Fake • Zach Herron

T H I R T Y - T H R E E

Jessica's POV

I walked out of my class and too the lockers, shoving my books into mine then grabbing my homework folder and putting it into my bag. as I turned around I found Annie standing in front of me, her hands on her knees; she was running.. again?

"right, why were you running this time? " I asked
she took a huge breath "I dont have time to explain. come" she grabbed my arm
"Ann, I have loads of homework to do" I said but she carried on pulling me down the hall "stop! let go of me" I shouted. we turned a corner when she finally let go, but she kept running - I had to as well to catch up. but she suddenly stopped making em run into her back.
"heck! why didn't you tell me you wer-" I closed my mouth as I looked at the circle of kids in front of me on the court yard; kids were shouting and screaming 'fight, fight, fight' and you could obviously tell there was 2 kids fighting. well it wasn't just 2 random kids. it was two boys. I gave Annie a weird look as she pushed open the doors, I followed her and I got into the circle quickly. I pushed past people and it took a couple seconds for me to take in what was currently going on in front of me. those two boys definitely werent random boys; I knew these boys way to well. Zach and Crawford. beating the living shit out of each other. and I started to worry
"ZACH!"

Zach's POV

I was sitting by the wall on my phone when I saw Collins walk outside. Oh Great. he was making his way over to me
"Herron. I've heard you like my girl" he said
I rolled my eyes "shes not your girl" I said
"oh right. but she will be" he said
I chuckled and stood up "dude. she doesn't like you. trust me" I said
he shifted his weight onto on leg
"after that jerky move you played at the movies she definitely doesn't like you" I said
"we talked about it" he lied "she still likes me"
"keep telling yourself that" I said and went to walk past him
"cant you just fuck off" he said once I was fully past him. I rolled my eyes, of course he had to pick a fight, he can never leave it be, he always wants to fight. ugh. I turned around and looked at him
"man you need to back off, I've known Jess way longer" I said
"you dont get to date every girl in this fucking school, it doesn't work like that" he said
"if I could take back every girl ive 'dated' so I could date Jess, I would" I said
he scoffed "please. you dont like girls, they like you"
"things have changed" I shrugged
"let me have this one!"
"man if it was any other girl, fine, but its Jess. she doesn't deserve you"
"and who does she deserve? you? no one fucking deserves you. your a piece of shit" oop, that was very unneeded
"I dont want to fight Crawford" I said
"then back the fuck off Jess"
"make me" I folded my arms over my chest. by now people had started to crowd around us in a circle.
"when i'll get to jess, ill fuck her senseless. and guess what? she'll fucking enjoy it. she'll be screaming my name not yours" he said, causing my blood to boil, but I hid it by chuckling
"dude, seriously?" I said "Jess would never ever go there, especially with you. besides, have you even touched her yet?"
he didn't say anything "no you haven't. so what makes you think you can go there with her?" again he didn't answer "even if you did get lucky, which I highly doubt you will, even if you were just in the same bedroom as her and went up to her. she'd walk out straight away" I said. even though i didn't make sense it was still pissing him off "and she will come running back to me. because that's who she wants"
Crawford lunged for me and I grabbed him, flipping him over my shoulder. how? I dont really know man. Crawford jumped up and swung for me, hitting me right under my eye. I brushed it off and carried on ducking his swings. he got me in the jaw. I couldn't hit back, even though I look so weak right now. but if I did hit back, I wouldn't HOLD back - I might like kill him? I mean I would hurt him a lot but I probably wouldn't kill him. he cant said those things about Jess - oh and I need to control my anger.

"ZACH!" I heard Jess shout. oh god. this cant be good. Crawford tackled me and began to hit me over and over again. but it didn't even hurt, like I guess my abs are like 'abs of steel' or something like that. then suddenly Crawford got ripped off of me, I looked up and saw jess?. woah, woah wait - did Jess pull Collins off of me? pft that's hilarious - my jess is so small! though she must be strong..
"leave" she hissed at him. fuck... shes hot when shes mad. plus her ass looks amazing from down here
"and if I dont?" he asked, I rolled my eyes as I did I felt a bruise start to form under my eye, it actually really hurt but its worth it.
"then i'll make you leave" she said through her teeth. oh fuck, she is definitely pissed. but I got no complaints... its so fucking hottttt
"why are you choosing him!" he said, almost whining, I held my laugh in as I propped myself up. though a smirk appeared when Crawford looked at me "he will just treat you like shit" he said. I bit my nails as I sat up slowly
"just leave, Crawford. I dont want to talk about this right now" she said. he didn't leave immediately, but she seemed to get more pissed.
"go!" she shouted. he turned around and stomped away "what are you all still doing here! the shows over people!" she said, everyone went back to their normal stuff, they were all gone in seconds. jess walked to me and bent down
"you look pretty today" I smiled
"Zach, im in shorts and a hoodie" she said shaking her head, then she grabbed my chin lightly inspecting my face "your nose" she said. I touched it to see that it was just bleeding, I hadn't even noticed
"you dont need to worry about me jess" I said
"of course I do" she said
"I can take care of myself you know" I slightly chuckled
"I know, but I just cant help" she reached her hands out to help me up "what were you fighting about?"
"stupid shit"
"im sorry you got hurt" she frowned lightly as she wrapped her small arms around me. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her even closer to me
"im okay, really" I said and let go of her. I grabbed her chin and made her look into my eyes, I just want to kiss her right now - ugh. and I could tell she wanted to kiss me too, but I had to fight it. instead of just leaving her there I kissed her cheek "im going to head home for the rest of the day" I said
"okay, let go" she said
"no, babe, you need to say here" I said
"come on, its only like 2 periods - and one of them is free"
"jess, i'll be okay. come over after school is over if you want"
she nodded and I grabbed her hand, we both turned around and walked into school. as we were walking I just looked at her, smiling I couldn't help it - she's just so perfect.
"hey, why are you smiling doof" she asked poking me in the stomach, I pulled her closer to my side
"you" I said
"why?" she chuckled lightly. and I wish I could say it, I just cant - and I know im being a pussy but I need to wait for the right time.
"ill see you later" I said. she nodded and I bent down a little to kiss her head, obviously people were watching but I didn't care. as I walked away from her I shot her a little wink, making her blush - hard. I smiled and walked to my locker. when I got there I opened it and papers fell out, I groaned shoving them back in and grabbing my backpack then I closed my locker slowly, so nothing else falls out. I didn't bother going to see the nurse, so I just walked towards the main doors - our security guard gave up months ago so I looked at him pointing at my face and he just shot me a thumbs up. then I walked to the car, throwing my bag in the back, before driving off I grabbed my phone and texted Jess quickly

me - I meant what I said earlier, you looked pretty today x