Sebastian 'Bash' Walker is a partying Good-Time bloke who landed a full ride scholarship from out of The Bush of the outback in Australia to Magnolia Falls University. Magnolia Falls is located in Cajun Country, Louisiana USA where the food is hot...
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"Bro, what are you thinking?" Jared asks, lobbing a baseball over to me.
Currently, I'm thinking about Aspen. And I know Jared knows I'm thinking about Aspen. So, I deffo will not admit I'm thinking about Aspen.
"Whatcha' mean, mate?" I catch the ball with my glove and toss it back, cracking my neck and swinging my throwing arm in circles, attempting to get the kinks and aches from taking the tumble off the bike on Sunday.
Jared lowers his sunglasses down the bridge of his nose and catches the ball then gives me a knowing glare. "Are you going to make me say it?"
I've finished classes for the day and I've been in a fucking daze since I left the chick earlier this afternoon.
Jared wanted to get a good round of toss-in, so I agreed only in hopes to get Aspen out of my head, but even he can tell it's not working.
"Just toss her over." I smirk, referring to the baseball, and hold up my glove as a target.
Jared throws it, rather hard I might add then says, "She's bad news, Bash. For all of us."
"To be fair, I'd still think I killed her sister if she wasn't around."
"Well congrats, now you're being framed and blamed for the photo." He snaps and adjusts his sunglasses, clearly fidgety from his annoyance.
"O'Neil cleared me." I shrug then catch the hard throw again, feeling the sting on the palm of my glove hand, "Of the note, at least."
"Oh, well now they are questioning Coleson and me again."
There's no way either of them could have left the note. Well, Jared anyways. He was at campus all day and never was left alone with the bus. Coleson had class but was home early... but he's a mate. He has no motive for framing me.
Right?
And he has no reason to fuck with Aspen.
My anxiety begins to build as I consider his actions a year ago. He was all over a chick named Sherry. He showed no interest in Foxy. I don't think he even knew she was there.
There's no way.
"You reckon Coleson was with Sherry that night?"
Jared drops his arms and glares at me, "Are you seriously asking me that?"
The three of us are tight. But, he and Coleson have become closer this year while I've been on my antisocial trip.
"Is this Aspen asking, or Bash asking?"
"Yo, mate, don't get fucking defensive I'm just asking." It's clear he's angry I've asked this. I understand he's upset because I'm questioning a good friend's integrity but, fuck, after the year I went through, I need to know who did it as badly as Aspen.
