Under the Moonlight

Chapter 2

The next few days were usual school days. Nothing interesting was going on.
I finished my last class and went to find Maria. We didn't have the same subjects so I just waited for her on the school stairs in the garden. I was sat on one of the steps and started looking around. Other students were passing around me. Some of them knew me so they would've say simply 'hey' or smile to me. I was smiling back. 
"Hey" I heard Maria's voice in one moment and I saw her sitting next to me. "Who's that guy with your cousin?" She asked me.
"What? Where?" I asked confused. I didn't see him anywhere.
"Behind the tree." She said and pointed at the biggest tree in the garden. Everyone in the school were hiding behind it when they didn't want to be seen, but at the end everyone sees what is happening behind that tree. So it's not good for hiding. 
I looked there and I saw Nate and some young guy probably at the same age with Nate or a year or two older. They were talking something and I could see they didn't want anyone to see them.
"I need to find out what's going on." I said and stood up. I needed to go there and find out who is he and what's Nate talking with him. He looked suspicious and 'not clean'.
"Are you going to listen their talk secretly?" Maria asked.
"No I am going there" 
"Well good luck, but I know you won't find out anything." She said to me "and I am going home to sleep" she added.
"like always" I rolled my eyes.
She made her way toward the parking and I went toward Nate and that guy. I took a deep breath while I was getting closer to them. The guy was dressed all dark. Black jeans, some gray shirt and black jacket. He was almost the same height like Nate. He had black short hair and short beard.
Is he a dealer or? Nate can't be doing drugs. Some mafia guy or what?
A lot of question were going on in my mind. I felt a bit worried about Nate.
"Nate" I call him while getting closer to them. They both turned toward me and looked at me.
"Vanessa" he looked at me surprised "what are you doing here?" He asked me. I saw him a bit upset. What was going on with him? He was definitely hiding something. I got worried.
"What are you in to?" I asked him with serious face. I went strait to the question. "Are you in some mess?" I asked him
"No we were just talking." He mumbled. "Everything's OK" he added
"I don't believe you" I said and chuckled nervously. 
"You said you don't have girlfriend. Are you lying to me Nate?" The guy gave him kinda death glare.
"She is my cousin" Nate said and I could see the fear in his eyes. Nate was scared of him. That's unusual. Nate wasn't scared from nothing and nobody. He was so strong and now I saw him weak.
"Who the hell is he?" I asked Nate and I looked at that unfamiliar guy. He had black eyes and he was serious like death.
"Vanessa just go home" Nate kinda yelled at me. He never yelled at me before. I realized he didn't want me there and I was totally sure he was hiding something.
"Whatever Nate. Do whatever you want." I said kinda offended from his behavior. He shouldn't yell at me like that.
I turned around and made my way to home. I was angry at Nate. I wanted to help if he had some problem but he clearly didn't want any help.
I was worried about him.
I spend all the way thinking about him. I decided to try to talk with him one more time when he gets back at home.

When I got back I ate something and then went to my room. I threw myself on the bed. My lap top was in the bed and I turn it on.
I turn on some songs on YouTube and turn on my Facebook and other pages on Internet. That was relaxing me.
My phone buzzed in that moment. It was Maria.
"Hey" I answered
"Hey" she said "what happened with Nate?" She asked me
"I didn't found anything but he is into something and that something is not a good thing." I said while I was looking some photos on We Heart It.
"Maybe isn't anything. Maybe he is just having a new friends or something" she said
"Oh come on. You know Nate is not hanging out with everyone. The guy wasn't looking that good." I said
"My eyes saw a good looking guy there you know" she said "he was hot" she added
"And probably some drugs diler or some killer." I added