The Secrets We Keep To Stay Alive (JohnDave)

Chapter 15- Eye of The Hurricane

"In the eye of the hurricane there is quiet, for just a moment."
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John's PoV
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   I walked out of the school building, my mind racing with my current predicament.  I knew that I should tell Dave, but what is that going to do.  No matter how I try and bend the terms of Vriska's demand, she's going to end up telling the school anyway, she's not going to let me get off that easily.

   I heard hurried footsteps behind me, turning around I saw Dave trying to catch up to me.

  "How come you didn't wait for me, ya dick," Dave chuckled whilst trying to catch his breath.  It was only now that I realized I totally ditched him.  We always meet up by one of the small oak trees in the front of the school, but I guess my mind was preoccupied and I forgot about it entirely.

   "Damn, sorry, I've been thinking about something all day, I guess it slipped my mind, sorry," I said apologetically, trying to justify my self.

Dave gave me a questioning look, but decided to leave it be for now. We continued walking together, music from the headphones around Dave's neck filled most of the silence. Eventually, we reached the park, our daily stop.

Hand in hand, we made our way to one of the tallest trees in the far off corner of the park. Most people didn't take the time to walk over this far, so it was the perfect spot to sit and talk.

Dave's music kept playing as we sat against the bark of the tree. I sighed, Vriska's threat still the only thing I could think about. I planned on telling Dave before we left, but what are we going to do. I mean, we could say we broke up but still meet up, but there's also a chance of us being caught. The other option is to give in, and exchange my happiness for not being exposed. Maybe I could indirectly ask Rose and Jade about it, get an outside opinion on the situation. They'd probably say to fight and hold my ground, but it's easier said than done.

"-and he wouldn't even let us listen to music. He said it would be to much of a distraction. I'm just surprised I didn't die of boredom. Like how does he expect 30 teenagers to sit in complete silence for 50 minutes and work on a stupid essay that nobody actually gives a shit about, right?" Dave ranted, but I was too zoned out to give a response, nor was I really listening to what he just said.

"Hello? Earth to Egbert!" Dave shouted, waving his hand in front of my face. I jumped a little and turned to face him. He gave me another questioning look.

"Seriously, John, what could you be thinking about that you'd zone out for that long? I'm your boyfriend dude, tell me your shit, what else should I know about you that's apparently stressing the fuck you out?" Dave said, concern in his voice. I let out a deep breath, guess now is time to tell him about my inevitable doom.

   "Earlier today I ran into Vriska, or rather she pulled me into her."

   "Well shit, that already explains a lot.  What's the spiderbitch up to now and how fast can we burn her web?"

   "I don't know if it's going to be that simple...   First she threatened to tell you about my secret that you already know if I didn't break up with you.  Me being stupid, I told her, tough shit, he already knows.  So she twisted her demands, I break up with you or she tells the whole school or even worse."

Dave opened his mouth but closed it a moment later, not sure of how to respond. I let another sigh escape from my mouth. The truth is, I don't know how to respond either. Part of me wants to stand up for myself for once and my life, but it's currently being smothered by the rest of me that's screaming to give in like I always do.

I have all of four and a half days to figure out what the hell I'm going to do. We sat in silence for a while, until Dave had an idea.

"Well, what if we bend the rules in our favor like she always does for her? What if we say we broke up but we still give her a hidden 'fuck you' and still meet up and chill together somewhere?" Dave asked, sounding slightly proud of his idea.

"I thought of that too, but what if we get caught? Then what's gonna happen? Whatever she does it's going to be exponentially worse then what she's threatening to do right now!" I refuted overwhelmed and in distress. Dave thought for a couple seconds, until his phone started ringing. As he reached for his phone to ignore the call, an idea apparently hit him.

"We met online right? I'm pretty sure Vriska doesn't know our online alias'. I think even one time you told me you only used pesterChum for online friends and only more recently Jade and Rose, right? So, correct me if I'm wrong, Vriska shouldn't know your chumHandle!" Dave rapidly explained, almost too fast for me to process. I thought about it for a second, then realized Dave was right, I had never talked to Vriska via pesterChum. We could talk as much as we wanted to, as long as she only saw one of us. If she saw both of us, she'd eventually put two-and-two together.

I let out a sigh of relief and gave Dave a big hug, I'm glad I have him to help me and be there for me. Now we have a plan, Vriska won't knock us down. We may fall, but it sure as hell won't be because of her.

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Eventually Friday rolled around and I hadn't talked to Vriska at all since Monday, but I was going to have to find her before it was too late.

It was after lunch and I was gathering my things for my last three periods. I was about to close the locker door, when I spotted a note that I had apparently missed earlier. I recognized the handwriting immediately, it was Vriska's.

All the note said was 'Come to the front of the school tonight at 8:30 so we can sign on our agreement. You better not be late, I won't be waiting long. Make sure you're alone too ::::)'. Well I guess I have my plans for tonight now. As sketchy as it seemed, I really had no choice, I'd rather not have my world come crashing down because I didn't go to this sketchy meeting.

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It was 8:25 and I was almost at the school. For some reason I had a bad gut feeling still about this. Maybe it was because I was meeting Vriska at night all alone on a Friday night. I pushed through it and kept walking, not really wanting to be late.

The front of the school came into view and I could almost make out a figure that I assumed was Vriska. I replayed Dave and I's plan in my head as I made my way up the pathway to meet her. Taking a deep breath, I reached the entrance of the school, still not having the best feeling about this.

"Well look who finally decided to show up, let's get this over with, shall we?"

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Okay, I am super, super, super sorry that it's been over a month. We had Finals last night, almost two nights ago, so I only have one marching band to worry about. My online classes are also almost done.
Also, thank you for over 8k views. I know you might hate hearing the cliché speech about how I never thought someone would read this or that it would get this far, but that's still how I feel and I'm grateful that each one of you decided to read this story, it makes me really happy.
Anyways, don't forget to favorite and leave a comment or two, and any criticism is appreciated, I'd like it know what I should work on.
Sorry if this chapter was kinda 'meh' I feel like my writing has gone down the drain recently, but I'll try my hardest to keep writing quality chapters
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