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(𝐒𝟐) 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟑

𝟑ʳᵈ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.

'𝐘𝐨 no sabía que cuando vuelvo esto es algo a lo que vuelvo... ¿Qué pasó, por qué parece que está teniendo un ataque? Sus ojos parecen-... no. No hay forma.' Rosa thinks as she shakes her head and looks at (Your name) worriedly.

Translation; '𝐈 didn't know that when i come back this is something i come back to.. what happened why does she look like she's having a seizure?! Her eyes look like- no. There's no way.'

She looks over to her father with a worried and panicked expression, he also seemed to have a troubled expression. He turns his head to look back at her.

His face shifted to a stern face and he nodded his head, silently reassuring her that everything was going to turn out okay.

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐏 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋.

𝐀𝐥𝐥 the kids and their parents/guardians were at the lounging area as they wait for any news about (Your name) and Tyler. There was tension in the atmosphere surrounding all of them.

Ashlyn repeatedly taps her foot on the floor, anxiously. She glances over at Taylor then over to the two new adults in the group. She saw how all of them looked so concerned and worried.

She couldn't help but feel guilt and remorse after seeing the look on their faces.

Her mind was going back to when Taylor was yelling for her to go back. She knew that she couldn't go back. Not with the centipede phantom chasing them.

But, Taylor's shouting made her feel dread. She knew that Taylor was upset over what had just occurred.

Her thoughts get cut off when she feel another hand make contact with hers and her name being said softly. She stiffens at the sudden interruption.

"-Ashlyn."

She slowly glances besides her, Aiden not making direct eye contact with her but rather looking down at their hands, or rather the cushion they were sitting on.

"..You did the best you could. So, don't beat yourself up about it." Aiden tells her, trying to reassure her.

Ashlyn looks at him in slight shock. Aiden's eyes widen and he quickly turns his head to the side and covers his mouth with his hand as he felt her grab ahold of his hand.

His hand on his mouth visibly trembling as he looks of to the side when he could feel Ashlyn slightly shaking from beside him, silently crying as she looks over at the floor.

Their clasped hands slightly trembling together.

A few moments past and Aiden abruptly let's go of her hand when he hears her dad call out for her. "Hey, trooper."

Her dad stands in front of them, his gaze on Ashlyn. "Take a walk with me?" He asks her. Ashlyn looks up at him. "..Sure." She replies and gets up, Mike spared Aiden a glance and a small smile before he walked away with Ashlyn.

Aiden's gaze lingers on Ashlyn as he watches them leave. He then shifts his gaze to his hand that was clasped together with hers.

Near the corner of the lounging area Rosa and Miguel only share a few glances between each other.

They both silently nod to each other. Both of them stand up. "Uh, me and my dad will be back, we're just going to get something to drink." Rosa tells them.

The parents nod. Rosa and Miguel walk away and go to the vending machines.

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫/𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞:

𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢'𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐠𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧, "𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝" 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐲.

𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫/𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫,

𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐢.

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