Crushed

Chapter 22

Chapter 22 - Mind Bend

I sat there, on the side of the road, tears still trickling down. Taking in everything I was told. Logan was my childhood friend AND crush. My mum died because of me. Skandar and Logan BOTH like, no love, me. This is crazy. I've gone crazy. Oh man. Another rush of tears escaped.

"Can. I. Go. Home?" I sniffled.

"Sure." Logan helped me up, I felt strange in his company. Distant, yet familiar. I've never felt this way towards him. I felt close to him.

"Yup." Skandar helped me into the car. I felt closer to him than ever.

The drive home was silent, apart from the shuffling about. Wait, shuffling about?!

"Guys. What's that noise?" I asked them suspiciously.

"Errrrrr." They both stuttered.

"What?" I furrowed my eyebrows.

"You'll see." They smiled sadly.

Five minutes more and the car pulled up at my door. The car door opened and I got out. The boys trailed behind me, hiding their hands behind their backs.

"What?" I stopped at the open door.

"Umm. We wanted to give you something." They both brought their hands about their backs to the front. In Skandar's hands was a dark brown puppy dachshund. In Logan's hands was a white puppy chihuahua. I gasped.

"Skandar this must've cost a fortune for you!" I gasped. He blushed. We both knew what I was talking about. Skandar's family was, what do you say, poorer than ours. They lived across the road in a compact one storey house with two bedrooms. They had limited money which caused his parents and all three of Skandar's siblings and Skandar to work and work. It must have cost at least a whole week's salaries.

"Actually, this was from my salary from the movie." He smiled.

"Thank you!" I wrapped my hands around him and grabbed the brown puppy. I turned to Logan and smiled.

"You remembered too." I blushed. My two favourite puppies were dachshunds and chihuahuas. I threw him a hug too and held the white puppy.

"I shall call you Skemmy." I squealed to the dachshund.

"And I'll call you Lemmy!" I gushed at the chihuahua. They barked softly and yapped.

I kissed Skandar and Logan both on the lips subtlety before closing the door.

***

"Hurry up G!" Yelled Anna.

"Coming!" I yelled back.

I jumped down the stairs and onto the cushions. Yes, I mean literally jump. "Let's go." Tyler helped me down.

I jumped into the back of Skandar's car. The front was occupied by Logan, and the back left and middle by the lovesick Tyler and Anna. We got to school in record time and sprinted into school. I got to my locker and fumbled with the combination. As I got all my stuff out of my locker, I stopped dead. That scent. Roses. I turned around quickly but not fast enough. The girl had turned the corner. The scent was stronger. Like double.

The bell rang and I entered the classroom. I felt a strange emptiness.

"Guys, where's Gerran?" I asked Skandar and Logan.

"I don't know." They shrugged.

I turned to Nina to see her red-eyed and tired. She caught me looking and shook her head. That's strange. Gerran values his education. He NEVER misses school. Ever.

The clock ticked and ticked as the sub moaned over the details we had already learnt about. Tick tock. Tick tock. Finally, the bell rang for break. The legs of the chairs clattered and everyone rushed out the door.

"Hey G, what do you want to eat?" Cried Skandar, trailing behind me.

"I dunno." I replied.

"You want a drink?" Asked Logan.

"I'm not thirsty." I replied.

"Here sit." They both pulled out a chair for me.

"Nah it's ok." I smiled.

I walked over to Anna and dragged her into the toilet. Locking the door, I pulled myself up onto the marble sink.

"They are driving me crazy." I whined.

"LOL. Well, they both like you. It was expected." She smirked.

"What'd ya mean?" I asked.

"The way Skandar and Logan looked at you." She smirked and patted my back. "You're going to have to choose."

"I don't know."

"Who do you love."

"WHAT!?"

"Your true feelings. Who are you close to."

"Both."

"You'll have to make a decision. You can't just lead them on."

"I know."

"So have you chosen?"

"Only time will tell."

"Wait. Be quiet." Anna whispered and moved to the door.

"What?" I whispered back.

"Listen." She replied.

I put my ear to the door.

"She's going to find out soon. He's in risk."

"It's too soon."

"She knows our scent. We have to act. Or it'll be not only her we'll lose."

"You're right."

I gasped. "Does that mean that there isn't one, but two people targeting me?"

"I think so." Anna replied grimly.

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Sorry for the late update, I had assessments going on. Anyways, Skandar's background and more clues have emerged. Next update will be tomorrow.

~staraniseblue XD