THE BET ft. mattia polibio

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venus pov*
i can feel eyes on me. literally.
"they're looking at me aren't they?"
"i don't know." says ayonie.
"well can you look!"
"ugh fine."
i look at ayonie and she turns to look at them.
"shit, they ALL are."
"are you serious?"
"yup."
she turns around not trying to make it obvious but i'm pretty sure they know we were looking at them.

mattias pov*
ayonie just turned around and just looked at us and  looked back at venus and told her something.
"i can get venus easily." i say.
"you won't." robert and kairi say.
"mattia have you seen yourself she won't go with you, she'll come to me for sure." says ale.
"bet."
"oh really?" ales raises his brows.
"i can get her all over me by the end of the month." i say.
"if not you owe me big time."
ale and i shake hands a agree on the bet.

venus pov*
i switched classes because i quit arts and moved to music and ever since i've felt THEIR eyes on me. by THEIR i mean alejandro, kairi, robert, and...mattia. i used to have a crush on mattia back in 7th grade right before he changed, now he's...he's the boy girls take one look at and start to drool all over themselves and turn all red when they make eye contact with him. though this time its different...well not different but not like all the other girls situation. 7th grade was a pretty good year, but went downhill for me after i told mattia i liked him. he responded with a oh cool and le
ft. like damn, that shit hurt me...hurt me for the rest of the school year. i got over it eventually but i'm going to be honest...i'm turning into one of those girls who drool when they see him and i'm worried he thinks i still...still like him. i mean maybe i do. i'm not sure it's complicated. i'm going to hurt myself all over again.

ayonies pov*
7th grade year venus told mattia she like him and well his response wasn't good and she took that hard on herself. i can tell she is starting to become one of those girls who drool when they see him, and i'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. i don't want her to get hurt, especially by mattia polibio. on the corner of my eye i see him. mattia.
"ok calm down v, he's coming."
"he's what!?"

venuss pov*
"he's what!?" i yell.
mattia hears me and says
"i'm coming."
fuck. why is he coming towards me. why now. why is he even doing in the first place, coming towards us? i haven't even spoke to him since what happened back in 7th grade.
"hey v, hey ayonie."
"what do you want fuckboy?" ayonie asks.
"fuckboy? is that what i am to you two? wow i'm offended."
"as if mattia. what are you even doing here?" i ask
"small talk v. small talk."
"since when?"
"uh...*mattia pauses*...since a couple of years ago."
he's lying. i can tell.

mattias pov*
why is this so fucking hard. other girls would die just to talk to me. venus is just...just playing hard to get. but i do really want to talk to her.

ayonies pov*
ignore him venus...ignore him! please!

venuss pov*
i want to ignore him but at the same time i don't.
"small talk huh. ok then, mattia...what is so important that you came all this way to talk to us about after so many years huh?"
mattia stayed quite.

mattias pov*
"mattia...what is so important that you came all this way to talk to us about after so many years huh?" she said, tilting her head.
wow. i stood there in silence trying to think about what to say but my mind was completely blank.
"i'll talk to you later. see you in 7th period." i say.
i had a plan. a plan that HAD to work.

venuss pov*
"promise me you won't talk to him v."
"umm."
"v!"
"what!"
"tell me you aren't."
"just today...please. let's see what he does and says."
"fine. but if he hurts you v-."
"i know i know."
the bell rings to go to lunch. on the other side of the room i see mattia and the boys. he sees me and signals for me to come over.
"venus...do not do this."
"ayonie lets go NOW."
"you're going to regret this venus."
ayonies annoyed but not like she annoys me either...that's why her nickname is ayonied.
"hey mamas." mattia says bitting his lip.
"stop you're making me cringe." i say.
"yeah mattia stop." alejandro and robert repeat making moaning sounds.
"shut up you two...i swear you guys get annoying at times."
im not eating, i feel too uncomfortable to do so, so i grab my tray and leave. ayonie follows.
"i told you...i told you you would regret it but do you ever listen? no."
"you know what ayonie...let me...let me
this one time. let me be able to feel how nice it feels to be back with mattia...like in 6th grade. remember how happy i was then? yeah. just let me. let me feel that happiness one more time
please!"
"wow. fine then."
"ugh thank you."
i make my way towards my 7th period class and walk into the classroom to avoid any contact with mattia and his little buddies.
"well bye v. don't forget soccer tryouts are today!"
"bye!"
i put my ear buds in and begin listening to ' sugar by brockhampton '. i put my head down resting my eyes.
not even 5 minutes later i feel hand touching my shoulder. it's mattia. AGAIN.
"what are you listening to?"
"what do you want mattia?!"
"i just want to talk. is that wrong to do?"
"why now? so you can make a bet with your friends to see if you can get me in bed with you within a certain time period?! is that why mattia?!"
"venu-."
"venus my ASS! i hear all your conversations with your buddies...you guys aren't far from me and aren't that quite either."
i walk out and go towards the girls restrooms.
"venus wait!"
mattias grabs my wrist.
"yeah that bet."
i sigh. "look mattia you had your chance...remember? probably no-."
"that's why i also want to talk to you."
"mattia im done with you bullshit, just stop."
"no please i mean it."
"ok then go on, im listening."

mattias pov*
i do want to talk about THAT day. the day she came up to me while i was heading toward the soccer field and told me she liked me. i was in shock at the moment and didn't know how to respond. after that she stopped talking to me and well i never talked to her because well i was too nervous. i too really liked her. we were friends back in 6th grade but slowly went our own ways in 7th but talked here and there but after that it stopped.
"ok then go on, i'm listening." she folded her arms with a serious face.
"i remember that day in 7th grade when you came
up to me and told me you liked me. i did too mand it began at the end of 6th grade but then we grew apart in 7th grade and well you stopped talking to me after you told me you liked me. i was stupid for responding the way i did and i'm sorry."
"uh huh."
"i really am. what i'm trying to get out of the way is i like you too."
"wait you like me? as in present?"
shit. i could feel my face getting red.

venuss pov*
his face is getting red.

mattias pov*
"no uhm i mean then i liked you."
"oh...ok."
i do like her except no one knows.

venuss pov*
the fact i actually thought he did...smh.
"hey after school meet me at the front by the music room, ok?"
"why?"
"to ask you something."
"why not now?"
"just meet me at the front ok?"
"fine. better not be something stupid."
"it won't."
mattia walks over to the very front and sits right by the window on the other side of the room. i look over and i can see hes been looking at me, from the corner of my eye. i hide my face.

mattias pov*
she knows i'm looking at her. now she's hiding her face? my chances of actually being with her are
ruined. she won't believe me. 30 more minutes of class and we are out. hopefully when i ask her she says yes.

venuss pov*
he doesn't like you venus! get out of my head mattia! what does he want to ask me at the end of class? i should've known better. 30 minutes here we go.