A/N-Hi!
I feel truly bad now. I took too long to update and now I probably/most likely won't have any readers after this. I'm so sorry! I just done my GCSE's in the summer and am now in 6th form college so I've been really busy. I truly from the heart apologise.
Anyway if you all want to stick around, I am eternally grateful. Enjoy!
P.O.V Shane
''Hey slow down Claire and remember I'm the new kid so don't lose me. Ha, ha, ha.'' Well done Shane that almost sounded sincere. I mentally cringe at how fake I'm being with Claire, for some insane reason I feel like something is telling me I should be genuine with this girl but what would be the point. She won't like the real me. But just walking with her having a slight frown on her face and her hands hugging her small frame makes me almost feel normal. Almost.
I'm hyper aware of her body next to mine as I follow Claire down these endless hallways and stairs. The thought just occurs to me that we haven't said a word to each other for a while now and the silence engulfs us accepts for our shoes slapping on the floor of the hallway. Wanting to break the thickness around us I say the first thing that jumps into my head, "so that secretary is a bit of ditzy mess don't you think?" I turn to Claire hopefully, thinking that maybe this will be the start of an easy conversation.
After a beat, I'm still met with a deafening silence so I turn towards her with my best smile.
Claire then slowly turns towards me and looks like she's got fire in her eyes. Then she does something that I would have never expected from a girl who looked like she couldn't hurt a fly. She starts going batshit crazy, "who the hell do you think you are making fun of a women who has nothing but been nice to you!?"
I try to stop her right there, "I didn't mean t…" but I'm guessing she wasn't finished because she talked over, "you just waltzes in here like you own the place! Making judgments about people without even knowing them!"
''Huh?'' was all that came out of my mouth at that point. I mean why is she getting so touchy about it?
"You're just like the rest of them! You're such a… Jock jerk!" I take a step back from her. Jock jerk? WAH? Is that even a cuss? Or did she make this specially for me? Jock jerk? This fuels my anger even more than her shouting in my face. I'm nothing like those…idiots! Wow! 'Idiots' is the best you can come up with! Score one goes to Shane Collins.
"Hey Cyclops! Back off," I tell her with a pointed finger, "I'm nothing like those people…I just was tryin…"
"CYCLOPS! What do you mean by that!?" she slices through my words again.
"Coz your eyes are bloody shooting lasers at me! Anyway what's it to you if I make fun of her?"
Looking down at her feet she says, "She's my mum that's why you jock jerk," her voice is barely a whisper but I hear it loud and clear.
I suddenly realise we were walking that whole time because we both come to a stop at a door. Turning her whole body swiftly around to face the door she states with a firm voice, "anyway this is our homeroom." Her head held high she opens the door and steps in, me staring dumbly at her as the door almost swings shut.
I'm left standing there wishing that the ground would just swallow me whole and drag me to the depths of hell. Not due to nervousness of entering a new class, full of new students but because I thought I saw a tear slide down Claire's cheek.
A/N- I know it was short and you guys deserve more but I wanted to leave it all dramatic at the end. Also I am from England so I will be using the grammar and spellings appropriate to the U.K however, if I get certain American terminology wrong such as the aspects to do with High School please correct me! But I have done research into it so I hopefully I won't.
Why did Claire act so temperamental? Do you think she over reacted? Do think Shane was being an arse? What will happen next? All will be revealed in the next chapter or maybe not! Dun dun DUUUN!
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