Raekkuno Stories

The Real Reason(Worth the wait #3)

Toast's POV:

I drove down the road, speeding down, only half paying attention to the road really, as I began to think back to the real reason why Thomas stopped speaking to Rachel...

*Flashback*

It was the end of the school year, junior year to be exact. Everyone was getting really antsy waiting for the bell to ring and for summer vacation to finally be upon us. I was sitting in my history class eyeing the clock in the room every few seconds just to see if the hand had moved. Thankfully my history teacher was incredibly laid back and was just sort of asking kids what they had planned for summer vacation. Some kids said the usual, like travelling to another state, or another country, job applications, and other typical shit like that. Other kids were packing up their bags and going on their phones. And the rest of us we're all staring down the clock, getting ready to bolt out the door as soon as the bell rung.

After what felt like forever, the clock finally ticked and the bell rung to signify the end of the day. I immediately dashed through the door and took a hard left to go through the side door of the building. I walked over to the front of the school and sat on the bench like always. Imane, Rachel, Corpse, and I had already devised a system to be able to get out of this hell hole as quickly as possible. Rae and I would go through the side doors and go to the front to save time and energy, while Corpse and Imane would go through the back entrances to Imane's car and loop to the front to pick us up and speed out of here. It all had to do with fast exits and timing, and it was the best possible route. I know, because I thought of it.

I looked around seeing the sea of students going through the main entrance of the building. I went on my phone and relaxed for a bit. I anticipated that it would be a bit less smooth in getting out of here, due to everyone else also trying their very hardest to finally leave this place. I texted Imane to try and see how much time I had to lounge until she would be able to loop to the front. I waited a second until she called me, to which I rolled my eyes and picked up.

"Ugh, yes?" I asked her, anticipating bad news.

"Yeah, bad news: it's gonna be a bit." She answered clearly in a bad mood. I let out a groan and let my temper loose.

"Damn it! I told you guys to get out quicker this time!" I yelled out at them as I could start to car horns at the other end of the line.

"We did, but it's this cluster fuck of traffic that's the problem!" Corpse said, raising his voice at the end.

"Well obviously not quick enough. How long do you think it will be?" I asked them, praying it wasn't that bad.

"I don't know, like 5 minutes! It could vary though." Imane replied sounding completely done with life. I honestly expected way worse.

"C'mon! Are you gonna take a nap or drive asshole?!" I heard Corpse yell while honking his horn at someone. Not too long after, Rachel walked up to the bench looking fairly annoyed, just like the rest of us felt.

"What took you so long?" I asked her, pulling the phone away from my ear momentarily.

"My math teacher was being a bitch again. Kept us all an extra minute to give us all some speech about being responsible or something. Anyways, what's up?" She asked, wondering who I was calling.

"They're running late." I replied back, making her eyes widen.

"Wait what?" She asked taking the phone from me, putting it on speaker.

"Is that Rachel?" Imane asked, though I could barely hear her.

"First of all, it's Rae, and second of all what happened?" Rachel questioned.