Seventeen || BajanCanadian/ASFJerome

Chapter 21

Mitch's POV

My mouth dried up completely at his words.

Dead. I'd always wondered about death. Death. Dead.

Cassandra. Cassie. Dead.

I snapped back to my phone call, recognizing the tears that aimlessly drained from my face.

I was sitting in the library when he called, solely for the purpose of studying.

"No one has told Carlee yet."

I felt dry everywhere, like a river suffering from a drought. That meant I'd have to tell her.

I ended the call, ignoring Jerome's efforts to continue talking to me.

I stood from my place on the bench I was seated on and proceeded to find Carlee in the maze of bookshelves.

Non-fiction; no.
Young adult; no.
Fiction; found her.

"Um, Carlee?" I whispered, pulling her attention away from the book she was scanning through.

I could see her questioning look towards my glossy eyes, but I ignored it.

"Cassie." I strained.

"What happened?" Her voice had suddenly hardened.

I barely got the next word out in a whisper.

"Dead."

Carlee's POV

I didn't care that we were in a library, I gave a scream into my hands.

I didn't give anyone time to come after me as I ran as fast as my legs would take me to my dorm.

I didn't see the boy blocking my path to the door.

I didn't notice that it was Mitch, who ran ahead, only to embrace me.

I didn't know Mitch was even capable of crying until I felt his warm tears pelt the back of my neck rapidly.

I didn't know my last words to Cassie were going to be

"goodbye."
~
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD 2K READS WHAT

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE FOR ME

but honestly, Thankyou guys for this, I honestly was excited when I got 100 reads, and now here we are. Whether you're someone who actually reads all the way through, or stops at the very first chapter, I don't mind, but thank you for actually taking the time to do it.

So....tomorrow is my last day of school, which means two things: more updates and less updates. Of course it's summer so I can find time in the afternoon, but I'm going to miss a few weeks because of overnight camps. SO YEA I LOVE YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU AGAIN!

ANWAYS, HAVE THE LOVELIEST DAYS YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE
~