A Special Summer (GxG)(ONC 2021)

Ch 4: The Voices

Lachelle established my room and instructed me to be in there tonight, but since my room doesn't have a T.V. I'm in Lachelle's room playing Infinity Quest.

I've won two battles. I turned my navigation all the way up to be able to locate hidden chest and passage ways. It also tells me where I have already been.

I looked over at Lachelle as I waited for the next room to load in the game. Lachelle smelled like burnt vanilla. She must have just smoked. I saw that she was playing on her phone. 

"You know that's rude right?" I heard her say. I looked up and saw Lachelle smiling at me.

"I didn't know you played video games." At least I thought it was a video game.

"It's a picture taking app." Lachelle explained. "It gives you like funny backgrounds and stuff."

I looked over and watched as Lachelle flipped through the backgrounds. "Castle! Castle!" Lachelle honored my weird request and went back to the castle background. Once the camera focused on me it gave me a helmet of a knight. "So cool."

I suddenly saw a bright light come from her phone. I jumped back until I remember that cameras have flashes. I felt Lachelle wrap her arm around mine and begin to rub it. Before I could say anything my room loaded in Infinity Quest.

'You are about to enter the world of the unknown. Do you wish to continue? Yes or no?' Flashed on the T.V. screen

Hell yeah brother.

I played until my time limit was hit. Infinity Quest only lets you play for four straight hours at a time until the final day of the month. It's a weird schedule. I looked over at Lachelle, it seemed like she was paying attention to the story line of the game. "I need you in your room tonight Alex."

"Why?" Because you are weird that's why. I couldn't tell what Lachelle was thinking because she was avoiding my eyes. Am I being selfish? I stood up and quickly left the room. I have been weird lately. Like this chick burned me with a cigarette and I took that as an invitation to be her best friend. Like why am I asking for an ass kicking?

I laid in my bed. I then heard my phone receive a text message. When I checked it I saw the picture of me with the knight's helmet on. I look so stupid. The second picture was a picture of me playing video games while Lachelle was leaning on my arm looking into the camera. The caption read 'this loser keeps ignoring me.'

Oh no. Was she talking to me? Does she really think I'm a loser? I then received a calendar request from my phone. 'Do you wish to have breakfast with Lachelle tomorrow morning? Yes or no?'

Once I clicked yes the alarm was set. 

Is Lachelle my friend? There's no way right. For once I was too tired to think about it.

***

"Wake up Alex!" 

I flung myself to a sitting position. These stupid fucking voices. My phone went off in that moment.

Text message, from Lachelle. 'Don't move.'

Don't move? Why would I move? Where would I even go?

"Alex?" I turned to see that Lachelle walked in my room. She sat next to me on the bed and placed her hand on my head. Her hand was cold and it felt nice. She stared at me with a concern look on her face. She's very pretty to me. Should I tell her? Would that be weird?

"Alex what are you thinking about?" Lachelle asked.

"I think you're very pretty." Oh shit. Why? What did I just do?