It's Always Been You. (Anthony Larusso X Reader) BOOK 1

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A/N: THANK YOU FOR 2K!!

Y/N's POV:

Today was Anthony and I's first day back at school since being suspended for a week. We got on the bus like usual, and to my surprise, Alex wasn't there. Actually, a lot of people weren't on the bus today. Such as Zach and Anna (the ones whose ass I kicked a while back), and their whole annoying ass friend group. Is everyone just magically sick at the same time? Is their parents suddenly driving them to school? I was very curious about this. The bus felt very quiet and empty today.
     As Anthony and I sat down, he put his arm around me and I leaned onto his shoulder for the entire ride. Whenever I was with him, I started to forget about all of the things going on. The stress would always leave my body and my anxieties would lift off of my shoulder. He was such an irreplaceable person. We didn't talk much the entire ride, because we were tired from the exhausting week we just had.
    When we arrived to school, we walked inside like normally as well. As we walked together to our first class period of the day, we were stopped by our principal;
     "Mr. Larusso and Ms. Y/L/N,"
    We both turned around and looked at him, not expecting him to speak to us. We didn't say anything in response, but once he knew that he had our attention, he continued.
    "I hope you're both doing well. You are free to attend your regular classes Mr. Larusso... But as for you Ms. Y/L/N, you have to serve one more week of suspension."
    "What?! Why?!" I yelled. "Why didn't you tell me this before I got here?"
     He sighed, "Because you don't need to stay home. This one will be in school,"
    I was still confused, "Why just me?" I asked.
    "I have gotten anonymous emails proving that you are the antagonizer throughout all of these fights. You are also accordingly a cyber bully..."
    "A cyber bul- I don't even have social media! How can I be a cyber bully?"
    "Lets go speak about this in my office."
    "No!" Anthony yelled. We both looked at him, "Thats a bunch of crap. She did nothing wrong. All she did was stick up for us. THEY were the ones who started everything... and have you even seen Alex lately? She clearly needs psychiatric help!" Anthony ranted. It was attractive how he was sticking up for me. Even if that meant risking himself getting a suspension again. No one has ever done that for me before.
     "Save it, Larusso! This no longer involves you... Lets go Y/L/N." He said as he walked away, ignoring literally everything Anthony just said.
    I looked over at Anthony, and he was very obviously flustered. His face was starting to then red and he kept on throwing his hands up in frustration.
    "This is such bullshit." He said to me. "You dont deserve this."
     I smiled as I looked at him. It was very cute to see him mad. I leaned over to him and kissed him on the lips. "Ill see you at lunch," I said as I walked away, following our principal.
    I sat down with him in his office. He pulled up all of the emails, and they all made it seem like I really was the bully here. I was absolutely petrified. There were videos of me on the bus, sticking up for myself. Except, it sounded like I was the one doing the insults and saying the first word. There was a video that someone took of me, where it showed me putting Zach in a chokehold and flipping Anna over my shoulder. The last video was of me pulling Alex's backpack and throwing her into the lockers. Next their were multiple screenshots, of me supposedly on instagram (which was clearly a fake account, but it had my name and photo on the profile) calling people names, slurs, and brutally insulting them.
     "Do you have anything to say?" The principal asked after showing me these horrific things.
    "Yeah, who had the time go make up this load of bull shi-"
    "Please Ms. Y/L/N! Enough with that, I meant would you like to apologize for your actions?"
    "No! Because its all out of context!" I yelled as I explained in thorough detail what actually happened.
    He didn't believe me. I told him 100% of the truth, and he still thought I was lying. This really makes me never want to ever speak up.
    "I am not apologizing, because I have nothing to apologize for!"
    "Well, I gave you a chance to be released from you suspension. But, you refuse to take it. Go sit in the detention room."
    "But Mr.-"
    "Stop it. I don't want to hear anymore of it."
    I sighed heavily as I got up and stomped out his office. I can't believe that I was framed for this!
    The entire day I sat in the detention room, doing absolutely nothing. And that had went on for the entire week. I was so angry and confused, that I was thinking about it constantly. I was trying to get to the bottom of this.
    Another thing that I noticed, is that Alex and the others weren't on the bus for the entire rest of the fucking week. What the hell was going on? I didn't see them at school either. I never mentioned this to Anthony, because I genuinely think he just didnt notice.
     The rest of the week was normal, we met up with Johnny on Wednesday after school and secretly practiced karate. He made us 'Manwhiches' and we went back home. Daniel and Amanda were strict on us the entire week about finishing our homework, and with me specifically, they were strict about my eating habits. I was hardly eating because my guilt made me lose my appetite, so they wouldn't let me leave the dining table until I finished my entire plate of food. Sam didn't ever look at me or speak to me, which I suppose was fine considering the tact that she wasn't threatening me.
     On Friday morning, we arrived at the bus once again. For some odd reason, the bus was extremely late today. And still, no one was there! I couldnt stop wondering about it.
    As we sat on the bus, I noticed Anthony was texting somebody. He was looking at his phone and smiling at something. I suddenly started to feel insecure.
    "What is it?" I asked.
    He then showed me his phone with no hesitation, which is where I felt relieved. He was talking to Hawk, and he was telling Anthony how his tattoo artist said they'd get us a second keg for the party. Fuck! I forgot about the fucking party! I was focused on the other bullshit going on this week, that I forgot about the party.
     The bus then stopped, indicating that we were finally at school. Anthony immediately grabbed his things and started to walk off quickly. 
    "Sorry, I cant walk you to the detention room today, I have to get to class quickly today. We have a test and I want to study a little bit before hand. Don't worry though, Ill give you all of the answers once Im done." He winked and then walked away from me.
    I started to chase after him, but then coincidentally tripped on my untied shoe lace and fell into the aisle. I quickly got up and went to chase after him, but he was somehow already so far away.
    "Anthony!" I started to yell. "I have something to tell you-" I wanted to run, but I couldn't. Someone put something over my face. It was a cloth that smelt very strongly. I made the mistake of breathing in, because I then started to pass out. No matter how hard I fought, my eyes got heavier and heavier. I was hoping that someone would see, but the last few students went inside of school, and the bus had already driven away. Next thing I knew, everything was pitch black.