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chapter thirteen: 90 degree turn

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"My favorite place on earth," Eloise fake smiled as she walked into the doors of their school. Wesley, Clarey, and Claudia all stood behind her as they walked through the crowded, noisy halls.

"Why is it so packed?" Eloise asked, but it was as if she had asked the air because no one answered. She checked the time on the clock on the wall and saw that it was barely 7:30. "I understand that there are people who come to school early, but the whole school doesn't come early." She turned to her friends who simply shrugged at her and Eloise turned around, rolling her eyes.

There were only three more weeks of torture left and then they would be let out for three weeks of winter break. And then comes the rest of junior year - the hardest so far.

Just to think, a couple months ago, Eloise was complaining about leaving school and now?

Well, she just wants to get the hell out of there.

As Eloise made her way down the hall with her friends, she passed by none other than Matthew Lee Espinosa who was with his group.

Matthew stood there, watching as Eloise passed by laughing with her group of friends. He watched the way her nose scrunched up as she laughed and her eyes closed so tightly you could barely see them.

He heard her laugh and it was like a melodic song to his ears.

And he loved it.

Wait? What was he thinking?!

Matthew shook that thought out of his head and turned back to his friends. He caught a glance of Rosie who was staring at him, blankly.

"Matt, I didn't see you at the fair yesterday," Ricky, who was holding onto one of his backpack straps, brought up the last thing Matthew wanted to talk about.

"Oh yeah," Rosie invited herself into this conversation and Matthew gulped audibly. She was going to get to the bottom of this no matter how long it took her.

"I was with Mickey," he said and his nervousness was not yet evident in his voice. Rosie stared him down, making Matthew become more and more nervous by the second.

"Really? Because we were waiting for you all night and we didn't see you once," Rosie was now in her investigating mode. It was something in Matthew's actions that made her think he was with Eloise. But, Eloise didn't want anything to do with him so was he just chasing her around all night?

The answer was yes. But, who was the only that knew that?

None other than Matthew Lee Espinosa.

"Why the fuck are you getting in all my business, Rosie?" Matthew asked, angrily. His nervousness turned into curiosity, as he wondered why she was asking so much about what he was doing. That curiosity then turned into anger because he was angry that she was asking him so much. Rosie's eyes widened at his sudden outburst.

"I-I-"

"You what, Rosie? Are you my mom or something?"

Try your wannabe soulmate.

"N-no but I was just asking where you were at," she lied.

"Okay then if you were, why do you sound like you're investigating me or some shit? I told you I was with Mickey." Matthew was frustrated and his face was red because of his emotions at this moment.

Eloise Rosewood, what were you doing to this kid?

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This is such a short chapter but eh. It gets better from here.