Truce

"God! Do you ever shut the fuck up, Pearson?""Fuck you, Palmer.""You probably wish you could!"Jason's nose crinkled distastefully. His glare on Nicole could burn holes through her flesh—nothing about their bickering remotely new. "Are you fucking stupid? I'd want anyone or anything but you."At his comment, Nicole's lip curled almost smugly. She quirked an eyebrow. "Nobody is saying anything about wanting me—but you, Jason." "Oh, for the love of—"Parker, a friend of Jason's, appeared. He grabbed the boy by his arm and yanked him away from Nicole. "Would you guys cut it the fuck out!" Shoving Jason back, he glanced between the pair, almost appearing disappointed. "Seriously. Calm down, you're making a scene." Nicole rolled her eyes as she slunk back in her chair, tossing Jason a scowl before looking at Parker. "How about—you tell your asshole of a friend to stay the fuck away from me." The anger Jason typically provoked within Nicole could nearly make her see red, blood turning l

Nicole had first-period Algebra with Jason, of course. That wasn't her only run-in time with Jason and his little group. She had third period English, World History with Logan later, and her last period of the day, PE, with Parker. She only had two periods of the day where she could avoid Jason and his friends entirely. It was better than nothing, but right now Nicole was wishing she had much more time without them to spare. If Seth knew, how long would it be until his friends found out? For all she knew, the more she messed with Jason, the more reason Seth had to spill her secret. She felt sick to her stomach all morning, after her run-in with Seth. Quieter than normal, enough for people to notice. Jason smirked when he stopped in front of Nicole's desk, having come to first period even later than she did. "How's my palm tree standing today? Dandy?" Nicole ignored him, keeping her head in her hands. "Come on, Nicole. You're being no fun," he feigned a frown. "This sparring does

Nicole dreaded just walking into school the next day, knowing it was her first day as Seth's very own little "minion", to say the least. She had no idea what could be waiting for her, what he could possibly tell her to do. She had spent the entire night reading his ridiculous contract—which as a result, took away many hours of sleep that were now weighing on her. To say she was cranky this morning, would be a severe understatement. "What's going on?" Serena asked, approaching Nicole's locker. "I'm tired." "No shit—I'm saying what's new." Serena raised her eyebrows impatiently, waiting for Nicole to elaborate on anything. "I feel like we've hardly spoken—and what's with you and Seth Lee all of a sudden being pals? I saw you guys leaving the cafeteria at lunch yesterday. What was that—" "It's none of your God damned business, Serena!" Nicole snapped, abruptly turning to face the blonde. She was far too tired to hear all these questions this early in the morning, not to mention heari

Nicole leaned against her locker at the end of the day, entirely zoned out. She blankly watched the students filled in the hallway; loud chatter, lockers slamming, bustling feet scurrying out of the place. It was like she could see a bunch of mouths moving but not a sound was making its way through her ears. She was tired. Mentally. A hand on her shoulder jerked her back into reality as she spun abruptly. "What do you want?" Her eyebrows knitted together when she looked at Parker, the last person she expected to approach her. "I just—uh—saw you here and thought I'd say hey." The boy rubbed the side of his neck, evidently unsure of himself. He wasn't quite sure what he was doing here. Nicole's eyes narrowed; suddenly everything seemed suspicious, with this truce she had going on with Seth. She could never be too sure what any of them whatever. "Right. Of course. That makes absolute sense," she muttered, sarcasm between her words. Parker slightly leaned against the neighbouring loc

"- And then, he basically started crying!" Zylen chuckled, as he told the group of friends a story about when they pranked some kid in one of his classes."Guys are always so harsh," Celia shook her head as she took a sip of her Coca-cola."Girls are pretty confusing too," Chase piped in."Are not!" Nicole retorted."Are too!" Asher smirked."How?" Nicole raised an eyebrow."Well, why is it necessary for you guys to always wear makeup?" Asher asked."I don't," Nicole shrugged."You sure need it... Though it probably won't help," Emma muttered, taking a sip of her salad.Nicole had gotten a ride with Chase after school as all of them met up at the pizza shop, basically the plan that Chase had mentioned to Nicole earlier in the morning. Nicole had started to like his friends and they all liked Nicole too, minus Emma who had a problem with her for some reason which Nicole was unaware and confused about but she tried not to let it get to her head otherwise she would think too deep about i