Anthony's POV

Let's get a few things straight. One, in case Ryan says otherwise, I started that kiss. I leaned in first. He just kissed back immediately. Second, Julia's going t be SO pissed off at me for not letting her see us kiss. Actually, no. She's going to murder me. Or she would if she wasn't so wrapped up in Thomas. Heh, like I hadn't noticed by now. And as if I hadn't noticed Ella loves him, too. Love triangle approaching...

I drove Ryan to my house, where he stayed in my guest room for a while. My mom had noticed by now, she didn't care. I didn't expect her to. We cuddled a lot more over the time he was with me. 

We talked with other people at school, too. Ryan and I were still warming up to each other. We did sometimes need to give each other space. I was walking along when I bumped into someone. "Oh, sorry. I'm new here. Name's Lyon. You?" he asked. "Oh! I'm Anthony. It's nice to meet you," I said kindly. I shook his hand.

-Time Skip a few weeks-

Ryan's POV

I do NOT like Lyon. He's annoying and rude around me. He only hangs out with Anthony to make me jealous. Sadly, it's working. I hate this guy SO MUCH! He's such a fake! Why does he even exist? It's awful! Oh man... I'm ranting again...

Anthony's POV (again)

Today, Lyon said he wanted to talk to me privately after school. (warning: harassment) When I walked to him later, he said, "Come here, Anthony." I politely obliged. He then threw me into a wall. He stared into my eyes. I did not look back. What the heck?! "Lyon, what are you doing?" I asked. He began to tug at my shirt. "You know... I never liked this shirt... lemme get rid of it for you," he said. I smacked his hand away. "Stop! Now!" I yelled in his face.

"Wow. How rude. I guess I need to teach you some manners," he said, and he started to advance towards me. "No! No! No!" I said, and started to run. He followed me and cornered me. "Aww, come on now, Anthony. Let's have some fun, shall we~?" he asked. "NO! Not today, and never you!" I yelled, and kicked him square in the face. He felt at the new bruise near his lip. Lyon smacked me in the face. Multiple times. He threw me onto the floor and got on top of me, still hitting me. I winced each time.

I suddenly felt Lyon being pulled off of me. Ryan grabbed him by the front, and started punching him as hard as he could. When Lyon finally collapsed, Ryan walked back over to me. He picked me up, however hard it was for him. He put his arm around my shoulder and started walking out of the school,and quickly. 

"So... how did you even know I was there?" I asked. "As if I was going to let you talk to that-" "If you're about to use profanity, save it," I warned. He sighed "As if I was going to let you talk to Lyon without my knowing you were gonna be safe. And I heard your screaming and tried finding you. Next time you're being assaulted, stay in one place, please," he said. I looked at him sternly. "Oh, my God. Ryan, you were jealous of Lyon!" I exclaimed. "What? N-no I was not!" He retorted. "Are you kidding me? Of course you were! Why else would you give him death stares all the time, and then this?!" I explained. Ryan blushed heavily.

The next day at school, we saw Lyon walk past us. Ryan proceeded to flipping him off. "Ryan!" Ella scolded, putting her hands on her hip. "What?" Ryan asked defensively. "You should've seen what he was doing yesterday! All of you would do the same! Even you, Ella!" he continued. "Oh, yeah? Why is that?" she asked. "He was harassing Anthony! He tried to... ugh, I hate this guy so much!" Ryan said, his hands shaking. He stared at me and kissed me. "You're mine," he said seriously. "Okay then," I said, and kissed him back. The others stared at us in shock. Then they started squealing. Even Thomas. "It's not a big deal," I said. "Wait... have you guys kissed already?" Julia asked me. Oh crap. "Yeah..." I admitted. Julia then promptly punched me in the shoulder. "VOUS, PETIT FILS D'UNE ARME, JE NE PEUX PAS VOUS CROIRE!"(You little son of a gun, I cannot believe you!) she shouted in my face. I had no idea what she said, but I knew she was mad. "POURQUOI NE NOUS L'AVEZ-VOUS PAS DIT?!" I understood that. 'Why didn't you tell us?' she had asked. "Sorry, sorry," I apologized. "You understood that?" Ella asked. "Half of it," I answered.

Thomas stared at Julia. "What are you looking at?" she asked, the same tone in her voice. Thomas looked away quickly, but I could tell he was blushing. I raised my eyebrow at Ryan, who seemed to notice as well. "hey, Ella, Julia, can we talk to Thomas for a second?" I asked. "Sure," they said in unison, and walked over in different directions. "You like Julia?" we asked at the same time. "I hate you two," he laughed. "That's a lie. Now tell us, when did this start?" Ryan asked. "I dunno, around the time you two started officially dating," he answered. "You do know Julia likes you back? Only problem is, so does Ella," I said. "What?" Thomas asked, his shoulders slumping.

Once we had caught up with the other two, Ella asked, "So, do you have proof that Lyon actually did anything to you? He seems nice," she said. "I can't show you," I said. "Why not?" the other three asked. "I can't. We're in school," I said. "What did he do?!" Julia snarled. "For one, he left scratched on my back. Tons of them. I'd rather not tell you the rest," I explained, shuddering. "Hey, Anthony," Ryan said. "Hmm?" "You're still mine," he said, and kissed me again.