"Hey Bri!" I jog up the steps to my old high school and shake hands with my oldest friend
"You miss the place that much you just can't stay away?" he jokes
"Its more to do with a blond than the building" Connor laughs and I don't disagree, knowing he's 100% right "She didn't show up today"
"Again?" I ask, wondering if I had ever known Taylor to have a single day off school until recently, now it seems as though she's barely here at all, not that I blame her when I consider everything she's been through these last few months, first with me and then Dave Quinn. "Any word on why?"
"Na, no one seems to know anything"
"I don't suppose you guys have seen her talking to anyone new recently, male, female anything that just seemed strange?" I shove my hands into my pockets and then look between my two friends, we have known each other since kindergarten, they are the ones i trust with my secrets and the only people in the world I would trust with my girl
"She's been with Brit a lot, since... well you know" I nod letting him know that's fine but not the information I was looking for. I'm just about to say goodbye and go in search of her mouthy black haired friend when Brian suddenly speaks
"Hey, I tell you who I saw her talking to the other week" I lower my eyebrows in curiosity "Mulvey"
That motherfucker!
Her ex!
The one that sells weightloss shit to her friend... oh fuck! inwardly balk as I realise i'm going to have to talk to Eva, something I had managed to avoid doing since she assaulted my girlfriend
Fuck it! there's no time like the present so i step away from my friends and then stalk into the school and I move through the place like I haven't a care in the world until I spot her exiting the lunch hall, strolling towards her I hold her firmly by the elbow and walk her to an empty classroom
"Max Mulvey and dexaprine, talk"
"Would you like me to reply in English or what ever language it is you're speaking right now?" she places a hand on her hip and cocks an eyebrow at me as she licks her lips, obviously attempting to look sexy but only succeeding in further pissing me off
"Max Mulvey"
"Taylor's first love" She smiles and i'm ready to just turn around and hunt him down myself instead of having to deal with her but before I confront him I need information and unfortunately this girl is probably the only one with the information i need
"She didn't love him but carry on" I say whilst crossing my arms over my chest and hoping she can tell my face that i'm in no mood to play games
"That's it that's all I have"
"Really? What about the pills?" I watch as her face contorts
"What are you talking about? Have you finally lost your tiny, little mind?"
"I know you were buying weight loss pill off Max" Her face contorts again and this time it makes my heart clench because there's something about it that tells me she isn't faking this, she actually doesn't know what the hell i'm talking about and that means one thing...Taylor lied to me
'I don't like food'
'Do you know what it's like to look in the mirror and hate everything that you see?'
The tracksuit...
The refusal to eat the sandwich I made her and the candy bar...
How could I have missed this?
How could I have been so blind and so wrong?!
I turn and exit the classroom as quickly as I can and I see Brian and Connor raise their heads and watch me as I walk calmly to Taylors locker and then begin punching and shaking it until finally it gives and springs open
"Trav!" Brian runs over and grabs my arm as I start pulling books and clothes and whatever else from her locker and throwing them to the ground, my eyes looking for one thing and one thing only
"Dude, are you okay?"
I don't speak, I can't speak I just keep going until finally i see it, taped to the top of her locker, a small clear bag holding 4 small pills. I rip the bag from the metal and clutch it in my hand that is shaking
"She lied to me..."
"Who? Taylor? What about?"
"I'm going to fuckin kill him!" This time I run down the hallway leaving a trail of Taylors belongs in my path
