A WEEK AWAY

9

Once Alexa had calmed down Jack tucked her into his sleeping bag and stomped over to Kaylee's tent.

When he got there he saw Stephanie rummaging through Kaylee's stuff. He spoke in an eerily calm voice, ''Looking for this!'', he held up the camera in question.

Stephanie looked up wide-eyed.

''N-no'' she stuttered.

''STOP LYING! Ive seen what you did, what you made Kaylee do. It was you wasn't it.''

While Stephanie shuddered in fear, all the noise had brought Marcus and Evan to them.

''Why are you screaming at my sister, huh?'' Marcus exclaimed fuming.

Jack was about to answer when he saw the silent exchange between the two lovebirds.

Jack chuckled darkly, ''You were in on it too, weren't you Evan? It was all a ruse fake truce, fake hopes of friendship, FAKE!''

Evan composed himself and it was as if the underlying negative energy he encompassed made an appearance. His whole demeanour changed, it turned evil.

''Freshman! You think you can come into our college, talk smack about us and get away with it. You think you're a football star. I can ruin you in seconds, and your little friend there, that fucking orphan too, I can ruin you in seconds.''

Jack was about to pummel Evan to death when Marcus stepped in.

Jack fumed ''Did you know about it!? Were you doing Evans dirty work all along!''

''NO! I didnt know what they were planning, I swear'' he defended himself.

''So you dont support them?'' Jack looked at his football captain hopefully.

Marcus chuckled ''Whatever it is family comes first, and a poor scholarship charity case and an orphan, can never be above my family.''

Jack went eerily still again until he burst into maniacal laughter. He stopped abruptly and stared into Marcus's soul, ''Family! Huh, Family, you say family is someone you trust, and who trust you back, not someone who repeatedly lie to your face.'' Jack sneered.

Evan was losing his cool confident demeanour by the second. Stephanie had come to whimpering by now.

''What do you mean?'' Marcus asks slowly.

Jack says nothing. Instead, he just shows Marcus a video.