ˋ°•*⁀➷ Overheard…
pairing(s)- Randy Meeks x Reader
summary- You overheard Randy Meeks, the school's movie nerd talking about you to his friend group.
category- fluff
warnings- nervous!Randy, reader uses she/her pronouns, reader is described as popular, reader is mentioned to be a cheerleader, mentions of what reader is wearing, friend!Sydney, no ghostface, Billy and Stu are not crazy xoxo, Sydney's mom Maureen is still dead :), american school system is used
word count- 2101
masterlist; scream masterlist; taglist
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It was a random Wednesday, you were at school and you had stuff to do. It was lunchtime so a lot of the school was scattered outside with their friends, enjoying their lunch. You on the other hand had to take some pictures for the Yearbook committee, you didn't mind taking your lunch to take pictures, it would give you a break from dealing with the jocks flirting with you and the other cheerleaders.
Standing beside one of the school entrances you search around the dozens of kids, looking for a good picture opportunity. You then spot your friend Tatum Riley sitting amongst her friends. The lighting was good, the scenery, the amount of people, that was when you decided that one of your pictures for today would be of that friend group.
You start to walk over to them with a smile on your face, your camera around your neck and perched in your hand. You knew of everyone in the group, most people did. Tatum was a school fashion icon who you had quickly become friends with during Sophomore english.You guys weren't best friends like she was with Sydney but you talked on the phone a lot and talked in school when you could.
Everyone knew of Sydney Prescott, her mother, Maureen Prescott's death was a huge story in Woodsboro. But you first knew of Sydney in 3rd grade, you had fallen and scraped your knee, Sydney being your hero that random day in 3rd grade, helped you up and walked you to the nurses office after telling the teacher what happened.
Most people knew of Stu as well. He was dating the school's most popular girl, Casey Becker when suddenly they broke up. Turns out she cheated and left him for the school's most popular boy and jock, Steve Orth. Stu was also known as the class clown of your grade, always making whoever he had a class with break out into laughs.
Billy Loomis was a mystery to most people, he was a quiet kid that caught everyone's attention. Everyone in the school wanted to know more about him but he didn't really speak to anyone but his friend group. You didn't know much about him just like others but you did know of him.
Lastly there was Randy. He wasn't the most popular, definitely the least popular out of his friend group but the people who knew of him were the people who had had a class with him before. The people who have had classes with him knew he was a huge movie nerd, and just a very smart person in general. You knew more about him than you care to admit. You knew that he loved movies and his favorite genre was horror, you knew he worked at a movie store, you knew his favorite chips were Doritos and his favorite candy was Skittles, and you knew his favorite color was forest green.
You noticed him unlike other people. While some thought his love for movies was annoying, you thought it was endearing. You've had at least one class with Randy Meeks every year since 8th grade. At first you thought he was just a cute kid but when you guys reached Junior year of high school you realized that you harboured a crush on the boy. You never said anything to him about it, you just never thought he would feel the same about you, you always thought he had a crush on Sydney even though she was dating Billy so you never even tried. For a year now you've tried to ignore the crush but you couldn't help but feel a smile make its way to your face when you saw him throughout the school days. No one knew about the crush except for yourself and you wanted to keep it that way, not because you were embarrassed but because you didn't want word getting back to Randy.
You were walking over to the group of friends, their backs facing you. Once you were very little ways behind them you heard Sydney's voice “Just tell her” she tells Randy, leaning her head into her boyfriend Billy.
“Are you kidding?” Randy raises his voice slightly, not in an angry tone but more in a shocked one. “She's beautiful, like the prettiest girl to ever walk planet earth. She's perfect, she's beautiful, smart, kind, she's not fake like the popular kids she's around, she does photography, she likes movies, and her style. Have you heard that she's made her own clothes? Her eyes, her smile, her hair, everything about her is like a goddess and oh my god her laugh? Amazing. She would never go for a guy like me, okay? I'm a nerd and y/n is a cheerleader godsent.” Randy rambles to the group.
When Randy had first started talking you felt your smile fall, it sounds like he's really in love with the girl he was talking about. You keep taking small steps towards them, not wanting to stop completely but you also wanted to hear the rest of what Randy had to say about this special girl. When you heard your name your heart stopped. You suddenly stopped in your tracks, staring at the back of his head. Never in a million years did you ever think that Randy Meeks would like you y/n y/l/n. But with the way he was speaking to you to his friends didn't just sound like a simple crush, it sounded like more. You did feel sadness when you heard the way he spoke about himself, but hopefully you would be able to change that.
The smile is back onto your face and you have a pep in your step, you take the last couple of steps towards the group and you are now behind them. Stu and Tatum notice you before you could announce your presence, Stu squints and looks between you and Randy. Tatum raises a brow at you, asking if you had heard anything but you don't answer, instead you clear your throat. When you do so, the rest of the group being Billy, Sydney, and Randy turn to look at you.
The only person you're focused on is Randy so when the three of them turn to look at you, you don't see Sydney and Billy exchanging looks at your arrival. The only thing you can see is Randy's face immediately morph into one of humiliation. You decided not to give away with the fact that you overheard their conversation just yet.
You hold up your camera higher in your hands and move your eyes from Randy's embarrassed nes, your eyes scanning across the entire group. Giving them a smile you shake your camera slightly and speak up “Can I take a picture of you guys for Yearbook?” You ask with a smile, your eyes moving through the entire group, landing lastly on Randy. The boy takes a deep breath and lets his posture relax slightly, you guess that he thinks you didn't hear anything since you didn't bring it up.
Tatum perks up “Of course” she responds with a smile
You walk around the stone wall they were on so you were now in front of them instead of behind them. They all scoot into each other and look towards you so you could take their picture. From left to right the order went; Billy, Sydney, Randy, Tatum, and Stu. You take a couple pictures then look back to see what they look like, they look great, you look up at them “Did you guys wanna see what it looks like?” you ask them
“Yes, please” Sydney responds to you happily. You walk back over to them and while you are Tatum scoots over, closer to Stu so that there would be room in between Randy and herself for you to sit.
You take a seat in the space in between Randy and Tatum and show them the pictures you took.
“They look amazing” Tatum says excitedly
“Thank you for taking the pictures” Sydney tells you, looking over at you with a smile
“Good job, y/n” Billy says
“I look good” Stu remarks
“You're an amazing photographer, y/n” Randy compliments, looking directly in your eyes.
You smile Randy, your eyes never straying from his. “Thank you guys” You respond with a smile, turning the camera off in the process.
You then stand up from the stone wall all of you were sitting on and face the group, but your eyes were only looking at Randy. “Can I talk to you for a second?” You ask him and in that moment you swore you saw his heart physically stop, the boy tenses and sucks in a deep breath. He doesn't respond, he nods lightly and stands up, walking a little away from the group by your side.
“Look, I'm so sorry about-” Randy starts to ramble but you cut him off before he could get any further.
“Ive liked you for 2 years” You say, looking at him with a small smile while rocking back and forth on your feet
All Randy could do at that moment was stare at you, his eyes widened and his mouth slightly open. He couldn't believe what you just said, his mind immediately went to the conclusion that this was some sort of a prank, someone like you wouldn't like someone like him. But then his mind also cursed him for even thinking that, you would never be so harsh to play with someone's feelings that way. While in this shocked state of mind, he wasn't able to fully process the fact that you had a crush on him as well, especially for 2 years now so all he could say in response was “what?” in a whispery shocked tone.
A small laugh escapes you because of his reaction. “Are you busy tomorrow night?” you ask
“N-No” Randy responds, breathless
“Did you wanna take me out? As in a date, you don't have to” you reassure him. You didn't want to put any pressure on making him ask you out, you simply heard about what he had to say about you so you thought you should go for it.
“Are you kidding? Of course I want to take you on a date. This is amazing, oh my god! I'm just shocked you wanted to go on a date with me” he rambles, moving his hands around theatrically as he speaks
“You're amazing, Randy. I would love to go on a date with you” You respond, the smile never leaving your face
“I've liked you since 8th grade” Randy blurts out that even he looks shocked when he says it, but definitely not as shocked as you
“Really?” you whisper with a smile, slightly tilting your head to the side
“Yeah” he whispers in response, nodding his head up and down
“Well that's good to know” you tell him, lightly biting your lip to the point it was barely noticeable. Your face was starting to hurt from how much you were smiling.
Randy, finally realizing this was all real life, couldn't stop the huge smile from forming on his face. “Can I pick you up at 7?” he asks hesitantly, wringing his hands and bouncing on his feet nervously even though he shouldn't be nervous.
“That sounds great” You say with a slight nod
“Great, great” he whispers while nodding. The bell then rings throughout the entire school, also being heard from the outside where they are “Have a good day, Y/n.” Randy tells you with a smile, his face beaming like you've never seen it before
“You too, Randy” you respond, walking backwards, still facing him.
“See you tomorrow night” Randy calls out to you as you walk further, a smile on his face and his hand up in the air in a wave
“Tomorrow night” you echo with a nod, finally turning around so you were walking normally, with your back now facing him. You walk a couple of steps before you decide to look behind you and back at Randy
When you do you are met with Randy pumping his fist in the air and celebrating. He caught your eyes and stopped, awkwardly scratching his neck while thinning his lips down, He brought his hand in an awkward wave.
You couldn't help but laugh and bring your hand up in a small wave, then walking away and into the school. You couldn't wait for your date tomorrow night
Randy couldn't wait to see you tomorrow night.
a/n: I would just like to say that I am the BIGGEST Randy Meeks stan, I love him so much.