Love Me (very slow updates)

Ch 25 |•| Do you get chased too?

"Clara?"

"Clara!"

"Jesus Christ Clara!" Keenan yelled trying to get his friends attention. Clara's head snapped up as she looked at him slightly wide eyed.

"Huh? What?" She said as she hitched her bag up higher on her shoulder. Keenan just looked at her with worry all over his face.

"Are you ok? I've been talking at you for like the past three minutes and you haven't been replying." He said as they arrived at Keenan's locker.

"Oh. Yeah I'm fine. Sorry I just spaced out." She said with a tilt of her head as Keenan began to empty out his bag.

"Oh. Ok" he shrugged as he grabbed the books he needed and closed the locker. "What's up?" He said a little concerned.

"Oh erm. Don't worry about it. It's nothing," she muttered as they made their way towards Art class. "Actually," she paused pursing her lips "you're dads like super rich right?"

"Uhm... yeah?"

"Do you get chased too?" She asked tilting her head making Keenan blink at her a few times.

"I'm sorry?"

"Like, when you're driving places. Do rival companies or whatever chase you? And like shoot at you?"

With every word Clara said Keenan was getting more and more concerned. "Clara, that isn't a normal thing that happens."

Clara looked down with a frown. "Oh."

Surely Lorenzo hadn't lied to her. He wouldn't do something like that. "Maybe your dad just isn't rich enough." She muttered with a shrug of her shoulders but Keenan was just more confused.

"No Clara, that doesn't happen normally. People don't just get chased and shot at because they're super rich." He said firmly but Clara just shook her head.

"Well it happened to us so maybe you're just unaware that this is a thing that happens." Keenan blinked at his friend inside what else he could say.

"Who told you this is normal?"

"Lorenzo did."

Keenan nodded slowly before leaning in slightly. "Well, I heard this rumour that he's in the mafia." He whispered making Clara gasp.

"That's rubbish."

"Maybe but if you're getting chased and shot at then maybe it's not."

Clara began to get angry. "Lorenzo is a a good person. He's not in the mafia that's just a stupid rumour and you're a stupid person for thinking it's true." She spat out nastily. She had the intention of hurting his feelings but as soon as she saw she had she wanted to take it all back. "I'm so-"

"That was harsh." Keenan said with interrupting her with a frown.

"I didn't mean it. I'm sorry." Clara said as she stopped walking. "I don't know why I said that." She muttered more to herself than him.

She wanted to hurt someone. Not with the intention of causing them pain but more about bringing about understanding. She was angry. She was very angry and she wanted someone to share that anger with.

Keenan just shook his head. "It's ok. I'm sorry too. You're right it's a stupid rumour and I shouldn't have said that about Lorenzo." He said softly as Clara nodded.

"I forgive you." She whispered as they continued walking making their way into class where their friends sat waiting for them.

The teacher began droning on but Clara wasn't listening. Her mind was far from where it needed to be. She was angry.