Closer ☞ Audrey Jensen Romance

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"Emma!" Audrey shouted as I was explaining to Emma about how sorry I was about the video of her and Will doing it.

"Hey Audrey." Emma and I say.

"Been there, totally sucks." Audrey says and I sigh a little.

"Yeah, I just feel so exposed." Emma replies and I touch her shoulder gently.

"I'm going to class, I'll see you later, yeah?" I whisper.

"Okay, bye. And, it's okay about the video. It's not the worst thing that's ever happened" Emma whispers back and I squeeze her shoulder a bit before removing my hand. I give Audrey a quick smile and she returns it. I then turn on my heel and walk to Mr. Branson's room.

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"Emma, I would just like to apologise once again for the video- I had no idea it was going to mutate and spread like this crazy zombie sex virus..That came out so horribly-" I short daggers at Noah from my seat to the left of Audrey.

"It's okay, Noah. I mean, it's not okay, but..You could've never know what was going to happen." Mr Branson cleared his throat and the class turned their attention to him.

"Okay, everybody. We are still reeling from...Riley's death, but we do have learning to do. Noah I know you two were scene partners." My gaze returned back to Noah and sighed quietly out of pure sympathy.

"Yeah, I think I'm just gonna sit this one out- If that's okay." Noah responds.

"I understand. That's fine." He looked up at the rest of the class. "But we will resume the rest of our scene work next week. Let's get back to Hawthorne." My attention started to fade as Mr. Brandon started to speak and I mindlessly started scribbling on my notebook page. "The Scarlet Letter. It's a classic tale of hypocrisy, misogyny, and female oppression."

"Mr Branson, seriously," Jake started and I became interested again. " With all this cyber-bullying and gifs and mayhem going down, who cares?" Every body's phones chimed just then in unison and we all looked down to our laps.

"Actually Jake it's very relevant..." Mr. B continued but to no avail as everyone was distracted by their phones. I left my phone in my locker so I looked over at Audrey's and she shared the newly created gif with me.

Will and Emma- The Fastest Gun In Lakewood.

The writing was accompanied by a love heart filled with a cut of the video. "See, the birth of Hester Prynne's illegitimate child..." Audrey and I shared a look and then I looked over to Emma. "... Led to her being essentially outed and cyber-bullied, Puritan style."

"It just takes nine months instead of nine seconds" Kieren interrupted from near me.

"Exactly" Mr. Branson replied.

"Or, uh, three minutes, right?" Another student leans in from behind Will with phone in hand whom stood up angrily.

"Shut the hell up!"

"Will! Stop! That's enough!" Emma said.

"Will, back off. Sit down- Emma are you okay?" Mr. B asked.

"No. I- I'm not okay." Emma says and I sighed once again and rested my head in my hand.
"I know that our thought are all with the friends that we've lost. And so I just wanted to remind everyone that there is a candlelight vigil downtown tonight at seven. And I hope that all of you will make it." As if on cue, the bell rang and everyone flooded out of the classroom.

A/N: IM SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED ANYTHING IN A WHILE IM SORRY