Aftg react

Part27

Foxes react: chapter14

All talk was silenced by the screen continuing.
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Andrew nudged Neil with his elbow and said in German,
"Hey, Neil. Isn't that amazing? Isn't that touching? Look how they weep over you. Ah, such misplaced concern. Tell them you can take care of yourself."
Andrew was daring him to cross a line, to give up a little more of the lie that was Neil Josten. It went against everything Neil knew to give in, but he'd chosen this path. He'd chosen Andrew. He buried his fear as deep as he could and answered in German.
"They're not stupid enough to think it's only a drink."
"Oh shit," Nicky said, switching languages in a heartbeat. "Since when do you speak German? Andrew, you knew about this? Why didn't you tell us?"
"Boring," Andrew said. "Figure things out for yourself once in a while."
Nicky waggled a hand at Aaron. "Quick. Have we said anything totally incriminating these past few months?"
"Aside from your endless inappropriate comments about what you'd like to do to him, I don't think so. Looks like you've managed to completely embarrass yourself in both languages." Aaron looked at Neil. "When were you going to tell us?"
"I wasn't," Neil said. "After everything I've put up with from you this year I figured I didn't owe you any favors."
Aaron shrugged and let it slide. Nicky rubbed at his face and muttered under his breath.

"You know that look looks good on you Nicky" said Alison with a  smirk referring to the shock that was on Nicky's face in the screen "haha very funny" he answered back "yes it is actually that's why I said it" she said back with a eye roll and bored tone and all that was ignored by everyone else who continued.
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"Don't buy me things."
"Sure, next time Andrew says to outfit you, I'll just tell him no. I can see that going over marvelously." Nicky rolled his eyes.
"Then let me pay you back."
"How to say this?" Nicky thought it over for a second, then gave up on tact. "You could obviously use the money more than he could right now. Let Andrew give you things if he wants to. He's not normally the gifting type, so it's kind of fun."
"I have my own money," Neil said. "I don't need handouts."
"Really?" Nicky asked, sending Neil's clothes a meaningful look.

They were laughing again "on my defence he doesn't look the part ok" Nicky said and that was a fact, Neil looked more like a homeless person than a person that could buy himself clothes.
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"I might be sick," Nicky said miserably.
Neil looked at him, surprised by how hard Nicky and Aaron were taking it. He wondered if he was supposed to feel something besides shock, but a mental check came back clean. He'd grown up around death. It was nothing to him now but ice in his system and a reminder to keep moving. Seth should have been an exception, since Neil had been living with him for months, but Neil had never liked him.

It was quite so much so a pin dropping could be heard, no one had said anything until now about Seth and having his play in front of them was something else. Alison herself had kind of ignored whenever he was mentioned but hearing Neil's own thoughts were stirring to many emotions all together.
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Despite Andrew's promises and confidence, chances were good Neil was going to leave Palmetto State in a casket before spring.

They gaped at that, for someone to just know that is going to end up dead it was something else and they even felt sorry for him, somehow feeling guilty of not making him trust them enough for him to open up.
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(First book is done the second is going to need a bit more time from now on since I could not find the English version online to be able to copy and paste it. I am only able to find a Spanish version so I have to translate every page before copying it.)
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