A Disaster [DISCONTINUED]

5

*TAYLOR P.O.V*

That note. Was it a phantom who wrote it? There's no one else who could have written it?

Aiyaa, I keep thinking about this during an important lesson. I'm so failing at this rate. 

Tyler has been pissed off since morning, ever since we came back from the phantom world. He thinks Aiden's pranking him. But me, Aiden was as shocked as Ashlyn was, there's no way in hell he wrote that. He was with Ash all the time too!

 I took my phone out to message Ash and ask her what to do in this situation. She's the one person I trust other than brother. 

----Ashlyn----

Me:
Ash, what do we do about this note?

Ashlyn:
I really dont know what to do anymore.
I don't even know what's real and what's not.
We'll have a discussion on this later.

Me:
Tyler things it's Aiden pranking us all again.

Ashlyn:
Aiden doesn't pull pranks.

Me:
Mhm.
Do you think it's a phantom?

Ashlyn:
It's a possibility.

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A yell was heard. It was Mr Thomas.

"Why are you girls using your phone during class?" He asked disappointment visible in his voice.

Ashlyn and I stayed quiet and put down our phones. She glances back at me. Asking if I was alright through her eyes.

I nodded slightly and turned back to the lesson.

*AFTER CLASS*

"What was that all about?" Tyler whispered to me in my ear. I laughed nervously as I didn't want to bring back the topic of the note again.

"Nothing..." I spoke up with a hint of nervousness in the end. I displayed a confident expression on my face.

He looked at me and brushed it off as we made our way to the cafeteria down the hallway to meet the others.

Ash and Aiden were sitting together as always. I swear there's something going on between them that they aren't telling.

"Hey Taylor!" Ashlyn said to me. She was rather happy today..? I wonder what happened.

"Hi Ash, whatcha both talking about?" I asked her curiously. He face shifted to a more serious one.

The note.

"We have to discuss about the note we found in the phantom world last night." She started getting more serious that before.

Before anyone could say anything. Tyler stood up and banged his hand on the table and slightly yelled "Aiden's pranking us"

Of course brother would say that. He has terrible trust issues. I can see why, after what happened to us before...

Ashlyn sighed deeply, having done this time and time again. "Tyler, calm down for God's sake. He was with me the whole time, there's no way he wrote that. Second, his expression was pure shock, just like yours. I'm sure he didn't pull a prank." She remarked confidently.

Tyler was speechless once again and slowly sat back down.

Ashlyn started once again "Just how are we supposed to escape the phantom world if you don't trust us?" What she said made sense. How do we escape if brother doesn't trust anyone?

Aiyaa, this is too much for me. I can't keep up with this. Im going insane.

"Do you guys remember training with my dad?" She asked, having eye contact with everyone, one by one.

All of us nodded and agreed. She then continued "You all know about my sensitive hearing, right?"

"Yes, Ash we do...Is something wrong? Why do you sound so hesitant?" I questioned her. She looked down and took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"I've heard footsteps during draining from behind the busses..." She said, pausing for a small while. I was shocked. How could she not tell us about this when we were training LAST WEEK?

"Ashlyn, you know by now that everything that happens should be told at that time itself." I lectured her. I can't believe it. I trusted her the most out of everyone and she just now tells us an important detail.

"I know, I know, I should have told you all before but it's been hectic for me after the whole note thing." She sighed. You can't blame her after all. She took the role of being the leader so now all burden is on her. We have to give her some freedom.

Tyler on the other hand was was fuming. Of course he was. It's Tyler after all. He didn't utter a single word since Ben was glaring daggers into his soul.

"It's alright, Ashlyn. Just next time please do tell us if something like this happenes again." I said to her in a gentle manner.

She looked at me and her lips curled into a slight smile before getting serious again. Typical her.

Before she could talk further, the bell rang, indicating the start of the next lesson. Students were rushing out and into the hallways to their lockers.

Ashlyn got up too, not wanting to continue her sentence that was disrupted by the bell. She started walking away before looking back halfway and saying "Let's talk about this later."

*AFTER SCHOOL ENDED*

Tyler rushed inside the house leaving me to trail behind him. He's still fuming with anger.

I entered the house and locked the door behind me. No one was home. Mom was out working as hard as she possibly could oblivious to the fact her children were dying in another world.

"TYLER! WHERE ARW YOU!?" I yelled as loud as I possibly could, hoping my voice would reach his bedroom. Soon enough, a small head was peaking out the wall near the staircase. It was Tyler.

He made eye contact with me for a while before slowly making his way down the stairs.

"What do you want Taylor...?" He said in a grumpy voice. "What do you want for lunch. I'm making it today" I questioned him as I put on an apron and got ready with ingredients to make a sandwich.

"Cheese sandwich please." He spoke up after thinking for a while. Walking away and sitting on the sofa was a sad little Tyler. I got busy with the sandwich making to the point I didn't hear my phone ringing in my bag. It was Tyler who got it out for me.

'Ashlyn is calling'

Why is she calling me right now...?

"Tyler, can you watch the microwave. I need to take this call." I yelled out to him grabbing his attention. He jogged to the counter top right infront of the it and jumped onto the counter, sitting patiently like a well behaved child.

I run to my room and shut the door slowly holding up my phone and picking it up.

"Hey Ash! Do you need something?"

"We need to talk."

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HEYY YALL. SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE, I GOT BUSY WITH SKL BUT HERES ANOTHER CHAPTER