Lita groaned as she walked inside the classroom where detention was going to take place that following Friday afternoon. She earned herself two weeks of detention after her little scuffle with Stacy earlier in the week. She tried to get herself the typical three days of suspension only to fail with that. Apparently the school didn't want to suspend the seniors so close to the end of the school year which was why Lita was assigned two weeks of detention like John and Randy before her.
Lita didn't get herself only two weeks of detention, one week which was spent with John and would luckily be done with today, while two weeks were with Stacy. She also earned herself a very long lecture from her parents which ended up with her being grounded until she was practically thirty, but she definitely thought it was worth it. Lita thought Stacy definitely deserved what she got and it was a long time coming and she couldn't say she wasn't satisfied after punching the other teen. And the way Stacy screamed was icing on the cake.
Lita was getting really sick and tired of all the looks people kept sending her way. She had been at school for not even five minutes and these people couldn't stop staring at her and whispering whatever it was they were talking about, but she just knew she was the topic of their conversation. The redhead was sure the blonde bitch was up to no good yet again. Oh how she missed spring break, one week was not enough.
The teen didn't let it bother her much as she walked over to her locker only to stop when she saw yet another word spray painted on her locker. It was like dejavu because in big red letters, the word 'whore' was sprayed vertically on her locker. Lita rolled her eyes as she continued to walk to her locker. It seemed as if Stacy was out of ways to annoy her so she was resorting to her old tricks.
Lita unlocked her locker and opened it and immediately jumped back when many boxes fell at her feet. She had no clue how any of this could have even gotten into her locker because it wasn't like anyone else knew the combination to the lock on her locker. "What the hell is all of this?" The teen muttered under her breath before she bent down to pick up one of the boxes to see what it was. Lita was so pissed off when she saw the what the objects were and decided she finally had enough of Stacy's games and it was time to let her know. "Bitch."
Lita got up and slammed her locker door shut before turning around with the intent to look for Stacy, but she didn't have to look far because the blonde, along with her minions, was standing a few feet way from her laughing and pointing at the redhead. Lita was glad she was alone because she was sure if Trish or anyone else was with her, then they would have tried to stop her and she wasn't going to deal with that. Enough was enough.
"What the hell is your problem?" A pissed off Lita asked as she pushed Stacy back against one of the lockers when she arrived to where the other three teenagers were standing.
"My problem?!" Stacy asked, trying to ignore the slight pain in her back. "You just pushed me and this isn't even your first time laying your hands on me!"
"You think you're so clever, don't you?!" Lita asked as she ignored what the other teen just said. "All those stupid ads, all those stupid things written on my locker, giving my phone number out online to perverts, and now those pills in my locker?! Did you really just waste a lot of money just to annoy the shit out of me?!"
"I don't know what you're talking about. I would never do any of those things you just accused me of doing." Obviously Stacy was lying because she knew there would be consequences if the school found out what she had been doing especially since spray painting Lita's locker was defacing the school's property. "But if I were the one to put birth control pills in your locker, then I wouldn't have thanked me the way you did if I were you." The redhead rolled her eyes and was about to say something, but the blonde continued with a smirk present on her face. "We all know how you like to sleep around, no wonder someone wrote whore on your locker for a second year in a row, so the person who put the pills in your locker is just looking out for you."
Lita nodded. "Yea, you're right. Where are my manners?" She smiled at Stacy before raising her arm and punching the unexpected blonde in the jaw. "Oh right, I don't have any!"
"You bitch!" Stacy yelled as she held her aching jaw. Unfortunately for her, Lita wasn't done and pushed her hard which ended up with her on the ground. Next thing Stacy knew, Lita's fists were pounding away away at her. Luckily enough, some teachers heard the commotion and quickly pulled the redhead away from the screaming blonde.
Lita couldn't help but smile to herself when those events played over in her head. Unfortunately for her, she began laughing during her parents lecture when they spoke about and reminded her about the fight which was why she was punished for double the time she would have been if it weren't for her little slip up.
It was all worth it though especially because Stacy practically left her alone for the rest of the week. The blonde hadn't really said much to the redhead other than a few choice words every now and then during detention which really didn't bother Lita at all. But there was one thing Stacy did which irked Lita to no end: there were daily attempts of flirting with John on Stacy's behalf and Lita hated how it made her feel. She didn't know why she became so annoyed and angry whenever Stacy tried to flirt with John. She couldn't understand why she became happy when her ex-boyfriend ignored Stacy and told her to leave him alone because he wasn't interested. It wasn't like Lita liked John anymore. It wasn't like she cared about him anymore. It wasn't like she even considered him as a friend. Lita actually hated John. Or at least that was what she told herself every time he was around her.
The redhead sighed as she took her usual seat in one of the desks towards the back of the classroom. Well, it was where she usually sat until John came in and sat down right next to her which always ended with her then moving to the other side of the classroom and two rows towards the front. Thankfully, John never followed Lita after that so she didn't have to change her seat for a second time. Since her back was facing him, Lita didn't notice how John would stare at her every now and then. She would have been totally oblivious had Randy not called the other teen out on it. Before a useless argument could erupt between the two former teammates about Randy putting his nose where it doesn't belong, Lita intervened and told her twin brother basically what John would have. The older of the two told the younger one to mind his own business and worry about himself because she could handle herself. Surprisingly enough, the redhead's brother finally decided to leave Lita alone when it came to John.
Lita looked up when she heard the door close a few moments later. She looked around the room and saw Stacy sitting far away from her with Torrie and Candice next to her. She thought it was so pathetic that Stacy made her friend fake getting into a fight just so they would be in detention with her. Randy was a couple of desks away and there were other people in detention as well, but there was no sign of John. As if on cue, Mr. Bischoff opened the door and in walked John.
"Nice of you to finally join us Mr. Cena," the Vice Principal said as he allowed John to enter the room. "You're late."
John shook his head. "You saw me a few feet way and you still closed the door."
"Everyone was supposed to be in here before the door closes. I don't care if you were just about to enter as I closed the door because you would still be late then. And being late to detention earns you another day of detention." Lita groaned when she heard Mr. Bischoff tell John he would be there on Monday again which made the brunette look at her with the redhead immediately looking away. "Now go take a seat and try not to sit next to the Orton girl, this isn't musical chairs." John rolled his eyes as he took a seat a in the front of the classroom.
Lita scowled as she looked over at the Vice Principal. "I have a name."
Mr. Bischoff shrugged. "It's all the same. Now no more talking," he said before walking to the door. "I have better things to do than to watch over a bunch of delinquents. I will be checking in every now and then so don't think you can get away with leaving." With that said, he left the classroom and shut the door behind him.
It was around the time when Lita would usually put her headphones in and begin listening to music so she could drown everyone else's sounds out, but she forgot to put the in her bag that morning so now she had to endure listening to people talk. She looked around the room and noticed Stacy getting up from where she was previously sitting and taking a seat at the desk right next to John. Lita rolled her eyes before taking her phone out and texting Trish. That wasn't something that went unseen by her brother who could tell she looked a little jealous and pissed off when Stacy sat down next to John and began talking to him, but he said nothing.
"Hey John!" A cheery Stacy exclaimed after she sat down next to him.
"Hi," was all John said in response, not bothering look look up from his phone. Just like the last time he got into a fight with Randy, his parents took his phone away from, but let him keep it when he went to school and work just in case of an emergency. Next thing the brunette knew, the phone was out of his hands and now in the possession of the blonde. "Give me my phone back."
Stacy shook her head as she place his phone in her purse with no intention of giving John the object back until after she talked to him. "I'm trying to talk to you and here you are being rude by staying on your phone."
John rolled his eyes. "What do you want."
"The weather is getting better and school's is going to be over in like six weeks so what better time to throw a party-"
"Can't," John began to say before Stacy had a chance to finish whatever it was she was about to say, "I'm busy."
Stacy frowned. "But you don't even know when it is."
John shrugged. "Doesn't matter because I'm sure I'll still be busy."
"Then give me a date that works for you and I can set my party for that day."
"2035," John replied. Stacy laughed and those around her could tell it was forced. Lita smiled and chuckled to herself when she heard John's answer which wasn't something that went unnoticed by Randy once again. He noticed how ticked off Lita was when Stacy first sat down next to John and how her mood changed for the better as John completely blew her off.
Stacy playfully slapped John on the arm and laughed. "You're so funny. Come on, you can't let me go to my own party without a date."
"I'm not the only guy in this school. And even if I was, I'm not the only guy in town."
"But you're the only guy that I want."
John opened his mouth to say something, but stopped himself as he took a chance to look behind him at Lita who was looked right at him and looked way the instance their eyes met. He smiled as he turned around to look at the blonde. "Well I don't want you."
"This is about the whore, isn't it?"
John scowled. "She's not a whore."
Stacy rolled her eyes. "Of course she is. And were you or were you not paid three hundred dollars for dealing with her?"
"Actually, I wasn't. Now kindly give my my phone back." Stacy didn't say anything in response as she took the phone out of her purse and finally gave it back to John.
"Really John, you could do so much better." With that said, Stacy got up and went back to where she was originally sitting with Torrie and Candice.
Mr. Bischoff came to the room a couple of minutes later and stayed there for maybe two minutes before leaving once again after he was satisfied with how bored the quiet students looked. Of course all of that changed once he was gone. John looked back over at Lita who was now doodling in her notebook. Without giving it another thought, John got up and walked to where Lita was before sitting down next to her.
Lita looked up from her notebook when she noticed someone was now occupying the vacant seat to the left side of her. She wasn't surprised when she saw the intruder was John. They two simply stared at one another for a while before Lita looked away and continued to draw in her notebook. She thought about moving away for a moment before deciding ignoring him would just do the same trick.
"Hi," John said after a while and to no surprise of his, Lita continued with the task at hand as she ignored him. He opened his mouth to say more, but was cut off when Lita decided she just didn't want to deal with him at all.
"How many times do I have to tell you to leave me alone before you actually do it?" Lita asked as she looked away from her notebook and up at John.
"Why won't you talk to me?" John asked, ignoring her question.
"Because I don't like you and I don't waste my time with people I could care less about." Lita returned her attention back to her notebook and continued to doodle.
"I'm sorry."
Lita didn't say anything right away. She shook her head and sighed as she looked back up at him. "That's good for you, but I really don't care anymore."
"If you don't care anymore, then why are you still mad at me? Why won't you talk to me?"
"Because we're not friends, Cena. We never really were. It was all just a game to you."
"It wasn't."
Lita snorted. "Sure it wasn't. And you know what? It doesn't even matter anymore so just shut up and leave me alone."
"It does matter."
"Not this again."
"Lita-"
"John! If it matters, then you have a reason, but you don't have a reason so it doesn't matter so just leave me the hell alone! Just like you told Stacy, there are plenty of other girls in this school that you can bother. I'm not the only girl in this world so just leave me alone and go bother one of them because I'm done! I done with you! I don't care about you!"
"Don't lie."
"Shut up!"
"Why are you so damn stubborn?!" John finally snapped. He was really trying to be patient with her and wait for her, but it didn't look like the wait would be over any time soon. The others in the room looked over at Randy thinking he was about to shut John up, but he just sat there as he observed the two. "Why can't you ever listen to what anyone has to say?!"
"The same could be said about you! Why are you such an asshole?!"
"Lita, I'm sorry! I never wanted to hurt you! I never meant for any of that to happen! Why can't you see that?!"
"Complete and utter bullshit!"
"I didn't like you when you I agreed to that stupid bet! I didn't even know you like I do now-"
"You still don't know me! None of that shit even matters anymore so please just leave me alone!"
"Yes it does!"
"Why?!"
"Because I love you!"
Lita wasn't the only one shocked once those words left John's mouth. John surprised himself too with what he just said not because he didn't mean it, but because he just didn't mean to blurt it out like that. Especially not during an argument while in detention at school of all places with people watching. He knew he had feelings for her and he cared about her and he didn't just like her, he just didn't know until now that it translated into him loving her.
The redhead finally looked away from the brunette after a long moment of silence. Lita began to put her notebook away in her bag before getting up from her desk so she could get out of there. She shook her head as he turned her focus on John. "No you don't. Don't ever say that to me ever again." And with that, she left.
It was quiet in the classroom for a while after Lita left with Stacy breaking the silence with her laugh. "How much does Chris owe you for saying that?"
"Shut up."
Stacy rolled her eyes. "Seriously John, she's not-"
"Shut up!" Stacy decided to do just that because John was really angry and he was kind of scaring her. No one said anything for the duration of detention and Mr. Bischoff came back five minutes later. He asked everyone where 'the Orton girl' was. Randy was the first to answer and said that his sister wasn't feeling way because she was just recovering from the stomach flu so she went to the bathroom before she puked all over the desk. About everyone except Stacy agreed to everything Randy said so the Vice Principal took Randy's words as the truth even though he had his suspicions.
"Wait up," Randy called after John when detention was over with for the day. They were now in the student parking and Randy realized he probably didn't have a way to get home because he was sure Lita drove off with their car.
John rolled his eyes as he continued to walk to his car, not bothering to turn around to face Randy. "You won't catch me off guard this time so I will kick your ass."
Randy rolled his eyes when he finally caught up with the other teen. "Not true. But that's not even the point because I'm not here to fight with you."
"Then what do you want?" John asked as the duo stopped walking when they arrived to John's car.
"You kind of owe my a ride since Lita did leave me here stranded because of you."
John snorted. "I don't give a damn. There are things called busses and, oh yeah, you can walk." He opened the door so he could get inside his car, but stopped when Randy spoke.
"Did you mean it?" John nodded. He didn't even have to ask Randy was he was talking about because he was pretty sure he knew. "Then why-"
"I didn't even like her when this all began. Time and just getting to know her changed everything."
Randy snorted. "That's not true."
"That was in middle school." Once again, John knew where Randy was headed with that.
Randy shrugged. "Doesn't change anything."
"If you stop talking, then I'll drop you off home."
"Fine. I'd like to think I backed off and kept my cool recently, but I promise if you hurt my sister again, then I will kill you."
"It's none of your business what happens between me and her."
"Again, my sister."
"Still none of your business."
"And that's where I disagree."
"Do you still want that ride or no?"
Randy rolled his eyes, not saying anything as he opened the car door and sat down in the passenger seat. Like he told John, he was going to continue to not interfere with what happened between him and Lita. Randy just wanted his sister to be happy and for some unknown reason to him, it was clear she still had feelings for John. And if John made her happy, then Randy would have to deal with it just like John would have to deal with Randy if he hurt her again.
Meanwhile, Lita just arrived home and went straight to her room. She couldn't believe what John said to her and she was so pissed off. She was pretty sure that's what he wanted to say the other day at Fed Hill, but wasn't able to. The redhead groaned in frustration as she three her bag on the ground and her phone on her bed. She knew one of her parents would be coming by soon to confiscate the object, but she didn't care.
Lita looked over at the wall in her room which displayed many pictures of her family and friends. It was easy to spot the ones with John in the pictures because there were quite a few for which she felt really stupid and foolish for. She walked over and ripped one off of the wall and simply stared at it for a while before ripping it up. She repeated her actions with another picture before she looked down to see the third one. The third picture was one taken at homecoming after Lita was announced as Queen and John and King. She badly wanted to rip up that picture as well, but wasn't able to bring herself to do so. She didn't know what it was, but there was just something about that picture that Lita loved.
The redhead was taken out of her thoughts and looked over at her bed when she heard her phone ring. Lita took a deep breath before walking to her bed and picking up her phone before answering it. "What?"
"Um, hi," the voice on the other end spoke. "Are you okay?"
Lita sighed as she took a seat on her bed. "Sorry. Hi."
"Hey. Again, you okay?"
"Perfect."
"Lita-"
"Christian, is there something that you need? I'm sure my mom's on her way to take away my phone."
"Oh right. You're still grounded, huh?"
Lita nodded. "Yes and you're wasting time so I would get to the reason why you called me if I were you."
"Oh yeah. Okay. Um, so I wondering if, maybe, you know, you would like to hang out after your free to do whatever."
Lita was confused. She didn't take this the way Christian meant for it to be taken. "Um, okay. But why-"
"I don't mean like usual. I mean like, um, just the two of us."
That's when it hit her. She was surprised because she never thought of Christian anymore than just a friend and was pretty sure he felt the same way. But she guessed she was wrong. "Like a date?"
"If that's what you want to call it."
"I don't think-" Lita stopped herself when she looked back down at the picture in her hands. She couldn't help but wonder how John would react when he found out she was going on a date. How John would feel to find out she moved on and was clearly over him? She would make sure the news made its way to him. If he loved her like he claimed to, then this would be great revenge for what he did to her. "Yea, okay. I'd love to."
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