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(No one's POV)

The final bell rang signaling the end of the school day and time for football practice. The guys started filtering in the locker room little by little, engaged in their side conversations they were having. First in is Sawyer, followed shortly by Derek. They stare at each other and if looks could kill, Derek would have been dead ten times over. However, Derek had a smug expression on his face. Confused, Sawyer just looked away scoffed. He didn't get to school until the last period so he doesn't know what happened between Derek and Bella. Last to enter the locker room was Bella, which she purposely intended to do, hoping to go straight to her locker and wait until everyone left for the field so no one would try to talk to her. She already knew what everyone thought of her. The whole school probably knew she had slept with Derek and thought she was a slut. Before she had walked in she gave herself a mental pep talk, telling herself to ignore the judgmental gazes and disapproval. With one last huff she walked in.

Not only did she get glares, the whole locker room fell silent, besides Sawyer, who was clearly oblivious to the situation. Someone muttered 'slut' while another said something along the lines of 'dumb whore' and the last which was very hurtful 'cunt'. Bella tried to hold a strong and confident walk to her locker but it was much more of a walk of shame to the rest. Behind her curtain she took a deep breath. She bit her lip to stop the first tear from falling but failed as she felt the hot stream of tears begin. She slid down the cold wall to the tile, never feeling so down and ashamed of herself. She just wanted to be alone. Earlier when Pepper and Sophie tried to know what exactly happened Bella brushed the off, not even wanting to talk to her best friends. They hadn't texted or talked to her since.

On the other side of the curtain, Sawyer lost it. "Ok what in the actual fuck is going on?! I miss one day and it seems like a lot of shit went down. Why is everyone being so awful to Bella? Why is she a slut? What'd she do?" He screamed.

"She fucked Derek over there and then broke up with him claiming the only reason they went out was so she could fuck him and move on" someone answered, quite bitterly.

"Yeah I said I wanted a full relationship and that I really liked her but she just laughed in my face like I was an idiot. Guess that's what happens when you barely know someone and give them everything" he said full of fake resentment. Sawyer caught on to what was happening. And it hit him hard. He was so angry he saw red.

"WHY YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT. YOU'RE A FUCKING LIAR AND YOU KNOW IT! ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN PAYING ATTENTION OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THAT IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND! Bella was so head over heels for you, a guy she didn't even know and decided to let her guard down only to literally be fucked over. You are the lowest scum I have ever met. I want more than anything to kick your ass and castrate you right now but you know what. Karma will come to bit you in the nuts one day, hard. And as for everyone else in here, how pathetic. That you would listen to a douche nozzle like him. How do you think Bella feels right now? Even without those hurtful comments?" Sawyer finished and slammed his locker before walking out.

Bella sat there shocked. Sawyer defended her even after everything he did for her. Her best guy friend, the guy she kind of liked, but most of all the guy that warned her that Derek was no good. After hearing him say all of that she should feel a little better but in that moment, she felt even worse.

Derek said nothing but the rest of the guys looked at each other, not really sure what was true. Sawyer definitely had a point. They knew Bella wasn't like that but who's to say that the whole story is false either…

Finally, everyone left the locker room besides Bella. She finally sat up and wiped her tears half wanting to run and not come back and half wanting to shove her cleats up Derek's uprights. She decided to put her big girl panties on and get out there. No way was she going to show she was weak. She put her jersey on followed by her helmet. With one last look in the mirror to make sure she didn't look like she was crying she walked out to the field filled with adrenaline, fueled by anger.

The guys were surprised to see that Bella was actually practicing, especially Derek, who thought for sure he broke her. With determination, he tried to sack her with all his might but ended on his face most of the time. When Bella is pissed she does not fuck around. He would look up at her angry and she would look down at him with a smirk. This actually made her feel a little bit better. Sawyer caught almost all of the passes thrown to him, although he couldn't feel his hands with how hard she was throwing them. He caught her smirking a few times at the fact dick head was on his face and to be honest I smirked at him too.

Upon finishing practice and returning to the locker room tensions had dropped and everyone was talking again. Bella felt lightly better but was still upset. When she went to leave, she noticed everyone was gone besides Sawyer who just got out of the shower. He bumped into Bella as she walked out of her locker area. They apologized to each other when Bella noticed he was only in a towel, barely being holding on to his hips. He had some water rolling down his chest, which for the first time, Bella noticed was well defined. Sawyer isn't the little third grader she once knew. He is now this really sweet, goofy guy with a really tone abdomen and caring green eyes. Bella was about to walk out but turned and said "Thank you, Sawyer. I can always count on you. You're a really sweet and amazing guy. I'm sorry I didn't see that earlier." And with that she walked out.

Sawyer replied with "I'm sorry too. I loved you. And I still do" Well aware she was already gone and didn't hear any of it.