EJ Caswell & Matt Cornett Imagines

EJ's parents

I walked to my boyfriend's locker before first hour like I do everyday, today being Friday. I wrapped my arms around him from behind. "Boo!" I whispered in his ear.

He laughed a little, turning around "hey y/n."

"Hey eej." I went on my tiptoes to kiss his forehead. Something seemed...off. I furrowed my eyebrows, "you okay?"

He frowned, "not really." He laughed slightly.

"What's wrong?"

"Well-" the bell interrupted him.

I gave him a sad smile, "do you need to talk now? I can tell my parents to call the school, and we can hang out at my house?"

"Nah, it's okay. We'll talk later." He gave me a quick kiss on my cheek and said, "head to class."

I smiled at him, "love you."

"...Yeah." He said, closing his locker and walking to class. I knew something had to be wrong. He always says 'love you too'. Was it something I did? I would have to ask him at lunch.

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I headed to the theatre kids' table. Ej and I sit there for lunch everyday. Usually, ej gets there before me. But not today.

"Where's ej? I asked Nini and Ricky.

"Dunno." Ricky said.

Nini rolled her eyes at her boyfriend's response, "I think he's in the library y/n."

"Oh...okay. Thank you."

"No problem."

I headed to the library to see the Librarian, Mrs. Miller.

"Hey, Mrs. M. Have you seen ej?" EJ and I come in here quite a lot to do homework, so she knows who we are.

"Not today, y/n."

"Okay, thank you."

"No problem." She said as I left the library. I thought about the places where he could be. I pulled out my phone to text him.

y/n:
hey where are you??

He didn't respond for a few minutes, and I was getting hungry. That's when Darren, one of ej's waterpolo friends, walked down the hall.

"Hey Darren!"

"Hey y/n. Why aren't you at lunch? Where's ej?"

"I'm not sure. Would you mind checking the boy's bathroom?"

"Not at all, I'll go check." He said running to the bathroom.

"Thanks."

*1 text from Darren*
He's in here

I headed to the boy's bathroom to get my boyfriend. It was almost the end of lunch, and we both had to eat.

"eej?" I yelled into the bathroom. He came out to the hallway with a tear-stained face. His hands running through his hair.

"Oh, baby." I said when I saw him.

He didn't say anything, and just wrapped his arms around me. I heard him softly sob as I rubbed his back. I don't think I've ever seen him cry.

"Let's go to your car." I said as I grabbed his hand, and walked us to the parking lot.

We got to ej's truck as I took out my spare keys for it and we got in the front seats.

"Wanna talk about it?" I looked at him with empathy. I didn't know what was going on, but I knew it was really hurting him.

He frowned, "I don't want you to miss your perfect attendance." He laughed, trying to make light of this.