𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀

xii.

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟮

"𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦"
- 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘮.𝘤.𝘳

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TW : ANXIETY & MENTION OF BULLYING

"Don't call your teach insane young lady" Chris scolded me, with his eyebrows of disappointment.

I tried not to smile but let a chuckle out, "You should see her, she's crazy"

He shook his head but I saw the corner of his lips turn up a little, making me smile.

"Who's Hailee ? You never mentioned her" He asked, intrigued as we turned on 6th Avenue.

"Just a student in my science class, we were friends in primary school" I explained quickly, avoiding any eye contact.

She was so much more than that. Fuck, what have I done ?

He hummed and turned to read me, "You sure ? She doesn't bother you or anything ?"

"What ?" I laughed, before I realized he was completely serious. "No, no absolutely not"

"Okay good" He sighed. "Lemme know if anyone's bothering you or anything"

Only if you knew. "I promise Chris" I told him, feeling like it was an empty promise.

My hands hadn't stop shaking yet. I took the sleeves of my sweater and pulled on them so they could recover my hands and keep them from Chris watchful eyes.

I felt like soon enough we pulled up in front of the set. I made no move to get out and neither did he.

"You have to face him you know ? You can't stay here forever" He rested his heavy gaze on the side of my head.

"I kinda feel like I should" I replied, not moving an inch. Except for my bouncing leg and my shaking hands of course.

"Come on let's go" He said, leaving me in the car.

I reluctantly stepped out too. 

"Thea, what are you doing here ?" Tom approached me with a wide smile.

"Been expelled" I shrugged, my eyes fixed everywhere but on him.

He laughed, clearly not buying it.

"Wait you're serious ?" He added when I looked at him, deadly serious.

I nodded dismissively and let my eyes wander around, looking at all the people rushing and sometimes running to get everything right for the next scene.

His lips formed a thin line and he clearly didn't know what to say.

"Do you know where I can find my brother ?" I asked, feeling it would be better than to wait for him to find me.

"He is filming for one of the next scenes so he shouldn't be- Okay he's coming this way actually" He looked behind me and winced immediately.

I slowly turned around only to find my brother giving me a sign with his head to follow him. Silence treatment okay. I'm not sure I'm surprised but right now I would prefer if he started yelling at me. From him, I always prefer anger on disappointment. I'm already starting to feel guilty even if it felt so damn good to leave speechless my Spanish teach for once.

He entered in his trailer and I followed his tracks. He didn't turn around like I expected him to, he only ran a hand through his hair.

"Paba..." I started, wanting to cut the deadly silence.