The Boy Next Door

Chapter 2: A New School

Y/n's POV
Over the past few days you and Gareth have gotten closer, you found out he was a drummer in a band and he played d&d (which to you was so cool because you do too.) He showed you around town and showed you his favorite place, the arcade. It was 2 months before school was out and you had to start brand new, but at least you had Gareth. He even suggested that he show you around the school so you know where to go. Monday came fast and sure enough you opened the front door to Gareth standing there about to knock. He started to talk "I figured we could walk to school together" he smiled. "Sure I really don't know where I'm going anyway" you walked out the door and locked it behind you. You guys started your walk but it was pretty silent. You were beyond nervous, you were shaky, and sweaty. You were scared that you wouldn't make any other friends. Gareth could sense something was wrong. "You ok?" He asked. "Yeah just nervous" you looked at him and smiled. He smiled back. You started talking about random stuff until you got to the school. You looked at him. "What if no one likes me?" You asked as he looked back at you. "It will be ok, I promise" you took a deep breath as he lead you into the school. He walked you to the office and told you he'd be back after he put his stuff in his locker. You got your schedule and Gareth walked you to your first class of the day. Luckily you had most of the same classes. You made it through half of the day not have a lot of interactions with other students you liked that though. After 5th period it was time for lunch, you walked with Gareth to his locker and you just put your stuff in his locker because you hadn't found yours yet. He told to sit with him and his friends at lunch, you agree only for the fact you didn't want to sit by yourself. He walked you to the lunch room and you both got in line. Once you got your lunches he walked to a table with 4 others at it. He sat down with you beside him. "Who's that" the other boy sitting next to you spoke. He had long curt brunette hair and was wearing a jean jacket with a shirt that said hellfire club on it. All of them looked at you. "This is y/n, y/n these are my friends" Gareth spoke for you he could tell you were scared or nervous. "Eddie Munson" the boy next to you stuck out his hand to shake yours. after you shook his hand the others introduced themselves as Dustin Mike and Jeff. Gareth smiled at you as you listen to their conversations. You leaned over to Gareth and whispered to him. "What's hellfire club?" " Hellfire is the name of our party" "Oh ok" you though that was cool though should you ask to join their party? Would they even let you in? Those are questions for later. The bell rang and now it was time for class again. You and Gareth headed for his locker you grabbed your stuff and you headed different ways for your reading classes. You sat in the way back in the corner to make yourself less known to the rest of the world. Class started and you immediately hated it. You had to do a reading project with a partner. Your teachers at your old school always let you work by yourself because they knew you didn't like working with others. You tried to calm yourself down when the teacher called out your name and some other guys name. Everyone's partner sat with them and you were no different a boy in a letterman's jacket sat in front of you. The teacher assigned each group a book to read and write and essay on. "So what's your name sweetheart" you cringed at the nickname. "If you were paying attention you would know" you hated assholes like this that think that every girl wants him. "Do you know who I am?" He asked angrily. "No and I don't care." You were laughing internally and he just got mad. "Now if you are going to respect me as a person I'll tell you my name, but if not I'll request to work by myself" you spoke. "Fine" he sighed. "Y/n" "Jason" of course his name was Jason this class couldn't get worse, could it. It could get worse. After people started working Jason's friends and their partners started to surround you both. It was getting to loud and overwhelming. You stood quickly and walked towards the teachers desk you asked to use the restroom and she allowed it. You walked out of the classroom and quickly sprinted toward the restroom as soon as you got in you let out a sob. When you got to overwhelmed you cried no way to stop it. Once you meltdown subsided you cleaned yourself up and went back to class once you sat back down the bell rang. You picked up your stuff and walked into the hallway. Gareth caught up to you and walked back to his locker. He grabbed your bag for you and handed it to you. You put your stuff in your bag and waited for him to get his stuff. You both headed out the front doors and started your way home. Gareth noticed something was off. "Hey what happened?" He asked. "I had a panic attack in the bathroom during class" you sniffled out. "Why?" "I got overwhelmed" he stopped you from walking. "Do you want a hug?" He asked. You nodded your head yes. He wrapped his arms around you. You hugged back your face in his chest. You stood like that for a minute before you pulled away. "Thank you" you smiled at him. "Of course" he smiled back at you. You started walking again. "Why were you asking about hellfire earlier" he asked. "I was curious, and I want to join another party" "Oh do you" he smirked. "Well yeah it's been a minute since I played and I don't have my old party to play with so I have to find someone to play with." You started to ramble a bit but Gareth didn't mind he found it cute. "You would have to talk to Eddie about joining hellfire but I don't think that would be a problem." You squealed happily. "Really" Gareth laughed a little. "Yeah" you smiled. "Wanna come to my house and hang out for a bit" he asked. "Sure let me drop my stuff off and I'll be over" he smiled and walked you up to your house. You told him to go home for now that you wanted to take a quick shower and change he said his goodbyes and you went inside. For the first day at a new school it was pretty good especially when you were with Gareth.