It's Only Gossip

17

Knock, knock.

The bang on my door startles me causing me to jump out of my bed.

"Come in, it's unlocked." I call out, making no attempts to get out of bed.

As soon as I see the door creak open, I stuff my face into the pillow.

"Hurry up and get up!" Aura unpleasantly screeches and  I do as I'm told in shock.

I shoot her a glance and then fix my bed hair. "What's up?" I ask while I choose an outfit to wear.

"I found out something about Mr Pepe." She says in disgust.

She's referring to my maths teacher-does she know?

"Really?" I challenge in attempts to see whether we know the same thing.

She nods her head in response with a disgusted face. I finally choose my outfit and change into it. We're both in comfortable silence. I'm just waiting for her to crack. Please spill.

"Wow." Aura beams. "You haven't even asked for the gossip yet. You have changed." She praises as she claps her hands.

"Mhmm." I nod.

She's waiting for me to crack, damn. She continues to look at her nails while I just sit there awkwardly. Fine, I want to crack.

"Tell me!" I jump towards her in excitement.

A devious smirk appears on her face. "Well, somebody is dating or sleeping or whatever with Mr Pepe." She announces and shakes her head in disapproval.

"Oh." That's all I manage to say.

We are thinking about the same thing but she doesn't know it's Mads. I can't expose her.

"Levi?" Her eyes widen in disbelief.

I raise an eyebrow in response.

"No!" She whispers in disbelief.

She's still looking at me, trying to search for answer. Oh crap, I think she thinks I'm the one.

Instantly I jump of the bed to stand in front of her, "No-no-no-no way!" I catch her attention. "Never." I confirm.

A sigh of relief releases from her and then me. Finally I can breathe. She continues to shake her head as she thinks deeper. After a while, she turns to face me.

"Who?" She questions in a serious tone.

"What?"

"Who?"

"I don't know!" I raise my hands in surrender.

"Yes you do."

"No I don't." I mimic her serious tone trying to mask my fear.

"Don't lie to me."

I look down at the floor feeling defeated and start to bite my lips in desperation. I can't expose Mads.

"You know," She looks at her nails once again and then at me. "Nobody in the group saw the email yet."

"What email?" I ask in complete confusion.

"The email from the student, anonymous of course, who asked for advice for her dating Mr Pepe."

"Umm, okay?"

"The group knows I'm hiding something and if I don't know who this person is, I'm not going to care and show them."

I gulp. "Well, it's meant to be anonymous. You have to respect that."

"That's true. Hiding a crime? That person is potentially in some serious trouble." She shrugs.

"Yeah." My voice sounds so quiet and inferior.

"Assuming that you know who that person is, please help them." Her eyes shows a sign of worry. "I'm sorry about before, it's just..."

"I know. Don't worry about it." I smile at her.

I wave her bye before I quickly rush to Madison's dorm.