When We Were Young // Dylmas

8. school

Dylan pov

At 8 am we were walking to school together. Before school we picked up Thomas's books and stuff for school.
We just walked in silence now, and it felt great. I noticed Thomas was staring in the distance, and not really paying attention to his surroundings. "Hey, are you okay?" I asked softly. When he didn't reply I reached for his hand. "You can tell me anything, you can trust me now" I said. Thomas suddenly stopped walking "I don't want to go to school" he whispered. I stopped walking too and turned to him. "It's okay, should I walk you home?" I asked while I held his hand. "B-but the project?" Thomas said. I nodded "I'll do it on my own, it's okay" I pulled him into a hug "I am here for you, we will figure it out"

Later we both arrived at school, Thomas had decided to stay and do the project with me.
I saw Jace walking towards me "yo, what are you up to and watcha doing with HIM?" I sighed. "Please Jace grow up. Thomas is cool, give him a chance" I said while I looked him right in his eyes. "Chill dude, whats wrong with you today?" Jace said. Thomas kept his eyes focused on the ground while we walked into the building. "Hey, sure you wanna stay?" I whispered. Thomas nodded "it's fine, it's just... nevermind" he whispered back. "you can tell me everything" I whispered, but when I tried to reach for his hand he pulled it away. "not now" Thomas said as he kept walking.
It felt so natural to reach for his hand, I got a weird feeling in my stomach. I wanted to be really close to Thomas but suddenly he was gone. "Where did Thomas go?" I said to Jace, but he only laughed. I rolled my eyes but I was a little worried. Where did he go? "I have to check something out" I said to Jace. Before he could say anything else I walked away.

Thomas pov

I went to the school bathroom, I just didn't want to be with Dylan and Jace now.
Ten minutes later I looked at the time on my phone, five minutes before I had to be in history class. I also had three missed calls, from Dylan.
I walked to the class, but when I got there and took a seat I didn't see Dylan. "Do you know where Dylan is?" Mr. Smit asked me. "I don't know, can I call him?" The teacher nodded "of course, you can go outside the classroom to call him if you want to" I nodded and left the class.
Dylan picked up very fast "where are you?" I asked. "I was searching for you" he said, something in his voice was odd. "Are you alright?" I asked worried. "Yeah" Dylan said and then he hung up. Before I could ask myself any questions I saw Dylan appearing around the corner. When he stood in front of me I could see he had cried. "No, you're not alright, please tell me what's wrong" I said. "I was so worried, I couldn't find you anywhere. And I am so glad that you're okay, you didn't pick up when I called you and bad thoughts came into my head and-" he said, but I cutted him off. "I'm alright, you don't have to worry about me" after I said that I pulled him into a hug. We stood like that for a few minutes and then I grabbed his hand. "Are you ready to do the project?" I whispered as I still stood close to him. Dylan looked me right in my eyes and smiled "I am now"