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13 ~ Nightmare

WARNING: THIS STORY TALKS ABOUT SUICIDE, DRUG USE, AND OTHER THEMES/ TOPICS THAT MAY TRIGGER OR BE SENSITIVE  TO SOME READERS. IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE READING THIS, I ADVISE YOU TO STOP READING. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Unbeknownst to me, Alice had quite the following on TikTok. She was known for her GRWM (for those that don't know that is an abbreviation for Get Ready With Me.) content. Her content was usually pretty run of the mill, she talked about what her plans for the day were and that was that. Boy oh boy do I wish how it was just that.

The Monday after Halloween weekend, when I walked into school and everyone's eyes were on me. Like everyone kept staring at me, it was very unnerving.

"I wonder if they know about Wayne and I?" I thought to myself.

People were talking, I didn't know what it was about, but when I walked in people got quiet. Like quite enough you could hear a pin drop.

"Okay they definitely might know about that...but something feels off."

I walked slowly to my locker, my stomach started to feel uneasy, but I kept walking. Rose was definitely on edge, she was next to my locker mouthing the words,

"What the fuck is going on?"

"I don't know." I mouthed back as I sped walked to my locker. When I got to my locker she said,

"Everyone was in a frenzy this morning, but as soon as you walked in everyone stopped."

"It's like there some new bullshit every week. I swear." I sighed.

"So what's new with you?" She asked.

"Uh so...Wayne and I are together now." Rose was shook.

"What?!" She exclaimed.

"How the-"

Rose stopped mid sentence cause we both heard the strong clacking of Xoey's heels storming down the hall. She looked pissed off, everyone turned away from her. Xoey was scary. She walked up to my locker and said,

"We have a problem."

"We?" Rose and I asked.

"You, Nick and I, and her name is Alice." She responded. Rose and I collectively groaned in frustration. I proceeded to bang my head on the locker, hoping and praying this was just some silly little nightmare. But it was real.

"Jesus Christ!" Rose exclaimed. "It's not even my problem, and it makes me wanna bang my head against the wall." She added.

"She made three TikToks, ten minute long videos. Each of us have a different video about us." It was 8 a.m. on a Monday, it was too fucking early to be dealing with this bullshit. Before I could even respond the speaker came on and a voice said,

"Will the following students please report to the principal's office, Christine Landler, Nicholas Wayne, Xoey Ibanez, and Jason Woods, please report to the principal's office. Thank you."

"Fuck." I groaned. Xoey was just as pissed off as I was.

"I'm so done." She groaned. At this point I didn't know what Alice had said about me, Xoey and Wayne, but they had brought Jason into it. So I had an inkling of what she may have said. Xoey and I walked to the principal's office to see Jason and Wayne sitting down two chairs apart, it looked like they wanted to be there as much as Xoey and I did. Wayne looked up and said,

"Hey." He grabbed my hands gently.

"Hey." I responded softly. He was happy to see me, and I was happy to see him as well. He brought me closer to him and he hugged my waist as his head was against my stomach. It wasn't like weird or sexual, it was a sweet form of affection. We pulled away and I sat down next to Wayne, Xoey sat down next to Jason. At this point I hadn't seen Jason since Wayne's party. Jason was quiet and he kept his head down. I knew deep down I was going to have to re-live Jason and I's short lived relationship. What other reason would he have been there? A police officer came walking through the front office and came to the assistant principal, who shortly after talking with the officer went to the door of the principal's office to let him know an officer was present. It wasn't long after that the officer went into the office. The four of us were anxiously waiting, I think the only person that knew what they were here for was Xoey. Jason, Wayne and I were still in the dark about why we were there. I was anxiously shaking my leg, as the warning bell rang. He could tell I was worried. He reached for my hand and held it.