He's Just a Skater Boy (boyxboyxboy)

Chapter 183: Akara is a Good Liar

[A/N]  Sorry about the delay as usual. I have so much going on, I mentioned some of it on Twitter. I have a big flight coming up and lots to finish.

There is a double chapter update for HJSB chapters 187 and 188, so when those chapters are up for you next they will be posted together. ! !

I think when it comes to Floating Face Down I'll have to dedicate a week to it and update one after another to make up for the missing chapters.

Tonight I will try to finish the The Kings Personal Joker chapter.

Also in case people didn't see the message on my message board there is a New Years HJSB story the first three parts of which are public and linked in the hyper link. Okay let's go! ! !

It was exactly on cue for Atlas to cut through the awkwardness like a knife and smile at the factory of tension sitting calmly before us, meanwhile Jacob sighed and leaned back, his eyes icy as he continued to eat his food. It felt like a quiet and deadly ghost was moving through the room between us.

I looked down and saw my hands shake a little as I took my spoon in hand and put it back down quickly before anyone saw, awkwardly sitting in front of my food without eating.

Mr Bird actually ate the food I put in front of him, which felt definitively odd for some reason. It wasn't like he looked particularly pleased, in fact his expression held a certain amount of permanent disdain as normal, but for some reason it felt like he should have been tossing it onto the floor and yelling some old British curses instead.

He stopped to look in front of him, but the stare was ice cold. "I'm not sure if the three of you thought the school would fail to notify me of Mr Marsh's accusations but I'm very keen to hear your explanation."

I went very still. His voice alone freaked the shit out of me, and he kept eating calmly like everything was normal.

Jacob even frowned for a moment as he looked at him and the food and then back at his father.

Atlas watched him silently.

I think for a solid half minute none of us knew what to say.

"Well, 'we didn't do it' wouldn't be sufficient, would it?" 

Bird smiled thinly and definitely dispassionately and replied, "You know what I find entertaining? Owen told me that he found the idea of the three boys getting along surprising, let alone doing something so strange."

"And?" Atlas shrugged. "If it doesn't make sense it's not true."

He scoffed and took another bite, chewed and swallowed and then replied. "Or context is sorely missing." He looked over at me. "Aren't you going to eat your own food?"

I really couldn't explain how normal his voice sounded and yet how much my heart instantly rattled at the sound of it, there was just a distinct threat in every syllable he vocalised that made my fingers feel cold.

I hurriedly began shovelling food into my mouth but looked across at Atlas and Jacob with a picture of panic on my face and Atlas raised a brow at me, while Jacob looked away.

"He said he believed Dereck was significantly abusing medication at the time... but if he did choose to make his blood tests known to the police that he reserved the right to be proven otherwise... He also added that he was concerned there might be a possible motive..."

He looked over at me and I think my brain froze before I started choking on my food and aggressively coughed and chewed until it was down.

Jacob watched me and exhaled slowly, standing up. From my side I still felt his father's eyes on me. "What motive?"