forbidden [h.s.]

twenty nine.

I have to edit Jade's eyes and make them brown because this girl has naturally blue eyes in real life.

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"I guess I'll be the one to ask." Louis says and we all turn to look at him. "Where are we going now?"

I look around at all of them expectantly. I've been asking this question for days and everyone shrugged me off. Now we actually need a plan, and we don't have one. Though, upon Louis asking, I remember what Bambi told Harry and I as we left. But, should I trust her? I suppose I don't have many other options.

"I think we should just stay straight." I say without offering a reason.

They all exchange glances and shrug. I'm glad they don't ask me to explain. I don't want to talk about Bambi anymore.

"Straight it is then." Louis agrees.

I offer to hold the backpack, but Harry insists on doing it himself. We walk straight, just as Bambi said, quietly but quickly. I hope this isn't some kind of trick that Bambi has been behind the whole time and we're actually walking straight to our demise.

There's some positive thinking.

"I'm curious to know what they changed on my exam." Liam speaks up and Louis nods in agreement.

"Oh, that's true. We left before I could get mine back." Serena says nonchalantly.

I don't think anything of it at first, but I realize something after a moment. "Wait, you asked for your results back?" I ask and stop walking.

Serena stops walking as well and looks at me confused. "Yeah. I wanted to make sure I wasn't dying." She laughs.

I widen my eyes, bringing my hands up to the side of my head as I think. Harry walks over to me and rubs my back gently. "What's wrong?"

"Shit. Serena didn't know." I mumble.

"Didn't know what?"

"We weren't supposed to ask for our results. That was part of the plan. But, Serena didn't know the plan, so I guess it's not her fault. But, oh God. We should keep moving."

"What did I do?" Serena asks. "What's happening?"

"Oh shit." Louis' eyes widen as he finally realizes it too. "You asked to see your results."

She rolls her eyes, growing frustrated. "And? Will someone please explain to me what that means?"

"It means that once they've analyzed your exam, they'll want to give the data they collected back to you, because you asked for it. Now, what do you suppose they're going to do when they go to give you your results and they can't find you anywhere?" Louis says and I watch as Serena fills in the blanks, bringing her hand up to her mouth as she gasps.

"And then it's only a matter of time before they realize who else is missing." Harry says under his breath and blanket of understanding wraps around all of us.

"Oh my God." Serena looks like she's about to cry. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. How long do you think until they get the results?"

"I don't know. But, I don't want to wait around and find out." Harry says and we all nod in agreement.

We immediately start walking again, even faster than before. Instinctively, I grab Harry's hand as we continue forward. He's the first thing I latch onto when I'm anxious. He squeezes it gently and smiles down at me, but angst fills his eyes, suggesting that his smile is nothing more than a facade. He's afraid too. Despite the situation, I find myself rather distracted by his eyes as we move. I know I should probably focus on what's in front of me, but I find it increasingly difficult to look away with every second that passes.