What About George?
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This is for JustVisitngUKgirl who asked 'What about George?'
A spin-off one-shot of All The Best.
George was sat at home, thinking over the past week. Freddy wasn't his best friend anymore, he was Zack's. He also now had a girlfriend – Katie. Only the girl that he, George, had wanted ever since he saw her. He'd tried to keep Freddy away from her, mainly by changing the subject to pranks every time Freddy mentioned her, but all that had got him was a bust lip.
Katie was gorgeous. She deserved better than Freddy. She deserved him. He wanted her. He wanted her messed-up hair, he wanted her eyes with the carefully smudged eyeliner, he wanted her all. And now Freddy had her. Didn't Freddy know who he was dealing with? This was George LeClair, ruler of the high school. And he had it in his power to make things bad for Freddy,
At least, he'd thought he had. But suddenly now, everyone wanted Freddy. It was all about what Freddy had done to his hair today, what Freddy was wearing today, what Freddy had said in Algebra today. And George hated it. So this was it. He was gonna get Katie.
The next day he left a big bunch of roses on her desk. Money was no object, as his father was rich. He also left a note, typed so Freddy wouldn't recognize his handwriting. The note said Hey, gorgeous. I'll see you around. He took his usual seat at the back of class, and watched and waited.
Katie came in. She saw it. She saw Freddy. She asked if it was from him. When it wasn't, she took it to the teacher, explaining that someone had left these on her desk, and they couldn't be for her. The teacher took them, and Katie went back to her seat, kissing Freddy. He pounded his fist on the table. This wasn't happening.
Where had he gone wrong? Maybe if he was more understanding, if he'd listened more, if he'd been himself.
That's what he would do. Be himself.