Someone's boyfriend [Elisop]

Chapter 5

So for the next two days, Aesop, along with Norton, followed Gertrude whenever they could during breaks and sometimes with Luca after school as well. Unfortunately, most of the time she was with Eli or with her friends.

In the end, maybe they really were wrong ? The trio decided to follow her one more time just in case. This time she took a different route than usual, which caught the attention of the three boys. She was heading in the same direction as the park from last time.

That's when they saw the same man she was with a few days ago. Luca and Norton decided to get a little closer while Aesop preferred to stay back, quite nervous that they might all be spotted. Gertrude knew him, so what would she say to Eli if she found out that he was having fun following her.

Aesop couldn't bear the thought of breaking his friendship with Eli so he stood a little further back towards the entrance of the park but he could still see Gertrude from where he was standing.

"Aesop ?" 

Hearing a familiar voice, Aesop turned quickly to see the person he wished he hadn't seen at that moment. Eli.

"E-Eli ? What are you doing here ?"

"We weren't going home together the last few days and you were acting weird so I followed you here... Is everything okay ?" he asked, looking a little worried.

Aesop felt bad about keeping everything he had discovered so far from him, but he was doing it for Eli's sake after all. Only, how long was this all going to last ?

"Is that Gertrude I see over there...?"

Aesop suddenly pulled himself together. He had completely forgotten about Gertrude, Norton, Luca and the other stranger. Unfortunately, before he could stop Eli, the latter had already headed inside the park. Aesop followed him in a hurry, he wanted to warn Eli but he didn't want him to find out like this.

After catching up with Eli, Aesop noticed that the other man had already left and that his best friend was standing next to the one he thought was the perfect girl in his eyes.

"What are you doing here Gertrude ?" asked Eli with a smile.

"Oh, I was visiting m-my aunt!" she replied nervously. It was obvious she was lying.

"I didn't know you had an aunt who lived around here ?" Eli said, tilting his head to the side. 

"Ah that's because she just moved in recently so I went to help her for that reason !"

Well, obviously, Gertrude had no shame to lie like that. Aesop was behind Eli, not sure where to stand at the moment. That's when he noticed Luca coming out of his hideout and heading towards them, Norton was not with him surprisingly.

"Why don't you tell him the truth ? ~" Luca announced while looking at Gertrude.

"You are...?" asked Eli.

"Hm... I'm just Aesop's friend ~"

Gertrude's eyes tensed at Luca's statement. Eli looked a little lost and didn't understand what was going on.

"What is he talking about Gertrude ?"

"I-I don't know what he's referring to Eli..."

"I think I can prove otherwise..."

The four people turned to the voice that was none other than Norton's. He was not alone, by the way, and was dragging someone else by the collar who was doing his best to get out of his grip, but Norton's hold wouldn't let him take another step.