heat waves || gawsten

2. I'm Sorry

From Geoff Wigington.

Awsten sat and stared at his lock screen, hands shaking from reading what was displayed.

There's no way. No fucking way, his brain repeated. He wanted to throw his phone. Deactivate all social media. Run away. But what could he do? He didn't want to worry his parents, or Otto.

Awsten's mind raced with strings of 'fuck I am so dead' while unlocking his phone. Once again, he stared at his home screen.

He just added the person who made high school an everyday nuisance for him.

Awsten frantically opened his messages and started spamming Otto.

Awsten?

Otto what the fuck do I do?

That depends, what did you do this time?

Awsten swallowed, trying to process everything that was happening.

Ok so I tried to add Lucas on Snapchat and I ended up adding Geoff and before I could unadd him my phone died and when I charged my phone and checked the notifications Geoff added me back and is trying to talk to me what do I do please help

Awsten anxiously waited a response from his probably annoyed friend.

Okay, first off, you know you can block him, right?

Duh but I don't want to be mean.

He's been a dick for the past four years.

I know.

What did he say?

Awsten stared at his screen once more. He had to open it. He just had to. He didn't want to leave Otto hanging while Awsten was the one who asked for his help in the first place.

Reluctantly, Awsten closed out of his messages app and went to Snapchat, slowly going over to the messages on that app. Right at the top was Geoff's name with a big blue square underneath. The sight of it made him want to scream. Awsten counted down from three before shutting his eyes and opening the message.

Hey Awsten.

That was it.

The sentence still made him feel uneasy. Anything could be said at that moment. Geoff could literally do anything.

The blue boy went back to Otto's contact and began typing.

He said hey.

That's it?

Ya.

Well, you can either say hi back, leave him on open, or block him.

Awsten tapped his finger on the side of his phone.

I don't want to be mean.

Then you should say hi back. You don't have to, of course. I'm not dumb, I remember everything. If you don't feel comfortable talking to him then don't talk to him.

Awsten reread Otto's text multiple times, debating on what to do. Finally, he took a breath and went back to Snapchat.

Hi Geoff.

Hey, Geoff then sent another message right after reading, what made u want to add me?

I didn't want to. I didn't mean to.

Then why didn't u just unadd me?

My phone died.

Oh, ok.