Cash’s POV
Slightly after Royal yelled at Natalie to get changed.
“Hello, ladies and gentlemen, your non-binary bitch has arrived.”
“Ssshh Rebel I’m complaining about my brother and his idiocy especially hanging around Hawkson.”
“Ahh yes my favorite Redhead as peppy as always.”
“Shut up.”
Rebel and Cherry always do this and I’m pretty sure that they are madly crushing on each other, but I don’t bring it up.
“Anyways,” I was trying to shift the path of the conversation, “what did your brother do this time.”
“He’s so annoying he keeps sneaking out and ditching the family just to hang out with his little group so now we are forced to have a family night together for ‘bonding’.”
“That sounds fun I like hanging out with my younger siblings although they’re both trying to act too old for me.”
“You are a strange entity.”
“Thanks for finally getting off your phone Blakey boy,” he just gave me the middle finger.
“What was the fight about with you and Icy.”
Icy was the wonderful nickname for my beloved enemy. Icy Blonde, Icy Blue, Icy heart and personality it was perfect.
“I hooked up with his gf when I was drunk and then told him so that he could do something about it cause no one deserves to be cheated on and…” was that crying, “do you hear that?”
“What?”
They weren’t even paying attention to the conversation.
“Yeah.”
“Shhh I’m trying to.”
I walked over to the corner I heard the crying from.
“Natalie?”
“What do you want? Just leave me alone.”
I squatted next to her, “Are you ok?”
“No!”
“Do you want to tell us what’s wrong,” Rebel’s mom just had a baby so their probably practicing how to be a decent human.
“Me and my brother just got into a huge argument about my outfit. He acts so much better than everyone and pretends that he can control me. He really is a Royal asshole!” Word play using his name nice, “of course he would kill me if he heard me cuss.”
Cherry scoffed she hated people being unfair or rude and in this case both, “he’s just your brother you don’t have to listen to that bitch. He does all the things that he tells you not to.”
“I know, but I love him and I don’t want him to think that I’m not appreciative of him taking care of me. Other than the Nate triplets he’s all I have.”
“We’ll be your friends,” I didn’t mind 6 of the Hawkson family only 3.
“But the fued.”
“Who cares about it? We’ll be your friends and we’ll help you stand up to your brother.”
She smiled at me and lunged for a hug. I helped her stand up and our group that just grew by one started heading for the gym.
“Hope you don’t mind hanging out with the misfits.” Cherry chuckled at Blake’s input.
“Misfits y’all are popular as all hell.”
“Yeah, but I’m trans, Rebels non-binary, Cherry’s pan, and Cash just hangs out with us fools and many other misfits.”
“My misfit quality is being nice?”
“With your background yes. I mean you’re hanging out with me and we’re supposed to be sworn enemies.”
“Other than to your brother I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed him being rude. He can also be a push over sometimes.”
“Shut up.”
I lightly shoved them and pushed the gym doors open. The second I did all eyes were on our laughing group. One pair of eyes were staring at Natalie with confusion and then me with hate. And so it begins.
After the argument.
When Hawkson started laughing I looked at Natalie she had tears welling up in her eyes. I knew she didn’t mean to take it that far she just got angry and now her brother was laughing at her attempt to really stand up for herself. Meanwhile, she’s probably thinking of how she just lost her big brother.
The bell rang and the lesson began. We were all trying to cheer her up but it was of no hope cause neither Hawkson sibling was going to give in.
“I tried to hurt him and it backfired on me. Why do I always do this? None of you may like him, but he’s my best friend,” it was barely a whisper but it felt like a shout. I couldn’t control myself anymore so I walked over to Royal.
“What the fuck.”
“You can curse?” Admittedly I rarely curse, but that was taking it a little far.
“Yes, I can curse, but that’s not the point. Your SISTER poured her heart out to you and you laughed in her face. Why would you do that?”
“I don’t control my sister and she doesn’t control me. She eventually gonna come running back and this’ll probably all happen over again. That’s the way these things work. Now get back to MY sister and be yourself so that I won’t have to deal with her fucking shitty attitude for any longer than I have to.”
Before I even realized it I punched Royal in the face. He just stared off to the side for a couple seconds before looking at me with shock and then spitting a mouthful of blood out. The motherfucker then smiled bloody teeth in all. I always knew he was insane, but this just topped everything. Coach was then on us assumingely to stop Royal from punching me back.
“I told you two not to fight! And you do this,” he was so done with our shit, “get out and Hugh take Hawkson to the nurses office.”
We walked together out in silence. Hawkson didn’t look at me or talk to me even though we were now alone and he could do anything that he wanted to. I feel bad despite being the type of person he is I have literally never seen him lay hands on anyone. I knew he could I’ve seen him workout and on the field he wasn’t as strong or tall as some of the others, but he was fast and smart. He could hold his own and everyone knew it, but he didn’t.
“Why not punch me back?”
“Wouldn’t change anything or do any good.” He then walked into the nurses office and I followed.
“This is new,” Nurse Mayer was a short and stout lady, but she was nice enough, however, she has never seen us not fighting before.
“He punched me in the jaw and I feel fine, but Coach made us walk together to make sure I was ok.”
She did a few things looking at his face before handing him water and a bowl. “Swish the water around and spit out. I’ll give you ice for your face to go to your next class with and you’ll be fine other than a sore jaw and a bruise.”
“Cool,” he did as told and was given the ice pack before we left to get our stuff from gym and head to our next class.
After we grabbed our stuff we walked together to our History class with Butcher. In my opinion the best teacher in this entire school. They even dressed up and put on tiny plays about the different lessons it was very cool. I’m pretty sure Royal thought it was awkward at first especially the rainbow hair, but he’s gotten used to it and only sometimes has the look of disgust on his face. Still he’s not bitchy enough to misgender someone or disrespect them in any other way. That’s his parents very very very obvious job. Which is probably why he thinks it’s weird.
“Take care of her will you.”
“What?” We both stopped right outside our History class.
“She’s doesn’t want to be around me ok just make sure you protect her even if I can’t…. Despite what many believe I do care about my siblings.”
With that he left me staring after him as he walked into the classroom. He sounded kinda… sad. What was Royal Hawkson hiding.
(A/N)
We are going to ignore the fact that I forgot how to spell awkward while writing this chapter. What do you think Royal is hiding? Why do you think that Royal is the only Hawkson sibling Cash doesn’t like? Also Cash will call Royal his first name a lot in his thoughts and around Natalie even though Royal calls Cash Hugh because there is more than one Hawkson at the school.
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