An: Hey People of Fanfiction! I've gotten a request from guest reviewer TotalDramaLover for the song Invisible by Taylor Swift. So TotalDramaLover, this chapter is dedicated to you! I'm sorry if this chapter sucks, but this is my first time doing a story where the characters are actually in highschool.
Notes that are being passed between people will be written like 'this'
Disclaimer: i do not own anything, but the story based on the song lyrics.
She can't see the way your eyes
Light up when you smile
She'll never notice how you stop and stare
Whenever she walks by
And you can't see me wantin' you the way you want her
But you are everything to me
[1st period: Heath Class]
Sitting alone in the back of a classroom was a girl with light purple eyes and shoulder length dirty blonde hair. She had her head in her left hand and glared at the couple who sat two rows ahead of her. Actually to be more precise, she was glaring hatefully at the girl next to the handsome boy. The female whom she glared at had dark brown hair and an orangish skin tone, while the male had a black crew-cut and wore shiny dog tags around his neck.
"Ay, Babe", the girl said in a jersey accent, "I'm gonna go to da bathroom."
The boy smiled kindly at her, "Alright, Ann, I'll write any notes you might miss." she rolled her eyes, then snatched the hall pass from the teacher's desk and walked out as the black haired boy watched her leave with a small smile. The girl in the back sighed, What does Brick see in her? She is practically THE definition of fake! From the tan to hair! she may only have, like, ONE thing that is real! The girl then smirked as she grabbed a loose piece of paper from her notebook, wrote something neatly on it, made it into a paper ball, and threw it at Brick's head with a small smirk.
The teacher droned on and on about the anatomy of the human heart and didn't notice the paper ball hitting Brick upside the head. What the!? A note? Brick thought as he turned back to see who threw the ball at him. He scanned the whole back row until his eyes lied upon the violet eyed girl whom smirked at him slyly. She then mouthed, "Open it, Dampy Pants!" He gave her a glare as he opened up the note.
He read the note quickly,'Yo Brickhouse, did ya know there is gonna be partners in gym class today? -Jo' glanced at the teacher, scribbled something rather sloppily, and threw it back.
The girl caught the note easily and unrolled it, 'Wait, Jo are you serious? For what?~ Brick' She rolled her eyes and answered before she threw it back.
This time, he was prepared to catch it, 'Yes i'm serious! And its for some kind of test physical, you know, like how many push-ups can you do in a minute? Those kind of things. -Jo'
She frowned at the back of his head, He is WAY too good of a guy for Tan-in-a-can! I have so much in common with this boy, and she has like, nothing! Ugh, why can't he see I have the HUGEST crush on him! her frown turned into a scowl when Ann Maria walked back into the classroom. Jo continued to glare at her until the bell rang, signalling class was over. She leapt out of her seat quickly after putting her book back into her bag and ran out the classroom before any of the other students could get out the door, "Haha suckers! I am victorious!" she pumped her fist in the air happily. After her little celebration, she stood impatiently beside the door. "Come on, Brickhouse you can kiss Tan-in-a-can later!"
Brick walked out with Ann Maria and kissed her cheek, "See ya third period, sweetheart!"
Ann again, rolled her eyes at him, "Of course, Babe."
Jo pretended to gag and throw up at the couples' antics, "Again, hurry it Brick-for-brains, before I puke all over the hall!" She quickly grabbed his arm and dragged him to the gymnasium as he waved 'good-bye' to Ann Maria. "Finally, we are at the best place this rotten school has to offer!"
And I just wanna show you
She don't even know you
She's never gonna love you like I want to
And you just see right through me,
but if you only knew me
[2nd period: Gym]
"Hey Jo, wanna let go of my arm?" Brick asked in pain, "You're kinda squeezing it a bit too... tight." She let go of his arm instantly and gave him an apologetic smiled back kindly and asked, "Wanna be my partner?"
She grinned, "Thought you'd never ask!" then she looked past him, Why can't you see how I like you? How much more obvious can I get? To you, I'm nothing more than a friend, yet I know almost everything about you... Ms. Spray-on Tan doesn't know anything about you or your dreams for the military! she clutched her fist tightly as she stomped angrily into the gym and sat on the bleacher steps.
He followed closely behind with a worried expression, "You alright, Jo?"
His voice interrupted her thoughts, "Huh?... Oh, yeah just um... thinking about my stupid brothers breaking my things!" she said unconvincingly.
He shook his head without a word and looked straightforward. A few minutes later, their tall and muscular coach came through the door with an expression of pure hatred, "Alright maggots, find a partner, line up in two rows; one partner in the front and one in the back." He glared at every 'Maggot' with despise, "We are doing the trust fall exercise. and... HURRY IT UP MAGGOTS!" He screamed when everyone still stood on the bleachers. Everyone got up faster than light and ran into the trust-fall position. Brick stood behind Jo giving her another worried look.
We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable
Instead I'm just invisible
The coach stood in front of everyone, "Now listen here, Maggots, when I blow this whistle, you fall into your partner's arms," he started simply, "But if you drop your partner, you and your partner have to: drop and give me twenty, race around the track two times, then do the exercise over again, do you understand?" All of the teens nodded their heads in fear and understanding, as they all answered, "Yes, Coach Hatchet!"
"Good, now... start!" he blew his whistle loudly, walked to a chair that sat in the corner, and pulled out a romance novel.
"You ready Jo?" questioned Brick.
She scoffed, "Of course, I was born ready!" He rolled his eyes as she put her hands behind her head in a relaxing manor, then she let herself fall backwards into his awaiting arms. She smirked up at his face, "Told ya! Now switch with me!" See this is the way it's supposed to be! It'd be a miracle if he, by any chance, felt the same way...
He glance at her worried, "You sure I wouldn't crush you?"
She waved him off dismissively, "I've picked up heavier things than you."
Brick gave Jo a skeptical look, "Like what?"
"My Dad," she said nonchalantly, "Now hurry it up, Brickhouse, we don't have all day!"
He sighed, "Fine." He closed his eyes tightly, took a breath, and fell into Jo's arms.
"See it wasn't that bad, now was it?" she asked with a smirk. He's a little heavier than I thought, but he is as handsome as the day I met him in preschool.
He smiled at her softly, "I guess not," he got up out of her arms and saluted, " You're right again, Ma'am!"
She arrogantly smirked, "Aren't I always?"
He rolled his eyes playfully, "Of course you are, Jo."
After gym, they headed off to math class, "Race ya there!" she called running down the hall.
"Hey no fair, Jo!" Brick called before running after her.
[3rd period: Math]
There's a fire inside of you
That can't help but shine through
She's never gonna see the light
No matter what you do
And all I think about is how to make you think of me
And everything that we could be
After walking into the room sweating, Jo took her seat near the window and Brick sat a seat in front of her. "Brickhouse, why are you dating Pouffe?"
He turned around, "Because I like her why, does it bother you?" concern was evident in his voice.
"I'll admit it," she lied, "Not really"
He gave her a look and was about to reply when his girlfriend sat next to him, "Wazzup Babe?" she asked nonchalantly.
"Oh nothing," he said, "Jo and I were just running to class after gym" he smiled. Ann Maria once again rolled her eyes at his happiness.
Why can't she see he likes her a lot? The way he should be thinking about me because I'm awesome... Maybe if I get "hurt" he'll hold me in his arms again and then he'll fall in love with me! Jo laughed quietly to herself as Brick and Ann Maria gave her a weird look, That sounds too much like a fairy tale to even happen. That happening has the same percentage of being reality as String-bean becoming my best friend! Again, she starts to laugh, though this time its slightly louder.
Brick turned around in his seat, "What's so funny?" he asked with his head cocked to the side questionably.
Jo abruptly stopped chuckling to herself and looked down at her hands, I can't tell him the truth, especially if Ms. Pouffe is right next to him. Think,Wilson,Think! she stayed silent for a few moments longer then smirked evilly, "How sucky you are at anything sports related!"
He looked offended for a moment then chuckled lightly, "Of course you are."
Ann Maria looked at him bewildered, "Yer agree'n wit her?" she clutched her hairspray tightly, "How does she not make ya so angry? How is she ev'n yer friend?" her voice rose with every question she asked.
He looked back and forth between the two girls and took a deep breath,"Because we have known each other since we were about three," he took another breath, "Every time Jo is mean to me, it means she cares it's... um..." he glance quizzically at Jo making her heart quicken its pace.
She forced down a blush as she said, "Reverse psychology."
His confusion subsided into a bright grin,"Yeah that's it! Thanks Joey!" Ann Maria glared at Jo with pure hatred written across her face.
An almost invisible blush crossed Jo's cheeks, "Don't call me Joey!" she exclaimed quietly. Okay, truth is... I LOVE it when he calls me "Joey" its kinda cute when he says it, she thought with her blush darkening slightly
He chuckled again, "Sorry, I forgot you hate it when I call you that," he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
Ann Maria looked as though she was going to say something, but was cut off by the lunch bell.
And I just wanna show you
She don't even know you
She's never gonna love you like I want to
And you just see right through me,
but if you only knew me
We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable
Instead I'm just invisible
[Lunch Room]
The three of them walked quietly towards the lunch room with the two girls glaring daggers at each other. After a minute of glaring, Ann Maria smirked arrogantly at Jo as she clutched her boyfriend's hand, while Jo's daggers intensified to full on swords. Brick smiled at Ann Maria and kissed her cheek making Jo's anger boil to an extreme heating point, If he wasn't dating her, I'd have killed her by now!
Brick turned to look at his best friend, "You okay Jo?" he stopped walking and asked with concern flowing out of his voice and eyes, "You look kinda red. Are you running a fever?" He let go of Ann Maria's hands and as gentle as he could placed the back of his left hand on Jo's forehead, "Yep you're warm," he confirmed quietly, "Try to keep it easy for today, if it gets any worse you can go home if you need to."
All she could do was nod silently as her heart quickened even faster than before, Why can't he see I like him? Why are my feelings invisible to him? What am I, his little sister? she asked herself bitterly.
"Good," he said with a saddened smile, "Get better soon, okay?" Again all she did was nod as he gabbed Ann Maria's hand again. The rest of the walk was taken without a sound or mishap. The trio walked in, grabbed their lunch, then sat at their table in the back next to the window. After they sat down, Ann asked Brick to go get her a napkin, in which, him being raised to be a gentleman, had gotten up to get it without a question.
While he was gone, Jo asked Ann Maria, "If you really don't like him, why are you dating him?"
Like shadows in a faded light
Oh we're invisible
I just wanna open your eyes
And make you realize
Anne Maria stopped spraying her hair and looked at Jo with a satisfied smirk, "He's da hottest guy in dis school. Dat's a boost in ma popularity as well," after those words, she went back to spraying her hair like nothing ever happened, which angered Jo to no end. So he means nothing to you?! You better be glad he likes you right now, or your death would be painfully slow and curtisy of me! Oh and did I mention I'd be smiling happily in the process? With every word she thought her anger became more and more harder to control. It only began to intensify even faster when Brick gave the napkin to Anne Maria with a kind-loving smile. Ugh! I swear boys are so clueless! How can he not see she's only using him for her own personal gain?!
I just wanna show you
She don't even know you
Baby let me love you
let me want you
You just see right through me,
But if you only knew me
We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable
Instead I'm just invisible
(Oh ho... yeah)
Jo stayed silent for a few moments, watching the man of her dreams staring lovingly at her worst enemy who walked the Earth. She felt as if all the emotions and secrets she kept inside were about to explode at any given moment. She was having trouble holding back tears as she asked, "Brick, I'm gonna head to the bathroom, I'm not feeling very well. Would you mind throwing this away?" she pushed her tray towards him as he nodded, concern was etched upon his handsome features. Jo then ran as fast as she could, while the tears were getting harder and harder to push away. She rushed into one of the girl bathroom stalls, locked the stall door, closed the toilet seat, and opened her wallet. She sat on the toilet's lid as tears pooled out her violet orbs, softly caressing her cheeks as she stared at a picture of her and Brick they had taken their first year of school together. In the Picture, Jo was laughing as she held bunny ears behind an oblivious Brick as he was saluting and smiling widely at the camera. I wish life was as it was then... Then I'd be happy for real, and it wouldn't be faked. Back then, we didn't even know Tan-in-a-Can... She had just moved from New Jersey once we hit the seventh grade. She thought sadly as she heard the bell signalling that the next class was starting, but she stayed where she was. She wouldn't allow herself to cry in front of anyone, especially not her best friend because if she did, she'd have to tell him why and that would be too painful for not only her, but him as well. She just couldn't do that to him. His happiness meant more to her than she lets anyone ever know.
She can't see the way your eyes,
Light up when you smile
She stayed alone in the bathroom, until the final bell rung, after that, she wiped her eyes. She also made sure to wash her face free of tears, then as quickly as a heartbroken girl could, forced a smile upon her face as she walked out the washroom. As long as he's happy, she thought as she saw him smiling at Ann Maria's retreating figure leave the school, Then, I guess I'll fake a smile for as long as it takes him to realize, I'm perfect for him. He waved her over as they walked out the doors chatting like they had when Jo and Brick's friendship first began.
AN: Okay, I am sooooo sorry for the kinda long wait, but I had things that was more important to be done. Also, this isn't my best, but I've never done a highschool AU before so this was a first and kind of a test.
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~tdroti scott's BFF