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gwen had opposed heather for so long. since the day they had met, they had been long rivals. going at eachother throats for the first whole season untik finally heather left. then dealing with her in action.
even if she wasnt in the secons season for long she still couldnt stand her. she was rude for no good explanation and she love to tear gwen down. she had always tormented her whether it was reading her diary outloud, or kissing her boyfriend at the time. gwen had made it clear to anyone who asked she hated heather.
they were clear rivals. and they had spent the last two years of knowing eachother proving it. through internet wars, or blatant sabotage they always tried to tear eachother down. and in every season she has wished for heather to not be her teammate- to not have to deal with her cut throat personality but as fate would have it. they have been on the same team the past three seasons.
she was never sure when this had started. was gwen just her special target? did she really projesvt all thia cruelty onto others? like courtney? or leshawna? even lindsay or beth! gwen never knew why. so when she realised she would be teammates with her again she felt a pit feeling in her stomach.
like heathers presence sent her stomach twisting into little knots. every jab or dig making it a more tangled mess inside her. and being on a plane aswell makes it more of a challenge to get away from her. she couldnt escape her this time. which made it worse as they had free range of eachother.
theres no hiding off from eachother here- just constant bickering which kept sending gwen into knots. and if she didnt try unravel them she would go over the edge. she has had it only happen once.
over relentless years of bullying by people outside of heather she has only been driven to ober the edge once. when she was twelve.
when you are a preteen many girls find themselve prone to drama. whether its you stirring the pot ir being the one stirred. she had spent her middle school years judge and laughed at. for her alternate goth style, or her being bisexual that everyone but her had caught onto.
she managed to make one friend. a girl who remained unnamed due to the many years it took for gwen to get over this incident.
towarda the start of seventh grade she had made friends with a new girl. who seemed nice and accepted gwens goth style. she was friends with everyone but the only one to treat gwen like a normal person. gwen didnt understand why she was so nice until her thirteenth birthday. when her friend suggested having a sleepover to celebrate.
gwen tried to be a “normal” teen girl but to this day gwen doesnt know why the girl did this.
but she kissed her.
on the lips.
and for a thirteen year old gwen that was her first kiss. and she was shook that the girl had done that. but gwen pushed her off and told her she didnt feel the same way. which had pissed her off. she still insisted gwen just give but after relentless no’s. the girl left.
and gwen didnt realise anything had changed until that following monday. when she walked in and had kids coming up to her saying she was weird among other homophobic things. she was confused and had no clue until someone told her.
this girl. no actually that bitch had never been her friend. she was friends with most of gwens main bullies- who told her to pretend to be friends with gwen to see what would happen. and after she kissed gwen she told them the opposite. that gwen tried to kiss her. which wasnt true.
the girl didnt speak to her again. ignoring gwens texts until gwen overheard her talking about her at lunch two weeks later. calling her a lesbian slur. which made gwen start shouting at her. and after gwens rammpage the girl only had one thing to say,
“you thought we were friends?” she said laughing.
and with that gwen tackled her throwing punches at her, pulling her hair. everyone started circling around as the girl screamed under her. gwen lost all control as everything blurred into one. she felt hand grabbing her, pulling her off the girl she used to consider a friend.
she looked like hell. and it wasnt long before gwen got pulled out of that school and they moved towns. away fron anyone who would know them. never telling anyone but her therapist who her mother decided she need after chopping offer her long dark brown hair into a short choppy bob. cutting bangs and dying her hair black and blue. she never felt the same. she never told anyone what happened. not even trent. but luckily she had changed so much from her thirteen year old self nobody could recognise her.
but that was years ago. even if it still sticks and clings to her she will never loose control like that again. thats why she is very patient now even with people like heather. keeping composure and years of therapy together.
but when she looked up she saw heather staring at her. like into her soul- suckimg the life out of her.
“you good there-” gwen started to ask but was cut off.
“follow me, i think we need to talk.” heather ordered.
gwen looked around trying to see if anyone happened to be around but unfortuantely just them. she reluctantly got up and followed her rival. away into the confessional. she locked the door shut behind gwen.
“ok you have me here what do you want?” gwen asked.
“well. clearly there is no getting rid of you as much as i would love to shove you off of this plane. and i think that if everything was pushed aside for now, we could be a true powerhouse duo. carrying our team until the merge.” heather explained. but gwen remained unsure.
“why would i work with someone i actively dont like. we dont meet in the middle about anything. so why should i?” gwen asked.
“because. wouldnt it be great if we won every challenge. get to relax in first class! wouldnt that be fun?” heather replied as she initiated for gwen to take over the conversation.
“it would be fun.” gwen started as heather smirked which led on for gwen to ask another question. “but how do we get along?” she questioned. heather smile only grew. she turned look gwen in the eyes.
“how about we bond? now?” she said which sparked intrest in gwens eyes but she didnt understand what heather was implying. which led her to grip gwens wrists. bringing her up to as close of eye level. which madr heather realise how short gwen truely was. she smile flashing her sparkly teeth.
“you wanna know something gwen?” heather asked inching closer. the goth remained waiting for an answer but realised she would have to ask herself.
“what?” she said. heather leaned towards her ear. her hot breath left a chill in gwen.
“you have always been really gorgeous to me.” she stated. before she softly brought her lips into gwens. interlocking together as she remained stunned. not kissing back. frozen with shock that her arch nemesis just kissed her! heather immediately brought her head back.
“im so sorry gwen i- i shouldve asked if you actually wanted to-” heather was cutoff when gwen brought her back in. she didnt know why. what drove her to kiss her back. every though ran through gwens head at once. she let go as she spoke.
“this, isnt to be spoken off. ever.” gwen said. which made heather nod.
“we are just teammates. thats all!” heather said reinsuringly but they both stood there. face to face with their emotions. but the look in their eyes could decide they both wanted more. and with that they interlocked again. into a more messy kiss. rather then that softness.
heather found herself running her fingers through gwens hair. twirling the strands on her finger tip. as there tongues fought for dominance. they both started to melt as heathers knees buckled. lowering herself and gwen to the floor. the goth remained on top as she legs straddled over heathers knees. gwen arms swung around heathers neck as heather hands gripped to gwens waist now. they were exploring eachother mouths.
when gwen pulled back, she could heather looked red in the face. with her hair a slight mess. but gwen probably looked the same. they both took a moment to catch their breath. panting as they looked into eachothers eyes.
heather didnt look like she usually did. which was a usual snarkiness. she looked undone. her eyes looking into gwens with anything but hatred. gwen couldnt tell. she felt the others hand pull a loose hair strand behind her ear. and then heather started to speak.
“im sorry if you weren't fully into that, i didnt know what came over me. as in just pulling you in, i guess ive been yearning to do that for a while-”
“a while? how long is a while?” gwen asked. she patiently waited for heather to answer
“i think, towards the start of this season. i don't know why i became so interested in you. when in the past, ive been really fucking cruel. im sorry about that too by the way” heather explained. gwen slowly nodded her head before answering.
“im not sure either. how could i be sure that was genuine? not just a mean trick to get a laugh?” gwen said, as old memories filled her head.
“gwen i- i would never do that! i hardly kiss people unless i like them. and i mean you dont have to believe me straight away! it can be an over time thing.” she answered as she awaited a response from the goth.
“over time thing? like what were back here doing this again tomorrow? keep doing this until i believe you?” gwen asked.
“i mean i didnt suggest it- but whatever youre more comfortable. and ill even drop the bitchy act too.”
“well that was a given.” gwen replied.
“yea of course but my whole television personality is the mean girl. just, ill have to keep it up around the others but i will try to keep any of my attitude towards the others.” heather insisted, to which gwen nodded. she hesitated before replying.
“okay. i guess its worth a shot, see where this takes us.” gwen said as heathers thumb reached up to gwens face and slowly grazed her cheek. which made gwen shiver at the contact. she also stood waiting to see if heather might kiss her again.
“so-” and just as gwen tried to ask heather pulled hee back in. their lips reconnected into a familiar pattern as gwen brought herself closer to heather. the goths hands remained on heathers shoulders. meanwhile heathers stayed on gwens hips. keep her upright.
this was way more passionate instead of hungry like their last kiss. not tryna roam their hand around eachother- more just embracing eachother. like truely holding eachother. not in some hungry manner but heather held onto gwen like she was a delicate flower.
her cold skin meeting heathers warm hands made gwen feel a sense of warmth. for once instead of that icy feeling. soon they pulled back. really looking at eachother. both smiling as gwen lowered herself onto heather. her head which was being guided by heather was left by heathers collarbones. she planted a kiss onto the goth girls head.
they sat there for a minute. with the quiet peaceful silence. not wanting a moment like this too end. but unfortunately when this is the only bathroom a line will start to form. which led to the knock at the door. a certain nerdy voice that happened to be noahs rang out.
“hurry up! i need to piss!” noah yelled.
the two girls got up. as they both looked in the mirror. fixing theyre hair in the mirror as heather was about to unlock the door she turned around. now facing gwen she whispered in her ear.
“same time tomorrow?” she asked. which made gwen nod. heather smirked before leaning in one last time and gave gwen a peck on the lips. she gracefully opened the door to find noah waiting by the door. his teammate alejandro behind.
“what took you guys so long?” noah asked with his arms crossed.
they both stuttered for an answer before heather spoke up.
“just talking strategy! sorry about that!” she exclaimed but noah didnt look to convinved he just slowly nodded.
“sure.. okay, bye now.” noah said as the girls walked off awkwardly. as they did noah turned to alejandro.
“they were totally making out.” he stated to which alejandro rolled his eyes.
“gee what gave it away?” he said as noah walked into the bathroom locking the door.