Wonder (jack will x Reader)

"Why?" "I can't say" and other awkward encounters

Jack and I worked on our Egyptian project together. We haven't talked to August since Halloween. We walked out of the auditorium, to see Summer drinking water.

 "Hey, Summer," Jack and I say.

 Jack and I were dressed like the man from The Mummy. 

"Cool costumes." Summer says

 "Thanks." We both say.

"Is the other mummy August?" Jack says 

"Yeah." Summer says

 Jack and I look at each other.

 "Hey summer do you know why August is mad at us?" I say. 

Summer looks down and bites her lip.

 "Yeah" she says.

 "Can you tell us?"  I ask

"No." she responded

We nodded.

 I'm guessing we seemed bummed because she said "I told him I wouldn't tell you," 

I look at her

 "It's so weird," Jack said. "I have no idea why he's mad at me all of a sudden. None. Can't you at least give us a hint?" 

she looked over at where August was across the room, talking to their moms. 

"Bleeding Scream," she whispered in our ears and then walked away.

LATER THAT NIGHT

We were in our room and Jack was pacing the room while I was on my phone texting Ximena. 

"Bleeding Scream? What the heck? Summer Dawson has always been a bit out there, but this was too much. All I did was ask her why August was acting like he was mad at me or something. I figured she would know. And all she said was 'Bleeding Scream'? I don't even know what that means. It's so weird because one day, me, you and August were friends. And the next day, whoosh, he was hardly talking to us. And I haven't the slightest idea why. Do You?" he says/asks I look up and shake my head.

 "When I said to him, 'Hey, August, you mad at me or something?' he shrugged and walked away. So I would take that as a definite yes. And since I know for a fact that I didn't do anything to him to be mad about, I figured Summer could tell us what's up. But all we got from her was 'Bleeding Scream'? Yeah, big help. Thanks, Summer. You know, we've got plenty of other friends in school. So if August wants to officially be our exfriend, then fine, that is okay by me, see if I care. I've started ignoring him like he's ignoring me in school now. This is actually kind of hard since we sit next to each other in practically every class. Other kids have noticed and have started asking if me and August have had a fight. Have they asked you?" he asks/says again. 

I look at him "Um... not really i mean Ximena kind of asked me but she said was like did they have a fight and I said well kind of and she nodded and said that we should get going to math class and that was it".

"Nobody asks August what's going on. Hardly anyone ever talks to him, anyway. I mean, the only person he hangs out with, other than me and you is Summer. Sometimes he hangs out with Reid Kingsley a little bit, and the two Maxes got him playing Dungeons & Dragons a couple of times at recess. Charlotte, for all her Goody Two-Shoeing, doesn't ever do more than nod hello when she's passing him in the hallway. And I don't know if everyone's still playing the Plague behind his back, because no one ever really told me about it directly, but my point is that it's not like he has a whole lot of other friends he could be hanging out with instead of us. If he wants to dis us, he's the one who loses—not us. So this is how things are between us now. We only talk to each other about school stuff if we absolutely have to. Like, I'll say, 'What did Rubin say the homework was?' and he'll answer. Or he'll be like, 'Can I use your pencil sharpener?' and I'll get my sharpener out of my pencil case for him. But as soon as the bell rings, we go our separate ways. Why this is good is because I get to hang out with a lot more kids now. Before, when I was hanging out with August all the time, kids weren't hanging out with me because they'd have to hang out with him. Or they would keep things from me, like the whole thing about the Plague. I think we were the only ones who weren't in on it, except for Summer and maybe the D&D crowd. And the truth is, though nobody's that obvious about it: nobody wants to hang out with him. Everyone's way too hung up on being in the popular group, and he's just as far from the popular group as you can get. But now I can hang out with anyone I want. If I wanted to be in the popular group, I could totally be in the popular group. Why this is bad is because, well, (a) I don't actually enjoy hanging out with the popular group that much." he says

 "HEY I'm in the popular group," I say

 "I know but your the only one I like in that group anyway, and (b) I actually liked hanging out with August. So this is kind of messed up. And it's all August's fault." he says. 

"Wow, you can rant," I say. 

he looks at me "Yeah I can" he says then smirks. 

DING! 

I get my phone and as I get up off the bed I say "I got to go"

 Ellie had texted me and said she wanted me to go to her house.

 "Wait were are you going?" he asked. 

"I'm going to Ellie's house," I said not looking up of my phone as I texted her saying that I was on my way. 

"wait," Jack said.

 I look up from my phone to see Jack standing right in front of me. 

"yeah?"

 I can tell he's nervous because he keeps running his hand through his hair. I look up at him because he is like 2 inches taller than me.

Jack's POV

I'm standing right in front of my crush/ best friend. "Yeah?" she asks as she looks up at me. I don't even mean to but my eyes flicker between her eyes and her lips. "I... Um..." I stutter. "Mmh," she says. I start to lean in and she does too...

hey, you guys I've been updating more because they are barely giving out homework because of the state testing that I'm so grateful that these tests don't go on your grades.