Angel's POV
I knew when I was talking with Humphrey that the others were discussing me. Whether or not Rick should leave me. It bothered me, but at the same time I pretended not to notice, instead I continued talking with Humphrey about the upcoming weekend. What our plans were, and whether or not we should hang out. Thankfully Shaky and Lilly were able to convince him to go and take care of Kate. I wanted to make sure she was okay as well but knowing Rick, it was a one person thing. Lilly had climbed onto Rick's side step on the truck to hand him her keys just before he pulled off, meanwhile Shaky had come back over to me and Humphrey.
"He's gonna go to Kate, I guess I'll just take you home after school alright?" Shake asked. I felt excitement as I now had something to look forward to.
"Yeah, you know I'll take any chance I can get to be with you" I replied. Shaky smiled and gave me a quick kiss. Just then Rick pulled off to go and take care of his lover as Lilly walked back to us, grabbing Humphrey's hand when she finally got here.
"Okay, at least I don't have to worry about that now," Lilly said with a smile.
"Worry about what?" Shaky asked. Lilly shrugged.
"I don't know, I just didn't feel good leaving Kate by herself when she was like that. I mean she was slumped against the wall, I don't even think she could move" Lilly explained.
"Eh, she was probably just weak. You've thrown up before when you're sick. It takes a lot out of you" Humphrey said. Before anybody else could respond the bell rang, grabbing our attention.
"That's our cue," Shaky said, taking my hand and walking over to the building.
"See you guys," Lilly called. I waved goodbye and continued walking with Shaky.
"So, what did you guys talk about back there?" I asked, I wanted to know if Shaky would tell me the truth. Shaky laughed nervously before answering the question.
"Well… I was trying to convince Rick to go and take care of Kate. that's pretty much it" he said. I nodded. I guess that was true.
"Nothing to do with me huh?" I asked, Shaky looked at me from the side and then sighed.
"You know he only wants you to be safe," Shaky pointed out.
"I know, but at the same time… I really don't want to look weak, I can take care of myself" I repeated. Shaky smiled.
"I know you can, but you gotta remember who we're dealing with," Shaky said. I rolled my eyes.
"I know, I know…" I said, entering the warm building.
"Need anything from your locker?" Shaky asked.
"No, normally my teachers have all of they're books in the classrooms" I answered.
"Alright, home room then?" he asked.
"Yeah" I smiled. Surprisingly school was pretty chill. I just did my usual things. I got a couple of stares but that's really it. No one said anything to me, no one whispered about me, at least not that I could tell. The only people to actually ask about it were my friends in my classes which was really just me telling the same story that I felt I had told a-hundred times already. As for lunch, me and the others were really only bullshiting around as always. There was only one instance where anything like that came up.
"So, has anyone bothered you?" Lilly asked, laying her hand over mine.
"Not really, no. it's mostly been the same as usual" I answered.
"That's good, we only have three more classes and we're out of here" Humphrey said. Lilly let go of my hand to rest her head on hers as she turned to Humphrey.
"And when we are out of here, do you guys wanna do anything?" Lilly asked.
"Why do I feel like this is more of a question for Humphrey than us?" Shaky asked. Salty had been sitting at the table as well, luckily because neither Rick or Kate was here, we didn't actually have to go through the trouble of finding him a chair.
"Probably because it is," he said. Lilly laughed and then turned to the rest of us.
"Oh my God, how thirsty do you guys think I am?" she asked. I smiled as I tried to hold in my laughter. She then turned to me with a smirk. "Got something to say?" she asked.
"You're such a closet freak" I laughed. Humphrey lifted his finger to grab our attention as he finished chewing his food.
"Actually I gotta disagree, to me a closet freak is someone who is into freaky shit, even though they seem sweet and innocent on the outside. I think you're on the right track though" he explained.
"How so?" Lilly asked with the same smirk.
"Come on Lilly, you're sweet, lovable, but you're like… really horny" Humphrey answered. We laughed as Lilly smiled and rolled her eyes, giving Humphrey a light slap on the arm.
"But she's not into freaky shit?" I asked. Humphrey and Lilly then looked at each other in silence for a moment. Humphrey began to speak again as he slowly looked away from her, breaking eye contact from him to me.
"No, whenever we do it it's mostly just missionary, normal, vanilla" Humphrey listed.
"You know I'm seeing a pattern. Lilly is horny all the time but she can hide it pretty well, Kate though… she is all over Rick and does not give a fuck" Shaky said.
"What are ya gettin at?" Salty asked.
"The two horniest people in the group are sisters. I think that's interesting" Shaky answered. Lilly looked down in thought.
"Huh… never noticed," she said.
"This brings up a good question though… who is the freakiest couple here?" Humphrey asked. We all just kind of shrugged with a meh expression.
"I'm pretty sure all of us do missionary when we do it, I'll of course have to speak for Rick and Kate since they aint here" Lilly said.
"But they talk about it, and from what I gather it's almost always missionary. Do you see the way they hang on each other? Plus remember what Kate said, she loves getting made love to, and that's why Rick is always on top. She did tell me though that she takes control occasionally" I explained.
"I still can't believe they're a thing," Salty mumbled.
"But… there was that whole outfit thing" Shaky said, making me laugh along with the others, excluding Salty.
"Yeah, because of me" I laughed.
"What, what outfit thing?" Salty asked. We all then looked at each other, as if asking who was gonna tell the story. I guess since it was my idea.
"Around Christmas time, I found this sexy Santa outfit at spencer's. And I sent it to Kate and she bought it as an early Christmas gift for Rick. so she wore it and they went at it for hours" I explained.
"Wasn't it still missionary though?" Shaky asked.
"I think, '' I answered as I shrugged. I wasn't there…
"This is just making less and less sense," Salty said, holding his hands to his head. We all laughed.
"I guess it would be us though because we do something similar but… I'm on top?" I said, looking at Shaky.
"Hm… I guess so, you really are on top a lot aren't you?" Shaky asked. I wrapped my arm around his and kissed his cheek.
"I am…" I smiled.
"Wow… we are boring," Lilly said. I guess its true, most people probably would look at our sex lives and call them boring, but it was whatever. We did what we liked and as of now we weren't getting tired of it. When lunch finally ended I said goodbye to everyone and went to my next class. Lilly said she would see me in gym since we had it together and as promised, she was there. We talked as we got changed in the locker room, talking about if we should do anything after school or not. "I think I should go home to Kate, as much as I'd love to hang out I should check on her" Lilly said.
"Are you sure? I think Rick has her covered" I said. Lilly smiled and shrugged.
"I don't know, I guess I just want to see how she is in person," she replied. It made sense. We had our fun while we played games during gym. As of now we were playing flag football, and since we were on the same team it was easy. All was fun and well. Until we got back to the locker room. Once we got changed back into our normal clothes after cooling off and wiping the sweat from our brows. It had just been me and Lilly in there. Everyone else had already changed and left, or so we thought. I put my jean jacket on and waited for Lilly to gather the rest of her things.
"You know, I've been thinking about when you, me and the rest of us are gonna play airsoft. I've been waiting" I said, looking down at her with a smile. Lilly laughed.
"Yeah, if you and I partnered up as well as we did out there then we probably got it in the bag" Lilly replied. She then stood up, throwing her sweatshirt over her arm.
"Do you think that the teams will be the same?" I asked since we pretty much planned it months ago.
"Probably, Kate might be a little disappointed, but it's not like her and Humphrey don't get along," Lilly pointed out. I went to say something just before we turned the corner that led to the door out of here but got pushed to the ground by someone unseen. I turned around as fast as I could to see some random girl I had never seen before, as well as another that already had Lilly pinned to a wall.
"Hold her there," the one girl said. She had gray fur with the same color hair, the other one brown with black hair. Lilly looked scared and off as she was held against the wall. Meanwhile the gray wolf knelt down in front of me.
"Let me guess, you're one of Mindy's idiot friends?" I asked. She smiled.
"Both of us actually, and I just wanna know why you sent that whore after her. Is it because you couldn't beat her yourself?" she asked. I snickered.
"I didn't send anyone after her, I wasn't even awake to do it" I snapped.
"Yeah because you got fucked up, so now what are you gonna send someone after us?" she asked. Again I snickered.
"I just told you I'm not sending anyone after anyone. What the fuck is your plan here anyway? Getting a little revenge?" I asked.
"Angel, don't t-" Lilly started but the girl who was holding her slammed her head onto the wall.
"Shut up, no one is talking to you" she spat. I went to get up to defend Lilly but got pushed back to the ground by the other wolf.
"Hey! Sit the fuck down" she yelled.
"Why? Are you just gonna talk to me some more or are we gonna do this?" I asked angrily. Before I knew it the girl went to throw a punch at me but I rolled out of the way just in time, getting a quick hit in the back of her head with my elbow. I went to quickly look at the girl holding Lilly, but they still hadn't moved. My guess was that she was gonna hold Lilly here while we fought. Last thing she needed was two separate fights. I stayed looking for to long though and felt a punch to the face as the other girl got up. I fell against the wall and watched as she lunged at me to punch me again. I caught her fist and then went to punch her but she caught mine. Now we were pushing each other as hard as we could in what felt like a reverse tug of war. I gained the upper hand though once I used my foot to lunge off the wall, giving me more power, resulting in us tumbling over one of the stools.
We lay on the ground for a second before getting up, growling at each other. The girl went to hit me yet again but like last time though I stopped her, not like the other time though. This time I opened one of the lockers to stop his fist, the loud slam in the locker was followed up by a yelp of pain. Quickly I shut the locker door to see her holding her hand and quickly grabbed her head to slam her head in the locker door. She fell to the ground, giving me the opportunity to punch her again and again. She wasn't knocked out, but she was definitely out of the fight. Before I could stop though I was tackled to the ground by her friend. I guess she had let go of Lilly. This girl didn't even try to fight me though. Instead she got on top of me after tackling me and wrapped her hands around my neck and started choking me. The whole time she gritted her teeth as she tried to actually kill me. I tried desperately to get her off of me but to no avail. I needed to think fast, before I could, though someone came up from behind her and hit her hard in the head with a text book. The girl fell to the ground and looked up to see who did it, it was Lilly.
She went to get up but this time I tackled her before she could get to my friend. When we landed on the ground I hit her as fast as I could just to get something in. she caught my fist though and twisted it making me yelp, again I got hit in the face, getting me off of her but again Lilly hit her in the head with a book. Quickly I got to my feet and stood next to Lilly, looking down at the idiot who tried to hurt us. She scooted back into the wall with a worried expression. I think she expected me and Lilly to go ham on her but that didn't happen. Instead we just continued to stare at her for about ten seconds, I think we were all just trying to recover.
"Get the hell out of here" I growled. She stumbled but managed to get to her feet and run out of the locker room. Me and Lilly looked at the door after it shut as I panted. I then felt a light slap to the back.
"You really are one tough cookie," Lilly said. I shook my head and turned around, looking at the other girl who was just now getting up.
"Why?" I asked, still catching my breath. The girl shook her head.
"I… I only wanted to defend my friend" she said, a tear falling down her face.
"Yeah… and we want to protect ours, you might not believe it but it's true, your friend is an asshole" Lilly said. The girl spit on the ground as she panted.
"So now what? Are you two gonna gang up on me?" she asked. Me and Lilly both shook our heads.
"No, we're tired of fighting, we just want to live," I said. Just as the girl started to respond the door opened again as the female gym coach came in. she stopped though once she saw the scene before her.
"What… what happened?" she asked. As the three of us stared at her I finally spoke up for us.
"Not much," I said sarcastically.
Shaky's POV
I sat waiting for Angel to come out of the principles office, twiddling my thumbs. Once I saw her coming out of the gym with Lilly and someone else, she looked like she had been in a fight, and that's exactly what happened. Immediately I ran to her asking what happened but she simply said that they had to go to the office. I knew that I had a class to get to, but I didn't care about that. I just wanted to know if Angel was okay or not. Of course she would be in the long run, but that didn't matter, at least not to me. I was worried about right now.
I had messaged Humphrey that Lilly had gone in with her, and that she looked as though she had been in a fight as well, and he said that he would be right there. Once he came in he sat next to me, saying nothing. After a few seconds of silence he finally spoke.
"So… what happened?" he asked. I shrugged.
"I don't know, I was waiting for Angel to come out of the gym. And when she did…" I explained. Humphrey looked down at the floor.
"Were they hurt?" he asked.
"No, no. They both seemed fine" I answered.
"It's just that… Lilly aint the fighting type" Humphrey said. I sat looking at him, trying to think of a response but nothing came. Luckily the door to the principal's office opened and the two girls came out. I stood up and met them halfway, as did Humphrey.
"Are you guys okay?" I asked, bending down a bit to get on they're level.
"Yeah… but we're both suspended for four days and uh…" Angel began to explain but turned to look at Lilly who had tears in her eyes as she sobbed quietly.
"I-I've n-never been suspended before '' Lilly choked out. That's right, Lilly was a straight A student who never got in trouble. This was her first time, and I guess she was worried about her reputation. Humphrey hugged her and she started to sob louder.
"I'm gonna take her home" Humphrey said but Lilly protested.
"No… you can't… I have Kate's car" she said. What a bad time to have it.
"We thought it would be best if we went together so you guys don't have to leave. You've missed enough classes already" Angel said. I felt myself feel even more bad for the two as I looked at the situation.
"Are you alright to drive?" Humphrey asked. Lilly sniffed as she nodded.
"Where are you two gonna go?" I asked.
"Most likely Lilly's house. She wants to see Kate and… well my brother's there so…"Angel answered. I nodded and then took Angel's soft and delicate hands. They felt so light.
"You two be careful okay?" I said.
"We will," Lilly said lowly. Before leaving she turned to Humphrey. "See ya" she added.
"See ya" Humphrey said in the same tone. They gave each other a light peck and then Lilly walked out of the room.
"I should…" Angel began, looking at the door that Lilly just went through.
"Yeah, yeah go ahead" I told her. Angel smiled nervously and then gave me a quick peck on the lips before leaving. Once the door shut it was just me and Humphrey again.
"It just keeps going," Humphrey sighed.
"Yeah… I know" I replied, walking out the room and taking my phone out of my pocket. I thought that Rick should know what happened.
"What are you doing?" Humphrey asked as he followed me out into the hallway.
"Calling Rick" I answered, putting the phone to my ear.
Angel's POV
Lilly pulled into her driveway and put the car in park, turning it off shortly after. She didn't get out though, she just sat, looking down sadly.
"Hey… you alright?" I asked, bending over slightly in my seat to try and look her in the eyes.
"No Angel… I'm not alright, I'm very fucking far from alright. I've gone my entire school life without getting in trouble, getting straight A's, being the perfect fucking student… and now… I thought I could do it all clean, and I was… so fucking close" Lilly ranted. I didn't know what to say, I felt as though it was my fault. I sighed.
"I know… and I'm sorry… I know it wasn't-" Lilly spoke again though, cutting me off.
"It's not your fault. I know you think it is but it isn't. It's those fucking girls, it's Garth's cousin, it's… fucking Garth! All of it, this whole fucking thing is Garth. He is a cancer, he has been a cancer since the day he was introduced to our lives, he is an issue, and I'm fucking over it!" Lilly ranted. I stayed quiet. I've never seen her get this angry at something. "You know at this point… all I can do is just wait, wait for the next thing to happen, even if this whole thing dies down again, that fucker will always be there to ruin our lives, I feel like we'll still be dealing with it when we graduate" she added.
"...I think… that Garth is gonna be nothing when he's older… he's not gonna amount to anything, he's gonna try the shit that he does in high school, and he's gonna get his ass handed to him, same thing with Mindy" I explained, trying to cheer her up. Lilly sighed angrily.
"I hate him… I fucking hate him… I want him dead" Lilly ranted. I twisted my head in response.
"Lilly…" I started.
"No, fuck this guy. I want him fucking dead. It's not fair. He just keeps on coming, and he's never gonna stop unless he fucking dies" Lilly said. I placed my hand on her shoulder gently, it was trembling. Lilly shook as she breathed, never looking at me as she talked.
"Lilly… it's okay, you'll get through this, we've gotten through everything else so far" I said as calmly as possible. Finally Lilly turned to me.
"But when is too much gonna be enough Angel? Even if it has nothing to do with him, it always goes back to Garth. One of these times it's gonna get us killed" Lilly said, the worst part about what she said was that it was true. After what happened with Rick there was no doubting it. Plus even if she wasn't right, now wasn't the time to correct her, like when she said everything went back to Garth. Lyle was a problem that didn't go back to him, but again, now wasn't the time for corrections.
"Lilly… we're not gonna die, we are going to graduate high school, get away from this shit show, and the six of us will live happy lives together, as a family. Think about that tomorrow, that picture that Rick gave you for christmas is our future. That is tomorrow" I said. Lilly stared into my eyes for a moment, thinking about what I had just said. Finally Lilly took my hand and smiled.
"You're right… the promise of our tomorrow is too great," she said. I smiled back.
"Yeah… and this… this will just be a bad memory soon, I promise" I said. Lilly giggled.
"It may not feel like it right now, but you're right… thanks" Lilly said.
"Of course," I replied. She then did something unexpected. She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek, and then sat back in her seat.
"Come on now, Kate and Rick are probably waiting for us," Lilly said. I nodded and opened the door. Lilly got out as well and locked the car, fiddling with the keys as we approached the house. It wouldn't be too long before Rick was all over me, seeing if I was alright and overreacting. But that's why I loved him, one of the many reasons anyway.
