ITS ALWAYS BEEN SHARKY AND MIKEY.
when you hear giggles in the beta house you know it's sharky and mikey.
when you notice the snacks are gone, it's probably sharky and mikey eating them upstairs.
when mikey is in danger or any kind of trouble sharky turns into those scary men you see on the tv, which is so weird because sharky is such a nice guy.
when sharky talks mikey listens.
when mikey laughs sharky was the one who made the joke.
ever since they met the two were attached at the hip, like they threw glue on each other.
so obviously if you invite one to a party the other is definitely going to come along.
and that is what's happening right now.
the pair were invited to their friends Maddie's 26th birthday.
so there they sat in sharkys car as he drives with the music playing on the radio.
"just don't do your jennifer coolidge voice." sharky looks at the girl seeing the nervous look on her face.
"what? i don't do any jennifer coolidge voices." mikey turns to him with confusion lacing her voice.
sharky just side-eyes her as if disagreeing.
"anyway i'm not nervous." the girl informed as he steers the wheel.
"it's fine if you are." sharky smiles.
"i know but i'm not, it's maddie." mikey shrugs her shoulders with a sigh.
"plus a lot of other people i've never met before, alcohol, loud music, and dancing." she then proceeded to gulp, picking at her cuticles.
something sharky noticed she did when overthinking.
"okay, maybe i am a little nervous." mikey admits looking at him who just smiles softly at her.
his hand going to her hand, who sat in her lap, both their fingers interlocking each other.
that funny feeling striking through the boy's body again, this time hitting him harder than anytime before.
the shock causing his instinct to snatch his hand back quickly and aggressively.
making mikey furrow her brows being kicked out of comfortable silence.
"sorry.. i just.. my hands are sweaty right now." the first excuse he could make up was said in a stutter.
michelle nods slowly looking at him and then back to the window, her brows still scrunched in confusion.
when her looking away sharky widens his eyes softly, still trying to understand what that weird feeling is.
"we're here," he mumbles after a while.
entering the busy house was like being slapped back to being a teenage girl.
the strong smell of alcohol overpowering everything in the house.
the sound of loud music and loud talking vibrating the house a little.
the flashing lights mixing with the night sky blinding the two slightly.
"i feel like i walked into tenth grade." mikey giggles to sharky who laughs.
the two moving past sweaty people trying to find maddie.
"i hope they play good songs," she adds holding onto his shirt as he guides her through the crowd.
suddenly stopping when seeing the red hair that belonged to the party owner.
"there!" mikey yells with a large smile making sharky smile too.
"maddie!" the girl yells grabbing her into a hug.
"hi guys." maddie's american accent hit their ears once pulling away.
"happy birthday." sharky grins handing her the present they got her and then giving her a hug after.
"you shouldn't have." the redhead laughs holding it to her shirt.
"oh my gosh shut up." mikey laughed with her.
maddie rolls her eyes, "non-alcoholic drinks are over there!" she points to a table filled with a bunch of different drinks, mikey and sharky following her finger.
"oh that's great but-" sharky cut off when he and mikey turned back to see maddie walking off.
the two turn to each other for a
second and let out a laugh.
"wow, i've never seen this many people drink this many white claws." mikey gawks holding her pepsi next to sharky.
sharky takes a sip of his pepsi at the same time she does.
"yeah well you haven't been to a party like this in six years." he wrapped his arms around her shoulder.
she nods her head in agreement leaning closer to his arm.
looking up to him with those big brown doe eyes of hers.
he has passed by many eyes, but for some reason, he only seemed to get lost in hers.
sharkys breath began to quicken and his heartbeat followed after.
the begging thoughts of her to not being able to hear it was now overpowering the loud music.
and his blinking going faster by the second.
"i!" he screams loud pulling away from her and making the girl stumble a little.
it was the same confused look she had on her face in the car this evening but this time it was more evident.
her head corks to the side trying to read this boy.
"you..?" she waits for the continuation of his sentence.
"i uh i need the toilet." he breaths out.
mikey's face grew into a questioning expression, her hand running through her blonde hair and letting out a small sigh.
"oh.. okay." she nods again slowly.
sharky nods as if he was on a time limit.
"bye!"
and then he was off running through people hurriedly and oddly.
mikey staying back, still confused as ever.
it's been a solid eight minutes since sharkys have been gone and mikey stayed in the same spot he left at.
tapping her foot patiently.
looking to the pepsi in her hand and the ice in it.
she stopped drinking alcohol when she met sharky, something about how he talked about how bad the liquid was made her stop it completely.
so now she just drinks sodas, which mikey can't ever complain about.
looking up from her drink only to see the boy she was thinking of standing across the room of people.
not alone.
in fact, he was talking to a girl with long bleach-blonde hair, wearing a pink tank top and jeans.
she was talking to him.
and he was laughing.
what was he laughing at?
mikey was staring at them like they killed her whole family.
her eyes narrowing seeing as the girl touched his arm while laughing.
mikey couldn't lie and say she wasn't pretty.
because she is, it seemed like someone ripped a page out of a vogue magazine.
mikey stood there, her fingers going white at the grip of the can.
why was she feeling so jealous?
why did she want to jump over people and smack both of them in the face?
why did she feel like he was betraying her?
he wasn't even hers to feel jealous over.
he's her BEST FRIEND.
before mikey could look away and scoff harder, she's met with a man her age standing in front of her, and a smile.
"hello?" she furrows her brows at the way he was staring.
"hi," he stated.
she crunched her face trying not to laugh at the fact that he stood there with a cocky smile in awkwardness.
"i'm daniel." he nodded at her.
"oh..kay." she trails off now looking away from the boy.
then back to sharky who didn't even look at her, still talking to the other blonde.
"what's your name?"
"hm?"
"oh i'm mikey." she smiles another awkward smile at him.
"mikey, that's a pretty name is it short for anything?" his eyes wander her body while questioning.
she shifts uncomfortably pulling at the skirt she had on.
"michelle."
he changed his stance at her answer.
"so mikey, where are you from."
the girl was mentally rolling her eyes at the fact that he kept bothering her.
"here." holding onto the fact that she'll only answer in one word.
"your from london?" the same kick in his voice was heard.
"yup." the girl drinks her soda.
"here take this." he holds out the red cup in his hand in front of her face.
mikey pushed herself harder against the wall trying to stare at sharky hard enough for him to come back.
but he kept blabbering with the other girl.
"no thanks i'm good." mikey answered shortly.
"no it's fine take it, it's really good." he insisted.
the girl begins to pick at her cuticles.
"it's okay, i have my pepsi."
daniel let out a small laugh.
"this is way better than pepsi, i promise." his eyes twinkle while laughing.
the fear in her stomach growing.
sharky come back, please.
"seriously. i said i'm good." she straightened her back gulping her spit.
"don't be such a prude it's just a drink." his smile begins to drop then getting closer.
clearly not taking the rejection well.
mikey widens her eyes slightly feeling like the room got ten times colder.
"just take it." it gets closer to her face.
she doesn't answer.
"nothings gonna happen." his teeth grit out.
and like that, her hand had a mind of its own because, in a second, it went up and slapped the drink out of his hand.
the liquid splashing all over his shirt and his face.
that same hand, covers the girl's mouth while she gasps in shock.
"oh shit i'm really sorry-" she cut herself off when seeing daniels face turn bright red with anger.
his fists bawling at his sides and his eyes closing harshly.
"your such a bitch-"
before he got closer and before his chest could make contact with hers, he was met with a harder chest.
mikey had her eyes closed when she felt someone stand in front of her pushing his weight on her.
looking up and breathing in she knew who it was.
sharky.
it was like someone had told her she was gonna live forever, the sigh she held on to was let out.
her heart beat slowly going back to its own pace and feeling the room get warmer.
his scent filling her nose as if assuring her.
sharky stood straight in front of daniel, his frame much taller than him and radiating more confidence.
"move out the way." sharky managed to spit out.
you wouldn't have to see them to know that the other boy had his ego shattered.
"who are you?" daniel scoffed moving back only a little.
"that's none of your business." sharky shrugs his shoulders at him.
she could feel daniel starting to get pissed at the dry answer.
"fine." daniel laughs lowly.
"tell blondie behind you, to watch who she's throwing drinks at." he continues looking at mikey who was peeking behind the boy.
"don't tell her what to do." sharky told itching his bottom lip stiffly.
mikey blinked at the words hoping sharky wouldn't do anything.
she knew he got super protective.
"yeah well maybe you should start." daniel mumbles under his breath.
walking away as if knowing the other boy would start getting violent after his words.
sharky going to walk after him but feeling a soft hand wrap around his wrist.
it was mikey's, obviously.
his fist softening and growing looser at her touch.
turning back to her with a cheeky smile.
"what a bastard," he stated.
"sure." she laughed tapping his shoulder.
"let's go." sharky shook his head.
"but we just got here." the girl started.
looking to see the girl who he was talking to not sight.
"i'm sure maddie won't even notice we're gone," he tells looking at the people.
mikey stood for a second with a tap in her foot.
"fine, i'm bored anyway," michelle says while walking in front of him.
him following after her.
once entering the car the two fell into a comfortable silence.
sharkys eyes are on the road and mikey's eyes are on the car floor.
her mind still trying to understand what happened.
why she was so weird about another girl talking with sharky, or why it felt as if mikey wanted to keep him in a safe and hold the key to it forever?
sharky was still trying to figure out why he was getting these splurges of electricity when she as much stared at him.
it was horrible.
he loves mikey, he loves her so much. but only ever as a friend.
never would he imagine being in love with her, it's one of the little impossible things that can happen in this world.
"thank you." mikey broke the silence while saying.
his eyes switching to her eyes which were already looking at him.
his straight away going back to the dark road.
"for what?" his question came out sincere.
and mikey felt like she could blur and sink into his voice forever.
"for defending me, for literally saving me from being punched." she couldn't help but laugh at the last part.
sharky scoffs out a chuckle.
"he wasn't gonna actually hurt you." the boy informs.
"blokes like that are all talk, plus he knew you could've beat him up."
sharky steers the wheel the road lights shining through the windows, making him look right out of a movie.
mikey couldn't help but stare at his side profile and his small actions.
"yeah well." mikey giggles.
"i thought you were too busy talking to your new lady friend." the blonde lifts her knees to her chest.
with her words, sharky giggles right after then his eyes still on the road.
"michelle howard are you jealous?" his question smacked her in the face.
the teasing in his voice made mikey blush deeply, her head whipping to him.
"what?! pfttt! i don't get jealous." she says out loud her voice getting higher.
sharky smirks at the girl.
"sure you don't."
it was silent again.
"her names elle by the way."
sharky was first to break the quiet this time.
mikey gulps while looking out the window desperately wanting to look at him.
"oh.. well she's pretty." the girl smiles while nodding.
"yeah, i know." sharky agrees with a smile like hers.
mikey howard could have opened the door and jumped out of the moving car.
but why?
she loves sharky but never ever in that kind of way.
he's her soulmate but soulmates aren't always lovers.
so answer her question, why was she so fucking jealous.
"what about your guy friend." sharky joked around.
"his names daniel."
"daniel looks like he still calls his mum, mummy, and drinks out of a sippy cup." the boy laughed loudly making the girl snicker under her breath.
"oh definitely."
mikey talks over the soft music on the car speaker, which was supercut by lorde.
his eyes avert to the way she's sitting on her hands, slouched down.
he sighs softly.
"i just know your cuticles are bleeding cause you were so nervous." sharky said out loud when clearing his throat.
mikey sat straighter her eyes going to his face.
how the hell did he know?
she only newly just started playing with her cuticles when getting nervous or scared.
"what?" that was all she could say.
"when you're nervous you pick at your cuticles." sharky informs the fact she knows.
mikey looks around, hearing her blush show up again.
"how do you know that?"
sharky listened to her question being asked, his answer sprinting off his tongue in a moment.
"because i know you."
his voice was making mikey want to pull at her hair.
she stares at him dumbfounded at how charming it was to just listen.
her whole face turning beet red, and her eyes growing into stars.
sharky looks at her with a small and comforting grin on his face.
her eyes going back to the road.
the smile being tugged on her face without even noticing.
authors note!!!
omg they are so my babies i love themmmm
i hope u guys enjoyed this chap and ily alll