This chapter is rated M you guys because of the words used and what happens. I made myself cry when I wrote this and there might be some triggers in here.
Part 38
Wes whistled as he walked down the halls after ending his first week of eight grade. On the way he walked by the Warbler hall and he met two other people on the way and he stopped and stared.
"Justine?" he asked confused. "Mitch what's up with her?"
"Actually", Mitch said with a little smile. "That's Justin."
Wes stared at the other boy. Justin was seldom out and when he was he was always brooding and not very… well combed. This guy had black ruffled hair, some eyeliner, his black uniform looked very stylish with the knee high black boots and black trenchcoat. He had also modified it and added a black turtle neck sweater, with okays from the staff and faculty. The only thing that looked odd was the red piping on the trenchcoat.
"What's going on", Wes asked confused.
"Since last year", Justin said with a smile. "I've realized that Justine isn't the only part of me and Justin shouldn't just be out when Justine is sad or angry… or lazy. I may identify myself as a woman but that doesn't mean I can't be a man at times too… just to view things from a new perspective. I mean maybe I don't have to be either Justin or Justine… maybe I can actually be both. So I'm gonna try to be a feminine looking boy for a bit and see how it goes."
"That's good… um do you want to be called Justine or Justin?" Wes looked confused.
"Call me Just", Just said happily. "It's a petname used for both Justine and Justin."
Wes grinned and hugged him/her before hurrying towards the library, hoping to find Alvaro. Mitch and Just walked into the Warbler hall to talk alone.
Nathan was annoyed, he'd been looking everywhere for his boyfriend, he wanted to ask him out on a date. But the boy had forgotten his phone in his dorm or just ignored his calls. Nathan had looked everywhere and had run into Wes, Alvaro and Kim in the library and after giving Alvaro a tight hug he asked the trio if they'd seen Mitch. Wes told him he saw him around the Warbler hall and now that was Nathan's destination.
He was annoyed with Mitch for not answering his phone or staying put long enough for Nathan to talk to him. He'd not seen the boy since the day before. He wondered what was going on… why was he avoiding him? Maybe he still felt guilty about what had happened during the summer. Nathan's mom had come to the Magnuson-house yelling and screaming about Nathan being a bad son and that he should burn in hell for getting his innocent father sent to prison.
She had yelled about him being sick and choosing some little man-slut over a nice girl. She had shouted at him even as the police had taken her away. She had called him and Mitch a lot of bad names and Mitch had blamed himself for all this. He had blamed himself for Nathan's hateful parents and he had blamed himself for making Nathan lose them.
But really it hadn't been his fault and Nathan's mom had no right calling Mitch a man-slut. Because if there was one thing about Mitch it was his loyalty towards his boyfriend. He would never go behind Nathan's back. He would never cheat, never. Nathan smiled as he thought about how they got together… it was thanks to Justine actually.
Flashback Nathan's freshman year, early
Nathan had been in love with the tiny brunette in some of his classes and in the Warblers since he first saw him during freshmen orientation. The brunette, whose name was Mitch, was living in the White Tiger and Nathan only saw him in class or in Warbler practice and every time he just sat there and stared at the angel lost on earth. Mitch was so cute, so adorable, so nice, so sweet… everything positive and Nathan loved him. His best friend and roommate Otto Johnson was getting fed up with him. Nathan talked about Mitch nonstop but never did anything about it, he never asked the guy out or anything. Mitch was a friend of theirs now through the Warblers and Nathan loved to hang out with all of them. Some of them had seen the way Nathan stared at Mitch and the older boys just rolled their eyes waiting for him to man up and ask the brunette out… but well Nathan didn't have the guts.
He was not aware of Mitch harboring the same kind of feelings for him as well. Something his best friend and roomy Justin/Justine Gideon had caught onto rather quickly. But in opposite to Otto he and sometimes she didn't just sit and listen. He/she took matters into his/her own hands. She was not stupid and neither was her male self. She had seen the way Nathan looked at her home-boy and she knew how Mitch looked at him. But she knew Mitch was too chicken to do anything about it and too afraid to get hurt. So she was gonna figure it out with Nathan instead.
She had approached Nathan and told him that if he did not get a move on he would miss his chance with Mitch. Nathan had just mumbled something and run off, bright red in the face. Which made Justine lose her patience. She waited until Warbler's practice. When the meeting was in a full progress she noticed Nathan stand by the doors watching Mitch.
She smirked, got up and walked up to Mitch that was talking something over with Lucas Bedford. She grabbed hold of Mitch's collar and pulled him to her and kissed him on the mouth passionately. She heard gasps all around the room and Mitch went rigid. She kept kissing him and then she felt it. Two pair of hands on her shoulders.
"Get your greedy little manicured hands off of my boy!" Nathan Newland yelled at her and the room was quiet.
"Excuse me", she said giving him her best bitch-please look. "Since when is my baby your boy?"
"Since I said so", Nathan said and then turned to Mitch. "Mitch will you go out with me and be my boy?"
"I… uh… yeah?" Mitch said in confusion and before he knew what Nathan was kissing him. The Warblers cheered and Justine winked at Otto who only laughed at it all. That's how Mitchan got together
End flashback
Nathan smiled happily. He had to thank Justine next time he saw her, he did that often but he couldn't thank her enough for forcing him to man up and get his boy. Nathan was still grinning as he entered the Warbler hall but the smile slid off of his face and he froze.
His whole world came crashing down on him and he felt his heart break into a thousand pieces that smashed to the floor and turned to dust. He felt tears burn in his eyes and he started shaking. Just as he got into the room he watched his boyfriend, his Mitch kiss some black haired boy, a senior judged by the clothes.
They were sitting on one of the sofas with pamphlets in front of them, college things and Mitch had said something and the black haired boy had just… leaned over and kissed him. Mitch smiled into it and kissed back and by doing so… broke Nathan's heart.
Nathan hurriedly backed out of the room and pressed his back to the wall. It could not be true! He didn't just see that! He looked into the room again and saw the black haired boy kiss Mitch's cheek and holding his hand. Mitch was smiling back at him and had adoration in his eyes. Nathan moved out of the doorway before sinking down on the floor. He felt like crying, he felt dead inside and angry… so angry but most of all… sad and betrayed.
"Nate", he heard and looked up and saw Otto. "What are you doing on the floor?"
Nathan just lowered his gaze to the floor and a sob escaped him.
"Nate!" Otto exclaimed and sunk down in front of him. "Buddy are you okay?" Nathan looked up at him with sad eyes, tears streaming down from them. Otto pulled him into a tight hug.
"Nate", a voice asked above them. "Otto? What's going on?"
Nathan stiffened and Otto helped him get up.
"I don't know Mitch", Otto said. "I just found him here looking-"
"Nate have you been crying", Mitch asked sounding worried, cutting Otto off. He hurried up to the taller brunette and put a hand to his cheek.
"Don't touch me!" Nathan yelled and pushed Mitch aside forcefully before he ran. Mitch tripped and fell to the floor.
"Nate!" Otto yelled aghast and stared after his friend before turning to Mitch. He saw some black haired guy he'd never seen before stand in the doorway of the choir room.
"Go after him", Mitch said and sat up. "Please Otto?"
"Sure", Otto said and ran after Nathan, wondering about that strange senior.
"That was totally unnecessary Nate", Otto yelled as he found the brunette in their room on the third floor of the Dragon, their new room. "What the hell did you push Mitch for? He just wanted to know why you were upset?! Didn't you realize he could've gotten hurt? Didn't you see that he fell?!"
"Good", Nathan said sourly. "I hope he got hurt."
"What?!" Otto couldn't believe his ears. "What the hell do you mean by that?! Have you gone completely crazy? What the hell is wrong with you?! Why would you want Mitch to get hurt? Are you out of your mind?!"
"I want him to hurt because he hurt me!" Nathan yelled.
"What are you talking about?" Otto asked not believing his ears… or eyes. "Mitch never hurts anyone!"
"He hurt me", Nathan yelled and got up and Otto saw how devastated and utterly crushed he looked.
"What", Otto asked feeling confused.
"He kissed another guy", Nathan yelled and the tears started falling again. "He cheated on me and I saw it!"
"Dude are you sure it wasn't Justin you saw?" Otto said trying to calm him.
"No it was some black haired freak of a senior! I saw them in the Warbler hall!"
"Wait… just before I found you?"
"Yes! Mitch was helping the asshole with college choices and then they kissed! I saw them! Mitch didn't push him off or shied away! He let him kiss him and kissed back smiling!"
"Nate-"
"I'm not making this up Otto! I know what I saw!"
"But it's… it's just so not like Mitch at all. He loves you and only you. I've seen the way he looks at you. He would never cheat on you."
"But he did Otto! I saw it! He-"
There was a frantic knocking on their door before Mitch entered, he was a bit pale from running. When he saw Nathan he hurried up to him.
"Nate are you okay", he asked. "What's the matter baby?"
"Why the fuck do you want to know", Nathan growled and Mitch froze.
"What", he asked confused.
"I fucking saw you Magnuson", Nathan growled.
"What are you talking about?"
"Mom was right about you."
Mitch's eyes widened in what looked like horror and Otto saw how utterly crushed he looked at those words.
"W… Why do you think I'm a slut", Mitch asked in a broken voice.
"I saw you kiss that guy!" Nathan yelled and pushed him back slightly. "How many other guys have you kissed? How many have you slept with? Tell me!" He pushed Mitch back and the smaller boy looked both hurt and confused.
"What are you talking about", he asked. "What other-"
"Answer me!" Nathan yelled and Otto had to grab hold of him before he decided to hurt Mitch.
"What do you want me to say", Mitch asked confused and feeling hurt.
"How many guys have you kissed how many guys have you let fuck you into the mattress?! How many?"
"Nathan I-"
"How many?!"
"You", Mitch yelled back letting the tears fall. "Only you on both parts. Other than that I've kissed Justine a few times but you know there's nothing there and I was forced to kiss Otto and Malcolm during that spin the bottle game our first year here… but other than that just you."
"Stop lying to me", Nathan yelled furiously. "I fucking saw you with that fucking senior!"
"What senior", Mitch asked.
"You let him kiss you and kissed him back!"
"I don't unders-"
"Stop trying to deny it!"
"But Nate I-"
"Get out of my sight you fucking whore! Mom was right about you! You're nothing but a lying man-whore! Slut!"
Otto saw Mitch break right in front of his eyes. His tears started to fall and he looked as if Nathan had actually punched him in the face or stabbed his heart with a knife.
"Nate", Mitch sobbed.
"Get out of my sight you fucking whore!" Nathan yelled at the top of his lungs. Mitch then turned to Otto.
"Otto please", he begged. "What is he talking about?"
"You already know that", Otto spat hatefully. He hated the guy for doing this to his best friend.
"What are you talking about?"
"I don't wanna see your fucking slut-face unless I have to!"
"But-"
"Mitch", Otto spat. "Just go away."
"But-"
"Fuck off you man-slut!"
Mitch ran out the door and Nathan yelled after him:
"You fucking lying little whore! I hope you fall down the stairs! I hope he hurts you and I hope you die! I never want to see you again you fucking slut!"
"Nate!" Otto yelled.
"You're a fucking whore Mitch!"
"Nate!"
"Mom was right about you!"
"Nate!"
"We're over you fucking asshole! You bitch, you whore… you… you slut!"
"Nathan!" Otto yelled at the top of his lungs and Nathan looked at him. "Stop it."
"What?!"
"Stop it. Okay, go into the bathroom, take a cold shower and cool down. Okay? We'll talk this through afterwards and then we can find Mitch and-"
"No", Nathan yelled. "I never want to see that lying little whore ever again!" Nathan stalked into the bathroom and slammed the door shut. Otto turned to the door that Mitch had left open and saw a few other juniors and seniors… and all Warblers that lived in the Dragon. Wes looked shocked beyond belief and Otto groaned.
"You heard", he asked the boys.
"I think that Jerry is the only one that didn't hear that", Wes mumbled. "What's going on?"
"I…" Otto said. "I think… that Mitch and Nathan just broke up."
Everyone stared at him, they could not believe their ears.
"Why", one of the juniors asked.
"Nathan saw Mitch cheat on him."
"That's not possible", Rob said. "Mitch would never-"
"I saw the guy Nathan claims he saw him with and Mitch didn't deny he kissed him", Otto said and was feeling a his anger for the small boy building up towards rage. "I'm pretty sure he actually did."
"No", Wes said. "Mitch would never do that! He loves Nathan!"
"That's what we all thought", Otto grumbled. "But all boys in the White Tigers are known foul players."
"Hey!" Rob barked. "Otto that's low."
"Isn't it low to cheat on your boyfriend?!"
"We don't know that for sure", Rob continued. "Did Mitch get a chance to explain?"
"No but the evidence-"
"You weren't there Otto", Wes said. "You didn't see what happened."
"But I saw that senior guy in the room. I've never seen him before and Nathan was crying outside of the room where they'd kissed."
"So you won't even listen to Mitch's part of the story?"
"No because clearly he did cheat!"
"I will not hang around listening to this", Rob growled.
"Me neither", Wes said and hurried off.
"Where are you going", Otto called after him.
"I'm going to go talk to Mitch!"
"Tell the little whore to stay out of my sight!" Otto yelled and then yelped as Rob punched his shoulder… hard.
Wes hurried up to the White Tiger and knocked on the door, waiting for someone to open. He didn't have to wait long for what was clearly a senior to open the door. Wes told the guy that he was there to see Mitch and the guy let him inside. He told Wes that Mitch most likely was in Justin/e's room because he'd seemed upset. Wes nodded and headed up to the third floor… well after asking about the door number. He knocked the door and it was almost torn open in front of him. Wes looked up at Joseph Hughes and smiled sadly at the green-eyed brunette. Joseph sighed and opened the door.
"Come inside", he said. Wes hurried inside and found all the Warblers that were White Tigers in there.
Austin was leaning against a wall looking… well… calm. Wes had never seen him looking that angry. Oliver was sitting on a chair looking slightly miffed himself. Wes knew they boy hadn't been in the Warblers long enough to know anyone that well but he'd been in the White Tiger long enough to realize how protective they were of their own… and especially the littlest guy. Joseph closed the door behind Wes and walked over to sit on the empty bed. He looked as if he wanted to punch someone and so did both the Everetts. Wes even thought they looked scary. Then he looked at Just's bed and saw him/her hug a crying Mitch to him/her tightly. No right now it was not a him/her… it was her. Because Wes had only seen that kind of anger in girls or women before. Just looked up at him and smiled sadly.
"Honey", she then said to Mitch. "Wes is here."
Mitch looked up and turned to Wes. Wes had never seen someone so sad in his entire life. He hurried up to Mitch and hugged him. Mitch sobbed into his shoulder and put both arms around Wes.
"What are you doing here Wes", Brett asked angrily.
"Otto told the Dragon boys about Nathan's part of the story", Wes grumbled. "I didn't believe it."
"How did you hear about it in the first place", Eric asked.
"Are you kidding? I'm shocked Jerry in Beijing didn't hear Nathan yell all that stuff. Everyone in the Dragon heard him."
"And are probably siding with him", Joseph spat.
"I'm not", Wes said and Mitch held him tighter. "And I know Rob isn't. We both said it must be some misunderstanding?"
"Well since you heard Nathan's part of the story do you mind enlighten us", Austin asked calmly… well in comparison to the rest. "All Mitch has told us is that Nate called him a whore, slut and words like that."
"He did call him that", Wes mumbled angrily. "But… um I think what hit him hardest was Nate saying his mom was right about Mitch."
"WHAT?!" Just shrieked. "Oh that little shit just you wait!" before anyone could stop her she stalked into the bathroom. They heard a few sounds and then she came back with a long blonde wig.
"Justine", Austin asked, knowing about the Just part.
"Being Just is not enough right know. I need a woman's rage and a woman's looks. Now give me my fencing sable so I can run it through Nathan Newland!"
"No!" Mitch wailed looking horrified. "No Justine don't hurt him!"
"Baby he called you-"
"It doesn't matter what he called me! I still love him!"
"Baby he-"
"No! I want to know what he was talking about! It's just a misunderstanding!"
"Well what did he say", Austin asked. Mitch started crying again and Wes pulled him closer. Justine hurried over as well.
"Wes", she ordered and he nodded before turning to Austin.
"He said that he saw Mitch kiss a senior", Wes said. "Some male senior." He added the last so that they would realized Nathan didn't mean Justine.
"What?!" Joseph yelled and flew up. "That's fucking sick! Mitch would never!"
"Of course he wouldn't", Justine snapped. "Would he be this upset if he had?!"
"No", Austin said. "He would be ten times worse. This is clearly a misunderstanding and we have to talk to Nathan about it."
"That's not a good idea", Wes said and they looked at him. "That's not what I meant!" he hurriedly added before anyone could ask him why he was on Nathan's side.
"What did you mean then", Oliver asked.
"It's just… Nathan is so angry right now that he'll kill the first person to make him angry and… and… and he yelld that it was over between him and Mitch and... and Otto said some stuff about White Tigers and-"
"Whatdid he say", Joseph growled.
"Um…"
"Wes", Austin said sharply. "What did he say?"
"He kinda said that all boys in WT are foul players."
"Oh that little", Justine yelled and got up again. "Just wait until I can get my hands on him!"
She stormed out.
"Oh shit", Austin said. "Wes, Joe you're with me. Everetts, Oliver take care of Mitch. Come on boys we have to stop hurricane Justine!"
Everyone followed order and the trio ran out of the room as fast as they could.
"Out of my way Robert!" Justine shrieked by the door to the Dragon. "I am going to kill Otto Johnson and then Nathan Newland for hurting my baby!"
"They're not here Justine", Rob said looking slightly afraid. "Nathan's out running somewhere to blow off some steam and Otto went to talk to the Warblers that live in the Dragon."
"Oh then I'll find him and kill him myself!"
"Justine!" Austin shouted and they all stared as he football tackled her. She'd turn to run away again but Austin knew they'd never catch up to him. So he performed a flying tackled and caught her. Both of them tumbled over the ground, but Austin never lost his grip.
"Ow that hurt", he groaned when they stopped tumbling.
"Austin Diaz!" Justine yelled. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?!"
"Stopping you from starting a 'war' between the Dragons and the Tigers. Come on Justine do you really think Mitch would want this?"
"Yes he will when he stops crying!"
Wes and Joseph hurried up to them along with Rob and William Holmes. Joseph grabbed Justine's arm and Rob helped Austin get up. When both of them were on their feet Justine lashed forward but Joseph had a strong grip her and Austin hurriedly grabbed her again.
"Justine stop it!" he yelled.
"Not until I kill those two!" she yelled.
"Then you're not better than those liars!" Joseph yelled.
"Who are you calling liar Hughes", William growled. "Otto and Nate told us everything. It's one of you fucking Tigers that are to blame."
"You've only heard one story William", Rob barked and the other boy shrunk back a little. "Do you really think that Mitch would cheat?"
"My money has always been on Nathan", Jesse said as he and the other Warblers from the Dragon arrived to the place. Otto and Nathan were with them. Justine started growling.
"But", Jesse continued. "Mitch is too sweet for his own good. I knew there was something fishy about it and it's all explained now. He's a man-whore."
"Shut up Jesse!" Austin yelled. "You're wrong!"
"Of course you claim I'm wrong", Jesse said and smirked. "You hate me after all. But why? Is it because you're jealous of me being a success and you a total failure and a closeted gay guy?"
Everyone stared at Jesse and then Austin and Wes shrieked:
"Grab him!"
Rob, Logan and Alexander understood what he meant and managed to grab hold of Austin before he could punch Jesse in the face. Austin struggled in their grip… yelling stuff in Spanish that had Alexander blush.
"We don't need to know", Reed told him and then rounded on Jesse. "What the fuck Jesse?!"
"What?" Jesse asked.
"You can't just out people!" Nathan yelled.
"Why not? No one here cares so why should he worry about it?"
"Because sometimes it takes time to figure it out for yourself you fucking nitwit!"
"Like figuring out about Mitch being a slut?"
"Exactly! He's a fucking man-whore that-"
Nathan was cut off by a punch to the face so hard he fell to the ground and everyone stared. Justine was in utter shock, she had been the one to wish she could do that but she hadn't. Otto stared because he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Austin stopped struggling, his anger replaced by shock. Joseph gaped. Rob stared. Logan, Reed, Alexander, Jesse and William was shocked into statues and Nathan sat up putting a hand to his bleeding mouth before looking up.
"Fuck you Newland", Wes spat, his hand still a tight fist from the punch. "How can you be so fucking stupid that you believe Mitch would cheat on you?! He loves you! He fucking loves you more than life itself but you are too pathetic and close-minded to see that! Mitch has always been there for you! He helped you with your parents and got molested because of it! He got hurt! Your mother called him the very same stuff you called him and you said she was right! Mitch is the sweetest guy in the Warblers and everyone loves him because we all know he's not a liar! Now I don't know what's going on in that fucking jealous airhead of yours but you better get your head set on straight and if you ever call Mitch anything like that ever again I will karate kick you in the nuts instead of punching you!"
With that Wes stormed past the other Dragon boys and walked into his dorm. The older boys all stared after him and Nathan spat out some blood.
"Let's get you to the nurse", Otto said in a somewhat squeaky voice. The Dragon boys hurried with them except for Rob, he was still holding on to Austin.
"What just happened", he asked.
"Wes just punched Nathan", Austin said.
"Wes just punched Nathan", Joseph said as well.
"Wes just punched Nathan", Justine said and started smirking.
"Oh fuck", Rob said and the four split. Rob went into the Dragon along with Austin while Justine and Joseph hurried back to the Tiger. This… was… a… mess.
A few days went by and it was days of pure hell. Otto and Nathan managed to get almost all boys in the Dragon to join "their side" in the battle against cheating and lying White Tigers. Mitch had talked Justine, Joseph and the Everetts about rallying the Tigers against the Dragons… but that didn't mean that the boys in Tortie and Vermillion didn't try to help the Tigers out when they could. It was a dorm war and for the moment Wes and Rob were looked upon as traitors because they refused to support Nathan and Otto. When Otto had approached Wes about "joining" Wes had asked:
"Do you want me to punch you too?!"
And Otto high-tailed it from there. Wes locked his door every night and Rob stayed with him as well, they were safer together. The seniors in the Dragon where the only ones that didn't take part because they thought this was ridiculous.
Mitch had tried to talk to Nathan a few times after or before class but he refused to listen and Otto was always there to get Mitch away. But after a few more days it became clear how much Mitch was actually hurting about all this. He stopped showing up to the Warblers, which were the only place Otthan and the Dragon boys behaved because a: Austin and Joseph were from the Tigers, b: they were fewer in numbers, c: Justine and Wes were there and could kill them with their bare hands if they said something and d: it was Warbler practice… it was meant to be fun and they were a band of brothers. They put aside their differences in that room but nowhere else.
Wes didn't go to the library to do homework with Kim and Alvaro because Alvaro was actually siding with Nathan and so did Kim. Wes knew that Nathan and Otto had been calling some of the graduated Warblers about this but so far no one had called up Mitch to yell at him. Wes hoped they wouldn't because that would kill him.
Austin also had his share of trouble. Word about him being gay reached his parents and he got yelled at for four hours by them while his brothers were protesting in the background. Jesse had turned into a quiet little shadow whenever Austin was near him and especially in Warblers. He only said things like: yes, no, I understand and of course. He got angry looks from many boys around the school for outing someone like that.
Mitch was walking from the library where he'd been hiding the past few days instead of going to Warblers. He hadn't eaten or slept properly for days and he felt as if he wanted to die.
He walked down the hallway and every time he walked past someone from the Dragon they hissed: slut, whore, skank, cheater, liar, bitch or fucker. He got a few drinks thrown in his face if the Dragon boys had them. Some boys from other dorms did the same as the Dragon boys and it hurt. He even got shoved into lockers or doors… he got tripped and people kicked, elbowed, shoved or hurt by "mistake". The only thing he did when that happened was nod and hurry off. He'd gotten a few trays of food dropped onto him and what hurt the most wasn't that it happened… it was Nathan and Otto laughing at him.
"Yo Magnuson!" he heard someone call and turned around. Four boys were coming towards him smirking.
"W-what do you want", Mitch asked and the four encircled him. Their leader walked up and leaned against the wall beside him. Smirking. He started to trail his fingers up and down Mitch's arm. Mitch closed his eyes feeling scared.
"I heard your quite easy on the foot Magnuson", the leader whispered and the others laughed. "How about you and me?"
"No", Mitch said and shook his head. "Leave me alone…" He tried to walk away but the guy caught his wrist and Mitch dropped his books as he was yanked back.
"Why?" the guy asked. "You're a whore so I can treat you like I want, I'll even pay you."
"No!" Mitch screamed and pulled on his arm. "Let go of me!"
"Isn't he a bit small Owen", one of the boys asked their leader.
"The smaller the better", Owen answered. "Easier to break."
Mitch froze in fear and he felt the tears starting to fall as Owen gripped both his shoulders and was about to kiss his neck. Mitch felt angry, only Nathan was allowed to do that! He was Nathan's and no one else's'!
"No", he screamed and stomped the other gut on the foot.
"Ow!" Owen exclaimed and lost his grip on Mitch. Mitch kneed him in the groin.
"Get that fucking slut!" Owen yelled out and Mitch ran, getting his books up first. Mitch ran all through the school with the four bigger boys after him. He ran out of the school and saw Otto and Nathan a bit in front of him.
"Otto", he screamed. "Nathan!"
Both boys turned and saw him run and then they saw three other boys behind him. The looks on their faces were indifferent. Even when Mitch got tackled to the ground they didn't care.
"Help!" Mitch screamed in fight and tried to crawl away. But Otthan just looked at him and walked away. Mitch stopped struggling and stared at them, his heart breaking into tiny pieces. He cried out as he was kicked in the chest. Nathan froze at the pained cry and turned around. He watched the bigger guys kick his cheating ex and felt… empty. Mitch's cries of pain tore at his heart but… he walked away. Owen soon arrived to the place and joined in on the abuse and then yelled at Mitch:
"I'll fuck you so hard you won't sit for weeks and then I'll do it again and again! Whenever you are alone!"
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!" a furious voice yelled and the four boys looked up and saw the martial arts team and their coach watch them in anger. It was the coach that yelled. He'd taken his boys out to have some condition practice and when they rounded the corner they'd seen four boys kick another one and they heard Owen's words.
"Mitch!" Wes exclaimed in horror and hurried up and pushed past the four jerks and crunched beside Mitch. "Mitch, Mitch are you okay?"
"What are you doing?!" the coach yelled at Owen and his friends. A janitor and two other male teacher that had seen what happened through the windows came running over.
"We beat up a slut", one of the boys said and the four was dragged to Carmichael's office, they were going to be expelled. Wes stayed with Mitch and helped him get to the nurse. On the entire way there he didn't say a word. The nurse examined him and said he would have some bad bruising but other than that he would be fine. Wes helped him get to his dorm. He met Austin and Joseph by the door and asked them to help Mitch to his room. Wes had to go and get his stuff from the dojo. He'd be back after that… now if things had just been that simple.
Nathan and Otto were in their room discussing ways to prank the White Tigers in a way that would embarrass them for weeks when their door slammed open. There stood Wes with tears streaming down his face and a note in his hand.
"Wes", Otto asked feeling a bit worried.
"Are you happy now", he asked.
"What?" Nathan asked.
"Are you happy now you bastards?!" Wes yelled tears streaming down his face.
"What are you talking about? What did we do?"
"You fucking asshole! Nathan you are the worst person on this earth! Why didn't you just listen to him? Why?! Why did you have to hurt him instead of talking?! Mitch loved you! He loved you so damn much he defended your behavior against the White Tigers and other's hateful words against you! When we called you an ass he said 'no, Nathan's a good guy'! He loved you so damn much and you just continued hurting him!"
"He hurt me first!" Nathan yelled.
"You lie!" Wes yelled tears flowing still. "Mitch would never cheat on you! He loved you too much and he still loved you after you broke up with him for no reason at all!"
"He cheated on me!"
"He did not!" Wes yelled at the top of his lungs. "If he had he would've cried more and he would've told us he did! Mitch was the most honest person at this place and you hurt him! You didn't give him a chance to explain! If anyone at this place is a bastard, a fucker, a jerk, a cheater, a liar and a fucking asshole it's you Nathan Newland! All this is your fault! You left him with those boys so they could beat him up! Mitch told Austin and Austin texted me as he left to find Justine! Thanks to you Mitch was beaten up! Thanks to you Mitch was hurt! You're scum Nathan!"
"He got what he deserved!"
"Then you should be thrown out a window because you deserve to die!"
SLAP! Otto stared in horror as Nathan slapped the smaller boy across the face… as did everyone in the doorway that had heard Wes yelling and Otto noticed tears on many faces as well. Wes started trembling as he reached for his cheek that had a red hand-print across it. Wes covered the place with his hands and whimpered in pain and sobbed, tears streaming down his face. The noises of pain shocked Nathan out of his anger and he looked horrified. First at Wes and then his hand and then Wes again.
"Wes…" he began. "Baby I-" he took a step forward but the look Wes sent him froze him in place. There were only hurt there.
"You asshole!" Wes screamed and ran out the room, but as he ran he dropped the note he'd been holding.
"Wes wait!" Nathan yelled.
"Wes!" Reed called and followed the smaller teen. Everyone else turned their gazes to Nathan.
"Nate!" Otto squeaked.
"I…" Nathan stuttered. "H-he just made me s-so a-angry… when… when he… said a-all that stuff…"
"What was that about", Jesse asked and looked at the crying boys around him. "And why are you all crying like little teenage girls?" Rob glared at him and then Nathan and Otto.
"Mitch hung himself", he said. Otto's eyes widened in terror and Nathan moved backwards until his back hit the wall.
"What", he asked horrified.
"Joe and Austin left the room to find Justine", Rob said angrily, tears streaming down his cheeks. "And they were gone for two minutes tops… when they got back Mitch had just hung himself. They cut him down and called an ambulance… we don't know if he'll make it." Rob took the note Wes had dropped as he ran out. "This is for you Nathan."
Nathan took the note with shaking hands and read it.
"Nathan", it said. "I don't know why you stopped loving me but I never stopped loving you. You were the only man for me. I don't know why you claim I kissed some senior because I didn't. I would never hurt you like that and I would never stop loving you… even now when I know that you don't love me anymore. I don't have anything to live for if you don't love me. Please forgive me. I love you forever… Mitch."
Nathan saw something had hit the paper, tears he realized. Mitch's tears and… his own.
"Mitch!" he wailed and fell to his knees crying. What had he done?
TBC *sniffles* I think I'll go hide now...
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