Love Alarm [Based On A True Story]

Falling Again

Quickening my steps as much as possible, I storm through the silent and empty corridors with Mary at my heels as we make our way downstairs, garnering stares from students inside classrooms as they give their respective exams and also get distracted by us.

Our exam had ended not long ago, but the moment I stepped out of my exam hall, Mary was already waiting for me, having had finished hers long before me as she came to me breathless and quite panicking.

"Claire sent me to get you. She said your exam would finish now so I-"

"Claire? What happened? Is everything okay?" I ask, stuffing my question paper inside my bag while also staring at the nervous face of Mary as she hesitated to speak. "Mary!?"

"It's Sindy!" She finally blurted out, making me stare at her. "Sindy she's... she's crying. She's scared."

So here we are, trying our best to be quick but also noiseless so as to not disturb other classes but it's proving very hard to do so when the whole floor is pin drop silent. At long last we reach the landing, rushing out to one of the abandoned classes where I'm told my friends are. Once inside, I'm greeted with the sight of Claire, Tessa and Nat hovering over a sobbing Sindy as they all turn to look at me.

When her eyes fall on me, Sindy releases yet another sob, making me drop my bag on the floor before I rush to her side and kneel before her, trying to look at her face. God, she's a crying mess.

"What is it?" I whisper softly, but the girl hardly has any energy to reply. So, the one that replies is Tessa. "It's Neil. He's... emotionally blackmailing her."

I turn away from Sindy and look at her, holding myself back from glaring. "What did he do now?"

"He's agai-"

"There you are!"

Comes a shrill voice, and instantly Sindy freezes, making me withdraw my hand from her shoulder as I stand up to see who this intruder is. It's a girl from tenth NC. And she's not one of our friends.

She's one of Neil's friends. That I know for sure.

With a smile plastered on her face, she walks towards Sindy with outstretched hands like mother Gothel before bending down to look at Sindy's face, her smile disappearing. "Have you been crying?"

Sindy stares at the floor, breathing through her mouth as she avoids eye contact. The girl straightens up, waiting for a response. "I-uh... I-"

"Now, now. No need to get so dramatic over this. You know how Neil is!" The girl says with a dismissive wave of her hands, smiling again while the rest of us stare at her incredulously.

What is she getting on about?

"I know Neil can be a little extreme. Slitting his wrists and now going so far as to use his blood to write letters to you-"