THE FINAL STRAW || 13 Reasons Why

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——CLEO WAS WALKING LATE AT NIGHT, SHE NEEDED TO CLEAR HER HEAD BUT WHEN SHE SAW HANNAH WALK DOWN THE ROAD, she followed her with a bottle of beer in her hand, she didn't know where Hannah was going but she felt something was off so she decided to follow her, she stumbled behind Hannah.

The music suddenly reached her ears, when she realized where she was going, she was confused, she didn't get why Hannah was going to Bryce's party, maybe Jessica had invited her, but when Cleo looked around, only a few cars were present, which meant that everyone was already gone.

When she saw Hannah walk in the house, she didn't have it in her to follow, she didn't know why she was suddenly afraid of Bryce, since Jessica's party, she couldn't figure out where that sudden fear came from, she knew Bryce hit her from a tiny flashback but that was it. What else happened?

She waited outside of the house until everyone left, but Hannah wasn't part of them.

"Fuck this" Cleo said as she walked in the house

She walked into the pool house only to frown when she heard the whimpers coming from there, she swallowed the lump in her throat and stumbled in the pool house only to see Hannah and Bryce in the hot tub, her heart skipped a beat when Bryce's eyes fell into hers, her hands started shaking.

Hannah was in the hot tub, having sex with Bryce and that got her angry, she ran out of the house and dropped to the floor when she finally arrived outside, her breath stuck to her throat, she let out a gag before throwing up on the floor, she couldn't get up.

When Hannah finally walked out, she found her strength back and walked up to her, Hannah froze at the sight of Cleo.

"You are such a slut" Cleo said, keeping her distance with her "Is fucking all the jocks a fucking hobby for you Hannah?" she asked as she let out a scoff "Justin, Zach and now Bryce? Look, i know he did something to me at that party, i'm not stupid."

"Cleo, listen..." Hannah mumbled 

"How can you call yourself my friend after fucking a guy who hurt your friend? You said you loved me, Hannah" Cleo said "Go fuck yourself, Hannah Baker" she added

She tried to walked away from the girl but Hannah took her hand, Cleo pulled away "Get the fuck out of my life, Hannah. Jessica dates Justin after he hurts you and you try to do the same fucking thing to me? I'm not you, Hannah. I don't forgive so carelessly" Cleo shouted and walked away, unaware of the hurricane she took part of in Hannah's life.

The following week, Cleo ignored Hannah, she regretted talking to her like that but she was too ashamed to face Hannah, the last time she saw Hannah, she was skipping class and Hannah was standing in front of the exit, Cleo shot her a look before walking away, Hannah let her gaze wander on Cleo's back before walking out of the school——

Cleo was sitting on the floor in her room, biting her nails as she let the tears roll down her cheeks, it was her last conversation with Hannah, she wished she had stopped her from walking out of the school and apologized properly, she wished she had tried to understand what really happened that night.

But those wishes were useless now, her eyes were tired, her mind was tired and when the mind is tired the body doesn't take long to give up, Cleo looked up when she heard a knock on her door, she wiped the tears on her face and used the strength left in her body to get up and open the door to her mom who handed her the paper, she took it.

She was going to testify, but she didn't know if she would have the strength to, she didn't know if she would have the strength to tell the truth, she raised her head and looked at her mom, when she saw her mom's face, she knew. She was never going to testify, with this realization, she walked forward and wrapped her hands around her, the woman hugged her back.