Sorry this update took so long! School is starting soon so that means maybe one chapter per week. But I promise I will finish this story! Thank you all for reading/fave/following! =) Sorry this one was so short.
Claire was left standing like an idiot. She sighed, looking down that the earring that now rested in her hand. She then looked up, and saw John make his way back to his group of friends, and Nattasia. He was right. Why hadn't she not listened to her friends, and just loved John and not be afraid to be seen with him? Because she cared more about her reputation and how her friends would see her. What would they think if she was suddenly dating a person like John Bender? But god, she missed him.
"Hey stranger" Nattasia said quietly to him, as he sat on top of Boomer's car without a word. She could tell he was in a bad mood, and didn't want to push it. She watched him light a cigarette, until they made eye contact. He then wrapped his arm around her and kissed her on the cheek, and Boomer smiled.
"Get a room" Boomer joked. He looked up at John, who was glaring at him. "Sorry, man." A couple moments of silence passed between Bender's group of friends. "Anyway..." Boomer continued, and sat on the car next to him. "What did queenie want?"
"Her diamond earring." John lied. He was still in a bad mood and didn't want to talk about anything Claire-related.
Boomer could tell he was lying, but didn't feel like getting into a fight with him today. "Typical." He said, as he puffed out smoke from his cigarette.
"Sabrina said Claire wanted to talk to you" Leith butted in. "Remember?"
"Why d'you care?" John snapped at him, and took his arm off of Nattasia's shoulder.
Nattasia looked back and fourth from Leith to Bender, confused. "Bender man, calm down. Leith didn't do anything." Boomer said.
"Fuck off Boomer" John growled, and threw his cigarette onto the ground, he sighed deeply then flipped his hair, shooting him a threatening look.
"Listen just because Claire was being a bitch to you or whatever happened over there, doesn't mean you have to be an ass" Boomer spat back at him, flipping his blonde hair out of his face.
"Well, you never seemed to have a problem with it before." Bender said sarcastically, getting off of the car.
Boomer also got off of the car he was sitting on, "Well now I do. Listen man, I don't want anything to happen today just over some chick."
"Who said anything was going to happen?" Bender questioned, Boomer could feel John's breath on his face now.
"Bender-" Boomer attempted to say calmly, but Bender pushed Boomer's chest, causing him to slam back onto the car that was behind him. "I am fucking calm okay?!" He then leaned against the car behind him, and rubbed his face. Boomer recovered from the harsh push. But he knew sometimes Bender's tempter could get the best of him, so he did not attempt to do anything back to him.
Bender was now right next to Nattasia's legs, who was sitting on Boomer's car. She looked down as he puffed out more smoke from his cigarette. She didn't know what to do to comfort him, and certainly didn't want to make him more pissed. So she just sat there, then she found an apple in her lunch. She knew Bender never had a lunch, so she held it out, next to her. Bender's eyes shifted briefly to the apple, then gently took it from her hand.
"Are these the rotten apples?" He asked, with a tiny smirk on his face, his voice a tad bit calmer.
"Why wouldn't they be?" She gave him a small smile. "They have all your qualities." Bender let out a chuckle and bit into the crisp apple. He turned his gaze up to Boomer who was rubbing his back. They exchanged glances, then nodded at each other as if saying "It's ok."