Different || Evan Hansen gets a SQUIP

Chapter 2: Jeremy Heere

C-c-c-cmon! C-c-c-cmon! Go! Go!

Well, shit. Forget that, it's time for school. I guess I'll just be extremely uncomfortable all day. I mean, not too different from any other day. I'm just always feeling weird or strange. Nothing new. Good morning! I guess.

"Ugh. Dad!! Pants!"

"Just pretend we're in the army Jeremy, we're all men in this house,"

"Just when I get home, for once, please just have clothes on, okay?"

"Ten-hut!"

Dang it Dad. Ever since the day Mom left, he's been pantsless.
Okay so, all I have to do is get through today. Pick up Evan with Michael, get to school, see Christine, and leave. Perfect. Speaking of Evan, I should go text him.

You: evan! me and michael still picking u up or no

Evan Hansen (trees): yes

Well! guess I better text Michael too. Make sure he wasn't stoned and forgot about this.

You: MICHAELLL u ready to pick up me and evan?

Michael Mell (favorite person): YESS I AM JERE be at your house in 5

You: alr see ya michael

Okay! Now that's sorted out, I shall just sit here and wait. I can't wait to see Christine. She's literally perfect.

5 Minutes later, I see Michael pulling up from the window. I exit the house.

"Michael!" I yell out.

"Jeremy! You excited for the first day?"

"NOPE! Let me in!"

Michael laughs as he unlocks the passenger door.

"Here, I'll give you directions to Evan's house,"

Evan's house is a good 10 minutes away, so we have enough time to chill here. I wish I could actually be chill. And fine. Oh! and cool! Nothing goes wrong when you're cool! If I'm cool, maybe people will like me!

When we arrive at Evan's house, Evan is already waiting for us in the driveway.

"Evan!! Get in or we'll be late," I say whilst unlocking the door.

Evan gets into the back seat and Michael immediately steps on the gas as Evan closes his door.

The school is about 4 minutes away now. Nothing can go wrong, right? Absolutely nothing can be worse than the days before today! All I have to do is just survive.

We arrive at school, and Michael pulls into a parking spot. Before Evan could get away from us, I went to stop him; Michael follows.

"Uh, so Evan?? How was your summer?" I say, beginning to head towards the school door.

"I-Uh, so um, you know how I worked as an apprentice park ranger at Ellison State Park?" Evan says as I nod my head and continue walking, except I don't remember him ever saying this.

"Is that where you broke your arm?" I ask as I look down at Evan's white cast.

"O-Oh. Yeah. F-Funny story actually, I was climbing this 40-foot oak tree, and I just-"

"Fell?" I cut him off, slightly concerned.

"Yeah actually! U-Uh and the funny part was after I fell, I laid on the ground waiting for someone to come get me," He says, as we approach our lockers.

"I- Did anyone?" I say before being cut off.

Jared Kleinman walks towards us with a huge grin on his face. He stops and plants his feet promptly before speaking.

"Jeremy! Michael!" he calls to us. We wave and respond with an awkward 'Hi Jared...'

Jared turns to Evan and begins to speak.

"How does it feel to be the first person to break their arm from jerking off too much? Or do you consider than an honour?" he says jokingly.

"I-No- That's not what happened, Jared!" Evan says in a panic.

"Think about it! It's a late night, and you have Zoe Murphy's Instagram on your weird off-brand cellphone-"

"What! No! S-See obviously that's not what happened, right Jeremy?" Evan asks. I nod my head in agreement.

"See, uh, I was working at Ellison State Park over the summer, and I was climbing this tree-"

"Let me guess, you fell?" Jared asks mockingly.

"Yeah! Um, but the funny thing is, there was this solid 10 minutes where I just laid there waiting for someone to get me. 'Any second now' I said, ' Any second now'" Evan says kinda fast; anxiously.

"Well, did anyone come?" Jared asks.

"T-That't the funny part actually! Uh, no one came," Evan says, semi-enthusiastically.

"Jesus Christ," Jared says whilst rolling his eyes.

"Well uh... Heh... What about you Jared? How was your summer?" Evan slightly mumbles.

From the corner of my eye, I see a person walking down the hallway.

"Well over the summer- Oh, hey Connor?! Loving the new hair length! Very... School-shooter-chic..?!" Jared says mockingly as Connor Murphy walks by.

Connor stop when he hears Jared say this, and turns right towards us. I grab Michael's hand out of fear, but let go as I realise how weird it is. Evan takes a step back right into me and whispers, apologising to me. Connor looks at Jared menacingly.

"It was just a joke..." Jared says hesitantly.

"Yeah. Great joke. I'm laughing so hard, can't you tell?" Connor says sarcastically.

"You're such a... Freak," Jared says, waking away from us.

Weird, but nothing I haven't seen from Jared before. Connor is still looking at us when Jared leaves. Evan lets out a nervous chuckle and quickly covers his mouth, but it's too late.

"What are you laughing at?" Connor asks.

"I- W-What? I wasn't-" Evan says while taking a step back, further pushing Michael and I backwards.

"You think I'm a freak too, don't you?" Connor asks, as he walks towards us.

"I- I never said-" Evan is cut off by Connor.

"Well, you're the fucking freak!" Connor says, shoving Evan backwards. He swiftly walks away directly after pushing him. Michael and I take a step back, which makes Evan fall directly onto the floor.

Michael has this stance... like he's ready to go and run after Connor, but he doesn't. Instead he helps me bring Evan up.