward tension between him and Clay. They both stood outside the front doors, waiting for the teachers to let them in. George tried desperately to make some sort of conversation but nothing made Clay snap out of it.

Then George found the reason why. The reason why Clay kissed him, why he said he loved him, why he was being distant. She walked by. His gaze followed her, his cheeks red, his body language showed he was nervous. He likes Heather. Why didn't I think of that sooner. He was using me to get some kind of romantic attention wasn't he? After all these years of me trying to get him to like me, after all these years of me liking him, were useless.

The bell rang and the doors unlocked. Finally I can get out. Heather looked their way and waved at Clay when she saw him looking at her. George was hurt. He hurried inside and walked to his locker which inconveniently was right next to Clay's.

"Hey Clay, I was um, wondering we could study together maybe? We have the history test on Friday." George turned around and saw Heather standing timidly in front of Clay. His heart sank. His world felt like it was crumbling around him. George briskly walked away, ignoring the annoyed glares from people he bumped into.

He opened the door to his first period class, throwing an annoyed glare at Heather as she walked in. The curly brown haired girl didn't seem to notice and took a seat next to two of her friends. George always sat in the back towards the windows. He couldn't be bothered to pay attention to everything the teacher said because he could just have Clay explain it to him later. I can't do that now can I? He probably doesn't want to talk to me today. Why did he even kiss me? I'm not even half as pretty...

"Mr. Davidson? You ok? You're spacing out." Suddenly his history teacher was next to him looking at him with a concerned look. George looked up at him surprised but shook his head.

"I'm not but I don't want to talk about it right now." He whispered and his teacher nodded and walked away. He shifted his gaze to the class starting. The next 50 minutes was extremely boring but he was able to go to his 2nd, 3rd and 4th period classes before seeing Clay again. 5th Period was their lunch period. Usually Clay and George would sit next to each other and somehow be touching one Another no matter the situation. Their other friend Nick would throw a few jokes about their friendship and everyone would laugh.

"Hey bad, Clay's been distant today can you try to talk to him for me?" George said as he got his lunch and sat at their lunch table. Bad looked up from the book he was reading and smiled sweetly.

"Of course you muffin head. Did you make him mad?"

"Honestly I have no idea." George looked around to make sure Clay wasn't there yet and leaned over to whisper. "He kissed me at night because he thought I was asleep and I asked him about it and Now he won't talk to me. And I think he did it because he likes Heather and just wanted some romantic attention." George said the last part rather harshly. Bad's smile dropped to a frown.

"That's terrible George. I know how much you like him he shouldn't have done such a thing. He's such a dumb muffin head." he shook his head disapprovingly.

"If he comes to lunch then I'll go to the bathroom and you talk to him about it please. But don't make it seem like I asked you just make it seem like you noticed or something ya know." Bad nodded with a smile and took a bite of his sandwich before going back to reading. George started eating his lunch and Nick made his way loudly to the table.

"Hello sexy bitches I'm here!" George smiled as Nick approached but quickly got nervous as he saw Clay heading their way. He shot a quick glance at Bad who smiled at him reassuringly. Nick sat down next to George and Clay sat next to Nick. He had a very confused expression when Clay didn't sit next to George but didn't say anything about it.

"I'll be right back. I'm going to the bathroom." George announced while looking at Bad. He nodded and George went on his way. He opened the doors and checked to make sure no one was in there, and locked them. He let out a long exhale which quickly turned choppy as tears started to spill. He wrapped his arms around himself and fell to the floor, resting his back against the door.

Why did he kiss me? Why did I think he meant it? His vision became blurry as tears overflowed. He was always a quiet crier, but he wished he wasn't. He wishes to just scream at the world for making the past 5 years amazing and then tearing it down with one action. Making those years full of Clay flirting, making George feel like he cared, and then to find out he was imagining he was Heather. Well I wish I were Heather too Clay.

"George are you ok? It's been like 10 minutes." George heard Bad's concerned voice from the other side of the door. George sniffled and unlocked the door. He softly grabbed Bad's arm and pulled him in before closing the door again. Bad quickly opened his arms for George and he quickly accepted the offer. His head rested on his shoulder and his arms tightly gripped the black hoodie he was wearing.

"Is this about Clay?" George nodded and looked up, rubbing his nose. Bad fixed a few strands of his hair and checked his watch. "Class starts in about 5 minutes, do you want me to stay here with you until we go?"

"Yes please. Thank you, you're the best friend I could ever have." George croaked. Bad smiled sadly at him before grabbing a tissue from the counter and handing it to the brunette. He took it gratefully and wiped his eyes and blew his nose. He tossed it in the trash and looked at himself in the mirror. His eyes were puffy but were starting to lose their red color. No wonder he doesn't want me. Why did I ever like him? I should find someone else.

"Do you think it would be a good idea to try and find someone else? Like to distract myself and maybe actually end up liking them." George asked, turning around. Bad stared at him for a few seconds before shaking his head.

"You'll be as bad Clay is. Don't date someone or flirt with them to distract yourself from your main target. I know it sounds like a good idea but it really isn't. You'll both end up more hurt." Bad placed a hand on his shoulder and George sighed before nodding. He's right, don't Be like him. He hurt you now, don't go around hurting others.

The bell rang and Bad looked at him sadly and opened the door.

"Did you talk to Clay?"

"Yeah he said he messed up and thought you hated him, but that he doesn't blame you if you do." George sighed and shook his head.

"doesn't matter what he does, id never hate him. Yes I'll be mad but I'd never hate him. I love him man, it really hurts." Bad put a hand on his shoulder. George weakly smiled before he slowed his walking speed. "This is my class, I'll see you after school right?"

"Of course you muffin head. You can come over if you want."

"Yes please that would be great." George giggled and waved. He looked over Bad's shoulder and saw Clay walking by. He looked at him sadly. He looked like he cried too. George felt bad but then remembered what he did. You bastard. Why do I love you so much? Why can't I get over you? If only you knew how much I liked you.

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