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Chapter Seven: Maggie

When I said war, I didn't necessarily think things through when I thought it wouldn't feel like it.

Because let me tell you one thing, being at war with Evan Williams, really fucking felt like a battlefield. Not that there was any sort of extreme, rash, actions ever made.

Okay, who am I kidding? Of course, there was. Because when Evan said I got a one-way ticket to hell, boy, did he mean it. Because what I experienced for the past couple of days has been nothing but complete and utter torture.

At first, it was just harmless things such as him barging into the library, which I may remind is my secret hiding spot whenever I need peace and quiet and causing a ruckus with his friends. I didn't even know how he had managed to do that without alarming the librarian.

Then it got more infuriating whenever we're in P.E and he accidentally throws a ball right in my direction. Accidentally my ass.

And every single time he does it he always manages to avoid hitting Levi and Emily considering I sit right next to them, and the ball always gets aimed at me and me only.

Then it got crucial.

More accidents would happen with him obviously asking someone to put their foot out whenever I'm walking in the cafeteria, which happened for five consecutive rows until eventually, I managed to Maze Runner my way out of that shit. With the amount of footwork I did by avoiding tripping during lunch, I might as well have repeated P.E all over again.

If you think that's the end of it all. Oh, you're wrong.

At one point I got my ass glued to almost every single one of my seats in all my classes that I wound up getting several new skirts in replacements for the ones I've torn.

I've also managed to get detention once and scolded by one of my teachers' numerous amounts of times due to snapping at some little punk for repeatedly kicking my seat but somehow, I always end up getting in trouble because Evan, as awfully idiotic he is, was smart enough to order the shyest, most harmless little squirt in my class to mess with me when he wasn't around to do it himself.

Donny Barton. Once this is all over I'm gonna make that little bastard taste his own medicine if it's the last thing that I know.

The same tactics got repeated on most occasions, and for a half, fleeting moment I thought I could get through this. Not until the locker room incident happened.

One time as soon as I finished P.E, I went straight to the gym's locker room to rid myself of my sore muscles with a good shower.

For a split second, I honestly thought I could live through this never-ending torture of being humiliated and almost dislocating a limb every single time I walk out of P.E and other more spiteful, merciless acts Evan had done to me.

Not until that very same day I got into that shower, I ended up with red fucking hair.

Red as a fucking tomato type of red.

I remembered the initial shocked-filled expressions of Levi, Beth, and Emily once they saw me emerging from the gym's locker-room looking like Elmo's distant relative.

From that moment on, the suspicion grew increasingly strong.

"Someone's obviously out to get you!" Beth exclaimed as we walked down the hallways "I mean, seriously? Constantly tripping in the cafeteria? Being glued on your own seats? And at one point looking you were Gerard Way's doppelganger-"

"Beth, not helping," I told her as she huffed.

"I mean, she is kinda right. These past couple of days have been totally odd for you and don't you think it's because of what happened between you and Mandy?" Emily insisted.

"Of course, it's about Mandy." Levi affirmed with a pointed look in his eyes "That's why I knew right from the start I shouldn't have allowed you to keep any sort of contact with her-"

"You're overexaggerating, and don't you think you're excluding the obvious mastermind out of all of this, that being Evan?"

"Why? Do you know who's doing this to you is Evan?" with that, I paused.

All three of them looked at me as I picked up on their suspicion "I m-mean, technically you warned me about Mandy in the first place because of Evan that's why I think-"

"That they're both obviously to blame. I'm gonna march all the way to Evan and tell him-"

"No!" I cried out, automatically making them all halt in their steps "I-I just- what if this is all about to be over soon? You don't wanna have to add coal into the fire, now would you-"

"But what's obvious already needs to be put an end to, so we shouldn't have to wait." he insisted "Plus don't you think it's clear that ever since the day Mandy and Evan broke up your life has been a total shitfest?" Of course, I fucking know.

Anyone with a working brain can see bright as day that all of this isn't purely coincidental and the dots only ever lead to Evan being the primary suspect of my agony. However, telling them that I've involved myself with Evan despite their demands of telling me not to will not only cause an argument between Levi and me, but also for Beth to get conflicted about ever trusting me, and simultaneously dragging Levi and the girls with me in this entire shit-show I have with Evan.

I wasn't willing to risk causing another fight with not only that sick son-of-a-bitch but also with them. Not a goddamn chance "Levi, please, you're being irrational here," I told him but he basically just shrugged me off.

"No. I know what I have to do and what's happening has already revealed itself. I am going to Evan and confronting him about what's happening." he pressed on, making me gulp.

"And once I'm finished and all of this is over, you'll promise to cut all ties you ever had with Mandy and to stay the absolute hell away from people that are involved with Evan, including Evan himself," he demanded, pinning me with one last serious look before he walked off.

The only thing I could do was just to look at Levi's retreating figure as he descended away from the halls. My heart was pounding as my palms started to get clammy real quick.

"I told you." Beth butted in after a moment of silence "Involving yourself with someone like Mandy is only gonna end up horribly."

Or more specifically someone like Evan.

* * *

I'm pretty sure I'm sweating bullets by now.

Ever since Levi walked off practically swearing upon an oath that he'll sort things out with Evan, I've been in a constant frenzy waiting for him to come back and just go 'You've been prank'd!'

I'm so worried that I'm basically just wishing my life would turn into an MTV reality show, which may or may not be concerning.

But I'm just afraid about the outcome of what the confrontation Levi had with Evan will lead up to, and I couldn't do anything about it because Levi was so hell-bent on doing the task that I'd just look suspicious trying to stop him from supposedly protecting me.

But then again, having Evan expose me that I was partially to blame as to why my days here in Henderson High have been complete hell was one of the last things that I wanted.

That, and I seriously do not want any sort of feud to happen between Levi and Evan. He could've almost escaped this school unscathed if I just wasn't too reckless for my own good.

I was so busy thinking of multiple ways to dispose of my entire existence if things did turn out the way I expected them to be, which is for it to be horrible by the way. Not that I want it to be horrible, but it's pretty much expected that everything is officially over for me now.

When a sudden figure emerged from the hallways and was walking towards me "Levi?" my eyes widened as he came up to me "W-what- what happened? Have you confronted Evan yet? If you did, why don't you have a bruised eye or something-" I perpetually started asking him as he raised a hand up.

"I talked to him and I can rest assure you he'll be leaving you alone from now on." he abruptly claimed as I took a step back - several even - as I looked at him incredulously.

"W-what? What do you mean?"

"I talked to him saying how I knew he was the one behind everything that's been happening to you lately and shockingly the guy didn't even budge when he confessed. I told him off saying how I wasn't cool about it and that it's messed up, and if he tried anything else I'm gonna be forced to take him down myself-" Oh God, this can't be good.

"But you know what? We didn't have to go that far when he told me to not worry because he was officially done messing with you and he just needed confirmation?" Wait, what?

No. That's insane. That doesn't sound like him. That's impossible. "This can't be real," I said.

"I thought so too. But apparently, he just did it because, after everything that happened with him and Mandy, he just needed something to be mad about, which happened to be your friendship with her that developed because of the breakup, that's why he targeted you."

"But he swore it's nothing personal and he just acted on instinct. I was still pretty pissed and I was intending not to let him get away without a lesson. But again, he said there's no need for that and that he'll stay away from you starting now."

At this point, I'm pretty sure my brain completely malfunctioned and just went haywire because of the newly given information. I was speechless and I didn't know if the reality I'm living in is even real, to begin with.

But what I do know is that half of the shit Levi just said that Evan apparently told him after the confrontation was nothing but of a steaming pile of-

"Now that's out of the way," Levi said, snapping me out of my trance as he took a step closer and took my face in his hands as he kissed my forehead "Promise me that you're gonna stay away not only from Mandy but Evan as well? I know I already said that to you, but even though I sorted things out with Evan, it's best to make sure that certain things won't repeat themselves."

"I promise," I murmured, though my head was still fuzzy and I was still in a state of shock.

"Good." he said as he smiled down at me "Now come on, P.E is gonna start soon and we can finally enjoy that class without Evan trying to hit you with basketballs."

"I'll... join you. I just need to clear my head for a bit." I told him which he looked hesitant to agree with, but ended up nodding his head.

"Sure. Just come join me once you're ready," he said, giving me one last peck on the side of my head before he scurried off, leaving me with my very much confused thoughts until it almost felt like hours as I tried to wrap my head around everything that just happened.

"... I know what you're thinking." a masculine voice suddenly claimed as I snapped my head up "In that pretty little head of yours that was once red, you're wondering how I did it? Which speaking of, how was touring with My Chemical Romance went-"

"How did you do it?" I hissed as I faced Evan, his teasing smirk already in plain view "What did you tell him? And do you honestly think I'm gonna believe-"

"That I'm done trying to mess with you?" he finished for me, amused "Well, I did mean it."

"Bullshit. I knew the moment we parted ways on Monday was that you were determined to show me what hell meant when you said it, and now you're just going to give up because my boyfriend told you to? After everything that you did to me? No, I'm not buying it, and you do know if you don't actually stay true to your word Levi will really have to-"

"Have to what? Pathetically threaten me only to end up doing nothing of the sort like a coward? Great boyfriend, by the way, really shows how capable he is to protect you." he mocked as I glared at him "But even if he was capable of kicking my ass, I stayed true to my word."

I glowered at him, "You're lying."

"I'm not." he said "I meant what I said, no more telling people to trip you when you least expect it, gluing your ass on chairs and changing your hair in any sort of color even though I enjoyed seeing you looking like a recycled Paramore member-"

"I'm not buying your crap, Evan. You don't just easily give up like that, I may not know as much as I should about you, but I'm not an idiot." I told him which he could only chuckle at.

"But if there is one thing you should know about me..." he said, coming closer as I felt my heart race immediately, taking a step back but he was already a foot away from me.

"Is that I stay true to my word, and when I say your torture here in Henderson High is now officially over. I mean it," he whispered, making my spine shiver as I tried to back away.

"You're bluffing. I know you."

"Oh, but do you?" he said, looking smug "Or do you just feel like you do?"

He was the one to take a step back this time and to set both of us some space, allowing me to finally breathe. But I kept looking at him, quite skeptically at that.

"I do." I claimed to which he could only laugh at "You're not fooling me when you say you're finally done trying to make my life a living hell."

He smirked, "I promise you, sweetheart. The torture right now ends here. I'm stopping."

With that, he drew himself closer and closer as I felt my breath hitch when his face was suddenly inches away from mine.

"Unless, that is..." he muttered, the ends of his lips tugging up "You don't want me to stop."

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