A Match Made in Hell

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I clear my throat awkwardly, nodding my head for them to go ahead.

Some furrow their eyebrows in confusion, the others roll their eyes or shake their head no.

Anastasia raises her hand hesitantly, "can I go first?"

"Yeah," I nod, "go ahead."

She clears her throat and turns to Karl, clapping her two hands together and looking down at the floor in guilt.

"I want to start by saying I'm sorry. Truly. Even if you refuse to forgive me, I wouldn't blame you." She lifts her head up to meet his eyes. "I don't know what got into me, a few people just told me something and I played along with them. Though you might not believe me because of what happened, I actually didn't want to do it. Something suddenly got into me when I saw all my friends doing it. I was waiting for a good moment to apologise to you face to face but I always chickened out."

"Thank you." He smiles softly. "Thank you for apologising and thank you for being honest. I believe you."

"Can I hug you?" She tilts her head.

He pouts and immediately opens his arms for her. She gets up and gives him a tight hug, muttering another apology in his ear which I was not supposed to hear.

"Thank you, ana." I smile at her. "Anybody else?" I shoot each and every one of them death glares.

Ana takes her seat as George and Dream both raise their hands at the same time.

I nod for them to go ahead.

Clay goes first, "Karl, I know most of this was my fault, and I'm really sorry for hurting you. I wish I could actually describe how guilty I feel." He taps his feet nervously on the floor.

"Me too." George butts in. "I got carried away. Im sorry i didn't let you explain, now that I think about it, I was actually pretty fucking stupid." He admits. "I owe you my life for what I did, and im very sorry," he clears his throat, "though nick did promise he'd explain the whole situation yesterday."

Karl turns to me to confirm if this is true. I frown and nod my head. "Sure, I don't have a problem with that." He concedes.

Suddenly, I see a lot of hands raised in the crowd.

"Yes, alex. Go ahead."

He puts his hand down and slaps a hand on his thigh, "before you explain, even if I haven't heard your explanation yet, I still want to apologise. What I did, or what any of us did, that was unforgivable. I'm sorry."

Karl smiles and mouths an 'it's okay.'

I nod my head at Luke who swallows thickly. "I seriously have no idea what to say and where to start, but I'm actually really sorry. I dodged your conversations because I was afraid you would eventually bring up what had happened that day and that you would get mad at me."

"Same here." Aaliyah raises her voice slightly for him to hear. "I have to admit, it was a dick move. You're really one of my best friends and the sweetest soul I've ever met, you didn't deserve that, I understand if you can't forgive."

"I - uh-" a girl suddenly clears her throat and raises her hand.

I nod my head for her to go ahead. "You probably don't know me well or anything, but I was there too. I'm sorry, boss. I won't disappoint you again, I won't repeat that and it will never happen again."

"Thank you." I thank her as Karl smiles and nods his head at her.

I walk up to Karl, "is it okay with you? Are you sure you want to tell them?" I whisper in his ear.