Y/N L/N's first day of senior year and she's already running behind schedule,
well let's rephrase that..."Y/N' Schedule'
see Y/N is always on timely manner, no matter what the event calls for. So what was the reasoning behind being late to school? no other than her emotional parents who have watched their daughter grow into a fine adult. "I am just so incredibly proud of you Y/N we all are."
says her teary eyed father who never shed a tear, beside big mile stones his one and only child achieves. Y/N's mother comforts him with a light peck while she embraces him. "Oh! before we forget, here's a little gift just for you" her mother hands her a small present.
Y/N pulls the polka dotted ribbon and places it on the decorative coffee table. She gently tears open the multi colored wrapping paper and reveals her very own digital camera.
"No way! this is so cool. thank you!" I look up at both my parents while I hold up my very first digital camera for a photo. "It's no fancy digital camera but it gets the job done" my dad says while he waves off the polaroid film to develop quicker.
"I'm sure it looks great dad" I smile gently. I hug both my parents while they wish me good luck on my first day of senior year. And with that I'm off to school, I start my car and made my way towards Los Angeles High School.
At a red light I quickly text Jean that I'm running behind schedule but I'll meet him at the main courtyard. "I'll have my camera ready" I quickly added.
DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE, DO BETTER!
Y/N arrives at school and makes her way towards the main courtyard,
there is where she meets Jean.
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Jean and Y/N met In Introduction to Culinary where Y/N passed with soaring colors as to where Jean contemplated Into pursuing a career as a rodeo clown. From freshman students to now almost graduates, Jean has always felt a deep connection with Y/N.
It was something about her cheerful 'go getter' demeanor that allured him. Not even close to Eren Yeager's 'nothing but success' attitude.
Y/N made Jean see that failure was simply to help you succeed. And it didn't matter how many times Jean has 'failed', he was determined to be Y/N's one and only.
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"Hey there stranger, long time no see." I wave to Jean as I approach towards his direction. Jean lifts me up into a hug and twirls me around.
"Oh I'm no stranger, I'm just your average pen pal who finally returned back from summer vacation" Jean spent the entire summer in Paris for an internship, he's built an art portfolio that you wouldn't believe.
Jean and I wrote letters from to and back, as there was no cellular service where his relatives stay at. "How was Paris? Did the internship do well?" I asked Jean.
"Paris is like no other, but nothing compares to you" he replied smugly. "As of my internship? I think it went really well. I was told I'd be a great candidate for enrollment in the Fall." An enormous smile crept up to me as I couldn't contain my excitement for Jean, If anyone was deserving of an opportunity like that it's him.
"Congratulations! OH, let me take a picture to remember this moment"
As Y/N reaches for her camera inside of her backpack the first period bell rings, sending all the students to their first class of the semester. Y/N quickly powers the camera on and snaps a picture of Jean.
The flash that was a total accident, startles Jean causing him to extend his arms out covering his face while he blinks back to normal eyesight. When Jean finally regained normal eyesight Y/N was seen hurrying down her first period, excited to see her friends.
Jean tried catching up to Y/N but decided to head directly towards his own class as there was no chance he'd make it on time.
As I make my way towards an empty desk I look around the classroom to find familiar faces, I sat down and waited for more peers to arrive.
the tardy bell had runged and I was left with few acquaintances, but no-one you could call a "friend".
While the teacher took attendance I zoned out for a few seconds, that was until one particular name was called out.
"Eren Yeager? do we have an Eren Yeager in class? the classroom sat silent for no more than a second until the next name was called.
As time went by, I pulled out my phone to text Eren.
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Eren and Y/n met in algebra class, freshman year. They were assigned to be seated together, coincidentally. It didn't take much until the two formed an inseperable bond, Y/N found Eren's inner strength to be amusing.
Not because it humored her to see Eren's eventful tantrums or long tangents on disliking the teacher, but because no one else put up a fight like Eren. Eren's strength to continue and not look back inspired Y/N to pick herself up again when facing obstacles in her everyday life.
Eren on the other hand had learned to reflect and make better decisions from Y/N, and not allow your emotions to overpass you. Eren had realized by sophomore year he was in love with Y/N.
Eren was convinced that Y/N was made for him, as he was made for her. He strongly believed that they were bonded for life. And he was not going to allow anything let alone anyone intervene, especially that horse faced of a 'guy' Jean Kirstein.
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Y/N spend the whole duration of class waiting for a text back from Eren, who as usual was late. Eren had overslept. Of course he felt terrible leaving Y/N bored on her first day of school, so he offered to take her out after school. His treat of course.
The second period bell dismisses the class, students gather their belongings and head toward's their next period of the day. Y/N arrives to her next class 'AP Biology'. While stepping inside the classroom she finds a very familiar face, Armin Arlert.
"Hey! how was your summer?" I asked Armin while finding my name to our assigned seats. "It was great, I spent a lot of my time at the beach." he replied.
A week before school was in session, he had brought me back seashells that were in perfect conditions.
I look around the area and eventually found my name tag on a nearby table next to Armins.
"Alright students please take a look at the syllabus placed on your tables, and let us begin reviewing over the course expectations"
Y/N and the rest of the class go over the course expectations and classroom rules. Y/N reads farther ahead and begins feeling overwhelmed as the course does require state testing.
Y/N was not a confident test taker and had always worried about failing. If she does not place anything higher than a 3, she will not receive the college credit.
Y/N began to text Armin hoping to find comfort by coping with humor and having a shoulder to lean on.
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Y/N and Armin met in AVID, freshman year. An elective course that prepares students for college. It didn't take long for the class to realize that Armin was highly intelligent.
It also didn't take too long for students to start taking advantage of Armin's kindness. Y/N stood up for Armin and taught him how to stand up for himself. How to be direct and say no to others. How kindness should not be mistaken as a weakness.
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Y/N and Armin texted back and forth about the difficulties they might face in their current course, but comforted one another by lifting each other up and finding simple solutions. She smiled from the reassurance and looks up to notice her teacher standing right in front of her.
"And absolutely no phones while I'm lecturing class" Mrs.Coleman says right directly at me. I place my phone facing down and run my fingers through my hair "I could die right now" I thought to myself.
Class felt even longer now that I was caught using my phone. The bell rang and everyone including myself, gathered our supplies and headed off to our next class.
Armin and I began to walk out of the classroom until "I would like to discuss with you Y/N, if you don't mind" Armin and I both turned to face Mrs.Coleman "Privately Mr.Arlert, if you don't mind" Armin face blushes pink and walks out the door.
"This will be brief Miss Y/N, I don't appreciate you interrupting my class. In the syllabus it states that students are not allowed to use their phones during class under any circumstances. So please refrain from embarrassing yourself and I, thank you."
She smiles and walks back to her desk, waiting for the next arrival of students for her next class. I walk out of her classroom with annoyance "It hasn't been a week and I've already managed to be under a teachers radar." I thought to myself.
Y/N showed up to her next class shortly after and finds a seat by Mikasa Ackerman.
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Y/N and Mikasa met in the same algebra class with Eren freshman year. Only Mikasa sat behind Eren rather than sit next to him, like Y/N was assigned to do.
Eren and Mikasa had dated freshman year, It had lasted until the week before sophomore year begun. No one knows the real reasoning behind the breakup, not even Mikasa.
She only recognized how Eren's behavior changed overnight. Mikasa forgave Eren, as she valued their friendship more than anything.
Y/N and Mikasa have a mundane friendship and there's not much to say about it. Y/N is friends with Eren & Armin so by default, Mikasa is Y/N friend too.
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Y/N and Mikasa spent the entire class period texting each other about previous math courses they had taken, and how this year was completely brand new to Y/N. Calculus would be a challenge towards Y/N while Mikasa wouldn't lose much sleep. They had agreed to walk together after the lunch bell would ring.
Y/N was also texting Sasha while in class. They shared the same thought that came to mind "Hunger". Sasha had developed a sense of humor throughout the years from spending so much time with Connie Springer. "Hungry for Yeager?" Sasha typed. "Or how about a glass of Yeager with a side of Jean?" Y/N can only smile.
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Y/N met Sasha Braus & Connie Springer during Homecoming, Freshman year.
Y/N attended with friends she knew from middle school. It was her first homecoming dance and had never experienced what it was like to attend one. So naturally she grew bored as her friends one by one went to go dance with boys.
Y/N knew how to have a good time and be the life of the party, the problem was that she can only be like that by getting to know someone. She didn't come off as conservative or behaved like a snob, she was just shy and liked to have a conversation with someone before she'd accept to dance with them.
While watching the dance floor she had noticed someone body rolling and pulling their date in to start grinding. Y/N was in complete shock that she let out a laugh that would've lasted for days if she had not been interrupted.
"You know you like what you see girl" the boy shouted. Y/N face flushes but still continued to laugh. The boy & girl walk over to Y/N after the song was over "You having fun?" the girl asked. Y/N shook her head no "No, but you two look like you're having a great time. I'm Y/N."
"I'm Sasha and this is my date Connie."
The three talked for the rest of the night and got to know one another. Connie and Sasha found Y/N sense of humor to be so funny that they all instantly clicked. The friendship grew natural and has been strong since then. Y/N was close to Sasha and would tell her everything, just as best friends should.
Sasha knows Jean and Eren have a crush on Y/N, not because she was told by Y/N but because the boys had confined in Connie to not tell Sasha or Y/N. But like any other relationship, Connie would report back to his Girlfriend.
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While texting Sasha I had completely missed the sound of the bell ringing. Mikasa had already gotten her things together so I hurried to shove everything right into my bag.
While walking out of class we run into Eren & Armin "Y/N I was thinking about you! what did Mrs.Coleman tell you?" Armin said. I groaned as I remembered what had happened earlier. "I got scolded at for using my phone in class" I replied with slight annoyance. Armin shakes his head.
Eren reaches in for a hug and soothes my back "Don't think about it too much" he says. "I'm not upset by it I'm just annoyed" I tell him. He pulls away from the hug and looks directly at me "I know what would make you feel better. You and me after school at your place. whatever you want, I got you."
"you'd like that, wouldn't you?" I tell him. "C'mon let's go to lunch I'm starving"
"Eren and I decided we're staying at the library for a more quiet setting." Mikasa says while facing the grounds of the school. "You're more welcome to join, It'll just be us." Eren replies. I nodded no, as I explained how I'd be meeting up with Sasha and the rest of our friends. "I'll go with you two" Armin says. Mikasa sight eyes Armin and only nodded.
We wave goodbye to each other.
I walk to the school's main courtyard where I find my friends. "Hey beautiful! how are you?" Sasha greets me in with a hug. I smiled back "Doing better now that you're here."
"Ladies please one at a time" Connie says sarcastically. "Hi Connie, how are you?" I smiled and gave him a hug. "Doing good Y/N, how's your first day so far?" he says. "It's been long" I say with a tired expression.
We find a courtyard seat and sit down to start eating our lunch. "This shit is disgusting" Connie says while holding up a soggy bun. "You had three years to figure that out Connie, this is why we pack our own lunch." I replied. Sasha nods while zipping her lunch bag open.
Jean walks over to the courtyard and finds Y/N, Connie and Sasha sitting at one of the tables. He greets them while sitting down next to Y/N. "where's Marco?" Connie asked. "He went to the counselors office, something about his schedule being wrong." Jean replied back. "Oh that's a shame" Sasha replies back.
"So what's for lunch, Jean-Boy?" Y/N says. Jean shakes his head "you're never going to give that up, are you Y/N?" Jean asked. Y/n nods no "I personally think it's sweet that your mother continues to call you by a nickname" Jean pulls out a container from his backpack with a sticky note on top of it.
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"-My Dear Jean-Boy, I still remember wiping the tears off of your face, on your first day of school. I remember every night you spent working hard on your studies and wiping the tears off of your face again. Eventually, you didn't need me to wipe the tears off of your face anymore. As you continue to grow up you'll start needing me less and less. But if there's one thing for certain, You'll always come back for this. -Love, Mom."
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attached to the note is a container that inside has a delicious cooked omelette with ketchup swirled in the middle.
"Can I please have that note back?" Jean groaned. It was a mistake to allow Connie to be the first to read it. The girls start to pinch his cheeks and speak to him as if he was a child. "My Jean-Boy is all grown up, where did the time go." Sasha says with tears on her eyes. "That was so beautiful I think I'm actually crying" Y/N says while trying to contain herself. She hugs jean and kisses him on the cheek "you're so grown up now, we're all grown up now. We have to make the most out of everything." Everyone agreed, it would be the last time they'd all attend the same school.
while everyone continued to eat and chit-chat about their first day, the bell would ring. They all would throw away trash and start getting ready for their next class. Jean begins to slide the container back into his bag again until "Do you mind if I keep it? for my scrapbook. I promise it'll be safe." Y/N points at the note. Jean hands it to Y/N "You liked it that much?" he smiles. "It was sweet and I want to remember this moment forever." Y/N said back.
Jean pulled Y/N closer to him "I want to remember everything that happens too. I think there will be a lot more growth to come."
"Jean can we n-" Y/N manages to say.
"I'm sorry for being so forward with you Y/N. I can understand how that could make you feel. I know you're in between, I've known for a long time now. High school is not going to last forever so just please tell me how you feel before the year ends." Jean lifts his pinky up towards Y/N, all she could manage to do was a weak smile and interlocks her pinky with his. They part ways while walking together to their classes.
"Took you long enough" I turn my head around to see connie waiting for me outside our classroom door. "sorry I was caught up talking with Jean" I replied back. "Oh, yeah?" Connie says with a shocked expression. I nodded back yes "Yeah just about our bell schedules"
We find our seats and continue to talk.
"Bell schedules Y/N? you do know your best friend is my girlfriend, right?" I laughed "Yes Constance, I know." I then sighed and began to tell him the truth.
"I know it's completely wrong and hurtful to have feelings for both of my friends, but it's also unfair how the decision is up to me. There's times where I'm not focused on wanting a relationship because it's my life too. I have and will always continue to put myself first. I'm not playing games here, I'm just picking up where I last left off."
Connie nods back with puckered lips. "shhittt- I'm not fit to be a therapist, I just knew you were lying." He replies back laughing. I laughed too. "Yeah you're better off just making fun of me"
I glare back at him "Speaking of making fun of me, why are you going around telling everyone I'm dressed up as SpongeBob today?"
Connie starts laughing "C'mon I thought you were over that, I was just playing. You're way too excited for school. Some of us just came back from summer school."
I huffed and crossed my arms
"You're still helping me with English Lit, right?"
I didn't bother to turn back around as I started to laugh at my friend.
Shortly after, the bell had rang and class ended. Y/N was off to her final class of the day. It was the class she was most excited for 'Advanced Photography.' Walking into the classroom she was met with familiar faces from those who had taken Photography since freshman year.
She took her seat and began talking to her classmates.
As she surveillances the room to see if more students would show up, she'd recognize a face of someone she knows. "Marco! what are you doing here?" she says. "I have been asking myself that question all day Y/N." Marco replies.
"My counselors did not selected my classes correctly, today has been eventful."
"Today has been eventful" Y/N replies.
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Y/N and Marco met in Kindergarten. Y/N was nervous being away from home for the first time and would spend a lot of time coloring inside the classroom. Marco would join her and eventually open up to conversations.
"You promise to be my friend forever?" Y/N would say to Marco.
Marco would shake his head yes in excitement "forever!"
Y/N and Marco have since then been the best of friends since childhood. Marco and Jean have also been friends since childhood, so It was easy to maintain his friendships so close.
Jean had told Marco around the end of freshman year that he had really liked Y/N. To Jean's advantage he knew everything there was to know about Y/N, all thanks to Marco.
Y/N loved that Marco was a great listener and remembered details to everything. He was attentive and sweet. Y/N had always joked that Marco was only her friend because she was great company, but Marco really admired Y/N's principles and values in friendships.
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While class was in session Y/N had manage to get printer ink on her clothes, "Great" she thought. "Because I needed printer ink to get on my clothes after the day I had."
The final bell rang and class was dismissed. Y/N walked Marco to the counselors office before leaving the building, after saying goodbye she heads towards the parking lot. She finds her car and unlocks it.
"Y/N baby where you going? You're flaking out on me?" I turn around and see Eren standing in front of my car. "I'm sorry Eren I have ink all over my clothes that I need to get out of. Maybe another time, yeah?" I say apologetically.
"I'll see you later then" Eren says back. He blows a kiss and walks to his car.
I get into my car and drive home. I couldn't wait to get out of my school clothes and get into something cleaner. I arrive back home and open the front door "Hey Y/N how was your first day of school?" my mother says greeting me at the door. "It was good" I smiled back, she reaches in for a hug "Oh- mom don't. I have stains I need to take care of."
She takes a good look at them and tells me to place my hamper inside the laundry room, she'll take care of it. I walk upstairs and into my room, I start to change out of my clothes and into a towel. I take my hamper to the laundry room and walk towards my bathroom to take a shower.
After my shower I change into some clothes and head downstairs for some dinner. Conversations with my parents were small and mostly about my first day of school. I helped clear the table and washed the dishes, I then go back into my room. No assignments for now so I decided to watch some TV. I get a FaceTime request from Jean on my laptop.
"You can't get enough of me, can you Jean?" I say to him. "It's actually the other way around, since you answered" Jean says smugly. We talked about our first day of school and the classes we had. "Guess Sasha and I didn't make the cut this year to have class with you." Jean says. "I know! I really miss you both." I say back. We talked about Connie calling me SpongeBob today and Marco's schedule. We laughed and talked. "You know... homecomings coming up soon, and both our moms would be happy for us to have dates this year." Jean says. "My mom wouldn't stop asking all summer if I'd finally have a date this year." I say back. Jean stays quiet almost like he was building the courage to say something. "Y/N-"
A rock can be seen thrown outside of Y/N window. 'Thump' the sound makes as it hits against the glass. It startles Y/N as she hovers over the glass. Eren Yeager can be seen standing outside Y/N house.
"Hey Jean I've got to go. Can I call you back later.?" I say to him. "Yeah ok." Jean says.
I open my window open "What do you think you're doing Yeager?" I ask Eren. "I told you I'd see you later" Eren replies.
"My parents are not going to allow you to come inside just to hang out." I replied back. "Just leave the window open" Eren hurries off.
there's a knock at the front door
Mrs.Y/P/LN answers the door.
"Hey Eren! good to see you how was your summer?" there's some quiet bantering and quick exchanges before the door closes shut. Y/N's mom comes up the stairs and knocks on Y/N's bedroom door.
"Y/N guess who was at the front door? they left you a surprise." My mom says to me. I open my bedroom door and to my surprise, my mom hands me a woven basket with various items I like inside.
"Isn't that sweet? It was from Eren." she says to me. She closes the door and walks away.
"She called me sweet." Eren says standing right next to the door. "I told you to hide under my bed." I whispered back.
I place my woven basket on my nightstand.
"This is sweet, thank you Eren." I hug him and give him a kiss on the cheek. He turned his face slightly and the kiss landed on his lips.
"EREN-" I whispered. "that was not where I was planning to kiss you."
"I'm sorry Y/N I thought you didn't mean to kiss me on the cheek. I was only trying to help" he replies while smiling. "no more fooling around, I promise. scout's honor."
before I could finish my sentence, Eren yanks my arm and guides me closer to him. I'm standing right below eye level close to his chest while he supports my back. "Be my date to homecoming Y/N? just my date. nothing more. I promise." I turn my face around and realize the basket was a proposal. I look back up at him with a smile on my face "Just your date? nothing more, right?"
He nods yes, so I say yes.
Eren picks me up and spins me around "I'm going to give you the best night of your life, mark my words." I start giggling at his antics and tell him to put me down. We talked for a while and it started to get late.
Y/N starts to get ready for bed, she gets under her comforter and begins to enter REM. She dreamt of attending homecoming with Eren and giving Y/N the best night of her life. Her dream quickly switches over to where Jean no longer wants to speak to her ever again. She wakes up in panic and distress. Had she just made the biggest mistake of her life?
This Chapter's song is "R.E.M - Ariana Grande"
That concludes the first chapter of 'Torn Between The Two' thank you so much for reading this chapter. If you enjoyed it make sure to turn on your notifications for updates.
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