my brothers bestfriend // dreamnotfound

~18~

George's pov

When I spot clay at school I notice his beaten up face, oh god, I walk over to nick and clay, "i don't have lunch money george" nick groans, "I'm not here for you asshole" I say pulling clay away from nick.

"What happened?" I ask, "nothing" he answers and pulls me into a hug, "you have a bruised eye and a split lip, something happened" I say, "george, it's nothing, I promise, I'm ok" I say, "who did it?" I ask, clay pulls away and cups my cheeks, "don't worry about it" he whispers, I go to say something then stop and decide to just leave it be.

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In class, when Justin comes in late his face is beaten up as well, more then clays is, his eye is bruised and stolen, aswell as his jaw and a little on his nose, his eyebrow is slightly cut.

Oh no.

He locks eyes with me giving me an annoyed look, clay jumped him.

Oh no, again.

I look back at clay, he looks at me, "him?" I mouth, he nods, I let out an annoyed sigh.

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I meet clay after school because we had no classes together and clay had a football meeting because he's the captain of the team.

"You bet up Justin? Why?" I ask annoyed, "I didn't beat him up-" I cut him off, "his face begs to differ" i say, "what about my face?" He asks, "did you see his face? It's worse then yours" I say.

"George, he started it, I was just trying to get home after buying groceries and him and his friends stopped me then Justin punched me" he says, "Really?" I say, "yes!" He says frustrated, "I was partly defending myself" he says, "partly?" I say, "he was being an asshole" clay says, "right" I say unconvinced and walking to get in clays car but he wraps his arms around my waist.

"He called you names george, I got mad, don't blame this all on me, he started it" clay says, "I'm not trying to blame it all on you, I'm just a little bit annoyed that you got in a fight with my ex" I say, "I'm sorry" he says, "I just wanna go to your house" i say, he kisses my neck softly then let's go of me.