Friday Barnes, The Biggest Mystery Yet

Chapter 4: 20 and a half questions

Next part! The little twist will hopefully be a happy surprise. If there are any requests, I’m more than happy to do them. Again,  Hope you enjoy

It was true, she would be better off without him… for the sole reason that he didn’t really know her, not as well as Daniel or the diablos. If there were any chance that she would stay, it would have to be because they too have a bond, and what better way to do that, than to play a game.

Friday was now back and somewhat more stable than the last time he had seen her. Ian needed to get her alone, away from Marble High, away from HIM. The alone part wasn’t going to be a problem, the where was. It would have to be somewhere emotionally significant, which in Friday’s case was almost non-existent.

Ian p.o.v

As I walked through the halls, towards my last class of the day, Geography, I was pondering on the where. The library was obvious but she was banned from there. The science labs were a no go without supervision, which wasn’t exactly a ‘bonding mood’ atmosphere setter. The English classroom was another obvious choice, but that reminded me of all my opponents, Chris, Parker… Daniel, so that’s a no. But then where?

I walked through the door, a wave of nostalgia hitting me. This is where we first met, where I first fell head over heels for the short girl in the ugly brown cardigan. At first I couldn’t believe someone like that managed to put my father in jail when many others tried and failed. Sure there was pent up frustration with my father, my mother… myself. I thought I hated her, but when I met her, it completely changed my outlook. I wanted to know her, always be around her because she brought out the things I wanted to suppress, my sadness, my anger. She bore the brunt of it with stride, but she never wavered in her support for me, she always protected me.

It's selfish, I know I want to keep her here, with me. But as I grazed my hand over her table, in the same spot her pencil case imploded, I just can’t fathom the thought of parting with her. I need to tell her, however, I just didn’t know how. I can’t just outright tell her because she’d be too overwhelmed. If i don't tell her enough, well, she isn’t that great at reading between the lines.

I just have to man up and just ask, and let’s just wing it, like we’ve always done. I mean I’ll be alright, right? If i forget to speak, just smile, yeah smile, or would a smirk do?

As my heart kept running its marathon I heard a little uhum, bringing me out of my raging thoughts. There she was, Friday, looking a little fresher than before. This was the moment I was going to ask her to meet me…somewhere, anywhere, the first place that comes to mind. 

‘Friday, I hope you are feeling better’

‘Yeah, quite better, thanks’

‘Are you free tonight, I mean, we haven’t really spoken as much since MH joined us’

‘Yes, that is true, however, not tonight, I already have plans with some else’

‘Oh, alright’

With that she moved around me and sat at her desk. I couldn't continue listening to the lesson on fungal growth, which wasn’t as wondrous as he made it sound. All i could think about is who else she was going to be with, and whether or not it was HIM.

The bell rang and we all moved to our dorms, awaiting the curry pies Mrs Marigold was preparing for dinner. I was afraid my little encounter with Daniel may have encouraged him to get closer with her, but what came next at dinner shocked me.

Time skip ~ to after dinner, where the most exciting thing that happened was Parker falling off his seat as the pie was too hot, both in heat and spice, leading to him crying out in pain. The cherry on top, it wasn’t even that spicy or hot, what a drama king.