End Of Me -Matt Sturniolo-

I groan as I walk into history. Instantly rolling my eyes at Matt with a smirk on his face.

"Wipe that smug look of your face" I say to him as I sit down.

Public speaking is horrific.

"Whats wrong?" Matt laughs at me.

"You know what's wrong you ass twat" I roll my eyes.

"No I don't think I do. Enlighten me" he crosses his arms and turns to face me.

"Matt shut the fuck up you know public speaking is one of my worst fears" I groan.

"I thought your worst fear was veins" he scrunches his eyebrows.

"It is. That's why I said public speaking is ONE of my worst fears you fuckass" I mumble.

"Oh my mistake" he throws his arms in the air.

"Yeah it is your mistake" I shake my head.

"I'll never understand your fear of veins" Matt laughs at me.

"And I'll never understand your need to comment on it. You know it freaks me out" I whimper.

"Believe me I know. You broke down into tears at the schools blood drive last year" He smirks.

"Don't remind me" I shake the thought out my head as the bell rings.

"Alright class today we are beginning our first project. I hope you all put a lot of time and effort into your preparation for your presentations. Remember this is your first big assignment that is going in the grade book so it's going to set the standard for the rest of the semester" Mrs. Peck my fucking eyes out begins.

"We're gonna fail" I whisper.

"What?! I thought you said you did the project?" Matt glares at me.

"I did! But I watched the movie and just wrote stuff down that happened in the movie" I shrugged.

"Oh my fucking god" he shakes his head.

"I mean I think we'll be okay but I don't know how trustworthy Christopher Nolan is" I laugh.

Matt rolls his eyes before the first presentation begins.

I bite my nails and shake my leg up and down as I wait for the teacher to call our names so we can get this over with.

Matt clearly notices my nervous state. He turns to face me before whispering. "Hey you're fine. It will be done soon".

I nod before every movement and every thought freezes at the touch of Matt's hand on my thigh.

I shouldn't be startled because Matt and I both like to communicate our feelings with physical touch, but this...

This is new.

But I'm not complaining about it.

It's comforting.

I don't think a second thought about it though because I'm focused on calming down my heart rate.

As another group that isn't us begins their presentation I feel matts thumb begin to rub circles on my thigh.

I take a deep breath and try to shake off the feelings of his embrace.

Before I know it the teacher says a good job to the previous group before saying the words I've been dreading.

"Scarlett Peters and Matthew Sturniolo on their presentation on Dunkirk can now step to the front of the classroom" Woodpecker bitch says as I take a deep shaky breath before Matt and I stand up and make our way to the front of the class.

"You got it" Matt whispers quiet enough for only me to hear.

I take one more deep breath before I begin our presentation.

"Me and my beloved friend Matthew decided to do our presentation on dunkirk because we are big Christopher Nolan fans" I laugh. I've discovered it's easier to push through this by making humor out of it.

"We also want to show our appreciation for the people who fought in the battle of Dunkirk" Matt adds to not make us seem like complete douchebags.

"Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk, involved the rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost for British morale" I read off our side show which was literally the first thing that came up when I searched up when did dunkirk happen but ekin pecking doesn't need to know that.

I just know Herbert Herbert wouldn't have me standing up here making a fool out of myself.

"British and French soldiers fought. Citizens risked their lives and took their boats out to sea to save some of the soldiers. This all occurred during world war 2" Matt reads with a confused look on his face.

"Soldiers who were safe and secure on a boat were supplied with toast and jam that they chewed very aggressively before the boat sank and they had to evacuate the boat" I smirk at Matt as he mouths a quick "what the fuck?".

I look over at the girl in our class who is a very open Harry styles stan. I watch as she laughs about my aggressive bread chewing reference because she knows exactly what I'm talking about.

"While more than 330,000 Allied troops were rescued, the British and French sustained heavy casualties and were forced to abandon nearly all their equipment; around 16,000 French and 1,000 British soldiers died during the evacuation" Matt reads off another google copy and paste.

"In conclusion Dunkirk was very tragic and we appreciate Christopher Nolan for shining a light on the situation and letting a new generation have more knowledge on the subject simply by casting Harry Styles in his movie. In Nolan we trust" I end our presentation with a bang. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be to be honest.

We take our seats and patiently wait for the school day to be over.

Once the bell rings Matt and I waste no time walking to the front of the school to meet with everyone else.

"How was it?" Eriss asks Matt and I referring to our presentation.

"Not as bad as I thought. Daddy Nolan is a life saver" I laugh as we begin walking to the car.

"She really said 'in Nolan we trust' at the end of our presentation" Matt quotes me.

"No way did you actually?" Chris Laughs at me.

"That is insane" Ash grins.

"I bet you'll get an A just for that" Nick comments.

"Unless she finds out i plagiarized half of it then I think we'll be good" I smile as we get in the car.

If ekin pecking fails me and Matt I'll peck her face with sharp objects until she bleeds.

Authors note

Little history lesson with this one
The google part was %100 true

Don't get impatient with me :)

Thank you all for your endless support you have no idea how much it means to me
Love you all