"So what do you wanna talk about?" I asked Cole. "Your cheek. Why is it swollen?" He asked and I shrugged. "It's an allergic reaction," I said and he shot me a bored look. "Did Storm do this to you?" Cole asked angrily and I shook my head before breathing out slowly. "My mom- she slapped me," I said and Cole frowned at me. "Are you serious?" He asked and I nodded. "I'm sorry." He said under his breath and I silently watched him. "Are you okay?" He asked me and I nodded. "Did you and your dad go on a trip?" I asked him and he nodded. "Yes. Liv, don't try to change the subject." He said and I smiled at him. "No, I genuinely wanted to know," I said and he just shook his head at me. "Olivia and Cole, would you guys like to share what you're talking about with the class?" Miss Octavia asked and I looked at Cole in panic. "I was just telling Liv how beautiful she is." He said and everyone broke out into conversation I looked at Cole in disbelief. "Silence," Miss said and everyone
I walked downstairs and a smile rested on my face as I remembered how drunk Cole and I got last night when we were done watching Harry Potter. I haven't had that much fun with Cole in so long. We didn't kiss or hook up, we just finished an entire bottle of 818 tequila together. We got shit faced and it was the funniest thing ever. I smiled when I saw Cole standing by the kitchen island and he shook his head at me as his back rested against the counter top. "How are you smiling right now, my head is killing me." He said and I shrugged. "I drank a tomato smoothie earlier." I told him and he frowned at me. "I made some for you too." I said and he smiled softly. "Thank you." He said before grabbing the tomato smoothie I made for him from the refrigerator. "My dad and your mom are out of town again. For the week." Cole said and I frowned lightly. "Wow, they didn't even say goodbye." I said in disbelief. "At least they left us a note." Cole said sarcastically before holding a
"Hand these out," I told Rook as we stood in the hallway before handing him a bunch of flyers. Cole and I went to his house last night and found him in a very depressed state. And we just hung out with him and convinced him to come to school today. Which he did and that is pretty great. A short blonde girl came walking up to me, don't I know her? She stopped in front of me before holding her hand out and I handed her a flyer. "When are the auditions?" She asked me and I smiled at her. "Right after school in the gym," I told her, and then it clicked. "I'll see you then, Ellie," I told her and she smiled at me. "You remember me?" She asked me and I nodded. "Of course, we auditioned for the cheer squad together. You're a great dancer." I told her and she smiled at me. "Thanks, I'll see you later Liv." She said and I nodded at her before she walked down the hallway. "Do you think people are gonna show up?" I asked Rook and he nodded. "You're the most popular kid in school,
I looked around the packed gym and smiled broadly before I showed the girls in front of me one of my freestyles, which is easy to learn but sassy enough to make it look extremely hard. I went slow at first and without the music and the second time I showed them the dance with the music. "Alright girls, you have thirty minutes to practise this dance. After that we're choosing fifteen of you and the rest will be eliminated. The fifteen people that remain will have to do freestyles and we'll pick the best nine out of you guys, the rest of you will have to go home. So, let's find my nine dancers." I said with a smile on my face and they applauded me. I saw a guy in the crowd and I frowned lightly before calling him over and he came jogging up to me. "Are you auditioning?" I asked him and he nodded at me. "Yeah I'm stoked." He told me and I smiled at him. "Well in that case I'll be keeping an eye on you." I told him and he seemed nervous. "I knew I'd stick out like a sore thum
"Liv!" Cole called me with a serious look on his face. "I'll see you later." I told Austin before getting up from the ground. And only then did I realise that it had become dark. I walked up to Cole, Lamar and Griff and once I reached them I frowned up at Cole. "Yes." I said softly and he licked his lips before looking into my eyes. He pulled me into his arms and I felt butterflies in my chest. "Cole-" I started but was cut off by him. "Can we talk?" He asked me and I looked into his eyes before nodding at him. We walked over to an empty table before we sat down on two chairs across from each other, and Cole pulled me closer to him by my chair, until my legs were between his. He silently looked into my eyes, he seemed angry but calm all at the same time. "What's wrong?" I asked him in concern. "Nothing." He said blankly. "Are you still with Storm?" He asked while looking at me and I frowned lightly. "I don't know." I said softly. "What do you mean you don't know?" He asked me
Cole and I drove to school together and went to our homerooms once the bell rang. I wish Cole was in my homeroom because I literally have zero friends in there.I walked into the classroom and was greeted by Miss Beck, she pulled me into a hug before telling me to come sit with her and I smiled happily before going to sit at her desk.I watched as Jade walked into the class and Miss looked over at me and I rolled my eyes at her."Right, we don't like her." Miss Beck said and I nodded at her."Exactly Martha." I said before glaring at Jade."Do you have something to say?" Jade angrily asked me and I got up from my chair before walking over to her and everyone looked at us in silence."What the fuck are you looking at?" Jade angrily asked our classmates as I sat down next to her and they stopped staring at us.&n
I closed my locker before looking at Cole who was leaning against the locker next to mine. He was busy on his phone and he didn't even realise that I was done putting my books away."Cole." I said and he looked up at me."Let's go." He said before putting his phone away."Who were you texting?" I asked him and he frowned before looking down at me."My dad." He said briefly as we walked into the cafeteria. Once we reached our table I sat down next to Paige, while everyone dabbed Cole up.I watched Cole as he walked around the table. He started talking about their game tonight and everyone was looking at him. I smiled because he's confident and he carries himself so well.He's the human embodiment of the word perfect. He's good at everything he does, and he's not cocky about that fact."Yo fuck the bulldogs!" G
"What do you have to say for yourself?" Mrs Clark angrily asked me. And my mom stood in front of me in a protective manner."We're the adults here, you talk to my daughter through me." My mom angrily told her."Are you seriously yelling at me when your daughter went into my room and read through my journal, took pictures of it and threatened me to send it to the entire school?" I asked Mrs Clark and she glared at me."If your journal was so personal and private you should've hid it better. And all those things you wrote, you could've kept them in your head." She told me."Are you listening to yourself?" Uncle Ian asked Mrs Clark. "I'll sue you and your daughter for copyright infringement." He told