Angels | Ghosts Of The Past 2 [BoyxBoy] ✓

17. Electric Blue

Chase.

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I pull up to school in my brand new car. My parents are worried about me so they decided it was time for a 'don't kill yourself' present. An electric blue range rover. I like it a lot. In fact, I like it so much that I named it: Blue Legend.

The same thing happened after my attempt and when I told them about cutting and stuff. Lots of presents. Obviously I'm not complaining... I just wish I could talk to them. I mean.. I can talk to my dad but he always takes everything I say out of context and I hate seeing him hurt. Mom just tells me to shush and pretend everything's fine. 

I step out of my car, the guys and Melissa's squad rush to my sides, smothering me.

"Dude, sweet ride!" 

"What happened to your other car?" A girl asks. 

"I crashed it." I say matter-of-factly. 

Everyone begins to talk full of excitement. They're all bombing me with questions or squealing about how cool I am. It's funny how everyone's definition of cool is different. 

I look around and I spot Luke leaning against the wall of the school. He looks really sour and he's all alone. I've never seen him alone. Melissa rushes to my side. 

"Hey, babe." She smiles as she grabs my arm. 

I frown and pull away.  

"Why are you calling me babe?" 

"Because we're a thing, silly." She plasters on a smile. 

Since when?!

"Chasey," 

Chasey? 

"I was thinking we should go out tonight. Like a fancy restaurant to make it official?"

"What happened to Luke?" I ask just as we walk by him. He seems angry enough to shoot me. I shiver. 

"Who? Oh, he's cute and all but.. you're much cooler." She smirks. 

I frown, completely confused. 

She sighs and takes me apart. "Let me break it down for you. You dethroned the king of the school so... you're the new king of the school. Simple as that. And I'm your queen." She smiles happily. 

I stare at her in disbelief. This is like a bad high school movie. I can't believe she just said that out loud. And I can't believe I'm supposed to find all this normal.

I shake my head and walk to math class alone.

I give up. I'll never understand high school. I'll never understand people and honestly, I don't want to.

It's Friday. Meaning... I'm going on my trip with Sky today. I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself. 

My parents decided that experiencing a car crash was enough punishment so I get to go on the trip! I feel like it'll be really good for me. Maybe I'll finally get my shit together.

Wayne and I sit together in the classroom. We sit all the way at the back so the teacher won't notice we're not paying attention. Or.. that he's not paying attention. I'm trying to. Really hard but as she talks my mind just goes back to that dark place it always seems to go these days. 

I stare out the window and watch the wind blow through the grass. I think about Kev and I wonder what he's doing right now. He completely disappeared from my life. I must have meant nothing to him. All those conversations we had were all just for one thing. One moment. He just used me. He pretended to care about me and then he was gone. I was so wrong about him.