𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐑 | 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘻

f i v e

[ maddy ]
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warnings.
discussion of abuse
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   after a very lowkey sunday, and still no response from maddy, i walked up to kat who was at her locker.

   "hey. any kind of response from maddy?" i asked.

   "nope, and cassie is seriously freaking out. i mean i'm worried too, but she's driving me insane." as if on cue, cassie walked up to us, "you haven't heard from maddy have you?" she looked at me.

   "no, sorry. i hope she's okay." i responded.

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   later in the day, as i was walking through the hallway to my next class, i spotted maddy at her locker. she was wearing a turtleneck, a hoodie, and sunglasses. she did not look good.

   i walked up to her, "hey, are you okay?"

   "i'm literally fine, can everyone please just stop asking that?" she slammed her locker shut.

   "are you sure?"

   "i hardly fucking know you, just leave me alone." she said, then turned around and walked off.

   cassie walked up to me, "don't take it personally, she was upset with me too."

   "i'm not mad or anything, i'm just concerned. i know i just met her, but she seriously doesn't look good." i responded.

   "i know, but she won't tell anyone what's going on. we can't do anything to help her if she won't talk to us."

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on my way out of school, i saw a police officer practically pulling maddy towards the front office.

   "i heard she's being questioned  because nate jacobs hit her or something." some girl walked up next to me.

   "wait, really?" i turned to the girl.

   "that's what i heard." the girl shrugged, "i knew there was something off about nate." she added.

   "yeah.." i nodded and went to find my mom's car.

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   "you need to get your license soon, we can't keep picking you up." my mom started, then asked, "everything alright?"

   "yeah, everything's fine, why wouldn't it be?"

   "you just seem upset."

   "i'm just tired." i opened my phone to see that i was added to a group chat with jules, rue, maddy, cassie, kat, and lexi.

   "that maddy girl you were hanging out with the other day isn't maddy perez is she?" my mom asked as i started scrolling through the messages in the chat.

   "yeah, why?" i looked up at her.

   "i don't want you talking to her anymore. i was talking to another parent and she told me about how maddy perez called another student's mom something really awful."