ViaI refuse to turn to them and look directly at Mr. Thorne. "What I do is nobody's business but mine.""You're not even going to try to deny it?" He narrows his eyes at me. "You actually slept with him, and now he's telling everyone what he accomplished." The words stung, but I knew that the minute I slept with Justin, he was going to run his mouth."I don't have to explain what I did or didn't do to anyone. Especially not to anyone in this room," I say, looking at the door.If I can get past him, I'm free and out of here."Don't even fucking think about it, Via." Mr. Thorne's voice is laced with pure anger.I suddenly feel someone directly behind me and tense up. "Tell me he's lying, Via, and you can leave this room." I shiver at Mr. Montgomery's voice.I stay silent—I have nothing to explain to them, and I don't want to hear them. I do want to run out of this room, though."Answer him, Via." Mr. Beaumont's harsh voice breaks the silence, and I feel weak.The feeling of their eyes
ViaThe car becomes quiet again, which makes me nervous.He's looking out the window, and I shift in my spot. "How do you know what they like?" I ask, which makes him turn to me."Huh?" he asks, confused."How did you memorize what they usually eat from here?" I ask.He looks at our surroundings. "Oh." He turns back to me. "I just remembered what they used to get back in high school." He turns back to look out the window. "I don't know if they still like the same things, but I tried my best."I hum in response. "You have an excellent memory then."I go back to playing with the clip of my blue suspenders to try to kill time."Via, relax. I can hear the clinking." He continues looking out the window."Sorry, Mr. Perfectionist." I drop the suspenders and roll my eyes. "Keep looking out the window, pretend I'm not here." He turns to me, but I look out the window on my right side."Don't you think I don't try to do that?" His harsh voice makes me turn to him."What?" I ask, taken aback."D
Nathaniel"Hazel, for the love of god," I groan, running my hand through my hair."No, Nathaniel, I'm not signing those damn divorce papers." I hear shuffling in the background and glass shattering. "Go fuck yourself.""Hazel, I'm working. Is this seriously why you called me?" I look out of my office's glass door at my assistant principal.She's looking at me with concern, and I shake my head. "Don't worry," I mouth to her as I stand up to close the blinds for privacy."Nathaniel, you want to take Lance away from me?! Are you fucking crazy?" Hazel screams into my ear, only adding to my migraine."I wouldn't be fighting for custody if I could actually trust you with him," I shoot back, sitting back down at my desk.Hazel has done NOTHING to support Lance in any way, shape, or form. She didn't even want Lance in the first place. I had to convince her to keep him.She got heavily drunk the day she found out she was pregnant with our baby. She then tried everything to "solve the terrible
NathanielI look around and notice that my friends are long gone. I'm probably going to show up to the rehearsal baptism late."Via, ask Kol to take you home. If you're going to get high, at least do it off school property." She furrowed her eyebrows. "Get your hands off my car window and go."She frowns. "Fine then, bye cranky pants." She walks back to her spot next to Kol and whispers something in his ear.He looks in my direction, then simply nods and jumps off the truck. "Hey, I gotta take Via home. I'll catch you guys later." He takes his keys out of his pocket.My phone dings, but I ignore it."It's all good. I have to meet Ethan's parents today anyway," Aiden says as he gets off the trunk and helps Ethan do the same."Bye, guys," Via says as she gets into the passenger side of Kol's truck.Kol suddenly comes to my window. "Stop acting like Via's father. I can protect her just fine." He turns around and begins walking away but then turns back to me. "Oh, and let me remind you—sh
Nathaniel"Don't you think that's a bit of a stretch?" Micah and Wyatt randomly enter our conversation. "I mean, there were twelve of us and only one of her.""I wouldn't doubt it, though. Remember the time she entered the guys' locker room to confess her love for Eliott?" Wyatt says, making us all cringe.Now that I think back on it—that girl was fucking weird. So fucking weird."Anyways, what's fatherhood like?" I ask Micah, trying to change the subject."Different, to say the least," Micah says, and I nod."Yeah, there's no time to get laid," Sergio says, but Micah and I ignore his joke."Especially when the mother of the child doesn't want to be present through the whole thing. It becomes a handful," he says, making me shake my head.Sergio, Wyatt, and Maximilian begin to have a conversation on their own, leaving Micah and me alone to talk."Single fatherhood isn't bad. I'm doing just fine," I state, and Micah looks at me, confused."I thought you and Hazel were happy?" he asks, a
NathanielI narrow my eyes at her clothes. She's wearing Justin's fucking shirt and looks rather comfortable with only that on—Jesus Christ.Maximilian looks up from his plate of food and straight at her. "You got high?""Yeah, it was my first and last time." She wraps herself up with the blanket. "I must say—I don't understand the hype. The after-effects aren't good." She grabs a glass from the cupboard, making the blanket lift Justin's shirt to reveal more of the back of her bare thighs.Jesus Christ.I stuff a ravioli in my mouth and turn to Alexander. "Can you ask her to put on some fucking clothes?" I mumble to him.Sebastian shakes his head as he drinks a bit of his wine. "I second that," he mumbles and goes back to staying silent."I was honestly lied to." She walks over to the fridge, still in her own little world. "Who the fuck likes getting high?" She says as she puts ice cubes into her cup and then adds water."Via," Alexander says as he picks at his plate of food."Nobody
NathanielShe broke the silence. "That's not true," she said.Her words made me do a double-take. "What?""Don't hate me for saying this— I know how territorial you can be about things you want or things that are yours." She finished the water bottle, adding, "What if you fuckers find a way to agree to share her?""To share her?" I repeated, and she nodded."Sure, share her. Like the one thing I read in history class." She stayed silent for a few seconds before continuing. "Back then, men had harems. In which a single man would have several wives. It would be a reverse harem in your case, as there are four men and one woman." Her words made me shake my head, but then my mind started to wander."I mean it wouldn't be so bad— you guys have shared things before..." She stopped talking."We used to share toys first, then homework answers. We've never -- and I mean never -- shared women, Ben," I stated, and she shook her head."Bullshit, that's not completely true," she scoffed, shaking he
Nathaniel"Finally, school is over," my assistant principal says, letting her hair down from the ponytail."Yeah, see you tomorrow." I state as I rush out of the office and straight to Sebastian's classroom.I had the conversation with him through texts and let's just say- he didn't like the sharing idea. Not one bit.Alexander on the other hand said that Maximilian agreed and didn't really even argue. He just shrugged and said, "If it works, it fucking works."Why couldn't Sebastian agree to the plan as easily as Maximilian?He looks down at me with narrowed brows and shakes his head as I enter his classroom. "If you came here to try to convince me- then leave now because my answer will remain as a no." He turns back to the papers in front of him."Sebastian, come on." I say as I take a seat on one of the desks.Alexander texts me that Maximilian and him are on their way."Nathaniel- I don't share. Especially not women." Sebastian flatly says without even looking at me."Sebastian—we