I FOUND | MP

EIGHT

NARRATIVE
SOCIAL MEDIA
❝that if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind.❞

ORIANA

it was the next day and i was trying to persuade my mom i'm not letting me go to school by saying i still felt ill but she wasn't buying it. she kept saying:

'you were fine eating that chocolate and drinking that lemonade matti brought over.'

my mom offered to drive me to school but i just shook my head and told her that it was fine.

i was wearing an oversized jumper and joggers. i had no motivation at all to where jeans or a t-shirt. i also didn't put any makeup on either. i had dark eye bags and my skin was pale. my lips were dark red an sky eyes were also a bit red from crying. i didn't brush my hair. all i did was put it in a ponytail.

i finished by spraying a bit of perfume on myself and grabbed my bag and left my house.

✧

MATTIA

"i'll see you at break." i smile at jenna and she nods and then i pull her in for a kiss.

"jenna! c'mon!" her friends yell and she chuckles in the kiss. "bye, babe." she waves and i wave back.

i turn around and see oriana. she was slowly walking up the stairs to the front of the doors of the school.

i walk over to her and wrap my arm around her shoulders. "wassup, bestfriend?"

she shrugs and leans her head into my arm. oriana and i were like this all the time. some people thought we were dating sometimes because we were so close with each other. jenna sometimes gets jealous but i have to reassure her.

"nothing.." she sighs and shrugs her shoulders.

"are you still ill?" i wonder as i open the school doors for us.

she nods her head and i pout. "awe, my best friends sick."

she rolls her eyes and chuckle ever so lightly. "shut up."

this wasn't like oriana at all. yes, she was feeling sick but even then she's bubbly.

i scrunch my eyebrows together and slowly nod and walk up to her locker. as we walked i noticed that she had a limp to her walk.

"hey uh, are you okay?" i ask and nod my head down to her legs.

she quickly nods. "yeah, i uh.. i just fell down the stairs last night."

i nod. she was lying. it was obvious. she always says 'uh' and then pauses for a moment when lying but i decided to leave it at that and not bug her.

she closed her locker and turned around and we began walking. as i walked i noticed that oriana wasn't next to me.

i look behind me and see oriana frozen in her spot staring at something— someone.

i look in her direction and saw theo laughing with his friends.

"what? are you jealous?" i chuckle and nudge her but she doesn't say anything or even react.