Demons can need help too

Female XReader/Fluff/Set in Season 4/Gif Not Mine

Word Count: 1524

TW: None

A/N: finals s u c k e d but whatever at least i didn't fail, i'm gonna try to write another fanfic or maybe a few before my breaks over so if you have any requests lmk! and as always enjoy <3

Joining marching band wasn't your idea of fun, but your best friend Tom had talked you into it. "If you don't join with me then I'm not doing it!", he threatened. "Alright alright fine," you sighed. Now here you were, standing on the bleachers in the lamest uniform in the world, wishing you were anywhere else but at this pep rally. You and Tom were the first ones there and waiting for everyone else was even more boring than playing a damn tuba. Why couldn't Tom have also talked you into choosing an instrument that didn't weigh the same as a small elephant?

"Hey, I know who you'd probably get along with for the rest of the year!" Tom said way too excitedly. "How would I get along with anybody in band?" you asked. Tom tried turning to face you but struggled for a few seconds under the weight of the tuba, he shouldn't have picked it either. "Robin! Remember she hangs out with that Steve dude?" You thought for a minute, trying to figure out if you knew who he was talking about. The gym doors opening snapped you out of your train of thought, and you watched as students flooded into the gym.

After the students came the cheerleaders and then, finally, the other band kids. Tom nudged your shoulder, "See? That's Robin right in the middle," he said as he pointed to her. Now you remembered who she was, you stared at her the entire time you were at Family Video with Tom last week. It was supposed to be your turn to pick for movie night, but you couldn't pay attention to movie titles when she was standing there, so you let Tom pick. Seeing her again made you feel the same way you did at Family Video, shy, out of words, and above all, a total dork. Tom sat there trying to get your attention, "Hey! You see her right?", but it was useless. You couldn't see or hear anything that wasn't her.

You managed to make it through the pep rally with your brain basically working on autopilot. You were ready to leave, that way you could go back to being normal instead of acting like an idiot in front of Robin, but Tom had other plans. While you were trying to make your way out of the gym Tom grabbed your hand, "You two are gonna be friends, cmon let's go," he said as he pulled you toward Robin. "Tom let go! I can't stay and talk dude," you said as you tried to think of an excuse to get out of this. But he let go of your hand, "What? Why?", he asked. "Um- well my mom said she wanted me home right after the pep rally. Some family dinner thing I don't know." This answer was good enough for Tom, "Alright fine. See you on Monday." Tom kept walking toward Robin while you bolted out of the gym.

You sped home, almost hitting your mom's car as you pulled into the driveway. You left your giant tuba in the backseat of your car and ran into your house. Your mom started to greet you, "Hi honey how was the-" but you cut her off. "Great Mom it was really fun," you said as you rushed up the stairs to your room. You walked into your room and slammed the door behind you. After fighting your way out of your band costume, you flopped face down onto your bed. You laid there for a while wishing you would've just gone with Tom and talked to Robin, but you knew you would've just acted like an idiot in front of her. After lying on your bed wondering why you were such a loser and couldn't just talk to a girl that you think is cute, your mom called you downstairs. Assuming it was for dinner you made your way downstairs.

You were halfway down the stairs when your mom called for you again, "Honey! Get down here!" You sighed as you got the last few steps, "Mom I'm right here-", but you couldn't even finish your sentence. Tom, Robin, and Steve were standing at your front door. "Hey Y/N!" Tom started, but you turned around and ran back up to your room, slamming the door behind you. "Oh my god, this can't be happening," you said as you leaned against your bedroom door. "This is a dream and I'm gonna wake up at any second-" but you weren't waking up, instead you were hearing someone knock on your door. "Hey Y/N? It's me open the door." Tom said through the door. Sighing and accepting that this really wasn't a dream, you cracked the door a bit to see Tom. "Why are you here? Why are they here!? I told you I had a family dinner thing-" Tom cut you off this time. "No you don't, your brother's car isn't even here and your dad is still at work so I don't see much family going on right now. Get dressed and come downstairs." Tom closed the door so you couldn't argue with him.

After pulling on your clothes, you headed downstairs. This time everyone was sitting in your living room and your mom had set a bowl of chips on the coffee table. "See I told you guys she'd come out eventually!" Tom joked. Robin and Steve chuckled and everyone stood up to head for the door. "Alright, let's go!" said Tom. "Go where?" you asked. Robin turned to you, "To the movies, did Tom not tell you?" You could feel your face heating up, just having her look in your direction made you lose every thought you had in your head. "U-um no he j-just told me to come downstairs." you stuttered out. Robin turned from you and looked at Tom, "Did you just make us blindside the poor girl?" she said with a laugh. "Well, I knew if I didn't then she wouldn't come with us!" Robin rolled her eyes and Steve jingled his keys, "Okay can everybody stop being awkward? We're about to miss the movie let's go come on!" You called out a goodbye to your mom, then everyone walked outside and piled into Steve's car.

Walking outside you wished you had put on a jacket, you hugged yourself to try to keep warm until you got to the car but Robin noticed. "Hey, I have an extra jacket in the car, I mean um, if you really need it." Before you could respond, Tom jumped in, "Of course she does she always forgets her own. Shotgun!" Oh no, he was going to make you sit in the back with Robin. Now you knew why he showed up at your house like this, he could tell you had a crush on her. You and Robin climbed into the back of the car, she reached into the floorboard and grabbed her extra jacket. "Here, it might be kinda dirty Steve never cleans the car," she said laughing. Steve whipped his head around, "Hey! Don't trash talk the car that you ride to school in every day." Robin smacked him with her jacket, then handed it to you. You stared at it for a minute, you never thought you'd even talk to her, much less be holding her jacket. You realized you probably looked weird just staring at it, so you quickly pulled it on as Steve pulled out of your driveway and onto the road.

As Steve pulled into the parking lot of the movie theater you wished Tom would've at least told you what type of movie you were going to see. Everyone got out of the car and walked into the movie theater, Steve went to go buy the tickets while you, Robin, and Tom stayed behind to get snacks. You and Robin both got pretzels, and Tom got two small popcorns for himself and Steve. You hadn't said anything to Robin since she gave you her jacket, so you were happy when Steve walked back over to break the awkward silence. "Okay, so four tickets to The Eleventh Commandment." Your jaw dropped, "A horror movie!?" Tom turned to Robin, "She's a big scaredy cat, you might have to hold her hand," he said with a wink. You smacked his arm, hoping he would shut up. Robin smiled at you, and you all started to walk to the theater the movie was showing in.

A/N: college has been kicking my ass i should be going to sleep rn but whatever ig

female xreader/smut/set in season 5

Smut warning: unprotected sex, orgasm denial, begging

TWs: unprotected sex, kinda stalkerish

You stared at Eddie all day. In the halls, at lunch, and during the one class you had with him. Your best friend Melinda was getting tired of you watching him all day, "Oh my god, you're totally a stalker!" she said. She had caught you staring at him for the fourth time during lunch that day. "No, I'm not! I just think he's cute that's all." Melinda rolled her eyes as soon as the sentence got out of your mouth, "You're right. You think he's the cutest guy in the whole school but instead of asking him out, you decided to watch him all day. Definitely not stalkerish at all." She stood up and started to go bus her tray, then turned back around to face you, "What are you gonna start looking through his windows at night too?" After that last comment, she walked off to her next class. You sat at the lunch table thinking about what she said, it wouldn't be the craziest thing to do right? No. No! Absolutely not. You tried your hardest to push the thought out of your head and just get through the rest of the school day, knowing you wouldn't see him anymore after lunch.

The rest of the day crawled by, but eventually, the final bell rang. You walked out of school to find Melinda waiting for you outside. "So I have an article to write for the school paper, I have to turn it in tomorrow. Can you help me write it?" You thought for a minute before answering, "Sorry Mel, I actually have to study for that chem test we have next week." Melinda looked disappointed, "Damn okay, see you tomorrow." She waved goodbye as she walked off, and you started walking toward your house. You could've waited to study for the test, chemistry is one of your best subjects. You wondered why you lied, you've never lied to Melinda before. But as that thought slowly crept back into your head, you realized why.

Why were you here? In the trailer park after midnight, looking for Eddie's van to figure out which trailer was his? You spent the whole evening trying to talk yourself out of it, but after a while, you gave up. You snuck out of your bedroom window, still in your pajamas, and walked all the way to the trailer park. Now you were asking yourself if you should turn back around and go home, but you knew you wouldn't. You were halfway through the trailer park when you saw Eddie's van, parked in front of his trailer. There were lights on inside, now you really couldn't stop yourself, and you walked closer to the trailer. You walked closer to a window that had light coming through it, it was closer to the back of the trailer. As you got closer you saw a shadow walk into the room. You knew you could've stopped, turned around, and walked back home with nobody ever knowing you were here, but you didn't. As the shadow lay down on what you assumed was a bed, you got closer. You were right beside the window now, you decided to peek through the curtains, to see if the shadow was really him. You inched closer, trying to find a good angle to look through the curtains, then you finally saw him.

Eddie was laying on his bed. You stared at him for what felt like forever until you heard a soft creaking noise. You looked around you, thinking maybe someone was outside, and worrying that they saw you. You didn't see anyone so you turned back to Eddie, and thought it looked like he was shaking, then you realized where the creaking was coming from. It was Eddie's bed. You stared through the window watching Eddie jerk off, you were frozen. Now you finally wanted to go home and pretend this never happened, but when you turned and started to walk off you heard a, "What the FUCK", come from the window.

You turned back toward the window, Eddie had jumped out of his bed and was hurriedly pulling his pants on, and he was staring at you. The only thought you had now was to run, but Eddie had the same idea. You could hear him running through the trailer, but you were frozen again. When he crashed through the front door your feet finally started to work and you took off running as fast as you could, but it wasn't fast enough. You felt a hand grab the back of your tank top, "Y/N!" You didn't want to turn around to face him, so you put your head down and looked at the ground. "Y/N." Eddie breathed out, still out of breath from running. "Y/N look at me." You slowly turned around, but you kept your eyes on the ground. "Y/N? Dude, what the fu- get in the house." Eddie pulled you toward the trailer, still holding onto your tank top. He pushed you through the front door and closed it behind him. He stared at you, "Well?" You still hadn't looked up but could feel him staring at you. "Are you even gonna fucking look at me?" He reached his hand out to your face, and put two fingers under your chin, lifting your head up and forcing you to look at him. You felt tears welling up in your eyes as you met his gaze. "What. Were. You. Doing?" You opened your mouth to speak, but couldn't. "Were you watching me?" You nodded. "Why?" You tried to look at the floor again, but he forced your head back up. "I- I don't know. Mel joked about it and then I couldn't get it out of my head and-". "You really think I'll believe it was a fucking joke?" He looked away and scoffed, "Okay then. Let's go joke around then." He pulled his hand away from your chin and grabbed the back of your tank top again. He started pulling you towards his room.

"Eddie I'm sorry I really am-". "Sorry for a joke? Sit down." He pushed you onto the bed and stood in front of you. He unzipped his pants and pulled them off. "Eddie, what are you doing?" He pulled his boxers down, and his cock sprang out. "What? It's funny right?" He sat across from you on the bed and started stroking his cock. Your eyes were fixated on his dick, so he lifted your head up with his fingers again, "Uh-uh, keep looking at me." You started to feel the heat growing between your legs and squeezed your thighs together. Eddie's eyes moved down to your thighs then back up to your eyes. "Is this what you wanted to see baby?" You nodded your head. Eddie's hand moved from your chin to the hem of your tank top, "Why don't you take this off for me?" You pulled your tank top off and threw it onto the floor, leaving your breasts exposed. Eddie ran his hand over them, before pinching one of your nipples between his thumb and index finger. You tried to fight back a moan but Eddie noticed, "Let me hear you baby." You finally let out the moan you were holding in as Eddie used his other hand to pull at the waistband of your shorts. He let go of your nipple and moved his hand up to your throat. "Take these shorts off for me too." You reached down to your shorts and started to pull them off as Eddie helped you, leaving you in nothing but your panties. Eddie moved his eyes up and down your body, drinking in the image of you. "Jesus..." he mumbled. He used the hand around your throat to pull you onto his lap, and moved both of his hands down your body to your hips.

Female x reader/Enemies to Lovers/Set in season 4/Gif not mine

Word Count: 1,314

A/N: rewrote this a few times lol i still don't think i like the way i wrote it very much but enjoy <3

(Jonathan and Nancy aren't together in this, the story would take place after the California gang get back home)

You had to deal with Jonathan Byers stealing your best friend from you, but now he had gone too far. Argyle stopped picking you up for school and instead went to get him, he was always hanging out with Jonathan instead of you, and now the only time you got to see Argyle was at work. You were at work with Argyle when the work phone rang, and Argyle answered it. "All right so two large pepperoni pies gotcha, they'll be there in thirty minutes or less." He turned to you after he hung up the phone, "Dude guess who that was!" You didn't even have to guess, "Jonathan?" "You know it, I'm gonna go take him his pies I'll be back in a bit." He shoved the pizzas into his delivery bag and headed out the door. Of course, Jonathan would manage to steal your best friend from you even while you two were at work.

Argyle had been gone for three hours, where the hell did he go? You tried to cover for him for as long as you could but eventually your manager found out and flipped his shit. On the way home that night you stopped by Argyles house and didn't see his van in his driveway. What did Jonathan get him into now?

Hours kept passing without a call from Argyle. You left a message with his mom for him to call you as soon as he got home, but the next day there was still no call. This had to be Jonathan's fault, there's no way Argyle would disappear like this. One day turned into two, and on the third day you had made flyers and were about to start stapling them to light posts when you saw a familiar van driving down the road. "Holy shit." you muttered to yourself. The van turned into Argyles driveway, and you dropped your flyers to run to him. He hopped out of the driver's seat when he saw you and opened his arms to embrace you. "Where have you been?" you said as you teared up, "I was about to stick a missing flyer to that post over there!" He looked down at you and went to wipe away the tear falling down your face, "Jonathan had an emergency dude. It was a family thing, so I had to help. I should've called I'm sorry." When you heard Jonathan's name you could feel your entire body fill with anger. You let go of Argyle and marched over to Jonathan. His little brother and sister were walking into the house, and you waited until the door closed behind them before you started screaming. "Are you fucking kidding me? You kidnap my best friend for three godamn days and say it's a family emergency!?" Jonathan's mouth dropped open, you had done your best to be nice to him until now, now it was different, now you wanted to kill him. "I can't believe this shit and I can't believe Argyle's defending you!" Argyle got in between the both of you to try stop you from screaming again, "Y/N dude I swear, it was an emergency and I wanted to be there for him, I-" But Jonathan interuppted him, "Argyle don't, she kinda has a point but I want to explain. I can't explain out here it's too dangerous I don't want either of you to get hurt. Especially Y/N." Why is he being nice to you all of a sudden? You two have never had a full conversation but now he's acting like he wants to protect you. But Argyle was on his side, so you decided to go inside and let him "explain" why he got your friend to leave town for three days with no notice.

You walked through the door with Argyle and Jonathan, Jonathan walked behind you and put his hand on your back to lead you through. What the hell? He's never done anything like that and even though you wanted to hate it, you couldn't. "I'll go check on Jane and Will for you bro." Argyle said. Jonathan led you to Argyle's room so you could talk in private. You walked into Argyle's room and Jonathan closed the door behind you. "Look, what I'm about to tell you is gonna sound crazy but just bear with me." You rolled your eyes, "Yeah, sure okay."

A/N: Disappeared for a lil while.... oops. Anyway, I'm back so enjoy a fluffy story about my favorite stoner <3

(In this story you're part of the Byers family and moved to California with them after the events of season 3)

El said it had been 185 days since she'd been with Mike, that meant it had been 185 days since you got to Lenora with the rest of your family, and 185 days since you had met the man of your dreams, Argyle. When Joyce ordered pizza the day you moved in you had no idea that you would open the door to the most attractive man you'd ever seen. His hair was longer than yours, you had never seen clothes like his before, he smelled like weed and body spray, and his voice made you forget what you were going to say to him.

"That'll be $6.75."

"OH- um what?' you said, hoping he couldn't see the blush spreading across your face. "I said that'll be $6.75 dude." he said again. You finally snapped out of your trance and handed him the eight dollars Joyce had given you to pay for the pizza. "Sorry um my mind was somewhere else, here, and keep the change." He handed you the pizza with one hand and took the money with the other, "Rad, thanks dude- oh wait, thanks dudette." Then he turned and walked off to his delivery van. You stood there and watched him, mesmerized by him again. You watched him get in the van and drive down the street, until Will walked up behind you, "Helloooooo, hey hey hey, Y/N!" You whipped around to face him, "Yeah hey what?" "Are you going to bring the pizza to the table?" he asked. "Oh yeah, sorry I was just thinking about something." Will rolled his eyes, "Yeah sure, "something"'.

In the last six months you had gotten a lot better at talking to Argyle, probably since he drove you to and from school, and because you walked beside him in the hallways, and because he gave you rides to and from work when you got a job at Surfer Boy Pizza. Today was the last day he was giving you a ride to work before he left with his family for vacation. You were just getting out of the shower when he pulled up in the driveway, he was unusually early today. You opened your window to yell out to him, "Just come inside! I'm nowhere near ready yet!" He nodded and turned off the van, so you shut your window and went back to getting ready. You could hear the front door open, and then Argyles footsteps coming down the hall. You started panicking, you were still in a towel, and he walks fast so you knew he'd be at your door soon. You started rushing and tried to throw on your clothes as fast as you could, you had on your pants and were about to get your work shirt on when the door started to open. "Hey dudette how long are you gonna take? I need to talk to you about somethi-" his eyes dropped to where you were barely holding your shirt up to cover yourself. "Oh I- um sorry bro I-" he tried to get an apology out but kept tripping over his own words. You decided to interrupt him, so he'd stop stuttering, "No it's okay, I told you to come in, I'll just go in my bathroom real quick." You kept your shirt over your chest while you walked into the bathroom, you could feel Argyle still staring at you as you walked away.

A/N: Haven't seen much Jules fanfics on here (which sucks bc I love her sm) so I decided to write one. Haven't wrote fanfic since middle school so if anybody has any tips on how to make my stories better plz let me know! Anyway, enjoy the story. <3

Word Count: I have no idea lol

Very light smut at the very end

It had been three months since you moved to town. You haven't made any friends so far, but your mom refuses to stop bugging you about it. "Honey I just think you could join a club after school, it hurts me seeing you so lonely since we moved." You knew she didn't really care about you making any friends, she just wanted to be able to tell your dad about how well you were doing and that moving was such a good idea. "I already have two overdue essays Mom I really don't have time to join a club." Which was true, since you had gotten here you didn't care about your schoolwork as much and you had started falling behind. "Well maybe if you have time you can try to find a club you're interested in." You could see the worry on your mom's face, she was trying so hard to prove to your dad that moving here while he finished out his huge project at work would be a good idea. Sure, you wanted to help her and make a friend or two so she could tell him it was going great, but it was just so hard. Your mom went into her room to put all her laundry away, you stayed in the living room to scroll through Instagram. Your friends from home looked so happy posting pictures from the latest pep rally, you thought about how much you missed wearing your cheerleading outfit with your best friend, Mandy. At first you and her had texted all day every day, soon it turned into a "goodnight" every day, and then it turned into checking in maybe once a week. Now it had been two weeks since you heard from her, she had finally forgotten you and now you really didn't have anybody left. You commented on Mandy's picture, "Looks so fun!!!!!! So upset I had to miss it tho, luv u <3." You knew she probably wouldn't comment back, so you locked your phone and made your way to your room. You hadn't cleaned your room since you unpacked, now it was really starting to turn into a mess. You couldn't bring yourself to care enough to clean it though, so you changed into your pj's, plugged your phone in, and climbed into bed. "Maybe tomorrow will finally be better..." you thought as you drifted off to sleep.

Your alarm had gone off five times already, you knew you couldn't hit the snooze button anymore. You finally turned it off and got out of bed, avoiding looking at yourself in the mirror as you walked past it. You hated seeing yourself in the mornings, you always looked like a mess. Since you slept in so late you didn't have time to put on a cute outfit like you usually did. You put on a hoodie and some jeans, threw your hair up, and went to go brush your teeth. "Sweetheart I'm making french toast this morning! Come grab a plate before you leave!" You looked at your phone, it was 7:15, you didn't have time for french toast today. "No thanks Mom I'll be late for the bus! I gotta go love you!" You rushed out the door before she could say anything else, she'd probably ask why you're not eating, and you didn't have the energy for that conversation. You would have to explain that yes you would eat if you had time and nothing's messing with your appetite, but if you engaged in that conversation, she'd take up more time than eating breakfast would and you'd be even later than if you did eat. You had to run to the bus stop before it drove away without you, luckily you made it just before the driver closed the doors. "Rough morning Candace?" the bus driver asked. "Honestly, it could be worse."

The bus ride felt like forever, and you dreaded stepping off onto school sidewalk. But you did anyway and walked into your first class, Government. You took your seat and got your notebook and pens out to take notes, there were always so many to take in this class. Then Mrs. Rose called everybody's attention, "Class, please look up here. Today we have a new student joining us, please welcome Jules." Everyone responded, "Hello Jules." Except you. You couldn't even speak. Once you laid your eyes on her you were stunned. She was the most beautiful person you had ever seen. Her hair was bubblegum pink, her eye makeup looked like hearts that were made out of pink glitter, and she wore a pastel blue baby doll dress. It made you think of your own outfit, how today was the one day you decided not to wear something cute. Now you had ruined your one and only first impression on her. Mrs. Rose interrupted your train of thought, "Jules how about you sit next to Candace." You watch her walk down the row of desks, "Oh no, I have no idea what to say." you think to yourself. As she walks closer you feel your breathing quicken, how could a girl you haven't even talked to yet make you feel this way? She sits down in the desk beside you and places her notebook on her desk. "Hi, I guess the teacher just said everything for me but I'm Jules." She says with a smile. "Hi, I'm Candace." You say back with a nervous smile. You try to focus during the rest of the class, but you constantly take glances at Jules while she looks at the board. You manage to make it through class and the rest of the day. You're not sure how though with how much you thought about Jules during the day. You go outside and wait for your bus to pull up, and then you hear the sweetest, "Hi!' from behind you. You turn around and see her again, "Oh um hi Jules!" you say back. "Hey, I was just wondering if maybe I could get your number? Not in a weird way I promise I um, I was just wondering if I could text you so you could catch me up what I missed in Government so far this year." You try to find words, but you catch yourself just standing there and staring back at her. "Oh uhm, yeah sure no problem!" You finally say. She smiles at you, "Thanks!" You gave her your number and stepped on the bus, you watched her walk to her bike then pedal away.

You spent the whole bus ride home thinking about Jules. You couldn't get her out of your head. Her smile, her makeup, her hair, her outfit, everything about her was perfect. You finally get home and walk through the front door. Your mom was sitting on the couch watching one of her shows, "Hey Catiebug how was school today?" "It was good mom I have homework to do." You say rushing towards your room. You didn't really care about your homework, you wanted to see if you could look up Jules on social media. Just when you opened your computer you realized you didn't even know her last name. "Well how many people named Jules could be living nearby?" you thought. It took you about thirty minutes, but you finally found her on Instagram. You looked through all of her pictures, with every picture you scrolled through she looked even more amazing than in the one before. You were close to the end of her feed when your phone buzzed, snapping you out of your dreamlike state of looking at Jules. And at the top of the screen there she was, "Hey!!!! It's Jules, so is there anything important I missed so far in class? <3" That heart at the end made you get butterflies in your stomach. "Hey Jules!!!! There's not too much that you missed, if you want you can look through my notes sometime tomorrow!" You anxiously waited for her to text back. You stared at your phone for what felt like forever, but it was really only about two minutes. "What is wrong with me?" you asked yourself. You were starting to wonder how some random girl had such a hold over you. You've only had two crushes back home before this, so why were you suddenly so head over heels for this one girl? Your phone buzzed again, interrupting your thoughts. "Sounds great tysm! Meet you during lunch for notes tmr?" Your heart started racing, you can't believe she wants to sit with you at lunch. You've been sitting alone during lunch since you got here and now you have the most beautiful girl asking can she join you tomorrow. You finally text back, "Sure sounds great! See you tmr." You try to work on your homework, even though all you can think about is getting to sit with Jules tomorrow. You can't wait to see what outfit she's going to wear tomorrow or what her makeup is going to look like. You get done with your homework, you definitely missed a lot of questions, but it didn't matter since it was at least done. Your mom called you, "Catie! Dinners ready!" But you didn't get up, you were too busy thinking about sitting with Jules tomorrow, "I'm not hungry right now Mom! I'll grab a snack before bed!" You thought that you probably should've just went to dinner, because now your mom was standing at your door, "Are you sure you're okay sweetie? Did I upset you last night talking about you joining a club?" You had to think for a minute to come up with something that she'd believe. "Mom I'm fine, I'm just worried about my grades this year, they assign so much more work here than they did back home." There, that was believable right? "Well.... okay baby. You know I just get worried sometimes. I'll put a plate in the fridge for you, so you don't have to only eat a snack later." She closed your door and walked away. Hopefully she's less worried about you now.

Today couldn't come quick enough. You tossed and turned all night thinking about Jules. You thought about what you would say to her, what she would say to you, and you thought about what you needed to say so you wouldn't sound awkward in front of her. When your first alarm when off this morning you were already awake. You had already showered, ate, and brushed your teeth. Now you were standing in front of the mirror deciding which outfit you were going to wear. You chose the dark blue crop top and some ripped black skinny jeans. You did some blue glittery eye shadow as a base, and around your eyes you draw some hearts in black eyeliner. You hoped Jules would be impressed, since her makeup always looks so good. You grabbed your backpack and got on your bike to go to school. Your mom hadn't even woken up and the bus wouldn't come for at least another thirty minutes. You wanted to get to school early, with the hopes of running into Jules while you both chained your bikes to the bike rack. But when you got there, you didn't see any sign of her. You sat in the parking lot on your bike for a few minutes, and finally you saw her pedaling into the parking lot. You pulled out your phone, thinking that scrolling through Instagram would make you look more casual. Then over your shoulder you hear the cheeriest, "Hiiiii!" You turned around to see her, she was wearing a purple top and a blue skirt. Instead of eye shadow today she was just wearing blue eyeliner and some pink lip gloss. She looked like the definition of perfect. "Hey Jules!" you said back to her. She pulled up right beside you, "What made you come in so early?" she asked. You put your phone in your back pocket and tried to think of some kind of excuse. "I uhm- I just wanted to get here early and turn in some overdue essays before classes started. What about you?" She hopped off her bike and pulled her bike lock out of her backpack, "I like getting here early, it's so quiet before everyone gets here. It's kind of peaceful." You got off of your bike and locked it around the bike rack. You couldn't think of anything else to say to her, and luckily, she broke the silence, "So are you sure I didn't miss too much in first few months of school?" Of course, she missed a lot, but with how stressed this school makes you, you didn't want her to worry too much. "Well, we just started a new unit this week, so you won't have to worry about missing too much before a test. And they won't make you retake anything that was assigned before you got here." You started walking towards school, even though you weren't sure the doors were unlocked this early in the morning. "That's good, this is the first time I've moved schools, so I wasn't really sure what to expect." Coming here was the first time you had to move schools too, so you knew exactly how she felt. "I know what you mean, I just moved here about three months ago." She turned her head to look at you as she opened the door, "Wow I didn't know that. I guess they stuck us next to each other since we're new huh?" You had to stop for a second just to look at her, you didn't get to see her this close when she was coming into the parking lot. She looked amazing. You had never seen somebody as pretty as her. You wondered if she would even be interested in you like you were with her. "Probably, heh." You spent all that time this morning thinking of what to say to not sound awkward, and then that comes out. "Jesus, I don't even know what to say how could I be born this awkward ugh." You think to yourself. You walk through the hallways together; Jules goes into the Government classroom and sees you walking past, "Hey are you coming in?" she asks. "Yeah, in a minute, I have to walk these to my English teacher." You say, flashing a folder with your essays inside. "Oh yeahhh, I forgot about those. See you in a minute." She said, with the brightest smile you've ever seen. You smile back and keep walking down to the English classroom. You start to think as you walk, if all those smiles and sweet tones meant she might have a crush on you, or if she

was just being nice. She just moved here so you don't know what her personality is like. You dropped your essays off to Mr. Jackson and made your way back to the Government classroom. Jules was right, the school was way more peaceful when nobody else was here. You walked through the door to Mrs. Rose's class and saw Jules sitting at her desk on her phone, she was typing something, and smiling at her phone. Your heart dropped a bit. What if she has a boyfriend or a girlfriend from her hometown? Maybe it was just her personality, she's just that sweet and kind to everyone and you aren't special. You hung your head and just walked to your desk, but as soon as she heard your footsteps she looked up, smiled, and put her phone down on her desk. "Hey, you're finally back!" she said and smiled even wider. Suddenly instead of feeling like you had a rock in the pit of your stomach you had butterflies again. "Yeah, it only took a second." You said as you sat down at your desk. She turned to you, and it looked like she was hesitating to do something. Then she asked, "Do you want to come over to my house after school, my dad's probably going to ask you a million questions when we walk through the door, but we can hang out in my room." You smiled, but inside you were freaking out. Maybe she does feel the same way about you that you feel about her. Maybe this is how she's showing it. Maybe hanging out today would lead to something bigger later. "Sooooo?" she said suddenly. You realized you had been thinking for too long. "Um yeah sure! I just need to text my mom and tell her where I'm going." She smiled at you, and for a second it felt like you and her were the only ones in the room. But other students had already started filing in and Mrs. Rose clapped her hands together saying, "Good morning, everyone!"