•| Nefarious |•

17

"You guys are getting on my nerves."

Tyler yelled out to Aiden and Ashlyn while we all walked down the stairs. We were currently on our way to our next class, after last night everyone was exhausted and thrilled because of the jeep.

"How are we supposed to "celebrate" when you're ruining the good mood with awkwardness?"

Taylor spoke up for her brother,

"What he means is that both of you seem a bit tense there's about ten before class, how about you guys talk things out and we'll go grab some snacks?"

Taylor quickly rushed everyone back down the steps and behind the railing.

"Hey I thought we were-",

Taylor quickly threw her hand over my mouth making me be quiet.

"Shhh I just want to see what's gonna happen."

She whispered as she peaked behind the wall.

"Well I'm getting snacks, anyone want to come with?"

I whispered to the group. Tyler shrugged and nodded as we both walked down the steps and made it to the hallway.

"How's your thigh?"

He asked, I honestly forgot about the scratch since it was so long ago.

"Well the marks completely gone somehow, I'm surprised it didn't leave a scar but I'm all good. How are you from last night?"

I looked up at his face to see what he was feeling.

"I would be lying if I said I'm alright, when you went out to help Aiden and got taken, I thought you were gone." he whispered at the end of his sentence.

Usually when it's just me and Tyler he doesn't hold back his true feelings and just lets them flow out like a river.

"I would be lying too, everything happened so quickly, the phantom grabbing me and with Ashlyn and Aiden getting hurt I almost regretted it all...but in the end we got the jeep so I guess it was worth it."

We made it to the vending machines, I was about to put some money in when Tyler put his hand up .

"I got it don't worry.",

he said putting in 5 dollars. I smiled at him reaching down and grabbing my snack, opening it up I gave him a chip.

"Thank you... for this and for last night. You really did a lot for the whole group and for me."

I looked at his face and saw what looked to be a small smile but my eyes could just be tricking me, the placebo effect, but I'm not sure. We made it back to the group,

"What did we miss?"

I whispered to them and Taylor said she'd catch me up later.

"...Let's just both try our best, I guess." I

heard Ashlyn say from upstairs and hold out her hand to Aiden.

"Wow, that was cringy."

Tyler said crossing his arms, Taylor quickly jabbed him in the side making Ashlyn yell,

"I can hear you guys."

We all sat down on Ashlyn's couches in her living room gloomy, we finished our midterms and didn't do the best on them.

"I'm pretty sure I failed that midterm."

Taylor held her face into her hands sulking from her performance.

"Tell me about it, I didn't even get to the back page."

I rested my head back against the couch running a hand down my face.