Chapter 9
He woke up to his voice raw the first give away that he'd been screaming in his sleep the second was the fact he had woken up to T'Challa shaking him. He was sure he was probably shaking and after a few seconds he heard as T'Challa questioned "you alright Bucky"
He just nodded slowly sitting up. He ran a hand through his hair which was drenched with sweat to no surprise. He whished he had any nightmare but that one. Anything was better, than that. Falling shouldn't be so terrifying but he would be braced for impact the entire dream that just never came. He mumbled "I'm fine, sorry for waking you"
That was a lie. He was anything but fine and still felt as though he was falling. On top of that he just felt worn out. T'Challa just smiled "I was already awake, I was about to go out and play some basketball"
That was something he had forgotten T'Challa liked to do each morning. It was a rare occurrence for T'Challa to not wake up early to shoot hoops. He nodded and just got up as he mumbled "I'm going to have a shower"
T'Challa smiled "good idea, we'll talk about your face later"
He nodded knowing there was no way of getting out of it. T'Challa knew about his home and wasn't going to let seeing bruises go that easily. That's when he remember he also had the bruise on the ribs from the other night and since he hadn't bothered with a shirt it was on display for T'Challa to see. T'Challa left the room and he picked up his phone which read 5:11. Great a solid hour of sleep. When he left the shower he quickly got changed. and headed into the kitchen the packet of strawberry & creams he had taken from Tony is his hand. He just ate them as he poured himself a drink of water and quickly downed it and then poured himself another.
T'Challa walked in not all that long later with a gnome in his hand which he put into the kitchen bench and guessed "your business project"
Feigning innocence he stated "I have no clue what your talking about"
T'Challa laughed "of course you don't, let me guess that's what you were doing last night"
He smiled "yeah that and playing baseball with Tony"
T'Challa was clearly shocked and questioned "you played baseball"
He replied "yeah"
T'Challa grinned from ear to ear. T'Challa had been attempting to get him to pick it back up ever since they gave him the arm which allowed him to play. T'Challa questioned "how on Earth did Tony manage that one"
He shrugged "it just felt right, I missed playing, and a smart man once told me that there was nothing stopping me but myself"
T'Challa smiled "really who said that"
He chuckled and realised that right now would be the perfect moment to throw a spoon at his head. If only he could make one appear in his hand like everyone in Tony's group managed. T'Challa stated "and the bruises, I'm guessing the one on your stomach happened the other night"
He nodded not bothering to lie about that one to T'Challa. There was no point lying about it anyways. He stated "the others really aren't from him though, I got in a fight"
He guessed he had got in a fight with Steve just Steve was the only one to throw any punches. T'Challa appeared to believe him and stated "well just so you know your staying here for the indefinite future, I don't want you going back there ever"
He just nodded, he's grabbed everything he needed yesterday anyway. In an effort to change the topic he pulled the money from his pocket and handed T'Challa thirty dollars. T'Challa mumbled "I didn't want it back"
He chuckled "I know but you got it back with interest, if you don't want it give it to Shuri to make up for the snakes, plus I made it from your friends"
T'Challa looked like he wanted to give it back and they were both stubborn and knew they would just hand it back and forward all day. T'Challa questioned "so which of my friends caused my yard to be covered in gnomes"
He chuckled "now that's a secret buyer seller confidentiality"
T'Challa raised his eyebrow and stated "I'm not sure that's a thing Bucky"
He waved off his concern and shrugged "sure it is"
T'Challa just rolled his eyes and turned on the stove and began heating up a pan and questioned "do you ever eat anything that's not lollies"
He thought back to the past two days where he had eaten barely anything overall and laughed "no not really"
Maybe he should try and remember to actually eat. And plus now he had money he could actually spend on food. T'Challa just shook his head and began cooking. For which he was appreciative since he didn't have the energy nor the skills required to cook. Before long he had an omelet sitting in font of him curtsey to T'Challa. T'Challa was a good cook and he just put it down to T'Challa not being white. Loki was right white people couldn't cook for shit. He was living proof of that. His mum had been decent but she was an exception. He supposed the rule had to allow for exceptions.
T'Challa sat beside him his own omelet in front of him and the two just ate in a comfortable silence. Eventually he remembered about T'Challas sports subscription he had linked up to the tv and so he questioned "does your sport stuff play any baseball games on it"
T'Challa nodded "yeah, your welcome to use it whenever you please as long as the basketballs not on"
He grinned and figured he should watch a game after all it had been a while and screaming at sports on tv always was a fun way to let out any pent up anger. On top of that the only sport he had really watched lately was football and he hated football, it was only bearable when Steve was playing. And yet both Steve and Sam loved to drag him along to watch it and he only ever agreed because they gave him free food which was always welcome. He smiled "thanks"
T'Challa just waved the thanks off. They finished at about the same time and he just grabbed both plates to put in the dishwasher. T'Challa stated "thanks Bucky"
With that T"Challa disappeared most likely to go shower. And he just poured himself a glass of orange juice and walked over to the tv and did his best to remember how to use the high tech tv. He managed and was going to watch a baseball game but then in the corner of the screen something caught his eye. They were showing lawn bowls and he just laughed to himself as he clicked on it.
Sure he had clicked on lawn bowls as a joke and whilst not as entertaining as baseball it made him grin. And he found himself getting strangely into it. He heard Shuri scream and laughed to himself as she screamed at T'Challa. She then stomped all the way down stairs and he was sure she was going to do some more yelling but instead she questioned "are you watching lawn bowls"
He spun around to see her holding a gnome that T'Challa had clearly put in her room and was likely the cause of the scream. He smirked "of course, lawn bowls are the best"
Shuri just laughed and made her way into the kitchen placing the gnome beside the other gnome already in there. He just continued watching the tv and wasn't too high and mighty to admit that he was screaming at the tv every time his team did a poor bowl. Eventually T'Challa came back downstairs and mumbled "is he watching lawn bowls"
Despite the fact T'Challa wasn't talking to him he still called "yes I am"
Shuri stated "we weren't the only ones to get gnomed, Peter got gnomed too"
That peaked his attention and he wondered if T'Challa was going to expose him. Instead of exposing him T'Challa nodded "so did Ayo"
Shuri added "from what I hear there's a group going around and doing it, there's just this suspicious number you have to text. It's on the bottom of all the gnomes"
T'Challa stated "so text it, Bucky anyone in your grade get hit"
He nodded "Darcy and Scott, if their snapchat stories are anything to go by"
Shuri grinned "this is actually the funniest thing ever, we could get them to gnome someone for us, we could get them to gnome Okoye"
T'Challa stated "or M'Baku"
Shuri grinned in agreement and he just smiled. Of course T'Challa would say the person who had gnomed him. And part of him wondered if T'Challa and M'Baku were just going to be constantly gnoming each other. He wouldn't put it past either of them. He received a text from the group chat they had made last night that read 'business is booming, at this rate we're going to run out of gnomes, do you think we could hit like twelve houses tonight'
They all agreed to it and he was excited to go out. Tony sent through who they were hitting and all that fun stuff. Stephen had apparently made a spreadsheet that had all the details on it and had given them all access to it so they could add to it. Loki had also brought up the issue of running out of gnomes and it was decided Tony and Stephen would go shopping after school to buy more supplies with the money they had made. Loki and Stephen were apparently getting as many boxes together as they could before school. And after school he had agreed to help get the rest ready. Tony had put everyone's details into the spreadsheet in the order they were hitting and he saw that they had way more than twelve and so he guessed their nights were going to be busy for the next week at least. Especially if everyone agreed to moving the gnomes on to a different house. Which wouldn't be a problem if he felt like he could function but right now he wanted to shut down and not sleep because with sleep came nightmare. Instead he just wanted to rest and not feel so damn worn out.
But at least if this is the way it kept going he guessed he was going to have a quite sufficient amount of money in no time at all and that would make up for him being dead tired. Maybe he could even manage to be able to save up enough to be able to get back to the amount he had before Steve borrowed his money. He wasn't sure what he was saving for but it was something and he was more than happy to have some money at least. It gave him a little bit of freedom. T'Challa called "Bucky turn the lawn bowls off were leaving"
He didn't realised how long he had been looking over the spreadsheet for but it had clearly been a while because both Shuri and T'Challa had managed to get fully ready for school. Out of the corner of his eye he say the gnomes in a circle on the bench looking like they were part of a cult. He grinned as he switched the tv off and followed the two siblings out of the house. When they reached T'Challas car he gestured to the gnome on it and stated "seriously"
He just grinned as Shuri smirked "I must have missed that one"
He smirked at Shuri and stated "shotgun"
She groaned and he just laughed at her pain. T'Challa just ushered them both into the car and stated "get in you two, I want to find out who gnomed us"
Shuri stated "my moneys on Nakai"
T'Challa replied "well I'm going to go be a detective, Shuri you interrogate your friends"
Shuri nodded "on it"
When they pulled up to school he stepped out of the car and as soon as T'Challa noticed a grinning M'Baku and was gone. Shuri did much the same when she spotted Peter. He just dragged himself towards the doors of the school maybe he could go somewhere else instead. Spend the day laying in the grass or something. It would have to be better than this. School was hard on a normal day. School after he's had a particularly bad nightmare. Pure hell.
The second he walked into the hall Sam pretty much magically appeared at his side and handed him a red slushy. Admittedly he wouldn't have been half as happy if Sam hadn't provided him with the slushy. He happily accepted the slushy and asked "why"
Sam pointed a finger at his face and stated "explanation first"
People asking about his face was getting real annoying, real quick. He didn't want to accidentally give anything away and plus he still wasn't quite over it even if he really wanted to be. He mumbled "not talking about it"
Sam knew to drop it there. Sam knew bits and pieces of what happened when he was home and so he guessed that's what Sam was assuming happened and he was partly glad because Sam always pressed him for details when he got into fights and stuff like that. So if Sam saw the person around he could hate them along with him He just gestured to the slushy and once again questioned "why"
Sam laughed "well you don't function without sugar and I have a story I want you to actually pay attention to"
He nodded glad that Sam had allowed the conversation topic to be changed. One time Sam had tried explaining something in the morning to him he had zoned out and so now every time he wanted to tell a story he brought him a slushy or something else with a lot of sugar in it. He took a sip and smiled "go ahead"
Sam grinned and began "well as you can see I am very much alive, the girls didn't murder me, although I swear Natasha was trying with the way she was driving"
He chuckled, he didn't want to ever get in the car with Natasha and put his life into her hands like that. Sam continued "well we went to the mall, and they took me into every girly shop they could find, I think they might have been testing me, anyway so we go into this clothes shop and Natasha nearly threw a guy out a window for flirting with her so they try and kick us out of the shop and we end up running out of the mall with security chasing us and whilst I was running I wasn't looking at where I was going and ran right into Mr. Coulson"
Of course Sam whilst escaping security would manage to run into a teacher. Sam smiled "he definitely noticed it was me but I ran off before he could say anything, the girls all just laughed at me and I'm ninety percent sure he's going to bring it up in Maths"
Sam was just lucky that Mr. Coulson was a chill teacher and he didn't run into Mr. Pierce or Principal Fury. He stated "and did in all of this you decide on a business idea"
Sam laughed "no, we didn't talk about it once"
That was typical for Sam and he smirked "of course you didn't"
Sam stated "as I said yesterday we got over a month, did you have fun gnoming people"
He raised an eyebrow and Sam chuckled "you seriously didn't think I'd suspect you, you have Loki in your group and plus why else would you work on the project at an ungodly hour"
That was honestly a fair conclusion and he laughed "alright yeah, keep quiet though"
Sam smiled "of course, you planning to gnome me"
Sam wasn't on the spreadsheet, yet but he expected it wouldn't take long before one of Sarah's friends wanted to gnome her. And so he laughed "not at the moment"
Sam chuckled "that's too bad"
He laughed of course Sam wanted to be pranked. Tony walked up to them a coffee in his hand looking more alive then he should for a guy who has had about as much sleep as him. Which was next to nothing. He asked "how are you so awake"
Tony held up the coffee cup and grinned "my good friend and the fact I never went to sleep"
That was where he had gone wrong. His nightmare had drained all the energy from him as they usually did and he mumbled "that's where I went wrong"
Tony nodded "it usually is"
Clint and Pietro joined them both grinning and Clint laughed "Barnes you look like shit"
He joked "what don't you like the sleep deprived panda look"
Clint stated "not sure it suits you, makes you look less scary"
Natasha walked over with Wanda and chuckled "don't worry Barnes, I think you look adorable"
Being called adorable by Natasha was more than a bit strange. He stated "not sure that's what I was going for"
Wanda chuckled "don't worry I'm sure Pietro's still scared of you"
Maybe it was the fact he was tired and had gone completely insane but he didn't really like that Pietro someone whose he could see himself becoming friends with was scared of him. Sure most people were scared of him and that never bothered him because it meant people would leave him alone and avoid him. But he had always considered Pietro as someone who he didn't want to strangle and when Pietro and Wanda had sat with them at lunch he found it that little bit easier to deal with. It raised his tolerance level towards the group dramatically. Pietro just groaned "you can't expose me like that"
Wanda apologised but didn't look at all apologetic. Pietro just looked annoyed and groaned "I'm not scared of him, I just have some self preservation unlike the rest of you lot"
He didn't like hearing that at all. Was everyone in the group worried that he would beat them up. Maybe he should try to explain that if he was going to beat people up they'd be at the end of the list, the only person below them would be Steve. Never had he every even spared a thought to the topic, there was a hell of a lot of people he'd rather hit. And on top of that he was confused because Pietro wasn't exactly someone who struck him as having a lot of self preservation. Although he did have a lot more than Clint who seemed to be scared of no one, likely due to his absence of self preservation. So maybe in comparison Pietro did have a lot of self preservation. Clint just grinned at him and smirked "nah Barnes is like a rabbit he's so sweet"
Pietro just looked appalled at Clint likely for saying such a thing. Clint just seemed to be smiling proud of himself and he could see Sam by his side barely containing his laughter. So he just lightly punched his shoulder in an attempt to shut him up which proved useless. Tony joked "I think it's just all the sugar he eats"
He looked down at the slushy in his hand a figured Tony might have a point. Sam just leaned against the wall his laughter just increasing. Yeah he was going to need a hell of a lot more sugar before trying to argue a point that he was clearly not going to win. He would of liked to have something to throw at tony to get him to shut up instead he just settled for glaring. Tony grinned "well Barnes am I wrong"
Tony probably wasn't wrong. He did eat way too much sugar but at least it was better than smoking. And he wasn't sure Tony wasn't exactly one to talk as he was pretty sure at this point Tony's blood was purely just coffee. It seemed like every time he saw him there was a coffee in his hand. Sam who clearly did not have his back laughed "one of these days I'm fully expecting to find he has turned into a sugar cube"
If he ever did he wouldn't even be disappointed. Sam seemed to be having the time of the life laughing at his mild sugar addiction. Reasoning with himself he worked out it probably wasn't mild but nobody needed to know that. Even if he already knew both Sam and Steve knew it wasn't mild. But he could lie to himself and call it mild all he pleased. Although the slushy in his hand kind of screamed the opposite. He mumbled "would that really be that bad"
This got everyone to laugh even Natasha who he wholeheartedly believed didn't have the ability. Clearly he'd gotten that one wrong. Clint smirked "see Pietro his one true dream in life is to become a sugar cube, what's to be scared of"
Clint was grinning from ear to ear in a teasing grin that he was sure was meant for both him and Pietro. Clint wasn't far off even if his dream at the moment was to just feel refreshed without having to sleep. Pietro just looked like he wanted to die and in a move that surprised everyone Pietro linked arms with him and stated "come on Barnes it's clear we aren't welcome here"
He was positive part of Pietro's plan was to prove to everyone that he wasn't scare of him even if the way he dropped his arm the second he glanced at him screamed otherwise. He glanced back at the group who were zero help to him what so ever and were just laughing. Eventually they stopped at Pietro's locker and he just raised an eyebrow at him. Pietro groaned "don't look at me like that, they were being annoying"
He didn't exactly disagree and so just nodded. Then he realised this was kind of the perfect time to talk to Pietro about not needing to fear him. He stated "you do I'm not just going to randomly hit ypu for no reason, I don't do that, so unless you do something to get on my bad side which I doubt you will, your fine... and I don't hit girls ever"
He added the last bit as an afterthought because he knew Pietro and Wanda were extremely close and he would probably be worried about her too. Pietro looked caught off guard and eventually he mumbled "not scared of you, but thanks"
He smiled at that and then threatened "you tell anyone I said that however and your dead"
Pietro nodded and seemed to be more at ease around him then he had before. And so he was glad he had decided to bring up the topic. Because Pietro really was an alright guy and he didn't want the other boy scared of him even if he was only slightly scared. However he was in no way prepared for the next words to leave Pietro's mouth. Pietro questioned "can I ask a favor from you"
He looked at Pietro shocked but was instantly curious about what he had to offer the other boy. He asked "what is it"
Pietro quickly replied "well I want to learn how to sign for Clint but I just can't understand the YouTube videos I've seen on it, and I was hoping you could teach me, especially since Natasha wouldn't keep it a secret from Clint and I honestly think her teaching would involve way too many knives and death threats"
He didn't know he could get more shocked. It made sense that Pietro wanted to learn how to sign but he didn't expect to be the one Pietro asked to help teach him. Although he could see where he was coming from in relation to Natasha. He suspected she would likely spend more time threatening him then actually teaching him. Especially since Natasha was devoted to protecting Clint. So he nodded "alright"
Pietro grinned and stated "I owe you one"
He was honestly more than happy to help Pietro. Not that anybody ever needed to find out but he thought Pietro wanting to learn how to sign was quite cute. Kind of like when he had first lost his arm and so Steve tied his arm behind his back every time they were together so they could learn how to do things one handed together. Eventually he reasoned with Steve that having three arms between the two of them would be more useful then two. He smiled "it's fine, I'm happy to help"
Pietro looked extremely thankful and was grinning like a madman. Pietro smiled "don't tell anyone alright"
He nodded and smirked "got it, except Sam's going to know because apparently as my best friend I'm required to tell him secrets"
Pietro chuckled and as he pulled out some books from his locker stated "he's right you know, as your best friend you are required to tell him any and all secrets"
That was pretty much exactly what Sam had told him. He still didn't believe that completely and wasn't going to tell Sam other people's secrets unless they specifically said he could. Although Pietro had just given him permission to share this. He was positive Sam was going to find this exciting especially because he had specifically told him that at the moment he was currently living just to get insight on the couple who so far had managed to keep their relationship mostly a secret. He smiled "well he's going to love this"
Pietro closed his locker and opened the one beside it which he made the obvious deduction was Wanda's. As Pietro pulled a book out he stated "he better, this is hot gossip, doesn't get any better than this"
He just shook his head as Pietro closed Wanda's locker. As they walked towards his own Clint and Sam walked into the hall. They stopped where they were and waited for the two to catch up and Pietro whispered "I'll text you about it later"
He didn't bother to point out Pietro didn't have his number. He'd work that out for himself later when he went top text him. Sam and Clint caught up and the latter teased "hey look at that you didn't die of fright I thought for sure you were a goner"
Pietro just gave Clint the finger as both Clint and Sam broke off into laughter. The four just walked towards his and Clint's locker. Sam gestured near their lockers and he saw what he was gesturing at Quentin who was at his own locker talking with Sharon. They were clearly flirting and he felt bad for Sam because he knew even if he despised them both Sam likely had a crush on her and it's got to sting seeing your crush flirt with someone else. Sam groaned "I don't know what she sees in him"
Pietro was staring at them both in disgust and he remembered that Sharon and Wanda were far from friends and neither got on with the other. Pietro however must have sensed that Sam liked Sharon because he refrained from commenting even if he looked like he desperately wanted to. Clint stated "I can put an arrow through his head if you would like"
He assumed Clint was joking but there was no hint of a lie on his face and so maybe Clint was serious. Plus it wasn't a stretch to see Clint putting a arrow through his skull and he was positive Natasha would help him cover it up. On top of that he knew Clint would easily be able to do it because from their conversations in the past he knew Clint had to be one hell of an archer. Sam stated "you know that offers pretty tempting"
Clint just shrugged "well it's on the table"
They all smiled at each other as they passed the two flirting. Him and Clint both opened their lockers and he just pulled out his Artbook and then closed it again. Clint groaned "I don't understand why health is a part of PE, like why cant we just do PE every lesson"
Pietro and Sam nodded in agreement and Pietro added "it's not even useful"
Clint stated "Barnes you're so lucky, how did you manage to get out of doing HPE anyway, isn't it supposed to be compulsory"
He was lucky to manage to get out of it. Especially since he could do it, but if he did he would have his arm exposed for everyone to see and judge. And that was exactly what he did not want. Thankfully for him the Udaku's had convinced the school to allow him not to do it. But as it stood he was the only one in his grade that had managed to escape the compulsory class leaving him with ability to pick up an extra elective. He stated "the office messed up my schedule, I'm not about to point it out to anyone"
Sam who he had told all this to before mumbled "it's not fair, why couldn't it have been my schedule they messed up, but no you're the lucky guy who get's two electives"
Clint stated "you're so lucky, I wish the office would mess up my schedule"
Pietro nodded in agreement with them. He wondered what they would all think if they knew he was excused from it because he only had one real arm. He supposed that it would be nothing good. Pietro stated "well we better get going, last time I got to class late Miss made me do twenty push ups"
He chuckled the HPE teacher Miss Hill was known for making everyone work their asses off and do push ups every time they misbehaved. Sam agreed "yeah I'm not particularly in the mood to do push ups"
Pietro held out what he assumed to be Wanda's Artbook and stated "could you please give this to Wanda for me"
He accepted the book and nodded "yeah of course, you guys have fun with your compulsory class"
They all rolled their eyes at him and he grinned as they walked towards the gym. He on the other hand had to walk in the other direction. As he set off Quentin stated "I heard you didn't do PE because you were a lost cause, something about there being no point having a fairy in the class"
Sharon snickered and he just felt anger course through him. But he couldn't be fucked dealing with him right now he was tired and didn't want to accidently wreck Wanda's Artbook. He knew how mad he would be if someone wrecked his. So he just kept walking but as he passed them Sharon laughed "I knew he was a fag, but I didn't think he was a pussy too"
He rolled his eyes. right about now it would be pretty hilarious if someone punched her square in the face. He cursed his own stupid rule about never hitting a girl. Thankfully out of the corner of his eye he noticed Steve walking towards them. At least Steve would be there to tell them both to shut the hell up. Quentin chuckled "bit of a pansy aren't you Barnes, like I don't think you can really be a bad boy if your a fag"
He would have definitely punched Quentin if it wasn't for Steve coming up beside him. Steve was close enough to have heard the comment but he didn't look annoyed. Which made him confused. If it was Steve they were insulting he would have already punched him. Steve however didn't seem anywhere close to punching anyone. Maybe he was just blowing this entire thing way out of proportion. Steve stated "hey guys"
Sharon leaned forward and kissed Steve's cheek and he just wanted to slap her away from his boyfriend. Because Steve was his and he could only ever think of them sleeping together whenever they interacted. And he did no need to think about that. Sharon smiled "hey Stevie we were just talking about how Bucky got those bruises, what do you think happened"
That entire sentence made him want to throw up. Between her calling Steve, Stevie and him Bucky which he had told her many times not to, and the whole reminder about his boyfriend beating in his face the day before he felt sick. Steve just shrugged "probably got in another one of his fights"
Steve talking about the bruises so nonchalantly like he wasn't the reason they were there made him remember his thought from the previous night. He was allowed to be angry about his boyfriend hitting him. Before he could even come up with a response from behind him a voice announced "they make him look sexy wouldn't you agree Rogers"
He turned his head slightly from the corner of his eye and spotted Nebula grinning at them as she walked towards them. It seemed Nebula's reputation proceeded her because Sharon and Quentin both looked to be worried if not scared and Steve looked a little fearful as he replied "yeah"
He just raised his eyebrow at Nebula and joked "I try"
Nebula grinned more than a little evilly and he wondered what the hell she was up to. It wasn't like the two of them ever really spoke so why was she here. Nebula smirked "you don't need to"
Steve looked a bit off put and seemed to be a bit scared to speak but did so anyways, as he stated "can you quit flirting with my boyfriend"
Yeah Steve probably should have stayed quite if the look of pure enjoyment on Nebula's face was anything to go by. Nebula grinned "Rogers don't tell me your that insecure that you think your gay boyfriend is going to leave you to date a girl, I know I'm hot but I don't think any girl in the world is hot enough to manage that"
Steve looked both embarrassed and furious and he didn't know whether to laugh or feel bad. Nebula was right. No girl in the world was hot enough to manage that. Before Steve could think of a retort Nebula continued "anyways so what I originally came over to say was Barnes I'm not disappointed"
It didn't take a genius to work out she was thanking him for gnoming Drax. He smiled "it would be concerning if you were"
The three around them seemed confused but too scared to interrupt the conversation. Nebula nodded "well I'm having a party tomorrow night, be there, and bring your accomplices"
Parties weren't exactly his thing so he likely wouldn't end up going. Despite that he nodded "alright"
Nebula grinned "good, if you aren't there I will hunt you down and murder you"
He nodded and knew that she probably would. Despite that he knew he likely wouldn't bother going still. Quentin who seemed to get over his fear of speaking in front of the Junior asked "what time"
Nebula rolled her eyes and laughed "Beck I never invited the rest of you, so I don't think it matters much to you"
Quentin looked taken aback like he couldn't believe he wasn't invited. When it made no sense for him to get invited. Nebula smiled "I'll text you my address"
With that she walked off and like Pietro he didn't bother to point out she didn't have his number but he also figured that she would have no trouble finding it. and so he gave her a slight nod. Once she was out of earshot Steve asked "what did you do for her"
He still wanted to gnome Steve and he wasn't going to share anything in front of the other two so he lied "stole a car"
He made it obvious he was lying or at least the sarcasm in his tone should have but yet Sharon replied "I didn't think even you were stupid enough to do that"
They really should make being dumb a crime. At least then he would get away from Sharon because she would be jailed for life. Quentin just announced "you need to get us into that party, I've heard that Junior parties are wild, especially Nebula's"
Did Quentin actually expect him to agree to get them in. Seriously he was pretty sure they had a mutual hatred. Why the hell would he want to get him into the party. He shook his head and replied "I'm not getting you in"
Quentin's hopeful smile turned into a scowl and Steve bumped his elbow and stated "don't be like that Buck, it won't be the same if they're not there with us"
He took two things from that, one Steve thought he was invited and he wasn't under the same impression and two that Steve thought he was actually going to go. He was absolutely going to be like that because he was not getting two people he didn't like into a party he wasn't even considering going to. He stated "yeah sorry I'm still not getting them in, plead your own case I'm not pleading it for you"
Quentin looked mad but he couldn't care less. Sharon whined "why wouldn't you even try and get us in"
Honestly why would he try. He rolled his eyes and asked "do you want me to answer that"
Steve just looked annoyed and stated "stop being a brat Buck, at least try, it's the least you could do"
No the least he could do was nothing which was exactly what he planned on doing. Steve had no right to call him a brat. Neither Quentin or Sharon were his friends so why would he do something nice for them. He just stated "I'm going to class"
With that he just started walking off towards class leaving Steve behind despite the fact they were in class together. He heard Quentin scoff and mutter something under his breath. If this was how he acted why did he expect him to get him into the party. Seriously he was dense. When he reached Art he was just trying his best to think about how his boyfriend never seemed to be on his side about anything anymore. and it kind of hurt to admit to himself.