"Huh? Isn't she in a war right now?"
I see Wilburs face fall in shock, obviously he had forgotten that I could see his phone since he was standing right next to me. She sent back something I couldn't see but i saw a red heart. I was so confused, why would he be texting Aria. So she was lying about being in a war? I liked her, I cant believe she lied. James always loved her too. What do I do, I cant just tell James. WAIT HES LEGIT IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW I FORGOT ABOUT HIM OH NO. Did he hear what I said? He doesn't look like he did, maybe hes just really good at hiding his emotions. I dont know but what I do know is that Wilbur had also forgotten James was in the room. He still hadn't noticed.
"She is."
Hes lying. I should point out that James is here so that Wilbur doesn't say something he'll regret. I wont though.
"Why were you texting her? You dont even know her. Right? Tell me you dont know her, please." For James's sake. I want him to lie to me so we can go back to playing, I'll talk to him later.
"I-" he starts but I cut him off.
"No, lie to me. James is here. He isn't listening but, please, lie for now. I dont want to talk to you about this, or be involved in this. Tell James, not me. Later."
He shuts his mouth and nods his head. I try and ignore what I've just found out. I don't want to deal with relationship drama. ;) you will have to with someone else soon.
James looks up and smiles weakly. I grin back at him. He holds the stare a bit too long so I look down awkwardly and grab a notebook out of my bag so I have something to do. I try to think of some band name ideas, I guess we are really doing this, wow. My brain is completely blank which is unusual.
band name ideas:
• eboys *oh and wilbur too ig*
• e+1He really is just the plus one. It's an ok name though. Not really but it's all I've got. I press my pen down on the paper and the ink explodes everywhere. The black liquid swims into my white jumper. shite. It flows like blood. I chuck the notepad on the floor. The ink had covered everything except for the e+1. it's a sign I think sarcastically.
I pick the notebook back up reluctantly, I really cant be bothered with this. I flip to a new page and start sketching. I'm not trying to draw anything in particular but at the moment I'm seeing a bed. Scribbles surround it, engulfing the bed in the dark mess. I can feel Wilbur staring at me. He sees that I'm not paying attention and gets up. He stands still for a second or two before walking creepily over to James. He scares me sometimes. He doesn't walk weird-creepy, more mysterious and powerful. Hes wearing a trench coat over his yellow jumper which really adds to the scary demeanour. He whips his head over to me and I look back down before he can tell I was watching. He seems satisfied and turns his attention back to James. He leans closer and whispers something in his ear. James looks uncomfortable and murmurs something about how he doesn't understand. I try to subtly edge my chair over. I'm close enough to hear part of the conversation. Barely.
"You're gonna tell me the truth, ok?" Wilbur mutters.
"Wha- where the hell has this come from, Wil?" says James, hes confused and so am I. Why was Wilbur being so terrifying all of a sudden. He was fine a few seconds ago. Before Aria texted him. Huh. What a coincidence!
"Shush. I want you to tell me your true feelings. It's not gonna be easy but you will do it." Wilbur has thought this out. I'm curious to know what hes going to say.
"Aria. Does she love you?" Hes straight to the point. Why would he care if she loves him if they obviously like eachother too, right? He wouldn't be so secretive if they were just friends. James just stares at Wilbur, open mouthed and with his brows furrowed in a strange mix of fury and confusion. He splutters a bit and Wilbur brings a finger to his mouth hot and says,
"I want you to think about this. I think I know the answer. I'm not sure if you do."Wilbur leaves at that and sits down on his phone as if he didnt just shake up James's entire mind. He knows what hes doing, he can be very manipulative but I still dont get the purpose of his queries. Will and George walk back in finally. This will be fun to discuss with George later.
"I'm not sure if I can do this guys." George says suddenly.
"Is this because of our talk. 'Cause I can just leave if you need some space from me to... think." Will says softly. Huh.
"No- you cant. You know I was thinking we could make, like, a trailer for it on YouTube. That would- it would be fun right!" Wilbur adds, struggling to convince George to stay. George looks so tired and overwhelmed I have a feeling he will want to discuss something too. I want to hug him but I dont want to make things awkward. George agrees reluctantly to stay and I think about how Wilbur scrambled for reasons for him to stay in the band. He lost his cool there, his evil character was shattered. He looked so desperate. Very suspicious. I know I cant fully trust him yet. I need to be careful with what information I give him. That will be hard though, he can switch personalities quicker than Trisha Paytas.
yes that was the final line of the chapter, yw. The order of chapters is possibly a lil messed up, Loud mightve been better before chords but IDK I'll try fix it later if I can be bothered
OML YOU GUYS WE HAVE SO MUCH LORE PLANNED ITS ALL COMING TOGETHER IM SO EXCITED!!!
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Concealed // Alex x George
FanfictionAn emotional enemies to lovers story about George and Alex.. What is life really like without the mask?