Clemency (DNF)

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Its truly stupefying how your world can come crashing down. One moment, it seems that everything can finally be okay. It feels everything is fixing itself. Then one single act can change everything. 

Everything seemed fine. Ethan and I were back to being good friends, even though he hadn't fully forgiven me yet. I knew he didn't dare trust me, yet. After the sun went down, we started a fun game of hide and seek with my siblings in our tiny apartment. It was small, not enough to run around in, but it was okay. At least we were enjoying ourselves.

Max and Jenny were in bed, Mom had went out because of a last-minute call from one of her clients, and Ethan and I were in my bedroom, getting ready to watch one last movie for the night. He would be sleeping on the couch in the living room, but we would be watching the movie in my room.

We settle down in the pile of pillows and blankets that we had oh-so-carefully set up, and I grab my laptop from beside me, putting it in between Ethan and me.  It suddenly dings, telling me I've received a notification. I ignore it and press play for the movie to start. I feel Ethan looking at me. His eyebrows are raised in a questioning look.

"What?"

"Aren't you going to check that?"

"Nah. It's probably someone commenting on one of my blog posts. I'll check it later."

He nods and we continue watching the movie.

Nothing seemed out of place, did it? Nothing at all. I had made up with my best friend, I had partially forgiven myself, and I was okay. Okay. And I had no idea that my world would come crashing down in less than five minutes.

It is exactly four minutes and two seconds since we started playing the movie when my laptop starts blowing up with notifications. A million dings go off, and since we had put the volume up really high, it is extremely annoying. 

"What the actual freak?"Ethan exclaims, except he didn't say freak.

"Don't swear, E." I press the volume key and muted the device. What the hell was going on? I never got so many notifications from my blog in such a small amount of time. What if they aren't from my blog?

I quickly open up my inbox and furrow my eyebrows at the sight. They are, in fact from my blog, but not from the blog itself, but the website, BuzzCity. Ethan leans in to get a better view. "What are they all about?" 

"No idea." I click the one at the top and we wait for it to load.

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"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Ethan growls.

I click on the link. It loads. Loads. Loads. I gasp. 

Charlotte Hayes
Someone's getting lovey-dovey. MiMi77, thinking hooking up with him will get you his forgiveness?

Charlotte. Of course. That old hag.

She'd posted a faraway shot of a girl and a boy in the rain under an apartment building which looked suspiciously like mine. And the girl and boy looked suspiciously like Ethan and me. And it looked as if we were kissing. No way. I had been hugging him! I would never kiss him, and I don't think he'd ever kiss me either. He didn't like me that way and vice versa. I thought Charlotte knew that.

Charlotte, Zoey, and Ethan were not friends, but maybe aquaintances. They were two seperate groups of friends of mine, and they barely ever met. Charlotte always got pissed off when I wanted to hang out with Ethan instead of her and Zoey. She always teased me rudely that I liked him, better than them, and maybe even in a romantic way. I would ignore her. But... was she jealous? I always wondered that.

Now she is using that for something that wasn't even my fault. At least, that's what Ethan said and that's what I'm trying to make myself believe.

"I'm going to kill that witch!" Except he didn't exactly say witch.

"I'll help you."

He sighs and rubs his face. He stops and glares at me. Is he mad at me? No. He did this before a couple times. He isn't mad at me, but at Charlotte, and is taking his anger out on me. A flaw in him he couldn't seem to control.

"Why were you even friends with her in the first place?"

I'm asking myself the same thing, Ethan.

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