The Bad Boy and the Nerd

C h a p t e r e i g h t

Charlotte's POV.

"How did this happen?" I ask, sitting back down beside him as I place the first aid box on my lap.

"You don't wanna know." He answers. Instead of asking more questions I start to wrap a bandage around his bleeding elbow.

After completly aiding him, I get up from the bed and place the box under my bed. It's the best place for me to keep it.

"If you're not gonna tell me then how will I be able to help you?" He just looks at me blankly, sighs and then looks away.

"You don't understand, I can't tell you. I don't want to get you in any trouble." He says.

"Why not? Why can't you tell me?" I ask.

"I can get you in trouble. Do you understand? Now don't ask anymore questions." He says as he falls back on my bed.

"You can sleep over here." He says, Turing over to one side to give me some space to sleep.

"Um no, I'll sleep on the floor you can sleep on the bed." I say. No way in hell am I sleeping beside him.

"Okay then we both can sleep on the floor." He says,
getting off the bed.

"No, no. Stay right there. You. Sleep. On. The. bed. And. I. Sleep. On. The. Floor. Understood? Now sleep." He goes back on the bed and falls back on the bed, this time an little fast and then starts wincing.

"Careful, your bruises aren't healed. Slowly." I say, grabbing a pillow and two blankets from my closet.

I arrange the blanket on the floor and place the pillow on top, I lie down and cover myself with the other blanket. I can feel his gaze on me, watching my every move.

I close my eyes and soon enough, I fall asleep.

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I wake up to groaning noises. I quickly get up and look at my bed to find Landon, eyes closed, sweat is trickling on his forehead, his hands have clenched the side of the bed tightly, he's muttering something.

"Don't, please don't, don't do that." He's having a nightmare.

I try to wake him up, he grips my arm tightly, his eyes open, I pull him up in a sitting position.

"Calm down. Shh. Calm down." I can't let him make a lot of noise, Otherwise mom and dad might come.

"Calm down, Landon. I'm here with you, calm down." He stops panting and calms down, but still grips my arm tightly. I brush his hair away from his forehead.

"You okay now?" I ask, slowly pulling away. He nods, closing his eyes.

"Thank you." His voice is raspy.

"Why are you thanking me? I didn't do anything." I say, sitting down on the bed.

"I've to go now. It's almost sunrise." He says, getting up from the bed. He opens the window, looks back at me once and the climbs out.

I fall back on my bed. Why? What happened to him? Why is he acting so strange? Was he having a panic attack? Or was it a nightmare? What is going on? More and more questions but no answers.

If he's not gonna tell me, then I'm gonna find out by myself.

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"So, how's your boyfriend?" Rose asks me, I chock on my chocolate milk.

"Holy mother of guacamole! He is your boyfriend!!" Oh god, no.

"Calm down, Rose. He's not my boyfriend." I say as I try to calm down. Now I feel like this chocolate milk is contagious.

"Alright alright, but I know he will be, cause I get the he-is-your-boyfriend vibes from him." She says, taking a huge bite out of her hamburger.

Right now we're sitting in the school cafeteria. It's really windy outside and Rose doesn't feel well, that's why we decided to sit inside.

"Oh yeah, well I get the my-brother-is-your-boyfriend vibes from you." I tease, she glares playfully at me but her blush is pretty obvious.

"Mom and dad are gonna be out tonight. They both have a dinner meeting with one of dad's friend. So you wanna hang out?" I ask.

"Well, Brandon asked me if we could go on a........a date together and I said yes...." Rejected. I feel like I'm her boyfriend and she's choosing my brother over me. I'm the rejected boyfriend.

"Oh..okay no problem, but please when you guys come back, please don't make out in the kitchen. People sometimes need to come downstairs to grab a glass of water you know, and I don't wanna watch two people eating each other's faces up when my throat is roaring for water." Rose slaps my arm playfully. I laugh at her. Her cheeks are as red as a tomato right now.

After school I walk back home, mom and dad are already getting ready for their dinner. Both of them are running around the house, trying to find what their searching for. I stay in the living room, watching Netflix.

After sometime, it's already 7, mom and dad's dinner is on 7:30 so they leave and I'm left alone. Brandon already left, freshly showered for his date with Rose. I'm left alone.

Lonely, I am so lonely, I have nobody....

That song is so relatable right now.

Then the door bell suddenly rings. I run to the door, look through the peep hole, no one is there, but there's some box. I open the door and a pizza box is on the floor, a note on top of it.

This is my payback to you. Since you helped me a lot last night. Thank you.
-Landon

Literally the best thing is two words: free pizza.

Heaven.

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Literally heaven, don't you think?
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