BEAUTY AND CHAOS ❇ 13 REASONS WHY

tape 2, side b

Best friends are supposed to last forever, always have each others backs. But when I needed you, you weren't there. Welcome to your tape, Indigo Grace. Now your betrayal didn't happen until a few weeks before I, well you know what. But I decided to put your tape in the beginning. I want you to squirm knowing that everyday someone new is gonna be hearing this.

Indigo walked into school nervously. It hadn't hit her until the night before that Clay would onto her tape next. She didn't know if she'd able to handle it, she knew how he went after the others so far.

"Indie?" The blonde turned her head to see Jessica. Indigo sent her a tight lipped smile. "Hey." She said shortly, her eyes on the lookout for Clay. Jessica fell into step at her side. "Has he talked to you yet?" She shook her head, chewing on her lip.

"It's okay, maybe he won't do anything." Jess started but stopped when the girls caught sight of an angry Clay. "Sure he won't." Indigo snapped before taking a sharp turn in the other direction, trying to avoid the brunette boy.

She walked as fast as she could, freezing when she locked eyes with Clay from across the hallway. With a determined look he started in her direction. She was searching the hallway for an out when to her luck Bryce walked up to her.

"Blue, you okay?" He asked, putting an arm over her shoulders. She glanced back to where Clay had been but he was gone. "I'm just great." She said with a sigh of relief. Maybe she could just stick with Bryce all day. She knew Clay wouldn't go after her if he was around.

The pair met up with Monty at his locker. "You sure you're okay?" Bryce asked once again, watching as the girl looked around nervously. She gave him a small nod. "Do you have any water?" She asked, pulling out a pill bottle.

"Yeah." He said unsure, handing the bottle to the blonde. The boy's eyes went wide as the girl downed four pills. "That's a little too much isn't it?" Monty asked, concerned for the girl. "Yeah, it definitely is." Bryce answered.

Indigo rolled her eyes at the boys. "I'm fine, everything is perfectly fine okay? I don't need you two to keep..." She started ranting but trailed off when she noticed Clay watching her. The boys followed her eyes.

"Why is that creep staring at us?" Monty snapped, glaring at the boy. When Clay noticed their eyes he looked away, walking down a hallway. "It's not a big deal." Bryce caught the boy's arm when Monty started to follow him.

Indigo felt her panic grow. "I'm gonna go to class." She said quickly, walking off as fast as she could. Clay did his best to follow her, wanting to ask her about her tape. But the blonde was successful in losing him in a crowd. 

As much as she wanted to just skip it would be too obvious, plus her parents were starting to get on her about her attendance. As if they actually cared, but they'd rather fight with her than with each other. 

So Indigo sat at a desk in the back of the classroom, hood up and head down. The pills were starting to kick in. Numbness began to replace the burning anxiety in her body. With a breath of relief and a small smile, Indigo let her eyes shut.

We met at my party and we instantly became friends. I thought we were perfect until school started. You pretended like your friends were good people, they weren't, none of them were. If they ever did anything you acted like nothing happened.

Monty and Bryce were right, Indigo had definitely taken too many pills. She passed out for hours in the classroom. By the time she woke up she realized she wasn't even in a classroom, she had sat in a janitors closet. Her 'chair' was an empty bucket and her 'desk' was an open spot on a shelf.