True Identity { A H2OVanoss Story }

Chapter Ten

3rd Person POV

"So he just...up and left?" Tyler asks, still confused about the topic of the conversation that Evan introduced. Evan nods as he fiddles with his sleeves. His eyes are trained on the floor, watching and waiting to see if it would swallow him whole. 

"Evan, I'm sure he'll turn up again, but for now we have to focus on Operation Kick Ass," Brian explains, resting a hand on Evan's slumped shoulder. Evan nods, defeated. Delirious, Jonathan, ran from the school in the last period of the day and hasn't been seen since. No one has visited his house to check on his, because Evan has only just informed them. Nogla and Evan searched the neighbourhood top to bottom straight after school, until 6 at night. They trudged back to the house with their shoulders slumped and hopes lost.

"Yeah, this is happening in two days time and we don't even know a thing about it. You've just planned by yourself," Tyler agrees. Jonathan is slipped to the back of Evan's mind and Operation Kick Ass becomes his main focus.

"For wednesday, I have a trick planned. Throughout the day we pit them against each other, until there's a big blowout after school. Little red notes in their lockers, big bang! Simple?" Evan explains, waving his hands around for effect. The boys murmur in agreement. 

"What sort of things will you write on the notes?" Lui asks. Evan grins wickedly.

"For the past couple of months I've been gathering information on all three of them. Like how James' girlfriend cheated on him with Chad, and how Riley was the reason Chad got suspended for destruction of property for a few days. Simple little things that will send them into brawling mode," Evan explains. The guys nodded in agreement. For the next hour they wrote out notes how Evan instructed them to, all caps in red letters. Evan was also quality control, anything too petty was scraped. The notes need to get the trio furious and vicious.

***

Tuesday came and went, Jonathan didn't show up to school and hasn't answered any texts or calls that the squad sent. Evan was starting to get super worried, but the group insisted that everything would turn out.

"He doesn't hate you, Evan."

"He's still going to be your friend."

"He might just be upset with himself."

"He'll get over it."

But Evan wasn't so sure. He has an uneasy feeling in his stomach. It stuck with him through Tuesday morning and afternoon (Jon still hasn't returned). It stuck with him on Tuesday night, giving him a fitful slumber. It stuck with him on Wednesday morning, Jonathan still hasn't shown himself.

***

Evan sways in his seat as the bus pulls to a stop outside the school. Jon hasn't been spotted since the incident on Monday, and Evan was stressing out of his mind. He stays with James, Chad and Riley that morning. When they aren't looking he slips a note into each of their books for throughout the day. There's five for each of them. Evan's planned it so that four of the notes will be opened at different times throughout the day, and Evan is going to put the extra note each into their lockers. It truly is a spectacular plan.

Evan makes up some bullshit excuse and leaves the boys to their devices. He bypasses their lockers, slipping the notes in, and dumps his bag in his own. Evan wanders around the school for the rest of the time left before classes start. He tries texting Jon, but he hasn't opened his messages. Evan's stomach twists itself into thousands of tight knots.

Evan just wants his blue eyed boy to be safe. No more bullying, no more secret identities, no more scarring. Evan wants to see Jon's cherry lips and glowing skin again. He wants to hear his loud laugh and accented speech. He wants to smell the pine cologne he prefers to use over big brand names. He wants to touch the smooth skin of his hands and his effortlessly fluffy hair. He wants to taste him, but he hasn't got the privilege of doing so, yet.