Solitude // Dylan O'brien

Chapter 2

"So that's it? He's just dead?"

    "You have to learn to cope with that, Posey. We all did."

    "Erin, why the fuck did you make me watch this?"

    I laughed and shrugged. "It's a good movie."
    Mia spoke up. "You guys wanna play video games? You know, to forget about what just happened that I will probably think about until the day I die."

    "Please," Posey let out a soft laugh. "Anything that will mend this terrible hole in my heart."

    "You guys..." Said Dylan, wiping away tears discreetly. "You guys are weak..."

    We all laughed as Mia put a disk into her PS3 and handed all of us a controller. The T.V. lit up and the words 'Grand Theft Auto' sprawled across the screen. Since Mia let others borrow a lot of her games, GTA was usually the only one she had left.

    "Dammit Mia, again?"

    "I'm sorry for being a nice person and letting others borrow things that they can't afford, is that a problem for you, Dylan?"

    Dylan mumbled. "... No..."

    A few minutes later, a question suddenly popped into my head. "Hey, have you guys seen the new girl? I have her in my math class and I just remembered."

    "Yeah," Responded Dylan. "Now that you mentioned it, I saw her in a few of my classes."

    Everyone mumbled in response.

    "What did you think of her?" I asked, turning to Posey's screen and seeing him punch a cop and steal his car.

    "I dunno," He said. "She's kind of quiet."

    "True." Agreed Mia.

    "I thought she was kind of cute."

    All of our heads turned to Dylan. "What? She has cool hair!"

    Nudging Dylan with my elbow, I laughed, "Get it in, O'Brien!" and saw his face instantly turn beet red. "You know, now that I think about it, I kinda saw her eyeballing you at lunch, bro."

"Really? You're lying." He laughed.

"Na brah, I'm not. Text her."

    New Message (1) From: Dylan

    Monday, February 26th

    4:23 AM

Dylan: erin i'm about to text the new girl what should i say

Dylan: eriiiiiinnnnnn

Dylan: ERIN

Erin: IT'S FOUR IN THE MORNING WHAT DO YOU WANT

Dylan: HELP WHAT DO I SAY TO THE NEW GIRL

Erin: idk ask if she wants to hang out with us at lunch or something

Erin: maybe you should wait, I mean it's 4AM you fucking ass

Erin: why aren't you asleep!?

Dylan: I always wake up this early wtf

Erin: You're fucking weird man I'm going back to sleep see you tomorrow

✓ seen at 4:28 AM

    I woke up to the sound of my alarm at 6 in the fucking morning. I wasn't even at school yet and I was already salty. After 15 minutes of groaning I decided it was time to get ready for hell. I took a quick shower and when I was done I brushed my teeth (obviously), curled my hair put on a little mascara, and then looked for an outfit. I wore a black spaghetti strap with a plaid blue and green flannel with my light blue ripped skinny jeans, and my white converse. I grabbed my backpack and headed downstairs. It was no surprise that Dylan was in my kitchen eating all my food.