This chapter overlaps with the previous chapter during the time Maudie entered Ezra and Ava's conversation.
Maudie's POV
I see Ava and Ezra at the corner of the school field talking to each other.
I walk towards them, hoping to ask Ezra for help setting up a new printer my dad bought.
Ava: ...you want your relationship to move forward. What are you going to do about it?
I wasn't able to hear the first part, but I can just ask.
Me: Hello Ava, Ezra. What are you talking about?
Ezra: We were... ummm... it's just that...
Ezra has been stuttering a lot lately.
Maybe there's something worrying him.
Ava: Ezra needed help with girl problems so he asked me about what to do.
Me: Ezra? Girl problems? What's this about? Do I know this girl?
I don't understand.
Why do I feel...
Bad?
Ezra: Umm... it's a... secret and I think I'm not comfortable talking about it yet.
A secret?
Is there something you can tell Ava that you couldn't talk to me about?
Me: I see...
I thought he trusted me enough to tell me but I guess it was just a misunderstanding.
Me: I guess we weren't as close as I thought.
Ezra: Maudie. That's not what I meant.
The bell rang and recess ended.
I turned away from Ava and Ezra and started walking towards my next class.
I feel like there's a big knot in my chest everytime I think about Ezra.
Why would I just leave without an explanation?
A good detective doesn't settle on a conclusion before getting all the facts.
But this is one thing I was afraid of finding out.
The rest of school I couldn't focus or do anything productive.
At the end of school I see Ezra from afar trying to catch up to me.
I ran away.
I couldn't deal with it right now.
I need to know what's happening to me.
I don't think this is part of puberty.
I reached my house and I enter.
I dragged myself upstairs, into my bedroom, and lied on the bed.
All day I've been thinking of Ezra.
Why?
Ezra's face smiling, made me smile but the knot in my chest hurt.
Why am I upset at Ezra?
He has secrets.
Everyone has them.
Why do I feel... bad when he keeps them from me.
Is it because it feels like he doesn't trust me?
Is it because he has other female friends I don't know about?
Is it because I want to know everything about him?
Why does it feel bad?
My thoughts are in disarray, and my brain is scrambled.
With my head full I tried to empty everything and reexamine everything, just like in a case.
A single thought appears like a sudden enlightenment.
...I...
...Like...
...Ezra...
Oh, no.
This is not good.
I have romantic feelings for Ezra.
From my experience with romance movies (due to being forced to watch them with Ava) having a relationship with a peer, a co-worker, or a best friend, brings many bad situations, and Ezra is all three.
What do I do?
What do I tell him?
What if he doesn't like me back?
Wait a minute.
Calm down.
There is only one person who might know all the answers.
To be continued
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THE INBESTIGATORS (EZRA'S LOVE STORY)
FanfictionIt's been five years since The Inbestigators were formed. Ezra is a sixteen year old boy, who is going through puberty. This story is about Ezra's journey to discover the new emotions he feels towards a certain female he met five years ago. (THIS IS...
