Homo Horrors: Education and Trauma

Part 5: The Plan

Highschool Grey POV:

"Ow! What the hell?!" I screamed and stood up. I felt my neck burning. Did someone spill coffee on me?!

I turned around to see Mattea standing there with an empty coffee cup in her hand.

"HEY! What's the big deal asshole?! You just ruined my new shirt!" I screamed at her, as she looked ashamed. "I'm so so sorry! I never meant to spill this on you.. I can pay you for the shirt, I promise!" She put the cup down and grabbed her wallet, and started fumbling with her wallet.

I kinda realized I sounded like my dad.

I didn't really wanna lecture her about anything, so I just pushed the wallet back to her. "Sorry. I didn't mean to yell like that.. I have a change of clothes anyway. I can just change in the locker rooms. Want me to get you a new coffee for me yelling?" I asked. "Oh, no. I could never make you pay-"

I smiled. "Really. I insist. What coffee was it?" I grabbed my wallet and walked back over to the counter with Mattea.

Highschool Zoe POV:

I walked to the parking lot and saw Oliver waiting on a bench outside the cafe. I walked up to them. "Hey, Oliver! Sorry if it took so long." I smiled at them as they stood up. Though, I think they could tell how anxious I was. After hearing the TV version of me talk about Oliver being evil, I feel a lot more uncomfortable around them.. "No problem! Grey and Fred are already inside and it looks like with someone else.." Oliver squinted slightly. Oh? I looked inside to see if Oliver was correct. Grey and Fred were sitting with someone and looked like they had cards in their hands.

We only had like, 5 minutes left or something. Who would they be playing with?

Oliver attempted to grab my hand, but I pushed it away slightly. He seemed confused but didn't attempt again. And just like that, we entered the cafe. But.. I saw someone.

It was her.

"Hey lovebirds. We invited Mattea over and are playing GoFish!" Grey smiled at us. "Yeah, wanna join?" Fred grabbed the deck and split it up. "Sure! What about you, Zoe?" Oliver turned to me as Fred handed them some cards. "U-uhm.. Maybe another time.. I have to uhm.." I trailed off and looked around. "I have to use the bathroom!" I stood up and speed walked to the girl's restroom, then slammed the door.

I ran to a stall and shut it. That had to be the Mattea from other me's weird timeline. So I guess I just use the walkie-talkie they gave me?

I pulled out the walkie-talkie and held down some big button.

"This is Zoe, over. Are you there?"

I waited for a couple of seconds before hearing a muffled voice.

"This is Zoe, over. What happened?"

"Mattea is hanging out with some of my friends. I can tell it isn't 'our' Mattea. She looks older and isn't wearing the same outfit Mattea wore this morning. What do I do?"

She went silent for a moment.

"Okay. I'll take care of everything. Just go back and act like normal. Okay? Over."

"But wait!! What else could I do??"

I waited for a moment but got no reply.

I guess I should just.. go back? I left the stall and looked under them. Nobody else was in here, so I didn't have to fake washing my hands or anything.

I stood by the exit of the bathroom, a little dizzy.

TV Zoe POV:

Shit.. Already?! How can I even know if this stupid plan is gonna work??