Betrayed By Everyone, Loved By Four
Betrayed By Everyone Loved by Four Chapter 21

Atlas followed me into the school chuckling. He didn't say anything else but he did try to grab my hand a few more times. Other students were starting to notice the attention I was getting now. Great.

By the time we made it to the cafeteria I was huffing and puffing like a child. My arms are crossed with my hands tucked under my armpit. Atlas thinks this is the funniest shit in the world.

Once we entered the cafeteria my eyes scanned the crowd for my brother. Sure, I wanted to see everyone else, not that I would admit that out loud, but I was sure that where ever Caleb was, Lila was there too. Which meant that the rest would most likely be with her. Only, I didn't see any of them. "They're outside under your favorite tree." Atlas whispered in my ear.

I turned my head to face him. "How do you know it's my favorite tree?" I asked.

"Well, it's the only tree outside and Caleb said that's where you guys always eat." He told me.

I rolled my eyes. "Of course he did." I mumbled. Caleb is turning into the biggest traitor.

"Why don't you go to them and I can bring you your lunch?" Atlas suggested.

I opened my mouth to decline the offer but before I could, Atlas was already gone. The idiot barely finished his sentence before walking away from me. Rolling my eyes, for the hundredth time today, I walked to the doors that lead outside.

Sure enough, all of our friends were sitting under the tree that I usually occupied. I took a deep breath and started walking towards them. They're all there too. Oliver was the first to notice me. He lifted his hand and started waving at me with a bright smile on his handsome face. There are a few other girls that I don't know hanging around as well. For some reason that angered me.

All the guys are sitting around. Lila is in Calebs lap while he eats a sandwhich and she has a bag of chips. Oliver is sitting next to them with his own lunch. There's the same girl that stopped him after class a couple of weeks ago, sitting next to him. Leo has his back against the tree, which is my normal spot, with two girls to his right. To his left is Milo, who is standing up while some girl talks to him. He looks annoyed though, in fact, everyone aside from the new faces look annoyed.

"Hey guys." I said when I reached them.

"Hey Millie!" Lila greeted me cheerfully.

Before anyone else could greet me, one of the groupies hanging a little too close to Milo spoke up. "Millie... Hmm." She said it like she was sorry for me. I raised a brow at her. "You should probably just go. I know your brother is here and all but lets not embarrass ourselves further. Nobody wants you over here." She said.

I crossed my arms. "I always eat lunch here." I told her.

"And now we eat lunch here." She said with a sickenly sweet tone.

I rolled my eyes at her. Honestly, I had every intention of leaving. If this groupie wants to sit here and eat with the rest of them that bad, then she can. I'm not running away, just picking my fights. Hopefully Atlas could still find me since he has my food. Right before I was about to walk away Milo reached out and grabbed my hand. He yanked me back so hard that I lost my balance and had no choice but to clutch onto him or fall. Milo wrapped a hand around my waist and my face heated. "Where do you think you're going cupcake? We've been waiting for you." He told me with a sly smile.

"I, uh, well." I stuttered out. Didn't he just hear? I'm not wanted here.

"She was leaving us in peace, thank god." The girl next to Oliver said.

Oliver turned to glare at her. "Funny, I would think it'd be much more peaceful without you hanging around." He said to her.

Lila snorted and the girl glared at her. "Don't look at me like that." Lila said to the girl. "Oliver has only told you, like four times that he was waiting for someone else." She said.

He did?

"I'm pretty sure we told them all to go away a few times." Leo said like he was bored.

The girls that were sitting next to him pouted but finally took the hint, apparently. They got up and found somewhere else to be. Then the girl sitting next to Oliver got to her feet. She glared at me before turning it to Oliver. "Fine, you want to hang out with this loser that's on you. But I warned you." She said before walking away.

"You guys can't be serious right?" The girl that is still next to Milo, and now me, said with a laugh. "You all kicked out some of the hottest girls in the school for Millie Holmebrooke?" She said and is now full on laughing.

Honestly, she looks a bit silly. She's the only one laughing and it looks a bit awkward. Milo is now glaring at her and gripping my hip hard. Eventually the girl stopped laughing once she realized that no one else was in on her joke. "Seriously?" She asked Milo, all joking gone now.

"I told you I wasn't interested the moment you came over here." He told her with a hard tone.

"Yeah but... Millie Holmebrooke?" She asked.

"I'm literally standing right here." I said annoyed.

The girl didn't even look at me. Just waited for Milo to say something. Is this girl for real? My god, she really wants Milo. I don't blame her, he's hot, but take a hint. If he isn't into her it has nothing to do with me.

"Yes, Millie Holmebrooke. Over you and every other girl in this school." Milo told her with a smile. "Now go away." He said and then sat down, dragging me down with him.

I'm now sandwhiched between him and Leo, but at least Milo let go of my hip. I looked around the group after the groupie left. No one seems to care what just happened, well, except for Caleb who looked amused. My face has got to be as red as my shirt at this point.

"Why would you do that?" I asked Milo.

Milo gave me a confused look. "Do what?" He asked.

"That?" I said gesturing to the area the girl walked off in.

Honestly, I wasn't sure myself what I was asking. I'm just confused. Why would he openly tell someone he wants me over every other girl here? What am I? Some kind of weird competition between these guys? My face heated as I recalled that I just made out with one of them. Oh man, am I a slut?

"So, did you and Atlas have a nice chat?" Leo asked.

My head snapped to his to find him with his head leaned back and his eyes closed. There's a stupid smirk on his sexy lips. God, there's nothing I'd love more than to tug on that stupid sexy lip ring of his. Leo always looks way too unbothered. I hate it. "I guess so." I said. It's not like Atlas and I did a lot of talking. Not that I was going to admit that.

"Is he still upset?" Oliver asked me.

I turned to his concerned eyes. "No." I said shaking my head. My cheeks are getting hot again. "He's fine now. He's getting us lunch." I said.

"You're letting someone else get your lunch?" Caleb asked with a snort. He knows I take my food seriously.

I narrowed my eyes at him. "I didn't get a say in the matter. The noodle walked off before I could decline." I defended myself.

Caleb and Lila laughed when I called Atlas a noodle. I ignored them and leaned against the tree, though I had to half lean against Leo as well. The stupid bad boy smirked when I couldn't get comfortable.

"Leo." I said sweetly trying to get his attention.

Leo smirked but didn't open his eyes. "Yeah princess?" He asked and I glared at him.

"I'm going to be real with you." I said calmly and sweetly. "I'm starving, and I have a tendency to get really hangry. It doesn't help that you are in my normal spot." I told him and then grew more serious. "So move." I ordered.

Leo chuckled but still didn't open his eyes. "Or what?" He asked.

I frowned. "Or I'll yank that stupid lip ring right out of your lip." I said.

Leo opened his eyes and laughed. Full on laughed at me. Like I made some kind of joke. I frowned harder and crossed my arms. I'm now facing him and I can feel Milo hovering close behind me, practically touching me. "You can just sit in my lap." Leo offered.

I scoffed despite the blush I feel creeping up my neck. "I'd rather sit on Milo's lap." I stated.

Oh my god, what did I just say?

"I'm down for that." Milo chirped in.

I shook my head. "Just move." I whined out at Leo.

"If one more person talks about my sister sitting in their lap I'm going to throw up." Caleb said.

"My sister is sitting in your lap." Leo countered.

Caleb blushed. "Fair. Guess you have to sit in Leo's lap Mil." He said.

My jaw dropped at my brother. "Or he could just move over a little bit and we can all sit peacefully." I suggested.

"Fine, fine. Relax princess." Leo said as he scooted over just enough to allow my back to rest against the tree with him.

In this position I was half leaning on Leo. Milo is still on my other side and he is much closer than necessary. I glared at him but he pretended not to notice. Whatever. Sit close to me then.

Just when the hanger was about to get the better of me Atlas showed up. He dropped a tray full of food in front of me. There's two hot lunches and a bunch of snacks that you can buy separately. My mouth watered and my mood instantly changed. "Sorry I took so long, I didn't know what you liked so I got a ton of food." He said as he sat down next to Oliver across from me.

I smiled brightly at him. "You just made my day and saved Leo's lip." I told him as I snatched up a chicken sandwhich, a bag of bbq chips, a pudding cup, and an apple.

"Leo's lip? Thought it was just my lips getting assaulted today." Atlas said and I froze mid bite. Why would he say that?

Everyone's eyes turned to me and my face heated. "What the hell does that mean?" Caleb asked.

Atlas stared at me with his stupid lopsided smile. "Oh nothing." He said.

Caleb seemed to let it go thankfully. The others I wasn't so sure about. Lila didn't seem to care at all, she only winked at me but I figured she'd ask me about it later. However, Leo and Milo were both staring intently at me, as if they were expecting me to elaborate more. I ignored them of course. Oliver had a twinkle in his hazel eyes and I wasn't sure what that meant.

Then Oliver's eyes caught sight of something on Atlas's neck. At first I was also wondering what was so interesting on Atlas. That's the spot that I kissed him on before we left the equipment room, but Oliver couldn't know that right?

My face paled. Oh no. My lipstick. That fucker did this on purpose. He knew that my lipstick would stain him, just like it had after our kiss. How could I have not realized sooner?

Oliver looked between the two of us before a smirk fell on his lips. I begged him with my eyes not to say anything. Especially with my brother right here.

Thankfully, Oliver just leaned back on his hands and gave me a playful smile. A smile that told me he would be bringing this up later. That I would indeed owe him for not saying anything in front of everyone. Whatever, I'll deal with it later.

The rest of lunch went by really well actually. All of us chatted the whole time and I was actually enjoying myself. Milo is hilarious, he's definitely the class clown type. Atlas and I were too busy shoving food into our mouths to say much but we laughed a lot. Oliver remained quiet but his eyes stayed on me the whole time. Leo pipped in here and there but otherwise remained unbothered. It was mostly Lila, Milo, and Caleb talking. I think that Caleb likes Lila a bit more than I realized at first. I hope that she likes him too. Maybe now that we are actual friends I can talk to her about my brother. Caleb is a good guy and Lila deserves that.

When the bell rang signally lunch is over we all shot to our feet. My next class is history with Milo. We all parted ways excpet for the class clown. Milo walked me to my locker, that now has a new door on it. Guess that got fixed faster than we expected. Milo talked my ear off about how much he loves to surf as we walked back to his locker. He asked me if I wanted to go with him sometime and I actually agreed.

Then we walked to class in peace. If there were any whispers, I didn't hear them. It's a bit strange how relaxed Milo makes me feel. He's so carefree and laid back that it's hard not to be the same when I'm around him. When we reached class we took our seats and continued our conversation. Is this what it's like to have friends again? I love it.