𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝? || ᴿᵃⁿᵇᵒᵒ

𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢-𝚝𝚠𝚘

Nathan's POV - First Person

!!TW!! || this goes for ALL volleyball scenes- i have no idea what
im writing, so if you actually play volleyball, im sorry

I bump into a girl with her arms stacked high with snacks. A few candies fall out, like Nerds, Maltesers and M&M's.

"Oh, I'm sorry," she apologizes. I bend down and help her pick up her sweets.

I look up and see her flowy hair and I recognize her immediately. It was Lauren.

I think of a sneaky way to prank her and I spot her M&M's. She reaches for it but I grab it before her. I stand up and walk away without looking back, and I open her candy bag.

My coach just looks at me and shakes her head dissaprovingly.

I watch as Lauren huffs up the stairs and sits down next to the group I call "The Gays."

One of the girls from the group- Nyx- leans over and says something to Lauren. Lauren says something back and Nyx and her girlfriend, Vivienne, looked shocked.

I look away and smirk. Lollie was probably ranting to them about how someone stole her candy. I grab a handful and I munch on them, and I look back at her.

She was looking at Nyx and Viv, pointing at me, then she turns to see me.

I see her whole expression change.

Coach blows the whistle and orders us to take our places.

I look back at Lauren and see that she's still looking at me.

I'm not sure whether I like it or not, but I smile at her anyways.

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Lauren's POV - First Person

!!TW!! || profanity (ooh fancy word)
and fyi blue is ur team, yellow is other school's team

The coach blows her whistle and yells at everyone to get to their places. Nathan breaks eye-contact to put his- no, MY- M&M's on the bench. He jogs over to the corner of the court to serve and he finally looks back at me.

And he smirks.

My jaw drops to the floor.

Nyx reaches over to close my open mouth. "I would ask if you want us to go beat him up," she starts and I look at her. "But, isn't Nathan your friend?"

I glance back at him. The opposing school's team had tossed him the ball to serve. He spins it in his hands, props it up, then serves. The round goes lightning fast, with Nathan running to the middle and spiking the volleyball, causing the yellow team to lose.

"Lauren?"

I pry my eyes away from Nathan to look at Nyx. "Yes?" 

"Nathan's your friend, right?"

I look back at Nathan. He was running a hand through his over-grown hair, and I can see his face.

I.  Can. See. His. Fucking. Face.

"Yeah," I breathe. "A friend. . ."

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The game finished Blue won 30-27 to Yellow, the other school's team. I wait until most everyone left the stadium.

I had made good friends during the game; Nyx had introduced me to her other friends. There was Apollo "Olly" and Kailyn, his girlfriend, Thea, Kei, Ash, Mercy, Cullen, Nyx and Viv. They were really nice and sympathetic to my situation, and they were really cool.

[pls be nice and respectful, these r my besties irl]
[and just so u know two of them read this fic so]

Nyx has her own shop online- she takes people's clothes, whether it's torn up or just need sewing, and she makes it better. She also makes jewelry and sells them on her website, along with Vivienne's work.

Vivienne, on the other hand, makes clothes from scratch. From prom dresses and corsets to jeans and polo shirts, she can make it. She also works in a quaint tea shop called Tea Time, and she works with Mercy and Kailyn, who also works part time with Kei and Cullen for a florist.

Olly, Thea and Ash work in a Hot Topic and Starbucks. They aspire to make their own grunge-type tattoo shop and bar. 

They had scrawled their numbers on my arm and they wanted to stay with me when I confronted Nathan, but I urged them to go, telling them that I can handle it.

But honestly, I don't know how to handle this.

I go down the steps to the stadium and I throw my trash out on the way. The team Yellow had gone into the lockers first, so my school's team were celebrating. I take a tentative step towards them, then I take a step back.

I turn and start to march out the exit before Nathan sees me but I run into someone again. 

"God, I'm so sorry," I apologize. I twirl around to leave, but they grab me and hold me in place.

"Lauren," he hums my name in his baritone voice.

I look up.

And, holy shit, was he stunning.

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ignore my notes, my friends wouldnt answer me ;-;