37. missing friends & unforeseen plans 

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I was throwing my school bag into the backseat of my car when I felt a tap on the back of my shoulder

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I was throwing my school bag into the backseat of my car when I felt a tap on the back of my shoulder.

I quickly turned around to see Claire Dawson standing in front of me.

Her long rose gold hair was covering her face, but behind her shield, I could see her blue eyes widened.

"Oh, you scared me." I exclaimed, taking a step back from her.

"I'm sorry." She finally pushed her hair out of her face and looked up at me. "I didn't mean to scare you."

As I looked at Claire the memories of what happened that night came flooding back into my head as if they had just happened yesterday.

I was at Ariana's birthday party in her washroom after Kiera and I had gotten into an argument, but then in came Claire Dawson and Xander Lu in the middle of an intense make out session.

Everyone knew that Yasmin wasn't the type of girl to take anyone's shit, but at the same time, she knew right from wrong. She knew that it would be wrong to attack Claire, when in reality Xander fucked up by cheating on her. And to be fair Claire honestly had no idea that Yasmin and Xander hadn't actually broken up.

Yasmin even told her that it was okay, yet Claire avoided us at all cost, and I honestly felt bad. I knew that Claire was a sweet girl.

"I wanted to talk to you because I'm too ashamed to even look at Yasmin for a long period of time." Claire admitted quietly.

I tilted my head in confusion. "I'm sorry, did something happen? I'm not following you."

"Khloe, ever since that day I've been feeling so guilty. Yes, I thought that Yasmin and Xander had broken up, but Yasmin was one of my friends and I stabbed her in the back regardless if they were actually together or not." Claire tugged on the ends of her hair. "We weren't best friends or anything like that, but which girl would make out with her friends ex-boyfriend?" Claire shook her head. "I feel like this is all my fault."

Then suddenly, as I looked into Claire's eyes, I could tell that she was about to cry.

I quickly placed my hands on Claire's shoulders. "Why are you crying, Claire? Look, this happened months ago, you don't have anything to be sorry for. Yasmin already told you that she does not blame you in any way. Xander messed up, it was all his fault not yours. At parties, people do stupid things."

Claire lowered her head, "So you don't know?"

My hands dropped from Claire's shoulders as I tilted my head at her in confusion. "I don't know what?"

Claire's hands flew up to her mouth. "Oh my gosh, Khloe, one of my friends just told me that Xander is missing."

My jaw dropped and so did my heart, as I took a step back from Claire. "He's what?" I almost yelled. "I don't know what you're talking about..."

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