The Project

Chapter Ten - Leave Me Alone

After having lunch late, Sascha rushes off to her next lesson and I head to my locker to get my Geography stuff. I walk as slow as I can go, no one will care if I'm late, I'm not going to miss anything important anyway.

I stop outside of 237 and push my key into the lock, turning it and hoping everything won't fall out onto me, crushing me on the spot.

To my surprise, only one thing falls out, and it's not even mine.

A small envelope. Writing scrawled on the front, like hieroglyphics, supposedly representing my name. My first thoughts were, who was it from? Why the secrecy?

I open it and find a letter, which reads:

Dear Lucy,
Stay away from Ben, he may seem nice but I know deep down he isn't who you think he is.
If I see you talk to him again, there will be consequences

From
?

Whoever this is has a serious problem with their handwriting, making me assume it's a boy; narrowing it down to the only boy I know who would be easily jealous. Lucas.

I stuff everything into my bag and rush to Geography. So many thoughts are running through my mind about the letter, I don't know what to do. What if I confront Lucas about it and we get into a massive argument in front of the whole class? What if it isn't even him? Then who would it be?
I'm thinking about it so much that I nearly walk past my class.

I burst in, not even caring about the looks I'll get or what Mr Johnson has to say about me being late and walk to my seat and sit down.

I put the letter on the desk and glance at Lucas to see if he reacts, but nothing.

I wanted to confront him about it but I was scared, we had started off this year on good terms and I didn't really want to jeopardise that already, we were only a few lessons into the term and it would be such a shame to ruin it after it was going so well.
I didn't want to say anything but part of me was dying to start shouting, interrogating him in front of the whole class. I needed to calm down but I just wanted answers as to why someone was sending me a message like this. There is nothing wrong with Ben, granted I haven't known him long and we have never talked long enough to get to know each other, but he seems like a nice, genuine guy and I don't want to turn against him when we are starting a nice friendship. He is the new guy and needs more friends after all.

Lucas doesn't even bat an eyelid at the letter on the desk in front of him, instead he looks confused. He looks up at me and I can tell that he has nothing to do with it, however my brain starts to question if he knows nothing or if he just has a good poker face.

"Why would you do this?" I ask, making Mr Johnson stop his lesson, maybe I've said that a little too loud

"Do what?" He asks confused and he looks around, his face turning a slight shade of pink.

"Don't lie to me I know it was you" I say and I can hear a few students in the class mumbling rubbish to each other, I just hope no one gets a phone out to video this golden moment.

"Lucy, honestly...I....I...don't know....w-what you're talking about, please just s-stop this right now" he says.

"This won't just go away Lucas, you'll have to do better than this to make me scared" I say, pushing the letter towards him and picking up my bag, walking out the classroom.

I just need to get away from everyone.

I glance into the room on my way past the window to see Mr Johnson at Lucas' desk and Adam looking very sad and confused. He must have left his phone in his locker so he couldn't capture this moment on video to show everyone later.

What a shame